Individual differences in boldness influence patterns of social interactions and the transmission of cuticular bacteria among group-mates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1829, 2016, Pages

  Keiser, Carl N ^a   Pinter Wollman, Noa ^b   Augustine, David A ^a   Ziemba, Michael J ^a   Hao, Lingran ^b   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a   Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortativity; Bacterial transmission; Boldness; Social network analysis; Social spider; Transmission heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BODY CONDITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA SP.; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

SILK;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PANTOEA; PHENOTYPE; SILK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

EID: 85016068374     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0457     Document Type: Article

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