@article {444,
	title = {Tests for sex differences in fitness-linked traits in the spider Agelenopsis aperta (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Behavior},
	volume = {7},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ZOOR13100049255},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {517-532},
	abstract = {The idea that traits linked to individual fitness may differ between males and females was tested in the desert funnel-web spider, Agelenopsis aperta. The study entailed comparison of juvenile male and female behavior with respect to three traits previously shown to be linked to female body mass and ultimately to individual female fitness: habitat discrimination, territorial behavior, and agonistic behavior. As juveniles, male and female spiders behave similarly: they utilize the same habitat cues in locating web sites, maintain similar territory sizes, and exhibit the same behavior patterns in territorial disputes. Like females, males that obtain the highest-quality web sites achieve a greater body mass and are more likely to survive to maturity.},
	keywords = {Agelenopsis aperta (Araneae)., Agelenopsis aperta [Weight / / Fitness indicator, Animal constructions, Behaviour, Biometrics, Carrizozo, comparative test of, comparative test of sexual differences] [Natural, comparative tests for sex differences]., differences] [Agonistic behaviour / / Link to fitness indicator \& tests, Ecology, Evolution, Fitness linked traits, for sex differences] [Territoriality / / ] [Survival / / Body mass, for sex differences] [Webs / / Site selection, Habitat utilization, Land zones, link to fitness \& test, Nearctic region, North America, Population dynamics, preference / / Web site quality discrimination, relations \& linked behavioural traits, Reproduction, selection / / Fitness linked behavioural traits, Sex differences, sex differences in linked traits] [Behavioural sex differences / /, test of sex differences] [Habitat, tests for sex, USA, USA] [New Mexico / /},
	isbn = {0892-7553},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13100049255},
	author = {Singer, Fred and Riechert, Susan E.}
}
@article {330,
	title = {Seasonal activity of boreal forest-floor spiders (Araneae)},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {22},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ZOOR13100038325},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {23-31},
	abstract = {We studied the seasonal occurrence of forest-floor spiders by collecting samples with 100 pitfall traps operated throughout the growing season of 1985 in a mature coniferous stand in southern Finland. Samples were collected at five-day intervals in May-August and at longer intervals in September-November. The entire sample from the 26 trapping periods consisted of 6753 adult spiders of 100 species. The overall abundance and species richness was highest in the early season, May and June. Seasonal spider catch was not correlated with fluctuations in temperature. but was negatively correlated with rainfall. Nine of the ten abundant species ( gtoreq 2\% of the sample each) belonged to the family Linyphiidae (sensu lato) and one to the family Agelenidae. Macrargus rufus (Wider) was the most abundant species comprising approximately 1/3 of the sample followed by Lepthyphantes alacris (Blackwall) (17\% of the sample). The activity peaks of the ten abundant species were usually short, only a few weeks, and occurred in the early and mid-season, May-July. Only L. alacris was collected every trapping period. Although numbers of males clearly exceeded that of females in most species, the seasonal occurrence of the sexes coincided. Our results differ somewhat from earlier observations about spider phenology in Finland. It is possible that this discrepancy depends to a great extent on different sampling methods used.},
	keywords = {[Community structure / / Seasonal, Abiotic factors, Activity patterns, Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Seasonal activity / / Activity peaks, Behaviour, community structure relations] [Finland / / ]., coniferous forest], Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, Land zones, Palaearctic region, Physical factors, Rainfall, rainfall relations] [Forest and, Terrestrial habitat, woodland / / community structure \& activity] [Climate and weather / /},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13100038325},
	author = {Niemela, Jari and Pajunen, Timo and Haila, Yrjo and Punttila, Pekka and Halme, Eero}
}
@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}
}
