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Fleischer R, Jones C, Ledezma-Campos P, Czirják GÁ, Sommer S, Gillespie TR, Vicente-Santos A (2024) Gut microbial shifts in vampire bats linked to immunity due to changed diet in human disturbed landscapes. Science of the Total Environment, 907, 167815. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167815)

Fleischer R, Eibner GJ, Schwensow NI, Paraskevopoulou S, Mayer G, Corman VM, Drosten C, Wilhelm K, Heni AC*, Sommer S*, Schmid DW* (2024) Hidden zoonotic risk: immunogenetic-pathogen networks shrink in a generalist rodent inhabiting disturbed landscapes. Communications Biology, in press.
* shared senior authors, contributed equally to the study.

Meyer M*, Schmid DW*, Baldwin H, Wilhelm K, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Vallo P, Corman VM, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Sommer S (2024) Bat species assemblage predicts coronavirus prevalence. Nature Communications.

Olayemi A, Schmid DW, Fleischer R, Wilhelm K, Heni A, Mueller-Klein N, Haikukutu L, Fichet-Calvet E, Günther S, Sommer S (2024). MHC-I alleles mediate clearance and antibody response to the zoonotic Lassa virus in Mastomys rodent reservoirs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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Straub F, Birkenbach M, Leonhardt SD, Ruedenauer FA, Kuppler J, Wilfert L, Ayasse M (2023). Land-use-associated stressors interact to reduce bumblebee health at the individual and colony level. Proc. R. Soc. B 290: 20231322. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1322

Ayasse M. Chemical ecology: Male orchid bees attract females with environmental-derived perfumes in courtship display (2023). Current Biology 33(10):R405-R407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.016

Boff S, Ayasse M (2023). Exposure to sublethal concentration of flupyradifurone alterssexual behavior and cuticular hydrocarbon profile inHeriades truncorum, an oligolectic solitary bee. Insect Science 0: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13268

Burrascano F, Chianucci F, Trentanovi G, Kepfer-Rojas S, Sitzia T, Tinya F, Doerfler I, Paillet Y, Nagel TA, Mitic B, Morillas L, Munzi S, Van der Sluis T, Alterio E, Balducci L, Barreto de Andrade R, Bouget C, Giordani P, Lachat T, Matosevic D, Napoleone F, Nascimbene J, Paniccia C, Roth N, Aszalós R, Brazaitis G, Cutini A, D'Andrea E, De Smedt P, Heilmann-Clausen J, Janssen P, Kozák D, Mårell A, Mikoláš M, Nordén B, Matula R, Schall P, Svoboda M, Ujhazyova M, Vandekerkhove K, Wohlwend M, Xystrakis F, Aleffi M, Ammer C, Archaux F, Asbeck T, Avtzis D, Ayasse M, et al. (2023). Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to? Biological Conservation 284: 110176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176

Fackelmann G, Pham CK, Rodríguez Y, Mallory ML, Provencher JF, Baak JE, Sommer S (2023) Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02013-z)

Heni AC, Fackelmann G, Eibner G, Kreinert S, Schmid J, Schwensow NI, Wiegand J, Wilhelm KSommer S (2023) Wildlife gut microbiomes of sympatric generalist species respond differently to anthropogenic landscape disturbances. Animal Microbiome. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00237-9)

Krapf P, Arthofer W, Ayasse M, Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2023) Global change may make hostile – Higher ambient temperature and nitrogen availability increase ant aggression. Science of The Total Environment 861: 160443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160443

Kuppler J, Neumüller U, Mayr AV, Hopfenmüller S, Weiss K, Prosi R, Schanowski A, Schwenninger HR, Ayasse M, Burger H (2023) Favourite plants of wild bees. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 342: 108266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108266

Liu JW, Milet-Pinheiro P, Gerlach G, Ayasse M, Pereira Nunes CE, Alves-dos-Santos I, Ramírez SR (2023). Macroevolution of floral scent chemistry across radiationsof male euglossine bee-pollinated plants. Evolution 78(1): 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad194

Lukas K, Dötterl S, Ayasse M, Burger H (2023). Colletes hederae bees are equally attracted by visual and olfactory cues of inconspicuous Hedera helix flowers. Chemoecology 33: 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-023-00392-0

Milet-Pinheiro P, Pinto CE, Navarro D, Silva JBF, Brandt K, Ayasse M (2023) Floral scent chemistry and pollinators of a sexually dimorphic Neotropical orchid. Plants 12(1): 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12010017

Schmid DW, Capilla-Lasheras P, Dominoni D, Müller-Klein NSommer S, Risely A (2023) Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology, 37, 476–487. (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14255

Schmid DW*, Meyer M*, Wilhelm K, Tilley T, Link-Hessing T, Fleischer R, Badu EK, Nkrumah EE, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Tschapka M, Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2023) MHC class II genes mediate susceptibility and resistance to coronavirus infections in bats. Molecular Ecology.

Veith T, Bleicker T, Eschbach-Bludau M, Brünink S, Mühlemann B, Schneider J, Beheim-Schwarzbach J, Rakotondranary SJ, Ratovonamana YR, Tsagnangara C, Ernest R, Randriantafika F, Sommer S, Stetter N, Jones TC, Drosten C, Ganzhorn JU, Corman VM (2023) Non-structural genes of novel lemur adenoviruses reveal codivergence of virus and host. Virus Evolution.

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Aguilar-Rodríguez PA, Tschapka M, García-Franco JG, Krömer T, López-Acosta JC, MacSwiney-G MC (2022) Intraspecific variability of nectar attracts different bats: the case of Pseudalcantarea viridiflora, a bromeliad with crepuscular anthesis. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 35(4), 597-611.

Boff S (2022) Mating behaviour of the large-head resin bee Heriades truncorum (Megachilidae: Osminii) suggests female plastic strategy in selection of a mating partner and male quality assessment. Apidologie, 53, 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-022-00916-7

Boff S, Conrad T, Raizer J, Wehrhahn M, Bayer M, Friedel A, Theodorou P, Schmitt T, Lupi D (2022) Low toxicity crop fungicide (fenbuconazole) impacts reproductive male quality signals leading to a reduction of mating success in a wild solitary bee. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–12. (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14169)

Boff S, Keller A, Raizer J and Lupi D (2022) Decreased efficiency of pollen collection due to Sulfoxaflor exposure leads to a reduction in the size of bumble bee workers in late European summer. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:842563. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.842563

Carranco AS, Gillingham MAF, Wilhelm K, Romo D, de Lourdes Torres M, Sommer S*, Romo D* (2022) Transcending sea turtles: first report of hatching failure in eggs of an Amazonian freshwater turtle with symptoms of the fungal emerging disease fusariosis. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, e3282-e3288. *contributed equally to the study.
(https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14596)

Carranco AS, Romo D, de Lourdes Torres M, Wilhelm K, Sommer S*, Gillingham MAF* (2022) Egg microbiota is the starting point of hatchling gut microbiota the endangered yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle. Molecular Ecology, 31(14), 3917-3933.

Cozzolino S, Scopece G, Cortis P, Barone Lumaga MR, Cafasso D, Ayasse M (2022) Reproductive character displacement allows two sexually deceptive orchids to coexist and attract the same specific pollinator. Evol Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-021-10149-2

Cvecko P, Brändel SD, Hiller T, Rose A, Bechler JP, Page RA & Tschapka M (2022) New architecture of leaf-tents in American oil palms (Elaeis oleifera) used by Pacific tent-making bat (Uroderma convexum) in Panama. Mammalia.
(https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0058)

Donadio J, Risely A, Müller-Klein N, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2022) Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from faecal samples and clinical signs. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(2), 309–321.
(https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00063)

Fackelmann G, Pham CK, Rodríguez Y, Mallory ML, Provencher JF, Baak JE, Sommer S (accepted) Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Fleischer R, Schmid DW, Wasimuddin, Brändel SD, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2022) Interaction between MHC diversity and constitution, gut microbiome composition and Astrovirus infections in a neotropical bat. Molecular Ecology, 31, 3342–3359.

Florez-Montero Guillermo L., Muylaert RL, Nogueira MR, Geiselman C, Santana SE, Stevens RD, Tschapka M, Rodrigues FA, & Mello MAR (2022) NeoBat Interactions: A data set of bat–plant interactions in the Neotropics. Ecology, Wiley Online Library, (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3640)

Ganuza C, Ayasse M & Boff S (2022). Chemical and Mechanical Signals Trigger Courtship in the Wild Large-Headed Resin Bee Heriades truncorum. J Insect Behavhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-022-09808-1

Herrera-Mesías F, Bause C, Ogan S, Burger H, Ayasse M, Weigand AM, Eltz T (2022) Double-blind validation of alternative wild bee identification techniques: DNA metabarcoding and in vivo determination in the field. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93: 189-214. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.93.86723

Höfer RJ, Ayasse M and Kuppler J (2022) Water deficit, nitrogen availability and their combination differently affect floral scent emission in three Brassicaceae species. Journal of Chemical Ecology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-022-01393-z

Höfer RJ, Lindner T, Ayasse M, Kuppler J (2022) Reduced seed set under water deficit is driven mainly by reduced flower numbers and not by changes in flower visitations and pollination. Functional Ecology 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14233

Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität (2022) 10 Must-Knows aus der Biodiversitätsforschung 2022. Thonicke K, Rahner E, Arneth A, Bartkowski B, Bonn A, Döhler C, Finger R, Freitag J, Grosch R, Grossart H.-P, Grützmacher K, Hartman Scholz A, Häuser C, Hickler T, Hölker F, Jähnig SC, Jeschke J, Kasen R, Kastner T, Kramer-Schadt S, Krug C, Lakner S, Loft L, Matzdorf B, Meakins F, De Meester L, Monaghan MT, Müller D, Overmann J, Quaas M, Radchuk V, Reyer C, Roos C, Scholz I, Schroer S, Sioen GB, Sommer S, Sommerwerk N, Tockner K, Turk Z, Warner B, Wätzold F, Wende W, Veenstra T, van der Voort H. Potsdam, Deutschland. 60 Seiten.
(https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6257476) [German version]
(https://zenodo.org/record/6257527) [English version]

