Iranian cave beetle diversity, description of two Duvalius species
Through field efforts and morphological examination, we describe two new Duvalius species from caves of Zagros Mts., Iran: the...
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- Oct 23, 2021
Colonization of Asia by coin spiders
Reconstructing biogeographic history is challenging when dispersal biology of studied species is poorly understood and they have...
- Oct 15, 2021
Sex-specific development and life history in hermit spiders
In a new paper, we examined sex-specific developmental trajectories and life history trade-offs in an extremely sexually dimorphic spider...
- Aug 30, 2021
Female biased adult sex ratio in subterranean animals
Sex allocation theory predicts that the proportion of daughters to sons will evolve in response to ecological conditions that determine...
- Jun 21, 2021
Protein structure in ultra-tough silk of C. darwini
The spider major ampullate (MA) silk exhibits high tensile strength and extensibility and is typically a blend of MaSp1 and MaSp2...
- May 18, 2021
Giant and dwarf females
Variation in life-history traits within a population is caused by genetic, maternal and environmental factors. We explored the high ...
- Apr 30, 2021
Diversification drivers in golden orbweavers
We explored macroevolutionary trends and factors influencing heterogeneity in species diversity within golden orbweaver spiders....
- Mar 26, 2021
Genetic architecture of behaviors in a spider
The existence of consistent individual differences in behavior has been shown in a number of species, and several studies have found...
- Mar 3, 2021
Body Size, Not Personality, Explains Male Mating Success in a Widow Spider
The role of personality in sexual selection has mostly been investigated on vertebrate species, in which males provide direct benefits to...
- Feb 2, 2021
Call for Dolomedes material and collaboration
2 February 2021 Dear colleagues, We have started a research programme into the phylogeny, systematics, and biogeography of Dolomedes....
- Feb 2, 2021
Phylogenomic, Biogeographic, and Evolutionary Research Trends in Arachnology
Guest Editor: Dr. Matjaž Kuntner Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia...
- Oct 28, 2020
SSD-Media coverage
Sexual size dimorphism is a phenomenon where one sex is considerably larger than the other sex of the same species. Darwin himself...
- Aug 31, 2020
Machine learning predicts species richness
Why is species richness of taxonomically comparable groups of organisms so different? Can we discover the factors that best predict and...
- Aug 27, 2020
Novi pogledi na razlike v biodiverziteti
Biotska raznovrstnost oziroma biodiverziteta opisuje stopnjo raznolikosti oblik življenja v nekem okolju. Čeprav gre za razmeroma nov ...
- Aug 11, 2020
Biogeography of the globally distributed Argiope trifasciata
We investigated the biogeographical structure of the banded garden spider Argiope trifasciata, which occurs on six continents across...
- Jul 20, 2020
Spider webs as a source of eDNA
New EZ preprint. Interesting new topic - spider webs as a source of eDNA! Preprint Image: Visualhunt.com
- Jul 13, 2020
Matjaž Kuntner is looking for a postdoc!
Postdoctoral candidate sought in comparative transcriptomics of spider silks. Full details HERE!
- May 8, 2020
Is foraging innovation lost following colonization of a less variable environment?
Behavioral innovation is a key process for successful colonization of new habitat types. However, it is costly due to the necessary...
- Apr 19, 2020
A new approach to organismal biogeography
Biogeography is a science that explores the prevalence and abundance of plants and animals in space and time. It attempts to ...
- Apr 19, 2020
Congratulations dr. Quiñones-Lebrón!
Despite these unusual times, life in arachnology does not stop. On Friday, Shakira Quiñones-Lebrón, a PhD candidate in our lab,...
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