Publications

2025

Nazipi Bushi, S., Lund, M. B., Sandfeld, T., Nørskov, S. S., Fruergaard, S., Glasius, M., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2025). A modified iChip for in situ cultivation of bacteria in arid environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91(2), e0132524. Article e0132524. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01325-24

Ma, J., Bechsgaard, J. S., Lauridsen, A. A., Villesen, P., Bilde, T. & Schierup, M. H. (2025). The genomic consequences and persistence of sociality in spiders. Genome Research, 35(3), 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.279503.124

Grinsted, L., Royauté, R., Eiserhardt, S., Settepani, V., Dingemanse, N. J. & Bilde, T. (2025). The spiders that lost their personalities: assessing long-term behavioural individuality in social Stegodyphus dumicola. Animal Behaviour, 224, Article 123167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123167

2023

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Charmouh, A. P., Bilde, T., Bocedi, G. & Duthie , A. B. (2023). A general model for the evolution of nuptial gift-giving. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.11.523385

Rose, C., Lund, M. B., Schramm, A., Bilde, T. & Bechsgaard, J. (2023). Does ecological drift explain variation in microbiome composition among groups in a social host species? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(12), 1684-1694. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14228

Martínez Villar, M., Germil, M., Pavón-Peláez, C., Tomasco, I. H., Bilde, T., Toft, S. & Albo, M. J. (2023). Lack of Female Preference for Nuptial Gifts May Have Led to Loss of the Male Sexual Trait. Evolutionary Biology, 50(3), 318-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-023-09606-3

Bonte, D., Rose, C., Bastiaensen, T., Jesper Bechsgaard, J., Bilde, T., Dahirel, M., De Wolf, K., Thylys, H., Uytterschaut, T. & Vanthournout, B. (2023). Urbanization impacts short- but not long-distance natal dispersal in a common orb web spider. Oikos, 2023(12), Article e10278. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10278

2026

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2024

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Fisher, D. N., Bechsgaard, J. & Bilde, T. (2024). Exploring changes in social spider DNA methylation profiles in all cytosine contexts following infection. Heredity, 133(6), 410-417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-024-00724-y

Junghanns, A., Bilde, T., Lubin, Y. & Uhl, G. (2024). Facultative iteroparity in a semelparous social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae: Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology, 52(1), 23-25. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-22-006

Martínez Villar, M., Bechsgaard, J., Bilde, T., Albo, M. J. & Tomasco, I. H. (2024). Impact of pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism on genetic diversity and efficacy of selection. Biology Letters, 20(5), Article 20230505. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0505

Aagaard, A., Bechsgaard, J., Sørensen, J. G., Sandfeld, T., Settepani, V., Bird, T. L., Lund, M. B., Malmos, K. G., Falck-Rasmussen, K., Darolti, I., Nielsen, K. L., Johannsen, M., Vosegaard, T., Tregenza, T., Verhoeven, K. J. F., Mank, J. E., Schramm, A. & Bilde, T. (2024). Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Tolerance Plasticity in an Arthropod. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(8), Article evae165. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae165

Ortego, J., Albrecht, M., Báldi, A., Bilde, T., Craig, S. B. B., Herrera, J. M., Hood, A. S. C., Kleijn, D., Maurer, C., Molina, F. P., Öckinger, E., Potts, S. G., Settepani, V., Thomsen, P. F., Trillo, M., Vajna, F., Velado-Alonso, E. & Bartomeus, I. (2024). Seminatural areas act as reservoirs of genetic diversity for crop pollinators and natural enemies across Europe. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(5), Article e13080. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13080

Ho, T. A. T., Downing, P. A., Schou, M. F., Bechsgaard, J., Thomsen, P. F., Jorgensen, T. H. & Bilde, T. (2024). The relationship between neutral genetic diversity and performance in wild arthropod populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 37(10), 1170-1180. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae099