Le Provost G, Schenk NV, Penone C, Thiele J, Westphal C, Allan E, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Boeddinghaus RS, Boesing AL, Bolliger R, Busch V, Fischer M, Gossner MM, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Marhan S, Morris K, Müller S, Neff F, Neyret M, Oelmann Y, Perović DJ, Peter S, Prati D, Rillig MC, Saiz H, Schäfer D, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Vogt J, Weiner C, Weisser W, Wells K, Werner M, Wilcke W & Manning P (2022). The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5

Maihoff F, Friess N, Hoiss B, Schmid-Egger C, Kerner J, Neumayer J, Hopfenmüller S, Bässler C, Müller J, Classen A (2022). Smaller, more diverse and on the way to the top: Rapid community shifts of montane wild bees within an extraordinary hot decade. Diversity and Distributions 29(2) : 272-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13658

Müller S, Gossner MM, Penone C, Jung K, Renner SC, Farina A, Anhäuser L, Ayasse M, Boch S, Haensel F, Heitzmann J, Kleinn C, Magdon P, Perović DJ, Pieretti N, Shaw T, Steckel J, Tschapka M, Vogt J, Westphal C, Scherer- Lorenzen M (2022) Land-use intensity and landscape structure drive the acoustic composition of grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 328, 107845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107845.

Müller-Klein N, Risely A, Schmid DW, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock T, Sommer S. (2022) Two decades of tuberculosis surveillance reveal disease spread, high levels of exposure and mortality, and marked variation in disease progression in wild meerkats. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.
(https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14679)

Nevo O, Valenta K, Helman A, Ganzhorn JU & Ayasse M (2022). Fruit scent as an honest signal for fruit quality. BMC Ecol Evo 22: 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02064-z

Neumüller U, Burger H, Mayr AV, Hopfenmüller S, Krausch S, Herwig N, Burger R, Diestelhorst O, Emmerich K, Haider M, Kiefer M, Konicek J, Kornmilch J-C, Moser M, Saure C, Schanowski A, Scheuchl E, Sing J, Wagner M, Witter J, Schwenninger HR, Ayasse M (2022). Artificial Nesting Hills Promote Wild Bees in Agricultural Landscapes. Insects. 13(8):726. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080726

Risely A, Schmid DW, Müller-Klein N, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2022) Gut microbiota individuality is contingent on temporal scale and age in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, 289, 20220609.
(https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0609)

Scherreiks P, Gossner MM, Ambarlı D, Ayasse M et al. (2022) Present and historical landscape structure shapes current species richness in Central European grasslands. Landsc Ecol 37, 745–762. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01392-7

Schmid DW, Fackelmann G, Wasimuddin, Rakotondranary J, Ratovonamana YR, Montero BK, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2022) A framework for testing the impacts of co-infections on host gut microbiomes. Animal Microbiome, 4:48.
(https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00198-5)

Schwensow N*, Heni A*, Schmid J, Montero BK, Brändel S, Halczok TK, Mayer G, Fackelmann G, Wilhelm K, Schmid DW*, Sommer S* (2022) Disentangling direct from indirect effects of habitat disturbance on multiple components of biodiversity. Journal Animal Ecology. * shared first / senior authors.
(https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13802)

Straub F, Kuppler J, Fellendorf M, Teuscher M, Vogt J, Ayasse M (2022). Land-use stress alters cuticular chemical surface profile and morphology in the bumble bee Bombus lapidariusPloS one 17(5): e0268474. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268474

Vogeler AVB, Otte I, Ferger S, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp A, Nauss T, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M, Tschapka M & Albrecht J (2022) Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain. Biotropica, Wiley Online Library.
(https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13037)

von Hoermann C, Weithmann S, Sikorski J, Nevo O, Szpila K, Grzywacz A, Grunwald J-E, Reckel F, Overmann J, Steiger S, Ayasse M (2022). Linking bacteria, volatiles and insects on carrion:the role of temporal and spatial factorsregulating inter-kingdom communicationvia volatiles. R. Soc. Open Sci.9: 220555. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220555

Wasimuddin, Malik H, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotondranary SJ, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2022) Anthropogenic disturbance impacts gut microbiome homeostasis in a Malagasy primate. Frontiers Microbiology, 13, 911275.
(https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.02.486803)

Welti EAR, Zajicek P, Frenzel M, Ayasse M, Bornholdt T, et al. (2022) Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network. Insect Conserv Divers, 15, 168-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12555

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Alpízar P, Risely A, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2021) Agricultural fast food: Bats feeding in banana monocultures are heavier but have less diverse gut microbiomes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 746783.

Brandt K, Dötterl S, Ramírez SR, Etl F, Machado IC, Navarro DMAF, Dobler D, Reiser O, Ayasse M, Milet-Pinheiro P (2021) Unraveling the Olfactory Biases of Male Euglossine Bees: Species-Specific Antennal responses and their evolutionary significance for perfume flowers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.727471

Burger H, Joos N, Ayasse M (2021) Floral cues of non-host plants attract oligolectic Chelostoma rapunculi bees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 682960. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.682960

Burger H, Marquardt M, Babucke K, Heul KC, Ayasse M, Dötterl S, Galizia CG (2021) Neural and behavioural responses of the pollen-specialist bee Andrena vaga to Salix odours. J Exp Biol, 224, 13. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242166

Fackelmann F, Gillingham MAF, Schmid J, Heni AC, Wilhelm K, Sommer S (2021) Human encroachment into wildlife gut microbiomes. Communications Biology, 4:800, 1-11.

Fischer A, Schulz S, Ayasse M et al. (2021) Pheromone communication among sexes of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus. Sci Nat, 108, 38. doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01747-9

Gillingham MAF, Borghesi F, Montero BK, Migani F, Béchet A, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Dinelli E, Sommer S (2021) Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos. Science of the Total Environment, 761, 143250.

Gillingham MAF, Montero BK, Wilhelm K, Grudzus K, Sommer S, Santos PSC (2021) A novel workflow to improve genotyping of multigene families in wildlife species: an experimental set-up with a known model system. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21, 982-998.

Höfer RJ, Ayasse M, Kuppler J (2021) Bumblebee behavior on flowers, but not initial attraction, is altered by short-term drought stress. Front. Plant Sci., 11, 564802. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.564802

Jiménez RR, Alvarado G, Mena F, Ruepert C, Ballestero E, Sommer S (2021) The fungicide chlorothalonil changes the amphibian skin microbiome: a potential factor disrupting a host disease-protective trait. Applied Microbiology, 1, 26–37. doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol1010004

Kingwell C, Böröczky K, Steitz I, Ayasse M, Wcislo W (2021) Cuticular and Dufour’s gland chemistry reflect reproductive and social state in the facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J Chem Ecol 47, 420–432 (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01262-1

Kuppler J & Kotowska MM (2021). A meta‐analysis of responses in floral traits and flower‐visitor interactions to water deficit. Global Change Biology. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15621

Kuppler J, Wieland J, Junker RR, Ayasse M (2021) Drought-induced reduction in flower size and abundance correlates with reduced flower visits by bumble bees. AoBPlants doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab001

Le Provost G, Thiele J, Westphal C, Penone C, Allan E, Neyret M, van der Plas F, Ayasse M et al. (2021) Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nat Commun 12, 3918. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1

Martel C, Scopece G, Cozzolino S, Ayasse M, Pinheiro F, Cafasso D (2021) Genetic diversity in natural populations of the endangered Neotropical orchid Telipogon peruvianus. Plant Species Biol., 36, 6– 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12291

Martel C, Rakosy D, Dötterl S, Johnson SD, Ayasse M, Paulus HF et al. (2021) Specialization for tachinid fly pollination in the phenologically divergent varieties of the orchid Neotinea ustulata. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.659176

Milet-Pinheiro P, Santos PSC, Prieto-Benítez S, Ayasse M, Dötterl S (2021) Differential evolutionary history in visual and olfactory floral cues of the bee-pollinated genus Campanula (Campanulaceae). Plants, 10(7), 1356. doi.org/10.3390/plants10071356

Montero BK, Wasimuddin, Schwensow N, Gillingham MAF, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotondranary SJ, Corman V, Drosten C, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2021) Evidence for MHC class I and II influencing viral and helminth infection via the microbiome in a non-human primate. PLOS Pathogens, 17(11), e1009675.

Neumüller U, Burger H, Schwenninger HR, Hopfenmüller S, Krausch S, Weiß K, Ayasse M (2021) Prolonged blooming season of flower plantings increases wild bee abundance and richness in agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02233-4

Risely A, Gillingham MAF, Béchet A, Brändel S, Heni A, Heurich M, Menke S, Manser M, Schmid J, Tschapka M, Wasimuddin, Sommer S (2021) Phylogeny- and abundance-based metrics allows for consistent comparison of core gut microbiome diversity indices across host species. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 659918.

Risely A, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2021) Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats, Suricata suricatta. Nature Communications, 12, 6017.

