Publications

Soley, Fernando G., Rodríguez, Rafael Lucas, Höbel, Gerlinde, and Eberhard, William G. 2021. Insightful behaviour in arthropods?. Behaviour 158 (8-9): 781– 793. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10077

Eberhard, William G. 2021. Possible self-assembly in linyphiid sheet webs. Arachnology 18 (8): 882–892. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.882

Quesada-Hidalgo, Rosannette, Eberhard, William G., and Barrantes, Gilbert. 2021. Complex behavioral plasticity is not reduced in spiderlings with miniature brains. PLOS ONE 16 (6):https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251919

Segura-Hernández, Laura, Aisenberg, Anita, Vargas, Eric, Hernández-Durán, Linda, Eberhard, William G., and Barrantes, Gilbert. 2020. Tuning in to the male: evidence contradicting sexually antagonistic coevolution models of sexual selection in Leucauge mariana (Araneae Tetragnathidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 32 (2): 175– 189. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2019.1682058

Eberhard, William G. 2018. Modular patterns in behavioural evolution: webs derived from orbs. Behaviour. 155 (6):531–566. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003502

Eberhard, William G. 2018. The Webs of Neoantistea riparia (Araneae: Hahniidae): Are Dew Drops Helpful in Prey Capture?. Arachnology. 17 (9):485–490. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2018.17.9.485

Eberhard, William G., Rodríguez, Rafael Lucas, Huber, Bernhard A., Speck, Bretta, Miller, Henry, Buzatto, Bruno A., and Machado, Glauco. 2018. Sexual Selection and Static Allometry: The Importance of Function. The Quarterly review of biology. 93 (3):207–250. https://doi.org/10.1086/699410

Eberhard, William G. 2017. Cryptic Female Choice Revisited: A Response to Firman et al.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32 (11):805–806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.009

Eberhard, William G. 2017. How orb-weavers find and grasp silk lines. Journal of Arachnology. 45 (2):145–151. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-16-057.1

Eberhard, William G. and Hazzi, Nicolas A. 2017. Web building and prey wrapping behavior of Aglaoctenus castaneus (Araneae: Lycosidae: Sosippinae). Journal of Arachnology. 45 (2):177–197. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-16-019.1

Briceno, R. D., Eberhard, William G., Chinea-Cano, E., Wegrzynek, D., and dos Santos Rolo, T. 2016. Species-specific differences in the behavior of male tsetse fly genitalia hidden in the female during copulation. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 28 (1):53–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2014.1002114

Briceño, R. D. and Eberhard, William G. 2015. Species-specific behavioral differences in tsetse fly genital morphology and probable cryptic female choice. in Cryptic female choice in arthropods : patterns, mechanisms and prospects, edited by Peretti, Alfredo V. and Aisenberg, Anita., 403– 430. Cham, Switzerland;New York: Springer.

Aisenberg, Anita, Barrantes, Gilbert, and Eberhard, William G. 2015. Post-copulatory Sexual Selection in Two Tropical Orb-weaving Leucauge Spiders. in Cryptic female choice in arthropods: Patterns, mechanisms and prospects, edited by Peretti, Alfredo V. and Aisenberg, Anita., 79–108. Germany: Springer.

Eberhard, William G. 2015. How Micrathena duodecimspinosa (Araneae: Araneidae) uses the elasticity of her dragline to hide her egg sac. Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3):417–418. https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.417

Eberhard, William G. and Barrantes, Gilbert. 2015. Cues guiding uloborid construction behavior support orb web monophyly. Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3):371–387. https://doi.org/10.1636/arac-43-03-371-387

Eberhard, William G. 2014. A new view of orb webs: multiple trap designs in a single structure. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111 (2):437–449. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12207

Eberhard, William G., Pacheco, Jessica, Carrasco-Rueda, Farah, Christopher, Yuliana, Gonzalez, Cely, Urbina, Hector, and Blackwell, Meredith. 2014. Zombie bugs? The fungus Purpureocillium sp. may manipulate the behavior of its host bug Edessa rufomarginata. Mycologia. 106 (6):1065–1072. https://doi.org/10.3852/13-264

Méndez, Vivian and Eberhard, William G. 2014. Removal of genital plugs and insemination by males with normal and experimentally modified palps in Leucauge mariana (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology, 42(2):284-292

Aisenberg, Anita, Barrantes, Gilbert and Eberhard, William G. 2015. Hairy kisses: tactile cheliceral courtship affects female mating decisions in Leucauge mariana (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1844-2

Ang, Yuchen; Puniamoorthy, Jayanthi; Pont, Adrian C.; Bartak, Miroslav; Blanckenhorn, Wolf U.; Eberhard, William G.; Puniamoorthy, Nalini; Silva, Vera C.; Munari, Lorenzo; Meier, Rudolf. 2013. A plea for digital reference collections and other science-based digitization initiatives in taxonomy: Sepsidnet as exemplar. Systematic Entomology, 38(3): 637-644.

Eberhard, William G.; Hesselberg, Thomas. 2012. Cues that Spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae) Use to Build Orbs: Lapses in Attention to One Set of Cues because of Dissonance with Others?. Ethology, 118(7): 610-620.

