Sociality and resource use: insights from a community of social spiders in Brazil
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Jennifer Guevara, Marcelo O. Gonzaga, João Vasconcellos-Neto, and Leticia Avilés Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Biological Sciences Building, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, 38400902, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, and Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, CEP 13081-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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