George W. Uetz Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, & Arachnology

Uetz, G.W. and D.G. Dillery. 1969. A study of spiders (Araneae) on maple trees (Acer sp.). Mich. Entomol. 2:31-36.

Uetz, G.W. l970. A key to the common families of spiders of potential medical importance in North America. In D.P. Furman and E.P. Catts. A Manual of Medical Entomology. Nat. Press Books, California, pp. 157-163.

Uetz, G.W. 1973. Envenomation by the spider Trachelas tranquillus (Araneae:Clubionidae). J. Med. Entomol. 10:227.

Uetz, G.W. 1974. A method for measuring habitat space in studies of hardwood forest litter arthropods. Environ. Entomol. 3:313-315.

Uetz, G.W. 1974. Species diversity: a review. The Biologist 56:111-129.

Uetz, G.W. and D.L. Johnson. 1974. Breaking the web (an article on global animal extinction). Environment 16:31-39. (Reprinted 1977 in Emmel, T., Ed., Principles of Ecology: A Global View. Mayfield Publ., Palo Alto, CA.)

Uetz, G.W. 1975. Temporal and spatial variation in species diversity of wandering spiders (Araneae) in deciduous forest litter. Environ. Entomol. 4:719-724.

Uetz, G.W. 1976. Gradient analysis of spider communities in a streamside forest. Oecologia 22:373-385.

Uetz, G.W. 1976. A preliminary list of the spiders (Araneae) of Delaware. Entomol. News 87:203-210.

Uetz, G.W. and J.D. Unzicker. 1976. Pitfall trapping in ecological studies of wandering spiders. J. Arachnol. 3:101-111.

Uetz, G.W. 1977. Coexistence in a guild of wandering spiders. J. Animal Ecol. 46:531-542.

Uetz, G.W., A.D. Johnson and D.W. Schemske. 1978. Web placement, web structure and prey capture in orb-weaving spiders. Bull. Brit. Arach. Soc. 4:141-148.

Stratton, G.E., G.W. Uetz and D.G. Dillery. 1978. A comparison of the spiders of three coniferous tree species. J. Arachnol. 6:219-226.

Uetz, G.W. and C.D. Dondale. 1979. A new wolf spider in the genus Schizocosa (Araneae:Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 7:86-88.

Uetz, G.W. 1979. The influence of variation in litter habitats on spider communities. Oecologia 40:29-42.

Uetz, G.W., and G. Denterlein. 1979. Courtship behavior, habitat, and reproductive isolation in Schizocosa rovneri. Uetz and Dondale. J. Arachnol. 7:121-128.

Uetz, G.W., K.L. van der Laan, G.F. Summers, P.A.K. Gibson and L.L. Getz. 1979. The effects of flooding on flood-plain arthropod distribution, abundance, and community structure. Amer. Midl. Natur. 101:286-298.

Summers, G.F. and G.W. Uetz. l979. The influence of flooding on the distribution and abundance of centipedes (Chilopoda) in a streamside forest. Amer. Midl. Natur. 102:346-352.

Uetz, G.W. and J.W. Burgess. 1979. Habitat structure and colonial behavior in Metepeira spinipes F.P. Cambridge (Araneae:Araneidae), an orb-weaving spider from Mexico. Psyche. 86:79-89.

Uetz, G.W. and J.M. Biere. 1980. Prey of Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer) (Araneae:Araneidae) in comparison with artificial webs and other trapping devices. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 5:101-107.

Biere, J.M. and G.W. Uetz. 1981. Web orientation by the spider Micrathena gracilis (Araneae:Araneidae). Ecology 62:336-344. (full text)

Stratton, G.E. and G.W. Uetz. 1981. Acoustic communication and reproductive isolation in two species of wolf spiders (Araneae:Lycosidae). Science 214:575-577. (full text)

Bultman, T.L., G.W. Uetz and A.R. Brady. 1982. A comparison of cursorial spider communities along a successional gradient. J. Arachnol. 10:23-33.

