Cooperative foraging expands dietary niche but does not offset intra-group competition for resources in social spiders

Prey size and scramble vs. contest competition in a social spider: implications for population dynamics

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Phylogenetic analysis suggests that sociality is associated with reduced effectiveness of selection

(2016) Virginia Settepani et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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Warring arthropod societies: Social spider colonies can delay annihilation by predatory ants via reduced apparency and increased group size

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COOPERATIVE BREEDING FAVORS MATERNAL INVESTMENT IN SIZE OVER NUMBER OF EGGS IN SPIDERS

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Differences in group size and the extent of individual participation in group hunting may contribute to differential prey-size use among social spiders

(2013) G. Harwood et al.   Biology Letters

Habitat productivity constrains the distribution of social spiders across continents – case study of the genus Stegodyphus

(2013) Marija Majer et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Effects of within-colony competition on body size asymmetries and reproductive skew in a social spider

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Social spiders of the genus Anelosimus occur in wetter, more productive environments than non-social species

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RInSp: anrpackage for the analysis of individual specialization in resource use

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Ecological bases of philopatry and cooperation in Ethiopian wolves

(2012) Jorgelina Marino et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Altruism and the evolution of resource generalism and specialism

(2012) Michael B. Bonsall et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Sociality and resource use: insights from a community of social spiders in Brazil

(2011) Jennifer Guevara et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Influence of body size and level of cooperation on the prey capture efficiency of two sympatric social spiders exhibiting an included niche pattern

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Geographic patterns in the distribution of social systems in terrestrial arthropods

(2010) Jessica Purcell   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Elevational changes in the composition of insects and other terrestrial arthropods at tropical latitudes: a comparison of multiple sampling methods and social spider diets

(2009) JENNIFER GUEVARA et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Cooperative capture of large prey solves scaling challenge faced by spider societies

(2008) E. C. Yip et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gradients of precipitation and ant abundance may contribute to the altitudinal range limit of subsocial spiders: insights from a transplant experiment

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