Spider Webs : Behavior, Function, and Evolution /

In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers. For...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eberhard, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Temas:
Spider webs.
Spiders > Behavior.
Spiders-Behavior.
SCIENCE / General.
diversity.
morphology.
silk proteins.
spider.
spiders.
webs.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The "hardware" of web-building spiders: morphology, silk, and behavior
  • Chapter 3. Functions of orb web designs
  • Chapter 4. Putting pieces together: tradeoffs and remaining puzzles
  • Chapter 5. The building behavior of non-orb weavers
  • Chapter 6. The building behavior of orb-w eavers
  • Chapter 7. Cues directing web construction behavior
  • Chapter 8. Web ecology and website selection
  • Chapter 9. Evolutionary patterns: an ancient succ ess that produced high diversity and rampant convergence
  • Chapter 10. Ontogeny, modularity, and the evolution of web building
  • References
  • Index

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