Uetz, G.W., T.C. Kane and G. Stratton. 1982. Variation in the social grouping tendency of a communal web-building spider. Science 217:547-549. (full text)

Bultman, T.L. and G.W. Uetz. 1982. Community structure of forest floor spiders following litter manipulation. Oecologia 55:34-41.

Uetz, G.W. and G.E. Stratton. 1982. Acoustic communication in spiders. In P.N. Witt and J.S. Rovner, Eds., Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance. Princeton University Press, pp. 123-159.

Burgess, J.W. and G.W. Uetz. 1982. Social spacing strategies in spiders. In P.N. Witt and J.S. Rovner, Eds., Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance. Princeton University Press, pp. 317-351.

Stratton, G.E. and G.W. Uetz. 1983. Communication via substratum-coupled stridulation and reproductive isolation in wolf spiders (Araneae:Lycosidae). Animal Behaviour 31:164-172.

Uetz, G.W. and G.E. Stratton. 1983. Communication in spiders. Endeavour 7:13-18.

Uetz, G.W. 1983. Sociable Spiders. Natural History 92:62-69.

Bultman, T.L. and G.W. Uetz. 1984. Effect of structure and nutritional quality of litter on abundances of litter-dwelling arthropods. Amer. Midl. Natur. 111:165-172. (full text)

Meininger, C.A., G.W. Uetz and J.A. Snider. 1985. Variation in epiphytic microcommunities (Tardigrade - Lichen Bryophyte assemblages) of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Urban Ecology 9:45-61.

Uetz, G.W. 1985. Ecology and behavior of Metepeira spinipes (Araneae: Araneidae), a colonial web-building spider from Mexico. National Geographic Research Reports 19:597-609.

Stratton, G.E. and G.W. Uetz. 1986. The inheritance of courtship behavior and its role as a reproductive isolating mechanism in two species of Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae:Lycosidae). Evolution 40:129-141. (full text)

Benton, M.J. and G.W. Uetz. 1986. Variation in life-history characteristics over a clinal gradient in three populations of a communal orb-weaving spider. Oecologia 68:395-399.

Uetz, G.W. and K. R. Cangialosi. 1986. Genetic differences in social behavior and spacing in populations of Metepeira spinipes F.O. Pickard-Cambridge (Araneae:Araneidae), a communal-territorial orb weaver. J. Arachnol. 14:159-173.

Uetz, G.W. 1986. Web building and prey capture in communal orb weavers. In W.A. Shear, Ed., Spiders: Webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press, pp. 207-231.

Uetz, G.W. and S.P. Hartsock. 1987. Prey selection in an orb-weaving spider: Micrathena gracilis (Araneae:Araneidae). Psyche 94:103-116.

Tietjen, W.J., L.R. Ayyagari and G.W. Uetz. 1987. Symbiosis between social spiders and yeasts: the role in prey attraction. Psyche 94:151-158.

Uetz, G.W., T.C. Kane, G.E. Stratton and M. Benton. 1987. Environmental and genetic influences on the social grouping tendency of a communal spider. In M. Huettel, Ed., Evolutionary Genetics of Invertebrate Behavior. Plenum Press, pp. 43-53.

Stratton, G.E. and G.W. Uetz. 1987. The inheritance of behavior in Schizocosa wolf spiders. In M. Huettel, Ed., Evolutionary Genetics of Invertebrate Behavior. Plenum Press, pp. 63-77.

Cangialosi, K.R. and G.W. Uetz. 1988. Spacing in colonial spiders: effects of environment, heredity and experience. Ethology 76:236-246.

Uetz, G.W. 1988. Group foraging in colonial web-building spiders: evidence for risk-sensitivity. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22:265-270.

Uetz, G.W. 1988. Risk sensitivity and foraging in colonial spiders. pp. 353-377. In C.N. Slobodchikoff, Ed., Ecology of Social Behavior. Academic Press.

