Advances in insect physiology. Volume 41, Spider physiology and behaviour. Behaviour /
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. * Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology * Discusses Arachnid physiology and behaviour * Includes in-depth reviews with...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Advances in insect physiology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Spider Physiology and Behaviour: Behaviour; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: The Sensory and Behavioural Biology of Whip Spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi); Chapter 2: Dynamic Population Structure and the Evolution of Spider Mating Systems; 1 Introduction; 2 Spider reproductive and life-history traits; 2.1 Silk and chemical cues; 2.2 Genitalia; 2.3 Haplogyne-type genitalia; 2.4 Entelegyne-type genitalia; 2.5 Solitary behaviour and cannibalism; 2.6 Variation in population structure; 3 Spatial variation; 3.1 Ecological variation; 4 Temporal variation
- 4.1 Development time4.2 Mortality rates; 4.3 Movement within and between populations; 4.4 Genitalia and mating system; 4.5 Breeding season length; 5 Adaptations towards an uncertain world; 5.1 Experience through pheromones; 5.1.1 Stopping the transmission of attractive pheromones; 5.1.2 Developmental tactics; 5.1.3 Behavioural tactics; 5.2 Experience through social interactions; 5.2.1 Juvenile experience; 5.2.2 Adult experience; 6 Conclusions and future directions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Spider Cognition; 1 Crossing the cognitive line
- 1.1 A day in the life of a spider in the field1.2 A day in the life of a spider in the laboratory; 1.3 Representation; 1.4 Specialization and preferences; 2 Paying attention; 2.1 Selective attention; 2.2 Perceptual learning; 2.3 Innate search images; 2.4 Capacity limitations and trade-offs; 3 Perception; 3.1 Classification and objects; 3.2 Spiders that see things; 3.3 The unseen world of the spider; 4 Communication; 4.1 Mind games in spider webs; 4.2 Within-species mind games; 4.3 Mate choice goes cognitive-Again; 5 Cognition via chemistry; 5.1 Flexible living through chemistry
- 5.2 Olfactory search images5.3 Cross-modality priming of selective attention; 6 What is it like to be a spider?; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Origin of orb webs; 1.2 Orb web structure and characterization; 1.2.1 Terminology; 1.2.2 Quantifying web shape and investment; 1.3 What is silk?; 1.3.1 Silk production; 1.3.2 Understanding mechanical performance; 1.3.3 Silk toolkits; 1.4 Orb web spinning behaviours; 1.5 Is web spinning innate?; 2 Orb web function during prey capture; 2.1 What prey are spiders targeting?
- 2.1.1 Is common really better?2.1.2 Nutrient constraints; 2.1.3 Non-traditional `foraging ́; 2.2 Prey interception; 2.3 Prey stopping; 2.4 Prey retention; 2.5 Vibration transmission; 2.6 Web visibility and stabilimenta; 2.6.1 Prey attraction; 2.6.2 Predator defence; 2.6.2.1 Camouflage; 2.6.2.2 Predator confusion; 2.6.2.3 Web advertisement; 2.6.3 Summary; 3 How costly are orb webs?; 3.1 Energetic costs; 3.1.1 Silk recycling; 3.2 Web relocation; 4 Plasticity and response to the environment; 4.1 Responsiveness to microhabitat; 4.2 Response to prey; 4.2.1 Web architecture