@article {508,
	title = {Body burdens of metals in spiders from the Lidice coal dump near Ostrava (Czech Republic)},
	journal = {Biologia (Bratislava)},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ZOOR14205026618},
	month = {2005},
	pages = {599-605},
	abstract = {Spiders{\textquoteright} feeding behaviour and external digestion expose them to man-made pollutants, especially those easily transferred along the food chain. The problem for this study was whether the levels of heavy metals in selected species of spiders from the Lidice coal dump reflect adaptation to environmental pollutants. We used flameless and flame AAS to measure the whole-body concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni and Mg in male and female spiders differing in their hunting strategies, type of web construction, prey, and taxonomic position (Araneidae, Agelenidae, Linyphiidae, Theridiidae, Tetragnathidae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, Pisauridae, Clubionidae, Philodromidae). The levels of metals found in the spiders were species-dependent, indicating differences related to the hunting strategy and type of prey. Accumulation of Pb, Cu and Zn was always higher in ground spiders than in web-constructing species. Sheet-web spiders Linyphia triangularis and wandering spiders Clubiona lutescens had the lowest Cd, Mg and Cu content of all the studied species. Web-building spiders of the Tetragnathidae family showed the highest Cd, Cu and Pb content, even in species with feeding behaviour similar to spiders of other families. There were no interspecific differences in accumulation only for Fe and Mg. The concentrations of Cd, Ni and Pb were lower in females than in males, irrespective of their taxonomic position and the intensity of their hunting activity. This may suggest that females have better metal-excretion ability than males.},
	keywords = {/ Content] [Metals / Heavy metals / ] [Czech Republic / Ostrava, Lidice, / taxonomy \& web type relations]., Abiotic factors, Animal, Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Pollutants / Heavy metal content / foraging strategies, Biochemistry, Chemical factors, Chemical pollution, constructions, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Feeding behaviour, Habitat, habitat / Coal dump habitat / ] [Metal pollution / Heavy metal pollution, Land zones, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Pollution, relations] [Foraging / Hunting strategies / ] [Webs / / Type] [Man made, Systematics, taxonomic position \& web type relations] [Diet / / Heavy metal content},
	isbn = {0006-3088},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14205026618},
	author = {Wilczek, Grazyna and Babczynska, Agnieszka and Majkus, Zdenek}
}
@article {430,
	title = {Nesting behavior of Anoplius liukiu, in comparison with another semi-aquatic spider wasp, A. eous (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)},
	journal = {Japanese Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {65},
	year = {1997},
	note = {ZOOR13400060030},
	month = {1997},
	pages = {482-499},
	abstract = {Anoplius liukiu (DALLA TORRE) exhibits several characteristics in its nesting behavior. Females build their nests in the ground before hunting. They transport prey walking backward on the ground, grasping it in their mandibles by the base of the legs. Alternatively they may drag it forward along the surface film of the water, using their wings for locomotion, grasping it by the middle of the first or second leg, as do females of A. eous YASUMATSU. Their nests are often excavated in pre-existing large burrows opening into stream banks and contain 1-4 cells. Their prey consists of immature or adult males and females of Pardosa pseudoannulata (BOSFNBERG et STRAND) (Lycosidae). Other prey taken was an adult female of Pirata clercki (BOSENBERG et STRAND) (Lycosidae) and a juvenile of Coelotes sp. (Agelenidae). Nesting behavior and some morphological characteristics of this species are compared with those of A. eous, which occupies the same habitat as A. liukiu but is more versatile in its nesting and more adapted for a semi-aquatic mode of life.},
	keywords = {[Japan / / Honshu, / / Structure] [Semiaquatic habitat / / ] [Japan / / Honshu, Animal, Anoplius eous, Anoplius eous (Pompilidae): [Predator]., Anoplius liukiu (Pompilidae): [Predator]., Anoplius liukiu [Arachnid prey / / Araneae, Araneae (Arachnida): [Prey]., Araneae [Insect predators / / Anoplius eous \& A. liukiu (Hymenoptera), Asia, behaviour / / Nesting behaviour] [Reproductive behaviour / / ] [Nests, comparative study], comparative study] [Feeding, constructions, Diet, Ecology, Eurasia, Habitat, Hymenopteran predator nesting behaviour \&, Land zones, nesting behaviour \& transport of prey, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Predator, Predator nesting behaviour \& transport of prey, Predators, Prey, Reproduction, Saitama, Saitama]., transport of prey].},
	isbn = {0915-5805},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13400060030},
	author = {Shimizu, Akira}
}
@article {382,
	title = {The ecology of the cooperative spider Agelena consociata in equatorial Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {14},
	year = {1986},
	note = {ZOOR12400035163},
	month = {1986},
	pages = {175-191},
	keywords = {[Climate and weather / / Rain] [Gabon / / M{\textquoteright}Passa, / / Colony composition \& size, Abiotic factors, Africa, Afrotropical region, Agelena consociata (Araneae)., Agelena consociata [Energy requirements / / Energy budget \& colony size, Animal, Behaviour, budget \& fecundity] [Webs / / Survival, budget] [Population size / / Colony, Colony size, constructions, Ecology, effect, effect of rain \& colony size], effect on egg production \& energy, effect on web survival, energy, Energy budget, fertility \& web survival]., Land zones, Nutrition, on energy budget, Physical factors, Population dynamics, relationship] [Fecundity / / Colony size relationship] [Group behaviour, Reproduction, Reproductive productivity, Social behaviour},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12400035163},
	author = {Reichert, S. E. and Roeloffs, R. and Echternacht, A. C.}
}
@article {25,
	title = {Social behaviour in a web-building lynx spider, Tapinillus sp. (Araneae: Oxyopidae)},
	journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {52},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ZOOR13100027202},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {163-176},
	abstract = {Social behaviour involving cooperative prey capture and communal feeding is reported for the first time in the spider family Oxyopidae (lynx spiders), in a web-building species of the genus Tapinillus. This social spider inhabits communal webs that may contain several dozen individuals, including adults of both sexes and juveniles of different cohorts. Its colonies occur in clusters and appear to be long-lived, much like those of non-territorial permanently social species such as Anelosimus eximius (Theridiidae) or Agelena consociata (Agelenidae). However, unlike colonies of these other cooperative spiders, the colonies of the social Tapinillus do not have highly female-biased sex ratios. The possible explanations for this difference are discussed.},
	keywords = {/ / ] [Ecuador / / Sucumbios, \& communal feeding in communal webs, Animal, Behaviour, behaviour in communal webs]., communal webs, constructions, Cooperative, cooperative behaviour relationships] [Webs, Cuyabeno Nature Reserve, Ecology, Ecuador]., Feeding behaviour, first report, first report for, Foraging, Land zones, Neotropical region, Nutrition, Oxyopidae (Araneae)., Oxyopidae [Cooperative behaviour / / Prey capture \& communal feeding in, Oxyopidae] [Food capture / / ] [Cooperative behaviour / / Prey capture, Population dynamics, Population structure, sex ratio / / Communal webs, Sex ratio relations] [Population, Social behaviour, South America, Tapinillus (Araneae)., Tapinillus [Food handling / / Communal feeding},
	isbn = {0024-4066},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13100027202},
	author = {Aviles, Leticia}
}
