PUBLICATIONS

Čelik, T., Kralj Fišer, S., Šilc, U., Küzmič, F., & Vreš, B. 2024. Reviving of Coenonympha oedippus: A comprehensive approach to the reintroduction of an endangered European butterfly. Insect Conservation and Diversity 00. Full text

 

Fishman, R., Kralj-Fišer, S., Marglit, S., Koren, L., & Vortman, Y. 2024. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters: Sex-specific genetic architecture for fetal testosterone in a wild mammal. Hormones and Behavior 161: 105525. Full text

 

Fu, X., Yu, L., Zhou, W., Lei, C., Jackson, R. R., Matjaž Kuntner, M., Qiuying Huang, Q., Shichang Zhang, S., & Li, D. Q. 2024. Spiders manipulate and exploit bioluminescent signals of fireflies. Current Biology 34: PR768-R769. Full text

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Gregorič, M., Quiñones-Lebrón, S. G., Kuntner, M., & Agnarsson, I. 2024. Exploring resource patch occupancy: patch size, but not connectivity, explains the abundance of spider kleptoparasites in golden orb webs. Journal of Zoology 324: 244-252. Full text

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Gregorič, M., Yu, K. P., Ravelojaona, J., Agnarsson, I., & Kuntner, M. 2024. A perilous Malagasy triad: a spider (Vigdisia praesidens, gen. and sp. nov.) and an ant compete for termite food. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1-12. PDF

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Jugovic, J., Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Issartel, C., Konecny-Dupré, L., Kuntner, M., Fatemi, Y., Flot, J.-F., Douady, C. J., & Malard, F. 2024. A second species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Isopoda, Stenasellidae) from sulfidic groundwater of Iran described using morphological and molecular methods. European Journal of Taxonomy 968: 256–274. Full text

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Kuntner, M., Kuntner, M., Kuntner, E., Kuntner, I., Faganeli Pucer, J., Štrumbelj, E., & Li, D. Q. 2024. Nephila spider male aggregation: preference for optimal female size and web clustering. Integrative Zoology 00. Full text

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Premate, E., Fišer, Ž., Biró, A., Copilaş-Ciocianu, D., Fromhage, L., Jennions, M., Borko, Š., Herczeg, G., Balázs, G., Kralj-Fišer, S., & Fišer, C. 2024. Sexual dimorphism in subterranean amphipod crustaceans covaries with subterranean habitat type. Journal of Evolutionary Biology: voae032. Full text

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Šet, J., Šturm, R., Koderman, B., Bevk, D., Gogala, A., Kutnjak, D., & Čandek, K. & Gregorič, M. 2024. DNA barcoding insufficiently identifies European wild bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) due to undefined species diversity, genus-specific barcoding gaps, and database errors. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13953. Full text

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Yu, K. P., Kuntner, M. 2024. Discovering unknown Madagascar biodiversity: integrative taxonomy of raft spiders (Pisauridae: Dolomedes). PeerJ 12:e16781. Full text

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Yu, K. P., Roithmair, Z., Kurovski, J., Connolly, S. J., Vink, C. J., Johnson, J. C., Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner, M., Hebets, E. A., & Painting, C. J. 2024. Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research. Frontiers in Arachnid Science 3. Full text

Agnarsson, I., Starrett, J., Babbitz, Z., Bond, J. E., Gregorič, M., Raberahona, O. C., Williams, S., & Kuntner, M. 2023. Discovery and genetic characterization of single cohort adult colonies with male aggregations, and preliminary evidence for lekking in a Malagasy kite spider (Isoxya, Gasteracanthinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 7: 1–15. Full text

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Herczeg, G., Balázs, G., Biró, A., Fišer, Ž., Kralj-Fišer, S., & Fišer, C. 2023. Island and Rensch’s rules do not apply to cave vs. surface populations of Asellus aquaticus. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1155261. Full text

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Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner, M., & Debes, P. V. 2023. Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 00: 1–10. Full text

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Kuntner, M., Čandek, K., Gregorič, M., Turk, E., Hamilton, C. A., Chamberland, L., Starrett, J., Cheng, R. C., Coddington, J. A., Agnarsson, I., Bond, J. E. 2023. Increasing information content and diagnosability in family-level classifications. Systematic Biology: syad021. Full text

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Kuntner, M., Kuntner, E., Kuntner, M., Kuntner, I., & Li, D. Q. 2023. Jumping spider invades an orb web to prey on a resident male.” Ecosphere 14: e4595. Full text

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Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Brad, T., Fatemi, Y., Kuntner, M., & Fišer, C. 2023. A new cave-dwelling hadzioid amphipod (Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from sulfidic groundwaters in Iran. Contributions to Zoology in press Full text

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Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Flot, J.-F., Fatemi, Y., Babolimoakher, H., Kuntner, M., Diripasko, O. A., Jelić, D., & Bogutskaya, N. G. 2023. The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters. Subterranean Biology 46: 97-127. Full text

