Effects of within-colony competition on body size asymmetries and reproductive skew in a social spider

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-561

  Grinsted, L ^a   Bilde, T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Evolution of sociality; Growth; Kin selection; Reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; ASYMMETRY; BODY SIZE; COLONY; COLONY STRUCTURE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; KIN SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; STEGODYPHUS; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

EID: 84873744554     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12072     Document Type: Article

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