Sociality level correlates with dispersal ability in spiders

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-803

  Corcobado, Guadalupe ^a   Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel A ^a   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a   Avilés, Leticia ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anelosimus; Bridging; Evolution of sociality; Feedback mechanisms; Social spiders; Subsocial spiders

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 84864009537     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01996.x     Document Type: Article

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