Do social spiders cooperate in predator defense and foraging without a web?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1935-1947

  Yip, Eric C ^a,b   Rayor, Linda S ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Ecological constraints; Foraging; Group living; Predator defense; Sociality; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COLONIZATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL CARE; PREY CAPTURE; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; DELENA CANCERIDES; SPARASSIDAE;

EID: 80052774189     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1203-5     Document Type: Article

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