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List of works by Ximena J Nelson

A Predator's Perspective of the Accuracy of Ant Mimicry in Spiders

article published in 2012

A predator from East Africa that chooses malaria vectors as preferred prey

scientific article

A spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing female mosquitoes as prey

scientific article

Aggressive use of Batesian mimicry by an ant-like jumping spider.

scientific article

Alpine flora may depend on declining frugivorous parrot for seed dispersal

Attending to detail by communal spider-eating spiders

article

Audiogram of the kea parrot, Nestor notabilis

scientific article published on November 2016

Brown marmorated stink bug overwintering aggregations are not regulated through vibrational signals during autumn dispersal

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Caffeine affects the vigilance decrement of Trite planiceps jumping spiders (Salticidae)

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Complex display behaviour during the intraspecific interactions of myrmecomorphic jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae)

article

Compound mimicry and trading predators by the males of sexually dimorphic Batesian mimics.

scientific article published in February 2006

Correction to: Widespread army ant aversion among East African jumping spiders (Salticidae)

scientific article published in January 2021

Crowdsourcing and phylogenetic modelling reveal parrot tool use is not rare

Dim-light vision in jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae): identification of prey and rivals

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Distance assessment of detours by jumping spiders

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Effects of Introducing Threatened Falcons into Vineyards on Abundance of Passeriformes and Bird Damage to Grapes

scientific article published on October 19, 2011

Effects of phytochemicals on predatory decision making in a spider

scientific article published in July 2021

Evaluating the performance of semiautomated photographic identification programs for leopard seals

scientific article published on 27 March 2024

Evarcha culicivora chooses blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes but other East African jumping spiders do not.

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Evidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spider

article

Experimental characterization and automatic identification of stridulatory sounds inside wood

scientific article published in July 2022

Fine tuning of vision-based prey-choice decisions by a predator that targets malaria vectors

article

First report of luminous stimuli eliciting sound production in weevils

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Hyperacute motion detection by the lateral eyes of jumping spiders.

scientific article

Initial insights into leopard seal moult in Aotearoa New Zealand

scientific article published on 29 November 2023

Innate pattern recognition and categorization in a jumping spider

scientific article

Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals

scientific article published in 2023

Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) that feed on nectar

article

Jumping spiders attend to information from multiple modalities when preparing to jump

scientific article published in January 2021

Jumping spiders: An exceptional group for comparative cognition studies

scientific article published on 14 January 2021

LIVING WITH THE ENEMY: JUMPING SPIDERS THAT MIMIC WEAVER ANTS

article

Mechanisms underlying visual perception and vision-based decision-making.

2004 doctoral thesis by Ximena J. Nelson at University of Canterbury

Mediation of a plant-spider association by specific volatile compounds.

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

Memory retention of conditioned aversion training in New Zealand's alpine parrot, the kea

scientific article published in 2022

New Zealand falcon prey selection may not be driven by preference based on prey nutritional content

scientific article published on 14 January 2018

Polymorphism in an ant mimicking jumping spider

scientific article published in 2010

Positive emotional contagion in a New Zealand parrot

scientific article published in March 2017

Predation by ants on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Philippines

scientific article published in 2004

Psychophysical investigation of vigilance decrement in jumping spiders: overstimulation or understimulation?

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Risk assessment and the use of novel shortcuts in spatial detouring tasks in jumping spiders

scientific article published in 2019

Saccadic tracking of targets mediated by the anterior-lateral eyes of jumping spiders.

scientific article

Sound production in bark and ambrosia beetles

scholarly article

Spatial acuity-sensitivity trade-off in the principal eyes of a jumping spider: possible adaptations to a ‘blended’ lifestyle

scientific article published on 22 April 2021

Specialized prey selection behavior of two East African assassin bugs, Scipinnia repax and Nagusta sp. that prey on social jumping spiders

scientific article

The discerning predator: decision rules underlying prey classification by a mosquito-eating jumping spider

scientific article

The role of numerical competence in a specialized predatory strategy of an araneophagic spider

article

The role of the anterior lateral eyes in the vision-based behaviour of jumping spiders.

scientific article

The spider's charade

scientific article published on December 2014

Translocation of threatened New Zealand falcons to vineyards increases nest attendance, brooding and feeding rates

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

USE OF ANOPHELES-SPECIFIC PREY-CAPTURE BEHAVIOR BY THE SMALL JUVENILES OF EVARCHA CULICIVORA, A MOSQUITO-EATING JUMPING SPIDER

article

Visual cues used by ant-like jumping spiders to distinguish conspecifics from their models

scientific article published in 2010

Widespread army ant aversion among East African jumping spiders (Salticidae)

scientific article published on 4 February 2020