Jackson, Prof. R. R.

Jackson, Prof.  R. R.

Contact Details

Phone: International +64 +3 364 2064 Local 364 2064
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
Email: robert.jackson@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

Research

Animal cognition (perception, search images, selective attention, problem solving, decision making), communication systems, conditional predatory strategies, predator-prey co-evolution and aggressive mimicry.



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JACKSON, R. R. (1974)

   Rearing methods for spiders. The Journal of Arachnology 2: 53-56

JACKSON, R. R. (1977)

   Prey of the jumping spider Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae: Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 5: 145-149

JACKSON, R. R. (1978)

   An analyses of alternative mating tactics of the jumping spider Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 5: 185-230

JACKSON, R. R. (1978)

   Life history of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 6: 1-29

JACKSON, R. R. (1978)

   The mating strategy of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). I. Pursuit time and persistence. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 4: 123-132

JACKSON, R. R. (1979)

   Nests of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae): Characteristics, pattern of occupation, and function. The Journal of Arachnology 7: 47-58

JACKSON, R. R. & GRISWOLD, C. E. (1979)

   Nest associates of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 7: 59-67

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   Nest disturbance as a factor in the mating strategy of the jumping spider Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). PECKHAMIA 2(1): 3-4

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   Notes on the copulatory postures of salticid spiders. PECKHAMIA 2(1): 4-6

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   The mating strategy of Phidippus johnsoni (Aranreae, Salticidae) IV. Interpopulational Variation in courtship persistence. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 6: 257-263

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   Cannibalism as a factor in the mating strategy of the jumping spider Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Socity 5(3): 129-133

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   The mating strategy of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae): II. Sperm competition and the function of copulation. The Journal of Arachnology 8: 217-240

JACKSON, R. R. (1980)

   The mating strategy of Phidippus johnsoni (Aranae, Salticidae): III. Intermale aggression and a cost-benefit analysis. The Journal of Arachnology 8: 241-249

JACKSON, R. R. (1981)

   Notes on the reproductive biology of a web-building jumping spider, Portia fimbriata. PECKHAMIA 2(2): 23-27

JACKSON, R. R. (1981)

   Nest-mediated sexual discrimination by a jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni). The Journal of Arachnology 9: 87-92

JACKSON, R. R. (1981)

   Relationship between reproductive security and intersexual selection in a jumping spider Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae: Salticidae). Evolution 35(3): 601-604

JACKSON, R. R. & BLEST, A. (1982)

   The biology of Portia fimbriata, a web-building jumping spider from Queensland: utilization of webs and predatory versatility. Journal of Zoology 196: 255-293

JACKSON, R. R. (1982)

   The biology of Portia fimbriata, a web-building jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: intraspecific interactions. Journal of Zoology 196: 295-305

JACKSON, R. R. & BLEST, A. (1982)

   The distances at wich a primitive jumping spider, Portia fimbriata, makes visual discriminations. The Journal of Experimental Biology 97: 441-445

JACKSON, R. R. & HARDING, D. (1982)

   Intraspecific interactions of Holoplatys sp. indet., a New Zealand jumping spider. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9: 487-510

JACKSON, R. R. (1982)

   The behaviour of communicating in jumping spiders. In: WITT, P. N.; ROVNER, J. J. (eds.): Spider communication. Mechanism and ecological significance: 213-247

JACKSON, R. R. (1982)

   The biology of ant-like jumping spiders: intraspecific interactions of Myrmarachne lupata (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 293-319

JACKSON, R. R. (1982)

   The courtship behaviour of Phidippus femoratus (Araneae, Salticidae). Southwest. Natur. 27(2): 187-195

JACKSON, R. R. (1983)

   The biology of Mopsus mormon, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: Intraspecific interactions. Aust. J. Zool. 31: 39-53

FOELIX, R., JACKSON, R. R., HENKSMEYER, A. & HALLAS, S. (1984)

   Tarsal hairs specialized for prey capture in the salticid Portia. Revue Arachnologique  5(4): 329-334

JACKSON, R. R. & HALLAS, S. (1985)

   Capture efficiencies of web-building jumping spiders: Is the jack-of-all-trades the master of none?. Journal of Zoology 209: 1-7

