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Prey specificity of predatory venoms by Michálek, Ondřej, King, Glenn F., Pekár, Stano

“…ABSTRACT Venom represents a key adaptation of many venomous predators, allowing them to immobilise prey quickly through chemical rather than physical warfare…”
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Winter activity of Clubiona spiders and their potential for pest control by Michálek, Ondřej, Gajski, Domagoj, Pekár, Stano

“…Winter-active arthropod predators (like vegetation-dwelling spiders) significantly suppress pest populations during winter in pome fruit orchards in Central…”
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Nest usurpation: a specialised hunting strategy used to overcome dangerous spider prey by Michálek, Ondřej, Lubin, Yael, Pekár, Stano

“…Hunting other predators is dangerous, as the tables can turn and the hunter may become the hunted. Specialized araneophagic (spider eating) predators have…”
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High Specific Efficiency of Venom of Two Prey-Specialized Spiders by Michálek, Ondřej, Kuhn-Nentwig, Lucia, Pekár, Stano

“…The venom of predators should be under strong selection pressure because it is a costly substance and prey may potentially become resistant. Particularly in…”
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Composition and toxicity of venom produced by araneophagous white-tailed spiders (Lamponidae: Lampona sp.) by Michálek, Ondřej, Walker, Andrew A., Šedo, Ondrej, Zdráhal, Zbyněk, King, Glenn F., Pekár, Stano

“…Prey-specialised spiders are adapted to capture specific prey items, including dangerous prey. The venoms of specialists are often prey-specific and less…”
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Venom gland size and venom complexity—essential trophic adaptations of venomous predators: A case study using spiders by Pekár, Stano, Bočánek, Ondřej, Michálek, Ondřej, Petráková, Lenka, Haddad, Charles R., Šedo, Ondrej, Zdráhal, Zbyněk

“…Specialized predators possess a variety of adaptations. In venomous predators, this may include the size of the venom gland and venom composition. It is…”
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Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators by Dušátková, Lenka Petráková, Pekár, Stano, Michálek, Ondřej, Líznarová, Eva, Symondson, William O. C.

“…Among spiders, taxonomically the most diversified group of terrestrial predators, only a few species are stenophagous and feed on ants. The levels of…”
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Brace yourselves, winter is coming: the winter activity, natural diet, and prey preference of winter-active spiders on pear trees by Gajski, Domagoj, Mifková, Tamara, Košulič, Ondřej, Michálek, Ondřej, Serbina, Liliya Štarhová, Michalko, Radek, Pekár, Stano

“…Modern agricultural pest management systems rely on naturally occurring generalist predators to promote pest suppression. Still, little research has been done…”
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Fundamental trophic niche of two prey-specialized jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina and Heliophanus termitophagus (Araneae: Salticidae) by Michálek, Ondřej, Pekár, Stano, Haddad, Charles R.

“…Spiders are among the most taxonomically diversified orders of predators, but data on the trophic niche of most species are still unknown. Here, we…”
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Capture efficiency and trophic adaptations of a specialist and generalist predator: A comparison by Michalek, Ondrej, Petrakova, Lenka, Pekar, Stano

“…Specialist true predators are expected to exhibit higher capture efficiencies for the capture of larger and dangerous prey than generalist predators due to…”
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Coexistence of two termite‐eating specialists (Araneae) by Pekár, Stano, Petráková Dušátková, Lenka, Michálek, Ondřej, Haddad, Charles R.

“…Competition among closely‐related specialist predators has rarely been studied, and thus the mechanism of their coexistence remains enigmatic. Interspecific…”
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Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter by Michalko, Radek, Gajski, Domagoj, Košulič, Ondřej, Khum, Warbota, Michálek, Ondřej, Pekár, Stano

“…Although winter in the temperate zone is considered to be the period of arthropod quiescence, some pests and their natural enemies remain active and interact…”
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Silk versus venom: alternative capture strategies employed by closely related myrmecophagous spiders by Michálek, Ondřej, Řezáč, Milan, Líznarová, Eva, Symondson, William O C, Pekár, Stano

“…Abstract Predators that prey on dangerous species have evolved effective capture traits. In spiders, venom and silk represent distinct substances associated…”
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Venomic adaptations of prey specialised spiders by Michálek, Ondřej, Walker, Andrew A., Šedo, Ondrej, Zdráhal, Zbyněk, King, Glenn F., Pekár, Stano

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The World Spider Trait database : a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits by Pekár, Stano, Wolff, Jonas O., Černecká, Ľudmila, Birkhofer, Klaus, Mammola, Stefano, Lowe, Elizabeth C., Fukushima, Caroline S., Herberstein, Marie E., Kučera, Adam, Buzatto, Bruno A., Djoudi, El Aziz, Domenech, Marc, Enciso, Alison Vanesa, Piñanez Espejo, Yolanda M. G., Febles, Sara, García, Luis F., Gonçalves-Souza, Thiago, Isaia, Marco, Lafage, Denis, Líznarová, Eva, Macías-Hernández, Nuria, Magalhães, Ivan, Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba, Michálek, Ondřej, Michalik, Peter, Michalko, Radek, Milano, Filippo, Munévar, Ana, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Painting, Christina J., Pétillon, Julien, Piano, Elena, Privet, Kaïna, Ramírez, Martín J., Ramos, Cândida, Řezáč, Milan, Ridel, Aurélien, Růžička, Vlastimil, Santos, Irene, Sentenská, Lenka, Walker, Leilani, Wierucka, Kaja, Zurita, Gustavo Andres, Cardoso, Pedro

“…Spiders are a highly diversified group of arthropods and play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems as ubiquitous predators, which makes them a suitable…”
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