Schall P, Heinrichs S, Ammer C, Ayasse M, Boch S, Buscot F, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Overmann J, Schulze E-D, Sikorski J, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Gossner MM (2021). Among stand heterogeneity is key for biodiversity in managed beech forests but does not question the value of unmanaged forests: Response to Bruun and Heilmann-Clausen (2021). Journal of Applied Ecology 58(9): 1817-1826. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13959

Steitz I, Paxton RJ, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2021) Chemical variation among castes, female life stages and populations of the facultative eusocial sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J Chem Ecol, 47, 406–419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01267-w

Straub F, Orih IJ, Kimmich J, Ayasse M (2021) Negative Effects of the Neonicotinoid Clothianidin on Foraging Behavior and Antennal Sensitivity in Two Common Pollinator Species, Osmia bicornis and Bombus terrestris. Front. Ecol. Evol., 9, 697355. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.697355

Valenta K, Schmitt MH, Ayasse M, Nevo O (2021) The sensory ecology of fear: African elephants show aversion to olfactory prdator signals. Conservation Science and Practice, 3, e333. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.333

Víquez-R L, Speer K, Wilhelm K, Simmons N, Medellín RA, Sommer S*, Tschapka M* (2021) A faithful gut: Core features of gastrointestinal microbiota of long-distance migratory bats remain stable despite dietary shifts driving differences in specific bacterial taxa. Microbiology Spectrum, 9(3), e01525-21. *contributed equally to the study.

Weithmann S, von Hoermann C, Degasperi G, Brandt K, Steiger S, Ayasse M (2021) Temporal variability of the rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) community on small vertebrate carrion and its potential use for forensic entomology. Forensic Science International, 110792. doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110792

Xu X, Ren Z-X, Trunschke J, Kuppler J, Zhao Y-H, Knop E & Wang H (2021) Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation. Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8074

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Brandt K, Machado IC, do Amaral Ferraz Navarro DM, Dötterl S, Ayasse M, Milet-Pinheiro P (2020) Sexual dimorphism in floral scents of the neotropical orchid Catasetum arietinum and its possible ecological and evolutionary significance, AoB PLANTS, Volume 12, Issue 4, August 2020, plaa030.
doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plaa030

Chemnitz J, von Hoermann C, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2020) The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Efficacy of Chemical Communication in the Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Journal of Insect Science, Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2020, 3.
doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa061

Fleischer R, Risely A, Hoeck PEA, Keller LF, Sommer S. Mechanisms governing avian phylosymbiosis: genetic dissimilarity based on neutral and MHC regions exhibits little relationship with gut microbiome distributions of Galápagos mockingbirds. Ecology and Evolution.

Gillingham MAF, Montero BK, Wilhelm K, Grudzus K, Sommer S, Santos PSC (2020) A novel workflow to improve multi-locus genotyping of wildlife species: an experimental set-up with a known model system. Molecular Ecology Resources.

Gillingham MAF, Borghesi F, Montero BK, Migani F, Béchet A, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Dinelli E, Sommer S. Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos. Science of the Total Environment.

Heni AC, Schmid J, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2020) Pathogen-associated selection on innate immunity genes (TLR4, TLR7) in a neotropical rodent in landscapes differing in anthropogenic disturbance. Heredity.
doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0331-y

von Hoermann C, Weithmann S, Deißler M, Ayasse M, Steiger S. (2020) Forest habitat parameters influence abundance and diversity of cadaver-visiting dung beetles in Central Europe. Royal Society Open Science 7; 191722.
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Hopfenmüller S, Holzschuh A, Steffan-Dewenter I (2020) Effects of grazing intensity, habitat area and connectivty on snail-shell nesting bees. Biological Conservation 242, 108406. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108406

Jiménez RR, Alvarado G, Sandoval J, Sommer S (2020) Habitat disturbance influences the skin microbiome of a rediscovered neotropical-montane frog. BMC Microbiology, 20, 292.

Keppner EM, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2020) Contribution of males to brood care can compensate for their food consumption from a shared resource. Ecol Evol.; 2020; 10; 3535-3543.
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Kuppler J, Albert CH, Ames GM, Armbruster WS, Boenisch G, Boucher FC, Campbell DR, Carneiro LT, Chacón-Madrigal E, Enquist BJ, Fonseca CR, Gómez JM, Guisan A, Higuchi P, Karger DN, Kattge J, Kleyer M, Kraft NJB, Larue-Kontić A-AC, Lázaro A, Lechleitner M, Loughnan D, Minden V, Niinemets U, Overbeck GE, Parachnowitsch AL, Perfectti F, Pillar VD, Schellenberger Costa D, Sletvold N, Stang M, Alves-dos-Santos I, Streit H, Wright J, Zych M, Junker RR (2020) Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13077

Kattge J, Boenisch G, Díaz S, ..., Kuppler J, et al. (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904

Lukas K, Dötterl S, Ayasse M, Burger H;(2020). Olfactory and Visual Floral Signals of Hedera helix and Heracleum sphondylium Involved in Host Finding by Nectar-Foraging Social Wasps. In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers. 8, 571454. eISSN 2296-701X. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.571454

May M, Jakalski M, Novotna A, Dietel J, Ayasse M, Lallemand F, Figura T, Minasiewicz J, Selosse MA ; (2020) Three-year pot culture of Epipactis helleborine reveals autotrophic survival, without mycorrhizal networks, in a mixotrophic species Mycorrhiza  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-020-00932-4

Martel C, Neubig KM, Williams NH, Ayasse M (2020) The uncinate viscidium and floral setae, an evolutionary innovation and exaptation to increase pollination success in the Telipogon alliance (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae). Org Divers Evol 20, 537–550 (2020). doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00457-w

Neumüller U, Burger H, Krausch S, Blüthgen N, Ayasse M (2020) Interactions of local habitat type, landscape composition and flower availability moderate wild bee communities. Landscape Ecology 35, 2209–2224 (2020) doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01096-4

Nevo O, Schmitt M H, Ayasse M, Valenta K (2020) Sweet tooth: Elephants detect fruit sugar levels based on scent alone Ecolocy and Evolution doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6777

Paraskevopoulou S, Pirzer F, Schmid J, Corman V M, Schroeder S, Rasche A, Muth D, Goldmann N, Gottula L T, Drexler J F, Heni A C, Eibner G J, Page R, Jones T C, Müller M A, Sommer S, Glebe D, Drosten C (2020) Mammalian hepatitis delta virus without hepadnavirus coinfection in the neotropical rodent Proechimys semispinosus. PNAS. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006750117

Peuker MA, Burger H, Krausch S, Neumüller U, Ayasse M, Kuppler J (2020) Floral traits are associated with the quality but not quantity of heterospecific stigmatic pollen loads. BMC Ecol 20, 54 (2020). doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00323-5

Schall P, Heinrichs S, Ammer C, Ayasse M, Boch S, Buscot F, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Overmann J, Schulze ED, Sikorski J, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Gossner MM (2020) Can multi-taxa diversity in European beech forest landscapes be increased by combining different management systems? J Appl Ecol. 2020;00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13635

Steitz I, Ayasse M (2020)Macrocyclic Lactones Act as a Queen Pheromone in a Primitively Eusocial Sweat Bee. Current Biology 30,1-6 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.026

Valenta K, Daegling DJ, Nevo O, Ledogar J, Sarkar D, Kalbitzer U, Bortolamiol S, Omeja P, Chapman CA, Ayasse M, Kay R, Williams B (2020) Fruit Selectivity in Anthropoid Primates: Size Matters. International Journal of Primatology, doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00158-3

Valenta K, Nevo O (2020) The dispersal syndrome hypothesis: How animals shaped fruit traits, and how they did not. Functional Ecology, doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13564

Valenta K, Dimac-Stohl K, Baines F, Smith T, Piotrowski G, Hill N, Kuppler J, Nevo O (2020) Ultraviolet radiation changes plant color. BMC Plant Biol 20, 253 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02471-8

Víquez-R L, Fleischer R, Wilhelm K, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2020) Jumping the green wall: the use of PNA-DNA clamps to enhance microbiome sampling depth in wildlife microbiome research. Ecology and Evolution.
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Weithmann S, Kuppler J, Degasperi G, Steiger S, Ayasse M, von Hoermann C (2020) Local and Landscape Effects on Carrion-Associated Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in German Forests. Insects 11: 828, doi.org/10.3390/insects11120828

Weithmann S, von Hoermann, C, Schmitt T, Steiger S, Ayasse M (2020) The Attraction of the Dung Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) to Volatiles from Vertebrate Cadavers. Insects 11: 476, doi.org/10.3390/insects11080476

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Aguilar-Rodríguez PA, Tschapka M, García-Franco JG, Krömer T, MacSwiney G, Cristina M (2019) Bromeliads going batty: Pollinator partitioning among sympatric chiropterophilous Bromeliaceae. AoB PLANTS, 11, plz014. DOI:10.1093/aobpla/plz014

Aguilar-Rodríguez PA, Krömer T, Tschapka M, García-Franco JG, Escobedo-Sarti J, MacSwiney GMC (2019) Bat pollination in Bromeliaceae. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 1-19.

Brandt K, Dötterl S, Fuchs R, do Amaral Ferraz Navarro DM, Sobreira Machado IC, Dobler D, Reiser O, Ayasse M, Milet-Pinheiro P (2019) Subtle chemical variations with strong ecological significance: Stereoselective responses of male Orchid Bees to stereoisomers of carvone epoxide. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45, 464–473. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01072-6

Fackelmann G, Sommer S (2019) Microplastics and the gut microbiome: How chronically exposed species may suffer from gut dysbiosis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 143, 193-203.

Gessinger G, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Page RA, Jung K, Tschapka M (2019) Unusual echolocation behavior of the Common Sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina aurita: Adaptation to aerial insectivory in a phyllostomid bat? R Soc open sci, 6, 182165.

Gillingham MAF, Béchet A, Cézilly FW, Wilhelm K, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Borghesi F, Nissardi S, Baccetti N, Menke S, Kayser Y, Sommer S (2019) Offspring microbiomes differ across breeding sites in a panmictic species. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 35.

Jiménez RR, Alvarado G, Estrella J, Sommer S (2019) Moving beyond the host: unravelling the skin microbiome of endangered Costa Rican amphibians. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 2060.

Junker RR, Lechleitner MH, Kuppler J & Ohler L-M (2019) Interconnectedness of the Grinnellian and Eltonian niche in regional and local plant-pollinator communities. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1371.

