Robert B. Suter
Chronological List of Publications
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Benson, K. & R. B. Suter (2013). Reflections on the tapetum lucidum in lycosoid spiders. Journal of Arachnology 41:43–52.
Lubin, Y. & R. B. Suter (2013).“Pre-dispersal” behavior does not precede dispersal in juvenile social spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola, Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology 41:81–84. Suter, R. B. & G. E. Stratton (2013). Predation by spitting spiders: elaborate venom gland, intricate delivery system. Chapter 18, Pp. 241–251. In Spider Ecophysiology, Wolfgang Nentwig (ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Suter, R. B. & G. E. Stratton (2011). Does allometric growth explain the diminutive size of the fangs of Scytodes (Araneae, Scytodidae)? Journal of Arachnology 39: 174-177. Suter, R. B., P. R. Miller, & G. Stratton (2011). Egg capsule architecture and siting in a leaf-curling sac spider, Clubiona riparia (Araneae, Clubionidae). Journal of Arachnology 39: 76-83. Suter, R. B., G. Stratton, & P. R. Miller (2011). Mechanics and energetics of excavation by burrowing wolf spiders, Geolycosa spp. Journal of Insect Science 11:22 available online: insectscience.org/11.22.
Suter, R. B. & G. E.
Stratton (2009). Spitting performance parameters and their biomechanical implications
in Scytodes (Araneae, Scytodidae). Journal of Insect Science. Available
online at http://www.insectscience.org/9.62/ Stratton, G. & R. B.
Suter (2009). “Water repellent properties of spiders: topographical variations
and functional correlates” In: Functional Surfaces in Biology, S. Gorb
(ed.). Springer. Suter, R. B. & G. E.
Stratton (2005). Scytodes vs. Schizocosa: Predatory techniques and their morphological
correlates. Journal of Arachnology 33:7-15. Suter, R. B., G. Stratton,
& P. R. Miller (2004). Taxonomic variation among spiders in the ability
to repel water: Surface adhesion and hair density. Journal of Arachnology 32:11-21. Stratton, G., R. B. Suter,
& P. R. Miller (2004). Evolution of water surface locomotion by spiders:
a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81:63-78. Holloway, K.S., & R.B.
Suter (2004). Play deprivation without social isolation: housing controls. Developmental
Psychbiology 41:58-67. Suter, R. B. (2003). Trichobothrial
mediation of an aquatic escape response: directional jumps by the fishing spider,
Dolomedes triton, foil frog attacks. Journal of Insect Science 3:19
[http://www.insectscience.org/papers/] Suter, R. B., and Jessica
Gruenwald (2000). Predator avoidance on the water surface? Kinematics and efficacy
of vertical jumping by Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae). Journal of
Arachnology 28:201-210. Root, R. G., H.-W. Courtland,
C. A. Pell, B. Hobson, E. J. Towhig, R. B. Suter, W. R. Shepherd III, N. C.
Boetticher, and J. H. Long Jr. (1999). Swimming fish and fish-like models: The
harmonic structure of undulatory waves suggests that fish actively tune their
bodies. Proc. 11th Int’l. Symp. on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology
(UUST), 378-388. Suter, R. B. and Jessica
Gruenwald (2000). Spider size and locomotion on the water surface (Araneae,
Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology 28:300-308. Suter, R. B. 1999. Walking
on water. American Scientist 87: 154-159. Suter, R. B., and Horatio
Wildman (1999). Locomotion on the water surface: Hydrodynamic constraints on
rowing velocity require a gait change. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2771-2785. Suter, R. B. (1999). An
aerial lottery: The physics of ballooning in a chaotic atmosphere. Journal of
Arachnology 27:281-293. Suter, R. B. (1999). Cheap
transport for fishing spiders: the physics of sailing on the water surface.
Journal of Arachnology 27:489-496. Suter, R. B., Oren Rosenberg,
Sandra Loeb, Horatio Wildman, and John H. Long, Jr. (1997). Locomotion on the
water surface: Propulsive mechanisms of the fisher spider, Dolomedes triton.
Journal of Experimental Biology 200, 2523-2538. Forrest, T. G. and R. B.
