Offspring dynamics affect food provisioning, growth and mortality in a brood-caring spider.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on February 05, 2014

Authors

Jasmin Ruch1, Marie E Herberstein, Jutta M Schneider

Author Affiliations

1: Zoological Institute and Museum, Biocenter Grindel, University of Hamburg, , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg 20146, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, , North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia.

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