Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders Contributions from the Neotropical Region

Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders Contributions from the Neotropical Region / edited by Carmen Viera, Marcelo O. Gonzaga.

Within the last few decades, arachnology in the Neotropical region has experienced a great development filling the knowledge gap in one of the most diverse regions of the world. Nevertheless, large geographical areas remain poorly sampled, especially within the Amazon, and new genera and species hav...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Viera, Carmen (Editor), Gonzaga, Marcelo O. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Behavioral sciences.
Animal ecology.
Animal systematics.
Animal taxonomy.
Evolutionary biology.
Entomology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Diversity and Distribution of Araneomorph Spiders in the Neotropics.- Chapter 2. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Neotropical Mygalomorphae.- Chapter 3. Neotropical Arachnological Collections: Basic Tools for the Development in the Spiders Research.- Chapter 4. Habitat Selection and Dispersion in Neotropical Spiders.- Chapter 5. Dispersal Strategies, Genetic Diversity and Distribution: Implications on Conservation in Two South American Sand-dwelling Wolf Spiders.- Chapter 6. Webs: function, structure and variation.- Chapter 7. Interactions Among Spiders and Plants: an Ecological Approach
  • Chapter 8. Spiders as Plant-Partners: Complementing Ant Services in Extrafloral Nectaried Plant Communities.- Chapter 9. Foraging strategies of cursorial and ambushing spiders.- Chapter 10. Trophic Specialization
  • Chapter 11. Spiders associated to agroecosystems, roles and perspectives.- Chapter 12. Chemical Communication in Neotropical Spiders.- Chapter 13. Sexual selection and mating behaviors.- Chapter 14. Parental care and sociality.- Chapter 15. Plasticity and cognition in spiders.- Chapter 16. Host behavioural manipulation of spider hosts by parasitoid wasps.- Chapter 17. Anti-predator strategies in neotropical spiders. .

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