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Nina Šramel, N., Kablar, D., Debes, P. V., Kralj-Fišer, S. 2023. Sex differences in the behavioural traits across ontogenetic stages in a sexually size dimorphic spider. Animal Behaviour 207: 183-189. Full text

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Tian, S., Jiang, H., Zhan, Y., Wu, Q., Kuntner, M., & Tu, L. 2023. The function of mating plugs in the spider Neriene emphana: mating strategy or sperm protection? Frontiers in Arachnid Science 2 Full text

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Yu, K. P., Lo, Y. Y., Cheng, R. C., Raven, R. J., & Kuntner, M. Discovery of a new intertidal trapdoor spider of the genus Idioctis (Araneae: Barychelidae),
with a generic range extension to Taiwan. Journal of Arachnology 51: 238-248. PDF

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Babb, P. L., Gregorič, M., Lahens, N. F., Nicholson, D. N., Hayashi, C. Y., Higgins, L., Kuntner, M., Agnarsson, I., & Voight, B. F. 2022. Characterization of the genome and silk-gland transcriptomes of Darwin’s bark spider (Caerostris darwini). PLoS ONE 17: e0268660. Full text

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Bond, J. E., Godwin, R. L., Colby, J. D., Newton, L. G., Zahnle, X. J., Agnarsson, I., Hamilton, C. A., & Kuntner, M. 2022. Improving taxonomic practices and enhancing its extensibility—An Example from Araneology. Diversity 14, 5. Full text

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Framenau, V. W., Kuntner, M. 2022. The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 6: 103-133. Full text

 

Glenszczyk, M., Outomuro, D., Gregorič, M., Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J. M., Nilsson, D.-E., Morehouse, N. I., Tedore, C. 2022. The jumping spider Saitis barbipes lacks a red photoreceptor to see its own sexually dimorphic red coloration. The Science of Nature 109: 6.​​ Full text

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Gregorič, M., Kutnjak, D., Bačnik, K., Gostinčar, C., Pecman, A., Ravnikar, M., & Kuntner, M. 2022. Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 2534– 2545. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2022. The seven grand challenges in arachnid science. Frontiers in Arachnid Science 1: 1082700. Full text

 

Kuntner, M. 2022. Phylogenomic, biogeographic, and evolutionary research
trends in arachnology. Diversity 14: 347. Full text

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Kuntner, M. & Turk, E. 2022. Towards better-informed dispersal probabilities in historical biogeography: Arachnids as a model lineage. Frontiers in Arachnid Science 1: 1058676. Full text

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Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Fatemi, Y., Esmaeili H. R., Lokovšek, T., Kuntner, M. 2022. A new locality for the blind loach, Eidinemacheilus smithi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in Iranian Zagros: a morpho-molecular approach. Diversity 14: 724. Full text

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Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Jugovic, J., Fatemi, Y., Kuntner, M., Kostanjšek, R., Douady, C. J., Malard, F. 2022. A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran. Subterranean Biology 42: 97-124. Full text

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Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D. A., Barrion-Dupo, A. L.,..., & Scott, C. 2022. The global spread of misinformation on spiders. Current Biology 32: R871-R873. Full text

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Yu, K. P., Kuntner, M., Cheng, R. C. 2022. Phylogenetic evidence for an independent origin of extreme sexual size dimorphism in a genus of araneid spiders (Araneae: Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36: 48-62. PDF

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Zhang, S., Liu, Y., Ma, Y., Wang, H., Zhao, Y., Kuntner, M., & Li, D. 2022. Male spiders avoid sexual cannibalism with a catapult mechanism. Current Biology 32: PR354-R355. Full text

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Zhang, S., Yu, L., Tan, M., Tan, N. Y. L., Wong, X. X. B., Kuntner, M., & Li, D. 2022. Male mating strategies to counter sexual conflict in spiders. Communications Biology 5, 534. Full text

Čandek, K., Agnarsson, I., Binford, G. J. & Kuntner, M. 2021. Biogeography of long-jawed spiders reveals multiple colonization of the Caribbean. Diversity 13: 622. Full text

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Golobinek, R., Gregorič, M., & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2021. Body size, not personality, explains both male mating success and sexual cannibalism in a widow spider. Biology 10: 189. Full text

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Htut, K. Z., Alicea-Serrano, A. M., Singla, S., Agnarsson, I., Garb, J. E., Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M., Haney, R. A., Marhabaie, M., Blackledge, T. A. & Dhinojwala, A. 2021. Correlation between protein secondary structure and mechanical performance for the ultra-tough dragline silk of Darwin's bark spider. Journal of the Royal Society Interface: 1820210320. PDF

