Fiona Cross

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Fiona Cross is affiliated with the following schools: University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland, University of New Zealand

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Fiona Cross

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#14915

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#18793

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Zoology

#585

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#1177

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Fiona Cross's Degrees

Bachelors Biology University of Auckland
Masters Zoology University of Auckland
PhD Arachnology University of New Zealand

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According to Wikipedia, Fiona Ruth Cross is a New Zealand arachnologist. She did both her MSc and PhD theses at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Cross is best known for detecting food preference in East African Evarcha culicivora spiders for female Anopheles mosquitos fed recently on mammalian blood.

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Fiona Cross's Published Works

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Beyond brain size: Uncovering the neural correlates of behavioral and cognitive specialization (2018) (61)
Cross-modality priming of visual and olfactory selective attention by a spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood (2009) (37)
Complex display behaviour of Evarcha culicivora, an East African mosquito‐eating jumping spider (2008) (36)
Representation of different exact numbers of prey by a spider-eating predator (2017) (35)
The execution of planned detours by spider-eating predators. (2016) (34)
Male and Female Mate‐Choice Decisions by Evarcha culicivora, An East African Jumping Spider (2007) (32)
A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON AGGRESSIVE MIMICRY. (2013) (32)
The meaning of predatory specialization as illustrated by Aelurillus m-nigrum, an ant-eating jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Azerbaijan (2008) (30)
How blood-derived odor influences mate-choice decisions by a mosquito-eating predator (2009) (28)
Mosquito-terminator spiders and the meaning of predatory specialization (2015) (26)
Olfactory search-image use by a mosquito-eating predator (2010) (25)
Odour‐mediated response to plants by evarcha culicivora, a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa (2009) (25)
Natural diet and prey-choice behaviour of Aelurillus muganicus (Araneae: Salticidae), a myrmecophagic jumping spider from Azerbaijan (2005) (22)
Mate-odour identification by both sexes of Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider (2009) (22)
Specialised use of working memory by Portia africana, a spider-eating salticid (2014) (21)
The Attentive Spider: Search‐Image Use by a Mosquito‐Eating Predator (2010) (21)
Cross-modality effects during male–male interactions of jumping spiders (2007) (17)
How cross-modality effects during intraspecific interactions of jumping spiders differ depending on whether a female-choice or mutual-choice mating system is adopted (2009) (17)
The Functioning of Species-Specific Olfactory Pheromones in the Biology of a Mosquito-Eating Jumping Spider from East Africa (2013) (16)
Olfaction-based anthropophily in a mosquito-specialist predator (2011) (16)
Influence of seeing a female on the male–male interactions of a jumping spider, Hypoblemum albovittatum (2006) (15)
Arthropod Intelligence? The Case for Portia (2020) (14)
Solving a novel confinement problem by spartaeine salticids that are predisposed to solve problems in the context of predation (2015) (12)
Influence of optical cues from conspecific females on escalation decisions during male–male interactions of jumping spiders (2006) (12)
Mosquito-specialist spiders (2010) (10)
Intricate predatory decisions by a mosquito-specialist spider from Malaysia (2014) (10)
Geographic Variation in a Spider’s Ability to Solve a Confinement Problem by Trial and Error (2006) (9)
Beyond brain size (2017) (9)
Convergence between a mosquito-eating predator's natural diet and its prey-choice behaviour (2016) (8)
Olfaction-based mate-odor identification by jumping spiders from the genus Portia (2011) (8)
Ontogenetic shift in plant-related cognitive specialization by a mosquito-eating predator (2017) (6)
Portia’s capacity to decide whether a detour is necessary (2019) (6)
Cross-modality effects of prey odour during the intraspecific interactions of a mosquito-specialist predator. (2014) (5)
Spider heuristics (2005) (3)
When it looks and walks like an ant (2018) (3)
Effects of prey–spider odour on intraspecific interactions of araneophagic jumping spiders (2011) (3)
Adaptive Timing as a Component of a Mosquito-Eating predator’s Specialization Profile (2017) (3)
Ingredients for understanding brain and behavioral evolution: Ecology, phylogeny, and mechanism (2018) (2)
Influence of seeing a red face during the male–male encounters of mosquito-specialist spiders (2020) (2)
Odour priming of a mosquito-specialist predator's vision-based detouring decisions. (2020) (1)
How mosquito-eating jumping spiders communicate: complex display sequences, selective attention and cross-modality priming (2003) (1)
Attentional processes in mosquito-eating jumping spiders: search imagesand cross-modality priming (2009) (1)
When it looks and walks like an ant (2018) (0)
One contribution of 12 to a theme issue ‘ Convergent minds : the evolution of cognitive complexity in nature ’ . Subject Areas : systems biology Keywords : numerical cognition , predation , spider , Salticidae , Portia africana (2017) (0)
Blood-red colour as a prey choice cue for mosquito specialist predators (2022) (0)
Solving a novel confinement problem by spartaeine salticids that are predisposed to solve problems in the context of predation (2014) (0)
Influence of seeing a red face during the male–male encounters of mosquito-specialist spiders (2020) (0)
Adaptive Timing as a Component of a Mosquito-Eating predator’s Specialization Profile (2017) (0)
The Functioning of Species-Specific Olfactory Pheromones in the Biology of a Mosquito-Eating Jumping Spider from East Africa (2012) (0)
A Festschrift in honour of Professor Robert R Jackson (2016) (0)
Specialised use of working memory by Portia africana, a spider-eating salticid (2013) (0)

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