Martel C, Francke W, Ayasse M (2019) The chemical and visual bases of the pollination of the Neotropical sexually deceptive orchid Telipogon peruvianus. New Phytologist, 233, Issue 4.  doi.org/10.1111/nph.15902

Martel C, Gerlach G, Ayasse M, Milet-Pinheiro P (2019) Pollination ecology of the Neotropical gesneriad Gloxinia perennis: chemical composition and temporal fluctuation of floral perfume. Plant Biology. doi.org/10.1111/plb.12974

Melin AD, Nevo O, Shirasu M, Williamson R, Garrett E, Endo M, Sakurai K, Matsushida Y, Touhara K, Kawamura S. 2019. Fruit scent and observer color vision shape food-selection strategies by wild capuchin monkeys. Nature Communications 10: 2407 

Melin AD, Nevo O, Shirasu M, Williamson RE, Garrett EC, Endo M, Sakurai K, Matsushita Y, Touhara K, Kawamura S (2019) Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys. Nature Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10250-9

Menke S, Heurich M, Henrich M, Wilhelm K, Sommer S (2019) Impact of winter enclosures on the gut bacterial microbiota of red deer in the Bavarian Forest National Park. Wildlife Biology, 1. doi: 10.2981/wlb.00503

Montero K, Ramanamanjato J-B, Ernest R, Rakotondranary SJ, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2019) Challenges of NGS in conservation management: insights from long-term monitoring of corridor effects on the genetic diversity of mouse lemurs in a fragmented landscape. Evolutionary Applications, 12, 425-442.

Nevo O, Ayasse M (2019) Fruit scent: Biochemistry, ecological function, and evolution. Mérillon J-M, Ramawat KG (eds): Reference Series in Phytochemistry: Coevolution of Secondary Metabolites. Springer

Nevo O, Razafimandimby D, Valenta K, Jeffrey JAJ, Reisdorff C, Chapman CA, Ganzhorn JU, Ayasse M. 2019. Signal and reward in wild fleshy fruits: Does fruit scent predict nutrient content? Ecology and Evolution

Qurkhuli T, Schwensow N, Brändel SD, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2019) Can extreme MHC class I diversity be a feature of a wide geographic range? The example of Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata). Immunogenetics, 71, 575. doi.org/10.1007/s00251-019-01128-7

Rose A, Wöhl S, Bechler J, Tschapka M, Knörnschild M (2019) Maternal mouth-to-mouth feeding behaviour in flower-visiting bats, but no experimental evidence for transmitted dietary preferences. Behavioural processes, 165, 29-35. doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.06.001

Schwensow N, Castro-Prieto A, Wachter B, Sommer S (2019) Immunological MHC supertypes and allelic expression: how low is the functional MHC variability in wild endangered Namibian cheetahs? Conservation Genetics, 20(1), 65-80.

Šrut M, Menke S, Höckner M, Sommer S (2019) Earthworms and Cadmium - heavy metal resistant gut bacteria as indicators for heavy metal pollution in soils? Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 171, 843-853.

Steitz I, Brandt K, Biefel F, Minat Ä, Ayasse M (2019) Queen Recognition Signals in Two Primitively Eusocial Halictid Bees: Evolutionary Conservation andd Cast-Specific Perception. Insects 2019, 10, 416 . doi: 10.3390/insects10120416

Stribna T, Romportl D, Demjanovič J, Vogeler A, Tschapka M, Benda P., Horáček I, Juste J, Goodman SM, Hulva P (2019) Pan African phylogeography and palaeodistribution of rousettine fruit bats: Ecogeographic correlation with Pleistocene climate vegetation cycles. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13651

Vogt J, Klaus VH, Both S, Fürstenau C, Gockel S, Gossner MM, Heinze J, Hemp A, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kleinebecker T, Lauterbach R, Lorenzen K, Ostrowski A, Otto N, Prati D, Renner S, Schumacher U, Seibold S, Simons N, Steitz I, Teuscher M, Thiele J, Weithmann S, Wells K, Wiesner K, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Weisser WW (2019) Eleven years’ data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36387.    doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36387

Wasimuddin, Corman VM, Ganzhorn JU, Rakotondranary SJ, Ratovonamana YR, Drosten C, Sommer S (2019) Adenovirus infection is associated with altered gut microbial communities in a non-human primate. Scientific Reports, 9, 13410. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49829-z

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Capodeanu-Nägler A, Ruiz de la Torre E, Eggert AK, Sakaluk SK, Steiger S (2018) Divergent coevolutionary trajectories in parent–offspring interactions and discrimination against brood parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering. Royal Society Open Science, 5:180189.

Capodeanu-Nägler A, Eggert AK, Vogel H, Sakaluk SK, Steiger S (2018) Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency. Behavioral Ecology, 29:42-50.

Capodeanu-Nägler A, Prang MA, Trumbo ST, Vogel H, Eggert AK, Sakaluk SK, Steiger S (2018) Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles. Frontiers in Zoology, 15:33.

Chemnitz J, Fujan IS, Winkelmann C, Steiger S (2018) Why are males more attractive after brood care? Proximate causes of enhanced sex pheromone emission in a burying beetle. Physiological Entomology, 43, DOI: 10.1111/phen.12236.

Conrad T, Paxton RJ, Assum G, Ayasse M (2018) Divergence in male sexual odor signal and genetics across populations of the red mason bee, Osmia bicornis, in Europe. PLOS ONE13: e0193153

Conrad T, Ayasse M (2018) The differences in the vibrational signals between male O. bicornis from three countries in Europe. Journal of Low Frequency Noise,Vibration and Active Control doi: 10.1177/1461348418816263

Halczok TK, Brändel SD, Flores V, Puechmaille SJ, Tschapka M, Page RA, Kerth G (2018) Male-biased dispersal and the potential impact of human-induced habitat modifications on the Neotropical bat Trachops cirrhosus. Ecology and Evolution 2018: 1-16, DOI:10.1002/ece3.4161

Hiller T, Honner B, Page RA, Tschapka M (2018) Leg structure explains host site preference in bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) parasitizing neotropical bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Parasitology, 145: 1475-1482.

Hiller T, Rasche A, Brändel SD, König A, Jeworowski L, O`Mara MT, Cottontail V, Page RA, Glebe D, Drexler JF, Tschapka M (2018) Host biology and anthropogenic factors affect hepadnavirus infection in a Neotropical bat. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-018-1387-5

von Hoermann C, Jauch D, Kubotsch C, Reichel-Jung K, Steiger S, Ayasse M (2018) Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study. PLOS ONE 13: e0196839.

Jung K, Threlfall CG (2018) Trait-dependent tolerance of bats to urbanization: a global meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1222.

Keppner EM, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2018) Manipulation of parental nutritional condition reveals competition among family members. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31(6): 822-832.

Kleinebecker T, Busch V, Hölzel N, Hamer U, Schäfer D, Prati D, Fischer M, Hemp A, Lauterbach R, Klaus VH (2018) And the winner is …. ! A test of simple predictors of plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. Ecological Indicators, 296-301: 296-301.

Lanner J, Curto M, Pachinger B, Neumüller U, Meimberg H (2018) Illumina midi-barcodes: quality proof and applications Mitochondrial DNA Part A doi: 10.1080/24701394.2018.1551386

Lapinski W, Tschapka M (2018) Vertical distribution of wandering spiders in Central America. Journal of Arachnology, 46:13–20.

Medellin RA, Rivero M, Ibarra A, de la Torre A, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Torres-Knoop L, Tschapka M (2018) Follow me: foraging distances of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Sonora determined by fluorescent powder. Journal of Mammalogy, 99:306-311; DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyy016.

Moreno-Brush M, Portillo A., Brändel SD, Storch I, Tschapka M, Biester H (2018) Mercury concentrations in bats (Chiroptera) from a gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecotoxicology 27:45-54

Neumüller U, Pachinger B, Fiedler K (2018) Impact of indunation regime on wild bee assemblages and associated bee-flower networks  Apidologie doi: 10.1007/s13592-018-0604-0

Nevo O,  Valenta K, Razafimandimby D, Melin AD, Ayasse M, Chapman CA (2018) Frugivores and the evolution of fruit colour. Biology Letters 14:  20180377.

Nevo O, Razafimandimby D, Jeffrey JaJ, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2018) Fruit scent as an evolved signal to primate seed dispersal. Science Advances 4.

Nevo O, Valenta K. (2018) The ecology and evolution of fruit odor: Implications for primate seed dispersal. International Journal of Primatology, doi 10.1007/s10764-018-0021-2 (INVITED).

Parkinson J, Kutil R, Kuppler J, Junker RR, Trutschnig W, Bathke AC (2018) A Fast and Robust Way to Estimate Overlap of Niches, and Draw Inference.  The International Journal of Biostatistics, 20170028, 1557-4679.

Renner SC, Suarez-Rubio M, Kaiser S, Nieschulze J, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M, Jung K.  (2018) Divergent response to forest structure of two mobile vertebrate groups. Forest Ecology and Management, 415-416:129-138.

Ripperger SP, Rehse S, Wacker S, Kalko E, Schulz S, Rodriguez-Herrera B, Ayasse M (2018) Two dispersers are better than one: a 'bird-fig' attracts bats via nocturnal scent.  bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/418970

Santos PSC, Mezger M, Kolar M, Michler F-U, Sommer S (2018) The best smellers make the best choosers: mate choice is affected by female chemosensory receptor gene diversity in a mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, 285, 20182426.

Schall P, Gossner MM, Heinrichs S, Fischer M, Boch S, Prati D, Jung K, Baumgartner V, Blaser S, Böhm S, Buscot F, Daniel R, Goldmann K, Kaiser K, Kahl T, Lange M, Müller J, Overmann J, Renner SC, Schulze ED, Sikorski J, Tschapka M, Türke M, Weisser WW, Wemheuer B, Wubet T, Ammer C. (2018) The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 267-278.

