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Spider Physiology and Behaviour
Behaviour
- 1st Edition, Volume 41 - October 12, 2011
- Editor: Jerome Casas
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 5 9 1 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 5 9 4 2 - 6
This latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour.The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour.The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future.
- Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
- Discusses arachnid physiology and behavior
- Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
Insect and other physiologists and neuroscientists; zoologists.
Contributors
Preface
The Sensory and Behavioural Biology of Whip Spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi)
1 Introduction
2 Whip spider sensory biology
3 Whip spider behavioural biology
4 Conclusions
Dynamic Population Structure and the Evolution of Spider Mating Systems
1 Introduction
2 Spider reproductive and life-history traits
3 Spatial variation
4 Temporal variation
5 Adaptations towards an uncertain world
6 Conclusions and future directions
Spider Cognition
1 Crossing the cognitive line
2 Paying attention
3 Perception
4 Communication
5 Cognition via chemistry
6 What is it like to be a spider?
The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs
1 Introduction
2 Orb web function during prey capture
3 How costly are orb webs?
4 Plasticity and response to the environment
5 Beyond prey capture: orb webs as habitats
6 Evolution of orb webs
7 New horizons
Combined Index of Volumes 40 and 41
- No. of pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 41
- Published: October 12, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124159198
- eBook ISBN: 9780124159426
JC
Jerome Casas
Affiliations and expertise
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, FranceRead Spider Physiology and Behaviour on ScienceDirect