Behavioural syndromes and their fitness consequences in a socially polymorphic spider, Anelosimus studiosus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 871-879

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a   Riechert, Susan E ^a   Jones, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anelosimus studiosus; behavioural syndrome; correlated traits; polymorphism; social spider; social structure; sociality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; FITNESS; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 49149087502     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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