JACKSON, R. R. (1985)

   The biology of Simaetha paetula and S. thoracica, web-building jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: co-habitation with social spiders, utilization of silk, predatory behaviour and intraspecific interactions. Journal of Zoology 1: 175-210

JACKSON, R. R. (1985)

   The biology of Euryattus sp. indet., a web-building jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: utilization of silk, pradatory behaviour and intraspecific interactions. Journal of Zoology 1: 145-173

JACKSON, R. R. (1985)

   A web-building jumping spider. Sci. American 253: 1-8

JACKSON, R. R. (1985)

   Interspecific interactions of communal jumping spiders from Kenia: mechanisms of sex- and species- recognition. : 297-307

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   The display behaviour of Cosmophasis micarioides (L. KOCH), a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 1-12

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Web building, predatory versatility, and the evolution of the Salticidae. In: SHEAR, W. A.: Spiders, Webs behaviour and evolution. California: 232-268

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   The display behaviour of Bavia aericeps, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. Aust. J. Zool. 34: 381-409

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   The biology of Phyaces comosus (Araneae: Salticidae), predatory behaviour, antipredator adaptions and silk utilication. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 50(2): 109-116

JACKSON, R. R. & HALLAS, S. (1986)

   Comparative biology Portia africana, P. albimana, P. fimbriata, P. labiata, and P. shultzi, araneophagic, web-building jumping spiders: utilication of webs, predatory versality, and intraspecivic interactions. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 423-489

JACKSON, R. R. & HALLAS, S. (1986)

   Predatory versatility and intraspecific interactions of spartaeine jumping spiders: Brettus adonis, B. cingulatus, Cyrba algerina, and Phaeacius sp. indet.. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 491-520

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Cohabitation of males and juvenile females: a prevalent mating tactic of spiders. J. Nat. Hist. 20: 1193-1210

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   The display behaviour of Cyllobelus rufopictus (SIMON), a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Kenya. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 27-43

HALLAS, S. E. A. & JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Prey-holding abilities of the nests and webs of jumping spiders. J. Natur. Hist. 20: 881-894

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   The biology of ant-like jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae): prey and predatory behaviour of Myrmarachne with particular attention to M. lupata from Queensland. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 179-190

HALLAS, S. E. A. & JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   A comparative study of Old and New World Lyssomanines: utilication of silk and predatory behaviour of Asemonea tenuipes and Lyssomanes viridis. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 543-551

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Communal jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Kenya: interspecific nest complexes, cahabitation with web-building spiders, and intraspecific interactions. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 13-26

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Silk utilication and defensive behaviour of Thiania, an iridescent jumping spider from Malaysia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 553-561

JACKSON, R. R. (1986)

   Use of pheromones by males of Phidippus johnsoni (Araneae, Salticidae) to detect subadult females that are about to molt. The Journal of Arachnology 14: 137-139

JACKSON, R. R. & ROWE, R. J. (1987)

   Web-invasion and araneophagy by New Zealand and Australian pholcid spiders. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 139-140

JACKSON, R. R. & BRASSINGTON, R. J. (1987)

   The biology of Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae, Pholcidae): predatory versality, araneophagy and agressive mimicry. Journal of Zoology 211: 227-238

JACKSON, R. R. (1987)

   Comparative study of releaser pheromones associated with the silk of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 1-10

POLLARD, S. D. & JACKSON, R. R. (1987)

   II. Communication with chemicals: Pheromones and spiders. Ecophysiology of spiders: 133-141

JACKSON, R. R. (1988)

   The biology of Tauala lepidus, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: display and predatory behaviour. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 347-364

JACKSON, R. R. (1988)

   The biology of Jacksonoides queenslandica, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland: intraspecivic interactions, web-invasion, predators, and prey. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 1-37

JACKSON, R. R. (1988)

   The display behaviour and silk utilisation of Epeus sp. indet., a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 455-460

JACKSON, R. R. (1989)

   An unusual nest built by Hypaeus cucullatus, a jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae) from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Socity 1: 30-32

JACKSON, R. R. & MACNAB, A. (1989)

   Display behaviour of Corythalia canosa, an ant-eating jumping spider from Florida. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 169-183

JACKSON, R. R. & MACNAB, A. (1989)

