Long-Term Colony Dynamics and Fitness in a Colonial Tent-Web Spider Cyrtophora citricola

Social animals are expected to experience a positive effect of conspecific number or density on fitness (an Allee effect) because of the benefits of group living. However, social animals also often disperse to live either solitarily or in small groups, so to understand why social animals leave their...

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Main Authors: Eric C. Yip, Deborah R. Smith, Yael Lubin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.725647/full