@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 {368,
	title = {Interactions between the social spider Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and foreign spiders that frequent its nests},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ZOOR14309061080},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {143-152},
	abstract = {Because competition for resources generally leads to the spatial exclusion of species using similar resources, it is surprising that foreign spider species are frequently observed in or near the nests of the social spider, Anelosimus studiosus (Hentz 1850) (Theridiidae). In this study, we quantified the frequency of A. studiosus-foreign spider co-occurrence and completed experiments designed to explain the nature of the host-foreign spider species associations. Four families were numerically prominent nest associates of A. studiosus: Salticidae, Anyphaenidae, Araneidae and Tetragnathidae. These families and the Agelenidae (intermediate association rate) and (Philodromidae) (infrequent association rate) were subjected to further study. In choice trials, no foreign spider family discriminated nest silk or A. studiosus, itself, from the foliage the nest is built in. Predation events and maximum inter-individual spacing were significant outcomes of induced pair-wise interactions between host and foreign spiders for all families. Predation events were almost exclusively foreign on host. Field census results show that a close correspondence exists between the rate of loss of A. studiosus nests over time and the association rate of anyphaenids and agelenids at particular sites: these two families were the prominent predators on A. studiosus in laboratory trials. In reciprocal predation tests, juveniles suffered less predation in the presence of a mother; in the reciprocal trials, mothers also suffered less predation from foreign spiders when juveniles were present.},
	keywords = {[Associations / Anelosimus studiosus (Arachnida) / Foreigner, / ]., America, Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae): [Prey]., Anelosimus studiosus [Associations / Araneae (Arachnida) / Foreigner, Animal constructions, Araneae (Arachnida): [Predator]., Araneae [Arachnid prey / Anelosimus studiosus / Intraguild predation, Araneae / Intraguild predation events in nests, Associations, benefits of interactions] [Alabama / / ] [Florida / / ] [Tennessee /, cooccurrences in nests \& costs \& benefits of interactions, cooccurrences with hosts in nests \& interaction costs \& benefits]., Diet, Ecology, events in prey nests, Florida \&, foreigner cooccurrence \&, interaction cost-benefits] [Nests / / Foreigner cooccurrences \& costs \&, Land zones, loss \& foreigner cooccurrence relationships] [Arachnid predators /, Nearctic region, North, Nutrition, Population dynamics, predator-prey cooccurrence relationships, Predators, Prey, Tennessee] [Population censuses / Nest status censuses / Rate of nest, USA, USA]},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14309061080},
	author = {Perkins, T. Alex and Riechert, Susan E. and Jones, Thomas C.}
}
@article {371,
	title = {Abundance and prey of Coelotes terrestris (Wider) (Araneae, Agelenidae) in hedges},
	journal = {Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society},
	volume = {8},
	year = {1990},
	note = {ZOOR12700032450},
	month = {1990},
	pages = {185-193},
	keywords = {/ ] [Germany / / Aachen, \& microclimate relationship] [Habitat preference / / ] [Terrestrial, Abiotic factors, Abundance \& prey composition]., Coelotes terrestris (Araneae): [Predator]., Coelotes terrestris [Prey / / Arthropoda, Composition, Diet, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, habitat / / Hedge structure \& microclimate influence on abundance \&, Habitat utilization, hedge structure \& microclimate] [Population density / / Hedge structure, influence of, Land zones, microclimate influence on abundance \& prey composition] [Temperature /, Nutrition, Palaearctic, Physical factors, Population dynamics, prey composition] [Man made habitat / / ] [Humidity / / Hedge, region},
	isbn = {0524-4994},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12700032450},
	author = {Petto, R.}
}
@article {294,
	title = {To the knowledge of the funnel-web spides spider Agelena labyrinthica (Araneae, Agelenidae) in the Transuralian forest steppe},
	journal = {Zoologicheskii Zhurnal},
	volume = {74},
	year = {1995},
	note = {ZOOR13200068494},
	month = {1995},
	pages = {139-143},