   Display, mating, and predatory behaviour of the jumping spider Plexippus paykulli (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 151-168

JACKSON, R. R. (1989)

   The biology of Cobanus mandibularis, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Costa Rica: intraspecific interactions, predatory behaviour, and silk utilisation. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 383-392

JACKSON, R. R. & WHITEHOUSE, M. E. A. (1989)

   Display and mating behaviour of Thorellia ensifera, a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 1-16

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Ambush predatory behaviour of Phaecius malayensis and Phaecius sp. indet., spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from tropical Asia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17(4): 491-498

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Predatory and nesting behaviour of Cocalus gibbosus, a spartaeine jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 483-490

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Comparative study of lyssomanine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae): silk use and predatory behaviour of Asemonea, Goleba, Lyssomanes and Onomastus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 1-6

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Predatory versatility and intraspecivic interactions of Cyrba algerina and Cyrba ocellata, web-invading spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 157-168

JACKSON, R. R., POLLARD, S. D., MACNAB, A. M. & COOPER, K. J. (1990)

   The complex communicatory behaviour of Marpissa marina, a New Zealand jumping spider (Araneae; Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 25-38

JACKSON, R. R. & COOPER, K. J. (1990)

   Variability in the responses of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) to sex pheromones. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 39-42

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Predatory and silk utilisation behaviour of Gelotia sp. indet. (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeninae), a web-invading aggressive mimic from Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 475-482

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Predatory and nesting behaviour of Cocalus gibbosus, a spartaeine jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 483-490

JACKSON, R. R. & POLLARD, S. D. (1990)

   Web-building and predatory behaviour of Spartaeus spinimanus and Spartaeus thailandicus, primitive jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from South-east Asia. Journal of Zoology 220: 561-567

JACKSON, R. R. (1990)

   Predator-prey interactions between jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) and Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Zoology 220: 553-559

JACKSON, R. R. & WILCOX, R. S. (1990)

   Agressive mimicry, prey-specific predatory behaviour and predator-recognicion in the predator-prey interactions of Portia fimbriata and Euryattus sp., jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 26: 111-119

JACKSON, R. R. & HALLAS, S. (1990)

   Evolutionary origins of displays used in aggressive mimicry by Portia, a web-invading araneophagic jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 7-23

JACKSON, R. R. & POULSEN, B. A. (1990)

   Predatory versatility and intraspecific interactions of Supunna picta (Araneae: Clubionidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 169-184

JACKSON, R. R., BRASSINGTON, R. J. & ROWE, R. J. (1990)

   Anti-predator defences of Pholcus phalangoides (Araneae: Pholcidae), a web-building and web-invading spider. Journal of Zoology 220: 543-552

JACKSON, R. R. & VAN OLPHEN, A. (1991)

   Prey-capture technices and prey preferences of Corythalia canosa and Pystira orbiculata, ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae; Salticidae). Journal of Zoology 223: 577-591

JACKSON, R. R. & MACNAB, A. (1991)

   Comparative study of the display and mating behaviour of lyssomanine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), especially Asemona tenuipes, Goleba puella, and Lyssomanes viridis. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18: 1-23

JACKSON, R. R. & COOPER, K. J. (1991)

   The influence of body size and prior residency on the outcome of male - male interactions of Marpissa marina, a New Zealand jumping spider. Eth. Eco. & Evol. 3: 79-82

RICHMAN, D. B. & JACKSON, R. R. (1991)

   The Ethology of jumping spiders. Akademijka Nauk SSSR 4: 33-41

JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Predator-prey interactions between web-invading jumping spiders and two species of tropical web-building pholcid spiders, Psilochorus sphaeroides and Smeringopus pallidus. Journal of Zoology 227: 531-536

RICHMAN, D. B. & JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   A review of the ethology of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Socity 9(2): 33-37

JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Eight-legged tricksters. BioScience 42(8): 590-598

JACKSON, R. R. & VAN OLPHEN, A. (1992)

   Prey-capture technices and prey preferences of Chrysilla, Natta and Siler, ant-eating spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Kenia and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoology 227: 163-170

JACKSON, R. R., ROWE, R. J., CAMPELL, G. E. (1992)

