Dispersal Risks and Decisions Shape How Non-kin Groups Form in a Tropical Silk-Sharing Webspinner (Insecta: Embioptera)

Relying on silk can promote sharing, especially when its presence means life and its absence, quick death. In the case of Embioptera, they construct silken tubes and coverings exposed on tree bark in humid and warm environments or in leaf litter and underground in dry habitats. These coverings prote...

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Main Author: Janice S. Edgerly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.727541/full