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List of contributors.. How this book came about.. 1 Introduction: spider biology.. 1.1 Scope of this book.. 1.2 Spider biology.. 1.3 The evolutionary history of spiders.. 1.4 Conclusion.. 2 Flexibility in the foraging strategies of spiders.. 2.1 Introduction.. 2.2 Investments required by extra-oral digestion.. 2.3 Silk use, behavioural categories and predatory versatility.. 2.4 Flexibility based on chemoreception.. 2.5 Flexibility based on vision.. 2.6 Searching for sensory-modality trade-offs.. 2.7 From aggressive mimicry to mind games.. 2.8 Araneophagic salticids.. 2.9 Ambushing spiders on tree trunks.. 2.10 Plants as spider food.. 2.11 Conclusions and outlook.. 3 Spider webs: evolution, diversity and plasticity.. 3.1 Webs, silks and decorations.. 3.2 Genetic basis for variation.. 3.3 Plasticity in web building.. 3.4 Conclusions and outlook.. 4 Flexible use of anti-predator defences.. 4.1 Introduction.. 4.2 The predators of spiders.. 4.3 Camouflage.. 4.4 Masquerade.. 4.5 Limb loss as flexible secondary defence.. 4.6 Aposematism and Batesian mimicry.. 4.7 Practising safe sex in the presence of predators.. 4.8 Flexible defence in webs.. 4.9 Predator-specific refinement of prey sensory ability.. 4.10 Ecotypic variation in predator-identification ability.. 4.11 Blurring the distinction between foraging and anti-predator defence.. 4.12 Conclusions and outlook.. 5 Communication.. 5.1 Introduction.. 5.2 Semiochemicals.. 5.3 Acoustic signals.. 5.4 Visual signals.. 5.5 Multimodal signals.. 5.6 Social interactions.. 5.7 Conclusion and outlook.. 6 Deceptive signals in spiders.. 6.1 The evolution of deceptive signals.. 6.2 Deception via colour.. 6.3 Deception via scent.. 6.4 Deception via vibrations.. 6.5 Conclusions and outlook.. 7 Mating behaviour and sexual selection.. 7.1 Introduction.. 7.2 Mate attraction and approach.. 7.3 Mating

7.4 Consequences of polyandry.. 7.5 Conclusions and outlook.. 8 Group living in spiders: cooperative breeding and coloniality.. 8.1 Introducing group-living spiders.. 8.2 Subsocial spiders, and the subsocial route to cooperative sociality.. 8.3 Cooperative social spiders.. 8.4 Conclusions and outlook - social spiders.. 8.5 Colonial spiders.. 8.6 Conclusions and outlook - colonial spiders.. 9 Plasticity, learning and cognition.. 9.1 Overview.. 9.2 Predation.. 9.3 Interactions with other animals.. 9.4 Spatial learning and navigation.. 9.5 Heat aversion.. 9.6 Environmental enrichment.. 9.7 The neurobiological basis of learning.. 9.8 Conclusions and outlook.. 10 Kleptoparasitic spiders of the subfamily Argyrodinae: a special case of behavioural plasticity.. 10.1 Introduction.. 10.2 Phylogeny and the flexibility of Argyrodinae foraging behaviours.. 10.3 Argyrodinae and webs.. 10.4 Flexibility of kleptoparasitic behaviours.. 10.5 Flexibility of araneophagic behaviours.. 10.6 Sociality and foraging behaviours.. 10.7 Competition for mates and mating behaviour.. 10.8 Conclusions and outlook.. Index.. The colour plates are situated between pages 116 and 117

Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioral models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behavior is innate and mostly invariable. Challenging this assumption, this fascinating book shows that rather than having a limited behavioral repertoire, spiders show surprising cognitive abilities, changing their behavior to suit their situational needs. The team of authors unravels the considerable intra-specific as well as intra-individual variability and plasticity in different behaviors ranging from foraging and web building to communication and courtship. An introductory chapter on spider biology, systematics and evolution provides the reader with the necessary background information to understand the discussed behaviors and helps to place them into an evolutionary context. Highlighting an under-explored area of behavior, this book will provide new ideas for behavioral researchers and students unfamiliar with spiders as well as a valuable resource for those already working in this intriguing field. Inglés