	keywords = {[Population density / / Web abundance as indicator] [Webs / / Funnel, adaptation / / Funnel web, Agelena labyrinthica (Araneae): [Predator]., Agelena labyrinthica [Insect prey / / Spectrum, Animal constructions, capture / / Funnel web structure relationships] [Evolutionary, Diet, Ecology, Eurasia, Evolution, Feeding behaviour, feeding ecology relationships]., Foraging, forest steppe] [Food preferences / / Insect prey spectrum] [Food, Funnel web structure, Habitat, influencing factors, insect prey capture relationships], Land zones, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Population dynamics, Prey, structure role in feeding ecology] [Russia / / Chelyabinsk Region, Terrestrial habitat, web structure role in food capture] [Forest and woodland / / web},
	isbn = {0044-5134},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13200068494},
	author = {Mazura, N. S. and Esyunin, S. L.}
}
@article {233,
	title = {Habitat management in winter wheat and evaluation of subsequent spider predation on insect pests},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica},
	volume = {16},
	year = {1995},
	note = {ZOOR13300002246},
	month = {1995},
	pages = {389-403},
	abstract = {Density estimates, web cover and predatory importance of different spider families were investigated over one field season in relation to habitat manipulation by strip-management in a winter wheat field at Zollikofen near Berne, Switzerland. Spider densities and web cover were in most cases higher near the sown weed strips than they were away from them. The strips contained a significantly greater web cover for the sheet webs of Linyphiidae in May and at the end of July. Qualitative assessment of spiders{\textquoteright} prey revealed high percentages (up to 92\%) of Diptera and Aphidina (including pests). Quantitative evaluation of spider predation in the orb webs of Araneidae/Tetragnathidae and the sheet webs of Linyphiidae showed very small prey turnover rates e.g. Linyphiidae killed on average 1.5-1.7 aphids m-2 9 h daylight-1 in wheat. Theoretical estimates of diurnal prey capture in all spider webs (including Theridiidae and Agelenidae) were calculated. Comparisons with the reduction of noxious insects by other polyphagous predators suggested that in the investigated field the importance of spiders as biological control agents is rather small.},
	keywords = {[Arachnid predators / / Araneae, [Cultivated land habitat / / ] [Switzerland / / Berne, [Population size / / Web cover] [Cultivated land habitat / / ], [Switzerland / / Berne, Animals and man, Arachnida, Araneae (Arachnida): [Predator]., Araneae [Farming and agriculture / / Wheat, Commercial activities, Diet, Disturbance by man, Ecology, ecology \& predation] [Insect prey / / Wheat field, effects on predation] [Population density / / strip management effects], Eurasia, Europe, Habitat, Insecta (Arthropoda): [Prey]., Insecta [Farming and agriculture / / Wheat field, Land zones, Man made, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Population dynamics, predation by, Predators, Prey, strip management, strip management effects on, strip management effects on predation], strip management effects] [Population regulation / / ], Zollikofen].},
	isbn = {1146-609X},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13300002246},
	author = {Jmhasly, Patrick and Nentwig, Wolfgang}
}
@article {204,
	title = {Ecology of spiders inhabiting abandoned mines mammal burrows in South African savanna},
	journal = {Oecologia (Berlin)},
	volume = {76},
	year = {1988},
	note = {ZOOR12500033335},
	month = {1988},
	pages = {303-306},
	abstract = {In the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, in the South African savanna, the spider community in 320 abandoned mammal burrows was investigated. Three species, Agelena ocellata (Agelenidae), Euprosthenops proximus (Pisauridae) and Smeringopus pallidus (Pholcidae), coexisted in the burrows. The number of individuals and the number of species inhabiting the burrows increased with burrow size. Gerbil burrows were apparently too small to provide space for more than one individual of any of the three species. Only the burrows of springhares, warthogs, and antbears contained more than one spider. When artificial burrows were provided a rapid increase in settlement resulted. Competition for space therefore seems to be the determining factor influencing the population size. A relatively low number of prey items (136, in 119 webs) were found in agelenid webs only. Kleptoparasitic ants were observed stealing prey items from the webs.},