   Anti-predator defences of Psilochorus sphaeroides and Smeringopus pallidus (Araneae, Pholcidae), tropical web-building spiders. Journal of Zoology 228: 227-232

JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Predatory-prey interactions between web-invading jumping spiders and a web-building spider, Holocnemus pluchei (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Zoology 228: 589-594

JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Predator-prey interactions between web-invading jumping spiders and Argiope appensa (Araneae, Araneidae), a tropical orb-weaving spider. Journal of Zoology 228: 509-520

CARBINES, G. D., DENNIS, R. M., JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Increased turn alternation by woodlice (Porcellio scaber) in response to a predatory spider, Dysdera crocata. Int. J. Comp. Psych. 5(3): 138-144

JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Conditional strategies and interpopulation variation in the behaviour of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 19: 99-111

TARSITANO, M. S. & JACKSON, R. R. (1992)

   Influence of prey movement on the performance of simple detours by jumping spiders. Behaviour 123: 106-120

JACKSON, R. R., ROWE, R. J., WILCOX, R. S. (1993)

   Anti-predator defences of Argiope appensa (Araneae, Araneidae), a tropical orb-weaving spider. Journal of Zoology 229: 121-132

JACKSON, R. R., JAKOB, E. M., WILLEY, M. B. & CAMPELL, G. E. (1993)

   Anti-predator defences of a weg-building spider, Holcnemus pluchei (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Zoology 229: 347-352

WILLEY, M. B. & JACKSON, R. R. (1993)

   Olfactory cues from conspecifics inhibit the web-invasion behaviour of Portia, web-invading araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1415-1420

JACKSON, R. R. & WILCOX, R. S. (1993)

   Predator-prey co-evolution of Portia fimbriata and Euryattus sp., jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(2): 557-560

EDWARDS, G. B. & JACKSON, R. R. (1993)

   Use of prey-specific predatory behaviour by North American jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) of the genus Phidippus. Journal of Zoology 229: 709-716

WHITEHOUSE, M. E. A., JACKSON, R. R. (1993)

   Group structure and time budgets of Argyrodes antipodiana (Araneae, Theridiidae), a kleptoparasitic spider from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 201-206

JACKSON, R. R. & TARSITANO, M. S. (1993)

   Responses of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) to motionless prey. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Socity 9(4): 105-109

JACKSON, R. R. & WILCOX, R. S. (1993)

   Observations in nature of detouring behaviour by Portia fimbriata, a web-invading aggressive mimic jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. Journal of Zoology 230: 135-139

JACKSON, R. R. & WILCOX, R. S. (1993)

   Spider flexibly chooses aggressive mimicry signals for different prey by trial and error. Behaviour 127: 21-36

WILLEY, M. B., JACKSON, R. R. (1993)

   Predatory behaviour of a social spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum (Araneae: Eresidae): why attack first?. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 2220-2223

JACKSON, R. R. & WILLEY, M. B. (1994)

   The comparative study of the predatory behaviour of Myrmarachne, ant-like jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 77-102

CLARK, R. J. & JACKSON, R. R. (1994)

   Portia labiata, a cannibalistic jumping spider, discriminates between own and foreign eggsacs. Int. J. Comp. Physiol. 7(1): 38-43

TARSITANO, M. S. & JACKSON, R. R. (1994)

   Jumping spiders make predatory detours requiring movement away from prey. Behaviour 131: 65-73

EDWARDS, G. B. & JACKSON, R. R. (1994)

   The role of experience in the development of predatory behaviour in Phidippus regius, a jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae), from Florida. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 269-277

WHITEHOUSE, M. E. A., JACKSON, R. R. (1994)

   Intraspecific interactions of Argyrodes antipodiana, a kleptoparasitic spider from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 253-268

CLARK, R. J. & JACKSON, R. R. (1994)

   Self recognition in a jumping spider: Portia labiata females discriminate between their own draglines and those of conspecifics. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 6: 371-375

JACKSON, R. R. (1995)

   What is that spider thinking?. NZ Science: 6-8

JACKSON, R. R. (1995)

   Arachnomania. Nat. Hist.(3): 28-31

JACKSON, R. R. & WILLEY, M. B. (1995)

