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Todd A. Blackledge

Personal bibliography for the period 2008-2025

2008

1. AGNARSSON, Ingi, BOUTRY, Cecilia, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Spider silk aging: initial improvement in a high performance material followed by slow degradation. The Journal of experimental zoology. issue 8, vol. 309a, str. 494-504. ISSN 0022-104X. http://www.interscience.wiley.com, DOI: 10.1002/jez.480. [COBISS.SI-ID 28426285]

2009

2. AGNARSSON, Ingi, BOUTRY, Cecilia, WONG, Shing-Chung, BAJI, Avinash, DHINOJWALA, Ali, SENSENIG, Andrew T., BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Supercontraction forces in spider dragline silk depend on hydration rate. Zoology. [Print ed.]. 2009, vol. 112, issue 5, str. 325-331. ISSN 0944-2006. DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.11.003. [COBISS.SI-ID 516288025]

2010

3. AGNARSSON, Ingi, KUNTNER, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material : extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider. PloS one. September 2010, vol. 5, iss. 9, str. 1-8, ilustr. ISSN 1932-6203. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011234, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011234. [COBISS.SI-ID 31701037]
4. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž, et al. Phylogeny and behaviour of enigmatic orbicularians : Zygiellidae and the giant orbweaver Caerostris. In: ŻABKA, Marek (ed.). Book of abstracts. Siedlce: University of Podlasie: International Society of Arachnology, 2010. Str. 169. ISBN 978-83-7051-575-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 31559981]
5. AGNARSSON, Ingi, KUNTNER, Matjaž, CODDINGTON, Jonathan A., BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Shifting continents, not behaviours: independent colonization of solitary and subsocial Anelosimus spider lineages on Madagascar (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zoologica scripta. 2010, issue 1, vol. 39, str. 75-87. ISSN 0300-3256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00406.x, DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00406.x. [COBISS.SI-ID 30539053]

2011

6. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. Darwin's bark spider : giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)?. The Journal of arachnology. 2011, vol. 39, no. 2, str. 287-295, ilustr. ISSN 0161-8202. DOI: 10.1636/CB10-95.1. [COBISS.SI-ID 33202989]
7. BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi. The form and function of spider orb webs : evolution from silk to ecosystems. In: CASAS, Jérôme (ed.). Spider physiology and behaviour. Behaviour. 1st ed. London [etc.]: Elsevier: Academic Press, 2011. Str. 175-262, ilustr. Advances in insect physiology, vol. 41. ISBN 978-0-12-415919-8. ISSN 0065-2806. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415919-8.00004-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 33239085]
8. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. How did the spider cross the river? : behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae). PloS one. 26. Oct. 2011, vol. 6, issue 10, ilustr. ISSN 1932-6203. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026847, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026847. [COBISS.SI-ID 33202733]
9. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. Larger spiders use more silk : patterns of material investment in Zygiella S. L. In: Program & abstracts. 26th European Congress of Arachnology, Israel, 4-8 September 2011. Israel: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, [2011?]. Str. 70. [COBISS.SI-ID 33170221]
10. AGNARSSON, Ingi, PIORKOWSKI, Dakota, GREGORIČ, Matjaž, KUNTNER, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Molecular and biomechanical insights into the parallel origin of orb-like webs in spiders. In: Abstracts. 35th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society, July 8-11th 2011, Portland. Portland: [s. n.], 2011. [COBISS.SI-ID 33174829]

2012

11. BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž, MARHABAIE, Mohammad, LEEPER, Thomas C., AGNARSSON, Ingi. Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs. Scientific reports. 2012, vol. 2, str. 1-6, ilustr. ISSN 2045-2322. DOI: 10.1038/srep00833. [COBISS.SI-ID 34832173]
12. AGNARSSON, Ingi, KUNTNER, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Darwin's bark spider. McGraw-Hill yearbook of science & technology. 2012, str. 52-54, ilustr. ISSN 0076-2016. [COBISS.SI-ID 34425389]

2013

13. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. Phylogeny and web evolution of enigmatic orbicularians : the new family Zygiellidae and bark spiders of the genus Caerostris. In: Abstract book. 19th International Congress of Arachnology, Kenting National Park, Taiwan, June 23-28, 2013. [Kenting National Park: Tunghai University], 2013. Str. 66. [COBISS.SI-ID 35923501]
14. AGNARSSON, Ingi, GREGORIČ, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. The phylogenetic placement of Psechridae within Entelegynae and the convergent origin of orb-like spider webs. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research. 2013, vol. 51, no. 2, str. 100-106, ilustr. ISSN 0947-5745. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12007. [COBISS.SI-ID 34860589]

