Publications

2014

Blamires, S.J., Sahni, V., Dhinojwala, A., Blackledge, T.A. & Tso, I.M. (2014)
Nutrient deprivation induces property variations in spider gluey silk
PLoS ONE 9: e88487

2013

Peng, P., Blamires, S.J. Agnarsson, I., Lin, H.C. & Tso, I.M. (2013)
A colour-mediated mutualism between two arthropod predators
Current Biology 23: 172-176
Blamires, S.J. & Tso, I.M. (2013)
Nutrient mediated architectural plasticity of a predatory trap.
PLoS ONE 8: e54558
Blamires, S.J., Hou, C., Chen, L.F., Liao, C.P. & Tso, I.M. (2013)
Three-dimensional barricading of a predatory trap reduces predation and enhances prey capture
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67: in press.
Blamires, S.J., Wu, C.C, Wu, C.L., Sheu, H.W. & Tso, I.M. (2013)
Uncovering Spider Silk Nanocrystalline Variations That Facilitate Wind-Induced Mechanical Property Changes
Biomacromolecules 14: 3484-3490
Chao-Chia Wu, Sean J. Blamires, Chung-Lin Wu and I-Min Tso (2013)
Wind induces variations in spider web geometry and sticky spiral droplet volume
The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 3342-3349

2012

Sean J. Blamiresa, Cheng-Hui Laia, Ren-Chung Chenga, Chen-Pan Liaoa, Pao-Sheng Shenb and I-Min Tso (2012)
Multiple prey cues induce foraging flexibility in a trap-building predator.
Behavioral Ecology 23: 69-74
Blamires, S.J., Lai. C.H. Cheng, R.C., Liao, C.P., Shen, P.S. & Tso, I.M. (2012)
Body spot coloration of a nocturnal sit-and-wait predator visually lures prey.
Behavioral Ecology 23: 69-74
Blamires, S.J., Wu, C.L. & Tso, I.M. (2012)
Variations in protein intake induces variations in spider silk expression
PLoS ONE 7: e31626
Blamires, S.J., Wu, C.L., Blackledge, T.A. & Tso, I.M. (2012)
Post-secretion processing influences spider silk performance
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9: 2479-2487
Blamires, S.J., Wu, C.L., Blackledge, T.A. & Tso, I.M. (2012)
Environmentally-induced post-spin property changes in spider silks: influences of web type, spidroin composition and ecology.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 580-588

2011

Tseng, H.J., Cheng, R.C., Wu, S.H., Blamires, S.J. & Tso, I.M. (2011)
Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored predator: extra protection or prey attraction?
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 2351–2359
Blamires, S.J., Chao, I.C., Liao, C.P. & Tso, I.M. (2011)
Multiple prey cues induce foraging flexibility in a trap-building predator.
Animal Behaviour 81: 955–961
Tseng, H.J., Cheng, R.C., Wu, S.H., Blamires, S.J. & Tso, I.M. (2011)
Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored predator: extra protection or prey attraction?
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 2351-2359

2010

Tanikawa, Akio; Chang, Yung-Hau; Tso, I-Min (2010)
Taxonomic revison of Taiwanese and Japanese Cytrophora spiders hitherto identified with C. moluccensis (Arachnida: Araneae), using molecular and morphological data.
Acta Arachnologica 59(1): 31–38
Cheng, R.-C.; Yang, E.-C.; Lin, C.-P.; Herberstein, M. E.; Tso, I.-M. (2010)
Insect form vision as one potential shaping force of spider web decoration design.
Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 759–768
Blamires, S.J.; Lee, Y.H.; Chang, C.M.; Lin, I.T.; Chen, J.A.; Lin, T.Y.; Tso, I.M. (2010)
Multiple structures interactively influence prey capture efficiency in spider orb webs.
Animal Behaviour 80: 947–953
Blamires, S.J.; Chao, I.C.; Tso, I.M. (2010)
Prey type, vibrations and handling interactively influence spider silk expression.
Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3906–3910
Jin-Nan Huang, Ren-Chung Cheng, Daiqin Li and I-Min Tso (2010)
Salticid predation as one potential driving force of ant mimicry in jumping spiders
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1896.

