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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Subsocial"”.
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Anthropod Community Associated with the Webs of the Subsocial Spider Anelosimus Studiosus
Anelosimus studiosus (Theridiidae) is a subsocial spider that has a diverse arthropod fauna associated with its webs. From south Georgia, I identified 1006 arthropods representing 105 species living with A. studiosus, and 40 species that were prey items from 250 webs. The arthropods seen in A. …
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Molecular Evidence Suggests Multiple Evolutionary Origins of Sociality in the Polyphenic Spider <em>Anelosimus studiosus</em> (Araneae: Theridiidae).
… exhibits two behavioral phenotypes: subsocial and social. This is the only documented spider inhabiting a temperate climate exhibiting social behavior. While the subsocial phenotype is most common throughout the range, the social behavior occurs in isolated pockets in northern …
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A Biogeographic Analysis of the Socially Polyphenic Spider <em>Anelosimus studiosus</em> in East Tennessee.
… that exhibits varying degrees of sociality: a subsocial phenotype and a social phenotype. Population densities of <em>A. studiosus</em> vary significantly among seemingly suitable habitats within its range in east Tennessee. I conducted a large-scale survey of east Tennessee lake systems to …
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Assessing pace-of-life: Comparing metabolism and behavior in tarantulas
<p>Pace-of-Life Syndrome (PoLS) links physiology, behavior, and life history to understand how an organism lives and is under-researched in many invertebrate groups. In this study I used five tarantula species to assess if they follow the predictions of PoLS. I compared individual species as well …