Trait-specific indirect effects underlie variation in the response of spiders to cannibalistic social partners
J. F. Henriques, M. Lacava, C. Guzman, M. P. Gavin-Centol, D. R. Lupion, A. Ruiz, C. Viera, J. Moya-Larano, S. Magalhaes
The paper investigates how genetic and environmental traits of social partners influence the behavioral response of wolf spiders to conspecific cues, finding that indirect effects drive variation in focal individuals' behavior.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2022Evolutionary Biology