Exploring how a shift in the physical environment shapes individual and group behavior across two social contexts

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 825-833

  Keiser, Carl N ^a   Modlmeier, Andreas P ^a   Singh, Nishant ^a   Jones, Devin K ^a   Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral consistency; Boldness; Group dispersal; Social environment; Stegodyphus dumicola

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; SPIDER;

EID: 84901353443     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12256     Document Type: Article

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