Complex behavioral plasticity is not reduced in spiderlings with miniature brains.

The brains of smaller animals are smaller than those of their larger relatives, but it is not clear whether their adaptive behavioral flexibility is more limited. Previous interspecific comparisons found that aspects of web construction behavior of very small orb weaving spiders (0.005 mg) were no l...

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Main Authors: Rosannette Quesada-Hidalgo, William G Eberhard, Gilbert Barrantes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251919