Pdfs of all papers are available upon request to me at thomashesselberg@gmail.com

Peer reviewed scientific papers

2024

Mammola, S., Graco-Roza, C., Ballarin, F., Hesselberg, T., Isaia, M., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Pavlek, M., Tolve, M. and Cardoso, P. (2024). Functional convergence underground? The scale-dependency of community assembly processes in European cave spiders. Global Ecology and Biogeography, early online. doi.org/10.1111/geb.13840

Soliman, M., Almadiy, A., Al-Akeel, R., Hesselberg, T. and Mohamed, A. (2024). Limited genetic variability and spatial population structure in grasshoppers between natural and metal-contaminated areas in Egypt. Journal of Insect Science 24, 12. doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae026

Mohammad, S., Hesselberg, T. and Rafeeq, K.U.M.A. (2024). Occurrence of indoor insect pests and illnesses of inhabitants in Malappuram, Kerala, India. Oriental Insects 58, 22-36. doi: 10.1080/00305316.2023.2217179

Lunghi, E., Mammola, S., Martínez, A. and Hesselberg, T. (2024). Behavioural adjustments enable the colonization of subterranean environments. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201, 549-559. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad133

2023

Hesselberg, T. (2023) The biomimetic potential of novel adaptations in subterranean animals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1127728. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1127728

Stanley, C., Bagniewska, J. M., Grabowska-Zhang, A. and Hesselberg, T. (2023). Wooded streets, but not streetlight dimming, favour bat activity in a temperate urban setting, Journal of Urban Ecology 9, juad011. doi.org/10.1093/jue/juad011

Hesselberg, T.; Boyd, K.M.; Styrsky, J.D. and Gálvez, D. (2023). Host Plant Specificity in Web-Building Spiders. Insects 14, 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030229

2022

Mammola,S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D. A., Barrion-Dupo, A. L., Benamú, M. A., Bird, T. L., Bogomolova, M., Cardoso, P., Chatzaki, M., Cheng, R.-C., Chu, T.-A., Classen-Rodríguez, L. M., Čupić, I.,  Dhiya’ulhaq, N. U., Picard, A.-P. D., El-Hennawy, H. K., Elverici, M., Fukushima, C. S., Ganem, Z., Gavish-Regev, E., Gonnye, N. T., Hacala, A., Haddad, C. R., Hesselberg, T., Ho, T. A. T., Into, T., Isaia, M., Jayaraman, D., Karuaera, N., Khalap, R., Khalap, K., Kim, D., Korhonen, T., Kralj-Fišer, S., Land, H., Lin, S.-W., Loboda, S., Lowe, E., Lubin, Y., Martínez, A., Mbo, Z., Miličić, M., Kioko, G. M., Nanni, V., Norma-Rashid, Y., Nwankwo, D., Painting, C. J., Pang, A., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., Pearce, R., Petcharad, B., Pétillon, J., Raberahona, O. C., Russo, P., Saarinen, J. A., Segura-Hernández, L., Sentenská, L., Uhl, G., Walker, L., Warui, C. M., Wiśniewski, K., Zamani, A., Chuang, A. and Scott, C. The global spread of misinformation on spiders. Current Biology 32, R871-R873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.026

Boyd, K., Hesselberg, T. and Alexander, M. (2022). Determination of the functional response in the orb-weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type. Ecological Entomology 47, 791-800. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13169

Davies, M. S. and Hesselberg, T. (2022). The use of tuning forks for studying behavioural responses in orb web spiders. Insects 2022, 13, 370. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040370

Mammola, S, Pavlek, M. Huber, B. Isaia, M., Ballarin, F., Tolve, M., Čupić, I., Hesselberg, T., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Graco-Roza, C. and Cardoso, P. A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9,  236.

Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J…Hesselberg, T.…Chuang, A. (2022). An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific Data 9, 109.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01197-6

Soliman, M. M., Hesselberg, T., Mohamed, A. A. And Renault, D. (2022). Trophic transfer of heavy metals along a pollution gradient in a terrestrial agro-industrial food web. Geoderma 413, 115748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115748

Copeland, A. and Hesselberg, T. (2022). Habitat preferences of the critically endangered greater Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites bermudensis in the wild. Oryx 56, 34-37. doi:10.1017/S0030605320000836.

2021

Hesselberg, T. (2021). The habitat preferences of Meta bourneti (Simon, 1922) (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in the UK differ from populations in southern Europe. Arachnology 18, 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1006.

