Social organization of the colonial spider Leucauge sp. in the Neotropics: Vertical stratification within colonies

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-451

  Salomon, Maxence ^a   Sponarski, Carly ^a,b   Larocque, Allen ^a,c   Avils, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; group living; orb web; sociality; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LEUCAUGE; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 78649493771     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi09-99.1     Document Type: Article

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