Publications
In press
Kralj-Fišer, S., Daisley, J.N. & Kotrschal, K. Individuals matter: Personalities. In: The Social Life of Geese (Editors: Scheiber, I.B.R., Weiß, B.M. & Kotrschal, K.). Oxford University Press.
2013
Agnarsson, I., Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. 2013. Systematics – progress in the study of spider diversity and evolution. Pp. 58-111. In: Spider Research in the 21st Century (Ed. Penney D). Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, UK.
Gregorič, M., Kiesbüy, H. C., Quiñones Lebrón, S. G., Rozman, A., Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2013. Optimal foraging, not biogenetic law, predicts spider orb web allometry. Naturwissenschaften 100: 263-268. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S., Sanguino Mostajo, G.A., Preik, O.A., Pekar, S. & Schneider, J. 2013. Assortative mating by aggressiveness type in orb weaving spiders. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/art030. PDF
2012
Agnarsson, I., Gregorič, M., Blackledge, T.A. & Kuntner, M. 2012. The phylogenetic placement of Psechridae within Entelegynae and the convergent origin of orb-like spider webs. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51: 100-106. PDF
Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2012. The generation of a biodiversity hotspot: Biogeography and phylogeography of the western Indian ocean islands. In: Current Topics in Phylogenetics and Phylogeography of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (Ed. Kesara Anamthawat-Jonsson). Rijeka: In Tech Publishers, pp. 33-82. ISBN 978-953-51-0217-5. PDF
Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & Blackledge, T. A. 2012. Darwin’s Bark Spider. Pp. 52-54. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Blackledge T. A., Kuntner M., Marhabaie M., Leeper M. T. & Agnarsson I. 2012. Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs. Scientific Reports 2: 833. PDF
Coddington, J., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B. D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S. & Kuntner, M. 2012. Eunuchs as better fighters? Naturwissenschaften 99:95–101. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S. & Schneider, J. M. 2012 Individual behavioural consistency and plasticity in an urban spider. Animal Behaviour 84: 197-204. PDF (online)
Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J., Justinek, Ž., Kalin, S., Gregorič, M., Pekár, S. & Kuntner, M. 2012. Mate quality, not aggressive spillover, explains sexual cannibalism in a size dimorphic spider. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 145–151. PDF
Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M., Zhang, S., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Li, D. 2012. Mating plugs in polyandrous giants: Which sex produces them when how and why? PLoS ONE 7(7): e40939. PDF
Kuntner, M., Zhang, S., Gregorič, M. & Li, D. 2012. Nephila female gigantism attained through post-maturity molting. Journal of Arachnology 40:345–347. PDF
Lee, Q., Oh, J., Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2012. Emasculation: gloves-off strategy enhances eunuch spider endurance. Biology letters doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0285 PDF
Li, D., Oh, J., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Kuntner M. 2012. Remote copulation: male adaptation to female cannibalism. Biology letters 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1202 PDF
Năpăruş, M. & Kuntner, M. 2012. A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: a test case on Hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys). PLoS ONE 7(1): e30047. PDF
Vamberger, M., Lipovšek, G. & Gregorič M. 2012. First reproduction record of Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792), in Slovenia. Herpetozoa 25: 76-79. PDF
2011
Blackledge, T. A., Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems. Advances in Insect Physiology 41: 175-262. PDF
Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. 2011. How did the spider cross the river? Behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae). PLoS ONE 6(10): e26847. PDF
Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Darwin’s bark spider: Giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)? Journal of Arachnology 39: 287-295. PDF
Higgins, L., Coddington, J. A., Goodnight, C. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Testing ecological and developmental hypotheses of mean and variation in adult size in nephilid orb-weaving spiders. Evolutionary Ecology 25: 1289–1306. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S., Gregorič, M., Zhang, S., Li, D. & Kuntner, M. 2011. Eunuchs are better fighters. Animal Behaviour 81: 933-939. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Phylogeography of a successful aerial disperser: the golden orb spider Nephila on Indian Ocean islands. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 119. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 477–488. PDF
Kuntner, M., May-Collado, L. J. & Agnarsson, I. 2011. Phylogeny and conservation priorities of afrotherian mammals (Afrotheria, Mammalia). Zoologica Scripta 40: 1-15. PDF
Luštrik, R., Turjak, M., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Fišer, C. 2011. Coexistence of surface and cave amphipods in an ecotone environment (spring area). Contributions to Zoology 80: 133-141. PDF
Pruitt, J. N., DiRienzo, N., Kralj-Fišer, S., Johnson, J. C. & Sih A. 2011. Individual- and condition-dependent effects on habitat choice and choosiness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. doi: 10.1007/s00265-011-1208-0 PDF
Su, Y.-C., Chang, Y.-H., Smith, D., Zhu, M.-S., Kuntner, M. & Tso, I.-M. 2011. Biogeography and speciation patterns of the golden orb spider genus Nephila in Asia (Araneae: Nephilidae). Zoological Science 28: 47-55. PDF
Valentincic, T., Miklavc, P., Kralj, S. & Zgonik, V. 2011. Olfactory discrimination of complex mixtures of amino acids by the black bullhead Ameiurus melas. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02976.x PDF
Zhang, S., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. 2011. Mate binding: male adaptation to sexual conflict in the golden orb-web spider (Nephilidae: Nephila pilipes). Animal Behaviour 82: 1299-1304. PDF
