Author: Joshua L. ShekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black and yellow garden spider
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Growth and Development in the Orb-weaver Spider, Argiope Aurantia
Author: Joshua L. ShekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black and yellow garden spider
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Sex-specific Foraging Strategies and Growth in Juveniles of the Highly Dimorphic Orb-web Spider Argiope Aurantia
Author: S. Andrew InkpenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black and yellow garden spider
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Population Dynamics of the Orb Weaving Spiders Argiope Trifasciata and Argiope Aurantia (Araneae, Araneidae)
Author: Wayne Woltz TolbertSpider Webs
Author: William EberhardPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022653474X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers. For instance, one spider spins more than three precisely spaced, morphologically complex spiral attachments per second for up to fifteen minutes at a time. Spiders even adjust the mechanical properties of their famously strong silken lines to different parts of their webs and different environments, and make dramatic modifications in orb designs to adapt to available spaces. This extensive adaptive flexibility, involving decisions influenced by up to sixteen different cues, is unexpected in such small, supposedly simple animals. As Eberhard reveals, the extraordinary diversity of webs includes ingenious solutions to gain access to prey in esoteric habitats, from blazing hot and shifting sand dunes (to capture ants) to the surfaces of tropical lakes (to capture water striders). Some webs are nets that are cast onto prey, while others form baskets into which the spider flicks prey. Some aerial webs are tramways used by spiders searching for chemical cues from their prey below, while others feature landing sites for flying insects and spiders where the spider then stalks its prey. In some webs, long trip lines are delicately sustained just above the ground by tiny rigid silk poles. Stemming from the author’s more than five decades observing spider webs, this book will be the definitive reference for years to come.
Ecophysiology of Spiders
Author: Wolfgang NentwigPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642715524
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Recently another book on insect physiology was published. It was restricted to a few focal points as are many of these new insect physiology books, but there was considerable depth in its specialized point of view. We were dis cussing the structure of this book and of insect physiology books, in general, when Prof. Remmert asked me " . . . and what about books on spider physio logy?" Silence. Then I started to explain "oh yes, there is a congress pro ceedings volume on this topic and there is a group with excellent publica tions on another topic . . . ", but I felt that this answer was weak. One can no longer buy the proceedings volume in a bookshop and to read a series of publications on a given topic one must search in a library for a dozen journals. Why is there not a single book on spider physiology comparable with the many books on insect physiology? Are spiders a scientific ivory tower, far from public interest and commercial importance? I do not think so, although spiders are one of the many "forgotten" animal groups which always grew in the shadow of the insects. There are research groups working on spider physiology, there are fascinating phenomena in this animal group and there are plenty of exciting results. Spiders may have been always underresearch ed, but research is progressing. In the last few years, new books have been published, e. g.
American Spiders and Their Spinning-work
Author: Henry Christopher McCook (D.D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Spiders in Ecological Webs
Author: David H. WisePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521310611
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A critical evaluation of the role of field experimentation in population and community ecology.
Web Site Selection by Argiope Aurantia Lucas and Otehr Orb Weaving Spiders (araneidae)
Author: Frank EndersAdvances in the Study of Behavior
Author: Marc NaguibPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128171251
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 51, provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including The troublesome gift: the spermatophylax as a purveyor of sexual conflict and coercion, Conformity and over-imitation: an integrative review of two forms of hyper-reliance on social learning, Copulatory behavior and genital morphology in vertebrates, Sexual selection in polyandrous societies: Lessons from the fowl, Sensory information in social insects, Evolution of female coloration, what have we learned from birds in general and blue tits in particular, Sexual selection and social behavior in spiders, and more. Serves the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior Makes another important contribution to the development of the field Presents theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and related fields
Foraging Specializations in Orb-weaving Spider
Author: Cader Wesley OlivePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description