Biogeografia, ecologia i taxonomia de les aranyes (Arachnida, Araneae) cavernícoles de les Illes Balears [PDF]
, 2004 [cat] Es presenta un resum de la tesi doctoral de PONS (2004) sobre biogeografia, ecologia i taxonomia de les aranyes de les Balears de la qual s’han seleccionat les dades conegudes sobre les aranyes cavernícoles, entrades de fonts o d’ambients
Pons Buades, Guillem Xavier
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The Use of Spider Silk in the Nests of Small Birds, With Particular Reference to the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) [PDF]
, 1991 A very wide range of smaller passerine birds employ silk, from spiders and other arthropods, as a nesting material. The nest is an important feature of bird breeding behaviour, success being dependent in part upon the structure of the nest and the timing
Storer, Nicholas P
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Energy Allocation of the Wolf Spider Pardosa pseudoannulata under Dietary Restriction. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Zhu Y +6 more
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Polarized light detection in spiders [PDF]
, 2001 Copyright © 2001 The Company of BiologistsWe describe here the detection of polarized light by the simple eyes of spiders. Using behavioural, morphological, electrophysiological and optical studies, we show that spiders have evolved two different ...
Dacke, M., Doan, T., O'Carroll, D.
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Artificial and natural silk materials have high mechanical property variability regardless of sample size. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Greco G +4 more
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Do spiders respond to global change? A study on the phenology of ballooning spiders in Switzerland [PDF]
, 2017 We studied ballooning spiders captured weekly over an 11-y period using a 12.2-m- high suction trap in an agricultural landscape of western Switzerland. We analyzed population trends, changes in phenology, and species composition.
Bersier, Louis-Félix +2 more
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Negative allometry of orb web size in spiders and the implications for the evolution of giant webs [PDF]
, 2023 Kevin Arbuckle
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Feeding mediated web-building plasticity in a cobweb spider. [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2023 Zhang H +6 more
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Biospeleologia de les cavitats de les illes Balears: invertebrats terrestres [PDF]
, 2011 [eng] In the caves of the Balearic Islands over 300 species of invertebrates (including terrestrial and aquatic species) are known until today. Of these, approximately 50 can be considered genuinely troglobiontic species. Over half of these are
Pons, Guillem Xavier, Vadell, Mateu
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