Description
Spider Physiology and Behaviour
Behaviour
Author: CASAS Jerome
Language: EnglishSubject for Spider Physiology and Behaviour:
Keywords
Adhesion; Amblypygi; Antenniform leg; Arachnid; Araneidae; Bio-inspired design; Biomimicry; Classification; Communication; Demography; Dynamic selection; Escape; Experience dependent; Extended phenotype; Female choice; Flagelliform silk; Foraging behaviour; Genitalia; Giant neuron; Life history; Major ampullate spidroin; Male-male competition; Mechanosensation; Olfaction; Perception; Phenotypic plasticity; Preference; Prey capture; Representation; Search image; Sex ratio; Sexual selection; Spider; Spider web; Structural protein; Theridiidae; Trichobothria; Variation
Publication date: 11-2011
288 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
288 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
Description
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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 future.
- Introduction
- The Sensory and Behavioural Biology of Whip Spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi)
- Dynamic population structure and the evolution of spider mating systems
- Spider Cognition
- The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems
Insect and other physiologists and neuroscientists; zoologists.
- 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
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