Mammola, S., Lunghi, E., Bilandzija, H., Cardoso, P. Grimm V., Schmidt, S. I., Hesselberg, T. and Martínez, A. (2021). Collecting eco-evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them. Ecology and Evolution 11, 5911-5926. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7556

Chowdhury, S., Shahriar, S. A., Böhm, M., Jain, A., Aich, U., Zalucki, M. P., Hesselberg, T., Morelli, F., Benedetti, Y., Persson, A. S., Roy, D. K., Rahman, S., Ahmed, S., Fuller, R. A. (2021). Urban green spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, harbour nearly half the country’s butterfly diversity. Journal of Urban Ecology 7, Issue 1, juab008. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab008

Richards, M. A. and Hesselberg, T. (2021). No edge effect on quantity of prey captured in the forest-dwelling tetragnathid orb spider Metellina mengei. Animal Biology 71, 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10050

Gomes, D., Hesselberg, T. and Barber, J. (2021). Phantom river noise alters orb-weaving spider abundance, web size, and prey capture. Functional Ecology 35, 717-726. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13739

Mammola, S., Hesselberg, T. and Lunghi, E. (2021). A trade-off between latitude and elevation contributes to explain range segregation of broadly distributed cave-dwelling spiders. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59, 370-375. doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12432

Simonsen, D. and Hesselberg, T. (2021). Unique behavioural modifications in the web structure of the cave orb spider Meta menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Scientific Reports 11, 92.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79868-w

2020

Mazebedi, R. and Hesselberg, T. (2020). A preliminary survey of the abundance, diversity and distribution of terrestrial macroinvertebrates of Gcwihaba cave, northwest Botswana. Subterranean Biology 35, 49-63.
doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.35.51445

da Silva, G. D. P. and Hesselberg, T.  (2020). A Review of the Use of Black Soldier Fly Larvae, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), to Compost Organic Waste in Tropical Regions. Neotropical Entomology 49, 151-162. doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00719-z

2019

Gardner, E., Hesselberg, T., Grabowska-Zhang, A. and Hughes, J. (2019). The effect of woodland area on avian community composition in a fragmented southern UK landscape and associated management recommendations. Bird Study 66, 293-305. doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2019.1656707

Hesselberg, T. and Simonsen, D. (2019). A comparison of morphology and web geometry between hypogean and epigean species of Metellina orb spiders (family Tetragnathidae). Subterranean Biology 32, 1-13. doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.36222

Hesselberg, T., Simonsen, D. and Juan, C. (2019). Do cave orb spiders show unique behavioural adaptations to subterranean life? A review of the evidence. Behaviour 156, 969-996. doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003564

Njovu, H. K., Kisingo, A. W., Hesselberg, T. and Eustace, A. (2019). The spatial and temporal distribution of mammal roadkills in the Kwakuchinja Wildlife Corridor in Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 57, 423-428. doi.org/10.1111/aje.12608.

2018

Butt, A., Quaret-ul-Ain, Rehman, K., Khan, M. X. and Hesselberg, T. (2018). Bioaccumulation of Cadmium, Lead and Zinc in agriculture based insect food chains. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190, 698. doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-7051-2.

Tew, N. and Hesselberg, T. (2018). Web asymmetry in the tetragnathid orb spider Metellina mengei (Blackwell 1869) is determined by web inclination and web size. Journal of Arachnology 46, 370-372. doi.org/10.1636/JOA-S-17-065.1

Hart, A., Hesselberg, T., Nesbit, R. and Goodenough, A. (2018). The spatial distribution and environmental triggers of ant mating flights: using citizen-science data to reveal national patterns. Ecography 41, 877-888. doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03140

2017

Tew, N. and Hesselberg, T. (2017). The effect of wind exposure on the web characteristics of a tetragnathid orb spider. Journal of Insect Behavior 33, 273-286. doi: 10.1007/s10905-017-9618-0

Chowdbury, S., Hesselberg, T., Böhm, M., Islam, M. and Aich, U. (2017). Butterfly diversity in a tropical urban habitat (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Oriental Insects 51, 417-430. doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2017.1314230

2015

Lenau, T. and Hesselberg, T. (2015). Dry sanitation concepts with inspiration from nature. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 5: 330–335.
doi:10.2166/washdev.2015.178

Hesselberg, T. (2015). Exploration behaviour and behavioural flexibility in orb-web spiders: A review. Current Zoology 61: 313-327. doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.2.313

Tew, E. R., Adamson, A. and Hesselberg, T. (2015). The web repair behaviour of an orb spider. Animal Behaviour 103: 137-146.
DOI:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.016

2014

Hesselberg, T. (2014). The mechanism behind plasticity of web-building behavior in an orb spider facing spatial constraints. Journal of Arachnology 42: 311-314.
DOI: 10.1636/J14-05.1

2013

Chen, F., Hesselberg, T., Porter, D. and Vollrath, F. (2013). The impact behaviour of silk cocoons. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 2648-2657.
DOI:10.1242/jeb.082545.
Hesselberg, T. (2013). Web-building flexibility differs in two spatially constrained orb spiders. Journal of Insect Behavior 26, 283-303.
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-012-9335-7

2012

Hesselberg, T. and Vollrath, F. (2012). The mechanical properties of the non-sticky spiral in Nephila orb webs (Araneae, Nephilidae). Journal of Experimental Biology215, 3362-3369.
DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.068890.

Eberhard, W. G. and Hesselberg, T. (2012). Cues that spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae) use to build orbs: lapses in attention to one set of cues because of dissonance with others? Ethology 118, 610-620.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02048.x.

