Intraspecific trait variants determine the nature of interspecific interactions in a habitat-forming species

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1902-1908

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agelenopsis emertoni; Anelosimus studiosus; Behavioral syndrome polymorphism; Behavioral temperament; Bt; Community dynamics; Experimental colonies; Interspecific interactions; Intraspecific variation; Larinioides cornutus; Personality; Social spiders

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FECUNDITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

AGELENOPSIS EMERTONI; ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LARINIOIDES CORNUTUS;

EID: 80053603694     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0701.1     Document Type: Article

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