Recent peer-reviewed publications by the AME-Lab
Talukder, M.B., C.H.G. Müller, A. Fischer, V. Mahimkar, J. O. Wolff, G. B. Uhl. 2025.
The chemosensory toolkit of a cursorial spider. Communications Biology. 8:1733
doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09127-z
Fischer, A., R. Gries, C.A. Roman-Torres, A. Divereddy, G. Gries. 2025.
Glandular quinoline-derivates protect crustacean woodlice from spider predation.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22, 20250260, doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0260
Fischer, A, A. J. Fischer, R. Gries, E. Hung, K. Lau, A. Monfared, G. Gries. 2025.
Identification and seasonal abundance of web- and air-borne sex pheromone components
of western black widow spiders, Latrodectus hesperus.
Journal of Chemical Ecology. 51:36, doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-01590-6
Fischer, A, N. De Vita, S. Phillips Sproule, G. Gries. 2024.
Starving infecund widow spiders maintain sexual attractiveness and trade off safety for
enhanced prey capture. iScience. 27:110722, doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110722
Fischer, A, A.Roman-Torres, Vurdela, Lee, Bahar, R. Gries, Alamsetti, Chen, G. Gries. 2023
Non-targeted metabolomics aids in sex pheromone identification – a proof-of-concept
study with the triangulate cobweb spider, Steatoda triangulosa.
Scientific Reports. 13:18426, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44948-0
Fischer, A, Y. Fernando, A. Preston, S. Moniz-de-Sa, G. Gries. 2023.
Widow spiders alter web-architecture and -attractiveness in response to same-sex
competition for prey and mates and predation risk.
Communications Biology. 6:1028, doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05392-y
Fischer, A, R. Gries, S.K. Alamsetti, E. Hung, A.C. Roman-Torres, S. Fernando, S. Meraj,
W. Ren, R. Britton, G. Gries. 2022.
Origin, structure, and functional transition of contact pheromone components to
volatile male attractant pheromone components in a widow spider.
Communications Biology. 5:1156, doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04072-7
Fischer A, S. Schulz, M. Ayasse, G. Uhl. 2021.
Pheromone communication among sexes of the cross spider Araneus diadematus.
The Science of Nature, 108:38, doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01747-9
Fischer A, Y. Lee, T. Dong, G. Gries. 2021.
Know your foe – Synanthropic spiders are deterred by semiochemicals of European
fire ants.
Royal Society Open Science, 8:210279, doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210279
Fischer A, S. MacLennan, R. Gries, G. Gries. 2021.
Herbivore-induced plant volatiles do not affect settling decisions by synanthropic spiders.
Chemoecology, 31:201-208, doi.org/10.1007/s00049-021-00340-w
Fischer A, X. H. Goh, J.-L. S. Varney, A. J. Blake, S. Takács, G. Gries. 2020.
Multimodal and multifunctional signaling? – Web reduction courtship behavior in a
North American population of the false black widow spider.
PLOS ONE, 15:e0228988, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228988
Fischer A, E. Hung, N. Amiri, G. Gries. 2020.
Mine or Thine- Indiscriminate responses to own and conspecific webs by a cobweb
spider.
Journal of Ethology, 38:241-245, doi.org/10.1007/s10164-020-00641-7
Fischer, A. 2019.
Chemical communication in spiders – a methodological review.
Journal of Arachnology 47: 1-27, doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.1
Fischer, A., E. Hung, G. Gries. 2019.
Female false black widow spiders, Steatoda grossa, recognize webs based on physical
and chemical cues.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 167:803-810, doi.org/10.1111/eea.12825
Fischer, A., Y. Lee, J. Stewart, G. Gries. 2018.
Dodging sexual conflict? – Sub-adult females of a web building spider stay cryptic to
mate-seeking adult males.
Ethology 124: 838-843. doi.org/10.1111/eth.12807
Fischer, A., M. Ayasse, and M.C.B. Andrade. 2018.
Natural compounds as spider repellents: Fact or Myth?
Journal of Economic Entomology 111: 314-318. doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox339
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