Briceno, R. D.; Eberhard, William G.. 2012. Spiders avoid sticking to their webs: clever leg movements, branched drip-tip setae, and anti-adhesive surfaces. Naturwissenschaften, 99(4): 337-341.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0901-9

Eberhard, William G.; Wcislo, William T.. 2012. Plenty of room at the bottom? Tiny animals solve problems of housing and maintaining oversized brains, shedding new light on nervous-system evolution. American Scientist, 100(3): 226-233.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1511/2012.96.226

Barrantes, Gilbert; Eberhard, William G.. 2012. Extreme Behavioral Adjustments by an Orb-Web Spider to Restricted Spaces. Ethology, 118(5): 438-449.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02029.x

Quesada, Rosannette; Triana, Emilia; Vargas, Gloria; Douglass, John K.; Seid, Marc A.; Niven, Jeremy E.; Eberhard, William G.; Wcislo, William T.. 2011. The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders. Arthropod Structure & Development, 40(6): 521-529.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2011.07.002

Eberhard, W. G. & Wcislo, W. T. 2011. Morphological and behavioral consequences of physiological limitations in miniature arthropods. Advances in Insect Physiology.

Eberhard, W. G. 2011. Are smaller animals behaviourally limited? Lack of clear constraints in miniature spiders. Animal Behaviour, 81(4), 813-823.

Eberhard, W. G. 2011. Experiments with genitalia: a commentary. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26(1), 17-21. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2010.10.009

Briceño, R. D. & Eberhard, W. G. 2011. The hub as a launching platform: rapid movements of the spider Leucauge mariana (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) as it turns to attack prey. Journal of Arachnology, 39(1), 102–112.

Eberhard, W.G. (2010) Cryptic Female Choice. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 1, pp. 430-434 Oxford: Academic Press.

Moya, J., R. Quesada, G. Barrantes, WG Eberhard, I. Escalante, C. Esquivel, A. Rojas, E. Triana and A. Arias. 2010. Egg sac construction by folding dead leaves in Pozonia nigroventris and Micrathena sp. (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology, 38(2):371-373.

Eberhard, W. G. & Huber, B. A. 2010. Spider Genitalia. Pp. 249-284 in J. Leonard & A. Cordoba (eds.) The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals.

Eberhard, W. G. 2010. New types of behavioral manipulation of host spiders by a parasitoid wasp. Psyche, Article ID 950614, 1-4.

Eberhard, W. G. 2010. Rapid divergent evolution of genitalia. Pp. 40-78 in J. Leonard & A. Cordoba (eds.) The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals.

Eberhard, W. G. 2010. Possible functional significance of spigot placement on the spinnerets of spiders. Journal of Arachnology, 38(3), 407–414.

Gonzaga, M., Sobczak, J., Penteado-Dias, A. & Eberhard, W. 2010. Modification of Nephila clavipes (Araneae Nephilidae) webs induced by the parasitoids Hymenoepimecis bicolor and H. robertsae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 22(2), 151–165.

Briceño, R. D., Wegrzynek, D., Chinea-Cano, E., Eberhard, W. G. & dos Santos Rolo, T. 2010. Movements and morphology under sexual selection: tsetse fly genitalia. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 22(4), 385–391.

Barrantes, G. & Eberhard, W. G. 2010. Ontogeny repeats phylogeny in Steatoda and Latrodectus spiders. Journal of Arachnology, 38(3), 485–494.

Eberhard, W. G. 2010. Recovery of spiders from the effects of parasitic wasps: implications for fine-tuned mechanisms of manipulation. Animal Behaviour, 79(2), 375–383.

Briceño, R. D. & Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Experimental demonstration of possible cryptic female choice on male tsetse fly genitalia. Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(11), 989–996.

Briceño, R. D. & Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Experimental modifications imply a stimulatory function for male tsetse fly genitalia, supporting cryptic female choice theory. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(7), 1516–1525.

William G. Eberhard. 2009. Evolution of genitalia – theories, evidence, and new directions. Genetica. 2009.

Eberhard, W. G., Rodriguez, R. L. & Polihronakis, M. 2009. Pitfalls in understanding the functional significance of genital allometry. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(3), 435–445.

Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Static allometry and animal genitalia. Evolution, 63(1), 48–66.

Eberhard, W. G. & Gelhaus, J. K. 2009. Genitalic stridulation during copulation in a species of crane fly, Tipula (Bellardina) sp. (Diptera: Tipulidae). Revista de Biología Tropical, 57(Suppl. 1), 251–256.

Peretti, A. V. & Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Cryptic female choice via sperm dumping favours male copulatory courtship in a spider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23(2), 271–281.

Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Postcopulatory sexual selection: Darwin’s omission and its consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(Suppl 1), 10025-10032.

Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Book Review: Art for art’s sake. Ethology, 115, 1-2.

Aisenberg, A. & Eberhard, W. G. 2009. Female cooperation in plug formation in a spider: effects of male copulatory courtship. Behavioral Ecology, 20(6), 1236.

Eberhard, W. G. 2008. Araneus expletus (Araneae, Araneidae): another stabilimentum that does not function to attract prey. Journal of Arachnology, 36(1), 191–194.