   Display and mating behaviour of Euophrys parvula, a New Zealand jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22: 1-16

JACKSON, R. R., TAYLOR, P. W., MCGILL, A. S., POLLARD, S. D. (1995)

   The web and prey-capture behaviour of Diaea sp., a crab spider (Thomisidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Western Australian Museum(52): 33-37

JACKSON, R. R. (1995)

   Cues for web invasion and aggressive mimicry signalling in Portia (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Zoology 236: 131-149

CLARK, R. J. & JACKSON, R. R. (1995)

   Dragline-mediated sex recognition in two species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) Portia labiata and P. fimbriata. Ethol. Ecol. & Evol. 7: 73-77

CLARK, R. J. & JACKSON, R. R. (1995)

   Araneophagic jumping spiders discriminate between the draglines of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics. Ethol. Ecol. & Evol. 7: 185-190

POLLARD, S. D., JACKSON, R. R., OLPHEN VAN, A., ROBERTSON, M. W. (1995)

   Does Dysdera crocata (Araneae, Dysderidae) prefer woodlice as prey?. Ethol. Ecol. & Evol. 7: 271-275

WILCOX, R. S., JACKSON, R. R. & GENTILE, K. (1996)

   Spiderweb smokescreens: spider trickster uses backround noisse to mask stalking movements. Animal Behaviour 51: 313-326

JACKSON, R. R. & POLLARD, S. D. (1996)

   Predatory behavior of jumping spiders. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 41: 287-308

LI, D. & JACKSON, R. R. (1996)

   Prey-specific capture behaviour and prey preferences of myrmicophagic and araneophagic jumping spiders (Aranea: Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie: 423-436

LI, D. & JACKSON, R. R. (1996)

   Prey preferences of Portia fimbriata, an araneophagic, web-building jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland. J. Insect Behav. 9(4): 613-642

JACKSON, R. R., LI, D. & ROBERTSON, M. B. (1997)

   Cues by which suspend-leaf nests of Euryattus (Araneae: Salticidae) females are recognized by conspecific males and by an aggressive-mimic salticid, Portia fimbriata. Journal of Zoology 243: 29-46

LI, D. & JACKSON, R. R. (1997)

   Influence of diet on survivorship and growth in Portia fimbriata, an araneophagic jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1652-1658

LI, D., JACKSON, R. R. & BARRION, A. T. (1997)

   Prey preferences of Portia labiata, P. africana, and P. schultzi, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Uganda. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 24: 333-349

JACKSON, R. R. (1998)

   The eyes have it. Nat. Hist. Mag. 4: 31

WHITEHOUSE, M. E. A., JACKSON, R. R. (1998)

   Predatory behaviour and paretal care in Argyrodes flavipes, a social spider from Queensland. Journal of Zoology 244: 95-105

JACKSON, R. R. & LI, D. (1998)

   Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Cyrba algerina, an araneophagic jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) with primitive retinae. Isr. J. Zool. 44: 227-242

WILCOX, R. S. & JACKSON, R. R. (1998)

   14. Cognitive abilities of araneophagic jumping spiders. In: Animal cognition in nature: 411-434, Academic Press.

JACKSON, R. R., LI, D., BARRION, A. T. & EDWARDS, G. B. (1998)

   Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of nine species of ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Philippines. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 25: 249-272

JACKSON, R. R. & WILCOX, R. S. (1998)

   Spider-eating spiders. American Scientist 86: 350-357

JACKSON, R. R. & HARLAND, D. P. (1998)

   Reading a spider´s mind. New Zealand Science(11)

JACKSON, R. R., LI, D., FIJN, N. & BARRION, A. (1998)

   Predator-prey interactions between aggressive-mimic jumping spiders (Salticidae) and araneophagic spitting spiders (Scytodidae) from the Philippines. Journal of Insect Behaviour 11(1): 319-342

TAYLOR, P. W., JACKSON, R. R. & ROBERTSON, M. W. (1998)

   A case of blind spider´s buff?: Prey-capture by jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) in the absence of visual cues. The Journal of Arachnology 26: 369-381

LI, D., JACKSON, R. R. & HARLAND, D. P. (1999)

   Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Aelurillus aeruginosus, A. cognatus, and A. kochi, ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel. Isr. J. Zool. 45(1999): 341-359