2022

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Lammers , A., Bushi, S. N., Zweers, H., Bilde, T., Schramm, A., Garbeva, P. & Lalk, M. (2022). Antimicrobial volatiles emitted by members of the nest microbiome of social spiders. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 369(1), Article fnac088. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnac088

Walter, A. & Bilde, T. (2022). Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group-feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35(3), 391-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13976

Grinsted, L., Schou, M. F., Settepani, V., Holm, C., Chobolo, L. L., Dintwe, G. M. & Bilde, T. (2022). Diverging cooperative prey capture strategies in convergently evolved social spiders. Journal of Arachnology, 50(2), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-20-097

Charmouh, A. P., Reid, J. M., Bilde, T. & Bocedi, G. (2022). Eco-evolutionary extinction and recolonization dynamics reduce genetic load and increase time to extinction in highly inbred populations. Evolution, 76(11), 2482-2497. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14620

Rose, C., Schramm, A., Irish, J., Bilde, T. & Bird, T. L. (2022). Host Plant Availability and Nest-Site Selection of the Social Spider Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 (Eresidae). Insects, 13(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010030

Parthasarathy, B., Müller, M., Bilde, T. & Schneider, J. M. (2022). Hunger state and not personality determines task participation in a spider society. Animal Behaviour, 190, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.06.002

Bechsgaard, J., Jorgensen, T. H., Jønsson, A. K., Schou, M. & Bilde, T. (2022). Impaired immune function accompanies social evolution in spiders. Biology Letters, 18(12), Article 20220331. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0331

Bang Nielsen, S. M., Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (2022). Macronutrient niches and field limitation in a woodland assemblage of harvestmen. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(3), 593-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13649

Sandfeld, T., Malmos, K. G., Nielsen, C. B., Lund, M. B., Aagaard, A., Bechsgaard, J., Wurster, M., Lalk, M., Johannsen, M., Vosegaard, T., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2022). Metabolite Profiling of the Social Spider Stegodyphus dumicola Along a Climate Gradient. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 841490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.841490

Matzke, M., Toft, S., Bechsgaard, J., Pold Vilstrup, A., Uhl, G., Künzel, S., Tuni, C. & Bilde, T. (2022). Sperm competition intensity affects sperm precedence patterns in a polyandrous gift-giving spider. Molecular Ecology, 31(8), 2435-2452. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16405

Busck, M. M., Lund, M. B., Bird, T. L., Bechsgaard, J. S., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2022). Temporal and spatial microbiome dynamics across natural populations of the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98(2), Article fiac015. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac015

Rose, C., Kyneb, S., Schou, M. F., Bechsgaard, J. & Bilde, T. (2022). The role of inter-individual intolerance in group cohesion and the transition to sociality in spiders. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35(7), 1020-1026. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14032

2021

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Nazipi, S., Vangkilde, S., Busck, M. M., Lund, D. K., Marshall, I. P. G., Bilde, T., Lund, M. B. & Schramm, A. (2021). An antimicrobial Staphylococcus sciuri with broad temperature and salt spectrum isolated from the surface of the African social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: Journal of Microbiology, 114(3), 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01526-6

Lammers , A., Zweers, H., Sandfeld, T., Bilde, T., Garbeva, P., Schramm, A. & Lalk, M. (2021). Antimicrobial Compounds in the Volatilome of Social Spider Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 700693. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.700693

Bilde, T. (2021). Assessing the role of host-symbiont interactions in maternal care behaviour. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100121

Malmos, K. G., Lüdeking, A. H., Vosegaard, T., Aagaard, A., Bechsgaard, J., Sørensen, J. G. & Bilde, T. (2021). Behavioural and physiological responses to thermal stress in a social spider. Functional Ecology, 35(12), 2728-2742. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13921

Bilde, T. & Fumagalli, M. (2021). Determinants of population genetic structure in co-occurring freshwater snails. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100130