	keywords = {[Distribution within habitat / / Space requirements] [Habitat, [Transvaal / / Nylsvley Nature Reserve]., / / Mammalia, / Abandoned mammalian burrows] [Distribution within habitat / / Space, abandoned mammalian, Africa, Agelena ocellata (Araneae): [Predator]., Agelena ocellata [Diet / / Arthropod prey records, Animal constructions, arachnid, Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Community structure / / Abandoned mammalian burrows, Associations, brantsi [Nest and burrow fauna / / Araneae (Arachnida), burrows] [Prey / / Arthropoda, colonization / / Artificial mammalian burrows] [Grassland / / ecology, community, Diet, Ecology, Ecology in abandoned burrows, Ecology in abandoned burrows] [Population density / / ], ecology] [Grassland / / arachnid ecology in abandoned burrows], Euprosthenops proximus, Euprosthenops proximus (Araneae)., Habitat, in abandoned mammalian burrows] [Transvaal / / Nylsvley Nature, Land, Mammalia, Mammalia (Vertebrata)., Mammalia [Nest and burrow fauna / / Araneae (Arachnida), Nutrition, Orycteropus afer, Orycteropus afer (Orycteropodidae)., Pedetes capensis, Pedetes capensis (Pedetidae)., Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Suidae)., Population dynamics, Records, requirements] [Grassland / / ecology in abandoned mammalian burrows], Reserve]., savanna, savanna] [Burrows / / Abandoned, savanna] [Nest and burrow fauna, savanna] [Population density /, Smeringopus pallidus (Araneae)., Smeringopus pallidus [Nest and burrow fauna / /, South Africa, Tatera, Tatera brantsi (Muridae)., Terrestrial habitat, Transvaal]., utilization, zones},
	isbn = {0029-8549},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12500033335},
	author = {Heidger, C.}
}
@article {198,
	title = {Mother-offspring food transfer in Coelotes terrestris (Araneae, Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {19},
	year = {1991},
	note = {ZOOR12800017224},
	month = {1991},
	pages = {97-101},
	abstract = {Three different modes of maternal food supply have been reported in the subsocial agelenid species Coelotes terrestris: prey provisioning, consumption of the mother{\textquoteright}s body, and regurgitation of nutritive fluids. Although the first two modes are well documented, the latter is not fully assessed. By comparing-in the absence of any prey-the weight variations in spiderlings either left with their mothers or isolated, and by simultaneously comparing the weight variations of mothers, either isolated or left within the group of spiderlings, it was possible to see evidence of a significant and long-lasting food transfer from the mother to her progeny. This food transfer probably explains the high level of survivorship and reduction of cannibalism showed by broods left with their mothers. Close observation provided no direct evidence of mouth to mouth transfer. Rather, the food transfer appears to involve the production and emission of miniature eggs by the mother when in presence of spiderlings, a phenomenon which to date seems not to have been noted among spiders.},
	keywords = {[Egg laying / / ] [Parental care / / Food transfer to offspring, \& apart, among young, and development, Biometrics, Coelotes terrestris (Araneae)., Coelotes terrestris [Weight / / Changes in mother \& young kept together, Development, Ecology, evidence for food transfer] [Feeding behaviour / / Cannibalism, evidence from weight changes \& observations] [Growth / / Young kept, influence of maternal presence \& food supply] [Egg / /, Life cycle, Nutrition, observations \& first report for Araneae], Population dynamics, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour, Trophic eggs for feeding young, with \& apart from mother] [Survival / / ].},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12800017224},
	author = {Gundermann, J. L. and Horel, A. and Roland, C.}
}
@article {200,
	title = {The biology of Tuberta maerens (Araneae, Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society},
	volume = {10},
	year = {1995},
	note = {ZOOR13200037494},
	month = {1995},
	pages = {97-100},
	keywords = {[Longevity / / ] [Mortality / / ] [Distribution within habitat / /, Animal constructions, Development, Dispersal] [Habitat preference / / ] [Webs / / Structure] [Palaearctic, Ecology, Feeding behaviour, habitat \& prey preferences \& life, Habitat utilization, history]., Land zones, Life cycle and development, Nutrition, Population dynamics, region / / Distribution, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour, Reproductive productivity, season / / Time \& duration] [Egg number / / Notes] [Development / / ], Tuberta maerens (Araneae)., Tuberta maerens [Food preferences / / Prey preferences] [Breeding, web type},
