Behavioural and molecular evidence for selective immigration and group regulation in the social huntsman spider, Delena cancerides

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 749-762

  Yip, Eric C ^a,b   Rowell, David M ^a   Rayor, Linda S ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Allozyme; Dispersal; Group living; Immigration; Kin recognition; Kin selection; Relatedness; Sociality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALLOZYME; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; JUVENILE; KIN RECOGNITION; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS; SPIDER; TRACKING;

ARANEAE; DELENA CANCERIDES; SPARASSIDAE;

EID: 84863736368     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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