Predictors of colony extinction vary by habitat type in social spiders
B. McEwen, J. Lichstenstein, D. Fisher, C. Wright, G. Chism, N. Pinter-Wollman, J. Pruitt
The study examines how environmental factors predict colony extinction in social spiders across different habitats, finding that ant attacks and fungal outbreaks are key drivers in deserts and savannas, respectively.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2019Ecology