Warming causes contrasting spider behavioural responses by changing their prey size spectra

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01918-8

The authors show shifts in predatory spider web mesh size under experimental warming in an alpine meadow. Web mesh size decreased for a large spider species, but increased for a small species, with changes linked to altered prey size spectra following soil moisture and plant community shifts.