Uetz, G.W. 1989. The "ricochet effect" and prey capture in colonial spiders. Oecologia 81:154-159.

Uetz, G.W., and M.A. Hodge. 1990. Influence of habitat and prey availability on spatial organization and behavior of colonial web-building spiders. National Geographic Research 6:22-40.

Hieber, C.S., and G.W. Uetz. 1990. Colony size and parasitoid load in two species of colonial Metepeira spiders from Mexico (Araneae:Araneidae). Oecologia 82:145-150.

Marshall, S.D. and G.W. Uetz. 1990. The pedipalpal brush of Ephebopus sp. (Araneae:Theraphosidae): evidence of a new site for urticating hairs. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 8:122-124.

Marshall, S.D. and G.W. Uetz. 1990. Incorporation of urticating hairs into silk: a novel defense mechanism in two neotropical tarantulas (Araneae:Theraphosidae). J. of Arachnol. 18:143-150.

Rayor, L.S., and G.W. Uetz. 1990. Trade-offs in foraging success and predation risk with spatial position in colonial spiders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:77-85.

Uetz, G.W. 1990. Prey selection in web-building spiders and evolution of prey defenses. pp. 93-128. In D.L. Evans and J.O. Schmidt, Eds., Insect Defenses: Adaptive mechanisms and strategies of prey and predators. SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y.

Uetz, G.W. 1991. Habitat structure and spider foraging. pp. 325-348. In S.A. Bell, E.D. McCoy, & H.R. Mushinsky, Eds. Habitat Structure: The Physical Arrangement of Objects in Space. Chapman & Hall, London.

Clark, D.L., and G.W. Uetz. 1991. Video image recognition by jumping spiders (Araneae:Salticidae). Animal Behaviour 40:884-890.

Clark, D.L., and G.W. Uetz. 1992. Morph-independent mate selection in a dimorphic jumping spider: Demonstration of movement bias in female choice using video-controlled courtship behavior. Animal Behaviour 43:247-254.

Uetz, G.W. 1992. Foraging strategies of spiders. Trends in Ecol. Evol. 7:155-159.

Hodge, M.A. and G.W. Uetz. 1992. Anti-predator benefits for single and mixed-species groups of orb weaving spiders. J. of Arachnol. 20:212-216.

Uetz, G.W., J. Bischoff and J. Raver. 1992. Survivorship of wolf spiders (Lycosidae) reared on different diets. J. Arachnol. 20:207-211.

Marshall, S.D. and G.W. Uetz. 1993. The growth and maturation of a giant spider: Theraphosa leblondi (Latreille, 1804) (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Revue Arachnologique 10:93-103.

Rayor, L.S., and G.W. Uetz. 1993. Ontogenetic shifts within the selfish herd: predation risk and foraging trade-offs change with age in colonial web-building spiders. Oecologia 95:1-8.

Clark, D.L. and G.W. Uetz. 1993 Signal efficacy and the evolution of male dimorphism in the jumping spider, Maevia inclemens (Araneae: Salticidae). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 90:11954-11957 (full text)

Uetz, G.W., C.S. Hieber, E.M. Jakob, R.S. Wilcox, D. Kroeger, A.T. McCrate, and A.M. Mostrom. 1994. Behavior of colonial orb-weaving spiders during a solar eclipse. Ethology 96:24-32.

Uetz, G.W. and C.S. Hieber. 1994. Group size and predation risk in colonial web-building spiders: analysis of attack-abatement mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology 5:326-333.