Tregenza, T., Rodríguez-Muñoz, R., Boonekamp, J. J., Hopwood, P. E., Sørensen, J. G., Bechsgaard, J., Settepani, V., Hegde, V., Waldie, C., May, E., Peters, C., Pennington, Z., Leone, P., Munk, E. M., Greenrod, S. T. E., Gosling, J., Coles, H., Gruffydd, R., Capria, L. ... Bilde, T. (2021). Evidence for genetic isolation and local adaptation in the field cricket Gryllus campestris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(10), 1624-1636. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13911

Nazipi, S., Elberg, C. L., Busck, M. M., Lund, M. B., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2021). The bacterial and fungal nest microbiomes in populations of the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 44(4), Article 126222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126222

Fruergaard, S., Lund, M. B., Schramm, A., Vosegaard, T. & Bilde, T. (2021). The myth of antibiotic spider silk. iScience, 24(10), Article 103125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103125

2020

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Busck, M. M., Settepani, V., Bechsgaard, J., Lund, M. B., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2020). Microbiomes and Specific Symbionts of Social Spiders: Compositional Patterns in Host Species, Populations, and Nests. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 1845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01845

Grinsted, L., Schou, M. F., Settepani, V., Holm, C., Bird, T. L. & Bilde, T. (2020). Prey to predator body size ratio in the evolution of cooperative hunting—a social spider test case. Development Genes and Evolution, 230(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-019-00640-w

2019

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Krehenwinkel, H., Meese, S., Mayer, C., Ruch, J., Schneider, J. M., Bilde, T., Künzel, S., Henderson, J. B., Russack, J., Simison, W. B., Gillespie, R. & Uhl, G. (2019). Cost effective microsatellite isolation and genotyping by high throughput sequencing. Journal of Arachnology, 47(2), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-16-017

Sandfeld, T., Busck, M. M., Bilde, T., Lund, M. B. & Schramm, A. (2019). Diversity, Localization, and Microenvironments of the Specific Bacterial Symbionts of Social Spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola). Poster session presented at Gordon Research Conference on Animal-Microbe Symbioses, West Dover, Vermont, United States.

Liu, S., Aagaard, A., Bechsgaard, J. & Bilde, T. (2019). DNA Methylation Patterns in the Social Spider, Stegodyphus dumicola. Genes, 10(2), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10020137

Nielsen, S. S. F., Weiss, S., Nazipi, S., Marshall, I. P. G., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis SB-14, an Antimicrobially Active Isolate from Namibian Social Spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola). Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(25), Article e00156-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00156-19

Bechsgaard, J., Schou, M. F., Vanthournout, B., Hendrickx, F., Knudsen, B., Settepani, V., Schierup, M. H. & Bilde, T. (2019). Evidence for Faster X Chromosome Evolution in Spiders. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(6), 1281-1293. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz074

Ehlers, B. & Bilde, T. (2019). Inclusive fitness, asymmetric competition and kin selection in plants. Oikos, 128(6), 765-774. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06390

Albo Grana, M. J., Franco-Trecu, V., Wojciechowski, F., Toft, S. & Bilde, T. (2019). Maintenance of deceptive gifts in a natural spider population: ecological and demographic factors. Behavioral Ecology, 30(4), 993-1000. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz040

Tuni, C., Mestre, L., Berger-Tal, R., Lubin, Y. & Bilde, T. (2019). Mate choice in naturally inbred spiders: testing the role of relatedness. Animal Behaviour, 157, 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.08.015

Junghanns, A., Holm, C., Schou, M. F., Overgaard, J., Malte, H., Uhl, G. & Bilde, T. (2019). Physiological adaptations to extreme maternal and allomaternal care in spiders. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, Article 305. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00305

2018

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Schendel, V., Junghanns, A., Bilde, T. & Uhl, G. (2018). Comparative female genital morphology in Stegodyphus spiders (Araneae: Eresidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 273, 240-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2018.01.011

Majer, M., Holm, C., Lubin, Y. & Bilde, T. (2018). Cooperative foraging expands dietary niche but does not offset intra-group competition for resources in social spiders. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 11828. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30199-x

Vanthournout, B., Busck, M. M., Bechsgaard, J., Hendrickx, F., Schramm, A. & Bilde, T. (2018). Male spiders control offspring sex ratio through greater production of female-determining sperm. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1875), Article 20172887. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2887

Sandfeld, T., Wurster, M., Malmos, K., Bechsgaard, J. S., Lalk, M., Vosegaard, T., Bilde, T. & Schramm, A. (2018). Metabolite Profiling of Social Spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola) along a Climate Gradient. Poster session presented at 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Leipzig, Germany.