2011

Turner, J., Vollrath, F. and Hesselberg, T. (2011). Wind speed affects prey-catching behaviour in an orb web spider. Naturwissenschaften 98, 1063-1067.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0854-4.

2010

Hesselberg, T. (2010). Ontogenetic changes in web design in two orb-web spiders. Ethology 116, 535-545.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01760.x

Hesselberg, T. and Triana, E. (2010). The web of the acacia orb-spider Eustala illicita (Araneae: Araneidae) with notes on its natural history. Journal of Arachnology38, 21-26.
DOI: 10.1636/HI09-59.1

2009

Hesselberg, T. and Lehmann, F.-O. (2009). The role of experience in flight behaviour of Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212, 3377-3386.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025221

Hesselberg, T. (2009). Sensors and control systems for micro-air vehicles: lessons from flies. Sensor Review, 29, 120-126.
DOI: 10.1108/02602280910936228

2007

Hesselberg, T. and Lehmann, F.-O. (2007). Turning behaviour depends on frictional damping in the fruit fly Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 3419-3434.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010389

Hesselberg, T. (2007). Biomimetics and the case of the remarkable ragworms. Naturwissenschaften 94, 613-621.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0212-0

2006

Hesselberg, T. and Vincent, J.F.V. (2006). The function of parapodial setae in a nereidid polychaete moving on two different substrata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 335, 235-244
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.03.008

Hesselberg, T. and Vollrath, F. (2006). Temperature affects both web spider response time and prey escape speed. Bulletin of the British arachnological Society 13, 275-280.

Hesselberg, T. and Vincent, J.F.V. (2006). A comparative study of functional morphology of parapodia and setae in nereids (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Animal Biology56, 103-120.
DOI: 10.1163/157075606775904704

2005

La Spina, G., Hesselberg, T., Williams, J. and Vincent, J.F.V. (2005). A biomimetic approach to robot locomotion in unstructured and slippery environments. Journal of Bionics Engineering 2, 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/BF03399476

2004

Hesselberg, T. and Vollrath, F. (2004). The effects of neurotoxins on web-geometry and web-building behaviour in Araneus diadematus Cl. Physiology & Behavior 82, 519-529.
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.04.058

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Other academic publications

Hesselberg, T. and Gálvez, D. (2023). Editorial: Spider Ecology and Behaviour—Spiders as Model Organisms. Insects 14, 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14040330

Jain, S. and Hesselberg, T. (2021). A bibliometric analysis of the use of biomimetic silk conduits for treating peripheral nerve injuries. Journal of Emerging Investigators 4, 1-8. https://www.emerginginvestigators.org/articles/a-bibliometric-analysis-of-the-use-of-biomimetic-silk-conduits-for-treating-peripheral-nerve-injuries

Cooke, J., Yoseph A., Bacon, K. L., Bagniewska, J. M., Batty, L., Bishop, T. R., Burns, M. Charalambous, M. Daversa, D. R., Dougherty, L. R., Dyson, M., Fisher, A. M., Forman, D., Garcia, C., Harney, E., Hesselberg, T., John, E. A., Knell, R., Maseyk, K., Mauchline, A. L., Peacock, J., Pernetta, A. P., Pritchard, J., Sutherland, W. J., Thomas, R. L., Tigar, B., Wheeler, P., White, R. L., Worsfold, N. T., Lewis, Z. (2021). Teaching and learning in ecology: a horizon scan of emerging challenges and solutions. Oikos 130, 15-28.

Lenau. T. A., Metze, A.-L. and Hesselberg, T. (2018). Paradigms for biologically inspired design. Proc. SPIE 10593, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII, 1059302; doi: 10.1117/12.2296560.

Lenau, T., Hesselberg, T., Drakidis, A., Silva, P. and Gomes, S. (2017). Mosquito inspired medical needles (2017). Proc. SPIE Vol. 10162, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 1016208 (April 2017). doi:10.1117/12.2261399.

Hesselberg, T. (2014). Animal Behaviour: An Introduction, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education in collaboration with TALL. Online course.

Lenau, T. A. and Hesselberg, T. (2014). Self-organisation and motion in plants. Proc. SPIE Vol. 9055, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 90550F (March 8, 2014). Doi:10.1117/12.2045155. http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1845822

Lenau, T. and Hesselberg, T. (2013). Biomimetic self-organisation and self-healing. In Engineered Biomimicry (Eds Lakhtakia,, A. and Martin-Palma, R. J.) (pages 333-358). Elsevier, Amsterdam.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124159952

Hesselberg, T. (2012). Data Analysis in Ecology, University of Oxford CPD Centre in collaboration with TALL. Online course.

Hesselberg,T. (2010). Notas sobre la capacidad de construir telas orbiculares en el laboratorio por arañas neotropicales. Puente Biológico 3: 101-109.

Hesselberg, T. (2006). Biomimetics: learning from nature. Proceedings of the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, 9: 150-153.

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