ArticleDie Naturwissenschaften2018
Remote monitoring of vibrational information in spider webs.
Article in Die Naturwissenschaften, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Dynamic vibration-driven feedback shapes predator-prey interactions in an orb-weaving spider.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
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- Low-Cost and Paper-Based Micro-Electromechanical Systems Sensor for the Vibration Monitoring of Shield Cutters.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Zebra finches have style: Nest morphology is repeatable and associated with experience.iScience · 2023Article
- Dynamic evolution of locomotor performance independent of changes in extended phenotype use in spiders.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Spider dynamics under vertical vibration and its implications for biological vibration sensing.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
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- In situ three-dimensional spider web construction and mechanics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Hanging by a thread: unusual nocturnal resting behaviour in a jumping spider.Frontiers in zoology · 2021Article
- Extended cognition in plants: is it possible?Plant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
- Decoding the locational information in the orb web vibrations of Araneus diadematus and Zygiella x-notata.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2019Article
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Abstract
Spiders are fascinating model species to study information-acquisition strategies, with the web acting as an extension of the animal's body. Here, we compare the strategies of two orb-weaving spiders that acquire information through vibrations transmitted and filtered in the web. Whereas Araneus diadematus monitors web vibration directly on the web, Zygiella x-notata uses a signal thread to remotely monitor web vibration from a retreat, which gives added protection. We assess the implications of these two information-acquisition strategies on the quality of vibration information transfer, using laser Doppler vibrometry to measure vibrations of real webs and finite element analysis in computer models of webs. We observed that the signal thread imposed no biologically relevant time penalty for vibration propagation. However, loss of energy (attenuation) was a cost associated with remote monitoring via a signal thread. The findings have implications for the biological use of vibrations by spiders, including the mechanisms to locate and discriminate between vibration sources. We show that orb-weaver spiders are fascinating examples of organisms that modify their physical environment to shape their information-acquisition strategy.
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