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Jason E. BondUniversity of California, DavisVerified email at ucdavis.edu
Todd BlackledgeUniversity of AkronVerified email at uakron.edu
Ali DhinojwalaThe University of AkronVerified email at uakron.edu
Martina Giselle RamirezProfessor of Biology, Loyola Marymount UniversityVerified email at lmu.edu
Marshal HedinProfessor of Biology, San Diego State UniversityVerified email at sdsu.edu
Dharamdeep JainResearch Scientist, The University of AkronVerified email at uakron.edu
Vasav SahniZymergenVerified email at zymergen.com
Jonathan A. CoddingtonSenior Scientist and Curator, Dept. Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, SmithsonianVerified email at si.edu
Matjaž KuntnerNational Institute of BiologyVerified email at nib.si
Herbert W Levi (1921-2014)Alexander Agassiz Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityVerified email at si.edu
Daniel WarnerAuburn UniversityVerified email at auburn.edu
Charles HaddadDepartment of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free StateVerified email at ufs.ac.za
Sara CeccarelliCentro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, B.C., MexicoVerified email at cicese.mx
Martín RamírezMuseo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - CONICETVerified email at macn.gov.ar
Nathan HavillResearch Entomologist, USDA Forest ServiceVerified email at usda.gov
Scott SalomProfessor, Department of Entomology, Virginia TechVerified email at vt.edu
Matjaž GregoričResearch Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and ArtsVerified email at zrc-sazu.si
Bharat RatraProfessor of Physics, Kansas State UniversityVerified email at phys.ksu.edu
Ingi AgnarssonUniversity of IcelandVerified email at hi.is

Brent Opell

Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

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VT Biological Sciences Spider Evolution and Integrative Biology


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Deep molecular divergence in the absence of morphological and ecological change in the Californian coastal dune endemic trapdoor spider Aptostichus simus JE Bond, MC Hedin, MG Ramirez, BD Opell Molecular Ecology 10 (4), 899-910, 2001	245	2001
Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the family Uloboridae. BD Opell Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 148, 443-549, 1979	213	1979
Testing adaptive radiation and key innovation hypotheses in spiders JE Bond, BD Opell Evolution 52 (2), 403-414, 1998	195	1998
Economics of spider orb‐webs: the benefits of producing adhesive capture thread and of recycling silk BD Opell Functional Ecology 12 (4), 613-624, 1998	137	1998
van der Waals and hygroscopic forces of adhesion generated by spider capture threads AC Hawthorn, BD Opell Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (22), 3905-3911, 2003	97	2003
Adhesive recruitment by the viscous capture threads of araneoid orb-weaving spiders BD Opell, ML Hendricks Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (4), 553-560, 2007	91	2007
Evolution of adhesive mechanisms in cribellar spider prey capture thread: evidence for van der Waals and hygroscopic forces AC Hawthorn, BD Opell Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77 (1), 1-8, 2002	86	2002
The material cost and stickiness of capture threads and the evolution of orb-weaving spiders BD Opell Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62 (3), 443-458, 1997	79	1997
Phylogeny and taxonomy of thegenera of south-western North American Euctenizinae trapdoor spiders and their relatives (Araneae: Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae) JE Bond, BD Opell Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (3), 487-534, 2002	77	2002
The role of granules within viscous capture threads of orb-weaving spiders BD Opell, ML Hendricks Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (2), 339-346, 2010	72	2010
Capture thread extensibility of orb-weaving spiders: testing punctuated and associative explanations of character evolution BD Opell, JE Bond Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70 (1), 107-120, 2000	72	2000
Spiders tune glue viscosity to maximize adhesion G Amarpuri, C Zhang, C Diaz, BD Opell, TA Blackledge, A Dhinojwala ACS nano 9 (11), 11472-11478, 2015	71	2015
Nearctic Hahniidae (Arachnida: Araneae) BD Opell, JA Beatty Bull Mus Comp Zool Harvard Univ, 1976	67	1976
Humidity affects the extensibility of an orb-weaving spider's viscous thread droplets BD Opell, SE Karinshak, MA Sigler Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (17), 2988-2993, 2011	61	2011
Changes in spinning anatomy and thread stickiness associated with the origin of orb-weaving spiders BD Opell Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 68 (4), 593-612, 1999	60	1999
Post-hatching development and web production of Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz)(Araneae, Uloboridae) BD Opell Journal of Arachnology, 185-191, 1982	58	1982
Changes in the mechanical properties of capture threads and the evolution of modern orb-weaving spiders BD Opell, JE Bond Evolutionary Ecology Research 3 (5), 507-519, 2001	56	2001
The ability of spider cribellar prey capture thread to hold insects with different surface features BD Opell Functional Ecology, 145-150, 1994	56	1994
Factors governing the stickiness of cribellar prey capture threads in the spider family Uloboridae BD Opell Journal of morphology 221 (1), 111-119, 1994	54	1994
Environmental response and adaptation of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of viscous prey capture threads from araneoid spider orb-webs BD Opell, SE Karinshak, MA Sigler Journal of Experimental Biology 216 (16), 3023-3034, 2013	52	2013

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