Spider Ecophysiology.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin Springer 2013Description: 529 p. illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978-3-642-33988-2
Subject(s):
Contents:
Respiration and circulatory system. Evolution and adaptation of hemocyanin within spiders / Thorsten Burmester ; The circulatory system of spiders / Christian S. Wirkner and Katarina Huckstorf ; Tracheae in spiders : respiratory organs for special functions / Anke Schmitz -- Locomotion and dispersal. Hydraulic system of locomotion / Christian Kropf ; Functional aspects of spider scopulae / Senta Niederegger ; Cost-benefit balance of dispersal and the evolution of conditional dispersal strategies in spiders / Dries Bonte -- Immune system and pathogens. The immune system of spiders / Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig and Wolfgang Nentwig ; Endosymbiont infections in spiders / Sara L. Goodacre and Oliver Y. Martin ; Fungal pathogens of spiders / Harry C. Evans -- Chemical communication and reproduction. Chemical communication and contact cuticular compounds in spiders / Marie Trabalon ; Spider olfaction : attracting, detecting, luring and avoiding / Gabriele Uhl ; Karyotypes, sex chromosomes, and meiotic division in spiders / Tereza Kořínková and Jiří Král ; Male reproductive system of spiders / Peter Michalik and Elisabeth Lipke -- Venom. Main components of spider venoms / Wolfgang Nentwig and Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig ; The neurotoxic mode of action of venoms from the spider family Theraphosidae / Volker Herzig and Glenn F. King ; The cytotoxic mode of action of the venom of Cupiennius salei (Ctenidae) / Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig and Wolfgang Nentwig ; The evolution of a toxic enzyme in sicariid spiders / Greta Binford ; Predation by spitting spiders : elaborate venom gland, intricate delivery system / Robert B. Suter and Gail E. Stratton ; Spider venoms potentially lethal to humans / Wolfgang Nentwig and Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig -- Silk. Spider silk : molecular structure and function in webs / Todd A. Blackledge ; Aggregate silk gland secretions of araneoid spiders / Mark A. Townley and Edward K. Tillinghast ; Cribellar thread / Brent D. Opell -- Colouration. Insect view of orb spider body colorations / I-Min Tso ; Structural colors in spiders / Rainer F. Foelix, Bruno Erb, and David E. Hill ; UV and camouflage in crab spiders (Thomisidae) / Marie E. Herberstein and Felipe M. Gawryszewski ; Rapid colour change in spiders / Judith Wunderlin and Christian Kropf -- Nutrition. Nutritional aspects of spider feeding / Søren Toft ; Herbivory in spiders / Dirk Sanders ; Artificial diets for spiders / Divina M. Amalin -- Ecotoxicology. Effects of heavy metal contamination / Paweł Migula, Grażyna Wilczek, and Agnieszka Babczyńska ; Side effect of synthetic pesticides on spiders / Stano Pekár ; Side effects of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins on spiders / Michael Meissle ; Effects of neem on spiders / John D. Stark -- Applications. Modelling and application of the hydraulic spider leg mechanism / Lena Zentner ; Adhesion to flat surfaces : from spiders to stickers / Tobias Seidl and Renato Vidoni ; Technical and biomedical uses of nature's strongest fiber : spider silk / Christina Allmeling, Christine Radtke, and Peter M. Vogt ; Spider venom components as drug candidates / Vera Oldrati, Estelle Bianchi, and Reto Stöcklin -- Appendix. Spider phylogeny.
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Respiration and circulatory system. Evolution and adaptation of hemocyanin within spiders / Thorsten Burmester ; The circulatory system of spiders / Christian S. Wirkner and Katarina Huckstorf ; Tracheae in spiders : respiratory organs for special functions / Anke Schmitz -- Locomotion and dispersal. Hydraulic system of locomotion / Christian Kropf ; Functional aspects of spider scopulae / Senta Niederegger ; Cost-benefit balance of dispersal and the evolution of conditional dispersal strategies in spiders / Dries Bonte -- Immune system and pathogens. The immune system of spiders / Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig and Wolfgang Nentwig ; Endosymbiont infections in spiders / Sara L. Goodacre and Oliver Y. Martin ; Fungal pathogens of spiders / Harry C. Evans -- Chemical communication and reproduction. Chemical communication and contact cuticular compounds in spiders / Marie Trabalon ; Spider olfaction : attracting, detecting, luring and avoiding / Gabriele Uhl ; Karyotypes, sex chromosomes, and meiotic division in spiders / Tereza Kořínková and Jiří Král ; Male reproductive system of spiders / Peter Michalik and Elisabeth Lipke -- Venom. Main components of spider venoms / Wolfgang Nentwig and Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig ; The neurotoxic mode of action of venoms from the spider family Theraphosidae / Volker Herzig and Glenn F. King ; The cytotoxic mode of action of the venom of Cupiennius salei (Ctenidae) / Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig and Wolfgang Nentwig ; The evolution of a toxic enzyme in sicariid spiders / Greta Binford ; Predation by spitting spiders : elaborate venom gland, intricate delivery system / Robert B. Suter and Gail E. Stratton ; Spider venoms potentially lethal to humans / Wolfgang Nentwig and Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig -- Silk. Spider silk : molecular structure and function in webs / Todd A. Blackledge ; Aggregate silk gland secretions of araneoid spiders / Mark A. Townley and Edward K. Tillinghast ; Cribellar thread / Brent D. Opell -- Colouration. Insect view of orb spider body colorations / I-Min Tso ; Structural colors in spiders / Rainer F. Foelix, Bruno Erb, and David E. Hill ; UV and camouflage in crab spiders (Thomisidae) / Marie E. Herberstein and Felipe M. Gawryszewski ; Rapid colour change in spiders / Judith Wunderlin and Christian Kropf -- Nutrition. Nutritional aspects of spider feeding / Søren Toft ; Herbivory in spiders / Dirk Sanders ; Artificial diets for spiders / Divina M. Amalin -- Ecotoxicology. Effects of heavy metal contamination / Paweł Migula, Grażyna Wilczek, and Agnieszka Babczyńska ; Side effect of synthetic pesticides on spiders / Stano Pekár ; Side effects of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins on spiders / Michael Meissle ; Effects of neem on spiders / John D. Stark -- Applications. Modelling and application of the hydraulic spider leg mechanism / Lena Zentner ; Adhesion to flat surfaces : from spiders to stickers / Tobias Seidl and Renato Vidoni ; Technical and biomedical uses of nature's strongest fiber : spider silk / Christina Allmeling, Christine Radtke, and Peter M. Vogt ; Spider venom components as drug candidates / Vera Oldrati, Estelle Bianchi, and Reto Stöcklin -- Appendix. Spider phylogeny.