XIMENA NELSON
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  • Nelson, X. J., Pratt, A. J., Alouch, S. A., Jackson, R. R. 2021. Effects of phytochemicals on predatory decision-making in a spider. Animal Behaviour 177, 69-80. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.04.022
  • Dolev, Y., Nelson, X. J. 2016. Biological relevance affects object recognition in jumping spiders. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 43: 42-53.  doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1070183
  • Dolev, Y., Nelson, X. J. 2014. Innate pattern recognition and categorization in a jumping spider. PLoS ONE 9:e97819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097819. 
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2013. Hunger-driven response by a nectar-eating jumping spider to specific phytochemicals. Chemoecology 23: 149-153. doi:10.1007/s00049-013-0130-5
  • Nelson, X. J., Pratt, A. J., Cheseto, X., Torto, B., Jackson, R. R. 2012. Mediation of a plant-spider association by specific volatile compounds. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38: 1081-1092. doi:10.1007/s10886-012-0175-x
  • Jackson, R. R., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Evarcha culicivora chooses blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes but other East African jumping spiders do not. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26: 233-235. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00986.x
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2012. The discerning predator: decision rules underlying prey classification by a mosquito-eating jumping spider. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2255-2261. doi:10.1242/jeb.069609
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2012. Fine tuning of vision-based prey-choice decisions by a predator that targets malaria vectors. Journal of Arachnology 40: 23-33. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/Hill-61
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2011. Evidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spider. Journal of Arachnology 39: 378-383. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000132
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2006. A predator from East Africa that chooses malaria vectors as preferred prey. PLoS ONE 1(1): e132. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000132.
  • Jackson, R. R., Nelson, X. J., Sune, G. O. 2005. A spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing female mosquitoes as prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA) 102: 15155–15160. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507398102
  • Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R., Sune, G. O. 2005. Use of Anopheles-specific prey-capture behavior by the small juveniles of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-eating jumping spider. Journal of Arachnology 33: 541-548. doi:10.1636/05-3.1
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