2009

Tseng, Ling; Tso, I-Min (2009)
A risky defence by a spider using conspicuous decoys resembling itself in appearance.
Animal Behaviour 78: 1–7
Liao, Chen-Pan; Chi, Kai-Jung; Tso, I-Min (2009)
The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator.
Behavioral Ecology 20: 1194–1203
Fan, Chun-Min; Yang, En-Cheng, Tso, I-Min (2009)
Hunting efficiency and predation risk shapes the color-associated foraging traits of a predator.
Behavioral Ecology 20: 808–816

2008

Huang, Shao-Chang; Norval, Gerrut; Tso, I-Min (2008)
Predation by an exotic lizard, Anolis sagrei, alters the ant community structure in betelnut palm plantations in southern Taiwan.
Ecological Entomology 33:569–576
Chuang, Chih-Yuan; Yang, En-Cheng; Tso, I-Min (2008)
Deceptive color signaling in the night: a nocturnal predator attracts prey with visual lures.
Behavioral Ecology 19:237–244
Huang, Shao-Chang; Norval, Gerrut; Wei, Chia-Shian; Tso, I-Min (2008)
Effects of the brown anole invasion and betelnut palm planting on arthropod diversity in southern Taiwan.
Zoological Science 25: 1121–1129

2007

Tso, I-Min; Chiang, Shu-Ya; Blackledge, Todd A. (2007)
Does the giant wood spider Nephila pilipes respond to prey variation by altering web or silk properties?
Ethology 113:324–333
Tso, I-Min; Huang, Jen-Pan; Liao, Chen-Pan (2007)
Nocturnal hunting of a brightly coloured sit-and-wait predator.
Animal Behaviour 74:787–793
Su, Yong-Chao; Chang, Yung-Hau; Lee, Sin-Che; Tso, I-Min (2007)
Phylogeography of the giant wood spider (Nephila pilipes, Araneae) from Asian-Australian regions.
Journal of Biogeography 34:177–191
Chuang, Chih-Yuan; Yang, En-Cheng; Tso, I-Min (2007)
Diurnal and nocturnal prey luring of a colorful predator.
Journal of Experimental Biology 210:3830–3837
Cheng, Ren-Chung; Tso, I-Min (2007)
Signaling by decorating webs: luring prey or deterring predators?
Behavioral Ecology 18:1085–1091

2006

Tso, I-Min; Liao, Chen-Pan; Huang, Ren-Pan; Yang, En-Cheng (2006)
Function of being colorful in web spiders: attracting prey or camouflaging oneself?
Behavioral Ecology 17:606–613
Zhang, Jun-Xia; Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Tso, I-Min (2006)
Four new crab spiders from Taiwan (Araneae, Thomisidae).
Journal of Arachnology 34:77–86
Tsai, Zon-Ing; Huang, Pao-Shen; Tso, I-Min (2006)
Habitat management by aboriginals promotes high spider diversity on an Asian tropical island.
Ecography 29:84–94
Tanikawa, Akio; Chang, Yung-Hau; Tso, I-Min (2006.)
Identity of a Japanese spider species recorded as "Pasilobus bufoninus" (Araneae: Araneidae), with a description of the male considering the sequence of mtDNA.
Acta Arachnologica 55(1):45–49
Hirotsugu, Ono; Chang, Yung-Hau; Tso, I-Min (2006)
Three new spiders of the families Theridiidae and Anapidae (Araneae) from southern Taiwan.
Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 44:71–82

2005

Tso, I-Min; Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Zhang, Jun-Xia; Zhang, Feng (2005)
Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae).
Acta Arachnologica 54:45–49
Tso, I-Min; Wu, Hsuan-Chen; Hwang, In-Ru (2005)
Giant wood spider Nephila pilipes alters silk protein in response to prey variation.
Journal of Experimental Biology 208:1053–1061
Tso, I-Min; Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Zhang, Jun-Xia (2005)
A new species of the genus Dipoena from Taiwan (Araneae: Theridiidae).
Acta Arachnologica 54:21–22
Tso, I-Min; Tseng, Ling; Chuang, Chih-Yuan; Cheng, Jen-Chun (2005)
Diversity and community structure of spiders in Yang-Ming Shan National Park
Academic Journal 15:1–20
Chou, I-Chia; Wang, Pi-Han; Shen, Pao-; Tso, I-Min (2005)
A test of prey-attracting and predator defence functions of prey carcass decorations built by Cyclosa spiders.
Animal Behaviour 69:1055–1061