Schall P, Schulze ED, Fischer M, Ayasse M, Ammer C (2018) Relations between forest managment, stand structure and productivity across different types of Central European forests. Science Direct doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.02.007

Schmid J, Rasche A, Eibner G, Jeworowski L, Page RA, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2018) Ecological drivers of Hepacivirus infection in a Neotropical rodent inhabiting landscapes with various degrees of human environmental change. Oecologia, 188(1), 289-302.

Schmidt-Küntzel A, Dalton DL, Menotti-Raymond M, Fabiano E, Charruau P, Johnson WE, Sommer S, Marker L, Kotzé A, O’Brien S (2018) Conservation genetics of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus): genetic history and implications for conservation. In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation of Cheetahs (edited by L Marker, L Boast, A Schmidt-Küntzel). Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes (series editor: PJ Nyhus). Academic Press, USA.

Steitz I, Kingwell C, Paxton R J, Ayasse M (2018) Evolution of Caste-Specific Chemical Profiles in Halictid Bees. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44: 827-837

Valenta K, Nevo O, Chapman CA. (2018) Primate fruit color: Useful concept or alluring myth? International Journal of Primatology, doi 10.1007/s10764-018-0025-y (INVITED)​.

Valenta K, Kalbitzer U, Razafimandimby D, Omeja P, Ayasse M, Chapman CA, Nevo O (2018) The evolution of fruit colour: phylogeny, abiotic factors and the role of mutualists. Scientific Reports, 8: 14302.

Vogeler AVB, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV, Cottontail VM (2018) Litomosoides
Microfilaria in seven Neotropical bat species. Journal of Parasitology: 104 (6):713-
717, DOI: 10.1645/15-719

von Hoermann C, Jauch D, Kubotsch C, Reichel-Jung K, Steiger S, Ayasse M (2018) Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study, PLOS ONE 13.

Wasimuddin, Brändel SD, Tschapka M, Page R, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2018) Astrovirus infections induce age-dependent dysbiosis in gut microbiomes of bats. The ISME Journal, 12, 2883-2893, DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0239-1.

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Borghesi F, Dinelli E, Migani F, Béchet A, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Sommer S, Gillingham MAF (2017) Assessing environmental pollution in birds: a new methodological approach for interpreting bioaccumulation of trace elements in feather shafts using geochemical sediment data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 96–108.

Brandt K, Dötterl S, Francke W, Ayasse M, Milet-Pinheiro P (2017) Flower Visitors of Campanula: Are Oligoleges More Sensitive to Host-Specific Floral Scents Than Polyleges? Journal of Chemical Ecology 43: 4–12 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0802-z

Burger H,  Jürgens A, Ayasse M,  Johnson S D(2017) Floral signals and filters in a wasp- and a bee-pollinated. Flora, Volume 232, DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2017.05.009

Chemnitz J, Bagrii N, Ayasse M, Steiger S  (2017) Staying with the young enhances fathers’ attractiveness in burying beetles. Evolution DOI: 10.1111/evo.13194

Chemnitz J, Bagrii N, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2017) Variation in sex pheromone emission does not reflect immunocompetence but affects attractiveness of male burying beetles—a combination of laboratory and field experiments. The Science of Nature 104: 53, DOI 10.1007/s00114-017-1473-5

Conrad T, Vidkjær NH, Ayasse M (2017) The origin of the compounds found on males’ antennae of the red mason bee, Osmia bicornis (L.). Chemoecology 27:207–216, DOI: 10.1007/s00049-017-0245-1

Cuervo M, Rakosy D, Martel C, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2017) Sexual Deception in the Eucera-Pollinated Ophrys leochroma: A Chemical Intermediate between Wasp- and Andrena-Pollinated Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43: 469–479, DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0848-6

Denzinger A, Tschapka M, Schnitzler HU (2017) The role of echolocation strategies for niche differentiation in bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96:171-181

Engler S, Rose A, Knörnschild M (2017) Isolation call ontogeny in bat pups (Glossophaga soricina) Behaviour, DOI:10.1163/1568539X-00003421.

Gillingham MAF, Bechet A, Courtiol A, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Samraoui, Onmus O, Sommer S, Cezilly F (2017) Very high MHC Class IIB diversity without spatial differentiation in the Mediterranean population of greater flamingos. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 56.

Jiménez Randall R, Sommer S (2017) The amphibian microbiome: natural range of variation, pathogenic dysbiosis and role in conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(4), 763-786.

Keppner EM, Prang M, Engel KC, Ayasse M, Stökl J, Steiger S (2017) Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons: Chemically mediated mate recognition in the subsocial burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.  Journal of Chemical Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0806-8

Menke S, Gillingham MAF, Wilhelm K, Sommer S (2017) Home-made cost effective preservation buffer stands the test against commercial preservation methods for microbiome research. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 102.

Menke S, Meier M, Mfune JKE, Melzheimer J, Wachter B, Sommer S (2017) Effect of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiome of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). FEMS, 93(11), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix123.

Nevo O, Valenta K, Tevlin AG, Omeja P, Styler SA, Jackson DJ, Chapman CA, Ayasse M (2017) Fruit defence syndromes: the independent evolution of mechanical and chemical defences. Evol Ecol. doi: 10.1007/s10682-017-9919-y

Nevo O. (2017) Olfactory Communication. In Fuentes A (ed): The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. doi 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0368

Nkrumah EE, Opoku BA, Badu EK, Danquah E, Tschapka M, Oppong SK (2017) Estimating bat abundance and diversity in a modified tropical environment in central Ghana. Tropical Ecology 58:751-759

Nkrumah E, Badu EK, Baldwin HJ, Anti P, Klose SM, Vallo P, Drosten C, Oppong SK, Tschapka M (2017) Flight activity of Noack's round-leaf bat (Hipposideros cf. ruber) at two caves in central Ghana, West Africa. Acta Chiropterologica, 19(2): 347-355

Pascual J, von Hoermann C, Rottler-Hoermann A-M, Nevo O, et al. (2017) Function of bacterial community dynamics in the formation of cadaveric semiochemicals during in situ carcass decomposition. Environmental Microbiology 19: 3310-3322. doi doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13828

Rakosy D, Cuervo M, Paulus HF, Ayasse M (2017) Looks matter: changes in flower form affect pollination effectiveness in a sexually-deceptive orchid. Journal of Evolutionary Biology DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13153

Rose A, Brändel SD, Cvecko P, Engler S, Hiller T, Knörnschild M, Tschapka M (2017) New records of hypopigmentation in two neotropical phyllostomid bat species with different roosting habits (Uroderma bilobatum, Glossophaga soricina). Mammalia, DOI 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0086.

Ruiz AT, Jung K, Tschapka M, Schwenker F, Palm G (2017) Automated identification method for detection and classification of Neotropical bats. 8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems, ICPRS­2017, Madrid 11­13 July 2017 IET Digital Library, ISBN 978­1­78561­652­5

Santos PSC, Michler F-U, Sommer S (2017) Can MHC-assortative partner choice promote offspring diversity? A new combination of MHC-dependent behaviors among sexes in a highly successful invasive mammal. Molecular Ecology, 26, 2392-2404.

Schwensow NI, Detering H, Pederson S, Mazzoni C, Sinclair R, Peacock D, Kovaliski J, Cooke B, Fickel J, Sommer S. Resistance to RHD virus in wild Australian rabbits: comparison of susceptible and resistant individuals using a genome-wide approach. Molecular Ecology, 26, 4551-4561.

Schwensow NI, Mazzoni CJ, Marmesat E, Fickel J, Peacock D, Kovaliski J, Sinclair R, Cassey P, Cooke B, Sommer S (2017) High adaptive variability and virus-driven selection on Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes in invasive wild rabbits in Australia. Biological Invasions, 19(4), 1255-1271.

Simons NK, Lewinsohn T, Blüthgen N, Buscot F, Boch S, Daniel R, Gossner MM, Jung K, Kaiser K, Müller J, Prati D, Renner SC, Socher SA, Sonnemann I, Weiner CN, Werner M, Wubet T, Wurst S, Weisser WW (2017) Contrasting effects of grassland management modes on species-abundance distributions of multiple groups. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 237, 143-153.

Valenta K, Nevo O, Martel C, Chapman CA. (2017) Plant attractants: integrating insights from pollination and seed dispersal ecology. Evolutionary Ecology 31: 249. doi 10.1007/s10682-016-9870-3

Wasimuddin, Menke S, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Heinrich H, Wachter B, Sommer S. (2017) Gut microbiomes of free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: diversity, putative functions, and occurrence of potential pathogens. Molecular Ecology, 26, 5515-5527.

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Blüthgen N, Simons NK, Jung K, Prati D, Renner SC, Boch S, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Gossner MM (2016) Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity. Nature Communications, 7, 10697.

Capodeanu-Nägler A, Keppner E, Vogel H, Ayasse M, Eggert A, Sakaluk SK, Steiger S (2016) From facultative to obligatory parental care: Interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles. Scientific Reports, 6, 29323.

Eckenweber M, Knörnschild M (2016) Responsiveness to conspecific distress calls is influenced by day-roost proximity in bats (Saccopteryx bilineata). Royal Society Open Science, 3, 160151.

Engel KC, Stökl J, Schweizer R, Vogel H, Ayasse M, Ruther J, Steiger S (2016) A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care. Nature Communications, 7, 11035. 

Gillingham MAF, Courtiol A, Teixeira M, Galan M, Bechet A, Cezilly F (2016) Evidence of gene orthology and trans-species polymorphism, but not of parallel evolution, despite high levels of concerted evolution in the MHC of flamingo species. J Evol Biol, 29, 438–454.

