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George W. Uetz is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfields include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Global and Planetary Change, and Aquatic Science.

The main topics covered in their body of work consist of Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Aquatic Life and Conservation, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with George W. Uetz include Olivia Bauer-Nilsen, Madeline Lallo, Rachel Gilbert, David L. Clark, and Brent Stoffer.

Key publication venues where George W. Uetz has extensively published are the Journal of Arachnology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Ethology, Animal Behaviour, and the Journal of Fish Biology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by George W. Uetz include:

  • Background contrast affects detection and recognition of courting wolf spiders by intended and unintended receivers, 2024, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Infection-related sexual conflict in mating behaviors of wolf spiders, 2024, Ethology
  • Infection influences vibratory signal components in a wolf spider, 2022, Ethology
  • Learning how to eavesdrop in multiple modalities: a test of associative learning using unimodal and multimodal playback, 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • Limb autotomy and regeneration affect vibratory/seismic courtship signaling and female receptivity in wolf spiders, 2020, Journal of Arachnology

Best Publications

  • Estimating fitness : a comparison of body condition indices

    Elizabeth M. Jakob;Samuel D. Marshall;George W. Uetz

  • Habitat structure and spider foraging

    G. W. Uetz

  • GUILD STRUCTURE OF SPIDERS IN MAJOR CROPS

    George W. Uetz;Juraj Halaj;Alan B. Cady

  • The influence of variation in litter habitats on spider communities.

    George W. Uetz

  • Multisensory cues and multimodal communication in spiders: insights from video/audio playback studies.

    George W. Uetz;J. Andrew Roberts

  • Foraging strategies of spiders.

    George W. Uetz

  • Abundance and community structure of forest floor spiders following litter manipulation.

    Thomas L. Bultman;George W. Uetz

  • Sexual selection, male morphology, and the efficacy of courtship signalling in two wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    S. J. Scheffer;G. W. Uetz;G. E. Stratton

  • Female choice and pre-existing bias: visual cues during courtship in twoSchizocosawolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    William J. McCLINTOCK;George W. Uetz

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

    Eileen A. Hebets;George W. Uetz

  • THE INHERITANCE OF COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR AND ITS ROLE AS A REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATING MECHANISM IN TWO SPECIES OF SCHIZOCOSA WOLF SPIDERS (ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE).

    Gail E. Stratton;George W. Uetz

  • Video image recognition by the jumping spider, Maevia inclemens (Araneae: Salticidae)

    David L. Clark;George W. Uetz

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

    Eileen A. Hebets;George W. Uetz

  • Sexual cannibalism and mate choice decisions in wolf spiders: influence of male size and secondary sexual characters

    Matthew H. Persons;George W. Uetz

  • INFLUENCE OF FEEDING REGIME ON BODY SIZE, BODY CONDITION AND A MALE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTER IN SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA WOLF SPIDERS (ARANEAE, LYCOSIDAE): CONDITION-DEPENDENCE IN A VISUAL SIGNALING TRAIT

    George W. Uetz;Randi Papke;Beril Kilinc

  • Information content of female chemical signals in the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata: male discrimination of reproductive state and receptivity

    J. Andrew Roberts;George W. Uetz

  • Coexistence in a Guild of Wandering Spiders

    George W. Uetz

  • Modular Habitat Refugia Enhance Generalist Predators and Lower Plant Damage in Soybeans

    Juraj Halaj;Alan B. Cady;George W. Uetz

  • Temporal and Spatial Variation in Species Diversity of Wandering Spiders (Araneae) in Deciduous Forest Litter

    George W. Uetz

  • Acoustic communication and reproductive isolation in two species of wolf spiders.

    Gail E. Stratron;George W. Uetz

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy N. Cameron
Guy N. Cameron University of Cincinnati
Eileen A. Hebets
Eileen A. Hebets University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Amy Pruden
Amy Pruden Virginia Tech
Ann L. Rypstra
Ann L. Rypstra Miami University
Lowell L. Getz
Lowell L. Getz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Caraco
Thomas Caraco University at Albany, State University of New York
Luc-Alain Giraldeau
Luc-Alain Giraldeau University of Quebec at Montreal
Rosemary G. Gillespie
Rosemary G. Gillespie University of California, Berkeley

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