List of works - Stano Pekar

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BIOLOGY AND KARYOTYPES OF TWO CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZODARIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE)

scholarly article by Stano Pekar & Jiří Král published December 2001 in Journal of Arachnology

A Parasitoid Wasp Induces Overwintering Behaviour in Its Spider Host ⬇️

scientific article published on September 8, 2011

A revised and dated phylogeny of cobweb spiders (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae): A predatory Cretaceous lineage diversifying in the era of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

scientific article published on 7 October 2015

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Genotyping Success from Museum Specimens Reveals an Increase of Genetic and Morphological Variation during a Historical Range Expansion of a European Spider

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

An updated perspective on spiders as generalist predators in biological control

scientific article published on 08 December 2018

Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge

scientific article (publication date: 17 June 2005)

Armoured spiderman: morphological and behavioural adaptations of a specialised araneophagous predator (Araneae: Palpimanidae).

scientific article published on 21 May 2011

Assessment of the biocontrol potential of natural enemies against psyllid populations in a pear tree orchard during spring

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter

scientific article published in 2022

Aversive reactions of two invertebrate predators to European red–black insects

scientific article published in 2022

Biological control in winter: novel evidence for the importance of generalist predators

scientific article published in 2014

Biology Of Galeodes caspius subfuscus (Solifugae, Galeodidae)

scientific article published in 2007

Brief exposure of Blattella germanica (Blattodea) to insecticides formulated in various microcapsule sizes and applied on porous and non-porous surfaces

scientific article published on January 2009

Can agrobiont spiders (Araneae) avoid a surface with pesticide residues?

scientific article

Capture efficiency and trophic adaptations of a specialist and generalist predator: A comparison

scientific article

Capture efficiency of an ant-eating spider, Zodariellum asiaticum (Araneae: Zodariidae), from Kazakhstan

scholarly article by Stano Pekar published December 2009 in Journal of Arachnology

Combination of the antifeedant bean flour and the predator Cheyletus malaccensis suppresses storage mites under laboratory conditions

scientific article published in 2008

Comparative analysis of passive defences in spiders (Araneae).

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Comparative analysis of the macronutrient content of Central European ants (Formicidae): implications for ant-eating predators.

scientific article

Comparative study of the femoral organ in Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae).

scientific article published on 29 January 2007

Comparison of natural histories and karyotypes of two closely related ant‐eating spiders,Zodarion hamatumandZ. italicum(Araneae, Zodariidae)

scientific article (publication date: September 2005)

Comparison of the capture efficiency, prey processing, and nutrient extraction in a generalist and a specialist spider predator

scientific article published on 02 April 2018

Contamination of soil with Toxocara eggs in urban (Prague) and rural areas in the Czech Republic.

scientific article

Dangerous prey is associated with a type 4 functional response in spiders

scientific article published in 2013

David and Goliath: potent venom of an ant-eating spider (Araneae) enables capture of a giant prey.

scientific article published on 31 May 2014

Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism

scientific article

Deposition, removal and production site of the amorphous mating plug in the spider Philodromus cespitum

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Detection of tau-fluvalinate resistance in the mite Varroa destructor based on the comparison of vial test and PCR-RFLP of kdr mutation in sodium channel gene

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae.

scientific article published on 10 November 2007

Differences in the Phenology of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Native Coccinellids in Central Europe

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Different hunting strategies of generalist predators result in functional differences.

scientific article

Discovery of a monophagous true predator, a specialist termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae)

scientific article

Dispersal and life-history traits in a spider with rapid range expansion

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Dynamics of the microbial community during growth of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae in culture

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Eat or Not to Eat: Reversed Sexual Cannibalism as a Male Foraging Strategy in the SpiderMicaria sociabilis(Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

article published in 2014

Ecology of Arachnida alien to Europe

scholarly article by Oldřich Nedvěd et al published August 2011 in BioControl

Effect of three pest-control management systems on abundance, species richness, and selected traits of spiders (Araneae) assemblage in apple orchard

scientific article published on 27 August 2021

Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Evaluation of sample preparation protocols for spider venom profiling by MALDI-TOF MS.

