| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Spider biology / Marie E. Herberstein and Anne Wignall -- Flexibility in the foraging strategies of spiders / Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson -- Spider webs : evolution, diversity and plasticity / Marie E. Herberstein and I-Min Tso -- Flexible use of anti-predator defences / Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson -- Communication / Gabriele Uhl and Damian O. Elias -- Deceptive signals in spiders / Marie E. Herberstein and Anne Wignall -- Mating behaviour and sexual selection / Jutta Schneider and Maydianne Andrade -- Group living in spiders : cooperative breeding and coloniality / Trine Bilde and Yael Lubin -- Plasticity, learning and cognition / Elizabeth Jakob, Christa Skow and Skye Long -- Kleptoparasitic spiders of the subfamily Argyrodinae : a special case of behavioural plasticity / Mary Whitehouse. |
| Subject |
Spiders -- Behavior.
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| Alt Author |
Herberstein, Marie Elisabeth.
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| Standard # |
9780521765299 |
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0521765293 |
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9780521749275 paperback |
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0521749271 paperback |
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