Spider Communication
Mechanisms and Ecological Significance
1st Edition
Published on 14. July 2014
452 pages
978-1-4008-5751-7 (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.
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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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
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