scientific article

Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Evolutionary insights into the eco-phenotypic diversification of Dysdera spiders in the Canary Islands

scientific article published on 5 January 2021

Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis).

scientific article

Fundamental trophic niche of two prey-specialized jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina and Heliophanus termitophagus (Araneae: Salticidae)

scientific article published on 29 July 2021

Geographic differentiation of adaptive phenological traits of barnyardgrass (<i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i>) populations

scientific article published in 2021

Global patterns in the biocontrol efficacy of spiders: A meta‐analysis

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Global patterns of guild composition and functional diversity of spiders

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Gut-content analysis in four species, combined with comparative analysis of trophic traits, suggests an araneophagous habit for the entire family Palpimanidae (Araneae)

scientific article published on 29 September 2021

HABITATS AND INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATIONS OF ZODARIID SPIDERS IN THE NEGEV (ARANEAE: ZODARIIDAE) ⬇️

scientific article

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) IN SUNFLOWERS

scholarly article by Stano Pekar published August 2005 in Journal of Arachnology

High Specific Efficiency of Venom of Two Prey-Specialized Spiders

scientific article published on 23 November 2019

Host specificity and temporal and seasonal shifts in host preference of a web-spider parasitoid Zatypota percontatoria

scientific article published on January 2011

Hymenopteran parasitoids of the ant-eating spider Zodarion styliferum (Simon) (Araneae, Zodariidae)

scientific article published in February 2013

Increased speed of movement reduced identification of Batesian ant-mimicking spiders by surrogate predators

scientific article published in 2021

Innate prey preference overridden by familiarisation with detrimental prey in a specialised myrmecophagous predator

scientific article published on 03 February 2015

Interaction between hunting strategy, habitat type and stratum drive intraguild predation and cannibalism

scientific article published in 2021

Intersexual trophic niche partitioning in an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae)

scientific article

Intraguild predation among spiders and their effect on the pear psylla during winter

article

Is the evolution of inaccurate mimicry a result of selection by a suite of predators? A case study using myrmecomorphic spiders.

scientific article published in July 2011

Life history of the spider parasitoidZatypota percontatoria(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

scholarly article by Stanislav Korenko et al published April 2016 in Entomological Science

Local trophic specialisation in a cosmopolitan spider (Araneae).

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

Long-term changes in communities of native coccinellids: population fluctuations and the effect of competition from an invasive non-native species

article

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Spider Venoms

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Mate with the young, kill the old: reversed sexual cannibalism and male mate choice in the spider Micaria sociabilis (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

scholarly article by Lenka Sentenská & Stano Pekar published 5 May 2013 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Metabolic specialisation on preferred prey and constraints in the utilisation of alternative prey in an ant-eating spider

scientific article

Mimetic accuracy and co-evolution of mimetic traits in ant-mimicking species

scientific article published in 2022

NATURAL HISTORY AND KARYOTYPE OF SOME ANT-EATING ZODARIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE) FROM ISRAEL

scholarly article by Stano Pekar et al published April 2005 in Journal of Arachnology

Natural history of the Iberian solifuge Gluvia dorsalis (Solifuges: Daesiidae)

scientific article published in 2010

Nest usurpation: a specialised hunting strategy used to overcome dangerous spider prey

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

Neurons and a sensory organ in the pedipalps of male spiders reveal that it is not a numb structure

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

New drivers of the evolution of mimetic accuracy in Batesian ant‐mimics: size, habitat and latitude

scientific article published on 09 December 2021

Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation?

