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Blackledge, Todd - Department of Biology, University of Akron
Does the Giant Wood Spider Nephila pilipes Respond to Prey Variation by Altering Web or Silk Properties?
Mesh Width Influences Prey Retention in Spider Orb Webs Todd A. Blackledge & Jacquelyn M. Zevenbergen
Introduction Orb-weaving spiders within the Araneoidea are some of the
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-005-3427-6 Appl. Phys. A 82, 213218 (2006)
Polarized light microscopy, variability in spider silk diameters, and the mechanical characterization of spider silk
Convergent evolution of behavior in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian web-building spiders
Are three-dimensional spider webs defensive adaptations?
State-determinate foraging decisions and web architecture in the spider Dictyna volucripes
SILK MEDIATED DEFENSE BY AN ORB WEB SPIDER AGAINST PREDATORY MUD-DAUBER WASPS
Signal conict in spider webs driven by predators and prey
Instructor: Dr. Todd Blackledge Office: 276 ASEC-W
Stabilimentum variation and foraging success in Argiope aurantia and Argiope trifasciata (Araneae: Araneidae)
Introduction Spider silk is an inspiration for biomimetic super fibers
Instructor: Dr. Todd Blackledge Office ASEC-W 276
Spider Capture Silk: Performance Implications of Variation in an Exceptional Biomaterial
2002. The Journal of Arachnology 30:7077 ESTIMATION OF CAPTURE AREAS OF SPIDER ORB WEBS IN
2006 The Society for the Study of Evolution. All rights reserved. Evolution, 60(12), 2006, pp. 25392551
2000. The Journal of Arachnology 28:211216 PREDATORY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MUD-DAUBER
Instructor: Dr. Todd Blackledge Office: 276 ASEC-W
A Journal of Integrative Biology The Common House Spider Alters the Material
Condition-dependent spider web architecture in the western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus
Instructor: Dr. Todd Blackledge Office: 276 ASEC-W
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Fine dining or fortress? Functional shifts in spider web
Molecular and Mechanical Characterization of Aciniform Silk: Uniformity of Iterated Sequence Modules in a Novel Member of the
The beauty of the intricate shapes of spider webs fascinates people, but webs offer more than aesthetic appeal for
Biol. Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0218
Zoology 108 (2005) 4146 Gumfooted lines in black widow cobwebs and the mechanical