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Colouration in crab spiders: substrate choice and prey attraction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Published version: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/208/10/1785/F3 ...
Cheng, K   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Artificial light at night and invasive signal crayfish alter aquatic‐terrestrial food webs

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Resource flows across aquatic‐terrestrial boundaries are increasingly affected by multiple stressors, such as artificial light at night (ALAN) and aquatic invasive species, which can alter the availability of resources for consumers.
Collins Ogbeide   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae, Salticidae) der griechischen Dodekanes- Insel Kos, mit zwölf Erstnachweisen

open access: yesArachnologische Mitteilungen, 2016
Twelve species of jumping spiders were recorded for the first time for the Greek Dodecanese island of Kos. Five of these species (Euophrys rufibarbis, Heliophanus equester, Menemerus taeniatus, Phlegra lineata and Pseudicius badius) are considered first ...
Schäfer, Michael
doaj   +1 more source

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

A new jumping spider

open access: yes, 1892
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The generic and specific composition ofthe Nearctic jumping spiders ofthe subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico is reviewed, and the biogeographic affinities of the constituent groups are diagnosed.
Edwards, G. B.
core   +1 more source

Extraocular Photoreception in Optic Lobes, Suckers, and Skin of Octopus vulgaris

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Evidence of extra‐ocular photoreception in Octopus vulgaris (a) Diagram of the O. vulgaris different tissues considered: SPB, sucker proximal big; SPL, sucker proximal large; SM, sucker medium; SD, sucker distal; SK, skin; OL, optic lobes; RT, retina; (b‐d) Gene expression analysis of Ov‐GRK1 (red), Ov‐retinochrome (green), Ov‐rhodopsin (blue) mRNA ...
Valeria Maselli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

First records of Epeus bicuspidatus and description of a new species of Epeus (Araneae, Salticidae) from Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal
Epeus is a genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae) comprising 20 species, four of which have been recorded in Vietnam.In this paper, we present descriptions and illustrations of two jumping spider species of the genus Epeus from Vietnam. Epeus bicuspidatus
Duc-Toan Vu   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Love is in the air: olfaction-based mate-odour identification by jumping spiders from the genus Cyrba [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are known for having good eyesight, but the extent to which they rely on olfaction is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate for the first time that olfactory pheromones are used by two species from the salticid genus Cyrba ...
Ana M. Cerveira, Robert R. Jackson
core   +1 more source

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