Publications
2014
- (2014)
- Nutrient deprivation induces property variations in spider gluey silk
- PLoS ONE 9: e88487
2013
- (2013)
- A colour-mediated mutualism between two arthropod predators
- Current Biology 23: 172-176
- (2013)
- Nutrient mediated architectural plasticity of a predatory trap.
- PLoS ONE 8: e54558
- (2013)
- Three-dimensional barricading of a predatory trap reduces predation and enhances prey capture
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67: in press.
- (2013)
- Uncovering Spider Silk Nanocrystalline Variations That Facilitate Wind-Induced Mechanical Property Changes
- Biomacromolecules 14: 3484-3490
- (2013)
- Wind induces variations in spider web geometry and sticky spiral droplet volume
- The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 3342-3349
2012
- (2012)
- Multiple prey cues induce foraging flexibility in a trap-building predator.
- Behavioral Ecology 23: 69-74
- (2012)
- Body spot coloration of a nocturnal sit-and-wait predator visually lures prey.
- Behavioral Ecology 23: 69-74
- (2012)
- Variations in protein intake induces variations in spider silk expression
- PLoS ONE 7: e31626
- (2012)
- Post-secretion processing influences spider silk performance
- Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9: 2479-2487
- (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
- (2011)
- Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored predator: extra protection or prey attraction?
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 2351–2359
- (2011)
- Multiple prey cues induce foraging flexibility in a trap-building predator.
- Animal Behaviour 81: 955–961
- (2011)
- Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored predator: extra protection or prey attraction?
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 2351-2359
2010
- (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
- (2010)
- Insect form vision as one potential shaping force of spider web decoration design.
- Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 759–768
- (2010)
- Multiple structures interactively influence prey capture efficiency in spider orb webs.
- Animal Behaviour 80: 947–953
- (2010)
- Prey type, vibrations and handling interactively influence spider silk expression.
- Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3906–3910
- (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
- (2009)
- A risky defence by a spider using conspicuous decoys resembling itself in appearance.
- Animal Behaviour 78: 1–7
- (2009)
- The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator.
- Behavioral Ecology 20: 1194–1203
- (2009)
- Hunting efficiency and predation risk shapes the color-associated foraging traits of a predator.
- Behavioral Ecology 20: 808–816
2008
- (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
- (2008)
- Deceptive color signaling in the night: a nocturnal predator attracts prey with visual lures.
- Behavioral Ecology 19:237–244
- (2008)
- Effects of the brown anole invasion and betelnut palm planting on arthropod diversity in southern Taiwan.
- Zoological Science 25: 1121–1129
2007
- (2007)
- Does the giant wood spider Nephila pilipes respond to prey variation by altering web or silk properties?
- Ethology 113:324–333
- (2007)
- Nocturnal hunting of a brightly coloured sit-and-wait predator.
- Animal Behaviour 74:787–793
- (2007)
- Phylogeography of the giant wood spider (Nephila pilipes, Araneae) from Asian-Australian regions.
- Journal of Biogeography 34:177–191
- (2007)
- Diurnal and nocturnal prey luring of a colorful predator.
- Journal of Experimental Biology 210:3830–3837
- (2007)
- Signaling by decorating webs: luring prey or deterring predators?
- Behavioral Ecology 18:1085–1091
2006
- (2006)
- Function of being colorful in web spiders: attracting prey or camouflaging oneself?
- Behavioral Ecology 17:606–613
- (2006)
- Four new crab spiders from Taiwan (Araneae, Thomisidae).
- Journal of Arachnology 34:77–86
- (2006)
- Habitat management by aboriginals promotes high spider diversity on an Asian tropical island.
- Ecography 29:84–94
- (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
- (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
- (2005)
- Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae).
- Acta Arachnologica 54:45–49
- (2005)
- Giant wood spider Nephila pilipes alters silk protein in response to prey variation.
- Journal of Experimental Biology 208:1053–1061
- (2005)
- A new species of the genus Dipoena from Taiwan (Araneae: Theridiidae).
- Acta Arachnologica 54:21–22
- (2005)
- Diversity and community structure of spiders in Yang-Ming Shan National Park
- Academic Journal 15:1–20
- (2005)
- A test of prey-attracting and predator defence functions of prey carcass decorations built by Cyclosa spiders.
- Animal Behaviour 69:1055–1061
2004
- (2004)
- The effect of food and silk reserve manipulation on decoration-building of Argiope aetheroides.
- Behaviour 141:603–616
- (2004)
- Descriptions of three new and six new record wolf spider species from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae).
- Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52:399–411
- (2004)
- Colourful orb-weaving spiders, Nephila pilipes, through a bee's eyes.
- Journal of Experimental Biology 207:2631–2637
- (2004)
- Inter-specific sequence conservation and intra-individual sequence variation in a spider silk gene.
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 34:295–301
- (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
- (2004)
- Spider diversity on Orchid Island, Taiwan: A comparison between habitats receiving different degrees of human disturbance.
- Zoological Studies 43:598–611
- (2004)
- Lattice deformation and thermal stability of crystals in spider silk.
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 34:325–331
- (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
- (2003)
- The trapdoor spider family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taiwan.
- Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51:25–33
- (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
- (2002)
- Four new species of the genus Leptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Taiwan.
- Journal of Arachnology 30:563–570
- (2002)
- Colour-associated foraging success and population genetic structure in a sit-and-wait predator Nephila maculata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).
- Animal Behaviour 63:175–182
- (2002)
- Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae).
- Zoological Studies 41:1–12
2001
- (2001)
- Three new Coelotes spiders (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Taiwan.
- Zoological Studies 40:127–133
2000
- (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
- (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
- (2000)
- A new species of the genus Nesticella (Araneae: Nesticidae) from Taiwan.
- Acta Arachnologica 49:13–16
- (2000)
- Evaluation of formulae to estimate the capture area and mesh height of orb webs (Araneoidea, Araneae).
- Journal of Arachnology 28:180–184
- (2000)
- Argyrodes fissifrons inhabiting webs of Cyrtophora hosts: Prey size distribution and population characteristics.
- Zoological Studies 39:236–242
1999
- (1999)
- Behavioral Response of Argiope trifasciata to recent foraging gain: A manipulative study.
- American Midland Naturalist 141:238–246
1998
- (1998)
- Silk stealing by Argyrodes lanyuensis (Araneae: Theridiidae): a unique form of kleptoparasitism.
- Animal Behaviour 56:219–225
- (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
- (1998)
- Stabilimentum-decorated webs spun by Cyclosa conica (Araneae, Araneidae) trapped more insects than undecorated webs.
- Journal of Arachnology 26:101–105
- (1998)
- Ingested biomass of prey as a more accurate estimator of foraging intake by spider predators.
- Journal of Arachnology 26:405–407
- (1998)
- Isolated spider web stabilimentum attracts insects.
- Behaviour 135:311–319
1996
- (1996)
- Stabilimenta of the garden spider Argiope trifasciata: a possible prey attractant.
- Animal Behaviour 52: 183–191
Updated: Mar-10-2014 01:20:30 (Taiwan, GMT+08:00).