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PLoS ONE, 2021 To investigate a specificity of spiders as a prototypical fear- and disgust-eliciting stimuli, we conducted an online experiment. The respondents rated images of 25 spiders, 12 non-spider chelicerates, and 10 other arthropods on a fear and disgust 7 ...
Eva Landová +2 more
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Beneficial Effects of Ants and Spiders on the Reproductive Value of Eriotheca gracilipes (Malvaceae) in a Tropical Savanna [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Predators affect plant fitness when they forage on them and reduce the action of herbivores. Our study evaluates the complementary effects of spiders and ants that visit the extrafloral nectaries of Eriotheca gracilipes (Malvaceae) on the production of ...
Vanessa Stefani +2 more
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Foraging strategies and geographic factors jointly shape gut microbiota of spiders in the Sichuan and Guizhou regions of China [PDF]
Communications BiologySpiders, a keystone predatory group for terrestrial ecosystem balance, have underexplored gut microbiotas. We collected 1090 spiders from 34 families in southwestern China, performing 16S rRNA sequencing to investigate their gut microbiota. Wandering and
Jiao Wang +5 more
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Coloring with Spiders: Our Favorites from Florida
EDIS, 2023 Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein
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INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR NURSING STAFF REGARDING APPROACH TO A PATIENT WITH SPIDER PHOBIA AND/OR BITE [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016 Spider bites are uncommon medical events, since there are limited number of spiders worldwide with fangs strong enough to pierce human skin, and most spiders bite humans only as a final defense when being crushed between skin and another object.
TOSSON MORSY +2 more
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An Introduction to Some Common and Charismatic Florida Spiders
EDIS, 2023 Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
E. C. Powell +2 more
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Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2021 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Gábor Wiener +2 more
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LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics, 2005 AbstractThe use of diagrams in mathematics has traditionally been restricted to guiding intuition and communication. With rare exceptions such as Peirce's alpha and beta systems, purely diagrammatic formal reasoning has not been in the mathematician's or logician's toolkit. This paper develops a purely diagrammatic reasoning system of “spider diagrams”
Howse, John +2 more
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EDIS, 2011 This document provides an overview of spider species, their biology, and their role in controlling insect populations. It highlights the diversity of spiders, their predatory habits, and their adaptations to various environments, including human ...
P.G. Koehler, A. Chaskopoulou
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Spider Ecology and Behaviour—Spiders as Model Organisms
Insects, 2023 Spiders are versatile and ubiquitous generalist predators that can be found in all terrestrial ecosystems except for Antarctica [...]
Hesselberg, T, Gálvez, D
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