Publications and Meeting Abstracts

• Tietjen, W.J. 1974. Olfactory orientation of male lycosid spiders to females. Amer. Arach. Soc. Lynchburg, Va.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1975. Contact chemoreception by lycosid spiders. Anim. Behav. Meeting, State College, Pa.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1976. High-Speed film analysis of behavior (symposium). Amer. Arach. Soc. Cullewhee, NC

• Tietjen, W.J. 1977. Pheromones and the meeting of the sexes in four species of lycosid spiders. Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, Warrensburg, Mo.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1977. Dragline-following by male lycosid spiders. Psyche. 84: 165-178.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1978. Chemical communication in spiders (symposium). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting. Gainesville, Fl.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1978. The possibility of human pheromones. NC Division of Mental Health Research, Ashboro, NC

• Tietjen, W.J. 1979. Individual and colony activity patterns in the social spider Mallos gregalis (Araneae, Dictynidae). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting. Holland, Mich.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1979. Tests for olfactory communication in four species of wolf spiders. J. Arachnol. 6: 197-206.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1979. Is the sex pheromone of Lycosa rabida deposited on a substratum? J. Arachnol. 6: 207-212.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1980. Electronic recording techniques in behavior. Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting. Cincinnati, Oh.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1980. Sanitary behavior by the social spider Mallos gregalis (Dictynidae): Distribution of excreta as related to web density and animal movements. Psyche. 87: 59-73.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1980. Behavioral tests for chemical communication in lycosid spiders. Ph.D. Thesis, Ohio University.

• Tietjen, W.J. and J.S. Rovner 1980. Trail-following behaviour in two species of lycosid spiders: sensory and etho-ecological concomitants. Anim. Behav. 28: 735-741.

• Cady, A.B., W.J. Tietjen, and G.W. Uetz 1980. The "edge effect" in Schizocosa ocreata (Araneae, Lycosidae). Psyche. 87:231-234.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1981. Sanitary behavior by the social spider Mallos gregalis. Assoc. of Southern Biologists Meeting. Knoxville, TN.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1981. Image digitization techniques in behavioral research (Symposium). Anim. Behav. Soc.  Meeting, Knoxville, TN.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1981. Social spider webs (symposium). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, Knoxville, TN.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1981. An inexpensive microcomputer-based image digitizer. Behav. Res. Meth. and Instrumentation. 13: 347-350.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1982. Microcomputers in Behavioral Research (symposium). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1982. Influence of activity patterns on the social organization of Mallos gregalis (Araneae, Dictynidae). G.W. Uetz (Ed). J. Arachnol Symposium Issue. 10: 75-84.

• Tietjen, W.J. and J. S. Rovner 1982. Chemical communication in lycosids and other spiders. In: P.N. Witt and J.S. Rovner (Eds.). Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance. Princeton Univ. Press.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1983. Effects of colony size on behavior of the social spider Mallos gregalis. Anim. Behav. Soc. Meeting, Saint Louis, Mo.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1984. Statistics of spatial distribution (symposium). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

• Tietjen, W.J. and L. Rao Ayyagari. 1984. Symbionts associated with the web of the social spider Mallos gregalis. Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

• W.D. Weger and Tietjen, W.J. 1984. A preliminary study of spatial distribution in the bowl and doily spider Frontinella pyramitella. Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

• Ayyagari, L.R. and W.J. Tietjen. 1984. A preliminary study of a male pheromone in the spider Schizocosa ocreata. Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

• Tietjen, W.J. and L.R. Ayyagari. 1986. Factors affecting growth of microflora on the web of the social spider Mallos gregalis (Araneae, Dictynidae). Amer. Arach. Soc. Meeting. St. Charles, Mo.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1986. Social spider webs, with special reference to the web of Mallos gregalis. In: W.A. Shear (Ed). Spiders: Webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford Univ. Press.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1986. Effects of colony size on web structure and behavior of the social spider Mallos gregalis (Araneae, Dictynidae). J. Arachnol. 14:145-157.

• Ayyagari, L. Rao and W. J. Tietjen 1987. Preliminary isolation of male-inhibitory pheromone of the spider Schizocosa ocreata (Araneae, Lycosidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 13:237-244. (Get the PDF)

• Tietjen, W.J., L. Rao Ayyagari, and G. W. Uetz 1987. Symbiosis between social spiders and yeasts: the role in prey attraction. Psyche. 94:151-158. (Download)

• Davis, B.P, W.J. Tietjen, and N.R. Parker 1988. Laboratory Manual to Accompany Biosphere, Second Edition. Scott, Foresman and Company. 408 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1989. Instructors Manual to Accompany Biology: The Science of Life. Scott, Foresman and Company.

• Strickberger, M.W. 1989. Evolution. Jones and Bartlett. 579 pp. (I produced over 40 computer-designed illustrations for this work in association with CraCom Corporation).

• Tietjen, W.J. 1991. HarperCollins Biology Manual. HarperCollins, New York. 544 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1991. Instructor's Manual in General Biology. HarperCollins, New York. 148 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. and C. Leon Harris. 1992. HarperCollins Zoology Laboratory Manual. HarperCollins, New   York. 417 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1992. Lab Manual to Accompany Mix, Farber, King. HarperCollins, New York. 407 pp.

• Porta, D. W. Tietjen, B. Keeling, T. Kress, and P. Fuller. Surface Morphology and Fracture Patterns in Dynamically Impacted Femurs and Tibia/Fibulas. Experimental Biology 1994.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1996. Instructor's Manual for General Biology Laboratories. HarperCollins, New York. 170 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1996. Study Guide to Accompany Biology: The Science of Life. HarperCollins. 208 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 1996. Instructor's Manual to Accompany Biology: The Science of Life. HarperCollins. 80 pp.

• Tietjen, W.J. 2000. Effects of sublethal doses of malathion on spider behavior. Amer. Ent. Soc., Louisville, KY

• Tietjen, W.J. 2001, Neurotoxic effects of pesticides on spider behavior. Amer. Arcah. Soc., Lexington, KY

• Tietjen, W.J. 2005. Behavior-Based Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Modeling of Animal Behavior. The Louisville Chapter of Sigma Xi, Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society.

• Tietjen, W.J. 2006  Sublethal effects of a neurotoxic pesticide on circadian activity of spiders. IU ANIMAL BEHAVIOR CONFERENCE Bloomington IN (See the presentation)
• Tietjen, W.J. and Richardson, G.Z. 2006. Using Simple Organisms as Models for Robotic Behavior. 12th Annual Kentucky EPSCoR Conference. Louisville KY (invited oral presentation See the presentation)
• Tietjen, W.J. and Richardson, G.Z. 2006. Applying Simple Animal Behavior Models to Programming Autonomous Robotic Swarms. 12th Annual Kentucky EPSCoR Conference. Louisville KY (poster presentation link)
• Porta, Duerson, Tietjen and Kress 2007 A Comparison of Penetration Distances for Five Ballistic Gelatins to a BB Gunshot Wound to a Live Human Forearm. American Academy of Forensic Sciences. San Antonio, TX
• Tietjen, W.J. 2006 . Pesticides affect the mating Behavior of Rabidosa rabida. . J. Arachnol. 34:285-288 (Here).
• Tietjen, W.J. and Cady, A.B. 2007 Sublethal Insecticide Exposure Influences Behaviors of Web-Building Spiders. National American Arachnology Meeting. PowerPoint is here
• Tietjen, W.J. and Cady, A.B.2007  Sublethal Exposure to a Neurotoxic Pesticide Affects Activity Rhythms and Patterns of Four Spider Species. J. Arachnol., (Download).