Malmos, K., Gouilleux, B. A., Sønderskov, P., Andersen, T., Frambøl, J. V. & Vosegaard, T. (2018). Quantification of Ammonium Phosphatide Emulsifiers in Chocolate Using ³¹P NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 66(39), 10309–10316. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b04379

Ghislandi, P. G., Pekar, S., Matzke, M., Schulte-Doeinghaus, S., Bilde, T. & Tuni, C. (2018). Resource availability, mating opportunity and sexual selection intensity influence the expression of male alternative reproductive tactics. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31(7), 1035-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13284

2017

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Walter, A., Bechsgaard, J., Scavenius, C., Dyrlund, T. S., Sanggaard, K. W., Enghild, J. J. & Bilde, T. (2017). Characterisation of protein families in spider digestive fluids and their role in extra-oral digestion. BMC Genomics, 18, Article 600. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3987-9

Bechsgaard, J., Jorgensen, T. H. & Schierup, M. H. (2017). Evidence for Adaptive Introgression of Disease Resistance Genes Among Closely Related Arabidopsis Species. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Bethesda), 7(8), 2677-2683. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.043984

Settepani, V., Schou, M. F., Greve, M., Grinsted, L., Bechsgaard, J. & Bilde, T. (2017). Evolution of sociality in spiders leads to depleted genomic diversity at both population and species levels. Molecular Ecology, 26(16), 4197-4210. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14196

Junghanns, A., Holm, C., Schou, M. F., Sorensen, A. B., Uhl, G. & Bilde, T. (2017). Extreme allomaternal care and unequal task participation by unmated females in a cooperatively breeding spider. Animal Behaviour, 132, 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.08.006

Tuni, C., Weber, S., Bilde, T. & Uhl, G. (2017). Male spiders reduce pre- and postmating sexual investment in response to sperm competition risk. Behavioral Ecology, 28(4), 1030-1036. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx061

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2016

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Vanthournout, B., Greve, M., Bruun, A., Bechsgaard, J. S., Overgaard, J. & Bilde, T. (2016). Benefits of group living include increased feeding efficiency and lower mass loss during desiccation in the social and inbreeding spider Stegodyphus dumicola. Frontiers in Physiology, 7(FEB), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00018

Bechsgaard, J. S., Vanthournout, B., Funch, P., Vestbo, S., Gibbs, R. A., Richards, S., Sanggaard, K. W., Enghild, J. J. & Bilde, T. (2016). Comparative genomic study of arachnid immune systems indicates loss of beta-1,3-glucanase-related proteins and the immune deficiency pathway. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(2), 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12780

Henriksen, S., Bilde, T. & Riber, A. B. (2016). Effects of post-hatch brooding temperature on broiler behavior, welfare, and growth. Poultry Science, 95(10), 2235-2243. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pew224

Settepani, V., Bechsgaard, J. S. & Bilde, T. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis suggests that sociality is associated with reduced effectiveness of selection: Reduced selection in inbred social spiders. Ecology and Evolution, 6(2). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1886/full

Toft, S. & Albo, M. J. (2016). The shield effect: nuptial gifts protect males against pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism. Biology Letters, 12(5), Article 20151082. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.1082

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2015

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Berger-Tal, R., Lubin, Y., Settepani, V., Majer, M., Bilde, T. & Tuni, C. (2015). Evidence for loss of nepotism in the evolution of permanent sociality. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 13284. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13284

Ghislandi, P. G., Bilde, T. & Tuni, C. (2015). Extreme male mating behaviours: anecdotes in a nuptial gift-giving spider. Journal of Arachnology, 16(8), 273-275. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2015.16.8.273