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Kralj‐Fišer, S., Schneider, J. M., Kuntner, M., Laskowski, K., & Garcia‐Gonzalez, F. 2021. The genetic architecture of behavioral traits in a spider. Ecology and Evolution: DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7430. Full text

 

Lissowsky, N., Kralj-Fišer, S., & Schneider, J. M. 2021. Giant and dwarf females: how to explain the fourfold variation in body size and fecundity in Trichonephila senegalensis (Aranea: Nephilidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: blab059. Full text

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Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Muilwijk, J., Gregorič, M., Kuntner, M., & Čandek, K. First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59: 1453– 1469. PDF

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Premate, E., Borko, Š., Kralj-Fišer, S., Jennions, M., Fišer, Ž., Balázs, G., Bíró, A., Bračko, G., Copilaş-Ciocianu, D., Hrga, N., Herczeg, G., Rexhepi, B., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., Fromhage, L., & Fišer, C. 2021. No room for males in caves: Female-biased sex ratio in subterranean amphipods of the genus Niphargus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 00, 1– 9.

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Quiñones Lebrón, S. G., Kuntner, M., & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2021. The effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in a sexually dimorphic spider. Evolutionary Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10097-3

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Smrdu, M., Kuder, A., Turk, E., Čelik, T., Šet, J., & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2021. COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: associations with personality and stress components. Psychological reports 0: 1-31. Full text

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Šet, J., Turk, E., Golobinek, G., Lokovšek, T., Gregorič, M., Quiñones Lebrón, S. G., Kuntner, M., Haddad, C. R., Čandek, K., & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2021. Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider. The Science of Nature 108: 54. Full text

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Turk, E., Čelik, T., Smrdu, M., Šet, J., Kuder, A., Gregorič, M. & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2021. Adherence to COVID-19 mitigation measures: The role of sociodemographic and personality factors. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02051-5 PDF

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Turk, E., Bond, J., Cheng, R.-C., Čandek, K., Hamilton, C. A., Gregorič, M., Kralj-Fišer, S., &  Kuntner, M. 2021. A natural colonization of Asia: phylogenomic and biogeographic history of coin spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: Herennia). Diversity 13: 515. Full text

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Turk, E., Kralj-Fišer, S., & Kuntner, M. 2021. Exploring diversification drivers in golden orbweavers. Scientific Reports 11: 9248. Full text

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Xu, X., Su, Y.-S., Ho, S. Y. W., Kuntner, M., Ono, H., Liu, F., Chang, C.-C., Warrit, N., Sivayyapram, V., Aung, K. P. P., Pham, D. S., Norma-Rashid, Y., & Li, D. 2021. Phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements resolves the evolutionary and biogeographic history of segmented trapdoor spiders. Systematic Biology syaa098. Full text

Abel C., Schneider J. M., Kuntner M., Harms D. 2020. Phylogeography of the ‘cosmopolitan’ orb-weaver Argiope trifasciata (Araneae: Araneidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 61–75. PDF

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Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2020. Araneae. Pp. 613–616 in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode (K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J.A. Gauthier, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2020. Mesothelae. Pp. 617–618 in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode (K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J.A. Gauthier, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2020. Araneomorphae. Pp. 623–624 in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode (K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J.A. Gauthier, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

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Čandek K., Pristovšek U., Kuntner M. 2020. Machine learning approaches identify male body size as the most accurate predictor of species richness. BMC biology 18: 1-16. Full text

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Čandek K., Agnarsson I., Binford G., Kuntner M. 2020. Caribbean golden orbweaving spiders maintain gene flow with North America. Zoologica scripta 49: 210-221. PDF

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Herczeg G., Hafenscher V. P., Balázs G., Fišer Ž., Kralj-Fišer S., Horváth G. 2020. Is foraging innovation lost following colonization of a less variable environment? A case study in surface- vs. cave-dwelling Asellus aquaticus. Ecology and evolution 10: 5323-5331. Full text

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Kralj-Fišer S., Premate E., Copilaş-Ciocianu D., Volk T., Fišer Ž., Balázs G., Herczeg G., Delić T., Fišer C. 2020. The interplay between habitat use, morphology and locomotion in subterranean crustaceans of the genus Niphargus. Zoology 139: 1-8. PDF

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Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2020. Opisthothelae. Pp. 619–620 in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode (K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J.A. Gauthier, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2020. Mygalomorphae. Pp. 621–622 in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode (K. de Queiroz, P.D. Cantino, and J.A. Gauthier, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

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Kuntner M., Coddington J. A. 2020. Sexual size dimorphism: evolution and perils of extreme phenotypes in spiders. Annual review of entomology 65: 57-80. PDF

 

Luo Y., Goh S. P., Li D., Gonzaga M. O., Santos A. J., Tanikawa A., Yoshida H., Haddad C. R., May-Collado L. J., Gregorič M., Turk E., Kuntner M., Agnarsson I. 2020. Global diversification of Anelosimus spiders driven by long distance overwater dispersal and Neogene climate oscillations. Systematic Biology 69: 1122–1136. PDF

 

Šilc U., Vreš B., Čelik T., Gregorič M. 2020. Biodiversity of Slovenia. In: The Geography of Slovenia (Springer).

