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Animal behaviour: task differentiation by personality in spider groups

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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:07 authored by Lena Grinsted, Jonathan Bacon
Dispatch: In social animals, group efficiency is often assumed to increase with task differentiation, but this requires that individuals are better than generalists at the task they specialize in. A new study finds that individual Anelosimus studiosus spiders do predominantly perform the task they excel at, in line with their individual personality type, when they are placed in groups.

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  • Published

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Journal

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

Publisher

Elsevier (Cell Press)

Issue

16

Volume

24

Page range

R749-R751

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  • Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2014-08-20

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2014-08-20

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2014-08-20

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