Getz, L.L. and G. W. Uetz. 1994. Species diversity of terrestrial snails in the southern Appalachian mountains. Malacological Review 27:61-74

Caraco, T. G. W. Uetz, R. G. Gillespie, and L. Giraldeau. 1995. Resource-consumption variance within and among individuals: on coloniality in spiders. Ecology 76:196-205. (full text)

Marshall, S. D., E. M. Thoms, and G.W. Uetz. 1995. Setal entanglement: an undescribed method of stridulation by a neotropical tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae). J. Zoology (London). 235:587-595

Hodge, M. A. and G. W. Uetz. 1995. A comparison of agonistic behaviour of colonial web-building spiders from desert and tropical habitats. Anim. Behav. 50:963-972.

Scheffer, S. J., G. W. Uetz, and G. E. Stratton. 1996. Sexual selection, male morphology, and the efficacy of courtship signalling in two wolf spiders. (Araneae: Lycosidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38:17-24. (full text)

Persons, M.H. and G. W. Uetz. 1996. The influence of sensory information on patch residence time in wolf spiders (Araneae:Lycosidae). Anim. Behav. 51:1285-1293.

Uetz, G. W., W. J. McClintock, D. Miller, E. I. Smith and K.K. Cook. 1996. Limb regeneration and subsequent asymmetry in a male secondary sexual character influences sexual selection in wolf spiders. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38: 253-257. (full text)

Persons, M. H. and G. W. Uetz. 1996. Wolf spiders vary patch residence time in the presence of prey chemical cues (Araneae:Lycosidae). J. Arachnol. 24: 76-79. (full text)

McClintock, W.J., and G. W. Uetz. 1996. Female choice and preexisiting bias: visual cues during courtship in two Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae:Lycosidae). Anim. Behav. 52: 167-181. (full text)

Hodge, M.A. and G. W. Uetz. 1996. Foraging advantages of mixed-species association between solitary and colonial orb-weaving spiders. Oecologia 107:578-587.

Uetz, G. W. 1996. Risk-sensitivity and the paradox of colonial web-building in spiders. Amer. Zool. 36:459-470.

Jakob, E. M., S.D. Marshall and G.W. Uetz. 1996. Estimating fitness: a comparison of body condition indices. Oikos 77: 61-67.

Persons, M.H. and G.W. Uetz. 1997. Foraging patch residence time in wolf spiders: Is perceiving prey as important as eating prey? Ecoscience 4:1-5.

Persons, M. H. and G. W. Uetz. 1997. The effect of prey movement on attack behavior and patch residence decision rules of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Insect Behavior. 10: 737-752

Uetz, G.W. and C.S. Hieber. 1997. Colonial web-building spiders: Balancing the costs and benefits of group-living. In: J. Choe and B.J. Crespi, Eds., Evolution of social behavior in insects and arachnids. Cambridge University Press. pp. 458-475.

Persons, M. H. and G. W. Uetz. 1998. Pre-sampling sensory information and prey density assessment by wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Behavioral Ecology 9:360-366.

Jakob, E. A., G. W. Uetz and A. H. Porter. 1998. The effect of conspecifics on the timing of orb construction in a colonial spider. J. Arachnol. 26: 335-341.

Uetz, G. W. and E. I. Smith. 1999. Asymmetry in a visual signaling character and sexual selection in a wolf spider. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 45:87-93. (full text)

Hebets, E. A. and G.W. Uetz. 1999. Female responses to isolated signals from multi-modal male courtship displays in the wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Anim. Behav. 57:865-872.

Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj and A.B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. J. Arachnol. 27:270-280.

Marshall, S.D., E. M . Jakob and G. W. Uetz. 1999.  Re-estimating fitness: can scaling issues confound condition indices?  Oikos 87:401-402.

Persons, M. H. and G. W. Uetz. 1999. Age and sex-based differences in the use of prey sensory cues in wolf  spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)  J. Insect Behavior 12: 723-736.