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Turk E., Čandek, K., Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner M. 2020. Biogeographical history of golden orbweavers : chronology of a global conquest. Journal of biogeography 47: 1333-1344. Full text

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Xu X., Kuntner M., Bond, J. E., Ono, H., Ho S. Y. W., Liu F., Yu L., Li D. 2020. Molecular species delimitation in the primitively segmented spider genus Heptathela endemic to Japanese islands. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 151: 1-8. PDF

Čandek K., Agnarsson I., Binford G., Kuntner M. 2019. Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders. Scientific reports 9: 1-14. Full text

 

Fatemi Y., Malek-Hossseini M. J., Falniowski A., Hofman S., Kuntner M., Grego J. 2019. Description of a new genus and species as the first gastropod species from caves in Iran. Journal of caves and karst studies: a publication of the National Speleological Society 81: 233-243. Full text

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Garb J. E., Haney R. A., Schwager E. E., Gregorič M., Kuntner M., Agnarsson I. & Blackledge T. A. 2019. The transcriptome of Darwin’s bark spider silk glands predicts proteins contributing to dragline silk toughness. Communications Biology 2: 275 Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer S., Gregorič M. 2019. Spider welfare. In: The welfare of invertebrate animals (Springer). PDF

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Kralj-Fišer S., Laskowski K. L., Garcia-Gonzalez F. 2019. Sex differences in the genetic architecture of aggressiveness in a sexually dimorphic spider. Ecology and evolution 9: 10758-10766. Full text

 

Kuntner M., Hamilton C. A., Cheng R.-C., Gregorič M., Lupše N., Lokovšek T., Moriarty Lemmon E., Lemmon A. R., Agnarsson I., Coddington J. A. & Bond J. E. 2019. Golden orbweavers ignore biological rules: Phylogenomic and comparative analyses unravel a complex evolution of sexual size dimorphism. Systematic Biology 68: 555–572. Full text

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Quiñones Lebrón S. G., Gregorič M., Kuntner M. & Kralj-Fišer. 2019. Small size does not confer male agility advantages in a sexually-size dimorphic spider. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216036. Full text

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Tong Y., Binford G., Rheims C. A., Kuntner M., Liu J., Agnarsson I. 2019. Huntsmen of the Caribbean: multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution: 130: 259-268. PDF

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Xu X., Ono H., Kuntner M., Liu F., Li D. 2019. A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands. ZooKeys 888: 1-50. Full text

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Zhan Y., Jiang He., Wu Q., Zhang H., Bai Z., Kuntner M., Tu L. 2019. Comparative morphology refines the conventional model of spider reproduction. PloS one 14: 1-16. Full text

Chamberland, L., McHugh, A., Kechejian, S., Binford, G. J., Bond, J. E., Coddington, J.,  Dolman, G., Hamilton, C. A., Harvey, M. S., Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2018. From Gondwana to GAARlandia: Evolutionary history and biogeography of ogre‐faced spiders (Deinopis). Journal of Biogeography 00: 1–16. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2018. Diversity of tropical spiders. Frontiers for Young Minds 6:64. Full text

 

Tong, Y., Binfordc, G., Rheims, C. A., Kuntner, M., Liu, J. & Agnarsson, I. 2018. Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 259-268. PDF

 

Turk, E., Kuntner, M. & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2018. Cross-sex genetic correlation does not extend to sexual size dimorphism in spiders. The Science of Nature 105: 1. PDF

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Xu, X., Kuntner, M., Liu, F., Chen, J. & Li, D.Q. 2018. Formation of rivers and mountains drives diversification of primitively segmented spiders in continental East Asia. Journal of Biogeography 45: 2080–2091. PDF

Babb, P. L., Lahens, N. L., Correa-Garhwal, S. C., Nicholson, D. N., Kim, E. J., Hogenesch, J. B., Kuntner, M., Higgins, L., Hayashi, C. Y., Agnarsson, I. & Voight, B. F. 2017. The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression. Nature Genetics doi:10.1038/ng.3852. Full text

 

Gorički, Š., Stanković, D., Snoj, A., Kuntner, M., Jeffery, W. R., Trontelj, P., Pavićević, M., Grizelj, Z., Năpăruş-Aljančič, M. & Aljančič, G. 2017. Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus. Scientific Reports 7: 45054. Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Hebets, E. A. & Kuntner, M. 2017. Different patterns of behavioral variation across and within species of spiders with differing degrees of urbanization. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:125. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2017. Chapter 43 NEPHILIDAE. Pp 191-192. In: Spiders of North America, an identification manual (eds Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, P. E., Roth, V.).

