Research Publications
Dr. Craig S. Hieber


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Dissertations

  • Hieber, C.S. 1975. Web Orientation and Modification to Wind and Light in the Spiders Araneus diadematus and Araneus gemmoides (Araneae: Araneidae). M.S. Thesis, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. 100 pp.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1984. The Role of Cocoons of Orb-weaving Spiders. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 155 pp.

Research Papers

  • Hieber, C.S. 1979. Short Communication: Web orientation to wind and light by the spiders Araneus diadematus andAraneus gemmoides (Araneae: Araneidae). Proceedings of theNorth Dakota Academy of Sciences, 31: 51.

  • Hieber, C.S. and J.A. Cohen. 1983. Sexual selection in thelovebug, Plecia nearctica: The role of male choice. Evolution, 37: 987-992.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1984. Scientific Notes: Egg predators of the cocoons of the spider Mecynogea lemniscata (Araneae: Araneidae): Rearing and population data. Florida Entomologist, 67: 176-178.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1984. Orientation and modification of the web to wind and light by the spiders Araneus diadematus and Araneus gemmoides (Araneae: Araneidae). Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, 65: 250-260.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1985. The "insulation" layer in thecocoons of Argiope aurantia (Araneae: Araneidae). Journalof Thermal Biology, 10: 171-175.

  • Caine, L. and C.S. Hieber. 1987. Research Note: Web orientation to light by thespider Mangora gibberosa (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal ofArachnology, 15: 263-265.

  • Hieber, C.S. and G.W. Uetz. 1990. Colony size and parasitoid loadin two species of colonial Metepeira spiders from Mexico (Araneae:Araneidae). Oecologia, 82: 145-150.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1992. The role of spider cocoons in controlling desiccation. Oecologia, 89: 442-448.

  • Hieber, C.S. 1992. Spider cocoons and their suspension systems as barriers to generalist and specialist predators. Oecologia, 91: 530-535.

  • Uetz, G.W. and C.S. Hieber. 1994. Group size and predation risk incolonial web- building spiders: analysis of attack-abatement mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology, 5(3): 326-333.

  • Uetz, G.W., C.S. Hieber, E.M. Jakob, R. S. Wilcox, D. Kroeger, A.McCrate, and A. Mostrom. 1994. Behavior of orb-weaving spiders during a solar eclipse. Ethology, 96: 24-32.

  • Uetz, G.W. and C.S. Hieber. 1997. Colonial web-building spiders;balancing the costs and benefits of group living. (In J.C. Chou and B.J.Crespi, Eds. The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids, Cambridge University Press.

  • Uetz, G.W., J. Boyle, C.S. Hieber, and R. Stimson Wilcox. 2002. Anti-predator benefits of living in colonial web-building spiders - the Òearly warningÓ effect. Animal Behavior.


  • Hieber, C.S., G. W. Uetz, J. Boyle, and R. S. Wilcox. The spider and the fly revisited: Ploy-counterploy behavioral coevolution in a unique predatory-prey system (in review; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology).


  • Uetz, G.W., C.S. Hieber, and J. Boyle. Wasp attack, colonialwebs, and the "early warning" hypothesis (inpreparation).


  • Hieber, C.S. Decision making in the spiderAchearanea tepidariorum (in preparation).