Habitat productivity predicts the global distribution of social spiders

Habitat productivity predicts the global distribution of social spiders

Permanently-social spiders share a common suite of traits, including cooperative foraging and brood care, elimination of pre-mating dispersal, and the transition to an inbreeding mating system. Social spiders are confined to tropic and subtropical habitats, suggesting environmental constraints on th...

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Main Authors: Marija eMajer, Jens-Christian eSvenning, Trine eBilde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
social evolution
species diversity patterns
Distribution range
Environmental predictors
Ecological constraint
Macro-ecological Modelling
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00101/full

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