 

Năpăruş-Aljančič, M., Gorički, Š., Stanković, D., Kuntner, M. & Aljančič, G. 2017. GIS analysis to assess the groundwater habitat pollution of black proteus. Natura Sloveniae 19: 47-49. Full text

 

Xu, X., Liu, F., Ono, H., Chen, J., Kuntner, M. & Li, D.Q. 2017. Targeted sampling in Ryukyus facilitates species delimitation of the primitively segmented spider genus Ryuthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 181 867–909. PDF

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Xu, X., Liu, F., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2017. Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). Full text

Agnarsson, I., LeQuier, S.M., Kuntner, M., Cheng, R.C., Coddington, J.A. & Binford, G. 2016. Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys 625: 25-44 Full text

 

Agnarsson, I., Gotelli, N.J., Agostini, D. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Limited role of character displacement in the coexistence of congeneric Anelosimus spiders in a Madagascan montane forest. Ecography 38: 743–753. Full text

 

Cao, X., Liu, J., Chen, J., Zheng, G., Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson I. 2016. Rapid dissemination of taxonomic discoveries based on DNA barcoding and morphology. Scientific Reports 6: 37066. Full text

 

Coddington, J.A., Agnarsson, I., Cheng, R.C., Čandek, K., Driskell, A., Frick, H., Gregorič, M., Kostanjšek, R., Kropf, C., Kweskin, M., Lokovšek, T., Pipan, M., Vidergar, N. & Kuntner, M. 2016. DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa. PeerJ 4: e2201. Full text

 

Gavín-Centol, M.P., Kralj-Fišer, S., De Mas, E., Ruiz-Lupión, D. & Moya-Laraño, J. 2016. Feeding regime, adult age and sexual size dimorphism as determinants of pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism in virgin wolf spiders. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology. doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2228-6. PDF

 

Gorički, Š., Stanković, D., Aljančič, M., Snoj, A., Kuntner, M., Gredar, T., Vodnik, L., Aljančič, G. 2016. Searching for the black Proteus with the help of eDNA. (EN) Iskanje črnega močerila s pomočjo okoljske DNA. Natura Sloveniae 18: 57-58. PDF

 

Gregorič, M., Šuen, K., Cheng, R.C., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Spider sexual behaviors include oral sexual encounters. Scientific Reports 6: 25128. Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Čandek, K., Lokovšek, T., Čelik, T., Cheng, R.C., Elgar, M.A. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders. Animal Behaviour 111: 49-55. PDF

 

Krehenwinkel, H., Rödder, D., Năpăruş-Aljančič, M. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Rapid genetic and ecological differentiation during the northern range expansion of the venomous yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium in Europe. Evolutionary Applications doi:10.1111/eva.12392 Full text

 

Kuntner, M. & Cheng, R.C. 2016. Evolutionary pathways maintaining extreme female-biased sexual size dimorphism: Convergent spider cases defy common patterns. In: Pontarotti, P. (ed) Evolutionary biology: Convergent evolution, evolution of complex traits, concepts and methods. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 121–133. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41324-2_8. 

 

Kuntner, M., Cheng, R.C., Kralj-Fišer S., Liao C.P., Schneider J. M. & Elgar M. A. 2016. The evolution of genital complexity and mating rates in sexually size dimorphic spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 242. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M., Cheng, R.C. & Li, D.Q. 2016. Leaf masquerade in an orb web spider. Journal of Arachnology 44:397–400. PDF

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Lupše, N., Cheng, R.C. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Coevolution of female and male genital components to avoid genital size mismatches in sexually dimorphic spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:161. Full text

 

Stanković, D., Gorički, Š., Aljančič, M., Snoj, A., Kuntner, M., Aljančič, G. 2016. Application of environmental DNA for detection of Proteus. (EN) Uporaba okoljske DNA pri iskanju človeške ribice. Natura Sloveniae 18:55-56. PDF

 

Quiñones-Lebrón S.G., Kralj-Fišer, S., Gregorič, M., Lokovšek, T., Čandek, K., Haddad, C.R. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Potential costs of heterospecific sexual interactions in golden orbweb spiders (Nephila spp.). Scientific Reports 6:36908. Full text

 

Xu, X., Liu, F., Chen, J., Ono, H., Agnarsson, I., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2016. Pre-Pleistocene geological events shaping diversification and distribution of primitively segmented spiders on East Asian margins. Journal of Biogeography 43: 1004-1019. PDF

Agnarsson, I., Jencik, B.B., Veve, G.M., Rahanitriniaina, S., Agostini, D., Goh, S.P., Pruitt, J. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas. ZooKeys 509: 13-52. Full text

 

Cheng, R.-C. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Disentangling the size and shape components of sexual dimorphism. Evolutionary Biology 42: 223–234. Full text

 

