Spider behavior (English Wikipedia)

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Nyffeler, Martin; Knörnschild, Mirjam (2013). "Bat Predation by Spiders". PLOS ONE. 8 (3) e58120. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...858120N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058120. PMC 3596325. PMID 23516436.
Meehan, C.J.; Olson, E.J.; Reudink, M.W.; Kyser, T.K.; Curry, R.L. (2009). "Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism". Current Biology. 19 (19): R892–3. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R892M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049. PMID 19825348. S2CID 27885893.
Johnson, J.; Andrew Sih (August 2005). "Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): A role for behavioral syndromes". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58 (4): 390–396. Bibcode:2005BEcoS..58..390J. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.9443. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0943-5. S2CID 20652406. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
Vollrath, F (1986). "Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18 (4): 283–287. Bibcode:1986BEcoS..18..283V. doi:10.1007/BF00300005. S2CID 44727810.
Eisner, T.; Camazine, S. (1983). "Spider leg autotomy induced by prey venom injection: An adaptive response to 'pain'?". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80 (11): 3382–3385. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.3382E. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.11.3382. PMC 394047. PMID 16593325.

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Levi, H.W. (1993). "The orb-weaver genus Kaira (Araneae: Araneidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 21: 209–225.
Dolores Schütz & Michael Taborsky (2005). "Mate choice and sexual conflict in the size dimorphic water spider Argyroneta aquatica (Araneae: Argyronetidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 33 (3): 767–775. doi:10.1636/S03-56.1. S2CID 26712792.
Schneider, J.M.; Roos, J.; Lubin, Y.; Henschel, J.R. (2001). "Dispersal of Stegodyphus Dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae): They do balloon after all!" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 29: 114–116. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0114:DOSDAE]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 4707752.

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Nyffeler, Martin; Olson, Eric G.; Symondson, William Oliver Christian (2016). "Plant-eating by spiders". Journal of Arachnology. 44: 15–27. doi:10.1636/P15-45.1. S2CID 87188224 – via ORCA.

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Nyffeler, Martin; Knörnschild, Mirjam (2013). "Bat Predation by Spiders". PLOS ONE. 8 (3) e58120. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...858120N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058120. PMC 3596325. PMID 23516436.
Nyffeler, Martin; Olson, Eric G.; Symondson, William Oliver Christian (2016). "Plant-eating by spiders". Journal of Arachnology. 44: 15–27. doi:10.1636/P15-45.1. S2CID 87188224 – via ORCA.
Meehan, C.J.; Olson, E.J.; Reudink, M.W.; Kyser, T.K.; Curry, R.L. (2009). "Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism". Current Biology. 19 (19): R892–3. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R892M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049. PMID 19825348. S2CID 27885893.
Barbour, T (1921). "Spiders feeding on small cyprinodonts" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 28 (4): 131–132. doi:10.1155/1921/19421.
Dolores Schütz & Michael Taborsky (2005). "Mate choice and sexual conflict in the size dimorphic water spider Argyroneta aquatica (Araneae: Argyronetidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 33 (3): 767–775. doi:10.1636/S03-56.1. S2CID 26712792.
Johnson, J.; Andrew Sih (August 2005). "Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): A role for behavioral syndromes". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58 (4): 390–396. Bibcode:2005BEcoS..58..390J. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.9443. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0943-5. S2CID 20652406. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
Hansen, L.S.; Gonzales, S.F.; Toft, S.; Bilde, T. (2008). "Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift–giving spider Pisaura mirabilis". Behavioral Ecology. 19 (3): 546–551. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.507.7843. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm165. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
Cordellier, Mathilde; Schneider, Jutta M.; Uhl, Gabriele; Posnien, Nico (1 March 2020). "Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics". Development Genes and Evolution. 230 (2): 155–172. doi:10.1007/s00427-020-00657-6. ISSN 1432-041X. PMC 7127994. PMID 32052129.
Vollrath, F (1986). "Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18 (4): 283–287. Bibcode:1986BEcoS..18..283V. doi:10.1007/BF00300005. S2CID 44727810.
Agnarsson, I.; Aviles, L.; Coddington, J.A.; Maddison, W.P. (2006). "Sociality in Theridiid spiders: Repeated origins of an evolutionary dead end". Evolution. 60 (11): 2342–51. doi:10.1554/06-078.1. PMID 17236425. S2CID 16995686.
Rypstra, A.L. (1993). "Prey size, social competition, and the development of reproductive division of labor in social spider groups". The American Naturalist. 142 (5): 868–880. doi:10.1086/285577. S2CID 85144990.
Parry, D.A.; Brown, R.H.J. (1959). "The hydraulic mechanism of the spider leg". Journal of Experimental Biology. 36 (2): 423–433. doi:10.1242/jeb.36.2.423.
Weihmann, T.; Günther, M.; Blickhan, R. (2012). "Hydraulic leg extension is not necessarily the main drive in large spiders". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (4): 578–583. doi:10.1242/jeb.054585. PMID 22279064.
Schneider, J.M.; Roos, J.; Lubin, Y.; Henschel, J.R. (2001). "Dispersal of Stegodyphus Dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae): They do balloon after all!" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 29: 114–116. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0114:DOSDAE]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 4707752.
Eisner, T.; Camazine, S. (1983). "Spider leg autotomy induced by prey venom injection: An adaptive response to 'pain'?". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80 (11): 3382–3385. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.3382E. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.11.3382. PMC 394047. PMID 16593325.

