Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders : Contributions from the Neotropical Region /: Contributions from the Neotropical Region. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carmen Viera, Marcelo O. Gonzaga.
• Editors: Viera, Carmen; Gonzaga, Marcelo O
• Contents: Chapter 1. Diversity and Distribution of Araneomorph Spiders in the Neotropics.- Chapter 2. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Neotropical Mygalomorphae.- Chapter 3. Neotropical Arachnological Collections: Basic Tools for the Development in the Spiders Research.- Chapter 4. Habitat Selection and Dispersion in Neotropical Spiders.- Chapter 5. Dispersal Strategies, Genetic Diversity and Distribution: Implications on Conservation in Two South American Sand-dwelling Wolf Spiders.- Chapter 6. Webs: function, structure and variation.- Chapter 7. Interactions Among Spiders and Plants: an Ecological Approach.- Chapter 8. Spiders as Plant-Partners: Complementing Ant Services in Extrafloral Nectaried Plant Communities.- Chapter 9. Foraging strategies of cursorial and ambushing spiders.- Chapter 10. Trophic Specialization.- Chapter 11. Spiders associated to agroecosystems, roles and perspectives.- Chapter 12. Chemical Communication in Neotropical Spiders.- Chapter 13. Sexual selection and mating behaviors.- Chapter 14. Parental care and sociality.- Chapter 15. Plasticity and cognition in spiders.- Chapter 16. Host behavioural manipulation of spider hosts by parasitoid wasps.- Chapter 17. Anti-predator strategies in neotropical spiders. .
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (437 pages)
• Subjects: Life sciences; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Animal ecology; Zoology & animal sciences; Evolution; Insects (entomology); Animal behavior; Animal ecology; Evolution (Biology); Entomology; Animal behaviour
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319657172
• Related ISBNs: 9783319657165
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