Gögler J, Zitari A, Paulus H, Cozzolino S, Ayasse M (2016) Species boundaries in the Ophrys iricolor group in Tunisia: do local endemics always matter? Plant Syst Evol, 302, 481–489.

Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Martel C, Milet-Pinheiro P, Ayasse M, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M (2016) Finding flowers in the dark: nectar-feeding bats integrate olfaction and echolocation while foraging for nectar. Royal Society Open Science, 3, 8.

González-Terrazas TP, Víquez LR, Ibarra-Macías A, Ruíz AT, Torres-Knoop L, Jung K, Tschapka M, Medellín RA (2016) New records and range extension of Promops centralis (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 87,1407-1411.

Gossner MM, Lewinsohn TM, Kahl T, Grassein F, Boch S, Prati D, Birkhofer K, Renner SC, Sikorski J, Wubet T, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Jorge LR, Jung K, Keyel AC, Klein A-M, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Müller J, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Penone C, Perović DJ, Purschke O, Schall P, Socher SA, Sonnemann I, Tschapka M, Tscharntke T, Türke M, Venter PC, Weiner CN, Werner M, Wolters V, Wurst S, Westphal C, Fischer M, Weisser WW, Allan E (2016) Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities. Nature, 540, 266-269.

Heim O, Schröder A, Eccard J, Jung K, Voigt CC (2016) Seasonal activity patterns of European bats above intensively used farmland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 233, 130-139.

Herkt KMB, Barnikel G, Skidmore AK, Fahr J (2016) A high-resolution model of bat diversity and endemism forcontinental Africa. Ecological Modelling, 320, 9–28.

von Hoermann C, Ruther J, Ayasse M (2016) Volatile organic compounds of decaying piglet cadavers perceived by Nicrophorus vespilloides. J Chem Ecol, 42,756–767.

Jacobs CGC, Steiger S, Heckel, DG, Wielsch N, Vilcinskas A, Vogel H (2016) Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle. Scientific Reports, 6, 25409.

Jung K, Threlfall CG (2016) Urbanisation and its effects on bats—a global meta-analysis. "Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World", pp. 13-33, Springer

Keppner EM, Prang M, Engel KC, Ayasse M, Stökl J, Steiger S (2016) Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons: Chemically mediated mate recognition in the subsocial burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Chemical Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0806-8.

Knörnschild M, Eckenweber M, Fernandez AA, Nagy M (2016) Sexually selected vocalizations of Neotropical bats. "Sociality in bats", pp. 179-195.

Luzar AB, Schweizer R, Sakaluk SK, Steiger S (2016) Access to a carcass, but not mating opportunities, influences paternal care in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, 7.

Marmesat E, Soriano L, Mazzoni CJ, Sommer S, Godoy JA (2016) PCR strategies for complete allele calling in multigene families using high-throughput sequencing approaches. PLoS One, 11:e0157402.

Milet-Pinheiro P, Herz K, Dötterl S, Ayasse M (2016) Host choice in a bivoltine bee: how sensory constraints shape innate foraging behaviors. BMC Ecology, 16, 20.

Nevo O, Heymann EW, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2016) Fruit odor as a ripeness signal for seed-dispersing primates? a case study on four Neotropical plant species. Journal of Chemical Ecology, DOI:10.1007/s10886-016-0687-x.

Renner S, Suarez-Rubio M, Wiesner K, Drögemüller C, Gockel S, Kalko E, Ayasse M, Frantz A (2016) Using multiple landscape genetic approaches to test the validity of genetic clusters in a species characterized by an isolation-by-distance pattern. Biol J Linn Soc, 118, 292–303.

Rid M, Mesca C, Ayasse M, Gross J (2016) Apple proliferation phytoplasma influences the pattern of plant volatiles emitted depending on pathogen virulence. Front Ecol Evol, 3, 152 doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00152

Rottler-Hoermann A-M, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2016) Nest wax triggers worker reproduction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. R Soc open sci, 3:150599.

Santos PSC, Courtiol A, Heidel AJ, Höner OP, Heckmann I, Nagy M, Mayer F, Platzer M, Voigt CC, Sommer S (2016) MHC-dependent mate choice is linked to a trace-amine-associated receptor gene in a mammal. Scientific Reports, 6, 38490.

Schuster AC, Herde A, Mazzoni CJ, Eccard JA, Sommer S (2016) Evidence for selection maintaining MHC diversity in a rodent species despite strong density fluctuations. Immunogenetics,  68(6), 429-437.

Soliveres S, van der Plas F, Manning P, Prati D, Gossner MM, Renner SC, Alt F, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Binkenstein J, Birkhofer K, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Heinze J, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sikorski J, Socher SA, Solly EF, Sonnemann I, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Türke M, Venter PC, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Fischer M, Allan E (2016) Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature, 536, 456-459.

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Treitler JT, Heim O, Tschapka M, Jung K (2016) The effect of local land use and loss of forests on bats and nocturnal insects. Ecology and Evolution, DOI:10.1002/ece3.2160:1-9.

Valenta K, Nevo O, Martel C, Chapman C (2016) Plant attractants: integrating insights from pollination and seed dispersal ecology. Evol Ecol, DOI:10.1007/s10682-016-9870-3.

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Anti P, Owusu M, Agbenyega O, Annan A, Badu EK, Nkrumah EE, Tschapka M, Oppong S, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Drosten C (2015) Human-bat interactions in rural West African communities. Emerging Infectious Diseases 21:1418-1421

Bader E, Jung K, Kalko EKV, Page RA, Rodriguez R, Sattler T (2015) Mobility explains the response of aerial insectivorous bats to anthropogenic habitat change in the Neotropics. Biol Conserv 186:97-106

Cairampoma L, Martel C, Claßen-Bockhoff R (2015) (2370) Proposal to conserve the name Salvia cruikshanksii with that spelling (Lamiaceae). Taxon 64: 850-851

Clozato CL, Mazzoni CJ, Moraes-Barros N, Morgante JS, Sommer, S (2015) Spatial pattern of adaptive and neutral genetic diversity across different biomes in the lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla). Ecology and Evolution 5:4932-4948

Chemnitz J, Jentschke PC, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2015) Beyond species recognition: somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication. Proc R Soc B 282:20150832

Collantes B, Martel, C (2015) Telipogon koechlinorum (Orchidaceae), a new species from Machu Picchu, Peru. Brittonia 67: 113-117

Conrad T, Ayasse M (2015) The role of vibrations in population divergence in the red mason bee, Osmia bicornis. Current Biology 25:1-4

Dietel J, Bergfeld D, Berlinghof N, Riechelmann A, Ayasse M (2015) Taxonomical investigations on the deceptive orchid Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (Epidenroidae, Orchidaceae). J Eur Orch 47:501-522

Engel KC, Männer L, Ayasse M, Steiger S (2015) Acceptance threshold theory can explain the occurrence of homosexual behaviour. Biology Letters 11: 20140603

Eriksson ME, Terfelt F, Elofsson R, Maas A, Marone F, Lindskog A, Waloszek D, Schmitz B, Stampanoni M (2015) Baring it all – undressing Cambrian ‘Orsten’ phosphatocopine arthropods using synchrotron x-ray tomographic microscopy. Lethaiadoi: 10.1111/let.12149, 15 pages

Freidl GS, Binger T, Müller MA, de Bruin E, van Beek J, Corman VM, Rasche A, Drexler JF, Sylverken A, Oppong SK, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Tschapka M, Cottontail VM, Drosten C, Koopmans M (2015) Serological evidence of influenza A viruses in frugivorous bats from Africa. PlosOne 10:e0127035

Freudmann A, Mollik P, Tschapka M, Schulze CH (2015) Impacts of oil palm agriculture on phyllostomid bat assemblages. Biodiversity and Conservation 24:3583-3599

Gögler J, Stökl J, Cortis P, Beyrle H, Rosaria M, Lumaga B, Cozzolino S, Ayasse M (2015) Increased divergence in floral morphology strongly reduces gene flow in sympatric sexually deceptive orchids with the same pollinator. Evol Ecol 29:703–717

Heer K, Helbig-Bonitz M, Gatti R, Mello MAR, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV (2015) Effects of land use on bat diversity in a complex plantation-forest landscape in northeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 96:720-731

Helbig‐Bonitz M, Ferger SW, Böhning‐Gaese K, Tschapka M, Howell K, Kalko EKV (2015) Bats are not birds–different responses to human land‐use on a tropical mountain. Biotropica 47:497-508

Kutschera, V., Maas, A., Mayer, G. & Waloszek, D. 2015. Calcitic sclerites at the base of malacostracan pleopods (Crustacea) ? part of a coxa. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:117. DOI -10.1186/s12862-015-0357-6; 27 pages

Lapinski W, Walther P, Tschapka M (2015) Morphology reflects microhabitat preferences in an assemblage of neotropical wandering spiders. Zoomorphology 134:219-236

L'homme P, Ayasse M, Valterová I, Lecocq T, Rasmont P (2015) A scent shield to survive: Identification of the repellent compounds secreted by the male offspring of the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis. Entomol Gen 157:263–270

Mayer G, Maas A, Waloszek D (2015) Mouthpart morphology of Synurella ambulans (F. Müller, 1846) (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae). Spixiana 38:219–229

Martel C, Trujillo D (2015) Taxonomical notes on Telipogon falcatus with comments on Hofmeisterella (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae). Harvard Papers on Botany 20: 93-99

Manning P, Gossner MM, Bossdorf O, Allan E, Zhang Y-Y, Prati D, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein AM, Kleinbecker T, Krauss J, Lange M, Müller J, Pasalic E, Socher SA, Tschapka M, Türke M, Weiner C, Werner M, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner SC, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair K-E, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2015) Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology 96: 1492-1501

Mello MAR, Costa LF, Rodrigues F, Marquitti FMD, Sekercioglu C, Kissling D, Kalko EKV (2015) Keystone species in seed dispersal networks are mainly determined by dietary specialization. Oikos 124:1031-1039

