Spider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences

ISBN-13: 9780323900416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 258 str.

Subir Ranjan Kundu

Spis treści

1. Introduction: A fable of the first fire, brought by the water spider from a warm glowing Island to the cold dark world of animal-people

2. An exordium to the cultural delineation of spiders

3. Spiders: The 7th ranked species on planet Earth, coming from the mythological abode of seven earth (or seven heavens)

4. Spider life span: Web-weaving with a wispy thread of silk

5. The tangled equilibrium of predator and prey: The hunter becomes the hunted

6. Evolutionary and ecological impacts of stenophagy in Araneae: Its role in promoting or limiting spider diversity on planet Earth

7. A thumbnail preview of sensuous impression versus sensual expression of the spider

8. Untangling the mystery of the origin and evolution of spiders on the planet Earth

9. Evolutionary repertoire on silk spinning by spiders: Origin and microevolution of spinnerets and role of the spidroin gene family

10. Adaptation and evolutionary changes of spiders on planet Earth against the backdrop of geological time

11. Impact of environmental parameters on the biodiversity, web formation, and niche properties of spiders

12. Shifting of environmental factors related to ecophysiological and adaptive responses of spiders

13. Biomonitoring of environmental pollution using spiderwebs

14. Effect of climate change and natural disasters: Microevolution of spiders with aggressive behavioral traits

O autorze

Dr. Subir R. Kundu is a senior researcher conducting extensive studies on "in situ” conservation models at the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. Previously, he was a senior research fellow at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Gardens under the Botanical Survey of India in Howrah, India. Dr. Kundu received his MSc. in botany from Kanpur University, Kanpur India, specializing in cytogenics and plant breeding; he then received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Calcutta, specializing in plant geography, systematic botany, and conservation biology. He is the author of four botany and conservation-related books and numerous journal publications on conservation and evolutionary biology.