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Barbour, T (1921). "Spiders feeding on small cyprinodonts" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 28 (4): 131–132. doi:10.1155/1921/19421.

hdl.handle.net (Global: 66^th place; English: 34^th place)

Bond, J.E. (1999). "Systamatic and evolution of the Californian trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Euctenizidae)". Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. hdl:10919/29114. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Netburn, Deborah (June 19, 2014). "Fish-eating spiders? There are more than anyone thought". Los Angeles Times.

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Pappas, Stephanie (March 15, 2016). "These Spiders Like Some Greens with Their Insects". Live Science.

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Watson, Traci (August 11, 2017). "Tiny Spiders Devour Lizards Three Times Their Size". National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017.

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Nyffeler, Martin; Knörnschild, Mirjam (2013). "Bat Predation by Spiders". PLOS ONE. 8 (3) e58120. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...858120N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058120. PMC 3596325. PMID 23516436.
Meehan, C.J.; Olson, E.J.; Reudink, M.W.; Kyser, T.K.; Curry, R.L. (2009). "Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism". Current Biology. 19 (19): R892–3. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R892M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049. PMID 19825348. S2CID 27885893.
Cordellier, Mathilde; Schneider, Jutta M.; Uhl, Gabriele; Posnien, Nico (1 March 2020). "Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics". Development Genes and Evolution. 230 (2): 155–172. doi:10.1007/s00427-020-00657-6. ISSN 1432-041X. PMC 7127994. PMID 32052129.
Agnarsson, I.; Aviles, L.; Coddington, J.A.; Maddison, W.P. (2006). "Sociality in Theridiid spiders: Repeated origins of an evolutionary dead end". Evolution. 60 (11): 2342–51. doi:10.1554/06-078.1. PMID 17236425. S2CID 16995686.
Weihmann, T.; Günther, M.; Blickhan, R. (2012). "Hydraulic leg extension is not necessarily the main drive in large spiders". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (4): 578–583. doi:10.1242/jeb.054585. PMID 22279064.
Eisner, T.; Camazine, S. (1983). "Spider leg autotomy induced by prey venom injection: An adaptive response to 'pain'?". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80 (11): 3382–3385. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.3382E. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.11.3382. PMC 394047. PMID 16593325.

