Behavioural trait variants in a habitat-forming species dictate the nature of its interactions with and among heterospecifics

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a   Cote, Julien ^b,c   Ferrari, Maud C O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Caste frequency distribution; Intraspecific variation; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FOOD WEB; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84855992191     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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