Volume 207, Issue 2

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March 2021

Special Issue: Arachnid locomotion and kinematics

Issue Editor:

Jonas O. Wolff

17 articles in this issue

Locomotion and kinematics of arachnids
Jonas O. Wolff
Editorial Open access 18 March 2021 Pages: 99 - 103
Understanding the limits to the hydraulic leg mechanism: the effects of speed and size on limb kinematics in vagrant arachnids
Charlotte Boehm
Johanna Schultz
Christofer Clemente
Original Paper 05 March 2021 Pages: 105 - 116
The effect of change in mass distribution due to defensive posture on gait in fat‐tailed scorpions
Ana Telheiro
Pedro Coelho
Arie van der Meijden
Original Paper 09 March 2021 Pages: 117 - 125
Cribellate thread production as model for spider’s spinneret kinematics
Margret Weissbach
Marius Neugebauer
Anna-Christin Joel
Original Paper Open access 23 January 2021 Pages: 127 - 139
Evolutionary kinematics of spinneret movements for rapid silk thread anchorage in spiders
Jonas O. Wolff
Original Paper 23 November 2020 Pages: 141 - 152
Jump takeoff in a small jumping spider
Erin E. Brandt
Yoshan Sasiharan
Natasha Mhatre
Original Paper 13 March 2021 Pages: 153 - 164
Role of legs and foot adhesion in salticid spiders jumping from smooth surfaces
Hanns Hagen Goetzke
Walter Federle
Original Paper Open access 10 March 2021 Pages: 165 - 177
Giant steps: adhesion and locomotion in theraphosid tarantulas
Valentina Silva
Carlo Biancardi
Fernando Pérez-Miles
Review Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 179 - 190
Measuring strain in the exoskeleton of spiders—virtues and caveats
Reinhard Blickhan
Tom Weihmann
Friedrich G. Barth
Review Paper Open access 18 January 2021 Pages: 191 - 204
Slingshot spiders build tensed, underdamped webs for ultrafast launches and speedy halts
Elio J. Challita
Symone L. M. Alexander
M. Saad Bhamla
Original Paper 15 March 2021 Pages: 205 - 217
Aerodynamics and the role of the earth’s electric field in the spiders’ ballooning flight
Moonsung Cho
REVIEW 13 March 2021 Pages: 219 - 236
Correction to: Aerodynamics and the role of the earth’s electric field in the spiders’ ballooning flight
Moonsung Cho
Correction 30 March 2021 Pages: 237 - 237
A spider in motion: facets of sensory guidance
Friedrich G. Barth
Review Open access 02 November 2020 Pages: 239 - 255
Leg loss decreases endurance and increases oxygen consumption during locomotion in harvestmen
Ignacio Escalante
Veronica R. Ellis
Damian O. Elias
Original Paper 24 November 2020 Pages: 257 - 268
Effects on running speed of changes in sexual size dimorphism at maturity on in the cursorial huntsman spider, Delena cancerides (Sparassidae)
Jacob A. Hurst
Linda S. Rayor
Original Paper 20 March 2021 Pages: 269 - 277
Trapped indoors? Long-distance dispersal in mygalomorph spiders and its effect on species ranges
Bruno A. Buzatto
Luke Haeusler
Nisha Tamang
Review 30 January 2021 Pages: 279 - 292
Many paths, one destination: mapping the movements of a kleptoparasitic spider on the host’s web
Rogelio Rosales-García
Horacio Tapia-McClung
Dinesh Rao
Original Paper 13 March 2021 Pages: 293 - 301

Volume 207, Issue 2

Locomotion and kinematics of arachnids

Understanding the limits to the hydraulic leg mechanism: the effects of speed and size on limb kinematics in vagrant arachnids

The effect of change in mass distribution due to defensive posture on gait in fat‐tailed scorpions

Cribellate thread production as model for spider’s spinneret kinematics

Evolutionary kinematics of spinneret movements for rapid silk thread anchorage in spiders

Jump takeoff in a small jumping spider

Role of legs and foot adhesion in salticid spiders jumping from smooth surfaces

Giant steps: adhesion and locomotion in theraphosid tarantulas

Measuring strain in the exoskeleton of spiders—virtues and caveats

Slingshot spiders build tensed, underdamped webs for ultrafast launches and speedy halts

Aerodynamics and the role of the earth’s electric field in the spiders’ ballooning flight

Correction to: Aerodynamics and the role of the earth’s electric field in the spiders’ ballooning flight

A spider in motion: facets of sensory guidance

Leg loss decreases endurance and increases oxygen consumption during locomotion in harvestmen

Effects on running speed of changes in sexual size dimorphism at maturity on in the cursorial huntsman spider, Delena cancerides (Sparassidae)

Trapped indoors? Long-distance dispersal in mygalomorph spiders and its effect on species ranges

Many paths, one destination: mapping the movements of a kleptoparasitic spider on the host’s web

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