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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eileen A. Hebets is primarily affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields they emphasize include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental biology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, neurobiology and insect physiology research, spider taxonomy and behavior studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, plant and animal studies, and amphibian and reptile biology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Eileen A. Hebets are:

  • Noori Choi
  • Rowan H. McGinley
  • Verner P. Bingman
  • Daniel D. Wiegmann
  • James Starrett

The scientist has regularly published in several academic venues. Notable frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Arachnology
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Current Biology
  • The American Naturalist
  • Animal Behaviour

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Sensory biology of whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi)," 2023, Lincoln (University of Nebraska)
  • "Increased signal complexity is associated with increased mating success," 2022, Biology Letters
  • "Ogre-Faced, Net-Casting Spiders Use Auditory Cues to Detect Airborne Prey," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Phylogeny and secondary sexual trait evolution in Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) shows evidence for multiple gains and losses of ornamentation and species delimitation uncertainty," 2022, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Sister species diverge in modality-specific courtship signal form and function," 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Eileen A. Hebets was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Complex signal function: developing a framework of testable hypotheses

    Eileen A. Hebets;Daniel R. Papaj

  • Female mate choice based upon male motor performance

    John Byers;Eileen Hebets;Jeffrey Podos

  • Subadult experience influences adult mate choice in an arthropod: exposed female wolf spiders prefer males of a familiar phenotype.

    Eileen A. Hebets

  • An introduction to multimodal communication

    James P. Higham;Eileen A. Hebets

  • A systems approach to animal communication

    Eileen A. Hebets;Andrew B. Barron;Christopher N. Balakrishnan;Mark E. Hauber

  • Female responses to isolated signals from multimodal male courtship displays in the wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae).

    Eileen A. Hebets;George W. Uetz

  • Attention-altering signal interactions in the multimodal courtship display of the wolf spider Schizocosa uetzi

    Eileen A. Hebets

  • Leg ornamentation and the efficacy of courtship display in four species of wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Eileen A. Hebets;George W. Uetz

  • Embracing multiple definitions of learning.

    Andrew B. Barron;Eileen A. Hebets;Thomas A. Cleland;Courtney L. Fitzpatrick

  • Diet influences mate choice selectivity in adult female wolf spiders

    Eileen A. Hebets;Jennifer Wesson;Paul S. Shamble

  • Female preference for complex/novel signals in a spider

    Damian O. Elias;Eileen A. Hebets;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Experience leads to preference: experienced females prefer brush-legged males in a population of syntopic wolf spiders

    Eileen A. Hebets;Cor J. Vink

  • Courtship effort is a better predictor of mating success than ornamentation for male wolf spiders

    Paul S. Shamble;Dustin J. Wilgers;Katharine A. Swoboda;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Diversification under sexual selection: the relative roles of mate preference strength and the degree of divergence in mate preferences

    Rafael L. Rodríguez;Janette W. Boughman;David A. Gray;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Complex courtship displays facilitate male reproductive success and plasticity in signaling across variable environments

    Dustin J. Wilgers;Eileen A. Hebets

  • The dominance of seismic signaling and selection for signal complexity in Schizocosa multimodal courtship displays

    Eileen A. Hebets;Cor J. Vink;Cor J. Vink;Laura Sullivan-Beckers;Malcolm F. Rosenthal

  • Seismic signal dominance in the multimodal courtship display of the wolf spider Schizocosa stridulans Stratton 1991

    Eileen A. Hebets

  • Substrate-dependent signalling success in the wolf spider, Schizocosa retrorsa

    Eileen A. Hebets;Damian O. Elias;Damian O. Elias;Andrew C. Mason;Gary L. Miller

  • Age-related female mating decisions are condition dependent in wolf spiders

    Dustin J. Wilgers;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Geographical variation in male courtship behaviour and sexual isolation in wolf spiders of the genus Schizocosa

    Gary L Miller;Gail E Stratton;Patricia R Miller;Eileen Hebets

  • The behavioral ecology of amblypygids

    Kenneth J. Chapin;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Costs and benefits of freezing behaviour in the harvestman Eumesosoma roeweri (Arachnida, Opiliones).

    Marie-Claire Chelini;Rodrigo H. Willemart;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Xenophilic mating preferences among populations of the jumping spider Habronattus pugillis Griswold

    Eileen A. Hebets;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them.

    Stefano Mammola;Stefano Mammola;Peter Michalik;Eileen A. Hebets;Marco Isaia;Marco Isaia

  • Females are choosier in the dark: environment-dependent reliance on courtship components and its impact on fitness.

    Aaron S. Rundus;Laura Sullivan-Beckers;Dustin J. Wilgers;Eileen A. Hebets

  • A signal-substrate match in the substrate-borne component of a multimodal courtship display

    Damian O. Elias;Andrew C. Mason;Eileen A. Hebets

  • The degree of response to increased predation risk corresponds to male secondary sexual traits

    Kasey D. Fowler-Finn;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Female mate choice for multimodal courtship and the importance of the signaling background for selection on male ornamentation

    Jay A. Stafstrom;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Habitat and courtship behavior of the wolf spider Schizocosa retrorsa (banks) (Araneae, Lycosidae)

    Eileen A. Hebets;Gail E. Stratton;Gary L. Miller

  • Different patterns of behavioral variation across and within species of spiders with differing degrees of urbanization

    Simona Kralj-Fišer;Simona Kralj-Fišer;Eileen A. Hebets;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner

  • Spontaneous male death and monogyny in the dark fishing spider.

    Steven K. Schwartz;William E. Wagner;Eileen A. Hebets

Frequent Co-Authors

Verner P. Bingman
Verner P. Bingman Bowling Green State University
Ronald R. Hoy
Ronald R. Hoy Cornell University
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)
Gary L. Miller
Gary L. Miller Carnegie Mellon University
Marco Isaia
Marco Isaia University of Turin
Rafael Rodríguez
Rafael Rodríguez University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
George W. Uetz
George W. Uetz University of Cincinnati
Wayne P. Maddison
Wayne P. Maddison University of British Columbia
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University

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