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Spider communication : mechanisms and ecological significance / edited by Peter N. Witt and Jerome S. Rovner - Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, 1982 - 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes indexes Bibliography: p.393-440

Contents: Introduction: Communication in spiders / by Peter N. Witt -- The significance and complexity of communication in spiders / by Bertrand Krafft -- Spiders and vibratory signals / by Friedrich G. Barth -- Acoustic communication and reproductive isolation in spiders / by George W. Uetz and Gail E. Stratton -- Visual communication in jumping spiders (Salticidae) / by Lyn Forster -- The behavior of communicating in jumping spiders (Salticidae) / by Robert R. Jackson -- Chemical communication in lycosids and other spiders / by William J. Tietjen and Jerome S. Rovner -- Spider interaction strategies / Susan E. Riechert -- Social spacing strategies in spiders / by J. Wesley Burgess and George W. Uetz -- Spider Foraging / by Susan E. Riechert and Jadwiga Luczak -- Epilogue / by Jerome S. Rovner

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Spiders--Behavior
Animal communication
Arachnida--Behavior