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Environmental factors affecting the web and activity of a psammophilous spider in the Namib Desert
J. R. Henschel,Yael Lubin +1 more
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In this paper, the authors describe the structure of the web and examine the influence of certain environmental factors on web design and spider activity, including wind-blown sand covering the web's capture elements and disrupting foraging activity.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 1992-03-01. It has received 54 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sand dune stabilization & Seothyra.read more
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The Role of Silk in the Behaviour and Sociality of Spiders
Bertrand Krafft,Laurie Cookson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the links between the production of silk by spiders and their behaviour, and explain the phenomena of group cohesion, collective decision making, and coordination of activities, without resorting to mental representations for the overall situation.
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Spatial distribution, burrow depth and temperature: implications for the sexual strategies in two Allocosa wolf spiders
TL;DR: Temperature buffering increased with depth, providing thermal stability in such a harsh environment as coastal dunes, and adults in A. alticeps adults could prefer the slope to avoid intra-guild predation.
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Psammophily in Namib Desert spiders
TL;DR: The large, dominant heteropodid, Leucorchestris, may determine many characteristics of the Namib arthropod community, including large size, polyphagy, low metabolism, longevity, brood care and seasonal foraging and breeding patterns.
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Thermal constraints on prey-capture behavior of a burrowing spider in a hot environment
TL;DR: Only the relatively long post-strike retreat from the capture web is important in keeping spiders' body temperatures from exceeding their lethal limits, and shuttling appreciably limits the increase in body temperature of small individuals, but may have little effect on body temperature increase in larger spiders.
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Tool Use by Spiders: Stone Selection and Placement by Corolla Spiders Ariadna (Segestriidae) of the Namib Desert
TL;DR: Corolla spiders use the selected stones as tools to extend their foraging range and can be explained by the allometric scaling to spider size of the burrow entrance and the stones.
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