Čandek, K., Gregorič, M., Kostanjšek, R., Frick, H., Kropf, C. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Corrigendum: Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4301. Full text

 

Čandek, K. & Kuntner, M. 2015. DNA barcoding gap: reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales. Molecular Ecology Resources 15: 268-277. PDF

 

Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T.A. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Phylogenetic position and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, with new insight into orb-web evolution and gigantism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 225–243. Full text

 

Gregorič, M., Blackledge, T.A., Agnarsson, I.,  & Kuntner, M. 2015. A molecular phylogeny of bark spiders reveals new species from Africa and Madagascar (Araneae: Araneidae: Caerostris). Journal of Arachnology 43: 293–312. PDF

 

Gregorič, M., Kuntner, M. & Blackledge, T.A. 2015. Does body size predict foraging effort? Patterns of material investment in spider orb webs. Journal of Zoology 296: 67–78. PDF

 

Kostanjšek, R. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Araneae Sloveniae: A national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1–91. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Agnarsson, I. & Daiqin Li. 2015. The eunuch phenomenon: adaptive evolution of genital emasculation in sexually dimorphic spiders. Biological reviews 90: 279–296. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., Pristovšek, U.,  Cheng, R.-C., Li, D., Zhang, S.,  Tso, I-M., Liao C.-P., Miller J. A. & Kralj-Fišer, S. 2015. Eunuch supremacy: evolution of post-mating spider emasculation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 117–126. Full text

 

Lee, V.M.J., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2015. Ballooning behavior in the golden orbweb spider Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Nephilidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3:2. Full text

 

Xu, X., Liu, F., Chen, J., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology. Full text

 

Xu, X., Liu, F., Chen, J., Ono, H., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2015. A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 488: 121-151. Full text

 

Xu, X., Lui, F., Cheng, R.C., Chen J., Xu, X., Zhang, Z., Ono, H., Pham D.S., Norma-Rashid, Y., Arnedo, M., Kuntner, M. & Li D.Q.  2015. Extant primitively segmented spiders have recently diversified from an ancient lineage. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20142486. Full text

Agnarsson, I., Cheng, R. C. & Kuntner, M. 2014. A multi-clade test supports the intermediate dispersal model of biogeography. PLoS ONE 9: e86780 Full text

 

Aljančič, G., Gorički, Š, Năpăruş, M., Stanković, D. & Kuntner, M. 2014. Endangered Proteus: Combining DNA and GIS analyses for its conservation. Pp. 71-75 in: Dinaric Karst Poljes – Floods for Life (Sackl P., Durst R., Kotrošan D. & Stumberger B, Eds.). EuroNatur, Radolfzell. PDF

 

Cheng, R.-C. & Kuntner, M. 2014. Phylogeny suggests non-directional and isometric evolution of sexual size dimorphism in argiopine spiders. Evolution. doi:10.1111/evo.12504. Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Čelik, T., Lokovšek, T., Šuen, K., Šiling, R. & Kuntner, M. 2014. Development and growth in synanthropic species: plasticity and constraints. Naturwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1194-y. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S. & Schuett, W. 2014. Studying personality variation in invertebrates: why bother? Animal Behaviour 91: 41-52. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2014. Climate change and spider biodiversity: Redefining araneological research priorities. Crop Protection 61: 109. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Elgar, M. A. 2014. Evolution and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism: Aligning phylogenetic and experimental evidence. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: 26. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Năpăruş, M., Li, D. & Coddington, J. A. 2014. Phylogeny predicts future habitat shifts due to climate change. PLoS ONE 9: e98907. Full text

 

Vidergar, N., Toplak, N. & Kuntner, M. 2014. Streamlining DNA barcoding protocols: Automated DNA extraction and a new cox1 primer in arachnid systematics. PLoS ONE 9: e113030. Full text

Agnarsson, I., Aviles, L., P., Maddison, W. P. 2013. Loss of genetic variability in social spiders: genetic and phylogenetic consequences of population subdivision and inbreeding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 27-37 Full text

 

Agnarsson, I., Coddington, J.A. & Kuntner, M. 2013. Systematics – progress in the study of spider diversity and evolution. Pp. 58-111. In: Spider Research in the 21st Century (Ed. Penney D). Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, UK. PDF

 

Čandek, K., Gregorič, M., Kostanjšek, R., Frick, H., Kropf, C. & Kuntner M. 2013. Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e980 Full text

 

Gregorič, M., Kiesbüy, H. C., Quiñones Lebrón, S. G., Rozman, A., Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2013. Optimal foraging, not biogenetic law, predicts spider orb web allometry. Naturwissenschaften 100: 263-268. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Daisley, J.N. & Kotrschal, K. 2013. Individuals matter: Personalities. Pp. 45-65. In: The Social Life of Geese (Editors: Scheiber, I.B.R., Weiß, B.M. & Kotrschal, K.). Oxford University Press. 

