Spider Ecophysiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nentwig, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Animal ecology.; Animal anatomy.; Animal physiology.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Animal Ecology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.

With over 43,000 species, spiders are the largest predacious arthropod group. They have developed key characteristics such as multi-purpose silk types, venoms consisting of hundreds of components, locomotion driven by muscles and hydraulic pressure, a highly evolved key-lock mechanism between the co...

Table of Contents:

• Respiration and Circulatory System
• Locomotion and Dispersal
• Immune system and pathogens
• Chemical Communication and Reproduction
• Venom
• Silk
• Colouration
• Nutrition
• Ecotoxicology
• Applications.