All You Need to Know About Spiders

All You Need to Know About Spiders

Kropf, Christian; Haenggi, Ambros; Staeubli, Anna; Bolzern, Angelo; Frick, Holger; Ansorg, Jutta; Ganske, Anne-Sarah; Nentwig, Wolfgang

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

04/2022

245

Dura

Inglês

9783030908805

15 a 20 dias

608

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Preface



Part I: Morphology and function of spiders- What do spiders look like?.- How do spiders hear, smell, taste, and sense?.- How do spiders see?- How do spiders move? -How can spiders grow despite their outer skeleton?.- Spider venom.- Spider silk.- Prey catch and spider webs.- How do spiders feed and digest?- Sex of spiders Part II: We live in a world full of spiders- Some like it cold.- how spiders survive adverse seasons.- How do spiders defend themselves against enemies? -The importance of spiders in our environment.- Species richness of spiders.- Worldwide import and spread of spiders.- Spiders in and at our house- Fascinating spiders- Part III: our emotional side towards spiders- Fear of spiders.- Communication about spiders.- spiders and humans: a tense relationship? -Spiders as pets?- Appendix- Common spider families- How to determine spiders?-Authors- Association for the Promotion of Spider Research- References- Index.
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Arachnology;Araneae;Arachnida;Spider diversity;Spider phobia;Arachnophobia;Spider venoms;Venomous spider;Spider morphology;Spider biology;Spider physiology;Behaviour;Venom