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Gregorič, M., Lokovšek, T., Čelik, T. & Kuntner, M. 2013. A glimpse into the sexual biology of the “zygiellid” spider genus Leviellus. Journal of Arachnology 41: 387–391. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Sanguino Mostajo, G.A., Preik, O.A., Pekar, S. & Schneider, J. 2013. Assortative mating by aggressiveness type in orb weaving spiders. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/art030. Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J.M. & Kuntner, M. 2013. Challenging the aggressive spillover hypothesis: Is pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism a part of a behavioural syndrome? Ethology 119: 615-623. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Arnedo, M.A., Trontelj, P., Lokovšek, T. & Agnarsson, I. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: Evolutionary history of a model lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 961–979. PDF

Agnarsson, I., Gregorič, M., Blackledge, T.A. & Kuntner, M. 2012. The phylogenetic placement of Psechridae within Entelegynae and the convergent origin of orb-like spider webs. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51: 100-106. PDF

 

Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2012. The generation of a biodiversity hotspot: Biogeography and phylogeography of the western Indian ocean islands. In: Current Topics in Phylogenetics and Phylogeography of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (Ed. Kesara Anamthawat-Jonsson). Rijeka: In Tech Publishers, pp. 33-82. ISBN 978-953-51-0217-5. PDF

 

Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & Blackledge, T. A. 2012. Darwin’s Bark Spider. Pp. 52-54. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill, New York.

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Blackledge T. A., Kuntner M., Marhabaie M., Leeper M. T. & Agnarsson I. 2012. Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs. Scientific Reports 2: 833. Full text

 

Coddington, J., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B. D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61. Full text

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Kralj-Fišer, S. & Kuntner, M. 2012. Eunuchs as better fighters? Naturwissenschaften 99:95–101. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S. & Schneider, J. M. 2012 Individual behavioural consistency and plasticity in an urban spider. Animal Behaviour 84: 197-204. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J., Justinek, Ž., Kalin, S., Gregorič, M., Pekár, S. & Kuntner, M. 2012. Mate quality, not aggressive spillover, explains sexual cannibalism in a size dimorphic spider. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 145–151. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M., Zhang, S., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Li, D. 2012. Mating plugs in polyandrous giants: Which sex produces them when how and why? PLoS ONE 7: e40939. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Zhang, S., Gregorič, M. & Li, D. 2012. Nephila female gigantism attained through post-maturity molting. Journal of Arachnology 40:345–347. PDF

 

Lee, Q., Oh, J., Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2012. Emasculation: gloves-off strategy enhances eunuch spider endurance. Biology Letters 8: 733–735. Full text

 

Li, D., Oh, J., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Kuntner M. 2012. Remote copulation: male adaptation to female cannibalism. Biology Letters 8: 512–515. Full text

 

Năpăruş, M. & Kuntner, M. 2012. A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: a test case on Hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys). PLoS ONE 7: e30047. Full text

 

Vamberger, M., Lipovšek, G. & Gregorič M. 2012. First reproduction record of Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792), in Slovenia. Herpetozoa 25: 76-79. PDF

Blackledge, T. A., Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems. Advances in Insect Physiology 41: 175-262. PDF

 

Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. 2011. How did the spider cross the river? Behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae). PLoS ONE 6: e26847. Full text

 

Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Darwin’s bark spider: Giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)? Journal of Arachnology 39: 287-295. PDF

 

Higgins, L., Coddington, J. A., Goodnight, C. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Testing ecological and developmental hypotheses of mean and variation in adult size in nephilid orb-weaving spiders. Evolutionary Ecology 25: 1289–1306. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Gregorič, M., Zhang, S., Li, D. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Eunuchs are better fighters. Animal Behaviour 81: 933-939. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Phylogeography of a successful aerial disperser: the golden orb spider Nephila on Indian Ocean islands. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 119. Full text

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 477–488. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., May-Collado, L. J. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Phylogeny and conservation priorities of afrotherian mammals (Afrotheria, Mammalia). Zoologica Scripta 40: 1-15. PDF

 

Luštrik, R., Turjak, M., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Fišer, C. 2011. Coexistence of surface and cave amphipods in an ecotone environment (spring area). Contributions to Zoology 80: 133-141. Full text

 

Pruitt, J. N., DiRienzo, N., Kralj-Fišer, S., Johnson, J. C. & Sih A. 2011. Individual- and condition-dependent effects on habitat choice and choosiness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1987–1995. PDF

 

Su, Y.-C., Chang, Y.-H., Smith, D., Zhu, M.-S., Kuntner, M. & Tso, I.-M. 2011. Biogeography and speciation patterns of the golden orb spider genus Nephila in Asia (Araneae: Nephilidae). Zoological Science 28: 47-55. PDF

 

