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Could sexual selection be driven by the mistaken inferences of young females? by Mendelson, Tamra C, Patricelli, Gail L, Hebets, Eileen A

“…A new evolutionary model of mate choice copying, published in PLOS Biology, aims to reconcile mismatches between theory and data by proposing that juvenile…”
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Light Environment Interacts with Visual Displays in a Species-Specific Manner in Multimodal-Signaling Wolf Spiders by McGinley, Rowan H, Starrett, James, Bond, Jason E, Hebets, Eileen A

“…AbstractLight availability is highly variable, yet predictable, over various timescales and is expected to play an important role in the evolution of visual…”
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Subadult Experience Influences Adult Mate Choice in an Arthropod: Exposed Female Wolf Spiders Prefer Males of a Familiar Phenotype by Hebets, Eileen A.

“…Current sexual selection theory proposes several potential mechanisms driving the evolution of female mating preferences, few of which involve social…”
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Urbanization affects web abundance and aggregation of a funnel-weaving spider, Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (Agelenidae) by Pessman, Brandi J., Hays, Madison, Agpawa, Earl, Hebets, Eileen A.

“…Animals distribute themselves within habitats based on a variety of environmental conditions, including those impacted by urbanization. Suspected global…”
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Vibroscape analysis reveals acoustic niche overlap and plastic alteration of vibratory courtship signals in ground-dwelling wolf spiders by Choi, Noori, Miller, Pat, Hebets, Eileen A.

“…To expand the scope of soundscape ecology to encompass substrate-borne vibrations (i.e. vibroscapes), we analyzed the vibroscape of a deciduous forest floor…”
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Males Can Benefit from Sexual Cannibalism Facilitated by Self-Sacrifice by Schwartz, Steven K., Wagner, William E., Hebets, Eileen A.

“…In a number of species, males are cannibalized by females after mating (reviewed in [1, 2]), and some males actually appear to facilitate their own cannibalism…”
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Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them by Mammola, Stefano, Michalik, Peter, Hebets, Eileen A, Isaia, Marco

“…Organismal biology has been steadily losing fashion in both formal education and scientific research. Simultaneous with this is an observable decrease in the…”
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Female mate choice for multimodal courtship and the importance of the signaling background for selection on male ornamentation by Stafstrom, Jay A., Hebets, Eileen A.

“…Conspicuous visual ornaments are frequently incorporated into complex courtship displays that integrate signal com- ponents from multiple sensory modalities…”
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Detection of predator cues alters mating tactics in male wolf spiders by Wilgers, Dustin J, Wickwire, Daniel, Hebets, Eileen A

“…Males of the wolf spider, Rabidosa punctulata, exhibit condition-dependent alternative mating tactics, whereby small, poor condition males engage in multimodal…”
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Sister species diverge in modality‐specific courtship signal form and function by Hebets, Eileen A., Bern, Mitch, McGinley, Rowan H., Roberts, Andy, Kershenbaum, Arik, Starrett, James, Bond, Jason E.

“…Understanding the relative importance of different sources of selection (e.g., the environment, social/sexual selection) on the divergence or convergence of…”
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FEMALES ARE CHOOSIER IN THE DARK: ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT RELIANCE ON COURTSHIP COMPONENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON FITNESS by Rundus, Aaron S., Sullivan-Beckers, Laura, Wilgers, Dustin J., Hebets, Eileen A.

“…A broad understanding of multimodal courtship function necessitates knowledge of the potential information content of siganl components, the efficacy of signal…”
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Amblypygids: Model Organisms for the Study of Arthropod Navigation Mechanisms in Complex Environments? by Wiegmann, Daniel D, Hebets, Eileen A, Gronenberg, Wulfila, Graving, Jacob M, Bingman, Verner P

“…Navigation is an ideal behavioral model for the study of sensory system integration and the neural substrates associated with complex behavior. For this…”
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Exploring Higher-Order Conceptual Learning in an Arthropod with a Large Multisensory Processing Center by Lehmann, Kenna D S, Shogren, Fiona G, Fallick, Mariah, Watts, James Colton, Schoenberg, Daniel, Wiegmann, Daniel D, Bingman, Verner P, Hebets, Eileen A

“…Comparative cognition aims to understand the evolutionary history and current function of cognitive abilities in a variety of species with diverse natural…”
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Octopamine levels relate to male mating tactic expression in the wolf spider Rabidosa punctulata by Hebets, Eileen A., Hansen, Matthew, Jones, Thomas C., Wilgers, Dustin J.

“…In the wolf spider Rabidosa punctulata, upon encountering a female, males use one of two distinct strategies: (1) they court the female in an attempt to elicit…”
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Evidence for air movement signals in the agonistic behaviour of a nocturnal arachnid (order Amblypygi) by Santer, Roger D, Hebets, Eileen A

“…Many arthropods possess filiform hair sensilla (termed trichobothria in arachnids), which are extremely sensitive detectors of medium particle displacement…”
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Agonistic signals received by an arthropod filiform hair allude to the prevalence of near-field sound communication by Santer, Roger D, Hebets, Eileen A

“…Arthropod filiform hairs respond to air particle movements and are among the most sensitive animal sensory organs. In many species, they are tuned to detect…”
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An introduction to multimodal communication by Higham, James P., Hebets, Eileen A.

“…Though it has long been known that animal communication is complex, recent years have seen growing interest in understanding the extent to which animals give…”
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Enigmatic ornamentation eases male reliance on courtship performance for mating success by Hebets, Eileen A., Stafstrom, Jay A., Rodriguez, Rafael L., Wilgers, Dustin J.

“…Female preferences are frequently invoked to explain the widespread occurrence of elaborate male ornaments, yet empirical data demonstrating such preferences…”
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The complexities of female mate choice and male polymorphisms： Elucidating the role of genetics, age, and mate-choice copying by Fowler-Finn, Kasey D, Sullivan-Beckers, Laura, Runck, Amy M, Hebets, Eileen A

“…Genetic, life history, and environmental factors dictate patterns of variation in sexual traits within and across popula- tions, and thus the action and…”
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A Scientist's Guide to Impactful Science Communication: A Priori Goals, Collaborative Assessment, and Engagement with Youth by Hebets, Eileen A.

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