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Albo Grana, M. J., Bidegaray-Batista, L., Bechsgaard, J. S., Cruz da Silva, E. L., Bilde, T. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2017). Molecular phylogenetic analyses show that Trechaleidae and Lycosidae are sister groups. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 17(4), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2017.17.4.169

Albo, M. J., Macias-Hernandez, N., Bilde, T. & Toft, S. (2017). Mutual benefit from exploitation of female foraging motivation may account for the early evolution of gifts in spiders. Animal Behaviour, 129(July), 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.05.001

Ghislandi, P. G., Beyer, M., Velado, P. & Tuni, C. (2017). Silk wrapping of nuptial gifts aids cheating behaviour in male spiders. Behavioral Ecology, 28(3), 744-749. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx028

Thorsen, C. K., Schild, S.-L. A., Rangstrup-Christensen, L., Bilde, T. & Pedersen, L. J. (2017). The effect of farrowing duration on maternal behavior of hyperprolific sows in organic outdoor production. Livestock Science, 204, 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2017.08.015

Schwager, E. E., Sharma, P. P., Clarke, T., Leite, D. J., Wierschin, T., Pechmann, M., Akiyama-Oda, Y., Esposito, L., Bechsgaard, J., Bilde, T., Buffry, A. D., Chao, H., Dinh, H., Doddapaneni, H., Dugan, S., Eibner, C., Extavour, C. G., Funch, P., Garb, J. ... McGregor, A. P. (2017). The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution. BMC Biology, 15(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0399-x

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Sanggaard, K. W., Dyrlund, T. F., Bechsgaard, J. S., Scavenius, C., Wang, T., Bilde, T. & Enghild, J. J. (2016). The spider hemolymph clot proteome reveals high concentrations of hemocyanin and von Willebrand factor-like proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1864(2), 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.11.004

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Grinsted, L. & Bilde, T. (2013). Effects of within-colony competition on body size asymmetries and reproductive skew in a social spider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(3), 553-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12072

Moya-Larano, J., Foellmer, M., Pekar, S., Arnedo, M., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2013). Evolutionary ecology: linking traits, selective pressures and ecological factors. In D. Penney (Ed.), Spider Research in the 21st Century: trends and perspectives (pp. 112-153). Siri Scientific Press.

Ghislandi, P. G., Albo, M. J., Tuni, C. & Bilde, T. (2014). Evolution of deceit by worthless donations in a nuptial gift-giving spider. Current Zoology, 60(1), 43-51.

Albo, M. J., Toft, S. & Bilde, T. (2012). Female spiders ignore condition-dependent information from nuptial gift wrapping when choosing mates. Animal Behaviour, 84(4), 907-912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.014

Berger-tal, R., Tuni, C., Lubin, Y., Smith, D. & Bilde, T. (2014). Fitness consequences of outcrossing in a social spider with an inbreeding mating system. Evolution, 68(2), 343-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12264

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Maklakov, A. A., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2004). Sexual selection for increased male body size and protandry in a spider. Animal Behaviour, 68, 1041-1048.

Bilde, T., Maklakov, A. A., Taylor, P. & Lubin, Y. (2002). State-dependent decisions in the nest site selection by a web-building spider. Animal Behaviour, 64, 447-452.

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

Maklakov, A. A., Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. (2003). Vibratory courtship in a web-building spider: signalling quality or stimulating the female. Animal Behaviour, 66, 623-630.

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Lubin, Y., Birkhoffer, K., Berger-Tal, R. & Bilde, T. (2009). Limited male dispersal in a social spider with extreme inbreeding. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97, 227-234.

Bilde, T., Tuni, C., Elsayed, R., Pekar, S. & Toft, S. (2007). Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation? Animal Behaviour, 73, 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.014

Bilde, T., Foged, A., Schilling, N. & Arnqvist, G. (2009). Postmating sexual selection favors males that sire offspring with low fitness. Science, 324, 1705-1706. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1171675

Ruch, J., Heinrich, L., Bilde, T. & Schnieder, J. (2009). Relatedness facilitates cooperation in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus tentoriicola. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-257

Bilde, T., Maklakov, A. A., Meisner, K., la Guardia, L. & Friberg, U. (2009). Sex differences in the genetic architecture of lifespan in a seed beetle: extreme inbreeding extends male lifespan. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9(33). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-33

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