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Language: English
A reprint of a classical work in the Princeton Legacy Library. Originally published in 1982.
Concentrating on the complex spider communication system, this book assembles the most recent multidisciplinary advances of leading researchers from many countries to assess the peculiar role spiders play in the animal kingdom.
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Chapter 1 Introduction: Communication in Spiders, pg. 3*Chapter 2 The Significance and Complexity of Communication in Spiders, pg. 15*Chapter 3 Spiders and Vibratory Signals: Sensory Reception and Behavioral Significance, pg. 67*Chapter 4 Acoustic Communication and Reproductive Isolation in Spiders, pg. 123*Chapter 5 Visual Communication in Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), pg. 161*Chapter 6 The Behavior of Communicating in Jumping Spiders (Salticidae), pg. 213*Chapter 7 Chemical Communication in Lycosids and Other Spiders, pg. 249*Chapter 8 Spider Interaction Strategies: Communication vs. Coercion, pg. 281*Chapter 9 Social Spacing Strategies in Spiders, pg. 317*Chapter 10 Spider Foraging: Behavioral Responses to Prey, pg. 353*Epilogue, pg. 387*Literature Cited, pg. 393*Taxonomic Index, pg. 433*Subject Index, pg. 437
