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EVOLUTION OF STENOPHAGY IN SPIDERS (ARANEAE): EVIDENCE BASED ON THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPIDER DIETS

(2011) Stano Pekár et al.   EVOLUTION

The global relationship between climate, net primary production and the diet of spiders

(2011) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Darwin's bark spider: giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)?

(2011) Matjaž Gregorič et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Prey capture in orb weaving spiders: are we using the best metric?

(2011) Todd A. Blackledge   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Ladder webs in orb-web spiders: ontogenetic and evolutionary patterns in Nephilidae

(2010) MATJAŽ KUNTNER et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Vestiges of an orb-weaving ancestor? The “biogenetic law” and ontogenetic changes in the webs and building behavior of the black widow spiderLatrodectus geometricus(Araneae Theridiidae)

(2010) W.G. Eberhard et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Orb web features as taxonomic characters in Zygiella s.l. (Araneae: Araneidae)

(2010) Matjaž Gregorič et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Webs in vitro and in vivo: spiders alter their orb-web spinning behavior in the laboratory

(2010) Andrew Sensenig et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs

(2010) A. SENSENIG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Plasticity in extended phenotypes: orb web architectural responses to variations in prey parameters

(2010) S. J. Blamires   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour

(2010) A. M. T. Harmer et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Mass predicts web asymmetry in Nephila spiders

(2010) Matjaž Kuntner et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

(2010) Ingi Agnarsson et al.   PLoS One

The paradox of risk allocation: a review and prospectus

(2009) Maud C.O. Ferrari et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator

(2009) Chen-Pan Liao et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Nutrient balance affects foraging behaviour of a trap-building predator

(2009) D. Mayntz et al.   Biology Letters

Elongated orb-webs of Australian ladder-web spiders (Araneidae: Telaprocera) and the significance of orb-web elongation

(2009) Aaron M. T. Harmer   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila

(2009) Matjaž Kuntner et al.   PLoS One

Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era

(2009) T. A. Blackledge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomechanical variation of silk links spinning plasticity to spider web function

(2009) Cecilia Boutry et al.   ZOOLOGY

The contribution of axial fiber extensibility to the adhesion of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders

(2008) B. D. Opell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The common house spider alters the material and mechanical properties of cobweb silk in response to different prey

(2008) Cecilia Boutry et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Web forms and the phylogeny of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae): Chaos from order

(2008) William G. Eberhard et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Allometry of behavior

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