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Ann L. Rypstra is affiliated with Miami University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main research topics covered in Rypstra's publications include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, and Radioactive Contamination and Transfer.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rypstra include:

  • Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology: A consensus perspective, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Contests between web spiders: patience as a strategy for successful invasion, 2020, Biological Invasions
  • The effects of environmental light on the role of male chemotactile cues in wolf spider mating interactions, 2022, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Egg sac recognition and fostering in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (araneae: lycosidae) and its effects on spiderling survival, 2021, Ethology
  • Herbicide changes the role of body condition in mating interactions of a wolf spider but courtship is primarily affected by female immunity, 2024, Ethology

Rypstra has frequently published in venues such as Ethology, Behavioural Processes, The Science of The Total Environment, Biological Invasions, and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Collaborations form an important component of Rypstra's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexander R. Salazar
  • Hailey Shannon
  • Jake A. Godfrey
  • Alexander Dean Berry
  • Olin E. Rhodes

The combination of topics and frequent publication venues suggests a focus on ecological dynamics, animal behavior, and the physiological mechanisms underlying spider and insect interactions. Their work also touches on environmental impacts such as radioactive contamination and the effects of herbicides on mating behavior.

Best Publications

  • ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF AGRICULTURAL HABITATS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SPIDER INHABITANTS

    Ann L. Rypstra;Paul E. Carter;Robert A. Balfour;Samuel D. Marshall

  • Habitat selection in a large orb-weaving spider: vegetational complexity determines site selection and distribution.

    Bonnie Jean Mcnett;Ann Lundie Rypstra

  • Wolf spider predator avoidance tactics and survival in the presence of diet-associated predator cues (Araneae: Lycosidae).

    M.H. Persons;S.E. Walker;A.L. Rypstra;S.D. Marshall

  • Top-Down Effects in Soybean Agroecosystems: Spider Density Affects Herbivore Damage

    Paul E. Carter;Ann L. Rypstra

  • WOLF SPIDERS SHOW GRADED ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR IN THE PRESENCE OF CHEMICAL CUES FROM DIFFERENT SIZED PREDATORS

    M. H. Persons;A. L. Rypstra

  • Exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide affects agrobiont predatory arthropod behaviour and long-term survival.

    Samuel C. Evans;Emma M. Shaw;Ann L. Rypstra

  • The importance of food and space in limiting web-spider densities; a test using field enclosures

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  • Fitness costs and benefits of antipredator behavior mediated by chemotactile cues in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Matthew H. Persons;Sean E. Walker;Ann L. Rypstra

  • Mutual Mate Assessment in Wolf Spiders: Differences in the Cues Used by Males and Females

    Ann L. Rypstra;Christina Wieg;Sean E. Walker;Matthew H. Persons

  • The nutritional content of prey affects the foraging of a generalist arthropod predator.

    Jason M. Schmidt;Peter Sebastian;Shawn M. Wilder;Ann L. Rypstra

  • Preference for Chemical Cues Associated with Recent Prey in the Wolf Spider Hogna helluo (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Matthew H. Persons;Ann L. Rypstra

  • Airborne Chemical Communication in the Wolf Spider Pardosa milvina

    L. E. Searcy;A. L. Rypstra;M. H. Persons

  • PREY SIZE, SOCIAL COMPETITION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE DIVISION OF LABOR IN SOCIAL SPIDER GROUPS

    Ann Lundie Rypstra

  • The Effect of Predator Chemical Cue Age on Antipredator Behavior in the Wolf Spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Mark C. Barnes;Matthew H. Persons;Ann L. Rypstra

  • Building a better insect trap; An experimental investigation of prey capture in a variety of spider webs

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  • The effect of kleptoparasitism on prey consumption and web relocation in a Peruvian population of the spider Nephila clavipes

    Ann L. Rypstra

  • Evolutionarily costly courtship displays in a wolf spider: a test of viability indicator theory

    Chad D. Hoefler;Matthew H. Persons;Ann L. Rypstra

  • The effects of hunger on locomotory behaviour in two species of wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae)

    Sean E. Walker;Samuel D. Marshall;Ann L. Rypstra;Douglus H. Taylor

  • The Importance of Ecological and Phylogenetic Conditions for the Occurrence and Frequency of Sexual Cannibalism

    Shawn M. Wilder;Ann L. Rypstra;Mark A. Elgar

  • Sexual dimorphism in trophic morphology and feeding behavior of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) as a result of differences in reproductive roles

    Sean E Walker;Ann L Rypstra

  • Web spiders in temperate and tropical forests relative abundance and environmental correlates

    Ann L. Rypstra

  • Patterns in the Distribution of Two Wolf Spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) in Two Soybean Agroecosytems

    Samuel D. Marshall;Samuel D. Marshall;Ann L. Rypstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Buddle
Christopher M. Buddle McGill University
James D. Harwood
James D. Harwood University of Kentucky
Thomas O. Crist
Thomas O. Crist Miami University
William J. McShea
William J. McShea Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
George W. Uetz
George W. Uetz University of Cincinnati
James C. Beasley
James C. Beasley University of Georgia
Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
Carmel Mothersill
Carmel Mothersill McMaster University
John A. Arnone
John A. Arnone Desert Research Institute
Mark A. Elgar
Mark A. Elgar University of Melbourne

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