Ecological influences and the biogeographic distribution of sociality in Anelosimus spiders
The puzzle of how complex and costly social behaviours have evolved in so many diverse organisms has challenged many generations of biologists. This thesis focuses on interactions between sociality and ecology. My empirical work investigates South American Anelosimus spiders. This genus provides...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7678 |