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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 21 Sep 2012 at 23:32 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: UPI
Title: “Bird loss has island overrun with spiders - UPI.com”
http://www.upi.com/Scienc...
Publication: Slate
Title: “Guam's spider infestation due to invasive brown snakes.”
http://www.slate.com/blog...
Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Garden Spiders in Guam in Highest Numbers | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...
Publication: Surfbirds News
Title: “Due to Loss of Native Birds, Arachnophobes May Want to Stay Away from Guam | surfbirds”
http://www.surfbirds.com/...
Publication: io9
Title: “How Invasive Snakes Have Turned Guam Into a Spider-Infested Horror Show”
http://io9.com/5943177/ho...
Publication: Geekosystem
Title: “Guam Now Spider Island Due to Invasive Bird-Eating Snake | Geekosystem”
http://www.geekosystem.co...
Publication: Reptile Channel
Title: “Lack of Birds on Guam Causes Spider Populations to Explode”
http://www.reptilechannel...
Publication: Newser
Title: “First Snakes, Now Spiders Take Over Guam - Tree snakes devoured most of the spider-eating birds”
http://www.newser.com/sto...
Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Guam's Jungles Infested by Spiders, Say Researchers | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...
Publication: Global Post
Title: “Guam is plagued by alien snakes and deadly spiders”
http://www.globalpost.com...
Publication: DVICE
Title: “Tourism bureau probably doesn't mention Guam's covered in spiders | DVICE”
http://dvice.com/archives...
Publication: UPI
Title: “Bird loss has island overrun with spiders - UPI.com”
http://www.upi.com/Scienc...
Publication: Our Amazing Planet
Title: “Guam Overrun By Spiders Due to Lack of Birds | OurAmazingPlanet.com”
http://www.ouramazingplan...
Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “Snakes minus birds equals more spiders for Guam”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: Radio Australia
Title: “Introduced snakes creates 'spider island' | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia”
http://www.radioaustralia...
Publication: National Geographic News Watch
Title: “Spiders Take Control as Birds Fade From Guam - News Watch”
http://newswatch.national...
If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.
RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 28 Sep 2012 at 21:39 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: MSN Now
Title: “Guam sees increased spider populations thanks to brown tree snakes”
http://now.msn.com/guam-s...
Publication: NPR
Title: “Hungry Snakes Trap Guam In Spidery Web : NPR”
http://www.npr.org/2012/0...
Publication: Audubon Magazine
Title: “Snakes Wipe Out Birds, Making Way for Spider Takeover on Guam | Audubon Magazine Blog”
http://magblog.audubon.or...
Publication: Rice University
Title: “Snakes minus birds equals more spiders for Guam”
http://news.rice.edu/2012...
Publication: University of Washington
Title: “As birds go down, spiders go up on the island of Guam (and the press has a field day) | Tewksbury Lab”
http://faculty.washington...
Publication: Marianas Variety
Title: “Guam expert says spiders pose no threat to agriculture”
http://www.mvariety.com/c...
Publication: Kuam News
Title: “Guam's spiders outnumber other islands - KUAM.com-KUAM News: On Air. Online. On Demand.”
http://www.kuam.com/story...
Publication: Grist.org
Title: “Guam is entirely infested with spiders, and it's all the fault of invasive snakes | Grist”
http://grist.org/list/gua...
Publication: Mongabay.com
Title: “Arachnopocalypse: with birds away, the spiders play in Guam”
http://news.mongabay.com/...
If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.
RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Nov 2012 at 00:22 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: KALW
Title: “Hungry Snakes Trap Guam In Spidery Web | KALW”
http://www.kalw.org/post/...
If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.
RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 May 2013 at 20:23 GMT
Publication: PLOS Blogs
Title: “Hairy, Sticky Leg Pads are In: How Different Spiders Hunt | EveryONE”
http://blogs.plos.org/eve...