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Benefits of Group Living Include Increased Feeding Efficiency and Lower Mass Loss during Desiccation in the Social and Inbreeding Spider Stegodyphus dumicola

Group living carries a price: it inherently entails increased competition for resources and reproduction, and may also be associated with mating among relatives, which carries costs of inbreeding. Nonetheless, group living and sociality is found in many animals, and understanding the direct and indi...

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Autores principales: Vanthournout, Bram, Greve, Michelle, Bruun, Anne, Bechsgaard, Jesper, Overgaard, Johannes, Bilde, Trine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26869936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00018