Professor,
Department of Biology, Vassar College, New York.
Temas de Investigación : Locomotion of spiders :
- Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of spitting in Scytodes spp.,
- Directional jumps by the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton,
- Locomotion on the Water Surface
- Biomechanics and Energetics of Burrow Excavation in Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa sp.)
foil frog attacks
He also investigates how some of these creatures use pheromones to communicate and how certain species identify the prey they have captured by the vibrations transmitted over their webs.
Selección de Publicaciones : Suter, R. B., K. R. Susman, & G. Stratton (in preparation). Hydrodynamic aspects of spitting performance in spitting spiders (Scytodidae).
Suter, R. B., G. Stratton, & P. R. Miller (in preparation). Biomechanics, energetics, and impact of excavation in burrowing wolf spiders (Geolycosa sp.)
Suter, R. B. & G. E. Stratton (in press). Scytodes vs. Schizocosa: Predatory techniques and their morphological correlates. Journal of Arachnology.
Suter, R. B., G. Stratton, & P. R. Miller (in press). Taxonomic variation among spiders in the ability to repel water: Surface adhesion and hair density. Journal of Arachnology.
Stratton, G., R. B. Suter, & P. R. Miller (2004). Evolution of water surface locomotion by spiders: a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81:63-78.
Holloway, K.S., & R.B. Suter (2004). Play deprivation without social isolation: housing controls. Developmental Psychbiology 41:58-67.
Suter, R. B., G. Stratton, P. R. Miller (2003). Water surface locomotion by spiders: Distinct gaits in diverse families. Journal of Arachnology 31:428–432.
Suter, R. B. (2003). Trichobothrial mediation of an aquatic escape response: directional jumps by the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton, foil frog attacks. Journal of Insect Science 3:19 [http://www.insectscience.org/papers/]
Suter, R. B., and Jessica Gruenwald (2000). Predator avoidance on the water surface? Kinematics and efficacy of vertical jumping by Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology 28:201-210.
Suter, R. B. and Jessica Gruenwald (2000). Spider size and locomotion on the water surface (Araneae, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology 28:300-308.
Root, R. G., H.-W. Courtland, C. A. Pell, B. Hobson, E. J. Towhig, R. B. Suter, W. R. Shepherd III, N. C. Boetticher, and J. H. Long Jr. (1999). Swimming fish and fish-like models: The harmonic structure of undulatory waves suggests that fish actively tune their bodies. Proc. 11th Int’l. Symp. on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST), 378-388.
Suter, R. B. 1999. Walking on water. American Scientist 87: 154-159.
Suter, R. B., and Horatio Wildman (1999). Locomotion on the water surface: Hydrodynamic constraints on rowing velocity require a gait change. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2771-2785.
Suter, R. B. (1999). An aerial lottery: The physics of ballooning in a chaotic atmosphere. Journal of Arachnology 27:281-293.
Suter, R. B. (1999). Cheap transport for fishing spiders: the physics of sailing on the water surface. Journal of Arachnology 27:489-496.
Suter, R. B., Oren Rosenberg, Sandra Loeb, Horatio Wildman, and John H. Long, Jr. (1997). Locomotion on the water surface: Propulsive mechanisms of the fisher spider, Dolomedes triton. Journal of Experimental Biology 200, 2523-2538.
Forrest, T. G. and R. B. Suter (1994). The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) in Behavioural Analysis. Journal of Theoretical Biology 166, 419-429.
Suter, R. B. and T. G. Forrest (1994). Vigilance in the Interpretation of Spectral Analyses. Animal Behaviour 48, 223-225.
Suter, R.B. (1993). Circadian rhytimicity and other patterns of spontaneous motor activity in bowl and doily spiders. Journal of Arachnology 21, 6-22.
Suter, R. B. (1992). Ballooning: Data from Spiders in Freefall Indicate the Importance of Posture. Journal of Arachnology 20, 107-113.
Suter, R.B., and E. Sanchez (1991). Evolutionary stability of stochastic decision making in spiders: results of a simulation. Animal Behaviour 42, 921-929.
Suter, R.B. (1991). Ballooning in spiders: results of wind tunnel experiments. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 3:13-25.
Suter, R.B. (1990). Determinants of fecundity in bowl and doily spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 18:263-269.
Nottebohm, F., A. Alvarez-Buylla, J. Cynx, J. Kirn, C-Y. Ling, M. Nottebohm, R. Suter, A. Tolles, and H. Williams (1990). Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 329:115-124.
Suter, R.B., and V.S. Parkhill (1990). Fitness consequences of prolonged copulation in the bowl and doily spider. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 26:369-373.
Suter, R.B. (1990). Courtship and the assessment of virginity by male bowl and doily spiders. Animal Behaviour 39:307-313.
Suter, R.B. and C. Shane (1989). Spider vs. spider: Frontinella pyramitela detects Argyrodes trigonum via cuticular chemicals. Journal of Arachnology 17:237-240.
Suter, R.B. and L. Walberer (1989). Enigmatic cohabitation in bowl and doily spiders, Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Animal Behaviour 37:402-409.
Suter, R.B., G. Doyle, and C. Shane (1987). Oviposition site selection by Frontinella pyramitela: (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 15:349-354.
Suter, R.B., A.J. Hirscheimer, and C. Shane (1987). Senescence of web construction behavior in male Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 15:177-183.
Suter, R.B., C. Shane, and A.J. Hirscheimer (1987). Communication by cuticular pheromones in a linyphiid spider. Journal of Arachnology 15:157-162.
Suter, R.B. and A.J. Hirscheimer (1986). Multiple web-borne pheromones in a spider, Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Animal Behaviour 34: 748-753.
Hirscheimer, A.J. and R.B. Suter (1985). Functional webs built by adult male bowl and doily spiders. Journal of Arachnology 13: 396-398.
Suter, R.B. (1985). Intersexual competition for food in the bowl and doily spider, Frontinella pyramitela (Linyphiidae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 61-70.
Suter, R.B. (1984). Wasp work: an anytime study of summer processes. The American Biology Teacher 46: 18-23.
Suter, R.B. (1984). Web tension and gravity as cues in the orientation of Frontinella pyramitela (Linyphiidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 31-36.
Suter, R.B. and M. Keiley (1984). Agonistic interactions between male Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 15: 1-7.
Suter, R.B. and G. Renkes (1984). The courtship of Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae): patterns, vibrations and functions. Journal of Arachnology 12: 37-54.
Suter, R.B. and G. Renkes (1982). Linyphiid spider courtship: releaser and attractant functions of a contact sex pheromone. Animal Behaviour 30: 714-718.
Suter, R.B. (1981). Behavioral thermoregulation: solar orientation in Frontinella communis (Linyphiidae), a 6mg spider. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8: 77-81.
Suter, R.B. (1978). Cyclosa turbinata: prey discrimination via web-borne vibrations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3: 283-296.
Suter, R.B. and K.S. Rawson (1968). Circadian activity rhythm of the deer mouse, Peromyscus: effect of deuterium oxide. Science 160:1011-1014.
Kaliss, N. and R.B. Suter (1968). Altered survival times of murine skin allografts from cancer-bearing donors. Transplantation 6: 844-848.
SUTER, ROBERT B. 