Suter (1994). The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) in Behavioural Analysis.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 166, 419-429. Suter, R. B. and T. G. Forrest
(1994). Vigilance in the Interpretation of Spectral Analyses. Animal Behaviour
48, 223-225. Suter, R.B. (1993). Circadian
rhytimicity and other patterns of spontaneous motor activity in bowl and doily
spiders. Journal of Arachnology 21, 6-22. Suter, R. B. (1992). Ballooning:
Data from Spiders in Freefall Indicate the Importance of Posture. Journal of
Arachnology 20, 107-113. Suter, R.B., and E. Sanchez
(1991). Evolutionary stability of stochastic decision making in spiders: results
of a simulation. Animal Behaviour 42, 921-929. Suter, R.B. (1991). Ballooning
in spiders: results of wind tunnel experiments. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution
3:13-25. Suter, R.B. (1990). Determinants
of fecundity in bowl and doily spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology
18:263-269. Nottebohm, F., A. Alvarez-Buylla,
J. Cynx, J. Kirn, C-Y. Ling, M. Nottebohm, R. Suter, A. Tolles, and H. Williams
(1990). Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 329:115-124. Suter, R.B., and V.S. Parkhill
(1990). Fitness consequences of prolonged copulation in the bowl and doily spider.
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 26:369-373. Suter, R.B. (1990). Courtship
and the assessment of virginity by male bowl and doily spiders. Animal Behaviour
39:307-313. Suter, R.B. and C. Shane
(1989). Spider vs. spider: Frontinella pyramitela detects Argyrodes
trigonum via cuticular chemicals. Journal of Arachnology 17:237-240. Suter, R.B. and L. Walberer
(1989). Enigmatic cohabitation in bowl and doily spiders, Frontinella pyramitela
(Araneae, Linyphiidae). Animal Behaviour 37:402-409. Suter, R.B., G. Doyle, and
C. Shane (1987). Oviposition site selection by Frontinella pyramitela:
(Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 15:349-354. Suter, R.B., A.J. Hirscheimer,
and C. Shane (1987). Senescence of web construction behavior in male Frontinella
pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 15:177-183. Suter, R.B., C. Shane, and
A.J. Hirscheimer (1987). Communication by cuticular pheromones in a linyphiid
spider. Journal of Arachnology 15:157-162. Suter, R.B. and A.J. Hirscheimer
(1986). Multiple web-borne pheromones in a spider, Frontinella pyramitela
(Araneae: Linyphiidae). Animal Behaviour 34: 748-753. Hirscheimer, A.J. and R.B.
Suter (1985). Functional webs built by adult male bowl and doily spiders. Journal
of Arachnology 13: 396-398. Suter, R.B. (1985). Intersexual
competition for food in the bowl and doily spider, Frontinella pyramitela
(Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 61-70. Suter, R.B. (1984). Wasp
work: an anytime study of summer processes. The American Biology Teacher 46:
18-23. Suter, R.B. (1984). Web
tension and gravity as cues in the orientation of Frontinella pyramitela
(Linyphiidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 31-36. Suter, R.B. and M. Keiley
(1984). Agonistic interactions between male Frontinella pyramitela
(Araneae, Linyphiidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 15: 1-7. Suter, R.B. and G. Renkes
(1984). The courtship of Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae):
patterns, vibrations and functions. Journal of Arachnology 12: 37-54. Suter, R.B. and G. Renkes
(1982). Linyphiid spider courtship: releaser and attractant functions of a contact
sex pheromone. Animal Behaviour 30: 714-718. Suter, R.B. (1981). Behavioral
thermoregulation: solar orientation in Frontinella communis (Linyphiidae),
a 6mg spider. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8: 77-81. Suter, R.B. (1978). Cyclosa
turbinata: prey discrimination via web-borne vibrations. Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology 3: 283-296. Suter, R.B. and K.S. Rawson
(1968). Circadian activity rhythm of the deer mouse, Peromyscus: effect
of deuterium oxide. Science 160:1011-1014. Kaliss, N. and R.B. Suter
(1968). Altered survival times of murine skin allografts from cancer-bearing
donors. Transplantation 6: 844-848.
Suter, R. B., G. Stratton, P. R. Miller (2003). Water surface locomotion by
spiders: Distinct gaits in diverse families. Journal of Arachnology 31:428–432.