The influence of siblings on body condition in a social spider: Is prey sharing cooperation or competition?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1161-1168

  Yip, Eric C ^a,b   Rayor, Linda S ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Competition; Cooperation; Foraging; Group living; Prey sharing; Producer scrounger; Sibling; Sociality; Spider

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPLOITATION; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; DELENA CANCERIDES; SPARASSIDAE;

EID: 84879262354     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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