Valentinčič, T., Miklavc, P., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Zgonik, V. 2011. Olfactory discrimination of complex mixtures of amino acids by the black bullhead Ameiurus melas. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 33-52. PDF

 

Zhang, S., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2011. Mate binding: male adaptation to sexual conflict in the golden orb-web spider (Nephilidae: Nephila pilipes). Animal Behaviour 82: 1299-1304. PDF

Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & Blackledge, T. A. 2010. Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider. PLoS ONE 5: e11234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011234. Full text

 

Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Blackledge, T. A. 2010. Shifting continents, not behaviors: independent colonization of solitary and subsocial Anelosimus spider lineages on Madagascar (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zoologica Scripta 39: 75-87. PDF

 

Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & May-Collado, L. J. 2010. Dogs, cats, and kin: A molecular species-level phylogeny of Carnivora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 726-745. PDF

 

Gregorič, M., Kostanjšek, R. & Kuntner, M. 2010. Orb web features as taxonomic characters in Zygiella s.l. (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 319-327. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Kotrschal, K., Weiß, B. M., Wascher, C. A. F. 2010. Glucocorticoids enhance and suppress heart rate and behaviour in time dependent manner in greylag geese (Anser anser). Physiology & Behavior 100: 394-400. PDF

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Weiss, B. M. & Kotrschal, K. 2010. Behavioural and physiological correlates of personality in greylag geese (Anser anser). Journal of Ethology: 28, 363-370. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2010. Web gigantism in Darwin’s bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris). Journal of Arachnology 38: 346-356. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M. & Li, D. 2010. Mass predicts web asymmetry in Nephila spiders. Naturwissenschaften 97: 1097–1105. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Gregorič, M. 2010. Ladder webs in orb-web spiders: ontogenetic and evolutionary patterns in Nephilidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 849-866. PDF

 

Novak, T., Tkavc, T., Kuntner, M., Arnett, A. E., Lipovšek Delakorda, S., Perc, M. & Janžekovič, F. 2010. Niche partitioning in orbweaving spiders Meta menardi and Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae). Acta Oecologica 36: 522-529. PDF

Coddington, J. A., Agnarsson, I., Miller, J., Kuntner, M. & Hormiga, G. 2009. Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 573-584. Full text

 

Gregorič, M. & Kuntner, M. 2009. Epigean spider diversity in the classical Karst. Hacquetia 8: 67-78. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2009. Phylogeny accurately predicts behavior in Indian Ocean Clitaetra spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 193-204. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Agnarsson, I. & Gregorič, M. 2009. Nephilid spider eunuch phenomenon induced by female or rival male aggressiveness. Journal of Arachnology 37: 266-271. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Coddington, J. A. 2009. Discovery of the largest orbweaving spider species: the evolution of gigantism in Nephila. PLoS ONE 4: e7516 Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Schneider, J. M. 2009. Intersexual arms race? Genital coevolution in nephilid spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae). Evolution 63: 1451-1463. Full text

 

Kuntner, M., Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J. M. & Li, D. 2009. Mate plugging via genital mutilation in nephilid spiders: an evolutionary hypothesis. Journal of Zoology 277: 257-266. PDF

Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Hormiga, G. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 147-217. PDF

 

Kuntner, M., Haddad, C. R., Aljančič, G. & Blejec, A. 2008. Ecology and web allometry of Clitaetra irenae, an arboricolous African orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 583-594. PDF

Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2007. Taxonomy in a changing world: Seeking solutions for a science in crisis. Systematic Biology 56: 531-539. Full text

 

Kralj-Fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Blejec, A., Mostl, E. & Kotrschal, K. 2007. Individualities in a flock of free-roaming greylag geese: Behavioral and physiological consistency over time and across situations. Hormones and Behavior 51: 239-248. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical ‘hermit spiders’ (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135. PDF

Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35: 19-62. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2006. Are the Linnean and phylogenetic nomenclatural systems combinable? Recommendations for biological nomenclature. Systematic Biology 55: 774-784. Full text

 

Kuntner, M. & Alvarez-Padilla, F. 2006. Systematics of the Afro-Macaronesian spider genus Sancus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 113-125. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. & Levi, H. W. 2006. Nephila hirta, a new synonym of Eustala fuscovittata (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 444-447. PDF

Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2005. Madagascar: An unexpected hotspot of social Anelosimus spider diversity (Araneae: Theridiidae). Systematic Entomology 30: 575-592. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2005. A revision of Herennia (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae), the Australasian ‘coin spiders’. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 391–436. PDF

 

Kuntner, M. 2005. On the validity of the Japanese spider genus Metimorpha (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoological Science 22: 1277-1278. PDF

 

Scheiber, I. B. R., Kralj, S. & Kotrschal, K. 2005. Sampling effort/frequency necessary to infer individual acute stress responses from fecal analysis in greylag geese (Anser anser). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046: 154-167. PDF