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Nyffeler, Martin; Knörnschild, Mirjam (2013). "Bat Predation by Spiders". PLOS ONE. 8 (3) e58120. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...858120N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058120. PMC 3596325. PMID 23516436.
Cordellier, Mathilde; Schneider, Jutta M.; Uhl, Gabriele; Posnien, Nico (1 March 2020). "Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics". Development Genes and Evolution. 230 (2): 155–172. doi:10.1007/s00427-020-00657-6. ISSN 1432-041X. PMC 7127994. PMID 32052129.
Eisner, T.; Camazine, S. (1983). "Spider leg autotomy induced by prey venom injection: An adaptive response to 'pain'?". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80 (11): 3382–3385. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.3382E. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.11.3382. PMC 394047. PMID 16593325.

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Johnson, J.; Andrew Sih (August 2005). "Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): A role for behavioral syndromes". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58 (4): 390–396. Bibcode:2005BEcoS..58..390J. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.9443. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0943-5. S2CID 20652406. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
Hansen, L.S.; Gonzales, S.F.; Toft, S.; Bilde, T. (2008). "Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift–giving spider Pisaura mirabilis". Behavioral Ecology. 19 (3): 546–551. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.507.7843. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm165. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)

scientificamerican.com (Global: 1,110^th place; English: 817^th place)

Harmon, Katherine (October 12, 2009). "Unusual Spider Species Passes Up Live Prey for Plants". Scientific American.

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Nyffeler, Martin; Olson, Eric G.; Symondson, William Oliver Christian (2016). "Plant-eating by spiders". Journal of Arachnology. 44: 15–27. doi:10.1636/P15-45.1. S2CID 87188224 – via ORCA.
Meehan, C.J.; Olson, E.J.; Reudink, M.W.; Kyser, T.K.; Curry, R.L. (2009). "Herbivory in a spider through exploitation of an ant–plant mutualism". Current Biology. 19 (19): R892–3. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R892M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049. PMID 19825348. S2CID 27885893.
Dolores Schütz & Michael Taborsky (2005). "Mate choice and sexual conflict in the size dimorphic water spider Argyroneta aquatica (Araneae: Argyronetidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 33 (3): 767–775. doi:10.1636/S03-56.1. S2CID 26712792.
Johnson, J.; Andrew Sih (August 2005). "Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): A role for behavioral syndromes". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58 (4): 390–396. Bibcode:2005BEcoS..58..390J. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.9443. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0943-5. S2CID 20652406. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
Vollrath, F (1986). "Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18 (4): 283–287. Bibcode:1986BEcoS..18..283V. doi:10.1007/BF00300005. S2CID 44727810.
Agnarsson, I.; Aviles, L.; Coddington, J.A.; Maddison, W.P. (2006). "Sociality in Theridiid spiders: Repeated origins of an evolutionary dead end". Evolution. 60 (11): 2342–51. doi:10.1554/06-078.1. PMID 17236425. S2CID 16995686.
Rypstra, A.L. (1993). "Prey size, social competition, and the development of reproductive division of labor in social spider groups". The American Naturalist. 142 (5): 868–880. doi:10.1086/285577. S2CID 85144990.
Schneider, J.M.; Roos, J.; Lubin, Y.; Henschel, J.R. (2001). "Dispersal of Stegodyphus Dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae): They do balloon after all!" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 29: 114–116. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0114:DOSDAE]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 4707752.

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University of Arkansas Museum Arthropod Museum web page: dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus).

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Schütz, D.; Taborsky, M. (2003). "Adaptations to an aquatic life may be responsible for the reversed sexual size dimorphism in the water spider, Argyroneta aquatica" (PDF). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 5: 105–117. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-16.

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Watson, Traci (August 11, 2017). "Tiny Spiders Devour Lizards Three Times Their Size". National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017.
Schütz, D.; Taborsky, M. (2003). "Adaptations to an aquatic life may be responsible for the reversed sexual size dimorphism in the water spider, Argyroneta aquatica" (PDF). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 5: 105–117. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-16.

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Cordellier, Mathilde; Schneider, Jutta M.; Uhl, Gabriele; Posnien, Nico (1 March 2020). "Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics". Development Genes and Evolution. 230 (2): 155–172. doi:10.1007/s00427-020-00657-6. ISSN 1432-041X. PMC 7127994. PMID 32052129.

Spider behavior (English Wikipedia)

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