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  1. New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the islands of the Strait of Sicily (Southern Italy) with taxonomic notes on Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) and eight new records for Europe
  2. Double dare: Climate change and volcanic activity threatens local populations of Meta menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in Sicily
  3. Two new subterranean Typhlonesticus (Araneae: Nesticidae) from the Alps with notes on their ecology, distribution and conservation
  4. An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems
  5. A relict subterranean spider (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes) reveals a unique component of the biogeography of Corsica
  6. Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle
  7. Aliens in caves: the global dimension of biological invasions in subterranean ecosystems
  8. An expert-based global assessment of threats and conservation measures for subterranean ecosystems
  9. A literature-based database of the natural heritage, the ecological status and tourism-related impacts in show caves worldwide
  10. Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the north-western Dinarides
  11. The global spread of misinformation on spiders
  12. Human disturbance drives differential diversity patterns of microbial communities in hypogean habitats
  13. Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the North-western Dinarides
  14. A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders
  15. Quantifying troglomorphism in hyperspace
  16. An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites
  17. Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
  18. The global spread of (mis)information on spiders
  19. Sulfidic Habitats in the Gypsum Karst System of Monte Conca (Italy) Host a Chemoautotrophically Supported Invertebrate Community
  20. A multi-layered approach uncovers overlooked taxonomic and physiological diversity in Alpine subterranean spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes)
  21. A remarkable troglomorphic ant, Yavnella laventa sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), identified as the first known worker of Yavnella Kugler by phylogenomic inference
  22. Modulating lighting regime favours a sustainable use of show caves: A case study in NW-Italy
  23. Integrating thermal tolerance, water balance and morphology: An experimental study on dung beetles
  24. The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits
  25. Linear Peptides—A Combinatorial Innovation in the Venom of Some Modern Spiders
  26. Spider conservation in Europe: a review
  27. Global distribution of microwhip scorpions (Arachnida: Palpigradi)
  28. Microhabitat selection of a Sicilian subterranean woodlouse and its implications for cave management
  29. Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies
  30. Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database
  31. Media framing of spiders may exacerbate arachnophobic sentiments
  32. Exploring the homogeneity of terrestrial subterranean communities at a local spatial scale
  33. Media representation of spiders may exacerbate arachnophobic sentiments by framing a distorted perception of risk
  34. Islands in cities: Urbanization and fragmentation drive taxonomic and functional variation in ground arthropods
  35. Urbanization drivers differentially affect ground arthropod assemblages in the city of Turin (NW-Italy)
  36. Environmental filtering and convergent evolution determine the ecological specialisation of subterranean spiders
  37. Taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the cave-dwelling spider Histopona palaeolithica, with the description of H. petrovi sp. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae)
  38. Araneae.it: the online Catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other Arachnid Orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae)
  39. Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β -diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe
  40. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)
  41. Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems
  42. Extending Janzen's hypothesis to temperate regions: a test using subterranean ecosystems
  43. Associations between habitat quality, body size and reproductive fitness in the alpine endemic spider Vesubia jugorum
  44. Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems
  45. An inventory of the spider species of Barcelonnette (France), with taxonomic notes on Piniphantes agnellus n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
  46. Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae)
  47. Tracking the ice: Subterranean harvestmen distribution matches ancient glacier margins
  48. Artificial lighting triggers the presence of urban spiders and their webs on historical buildings
  49. On the morphological separation of two sibling species: Pardosa proxima (P. vlijmi syn. nov.) and P. tenuipes (Araneae: Lycosidae)
  50. What happens in cave at night?
  51. Ecological speciation in darkness? Spatial niche partitioning in sibling subterranean spiders (Araneae : Linyphiidae : Troglohyphantes)
  52. An ecological survey of the invertebrate community at the epigean/hypogean interface
  53. A review of subterranean spiders in Europe, with a checklist of the species
  54. Debris-covered glaciers as habitat for plant and arthropod species: Environmental framework and colonization patterns
  55. The Spider World Record: a list of record-breaking achievements by spiders
  56. Life in harsh environments: carabid and spider trait types and functional diversity on a debris-covered glacier and along its foreland
