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Why be social? The costs and benefits of sociality in spiders

By Samantha Straus
Backed by William Leinbach, Richard R. Straus, Raymond M. Leinbach, Susan Straus, Vicki Leinbach, Doug, Jennifer Goldman, Tracy Leinbach, Matthew Chan, Douglas Hansen, and 34 other backersNathaniel Bailey, Tyler Steininger, Noah Straus, Madeline Self, Ted Straus, Anna Goldman, Joni Varese, Santiago De La Puente, Alec Brown, Bradley Leinbach, Alison George, Tom Pearce, Kalvin Stern, Evan Hersh, Jane Straus, Pam Ciula, Ravi Maharaj, Kacey Tait, Allison Willman, Jacob Peets, Alyssa DeRubeis, Andrea Haberkern, Dave Rich, Tom Karacs, Emily Adamczyk, Natalie Mahara, Lian Kwong, Cindy Wu, David Esopi, Chris Emslie, Aaron Purdy, India Rose, Ruth Sharpe, and Eric D. Walters
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University of British Columbia
Canada
BiologyEcology
DOI: 10.18258/7839
Grant: ArachnidsGrant: Arachnids
$2,835
Raised of $2,700 Goal
105%
Funded on 11/04/16
Successfully Funded
  • $2,835
    pledged
  • 105%
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    on 11/04/16
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field work
An update on progress in the field...
July 18, 2017
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See how we work
October 5, 2016
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Meet the social spider
September 23, 2016
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Spiders make nests?!
September 23, 2016
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