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List of works by Martin Nyffeler

A vertebrate-eating jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Florida, USA

scientific article published in 2017

Acoustic communication in two spider species of the genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae)

scientific article

An estimated 400-800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Bat predation by spiders

scientific article published in 2013

Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Wiesen und Getreidefeldern bei Zürich

scientific article

Bird Predation By Praying Mantises: A Global Perspective

Dictyna puella Simon 1870, neu in der Schweiz (Araneae, Dictynidae)

scientific article

Die Beutespektren der Netzspinnen Argiope bruennichi (Scop.), Araneus quadratus Cl. Und Agelena labyrinthica (Cl.) in Ödlandwiesen bei Zürich

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Do adult female lycosids feed during the period of maternal care?

scientific article published in 2000

Dominant insectivorous polyphagous predators in winter wheat: High colonization power, spatial dispersion patterns, and probable importance of the soil surface spiders (Araneae)

scientific article published in 1992

Dominant insectivorous polyphagous predators in winter wheat: High colonization power, spatial dispersion patterns, and probable importance of the soil surface spiders (Araneae)

scientific article published in 2008

Ecological impact of spider predation: a critical assessment of Bristowe's and Turnbull's estimates

scientific article published in 2000

Efficacy of spider and ant predators on the cotton fleahopper [Hemiptera: Miridae]

scientific article published in 1990

Eine Notiz zum Beutefangverhalten der Radnetzspinne Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli) (Araneae, Araneidae)

scholarly article by M. Nyffeler & G. Benz published 1982 in Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Eine Notiz zur ökologischen Bedeutung der Radnetzspinnen als Blattlausprädatoren in Gärten

scientific article

Eine Notiz über borkenkäfertötende Spinnen

scientific article

Einige Beobachtungen zur Nahrungsökologie der Wolfspinne Pardosa lugubris (WALCK.) (Araneae, Lycosidae)

scientific article published in 2008

Evaluation of the Importance of the Striped Lynx Spider, Oxyopes salticus (Araneae: Oxyopidae), as a Predator in Texas Cotton

scientific article published in 1987

Fish predation by semi-aquatic spiders: a global pattern

scientific article

Funde von Krabbenspinnen der Gattung Heriaeus Simon 1875 in zwei Feuchtgebieten bei Zürich (Araneae, Thomisidae)

scientific article

Fungus and fruit consumption by harvestmen and spiders (Opiliones, Araneae): the vegetarian side of two predominantly predaceous arachnid groups

scientific article published in 2023

Impact of prédation upon honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae), by orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae and Tetragnathidae) in grassland ecosystems

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Insectivorous birds consume an estimated 400–500 million tons of prey annually

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Kleptoparasitismus von juvenilen Kreuzspinnen und Skorpionsfliegen in den Netzen adulter Spinnen

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Nischenüberlappung bezüglich der Raum- und Nahfungskomponenten bei Krabbenspinnen (Araneae: Thomisidae) und Wolfspinnen (Araneae: Lycosidae) in Mähwiesen

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Ostearius melanopygius (O.P.-Cambridge) (Aran., Micryphantidae) neu für die Schweiz : über ein Massenauftreten der Spinne in Zürich und die Zerstörung der Population durch Schneefall

scientific article

Phytophagy in jumping spiders: The vegetarian side of a group of insectivorous predators

scientific article published in 2016

Plant-eating by spiders

article

Predation by Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae), Inhabiting Cotton and Woolly Croton Plants in East Texas

scientific article published in 1987

Prey Records of the Web-Building Spiders Dictyna segregata (Dictynidae), Theridion australe (Theridiidae), Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Theridiidae), and Frontinella pyramitela (Linyphiidae) in a Cotton Agroecosystem

scientific article published on 15 June 1988

Prey Selection of Spiders in the Field

scientific article published in 1999

Prey analysis of the spider<i>Achaearanea riparia</i>(Blackw.) (Araneae, Theridiidae), a generalist predator in winter wheat fields

scientific article published in 1988

SPIDERS FEEDING ON EARTHWORMS

scientific article published in 2001

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) feeding on snakes (Reptilia: Squamata)

scientific article published in 2021

Spiders and harvestmen as gastropod predators

scientific article published on 11 March 2003

Spiders as predators of arthropod eggs

scientific article published in 1990

Spiders associated with selected European hay meadows, and the effects of habitat disturbance, with the predation ecology of the crab spiders,<i>Xysticus</i>spp. (Araneae, Thomisidae)

scientific article published in 1990

Spiders feeding on earthworms revisited: consumption of giant earthworms in the tropics

scientific article published in 2017

Spiders inhabiting the field layer of a dry meadow near Zurich, Switzerland

The foliage-dwelling spider community of an abandoned grassland ecosystem in eastern Swizterland assessed by sweep sampling

scientific article

The southern black widow spider,Latrodectus mactans(Araneae, Theridiidae), as a predator of the red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta(Hymenoptera, Formicidae), in Texas cotton fields

scholarly article by M. Nyffeler et al published 12 January 1988 in Journal of Applied Entomology

Vertebrate-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) revisited: consumption of geckos and bird hatchlings

scientific article published in 2021

Where Have All the Spiders Gone? Observations of a Dramatic Population Density Decline in the Once Very Abundant Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae), in the Swiss Midland

scientific article published on 15 April 2020