2010
Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & Blackledge, T. A. 2010. Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider. PLoS ONE 5(9): e11234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011234. PDF
Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Blackledge, T. A. 2010. Shifting continents, not behaviors: independent colonization of solitary and subsocial Anelosimus spider lineages on Madagascar (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zoologica Scripta 39: 75-87. PDF
Agnarsson, I., Kuntner, M. & May-Collado, L. J. 2010. Dogs, cats, and kin: A molecular species-level phylogeny of Carnivora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 726-745. PDF
Gregorič, M., Kostanjšek, R. & Kuntner, M. 2010. Orb web features as taxonomic characters in Zygiella s.l. (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 319-327. PDF
Kralj-fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Kotrschal, K., Weiß, B. M., Wascher, C. A. F. 2010. Glucocorticoids enhance and suppress heart rate and behaviour in time dependent manner in greylag geese (Anser anser). Physiology & Behavior 100: 394-400. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S., Weiss, B. M. & Kotrschal, K. 2010. Behavioural and physiological correlates of personality in greylag geese (Anser anser). Journal of Ethology: 28, 363-370. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2010. Web gigantism in Darwin’s bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris). Journal of Arachnology 38: 346-356. PDF
Kuntner, M., Gregorič, M. & Li, D. 2010. Mass predicts web asymmetry in Nephila spiders. Naturwissenschaften 97: 1097–1105. PDF
Kuntner, M., Kralj-Fišer, S. & Gregorič, M. 2010. Ladder webs in orb-web spiders: ontogenetic and evolutionary patterns in Nephilidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 849-866. PDF
Novak, T., Tkavc, T., Kuntner, M., Arnett, A. E., Lipovšek Delakorda, S., Perc, M. & Janžekovič, F. 2010. Niche partitioning in orbweaving spiders Meta menardi and Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae). Acta Oecologica 36: 522-529. PDF
2009
Coddington, J. A., Agnarsson, I., Miller, J., Kuntner, M. & Hormiga, G. 2009. Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 573-584. PDF
Gregorič, M. & Kuntner, M. 2009. Epigean spider diversity in the classical Karst. Hacquetia 8: 67-78. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2009. Phylogeny accurately predicts behavior in Indian Ocean Clitaetra spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 193-204. PDF
Kuntner, M., Agnarsson, I. & Gregorič, M. 2009. Nephilid spider eunuch phenomenon induced by female or rival male aggressiveness. Journal of Arachnology 37: 266-271. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Coddington, J. A. 2009. Discovery of the largest orbweaving spider species: the evolution of gigantism in Nephila. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7516. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007516. PDF
Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Schneider, J. M. 2009. Intersexual arms race? Genital coevolution in nephilid spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae). Evolution 63: 1451-1463. PDF
Kuntner, M., Kralj-Fišer, S., Schneider, J. M. & Li, D. 2009. Mate plugging via genital mutilation in nephilid spiders: an evolutionary hypothesis. Journal of Zoology 277: 257-266. PDF
2008
Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Hormiga, G. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 147-217. PDF
Kuntner, M., Haddad, C. R., Aljančič, G. & Blejec, A. 2008. Ecology and web allometry of Clitaetra irenae, an arboricolous African orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 583-594. PDF
2007
Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2007. Taxonomy in a changing world: Seeking solutions for a science in crisis. Systematic Biology 56: 531-539. PDF
Kralj-Fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Blejec, A., Mostl, E. & Kotrschal, K. 2007. Individualities in a flock of free-roaming greylag geese: Behavioral and physiological consistency over time and across situations. Hormones and Behavior 51: 239-248. PDF
Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical ‘hermit spiders’ (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135. PDF
2006
Kuntner, M. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). Zoologica Scripta 35: 19-62. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2006. Are the Linnean and phylogenetic nomenclatural systems combinable? Recommendations for biological nomenclature. Systematic Biology 55: 774-784. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Alvarez-Padilla, F. 2006. Systematics of the Afro-Macaronesian spider genus Sancus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 113-125. PDF
Kuntner, M. & Levi, H. W. 2006. Nephila hirta, a new synonym of Eustala fuscovittata (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 444-447. PDF
2005
Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. 2005. Madagascar: An unexpected hotspot of social Anelosimus spider diversity (Araneae: Theridiidae). Systematic Entomology 30: 575-592. PDF
Kuntner, M. 2005. A revision of Herennia (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae), the Australasian ‘coin spiders’. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 391–436. PDF
Kuntner, M. 2005. On the validity of the Japanese spider genus Metimorpha (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoological Science 22: 1277-1278. PDF
Scheiber, I. B. R., Kralj, S. & Kotrschal, K. 2005. Sampling effort/frequency necessary to infer individual acute stress responses from fecal analysis in greylag geese (Anser anser). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046: 154-167. PDF
Popular Science
Kuntner, M. 2012. Pot k trajni ohranitvi biotske raznovrstnosti. Delo, 8. November 2012. PDF
Kuntner, M. 2010. A giant among spiders. Africa Geographic, June 2010: 16. PDF
Kuntner, M. 2010. Evolucijski velikani. Gea 20(4): 58-62.
Kuntner, M. 2009. Darwin in evolucijska misel. Gea 19(10): 14-21. PDF
