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Comparative Analysis of Foraging Behavior in Aquatic and Semiaquatic Spiders of the Genera Argyroneta, Dolomedes, Pirata, and Pardosa

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A group of sympatric aquatic and semiaquatic spiders inhabiting Western Siberia (Argyroneta, Dolomedes, Pirata, and Pardosa) has been studied with respect to specific ethological features. The results provide a basis for the conclusion that these spiders differ in a number of behavioral adaptations related to prey catching and the use of common biotopic space. Experiments with the predator–prey system have shown that spiders have different effects on the abundance of bloodsucking mosquito larvae and on the age and genetic structure (at the chromosomal level) of their populations. The functional role of spiders in communities is discussed.

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  1. Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics, Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    V. P. Perevozkin

  2. Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    S. V. Lukyantsev

  3. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 3, Moscow, 117809, Russia

    M. I. Gordeev

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Perevozkin, V.P., Lukyantsev, S.V. & Gordeev, M.I. Comparative Analysis of Foraging Behavior in Aquatic and Semiaquatic Spiders of the Genera Argyroneta, Dolomedes, Pirata, and Pardosa . Russian Journal of Ecology 35, 103–109 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUSE.0000018935.70179.85

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