Ann Rypstra Spider Lab - Recent Publications

Published in 2000
Marshall, S.D., S.E. Walker & A.L. Rypstra (2000) A test for differential colonization and competitive ability in two generalist predators. Ecology 81:3341-3349.

McNett, B.J. & A.L. Rypstra (2000) Habitat selection in a large orb-weaving spider: vegetational complexity determines site selection and distribution. Ecological Entomology 25:423-432.

Persons, M.H. & A.L. Rypstra (2000) Preference for chemical cues associated with recent prey in the wolf spider Hogna helluo (Araneae: Lycosidae). Ethology.106:27-35

Published in 2001
Persons, M.H. & A.L. Rypstra (2001) Wolf spiders show graded antipredator behavior in the presence of chemical cues from different sized predators. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27:2493-2504.

Brueseke, M.A., A.L. Rypstra, S.E. Walker & M.H. Persons (2001) Leg autotomy in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina: a common phenomenon with few apparent costs. American Midland Naturalist 146:153-160.

Walker, S.E. & A.L. Rypstra (2001) Sexual dimorphism in functional response and trophic morphology in Rabidosa rabida (Araneae: Lycosidae). American Midland Naturalist 146:161-170.

Persons, M.H., S.E. Walker, A.L. Rypstra, & S.D. Marshall (2001) Wolf spider predator avoidance tactics and survival in the presence of diet-associated predator cues (Araneae: Lycosidae). Animal Behaviour 61:43-51.

Published in 2002
Persons, M.H., S.E. Walker & A.L.  Rypstra (2002)  Fitness costs and benefits of antipredator behavior mediated byt chemotactile cues in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae).  Behavioural Ecology 13(3) 386-392.

Walker, S.E. & A.L. Rypstra (2002) Sexual dimorphism in trophic morphology and feeding behaviour in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) as a result of differences in reproductive roles.  Canadian Journal of Zoology  80(4): 679-688. 

Barnes, M.C., M.H. Persons, & A.L. Rypstra. (2002). The effect of predator chemical cue age on antipredator behavior in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. Vol. 15,  (2). 269-281.

Marshall, S.D., D.M. Pavuk, & A.L. Rypstra   (2002)  A comparative study of phenology and daily activity patterns in the wolf spiders Pardosa milvina and Hogna helluo in soybean agroecosystems in southwestern Ohio (Araneae: Lycosidae).  Journal of Arachnology 30:503-510.

Published in 2003
Balfour, R.A., C.M. Buddle, A.L. Rypstra, S.E. Walker & S.D. Marshall. (2003)  Ontogenetic shifts in competitive interactions and intraguild predation between two wolf spider species.  Ecological Entomology 28:25-30. 

Buddle, C.M., & A.L. Rypstra (2003) Factors initiating emigration of two wolf spider species (Araneae: Lycosidae) in an agroecosystem.  Environmental Entomology 32: 88-95. 

Buddle, C.M., S.E. Walker & A.L. Rypstra  (2003)  Cannibalism and density – dependent mortality in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae:Lycosidae).    Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1293-1297.

Hlivko, J.T. & A.L. Rypstra (2003) Spiders reduce herbivory:  non-lethal effects of spiders on the consumption of soybean leaves by beetle pests.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96:914-919.

Rypstra, A.L., C. Weig, S.E. Walker & M.H. Persons (2003)  Mutual mate assessment in wolf spiders: Differences in the cues used my males and females.  Ethology 109:315-325. 

Walker, S.E. & A.L. Rypstra   (2003) Sexual dimorphism and the differential mortality model.  Is behaviour related to survival?  Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society  78:97-103

Walker, S.E. & A.L. Rypstra (2003) Hungry spiders aren’t scared of the big bad wolf spider.  Journal of Arachnology 31:425-427.

Walker, S.E. A. L. Rypstra & S. D. Marshall  (2003)  The relationship between offspring size and performance in the wolf spider Hogna helluo (Araneae:Lycosidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research 5:19-28.

Published in 2004
Buddle, C.M., T.S. Higgins & A.L. Rypstra (2004)  Ground-dwelling spider assemblages inhabiting riparian forests and hedgerows in an agricultural landscape. American Midland Naturalist 151:15-26.

DeVito, J., J.M. Meik, M.M. Gerson & D.R. Formanowicz (2004) Physiological tolerances of three sympatric riparian wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) correspond with microhabitat distributions.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1119-1125.

Wilder, S.M., & A.L. Rypstra (2004)  Chemical cues from an introduced predator (Mantodea, Mantidae) reduce the movement and foraging of a native wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae) in the laboratory.  Environmental Entomology 33:1032-1036. 

Published in 2005
Wilder, S.M., & A.L. Rypstra (2005) Cues Used in Patch Selection by Praying Mantis Nymphs (Mantodea, Mantidae).   American Midland Naturalist 153:187-191

Rypstra, A.L., & S.D. Marshall (2005)  Augmentation of soil detritus affects the spider community and herbivory in a s soybean agroecosystem.   Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 116:149-157 

Taylor, A.R., M.H. Persons & A.L. Rypstra (2005)  The effect of perceived predation risk on male courtship and copulatory behavior in Pardosa milvina (Araneae, Lycosidae).  Journal of Arachnology 33: 76-81

Rypstra, A.L. & F. Samu (2005) Size dependent intraguild predation and cannibalism in coexisting wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)  Journal of Arachnology 33:390-397.

Wilder, S.M., J. DeVito, M.H. Persons & A.L. Rypstra  (2005) The effects of moisture and heat on the efficacy of chemical cues used in predator detection by Pardosa milvina (Araneae, Lycosidae).  Journal of Arachnology 33:857-861.

Published in 2006
Marshall, S. D., S. E. Walker & A. L. Rypstra (2006) Two ecologically-devergent predators have different responses to landscape fragmentation. Oikos 114: 241-248.

Bell, R. D., A. L. Rypstra & M. H. Persons (2006) The effect of predator hunger on chemically mediated antipredator responses and survival in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae : Lycosidae). Ethology 112:903-910.

Folz, H. C., S. M. Wilder, M. H. Persons & A. L. Rypstra (2006) Effects of predation risk on vertical habitat use and foraging of Pardosa milvina. Ethology 112:1152-1158.

Schonewolf, K. W., R. Bell, A. L. Rypstra & M. H. Persons (2006) Field evidence of an airborne enemy-avoidance kairomone in wolf spiders. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:1565-1576.

Published in 2007
Colancecco, M., A. L. Rypstra & M. H. Persons (2007) Predation and foraging costs of carrying eggsacs of different mass in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina. Behaviour 144:1003-1018.

Rypstra, A. L., J. M. Schmidt, B. D. Reif, J. DeVito, and M. H. Persons. 2007. Tradeoffs involved in site selection and foraging in a wolf spider: effects of substrate structure and predation risk. Oikos 116:853-863.

Wilder, S. M. and A. L. Rypstra. 2007. Male control of copulation duration in a wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae). Behaviour 144:471-484.

Published in 2008
Wilder, S. M. & A. L. Rypstra (2008a). Diet quality affects mating behaviour and egg production in a wolf spider. Animal Behaviour 76:439-445.

Wilder, S. M. & A. L. Rypstra (2008b) Sexual size dimorphism mediates the occurrence of state-dependent sexual cannibalism in a wolf spider. Animal Behaviour 76:447-454.

 

 

 


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