	isbn = {0524-4994},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13200037494},
	author = {Hambler, Clive}
}
@article {175,
	title = {Ecological and biological studies on urban and rural spiders, especially on Hololena adnexa (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering},
	volume = {45},
	year = {1984},
	note = {ZOOR12300065132},
	month = {1984},
	pages = {770},
	keywords = {[Climate and weather / / ] [Spatial environment / / Plant habitat, [Embryology / / ] [Humidity / / Egg development time relationship], [Food availability / / Insect prey, [Temperature / / ] [California / / development \& reproduction]., Abiotic factors, Animals and man, arachnid, Araneae (Arachnida): [Predator]., Araneae [Habitat modification / / Community relationship, architecture, architecture] [California / / Biology]., areas] [Prey / / Insecta, Availability, Carnivorous feeding, Community structure, community structure relations], community structure relationship] [Urban habitat / / ], community] [California / / ]., density / / ] [Predators / / Araneae (Arachnida), Development, Diet, Ecology, effect on community] [Predator prey, effect on predator, Feeding, Habitat, Hololena adnexa (Araneae)., Hololena adnexa [Mating / / Observations, Influencing factors] [Plant and vegetation habitats / / Diversity \&, Insecta (Arthropoda): [Prey]., Insecta [Predator prey interactions / / Prey abundance, interactions / / Insect prey abundance] [Community structure / /, Land zones, Life cycle and development, Man made habitat, Nearctic region, North America, number / / ] [Life cycle / / Life history] [Development / / ], Nutrition, Physical factors, Population dynamics, Predation, predator community relationship] [Relative abundance / / ] [Population, productivity, Reproduction, reproductive, Reproductive behaviour, Terrestrial habitat, urban \& rural, urban \& rural areas] [Egg, USA},
	isbn = {0419-4217},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12300065132},
	author = {Fraser, J. B.}
}
@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}
}
@article {9,
	title = {Major true spiders (Araneae) and their predatory effects on dominant aphid species in alfalfa agroecosystem at western Saudi Arabia},
	journal = {Bulletin of Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University},
	volume = {55},
	year = {2004},
	note = {ZOOR14006037705},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {331-346},
	abstract = {The weekly intensive survey showed that two major aphid species, are widely prevalent in the alfalfa agroecosystem including the black alfalfa aphid Macrosiphum sp. and the spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis trifolii (Monell). A rich fauna of true spiders (Araneae) was also recorded as foliage-dwelling spiders that belong to 6 major families. Three major predominant spider families arranged by their percentage presence included Philodromidae (24.09\%), Thomisidae (21.09\%), Salticidae (16.58\%). However, other less predominant families included Zodariidae (4.68\%) Gnaphosidae (4.22\%), N Therididae (3.80\%), Lycosidae (3.01\%). Araneidae (2.51\%), Cithaeronidae (0.40\%), Agelenidae (0.88\%), Pholcidae (0.38\%) and Clubionidae (0.33\%). A linear correlation existed between the total numbers of spider complex and the total number of the spotted alfalfa aphid showed an appreciable synchrony with the population of the highly prevalent host (prey) throughout the year.},
	keywords = {[Arachnid predators / Araneae / Predator prey population interactions, / Hada Al-Sham / ]., Araneae (Arachnida): [Predator]., Araneae [Insect prey / Macrosiphum \& Therioaphis trifolii (Hemiptera) /, Asia, culivated land], cultivated land] [Community, cultivated land] [Cultivated land habitat / / plant host] [Saudi Arabia, Diet, Ecology, Eurasia, Habitat, Hosts, Land zones, Macrosiphum, Macrosiphum (Aphidoidea): [Parasite, Prey]., Man made habitat, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Parasites diseases and disorders, Population dynamics, Population interactions with arachnid predators, Predator prey population interactions, Predators, Prey, prey prevalence relationship] [Cultivated land habitat / / Community, structure / / Seasonal changes] [Population density / / Hemipteran, structure \& population interactions with hemipteran prey] [Saudi Arabia, Therioaphis trifolii (Aphidoidea): [Parasite, Prey]., Therioaphis trifolii [Plant hosts / Medicago sativa /},
	isbn = {0526-8613},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14006037705},
	author = {Al Ghamdi, Kh M. S.}
}
