Spider Evolution
Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences
- 1st Edition - October 14, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Subir Ranjan Kundu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 0 4 1 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 6 1 2 - 3
Spider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences provides a thorough exploration of the evolutionary trail of arachnids, particularly spider species, from prehistor… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSpider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences provides a thorough exploration of the evolutionary trail of arachnids, particularly spider species, from prehistoric origins to current sustainability issues. This book analyzes extinct organisms in the Arachnida class, specifically looking at their phylogenomics and molecular footprints to understand evolutionary changes in diversification in today’s species. Sections cover spider origins and their influences on behavioral traits, physiology of sensory organs, and biomechanics, also touching on spiders as prey and predators and how their roles have changed in the 400 million years of Arachnida existence.
The book then focuses upon current environmental issues facing spider species and how these have, and can, affect the evolution of these organisms. Topics include biodiversity minimization, climate change and natural disasters. This book is a much-needed resource for entomologists and arachnid- or arthropod-driven researchers. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students will also benefit from the historic review, current assessment and future predictions of spider evolution provided in this book.
- Provides a complete view of spider species from their first fossil evidence nearly 400 million years ago
- Focuses on climate change and biodiversity threats as environmental factors currently affecting these organisms
- Contains the most up-to-date knowledge on evolutionary genetics, physiology changes and behavioral outcomes
Entomologists and researchers focusing on spider research and evolutionary biology. Graduate or undergraduate students in entomology, evolutionary biology, and/or animal science courses
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Introduction: A fable of the first fire, brought by the water spider from a warm glowing island to the cold dark world of animal-people
- Chapter Two. An exordium to the cultural delineation of spiders
- Chapter Three. Spiders: The seventh-ranked species on planet Earth coming from the mythological abode of seven earths (or seven heavens)
- Chapter Four. Spider life span: Web-weaving with a wispy thread of silk
- Chapter Five. The tangled equilibrium of predator and prey: The hunter becomes the hunted
- Chapter Six. Evolutionary and Ecological impacts of stenophagy in Araneae: Its role in promoting or limiting spider diversity on planet Earth
- Chapter Seven. A thumbnail preview of sensuous impression versus sensual expression of the spider
- 1. Visual- and temperature-induced sensory interactions
- 2. Vibration- and touch-induced sensory interactions
- 3. Biochemical and thermal sensory interactions
- 4. Proprioception—the ability to sense stimuli evolving inside the body in terms of position, movement, and equilibrium
- Chapter Eight. Untangling the mystery of the origin and evolution of spiders on planet Earth
- Chapter Nine. Evolutionary repertoire on silk spinning by spiders: Origin and Microevolution of spinnerets and role of the spidroin gene family
- Chapter Ten. Adaptation and Evolutionary changes of spiders on planet Earth against the backdrop of geological time
- 1. Ordovician spiders (485.4–443.8 million years ago)
- 2. Silurian spiders (443.8–419.2 million years ago)
- 3. Devonian spiders (419.2–358.9 million years ago)
- 4. Carboniferous spiders (358.9–298.9 million years ago)
- 5. Permian spiders (298.9–251.9 million years ago)
- 6. Triassic spiders (251.90–201.36 million years ago)
- 7. Jurassic spiders (201.36–145 million years ago)
- 8. Cretaceous spiders (145–66 million years ago)
- Chapter Eleven. Impact of environmental parameters on the biodiversity, web formation, and niche properties of spiders
- Chapter Twelve. Shifting of environmental factors related to ecophysiological and adaptive responses of spiders
- Chapter Thirteen. Biomonitoring of environmental pollution using spiderwebs
- Chapter Fourteen. Effects of climate change and natural disasters: Microevolution of spiders with aggressive behavioral traits
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 14, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 258
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323900416
- eBook ISBN: 9780323886123
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Subir Ranjan Kundu
Dr. Subir R. Kundu is a senior researcher conducting extensive studies on “in situ” conservation models at the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. Previously, he was a senior research fellow at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Gardens under the Botanical Survey of India in Howrah, India. Dr. Kundu received his MSc. in botany from Kanpur University, Kanpur India, specializing in cytogenics and plant breeding; he then received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Calcutta, specializing in plant geography, systematic botany, and conservation biology. He is the author of four botany and conservation-related books and numerous journal publications on conservation and evolutionary biology.
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