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Collective behavior and colony persistence of social spiders depends on their physical environment

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  • Ambika Kamath
  • Skylar D Primavera
  • Colin M Wright
  • Grant N Doering
  • Kirsten A Sheehy
  • Noa Pinter-Wollman
  • Jonathan N Pruitt

Abstract

Human habitat modification can lead animals to experience more variable physical environments. For group-living animals, the physical environment can shape social interactions and, consequently, collective behavior and group persistence. Using both field-based and greenhouse experiments, we find that fence-dwelling colonies of social spiders hunt more effectively and are more likely to persist than tree-dwelling colonies. Thus, variation in the physical environment arising from human habitat modification can suggest new mechanisms for how animal societies function.

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  • Ambika Kamath & Skylar D Primavera & Colin M Wright & Grant N Doering & Kirsten A Sheehy & Noa Pinter-Wollman & Jonathan N Pruitt, 2019. "Collective behavior and colony persistence of social spiders depends on their physical environment," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 30(1), pages 39-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:30:y:2019:i:1:p:39-47.
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