Siblicide in the city: the urban heat island accelerates sibling cannibalism in the black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus)

Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures

(2021) Steven R. Parratt et al.   Nature Climate Change

Black widows on an urban heat island: extreme heat affects spider development and behaviour from egg to adulthood

(2020) J. Chadwick Johnson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Urban heat island conditions experienced by the Western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus): Extreme heat slows development but results in behavioral accommodations

(2019) J. Chadwick Johnson et al.   PLoS One

Urbanization as a facilitator of gene flow in a human health pest

(2018) Lindsay S. Miles et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sexual cannibalism and population viability

(2018) Adam M. Fisher et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Social tipping points in animal societies in response to heat stress

(2018) Grant Navid Doering et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The urban heat island effect, its causes, and mitigation, with reference to the thermal properties of asphalt concrete

(2017) Abbas Mohajerani et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

lmerTest Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

(2017) Alexandra Kuznetsova et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

(2017) Natalia Rebolo-Ifrán et al.   Scientific Reports

Extreme developmental synchrony reduces sibling cannibalism in the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus

(2016) J. Chadwick Johnson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Adaptation and Adaptedness of Organisms to Urban Environments

(2015) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Warring arthropod societies: Social spider colonies can delay annihilation by predatory ants via reduced apparency and increased group size

(2015) Carl N. Keiser et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Ground-dwelling invertebrates in a large industrial city: Differentiation of recreation and urbanization effects

(2015) M. P. Zolotarev et al.   Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Individual variation in anthropogenic resource use in an urban carnivore

(2015) Seth D. Newsome et al.   OECOLOGIA

The biodiversity-ecosystem service relationship in urban areas: a quantitative review

(2015) Carly Ziter   OIKOS

Persistence and survival of the spider Nephila plumipes in cities: do increased prey resources drive the success of an urban exploiter?

(2015) E. C. Lowe et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Adaptive evolution in urban ecosystems

(2014) Colin M. Donihue et al.   AMBIO

Ant Larvae as Players in Social Conflict: Relatedness and Individual Identity Mediate Cannibalism Intensity

(2014) Eva Schultner et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming

(2014) Elsa Youngsteadt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temporal effects on biodiversity and composition of arthropod communities along an urban–rural gradient

(2014) Michael E. Van Nuland et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Behavioural adjustments for a life in the city

(2013) Daniel Sol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Urbanization and its effects on personality traits: a result of microevolution or phenotypic plasticity?

(2013) Ana Catarina Miranda et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Individual behavioural consistency and plasticity in an urban spider

(2012) Simona Kralj-Fišer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR