Reproductive success in a socially polymorphic spider: Social individuals experience depressed reproductive success in isolation

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-690

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

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anelosimus studiosus; Behavioural polymorphism; Behavioural syndrome; Social spider; Social structure

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; COLONY STRUCTURE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GROWING SEASON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 78349288038     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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