Menke S, Meier M, Sommer S (2015) Shifts in the gut microbiome observed in wildlife faecal samples exposed to natural weather conditions: lessons from time-series analyses using next-generation sequencing for application in field studies. Methods in Ecology & Evolution  6:1080–1087

Milet-Pinheiro P, Navarro D, Dötterl S, Carvalho A, Pinto C, Ayasse M, Schlindwein C (2015) Pollination biology in the dioecious orchid Catasetum uncatum: how does floral scent influence the behaviour of pollinators? Phytochemistry 116:149-161

Milet-Pinheiro P, Ayasse M, Dötterl S (2015) Visual and olfactory floral cues of Campanula (Campanulaceae) and their significance for host recognition by an oligolectic bee pollinator Plos ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0128577

Morris H, Plavcová L, Cvecko P, Fichtler E, Gillingham MAF, Martínez-Cabrera HI, McGlinn DJ, Wheeler E, Zheng J, Ziemińska K, Jansen S (2015) A global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants. New Phytol doi:10.1111/nph.13737

Nevo O, Orts GR, T HSL, Schulz S, Heymann EW, Ayasse M, Laska M (2015) Chemical recognition of fruit ripeness in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Sci Rep 5:14895

Nevo O, Heymann EW (2015) Led by the nose: olfaction in primate feeding ecology. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 24:137-148

Rathke EM, Nevo O (2015) Short-term learning of olfactory discrimination tasks in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Neotrop Primates 22:12-18

Ripperger SP, Kalko EKV, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Mayer F, Tschapka M (2015) Frugivorous bats maintain functional habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes but rely strongly on natural forest fragments. PLoS ONE 10:e0120535

Rose A, Kolar M, Tschapka M, Knörnschild M (2015 online first) Learning where to feed: the use of social information in flowervisiting Pallas’ long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina). Anim Cogn DOI 10.1007/s10071-015-0930-9:1-12

Schaer J, Reeder DM, Vodzak ME, Olival KJ, Weber N, Mayer F, Matuschewski K, Perkins SL (2015) Nycteria parasites of Afrotropical insectivorous bats. International Journal for Parasitology 45:375–384

Sperling S, Kühbandner S, Engel KC, Steiger S, Stökl J, Ruther J (2015) Size exclusion high performance liquid chromatography: Re-discovery of a rapid and versatile method for clean-up and fractionation in chemical ecology. J ChemEcol DOI 10.1007/s10886-015-0584-8

Steiger S (2015) Recognition and Family life: Recognition mechanisms in the biparental burying beetle. In: Social Recognition in Invertebrates (L. Aquiloni and E. Tricarico, eds.). pp 249-266

Steiger S, Capodeanu-Nägler A, Gershman SN, Weddle CB, Rapkin J, Sakaluk SK, Hunt J (2015) Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28:2175-2186

Tschapka M, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Knörnschild M (2015) Nectar uptake in bats using a pumping-tongue mechanism. Science Advances 25 Sep 2015: e1500525

Wagner I, Ganzhorn JU, Kalko EK, Tschapka M (2015) Cheating on the mutualistic contract: nutritional gain through seed predation in the frugivorous bat Chiroderma villosum (Phyllostomidae). J Exp Biol 218: 1016-1021

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Ayasse M, Jarau S (2014) Chemical ecology of bumble bees. Annu Rev Entomol 59:299-319

Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Gardner MG, Drosten C, Tschapka M, Stow AJBrn (2014) Isolation and characterization of 11 novel microsatellite loci in a West African leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros aff. ruber. BMC research notes 7:607

Brouat C, Tollenaere C, Estoup A, Loiseau A, Sommer S, Soanandrasana R, Rahalison L, Rajerison M, Piry S, Goodman S, Duplantier J-M (2014) Invasion genetics of a human commensal rodent: the black rat Rattus rattus in Madagascar. Molecular Ecology 23:4153-4167

Capodeanu-Nägler A, Sakaluk SK, Hunt J, Steiger S (2014) Self-recognition in crickets via on-line processing. Current Biology 24: R1117-R1118.
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Cottontail VM, Kalko EK, Cottontail I, Wellinghausen N, Tschapka M, Perkins S, Pinto C (2014) High local diversity of Trypanosoma in a common bat species, and implications for the biogeography and taxonomy of the T. cruzi Clade PloS one 9:e108603.7

Eckerle I, Ehlen L, Kallies R, Wollny R, Corman VM, Cottontail VM, Tschapka M, Oppong S, Drosten C, Müller MA (2014) Bat airway epithelial cells: A novel tool for the study of zoonotic viruses. PLOS One 9:e84679

Engel KC,  von Hoermann C, Eggert A-K, Müller JK, Steiger S (2014) When males stop having sex: adaptive insect mating tactics during parental care. Animal Behaviour 90, 245-253

Fernandez A, Fasel N, Knörnschild M, Richner H (2014) When bats are boxing: aggressive behaviour and communication in male Seba's short-tailed fruit bat. Animal Behaviour 98:149-156

Froeschke G, Sommer S (2014) Role of selection versus neutral processes determining genetic variation in a small mammal along a climatic gradient in southern Africa. Evolutionary Ecology 28:1169-1190

Greiner S, Nagy M, Mayer F, Knörnschild M, Hofer H, Voigt C (2014) Sex-biased senescence in a polygynous bat species. Ethology 120:197-205

Gschweng M, Riepl M, Kalko EK (2014) Rotmilan (Milvus milvus) und Windenergie: Problematik und Praxis bei der Erfassung windkraftsensibler Greifvogelarten. Berichte zum Vogelschutz Band 51:61-82

Haberer W, Steiger S, Müller JK (2014) Dynamic changes in volatile emissions of breeding burying beetles. Physiological Entomology 39:153-164

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Haug JT, Hübers M, Haug C, Kerp H, Maas A, Waloszek D, Schneider J (2014) Arthropod cuticles from the Upper Visean (Mississippian) of eastern Germany. Bulletin of Geosciences 89(3), 541-552

Jung K, Molinari J, Kalko EKV (2014) Driving factors for the evolution of species-specific echolocation call design in New World free-tailed bats (Molossidae). PLOS ONE 9:e85279

Knörnschild M (2014) Vocal production learning in bats. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 28:80-85

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Lapinski W, Tschapka M (2014) Desiccation resistance reflects patterns of microhabitat choice in a Central-American assemblage of wandering spiders. J Exp Biol 217:2789-2795

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Menke S, Wasimuddin, Meier M, Melzheimer J, Mfune J, Heinrich S, Thalwitzer S, Wachter W, Sommer S (2014) Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free-ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores (Acinonyx jubatus, Canis mesomelas) on a bacterial species-like level. Frontiers Microbiology 5:doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00526

Mumm C, Knörnschild M (2014) The vocal repertoire of adult and neonate giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). PLoS ONE 9:e112562

Mumm CAS, Urrutia MC, Knörnschild M (2014) Vocal individuality in cohesion calls of giant otters, Pteronura brasiliensis. Animal Behaviour 88:243-252

Muster C, Meyer M, Sattler T (2014) Spatial arrangement overrules environmental factors to structure native and non-native assemblages of synanthropic harvestmen. PLOS ONE 9:e90474

Nagy M, Knörnschild M, Günther L, Mayer F (2014) Dispersal and social organization in the Neotropical Grey sac-winged bat Balantiopteryx plicata. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 68:891–901

Ripperger SP, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Mayer F (2014) Resisting habitat fragmentation: high genetic connectivity among populations of the frugivorous bat Carollia castanea in an agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 185:9–15

Ripperger SP, Heymann EW, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV (2014) Fruit characteristics associated with fruit preferences in frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae and Carolliinae) and Saddle-Back Tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis) in Perú. Ecotropica 20: 53-63

Schoenemann B, Clarkson ENK, Castellani C, Waloszek D, Maas A, Meyer-Rochow VB (2014) Description and Interpretation of the Internal Structure of a Cambrian Crustacean Compound Eye. Bulletin of Geosciences 89, 311-324.    

Schwensow N, Cooke B, Kovaliski J, Sinclair R, Peacock D, Fickel J, Sommer S (2014) Rabbit haemorrhagic disease: virus persistence and adaptation in Australia. Evolutionary Applications 7:1056–1067

Simon R, Knörnschild M, Tschapka M, Schneider A, Passauer N, Kalko EKV, von Helversen O (2014) Biosonar resolving power: echo-acoustic perception of surface structures in the submillimeter range. Frontiers in Physiology 5:doi:10.3389/fphys.2014.00064

Sommer S, Rakotondranary S, Ganzhorn J (2014) Maintaining microendemic primate species along an environmental gradient – parasites as drivers for species differentiation. Ecology and Evolution 10.1002/ece3.1311

Steiger S, Stökl J (2014) The role of sexual selection in the evolution
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Annan A, Baldwin HJ, Corman VM, Klose SM, Owusu M, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Anti P, Agbenyega O, Meyer B, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Kalko EKV, Lina PHC, Godlevska EV, Reusken C, Seebens A, Gloza-Rausch F, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2013) Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19:456-460

Ayasse M, Jarau S (2013) Chemical Ecology of bumble bees. Annu Rev Entomol DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-161949

Becker NI, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV, Encarnacao JA (2013) Balancing the energy budget in free-ranging male Myotis daubentonii bats. Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 86:361-369

Boch S, Prati D, Müller J, Socher SA, Baumbach H, Buscot F, Gockel S, Hemp A, Hessenmöller D, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Pfeiffer S, Pommer U, Schöning I, Schulze E-D, Seilwinder C, Weisser WW, Wells K, Fischer M (2013 in press) High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic and Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.06.001