LI, D., JACKSON, R. R., BARRION, A. T. (1999)

   Parental and predatory behaviour of Scytodes sp., an araneophagic spitting pider (Araneae: Scytodidae) from the Philippines. Journal of Zoology 247: 293-310

JACKSON, R. R. (1999)

   Spider Cities of Africa. NZ Science 3: 10-11

TAYLOR, P. W. & JACKSON, R. R. (1999)

   Habitat-adapted communication in Trite planiceps, a New Zealand jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 26: 127-154

HARLAND, D. P., JACKSON, R. R. & MACNAB, A. M. (1999)

   Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology 247: 357-364

CLARK, R. J., JACKSON, R. R. & WAAS, J. R. (1999)

   Draglines and assessment of fighting ability in cannibalistic jumping spiders. J. Insect Behav. 12(6): 753-766, Plenum Publishing Corporation

HARLAND, D. P. & JACKSON, R. R. (2000)

   "Eight-legged cats" and how they see - a review of recent research on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Cimbebasia 16: 231-240

TARSITANO, M., JACKSON, R. R. & KIRCHNER, W. H. (2000)

   Signals and signal choices made by the araneophagic jumping spider Portia fimbriata while hunting the orb-weaving web spiders Zygiella x-notata and Zosis geniculatusEthology 106(2000): 595-615, Berlin, Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag

CLARK, R. J. & JACKSON, R. R. (2000)

   Web use during predatory encounters between Portia fimbriata, an araneophagic jumping spider, and its preferred prey, other jumping spiders. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 129-136

JACKSON, R. R. (2000)

   Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 29-39

CLARK, R. J., JACKSON, R. R. & CUTLER, B. (2000)

   Chemical cues from ants influence predatory behaviour in Habrocestum pulex, an ant-eating jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 28: 309-318

HARLAND, D. P. & JACKSON, R. R. (2000)

   Cues by which Portia fimbriata, an araneophagic jumping spider, distinguishes jumping-spider prey from other prey. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 3485-3494

JACKSON, R. R., POLLARD, S. D., NELSON, X. J., EDWARDS, G. B. & BARRION, A. T. (2001)

   Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) that feed on nectar. Journal of Zoology 255: 25-29

HARLAND, D. P. & JACKSON, R. R. (2001)

   Prey classification by Portia fimbriata, a salticid spider that specializes at preying on other salticids: species that elict crypric stalking. Journal of Zoology 255: 445-460

JACKSON, R. R. & LI, D. (2001)

   Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Zenodorus durvillei, Z. metallescens and Z. orbiculatus, tropical ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Saiticidae) from Australia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 28: 299-341

HARLAND, D. P. & JACKSON, R. R. (2002)

   Influence of cues from the anterior medial eyes of virtual prey on Portia fimbriata, an araneophagic jumping spider. The Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1861-1868

JACKSON, R. R. (2002)

   Trial-and-error derivation of aggressive-mimicry signals by Brettus and Cyrba, spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel, Kenya, and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 29: 95-117

JACKSON, R. R., CLARK, R. J. & HARLAND, D. P. (2002)

   Behavioural and cognitive influences of kairomones on an araneophagic jumping spider. Behaviour 139: 749-775

JACKSON, R. R., POLLARD, S. D. & CERVEIRA, A. M. (2002)

   Opportunistic use of cognitive smokescreens by araneophagic jumping spiders. Animal Cognition 5: 147-157

JACKSON, R. R., POLLARD, S. D., LI, D. & FIJN, N. (2002)

   Interpopulation variation in the risk-related decisions of Portia labiata, an araneophagic jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae), during predatory sequences with spitting spiders. Animal Cognition 5: 215-223

TAYLOR, P. W. & JACKSON, R. R. (2003)

   Interacting effects of size and prior injury in jumping spider conflicts. Animal Behaviour 65: 787-794

WESOŁOWSKA, W. & JACKSON, R. R. (2003)

   Evarcha culcivora sp. nov., a mosquito-eating jumping spider from east Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici 53(2): 335-338

CERVEIRA, A. M., JACKSON, R. R. & GUSEINOV, E. F. (2003)