Majer, M., Svenning, J.-C. & Bilde, T. (2015). Habitat productivity predicts the global distribution of social spiders. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3, Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00101

Settepani, V., Bilde, T. & Grinsted, L. (2015). Temporarily social spiders do not show personality-based task differentiation. Animal Behaviour, 105, 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.006

2010-2014

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Hrusková-Martisová, M., Pekár, S. & Bilde, T. (2010). Coercive copopulation in two sexually cannibalistic camel-spider species (Arachnida: Solifugae). Journal of Zoology, 282, 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00718.x

Tuni, C. & Bilde, T. (2010). No preference for novel mating partners in the polyandrous nuptial-feeding spider Pisaura mirabilis (Araneae: Pisauridae). Animal Behaviour, 80, 435-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.029

Albo, M. J., Toft, S. & Bilde, T. (2011). Condition dependence of male nuptial gift construction in the spider Pisaura mirabilis (Pisauridae). Journal of Ethology, 29(3), 473-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-011-0281-1

Grinsted, L., Bilde, T. & d'Ettorre, P. (2011). Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential kin recognition cues in a subsocial spider. Behavioral Ecology, 22(6), 1187-1194. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr105

Abbot, P., Wrangham, R., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Michalakis, Y., Alpedrinha, J. A. C., Biernaskie, J. M., Brown, S., Buckling, A., Burton-Chellew, M. N., Mouden, C. E., Foster, K., Gardner, A., Grafen, A., Harvey, P. H., Jiricny, N., Kacelnik, A., Santorelli, L. ... Zink, A. (2011). Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09831

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Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (2000). Evaluation of prey for the spider Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in single-species and mixed-species diets. Ekologia, 19, 9-18.

Bilde, T., Axelsen, J. A. & Toft, S. (2000). The Value of Collembola from Agricultural Soils as Food for a Generalist Predator. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37, 672-683.

Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2001). Kin-recognition and cannibalism in a subsocial spider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14, 959-966.

Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (2001). The value of three cereal aphid species as food for a generalist predator. Physiological Entomology, 26, 58-68.

Toft, S., Bilde, T. & Holland.J.M. (Ed.) (2002). Carabid Diets and Food Value. In The Agroecology of Carabid Beetles (pp. 81-110)

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2005-2009

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Bilde, T., Tuni, C., Elsayed, R., Pekàr, S. & Toft, S. (2005). Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism. Biology Letters, 2, 23-25.

Maklakov, A. A., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2005). Sexual Conflict in the Wild: Elevated Mating Rate Reduces Female Lifetime Reproductive Success. The American Naturalist, 165 suppl., S38-S45.

Bilde, T., Lubin, Y., Smith, D., Schneider, J. M. & Maklakov, A. A. (2005). The transition to social inbred mating systems in spiders: role of inbreeding tolerance in a subsocial predecessor. Evolution, 59(1), 160-174.

Maklakov, A. A., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2006). Inter-sexual combat and resource allocation into body parts in the spider, Stegodyphus lineatus. Ecological Entomology, 31, 564-567.

Bilde, T., Maklakov, A. A. & Schilling, N. (2007). Inbreeding avoidance in spiders: evidence for rescue effect in fecundity of female spiders with outbreeding opportunity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(3), 1237-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01280.x

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1994-1999

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Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (1994). Prey preference and egg production of the carabid beetle Agonum dorsale. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 73, 151-156.

Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (1997). Consumption by carabid beetles of three cereal aphid species relative to other prey types. BioControl, 42, 21-32.

Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (1997). Limited predation capacity by generalist arthropod predators on the cereal aphic Rhopalosiphum padi. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 15, 143-150.

Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (1998). Quantifying food limitation of arthropod predators in the field. Oecologia, 54-58.

Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (1999). Prey consumption and fecundity of the carabid beetle Calathus melanocephalus on diets of three cereal aphids: high consumption of low-quality prey. Pedobiologia, 43, 422-429.

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