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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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Functional Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2011.01843.X
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