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Representative publications - ** undergrad and grad * coauthors 56. Blackledge T.A., Kuntner M., Agnarsson I. 2011. The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems. Advances in Insect Physiology. 41: 175-262 (invited article). 55. Gregorič M.*, Agnarsson I., Blackledge T.A., Kuntner M. 2011. Darwin’s bark spider: biology of giant orb webs (Araneidae: Caerostris darwini). Journal of Arachnology. 39: 294-302. 54. Blackledge T.A. 2011. Prey capture in orb weaving spiders: Are we using the best metric? Journal of Arachnology. 39: 205-210. 53. Boutry C.*, Řezáč M. & Blackledge T.A. 2011. Plasticity in major ampullate silk production in relation to spider phylogeny and ecology. PLoS One. 6(7):e22467. PDF 52. Sahni V.*, Blackledge T.A. & Dhinojwala A. 2011. Changes in the adhesive properties of spider aggregate glue during the evolution of cobwebs. Scientific Reports (Nature publishing). 1:41. PDF
51. Kelly S.P.**,
Sensenig A., Lorentz K.A.** & Blackledge T.A. 2011. Damping capacity is
evolutionarily conserved in the radial silk of orb-weaving spiders.
Zoology. 50. Sensenig A., Agnarsson I. & Blackledge T.A. 2011. Adult spiders use tougher silk: ontogenetic changes in web architecture and silk biomechanics in the orb-weaver spider. Journal of Zoology. 285: 28-38. PDF 49. Sahni V.*, Blackledge T.A. & Dhinojwala A. 2011. A review on spider silk adhesion. Journal of Adhesion. 87: 595-614. PDF
44. Harmer A.M.T., Blackledge T.A.,
Madin J.S. & Herberstein M.E. 2011. High-performance spider webs:
integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour. Journal of the Royal
Society Interface. 8:457-471.
PDF 43. Boutry C.* & Blackledge T.A., 2010. Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: structure-function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:3505-3514. PDF 42. Agnarsson I., Kuntner M. & Blackledge T.A. 2010. Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider. PLoS One. 5(9): e11234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011234 (coverage includes BBC News, National Geographic, Science and Time magazine) PDF 41. Sensenig A., Agnarsson I., Gondek T.** & Blackledge, T.A. 2010. Webs in vitro and in vivo: Spiders alter their orb web spinning behavior in the laboratory. Journal of Arachnology. 38:183-191. PDF 40. Shi Q, Wan K.T., Wong S.C., Chen P., Blackledge T.A., 2010. Do electrospun polymer fibers stick? Langmuir. 26(17), 14188–14193 PDF 39. Sensenig A., Agnarsson I., & Blackledge T.A., 2010. Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23:1807-2029. (cover article) PDF
38.
Sahni V,
Blackledge T.A. & Dhinojwala A. 2010. Viscoelastic solids explain
spider web stickiness. Nature Communications 1:19 DOI:
10.1038/ncomms1019. (featured in WKSU-FM, WKYC-TV)
PDF 37. Framenau V.W., Dupérré N., Blackledge T.A. & Vink C.J. 2010. Systematics of the new Asutralasian orb-weaving spider genus Backobourkia (Aranea: Araneidae: Araneinae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny. 68:79-111. PDF
36. Agnarsson I., Kuntner M.,
Coddington J. & T. A. Blackledge. 2010. Shifting continents, not behaviors:
independent colonization of solitary and subsocial Anelosimus spider
lineages on Madagascar (Araneae,
Theridiidae). Zoologica Scripta. 39(1): 75-87.
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31. Agnarsson, I., C. Boutry*, S-C Wong,
A. Baji*, A. Sensenig and T.A. Blackledge. 2009. Supercontraction forces
in spider dragline silk depend on rate of humidity change. Zoology.
112: 325-331. (cover) PDF 30. Agnarsson, I. and T.A. Blackledge. 2009. Can a spider web be too sticky? Tensile mechanics constrains the evolution of capture spiral stickiness in orb weaving spiders. Journal of Zoology. 278: 134-140.Featured in Cosmos Magazine) PDF 29. Blackledge, T.A., N. Scharff, J. Coddington, T. Szüts, J.W. Wenzel, C.Y. Hayashi and I. Agnarsson. 2009. Spider web evolution and diversification in the molecular era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106:5229-5234. PDF 28. Boutry, C.* and T.A. Blackledge. 2008. The common house spider alters the material and mechanical properties of cobweb silk in response to different prey. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 309A: 542-555. PDF (see highlight in National Geographic and Outside JEB) 27. Agnarsson, I., Boutry, C.* and T.A. Blackledge. 2008. Spider silk aging: Initial improvement in a high performance material followed by slow degradation. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 309A, 494-504. PDF (cover article) 26. Zevenbergen, J.M.*, Schneider, N.K.**, and T.A. Blackledge. 2008. Fine dining or fortress? Functional shifts in spider web architecture by the western black widow Latrodectus hesperus. Animal Behaviour. 76:823-829. PDF (see New Scientist article) 25. Swanson, B.O., T.A. Blackledge and C.Y. Hayashi. 2007. Spider capture silk: performance implications of variation in an exceptional biomaterial. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 307A: 654-666. PDF 24. Blackledge, T.A. and C.M. Eliason*. 2007. Functionally independent components of prey capture are architecturally constrained in spider orb webs. Biology Letters. 3: 456-458. PDF
23.
