Sister clade comparisons reveal reduced maternal care behavior in social cobweb spiders

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Samuk, Kieran M ^a   Ledue, Emily E ^b   Avilés, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anelosimus; cooperative breeding; evolution; maternal care; relaxed selection; social spider; sociality

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MATERNAL CARE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; RELATEDNESS; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 84555209133     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr146     Document Type: Article

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