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Trine Bilde is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has an extensive research portfolio centered on the biology and ecology of social spiders and their associated microbiomes.

Their research spans several main fields of study, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields addressed in their work include Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The primary topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Trine Bilde has published research papers in various venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Ecology

Some recent publications include:

  • "Antimicrobial Compounds in the Volatilome of Social Spider Communities," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microbiomes and Specific Symbionts of Social Spiders: Compositional Patterns in Host Species, Populations, and Nests," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Does ecological drift explain variation in microbiome composition among groups in a social host species?", 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • "Adapting to climate with limited genetic diversity: Nucleotide,DNA methylation and microbiome variation among populations of the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola," 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "The bacterial and fungal nest microbiomes in populations of the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola," 2021, Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Trine Bilde include:

  • Jesper Bechsgaard
  • Andreas Schramm
  • M. Lund
  • Anne Aagaard
  • Tobias Sandfeld

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution

    Evelyn E. Schwager;Evelyn E. Schwager;Prashant P. Sharma;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Daniel J. Leite

  • Reduced numbers of generalist arthropod predators after crop management

    P. Thorbek;T. Bilde

  • The Evolution of Sociality in Spiders

    Yael Lubin;Trine Bilde

  • Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk

    Kristian W. Sanggaard;Jesper S. Bechsgaard;Xiaodong Fang;Jinjie Duan

  • The value of Collembola from agricultural soils as food for a generalist predator

    Trine Bilde;Jørgen A. Axelsen;Søren Toft

  • Prey preference and egg production of the carabid beetle Agonum dorsale

    Trine Bilde;Søren Toft

  • Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs

    T. Bilde;T. Bilde;K.S. Coates;Klaus Birkhofer;T. Bird

  • Quantifying food limitation of arthropod predators in the field

    Trine Bilde;Søren Toft

  • THE TRANSITION TO SOCIAL INBRED MATING SYSTEMS IN SPIDERS: ROLE OF INBREEDING TOLERANCE IN A SUBSOCIAL PREDECESSOR

    Trine Bilde;Trine Bilde;Yael Lubin;Deborah Smith;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism.

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Kin recognition and cannibalism in a subsocial spider

    T. Bilde;Y. Lubin

  • Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation?

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Individual personalities shape task differentiation in a social spider.

    Lena Grinsted;Jonathan N. Pruitt;Virginia Settepani;Trine Bilde

  • The age and evolution of sociality in Stegodyphus spiders: a molecular phylogenetic perspective

    Jes Johannesen;Yael Lubin;Deborah R Smith;Trine Bilde

  • Benefits of cooperation with genetic kin in a subsocial spider.

    J. M. Schneider;T. Bilde

  • Worthless donations: male deception and female counter play in a nuptial gift-giving spider

    Maria J Albo;Gudrun Winther;Cristina Tuni;Søren Toft

  • Sexual conflict in the wild: elevated mating rate reduces female lifetime reproductive success.

    Alexei A. Maklakov;Trine Bilde;Yael Lubin

  • Vibratory courtship in a web-building spider: signalling quality or stimulating the female?

    Alexei A. Maklakov;Trine Bilde;Yael Lubin

  • Postmating sexual selection favors males that sire offspring with low fitness.

    Trine Bilde;Trine Bilde;Anne Foged;Nadia Schilling;Göran Arnqvist

  • Sexual selection for increased male body size and protandry in a spider

    Alexei A. Maklakov;Trine Bilde;Yael Lubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yael Lubin
Yael Lubin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Søren Toft
Søren Toft Aarhus University
Alexei A. Maklakov
Alexei A. Maklakov University of East Anglia
Jutta M. Schneider
Jutta M. Schneider Universität Hamburg
Gabriele Uhl
Gabriele Uhl University of Greifswald
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Stanislav Pekár
Stanislav Pekár Masaryk University
Jan J. Enghild
Jan J. Enghild Aarhus University
Mikkel H. Schierup
Mikkel H. Schierup Aarhus University

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