2004

Tso, I-Min (2004)
The effect of food and silk reserve manipulation on decoration-building of Argiope aetheroides.
Behaviour 141:603–616
Tso, I-Min; Chen, Jun (2004)
Descriptions of three new and six new record wolf spider species from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae).
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52:399–411
Tso, I-Min; Lin, Chih-Wei; Yang, En-Cheng (2004)
Colourful orb-weaving spiders, Nephila pilipes, through a bee's eyes.
Journal of Experimental Biology 207:2631–2637
Tai, Pei-Ling; Hwang, Guang-Yuh; Tso, I-Min (2004)
Inter-specific sequence conservation and intra-individual sequence variation in a spider silk gene.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 34:295–301
Chang, Yung-Hau; Tso, I-Min (2004)
Six newly recorded spiders of the genera Araneus, Larinia, Eriophora, Thanatus, Portia and Dolichognatha (Araneae: araneidae, philodromidae, salticidae and tetragnathidae) from Taiwan.
Acta Arachnologica 53:27–33
Chen, Kuan-Chou; Tso, I-Min (2004)
Spider diversity on Orchid Island, Taiwan: A comparison between habitats receiving different degrees of human disturbance.
Zoological Studies 43:598–611
Sheu, Hwo-Shuenn; Phyu, Khin Win; Jean, Yuch-Cheng; Chiang, Yung-Ping; Tso, I-Min; Wu, Hsuan-Chen; Yang, Jen-Chang; Ferng, Shyue-Lih (2004)
Lattice deformation and thermal stability of crystals in spider silk.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 34:325–331
Lee, Jun-Wei; Jiang, Ling; Su, Yong-Chao; Tso, I-Min (2004)
Is Central Mountain Range a geographic barrier to the giant wood spider Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Taiwan? A population genetic approach.
Zoological Studies 43:112–122

2003

Tso, I-Min; Haupt, Joachim; Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003)
The trapdoor spider family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taiwan.
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51:25–33
Hsieh, Yu-Lung; Lin, Yao-Sung; Tso, I-Min (2003)
Ground spider diversity in the Kenting uplifted coral reef forest, Taiwan: A comparison between habitats receiving various disturbances.
Biodiversity and Conservation 12:2173–2194

2002

Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Tso, I-Min (2002)
Four new species of the genus Leptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Taiwan.
Journal of Arachnology 30:563–570
Tso, I-Min; Tai, Pei-Ling; Ku, Tzu-Hsiu; Kuo, Chien-Hsien; Yang, En-Cheng (2002)
Colour-associated foraging success and population genetic structure in a sit-and-wait predator Nephila maculata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).
Animal Behaviour 63:175–182
Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min; Li, Shu-Qiang (2002)
Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae).
Zoological Studies 41:1–12

2001

Wang, Xinping; Tso, I-Min; Wu, Hai-Yin (2001)
Three new Coelotes spiders (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Taiwan.
Zoological Studies 40:127–133

2000

Tso, I-Min; Tanikawa, Akio (2000)
New records of five orb-web spiders of the genera Leucauge, Mesida, and Eriovixia (Araneae: Tetragnathidae and Araneidae) from Taiwan.
Acta Arachnologica 49:125–131
Yoshida, Hajime; Tso, I-Min; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu (2000)
The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan: Descriptions of six new and one newly recorded species.
Zoological Studies 39:123–132
Tso, I-Min; Yoshida, Hajime (2000)
A new species of the genus Nesticella (Araneae: Nesticidae) from Taiwan.
Acta Arachnologica 49:13–16
Herberstein, Marie Elisabeth; Tso, I-Min (2000)
Evaluation of formulae to estimate the capture area and mesh height of orb webs (Araneoidea, Araneae).
Journal of Arachnology 28:180–184
Tso, I-Min; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu (2000)
Argyrodes fissifrons inhabiting webs of Cyrtophora hosts: Prey size distribution and population characteristics.
Zoological Studies 39:236–242

1999

Tso, I-Min (1999)
Behavioral Response of Argiope trifasciata to recent foraging gain: A manipulative study.
American Midland Naturalist 141:238–246

1998

Tso, I-Min; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu (1998)
Silk stealing by Argyrodes lanyuensis (Araneae: Theridiidae): a unique form of kleptoparasitism.
Animal Behaviour 56:219–225
Yoshida, Hajime; Tso, I-Min; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu (1998)
Descriptions of a new species of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan, with notes on its ecology and behaviour.
Acta Arachnologica 47:1–5
Tso, I-Min (1998)
Stabilimentum-decorated webs spun by Cyclosa conica (Araneae, Araneidae) trapped more insects than undecorated webs.
Journal of Arachnology 26:101–105
Tso, I-Min; Severinghaus, Lucia Liu (1998)
Ingested biomass of prey as a more accurate estimator of foraging intake by spider predators.
Journal of Arachnology 26:405–407
Tso, I-Min (1998)
Isolated spider web stabilimentum attracts insects.
Behaviour 135:311–319

1996

Tso, I-Min (1996)
Stabilimenta of the garden spider Argiope trifasciata: a possible prey attractant.
Animal Behaviour 52: 183–191

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