2015

15. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, KUNTNER, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Does body size predict foraging effort? : patterns of material investment in spider orb webs. Journal of zoology. 2015, vol. 296, iss. 1, str. 67-78, ilustr. ISSN 0952-8369. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12219. [COBISS.SI-ID 38237741]
16. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, ALICEA, Angela, DHINOJWALA, Ali, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Glue-coated capture threads of spiders are optimised for a certain humidity and pulling-rate. In: PEKÁR, Stano (ed.), MAŠOVÁ, Šárka (ed.), BRIAN PATRICK, L. (ed.). Programme and abstracts. 29th European Congress of Arachnology, 24-28 August, 2015, Brno. Brno: [s. n.], 2015. Str. 69. [COBISS.SI-ID 38783277]
17. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., AGNARSSON, Ingi, KUNTNER, Matjaž. A molecular phylogeny of bark spiders reveals new species from Africa and Madagascar (Araneae: Araneidae: Caerostris). The Journal of arachnology. 2015, vol. 43, no. 3, str. 293-312, ilustr. ISSN 0161-8202. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_tocs/JOA_contents_v43n3.html. [COBISS.SI-ID 39077421]
18. GREGORIČ, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. Phylogenetic position and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, with new insight into orb-web evolution and gigantism. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society. 2015, vol. 175, iss. 2, str. 225-243, ilustr. ISSN 0024-4082. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12281. [COBISS.SI-ID 38559789]

2016

19. BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., GREGORIČ, Matjaž, ALICEA-SERRANO, Angela M., JAIN, Dharamdeep, AMARPURI, Gaurav, OPELL, Brent D., DHINOJWALA, Ali. Intelligent adhesives : the structure and function of humidity responsive spider aggregate glues. In: CUSHING, Paula Elizabeth (ed.). Program and abstracts. Denver: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2016. Str. 51-52. Denver Museum of Nature & Science reports (Print), no. 3. ISSN 2374-7730. [COBISS.SI-ID 40095533]

2019

20. GARB, Jessica E., HANEY, Robert A., GREGORIČ, Matjaž, KUNTNER, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. Evolutionarily divergent silk proteins may explain the unrivalled toughness of Darwinʼs bark spider dragline used in giant orb webs. In: 48th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society, 16-20 June 2019, Lexington, Virginia, Washington and Lee University. [Lexington?: s. n., 2019]. Str. 28. https://aas2019.academic.wlu.edu/files/2019/06/Program_AAS2019_w-Covers.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5144143]
21. HTUT, K Zin, ALICEA-SERRANO, Angela M., SINGLA, Saranshu, AGNARSSON, Ingi, GARB, Jessica E., KUNTNER, Matjaž, GREGORIČ, Matjaž, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., DHINOJWALA, Ali. Hidden link between protein structure and mechanical properties of the worldʼs toughest spider silk. In: 48th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society, 16-20 June 2019, Lexington, Virginia, Washington and Lee University. [Lexington?: s. n., 2019]. Str. 30. https://aas2019.academic.wlu.edu/files/2019/06/Program_AAS2019_w-Covers.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5144399]
22. DAWSON, Molly, HANEY, Robert A., GREGORIČ, Matjaž, KUNTNER, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., GARB, Jessica E. Molecular evolution of novel silk proteins in Caerostris bark spiders underlying the toughest silks. In: 48th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society, 16-20 June 2019, Lexington, Virginia, Washington and Lee University. [Lexington?: s. n., 2019]. Str. 51. https://aas2019.academic.wlu.edu/files/2019/06/Program_AAS2019_w-Covers.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5144655]
23. GARB, Jessica E., HANEY, Robert A., SCHWAGER, Evelyn E., GREGORIČ, Matjaž, KUNTNER, Matjaž, AGNARSSON, Ingi, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A. The transcriptome of Darwinʼs bark spider silk glands predicts proteins contributing to dragline silk toughness. Communications biology. 2019, [vol.] 2, str. 1-8, ilustr. ISSN 2399-3642. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0496-1, DiRROS - Digital repository of Slovenian research organizations, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0496-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 5134927]

2021

24. HTUT, K Zin, ALICEA-SERRANO, Angela M., SINGLA, Saranshu, AGNARSSON, Ingi, GARB, Jessica E., KUNTNER, Matjaž, GREGORIČ, Matjaž, HANEY, Robert A., MARHABAIE, Mohammad, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., DHINOJWALA, Ali. Correlation between protein secondary structure and mechanical performance for the ultra-tough dragline silk of Darwin's bark spider. Journal of the Royal Society interface. June 2021, vol. 18, iss. 179, str. 1-10, ilustr. ISSN 1742-5689. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0320, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0320. [COBISS.SI-ID 72013059]

2025

25. GREGORIČ, Matjaž (author, corresponding author), YU, Kuang-Ping, RAVELOJAONA, Jeremia, BLACKLEDGE, Todd A., KUNTNER, Matjaž. Extreme silk toughness in Caerostris spiders is limited to adult females. Integrative zoology. 30. nov. 2025, 7 str., ilustr., fotogr. ISSN 1749-4877. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1749-4877.70029, DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.70029. [COBISS.SI-ID 260305667]