One generalist or several specialist species? Wide host range and diverse manipulations of the hosts’ web-building behaviour in the true spider parasitoid<i>Zatypota kauros</i>(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

scientific article published in 2018

PREDATORY BEHAVIOR OF TWO EUROPEAN ANT-EATING SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE)

scholarly article by Stano Pekar published April 2004 in Journal of Arachnology

Phenotypic integration in a series of trophic traits: tracing the evolution of myrmecophagy in spiders (Araneae).

scientific article

Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider

scientific article published on 24 October 2020

Population dynamics of aphids on cereals: digging in the time-series data to reveal population regulation caused by temperature

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Pre-adaptive shift of a native predator (Araneae, Zodariidae) to an abundant invasive ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

article

Predation activity of two winter-active spiders (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Philodromidae)

scientific article published on 23 December 2009

Prey acceptance and conditional foraging behavior in the cribellate-web spider Titanoeca quadriguttata (Araneae: Titanoecidae)

scientific article published in 2019

Prey and Venom Efficacy of Male and Female Wandering Spider, Phoneutria boliviensis (Araneae: Ctenidae)

scientific article published on 27 October 2019

Prey and predatory behavior of two zodariid species (Araneae, Zodariidae)

scientific article published in 2009

Prey-race drives differentiation of biotypes in ant-eating spiders.

scientific article

Resource availability, mating opportunity and sexual selection intensity influence the expression of male alternative reproductive tactics

scientific article published on 19 May 2018

Seasonal dynamics of prey utilization and individual specialization in a generalist spider in a pear orchard

scientific article published in 2021

Seasonal population dynamics of a specialized termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae) and its prey (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae)

scientific article published in 2016

Selective olfactory attention of a specialised predator to intraspecific chemical signals of its prey.

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Sex-specific kleptoparasitic foraging in ant-eating spiders

Sexual cannibalism in the European garden spider Araneus diadematus: the roles of female hunger and mate size dimorphism

Size and taxonomic constraints determine the seed preferences of Carabidae (Coleoptera)

scholarly article by Alois Honek published in July 2007

Spatio-temporal dynamics of Varroa destructor resistance to tau-fluvalinate in Czechia, associated with L925V sodium channel point mutation

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Spiders (Araneae) in the pesticide world: an ecotoxicological review ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 September 2012

Spiders (Araneae) of the family Oonopidae in the Czech Republic

scholarly article by Stanislav Korenko et al published 1 December 2007 in Arachnologische Mitteilungen

Spiders mimic the acoustic signalling of mutillid wasps to avoid predation: startle signalling or Batesian mimicry?

scientific article published in 2020

Stenochrus portoricensisnew to the Czech Republic (Schizomida, Hubbardiidae)

scholarly article by Stanislav Korenko et al published 28 December 2009 in Arachnologische Mitteilungen

Stridulation can suppress cannibalism in a specialised araneophagous predator

scientific article published in 2018

Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of central European Eresus species (Araneae: Eresidae)

article

Temperature preference and respiration of acaridid mites

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Temperature-dependent population growth of three species of stored product mites (Acari: Acaridida)

scientific article published on 04 May 2007

The Behavioral Type of a Top Predator Drives the Short-Term Dynamic of Intraguild Predation

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

The Spider Assemblage of Olive Groves Under Three Management Systems.

scientific article published on 29 March 2015

The Spider Genus Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae) In Central Europe: Revision And Natural History

scholarly article by Milan Řezáč et al published December 2007 in Journal of Arachnology

The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits

scientific article

The effect of increased habitat complexity and density-dependent non-consumptive interference on pest suppression by winter-active spiders

article

The effect of low- and high-fiber diets on the population of entodiniomorphid ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article

The effect of stored barley cultivars, temperature and humidity on population increase of Acarus siro, Lepidoglyphus destructor and Tyrophagus putrescentiae

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

The food web in a subterranean ecosystem is driven by intraguild predation

scientific article published on 02 March 2021

The golden mimicry complex uses a wide spectrum of defence to deter a community of predators

scientific article (publication date: 7 February 2017)

The prevalence of intestinal parasites in dogs from Prague, rural areas, and shelters of the Czech Republic.

scientific article

The role of ultraviolet colour in the assessment of mimetic accuracy between Batesian mimics and their models: a case study using ant-mimicking spiders.

scientific article

Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Transformational Mimicry in a Myrmecomorphic Spider

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Trophic niche and predatory behavior of the goblin spiderTriaeris stenaspis(Oonopidae): a springtail specialist?

scientific article published in 2014

Trophic niche ofOecobius maculatus(Araneae: Oecobiidae): evidence based on natural diet, prey capture success, and prey handling

article by Eva Líznarová & Stano Pekar published August 2015 in Journal of Arachnology

Trophic niche, capture efficiency and venom profiles of six sympatric ant-eating spider species (Araneae: Zodariidae).

