Springer, 2011. — 394 p. — ISBN: 978-3642075575. Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as is proven by their evolutionary success. Over 400 million years, spiders have developed their sensory organs to a fascinating technical perfection and...
Reaktion Books, 2016. — 208 p. No creature has quite the sting in our mythology and folklore as the scorpion. From the dawn of human civilization they have been a dangerous figure in our imaginations - poisonous, precise, and deadly quiet - but as Louise M. Pryke shows in this book, their bad reputation has overshadowed many exceptional qualities. Scurrying across hundreds of...
Reaktion Books, 2016. — 208 p. No creature has quite the sting in our mythology and folklore as the scorpion. From the dawn of human civilization they have been a dangerous figure in our imaginations - poisonous, precise, and deadly quiet - but as Louise M. Pryke shows in this book, their bad reputation has overshadowed many exceptional qualities. Scurrying across hundreds of...
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2014. — 305 p. — ISBN: 0520276604. With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the worlds spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states?not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert...
Beitrage zur Araneologie, 2011. № 6. P. 1-642. Preface / Introduction, acknowledgements, material, techniques, methods of investigation. On extant and fossil European Mangorini (Araneidae). Taxonomy of extant and fossil (Eocene) European Gnaphosidae. Spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae) from Europe and and Madagascar. On European spiders of the family...
Pensoft Publishers, 2003. — 264 p. — ISBN: 954-642-192-8 (Paperback), ISBN: 954-642-189-8 (Hardback). This book introduces the Australian spider fauna and includes many species that are well known to Australian biologists, naturalists, gardeners and pest controllers. Spiders of Australia provides for the first time information on a vast spectrum of the Australian spider fauna...
University of California Press, 2012. – 288 p. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. This first comprehensive guide to all 68 spider families in North America beautifully illustrates 469 of the most commonly encountered species. Group keys enable identification by web type and other...
Oxford University Press, 1996. - 336 p. An enormous amount of research in spider biology in recent years has resulted in significant new insights into this diverse group of organisms. The response to this outpouring is an updated edition of this widely regarded classic. First published in 1979, this was the first textbook on spiders since 1930; the new edition contains all the...