Spider Communication
Mechanisms and Ecological Significance
Will be published approx. on 14. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
452 pages
978-0-691-61453-3 (ISBN)
Description
Concentrating on the complex spider communication system, this book assembles the most recent multidisciplinary advances of leading researchers from many countries to assess the peculiar role spiders play in the animal kingdom. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
682 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-61453-3 (9780691614533)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€93.99
Available for download
Persons
Peter N. Witt & Jerome S. Rovner
Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Chapter 1 Introduction: Communication in Spiders, pg. 3*Chapter 2 The Significance and Complexity of Communication in Spiders, pg. 15*Chapter 3 Spiders and Vibratory Signals: Sensory Reception and Behavioral Significance, pg. 67*Chapter 4 Acoustic Communication and Reproductive Isolation in Spiders, pg. 123*Chapter 5 Visual Communication in Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), pg. 161*Chapter 6 The Behavior of Communicating in Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), pg. 213*Chapter 7 Chemical Communication in Lycosids and Other Spiders, pg. 249*Chapter 8 Spider Interaction Strategies: Communication vs. Coercion, pg. 281*Chapter 9 Social Spacing Strategies in Spiders, pg. 317*Chapter 10 Spider Foraging: Behavioral Responses to Prey, pg. 353*Epilogue, pg. 387*Literature Cited, pg. 393*Taxonomic Index, pg. 433*Subject Index, pg. 437