Patterns of reproductive success associated with social structure and microclimate in a spider system

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2011-2019

  Jones, Thomas C ^a,b   Riechert, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; Anelosimus studiosus; environmental variation; parental care; social spider; sociality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; MICROCLIMATE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 56049119812     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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