   Stalking decisions of web-invading araneophagic jumping spiders from Australia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Kenya, Portugal, and Sri Lanka: the opportunistic smokescreen tactics of Brettus, Cocalus, Cyrba, and Portia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30: 21-30

LI, D. & JACKSON, R. R. (2003)

   A predator´s preference for egg-carrying prey: a novel cost of parental care . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 129-136

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R., POLLARD, S. D., EDWARDS, G. B. & BARRION, A. T. (2004)

   Predation by ants on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Philippines. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31: 45-56

GUSEINOV, E. F., CERVEIRA, A. M. & JACKSON, R. R. (2004)

   The predatory strategy, natural diet, and life cycle of Cyrba algerina, an araneophagic jumping spider (Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from Azerbaijan. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31: 290-303

JACKSON, R. R. & LI, D. (2004)

   One-encounter search-image formation by araneophagic spiders. Animal Cognition 7: 247-254

JACKSON, R. R., NELSON, X. J. & SUNE, G. O. (2005)

   A spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing female mosquitos as prey. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of United States of America 102: 15155-15160

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2005)

   Compound mimicry and trading predators by the males of sexually dimporphic Batesian mimics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B 273: 367-372

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. & SUNE, G. (2005)

   Use of Anopheles-specific prey-capture behavior by the small juveniles of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-eating jumping spider . The Journal of Arachnology 33: 541-548

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R., EDWARDS, G. B. & BARRION, A. T. (2005)

   Living with the enemy: jumping spiders that mimic weaver ants . The Journal of Arachnology 33: 813-819

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2006)

   A predator from East Africa that chooses Malaria Vectors as preferred prey. PLoS One 1(e132)

JACKSON, R. R., WALKER, M, W., POLLARD, S. D. & CROSS, F. R. (2006)

   Influence of seeing a female on the male–male interactions of a jumping spider, Hypoblemum albovittatum. J. Ethol. 24: 231-238

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2006)

   Vision-based innate aversion to ants and ant mimics. Behavioral Ecology 17: 676-681

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R., LI, D. , BARRION, A. T. & EDWARDS, G. B. (2006)

   Innate aversion to ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and ant mimics: experimental findings from mantises . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 23-32

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. & LI, D. (2006)

   Conditional use of honest signaling by a Batesian mimic. Behavioral Ecology 17: 575-580

NELSON, X. J., LI, D. & JACKSON, R. R. (2006)

   Out of the frying pan and into the fire: a novel trade-off for Batesian mimics . Ethology 112: 270-277

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2007)

   Complex display behaviour during the intraspecific interactions of myrmecomorphic jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). J. Natural History 41(25-28): 1659-1678

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2007)

   Vision-based ability of an ant-mimicking jumping spider to discriminate between models, conspecific individuals and prey. Insectes Sociaux . Insectes Sociaux 54: 1-4

JACKSON, R. R., NELSON, X. J. & SALM, K. (2008)

   The natural history of Myrmarachne melanotarsa, a social ant-mimicking jumping spider. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 35: 225-235

NELSON, X. J., JACKSON, R. R. (2008)

   Anti-predator crèches and aggregations of ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 475–481

JACKSON, R. R., SALM, K. & POLLARD, S. D. (2008)

   Snatching prey from the mandibles of ants, a feeding tactic adopted by East African jumping spiders. The Journal of Arachnology 36(3): 609-611

CROSS, F. R. & JACKSON, R. R. (2011)

   Effects of prey–spider odour on intraspecific interactions of araneophagic jumping spiders. J Ethol 29: 321-327

CERVEIRA, A. M. & JACKSON, R. R. (2011)

   Interpopulation variation in kairomone use by Cyrba algerina, an araneophagic jumping spider from Portugal. J Ethol 29: 121-129

JACKSON, R. R. & NELSON, X. J. (2011)

   Reliance on trial and error signal derivation by Portia africana, an araneophagic jumping spider from East Africa. J Ethol 29: 301-307

CROSS, F. R. & JACKSON, R. R. (2011)

   Olfaction-based anthropophily in a mosquito-specialist predator. Biol. Lett.: 1-3

JACKSON, R. R. & CROSS, F. R. (2011)

   Spider Cognition. Advances in Insect Physiology  41: 116-174

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