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

Date

Authors

Yip, Eric

Rayor, Linda

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

Siblings living together compete with each other for resources, yet they may also cooperate to maximize their inclusive fitness. In social spiders, siblings share prey and may both compete and cooperate to obtain this resource. In the laboratory, the soci

Keywords

Keywords: body condition; competition (ecology); exploitation; fitness; foraging behavior; prey capture; social insect; spider; Araneae; Delena cancerides; Sparassidae Body condition; Competition; Cooperation; Foraging; Group living; Prey sharing; Producer-scrounger; Sibling; Sociality; Spider

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65552

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Animal Behaviour

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.016

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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