Hebets, E. A. and G.W. Uetz. 2000. Leg ornamentation and the efficacy of courtship display in four species of wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47:280-286. (full text)

Halaj, J., A. B. Cady & G. W. Uetz. 2000. Modular habitat refugia enhance generalist predator populations and lower plant damage in soybeans. Environmental Entomology. 29:383-393. (full text)

Rayor, L.S., and G. W. Uetz. 2000. Age-related sequential web-building as an adaptive spacing strategy in the colonial spider Metepeira incrassata (Araneidae). Anim. Behav. 1251-1259. (full text)

Uetz, G.W. 2000. Signals and multi-modal signalling in spider communication. In Espmark,Y., Amundsen,T. & Rosenqvist,G. (Eds.) Animal Signals. Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication. Proc. Fifth Int. Kongsvoll Symp. Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway. pp. 387-405.

Uetz, G. W. 2001. Understanding the evolution of social behavior of colonial web-building spiders. In. L.A. Dugatkin, Ed., Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology: Integrating Empirical, Theoretical and Conceptual approaches. Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ pp. 110-130.

Jakob, E.M, A. H. Porter and G.W. Uetz. 2001. Site fidelity and the costs of movement among territories: an example from colonial web-building spiders. Can. J. Zool. 79:2094-2100. (full text)

Uetz, G.W., J. Boyle, C.S. Hieber, and R.S. Wilcox. 2002. Anti-predator benefits of group living in colonial web-building spiders - the “Early Warning” effect. Anim. Behav. 63: 445-452 (full text)

Uetz, G.W., and Roberts, J. A. 2002. Multi-sensory cues and multi-modal communication in spiders: insights from video/audio playback studies. Brain Behav. & Evol. 59: 222-230.  (full text)

Heiber, C.S., R.S. Wilcox, J. Boyle, and  G.W. Uetz. 2002. The spider and fly revisited: ploy-counterploy behavior in a unique predator-prey system. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 53: 51-60. (full text) The original publication is available on LINK http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00265/contents/02/00547/

Uetz, G.W.,  R. Papke, and B. Kilinc. 2002. Influence of feeding regime on body size, body condition and a male secondary sexual characteristic in Schizocosa ocreata wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae): condition-dependence in a visual signaling trait.  J. Arachnol. 30:461-469. (full text)

Roberts, J.A., Taylor, P.W. and G.W. Uetz.  2003.  Kinship and food availability influence cannibalism tendency in early-instar wold spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae).  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54:416-422  (full text)

Uetz, G. W. and P.W. Taylor.  2003.  Developmental Instability and Animal Communication: Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Signal and as an Influence on the Signaling Process.  In.  M. Polak, Ed.,  Developmental instability: Causes and Consequences.  Oxford University Press, New York, NY pp.  213-230.

Roberts, J. A. and G.W. Uetz.  2004.  Chemical signaling in a wolf spider: A test of ethospecies discrimination.  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30:1271-1284. (full text)

Pruden, A.J. and G.W. Uetz. 2004.  Assessment of Potential Predation Costs of Male Decoration and Courtship Display in Wolf Spiders Using Video Digitization and Playback. Journal of Insect Behavior, 17:67-80. (full text)

Roberts, J.A. and G.W. Uetz. 2004. Species-specificity of chemical signals: Silk source affects discrimination in a wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae). Insect Behavior 17:477-491. (full text)

Persons, M.H. and G. W. Uetz. 2005. Sexual cannibalism and mate choice decisions in wolf spiders: influence of male size and secondary sexual characters. Animal Behaviour 69:83-94. (full text)

Taylor, P.W., J.A. Roberts, and G.W. Uetz. 2005. Flexibility in the multi-modal courtship of a wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata. Journal of Ethology 23:71-75 (full text)

Norton, S. and G.W. Uetz. 2005. Mating frequency in Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz) wolf spiders: evidence for a mating system with female monogamy and male polygamy. Journal of Arachnology 33:16-24. (full text)

Roberts, J.A. and G.W. Uetz. 2005. Discrimination of female reproductive state from chemical cues in silk by males of the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata (Araneae, Lycosidae). Animal Behaviour 70:217-223. (full text)
 

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