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae).

scientific article published on 07 August 2014

Trophic strategy of ant-eating Mexcala elegans (Araneae: Salticidae): looking for evidence of evolution of prey-specialization

scientific article published in 2011

Two new ant-mimicking spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Costa Rica ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 December 2022

Unusual karyotype diversity in the European spiders of the genus Atypus (Araneae: Atypidae).

scientific article published in December 2006

Use of conditional prey attack strategies in two generalist ground spider species

scientific article published in 2022

Venom gland size and venom complexity-essential trophic adaptations of venomous predators: A case study using spiders

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Venom of prey-specialized spiders is more toxic to their preferred prey: A result of prey-specific toxins

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

arakno - An R package for effective spider nomenclature, distribution and trait data retrieval from online resources

scientific article published in 2022

Moderní analýza biologických dat. Nelineární modely v prostředí R 3. díl

book edition published in 2019

Moderní analýza biologických dat. Zobecněné lineární modely v prostředí R 1. díl

book edition published in 2020

List of works by Stano Pekar

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BIOLOGY AND KARYOTYPES OF TWO CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZODARIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE)

A Parasitoid Wasp Induces Overwintering Behaviour in Its Spider Host ⬇️

A revised and dated phylogeny of cobweb spiders (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae): A predatory Cretaceous lineage diversifying in the era of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Genotyping Success from Museum Specimens Reveals an Increase of Genetic and Morphological Variation during a Historical Range Expansion of a European Spider

An updated perspective on spiders as generalist predators in biological control

Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge

Armoured spiderman: morphological and behavioural adaptations of a specialised araneophagous predator (Araneae: Palpimanidae).

Assessment of the biocontrol potential of natural enemies against psyllid populations in a pear tree orchard during spring

Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter

Aversive reactions of two invertebrate predators to European red–black insects

Biological control in winter: novel evidence for the importance of generalist predators

Biology Of Galeodes caspius subfuscus (Solifugae, Galeodidae)

Brief exposure of Blattella germanica (Blattodea) to insecticides formulated in various microcapsule sizes and applied on porous and non-porous surfaces

Can agrobiont spiders (Araneae) avoid a surface with pesticide residues?

Capture efficiency and trophic adaptations of a specialist and generalist predator: A comparison

Capture efficiency of an ant-eating spider, Zodariellum asiaticum (Araneae: Zodariidae), from Kazakhstan

Combination of the antifeedant bean flour and the predator Cheyletus malaccensis suppresses storage mites under laboratory conditions

Comparative analysis of passive defences in spiders (Araneae).

Comparative analysis of the macronutrient content of Central European ants (Formicidae): implications for ant-eating predators.

Comparative study of the femoral organ in Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae).

Comparison of natural histories and karyotypes of two closely related ant‐eating spiders,Zodarion hamatumandZ. italicum(Araneae, Zodariidae)

Comparison of the capture efficiency, prey processing, and nutrient extraction in a generalist and a specialist spider predator

Contamination of soil with Toxocara eggs in urban (Prague) and rural areas in the Czech Republic.

Dangerous prey is associated with a type 4 functional response in spiders

David and Goliath: potent venom of an ant-eating spider (Araneae) enables capture of a giant prey.

Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism

Deposition, removal and production site of the amorphous mating plug in the spider Philodromus cespitum

Detection of tau-fluvalinate resistance in the mite Varroa destructor based on the comparison of vial test and PCR-RFLP of kdr mutation in sodium channel gene

Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae.

Differences in the Phenology of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Native Coccinellids in Central Europe

Different hunting strategies of generalist predators result in functional differences.

