Hunted hunters? Effect of group size on predation risk and growth in the Australian subsocial crab spider Diaea ergandros

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 785-794

  Unglaub, Bianca ^a   Ruch, Jasmin ^a,b   Herberstein, Marie E ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Group living; Intraguild predation; Predation risk; Sociality; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; HUNTING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

ARANEAE; CLUBIONIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIAEA ERGANDROS; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 84876133268     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1502-0     Document Type: Article

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