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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: Arachnids
    $2,835
    Raised of $2,700 Goal
    105%
    Funded on 11/04/16
    Successfully Funded
    • $2,835
      pledged
    • 105%
      funded
    • Funded
      on 11/04/16
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    field work
    An update on progress in the field...
    July 18, 2017
    • 1
    • 6
    • 287
    See how we work
    October 5, 2016
    • 2
    • 2
    • 242
    Meet the social spider
    September 23, 2016
    • 0
    • 0
    • 214
    Spiders make nests?!
    September 23, 2016
    • 1
    • 1
    • 315
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