  57. Competition affect large scale distribution of competing Meta spiders
  58. First mycological assessment in hydrothermal caves of Monte Kronio (Sicily, southern Italy)
  59. Human-induced Alterations of the Mycobiota in an Alpine Show Cave (Italy, SW-Alps)
  60. Spider World Records: a resource for using organismal biology as a hook for science learning
  61. Spider World Records: a resource for using organismal biology as a hook for science learning
  62. A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes
  63. A review on cave-dwelling spiders worldwide
  64. Effect of Global warming on subterranean - cave - ecosystems
  65. Local versus landscape spatial influence on biodiversity: a case study across five European industrialized areas
  66. IUCN assessment of Pimoa delphinica, a cave spider endemic to Italy
  67. Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales
  68. New data on Troglohyphantes cave spiders in Italy, with a phylogeny of the alpine species
  69. IUCN assessment of Vesubia jugorum, a high alpine endangered spider
  70. A comprehensive review on the subterranean habitat Mesovoid Shallow Stratum (MSS)
  71. Niche dynamics in two cave apex predators evaluated via Hutchinson' niche hypervolumes
  72. The first study on the ecological preferences of the water spider Argyroneta aquatica
  73. Farmland biodiversity and agricultural management on 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions
  74. What happens to spider silk with ageing?
  75. Properties of the humic-like material arising from the photo-transformation of l -tyrosine
  76. Regional catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Aosta Valley (NW Italy)
  77. Ecological niche: a study focusing on spiders in artifical mines
  78. Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders of the genus Pimoa (Araneae : Pimoidae)
  79. A new species-complex within the trapdoor spider genus Nemesia Audouin 1826 distributed in northern and central Italy, with descriptions of three new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae)
  80. Environmental drivers of phototrophic biofilms in an Alpine show cave (SW-Italian Alps)
  81. Rodents in grassland habitats: does livestock grazing matter? A comparison of two Alpine sites with different grazing histories
  82. The Mercantour/Alpi Marittime All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI): achievements and prospects
  83. Biogeography of two cave spiders through ecological niche modeling and genetic inferences
  84. Microclimatic niche and dispersal of the beetles Sphodropsis ghilianii and Dellabeffaella roccae
  85. Organic versus conventional systems in viticulture: Comparative effects on spiders and carabids in vineyards and adjacent forests
  86. Nupela troglophila sp. nov., an aerophilous diatom (Bacillariophyta) from the Bossea cave (NW Italy), with notes on its ecology
  87. Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy)
  88. Taxonomic notes onCybaeus vignaiBrignoli, 1977 (Araneae, Cybaeidae) andDysdera cribrataSimon, 1882 (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Italian Maritime Alps
  89. Environmental factors driving the deposition of spider cocoons (Meta menardi) in caves
  90. Stand maturity affects positively ground-dwelling arthropods in a protected beech forest
  91. Asymmetrical responses of forest and “beyond edge” arthropod communities across a forest–grassland ecotone
  92. Interspecific competition through conditional differentiation in two congeneric cave spiders
  93. Diatom flora in subterranean ecosystems: a review
  94. Differentiation among cave populations of the Eukoenenia spelaea species-complex (Arachnida: Palpigradi) in the southwestern Alps
  95. From rural to urban: landscape changes in north-west Italy over two centuries
  96. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order
  97. Parasitoid genus-specific manipulation of orb-web host spiders (Araneae, Araneidae)
  98. Differential responses of ground dwelling arthropods to ski-piste restoration by hydroseeding
  99. Courtship behavior in European species of the genusPardosa(Araneae, Lycosidae)
  100. Signal complexity and modular organization of the courtship behaviours of two sibling species of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)
  101. First assessment of effects of global change on threatened spiders: Potential impacts on Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck) and its conservation plans
  102. Revision of the Histopona italica group (Araneae: Agelenidae), with the description of two new species
  103. UV–vis spectral modifications of water samples under irradiation: Lake vs. subterranean water
  104. Grazing history influences biodiversity: a case study on ground-dwelling arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) in the Natural Park of Alpi Marittime (NW Italy)
  105. Evidence of the Most Stretchable Egg Sac Silk Stalk, of the European Spider of the Year Meta menardi
  106. Landscape changes caused by high altitude ski-pistes affect bird species richness and distribution in the Alps
  107. New troglobitic species of the genusTroglocheles(Acari: Prostigmata: Rhagidiidae) from caves in northern Italy and Austria, with a key to adult species of the genus
  108. Conservation value of artificial subterranean systems: A case study in an abandoned mine in Italy
  109. Arthropod colonisation of a debris-covered glacier
  110. The impact of high-altitude ski pistes on ground-dwelling arthropods in the Alps
  111. Effects of spiders’ predational delays in intensive agroecosystems
  112. Hygropetric and litter-inhabiting spiders (Araneae) from the Abruzzo Apennines (Central Italy)
  113. Spiders as biological controllers in the agroecosystem
  114. The impact of forest ski-pistes on diversity of ground-dwelling arthropods and small mammals in the Alps
  115. Biological controls of intensive agroecosystems: Wanderer spiders in the Langa Astigiana
  116. Notes on the distribution of Berlandina nubivaga with the description of the male (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)
  117. A New Species Of Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) From The Western Italian Alps
  118. Designing a “tailor‐made” ecological network using geographical information systems
  119. Modelling the spiders ballooning effect on the vineyard ecology