Discovery of a monophagous true predator, a specialist termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae)

Dispersal and life-history traits in a spider with rapid range expansion

Dynamics of the microbial community during growth of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae in culture

Eat or Not to Eat: Reversed Sexual Cannibalism as a Male Foraging Strategy in the SpiderMicaria sociabilis(Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

Ecology of Arachnida alien to Europe

Effect of three pest-control management systems on abundance, species richness, and selected traits of spiders (Araneae) assemblage in apple orchard

Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

Evaluation of sample preparation protocols for spider venom profiling by MALDI-TOF MS.

Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets.

Evolutionary insights into the eco-phenotypic diversification of Dysdera spiders in the Canary Islands

Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis).

Fundamental trophic niche of two prey-specialized jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina and Heliophanus termitophagus (Araneae: Salticidae)

Geographic differentiation of adaptive phenological traits of barnyardgrass (<i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i>) populations

Global patterns in the biocontrol efficacy of spiders: A meta‐analysis

Global patterns of guild composition and functional diversity of spiders

Gut-content analysis in four species, combined with comparative analysis of trophic traits, suggests an araneophagous habit for the entire family Palpimanidae (Araneae)

HABITATS AND INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATIONS OF ZODARIID SPIDERS IN THE NEGEV (ARANEAE: ZODARIIDAE) ⬇️

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) IN SUNFLOWERS

High Specific Efficiency of Venom of Two Prey-Specialized Spiders

Host specificity and temporal and seasonal shifts in host preference of a web-spider parasitoid Zatypota percontatoria

Hymenopteran parasitoids of the ant-eating spider Zodarion styliferum (Simon) (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Increased speed of movement reduced identification of Batesian ant-mimicking spiders by surrogate predators

Innate prey preference overridden by familiarisation with detrimental prey in a specialised myrmecophagous predator

Interaction between hunting strategy, habitat type and stratum drive intraguild predation and cannibalism

Intersexual trophic niche partitioning in an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae)

Intraguild predation among spiders and their effect on the pear psylla during winter

Is the evolution of inaccurate mimicry a result of selection by a suite of predators? A case study using myrmecomorphic spiders.

Life history of the spider parasitoidZatypota percontatoria(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Local trophic specialisation in a cosmopolitan spider (Araneae).

Long-term changes in communities of native coccinellids: population fluctuations and the effect of competition from an invasive non-native species

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Spider Venoms

Mate with the young, kill the old: reversed sexual cannibalism and male mate choice in the spider Micaria sociabilis (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

Metabolic specialisation on preferred prey and constraints in the utilisation of alternative prey in an ant-eating spider

Mimetic accuracy and co-evolution of mimetic traits in ant-mimicking species

NATURAL HISTORY AND KARYOTYPE OF SOME ANT-EATING ZODARIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE) FROM ISRAEL

Natural history of the Iberian solifuge Gluvia dorsalis (Solifuges: Daesiidae)

Nest usurpation: a specialised hunting strategy used to overcome dangerous spider prey

Neurons and a sensory organ in the pedipalps of male spiders reveal that it is not a numb structure

New drivers of the evolution of mimetic accuracy in Batesian ant‐mimics: size, habitat and latitude

Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation?

One generalist or several specialist species? Wide host range and diverse manipulations of the hosts’ web-building behaviour in the true spider parasitoid<i>Zatypota kauros</i>(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

PREDATORY BEHAVIOR OF TWO EUROPEAN ANT-EATING SPIDERS (ARANEAE, ZODARIIDAE)

Phenotypic integration in a series of trophic traits: tracing the evolution of myrmecophagy in spiders (Araneae).

Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider

Population dynamics of aphids on cereals: digging in the time-series data to reveal population regulation caused by temperature

Pre-adaptive shift of a native predator (Araneae, Zodariidae) to an abundant invasive ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Predation activity of two winter-active spiders (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Philodromidae)

Prey acceptance and conditional foraging behavior in the cribellate-web spider Titanoeca quadriguttata (Araneae: Titanoecidae)