Blackledge, T.A. and
J.M. Zevenbergen**. 2007. Condition-dependent web architecture in
the western black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus. Animal
Behaviour. 73: 855-864. PDF 22. Tso, I.M., S.Y. Jiang* & T.A. Blackledge. 2007. Does the giant wood spider Nephila pilipes respond to prey variation by altering web or silk properties? Ethology. 113: 324-333. PDF 21. Swanson, B.O., T.A. Blackledge, A.P. Summers & C.Y. Hayashi. 2006. Spider dragline silk: Correlated and mosaic evolution in high performance biological materials. Evolution. 60: 2539-2551. PDF 20. Blackledge, T.A. and J.M. Zevenbergen*. 2006. Mesh width influences prey retention in spider orb webs. Ethology. 112: 1194-1201. PDF 19. Blackledge, T.A. & C.Y. Hayashi. 2006a. Unraveling the mechanical properties of composite silk threads spun by cribellate orb-weaving spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(16): 3131-3140. PDF (see Inside JEB highlight)
18.
Blackledge, T.A. & C.Y. Hayashi. 2006b. Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun
by the orb web spider Argiope argentata. Journal of
Experimental Biology. 209(13): 2452-2461.
PDF (cover article) 17. Swanson, B.O., T.A. Blackledge, J. Beltrán** & C.Y. Hayashi. 2006. Variation in the material properties of spider dragline silk across species. Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing. 82: 213-218. PDF 16. Blackledge, T.A., J.E. Swindeman & C.Y. Hayashi. 2005a. Quasistatic and continuous dynamic analysis of the mechanical properties of silk from the cobweb of the western black widow Latrodectus hesperus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 1937-1949. PDF 15. Blackledge, T.A., A.P. Summers & C.Y. Hayashi. 2005b. Gumfooted lines in black widow cobwebs and the mechanical properties of spider capture silk. Zoology. 108: 41-46. PDF see write up at Discovery News 14. Blackledge, T.A., R.A. Cardullo & C.Y. Hayashi. 2005c. Polarized light microscopy, variability in spider silk diameters, and the mechanical characterization of spider silk. Invertebrate Biology. 124: 165-173. PDF
12. Hayashi, C.Y., T.A. Blackledge & R.V. Lewis. 2004. Molecular and mechanical characterization of spider aciniform silk: Uniformity of Iterated Sequence Modules in a Novel Member of the Spider Silk Fibroin Gene Family. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21:1950-1959. PDF
11.
Blackledge, T.A.,
G. J. Binford, and R. G. Gillespie. 2003. Community structure in an adaptive
radiation of Ha 10. Blackledge, T.A., J. A. Coddington, and R. G. Gillespie. 2003. The evolution of three-dimensional spider webs as predator defenses. Ecology Letters.6:13-18. (cover article) PDF see write up at National Geographic News 9. Blackledge, T.A. & R.G. Gillespie. 2002. Estimation of capture areas of spider webs in relation to web asymmetry. Journal of Arachnology. 30:70-77. PDF 8. Blackledge, T.A. & J.W. Wenzel. 2001. Prey capture as a determinate of tangle web architecture in Dictyna volucripes. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 13:105-113. PDF 7. Blackledge, T.A. & J.W. Wenzel. 2001. Silk mediated defense by an orb web spider against predatory mud‑dauber wasps. Behaviour. 138:155-171. PDF 6. Blackledge, T.A. & K.M. Pickett. 2000. Predatory interactions between mud-dauber wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) and Argiope (Araneae, Araneidae) in captivity. Journal of Aranchnology 28:211-216. PDF
5.
Blackledge, T.A. &
J.W. Wenzel. 2000. The evolution of cryptic spider silk: a behavioral test.
Behavioral Ecology 11:142-145.
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4. Blackledge, T.A. & J.W. Wenzel. 1999. Do stabilimenta in orb webs attract prey or defend spiders. Behavioral Ecology 10:372-376. (cover article) PDF 3. Blackledge, T.A. 1998. Signal conflict in spider webs driven by predators and prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences 265:1991-1996. PDF 2. Blackledge, T.A. 1998. Stabilimentum variation and foraging success in Argiope aurantia and Argiope trifasciata (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Zoology 246:21-27. PDF 1. Vari, R.P. & T.A. Blackledge. 1996. New curimatid, Cyphocharax laticlavius (Ostariophysi, Characiformes), from Amazonian Ecuador, with a major range extension for C. gouldingi. Copeia 1996(1):109-113
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Blackledge T.A, Coddington J. & I.
Agnarsson. Fecundity increase supports adaptive radiation hypothesis in
spider web evolution. Communicative & Integrative Biology.
2(6):1-5. (cover) 
see write ups in
waiian
spiders. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 40:293-303.