Burger H, Ayasse M, Dötterl S, Kreissl S, Galizia CG (2013) Perception of floral volatiles involved in host-plant finding behaviour: comparison of a bee specialist and generalist. J Comp Physiol A 199:751–761

Chucholl C (2013) Feeding ecology and ecological impact of an alien ‘warm-water’ omnivore in cold lakes. Limnologica 43:219-229

Corman VM, Rasche A, Diallo TD, Cottontail VM, Stöcker A, Souza BFdCD, Corrêa JI, Carneiro AJB, Franke CR, Nagy M, Metz M, Knörnschild M, Kalko EKV, Ghanem SJ, Morales KDS, Salsamendi E, Spínola M, Herrler G, Voigt CC, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2013) Highly diversified coronaviruses in neotropical bats. Journal of General Virology 94:1984–1994

Drexler JF, Corman VM, Müller MA, Lukashev AN, Gmyl A, Coutard B, Adam A, Ritz D, Leijten LM, Riel Dv, Kallies R, Klose SM, Gloza-Rausch F, Binger T, Annan A, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Oppong S, Bourgarel M, Rupp D, Hoffmann B, Schlegel M, Kümmerer BM, Krüger DH, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Aguilar Setién A, Cottontail VM, Hemachudha T, Wacharapluesadee S, Osterrieder K, Bartenschlager R, Matthee S, Beer M, Kuiken T, Reusken C, Leroy EM, Ulrich RG, Drosten C (2013) Evidence for Novel Hepaciviruses in Rodents. Plos Pathogens 9:e1003438

Drexler JF, Geipel A, König A, Corman VM, Riel Dv, Leijten LM, Bremer CM, Rasche A, Cottontail VM, Maganga GD, Schlegel M, Müller MA, Adam A, Klose SM, Carneiroi AJB, Stöcker A, Franke CR, Gloza-Rausch F, Geyer J, Annanm A, Adu-Sarkodien Y, Oppong S, Binger T, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Ulrich RG, Gerlich WH, Leroy EM, Kuiken T, Glebe D, Drosten C (2013) Bats carry pathogenic hepadnaviruses antigenically related to hepatitis B virus and capable of infecting human hepatocytes. PNAS 11:16151–16156

Eckenweber M, Knörnschild M (2013) Social influences on territorial signalling in male greater-sac winged bats. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 67:639-648

Fronhofer EA, Sperr EB, Kreis A, Ayasse M, Poethke HJ, Tschapka M (2013) Picky hitch-hikers: vector choice leads to directed dispersal and fat-tailed kernels in a passively dispersing mite. Oikos 122:1254–1264

Geipel I, Kalko EKV, Wallmeyer K, Knörnschild M (2013) Postweaning maternal food provisioning in a bat with a complex hunting strategy. Animal Behaviour 85:1435-1441

Geipel I, Jung K, Kalko EKV (2013) Perception of silent and motionless prey on vegetation by echolocation in the gleaning bat Micronycteris microtis. Proc R Soc B 280:20122830

Haug JT, Castellani C, Haug C, Waloszek D, Maas A (2013) A Marrella-like arthropod from the Cambrian of Australia: A new link between "Orsten"-type and Burgess Shale assemblages. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58, 629-639

Haug C, Kutschera V, Ahyong S, Vega FJ, Maas A, Waloszek D, Haug JT (2013) Re-evaluation of the Mesozoic mantis shrimp Ursquilla yehoachi based on new material and the virtual peel technique. Palaeontologica Electronica PE Article Number: 16.2.5T, 1-14

Haug JT, Maas A, Haug C, Waloszek D (2013) Evolution of Crustacean Appendages, 34-73. In Watling, L. & Thiel, M. (eds.): The Natural History of the Crustacea. Vol. 1 Functional Morphology and Diversity. 464 pages, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, etc.

Helbig-Bonitz M, Rutten G, Kalko EKV (2013) Fruit bats can disperse figs over different landuse types on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology DOI: 10.1111/aje.12090

Hodgkison R, Ayasse M, Häberlein CM, Schulz S, Zubaid A, Mustapha WAW, Kunz TH, Kalko EKV (2013) Fruit bats and bat fruits: the evolution of fruit scent in relation to the foraging behaviour of bats in the New and Old World tropics. Funct Ecol, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12101

von Hoermann C, Steiger S, Müller JK, Ayasse M (2013) Too fresh is unattractive! The attraction of newly emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides females to odour bouquets of large cadavers at various stages of decomposition. Plos ONE 8:e58524-e58524

Kaltenpoth M, Steiger S (2013) Unearthing carrion beetles’ microbiome: characterization of bacterial and fungal hindgut communities across the Silphidae. Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.12469

Knörnschild M, Feifel M, Kalko EKV (2013) Mother offspring recognition in the bat Carollia perspicillata. Animal Behaviour 86:941-948

Lapinski W, Tschapka M (2013) Habitat use in an assemblage of Central American wandering spiders. Journal of Arachnology 41:151-159

Lauterbach R, Wells K, O’Hara RB, Kalko EKV, Renner SC (2013) Variable strength of forest stand attributes and weather conditions on the questing activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks over years in managed forests. Plos One 8:e55365

Lhomme P, Sramkova A, Kreuter K, Lecocq T, Rasmont P, Ayasse M (2013) A method for year-round rearing of cuckoo bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Bombus subgenus Psithyrus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 49:117-125

Lüdtke B, Moser I, Santiago-Alarcon D, Fischer M, Kalko EKV, Schaefer HM, Suarez-Rubio M, Tschapka M, Renner SC (2013) Associations of forest type, parasitism and body condition of two European passerines, Fringilla coelebs and Sylvia atricapilla. PLOS One 8:e81395

Maas A (2013) Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: The Fossil Record. pp. 11?28 in Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed.): Handbook of Zoology Volume Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera Vol. 1: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera. 381 pages, De Gruyter, Berlin

Martel C, Nauray W (2013) Notes and an emended description of Telipogon peruvianus (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae). Candollea 68:245-250

Mayer G, Haug JT, Maas A, Waloszek D (2013) Functional aspects of the gammaridean mandibles with special reference to the lacinia mobilis (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Zoologischer Anzeiger 252, 536-547

Mello MAR, Kalko EKV, Silva WR (2013) Effects of moonlight on the capturability of frugivorous phyllostomid bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) at different time scales. Zoologia 30:397–402

Mettler R, Schaefer HM, Chernetsov N, Fiedler W, Hobson KA, Ilieva M, Imhof E, Johnsen A, Renner SC, Rolshausen G, Serrano D, Wesołowski T, Segelbacher G (2013) Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation among blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with divergent migratory orientations in Europe. Plos ONE 8:e81365

Milet-Pinheiro P, Andrade Penante DCd, Schlindwein C (2013) Low legitimate pollen flow in distylic Turnera hermannioides (Passifloraceae) and its consequences on fruit and seed set. Flora 208:570-578

Milet-Pinheiro P, Ayasse M, Dobson HEM, Schlindwein C, Francke W, Dötterl S (2013) The chemical basis of host-plant recognition in a specialized bee pollinator. J Chem Ecol  39:1347–1360

Muylaert RL, Mello MAR. 2013. Interindividual variations in fruit preferences of the yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a Brazilian savanna. Mammalia, ahead of print. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0103

Nagy M, Günther L, Knörnschild M, Mayer F (2013) Female-biased dispersal in a bat with a female-defence mating strategy. Molecular Ecology 22:1733-1745

Nyffeler M, Knörnschild M (2013) Bat predation by spiders. PLOS ONE 8:e58120

Ower GD, Kevin A. Judge, Steiger S, Caron KJ, Smith RA, Hunt J, Sakaluk SK (2013) Multivariate sexual selection on male song structure in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.736, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.736

Parker AR, Schoenemann B, Haug JT, Waloszek D (2013) An unusual cornea from a well-preserved ("Orsten") Cambrian compound eye. Paleontological Research 17(3), 251-261

Pfeiffer M, Mezger D, Dyckmans J (2013) Trophic ecology of tropical leaf litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a stable isotope study in four types of Bornean rain forest. Myrmecological News 19 31-41

Reichle C, Aguilar I, Ayasse M, Twele R, Wittko Francke, Jarau S (2013) Learnt information in species-specific ‘trail pheromone’ communication in stingless bees. Animal Behaviour 85:225-232

Rottler A-M, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2013) Wax lipids signal nest identity in bumblebee colonies. J Chem Ecol 39:67-75

Sattler T, Pezzatti GB, Nobis MP, Obrist MK, Roth T, Moretti M (2013) Selection of multiple umbrella species for functional and taxonomic diversity to represent urban biodiversity. Conservation Biology 28:414-426

Schaer J, Perkins SL, Decher J, Leendertz FH, Fahr J, Weber N, Matuschewski K (2013) High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites and a tight link with rodent Plasmodium taxa. PNAS 110:17415–17419

Schmid J (2013) Physiology and energetics. In: "Primate ecology and conservation: A handbook of techniques" (Sterling EJ, Bynum NBlair ME, eds.), pp. 213-223. Oxford University Press

Socher SA, Prati D, Boch S, Müller J, Baumbach H, Gockel S, Hemp A, Schöning I, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2013) Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions. Basic and Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.12.003

Steiger S, Ower GD, Stökl J, Mitchell C, Hunt J, Sakaluk SK (2013) Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild. Proc R Soc B 280:20132353

Steiger S (2013) Bigger mothers are better mothers: disentangling size-related prenatal and postnatal maternal effects. Proc R Soc B 280:20131225

Treitler JT, Baucells AL, Farias SG, Tenaçol Jr. JF, Rocha R (2013) First record of a leucistic piebald Phyllostomus discolor (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Chiroptera Neotropical 19:1179-1181

Übernickel K, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV (2013) Flexible echolocation behavior of trawling bats during approach of continuous or transient prey cues. Front Physiol 4:96, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00096

Übernickel K, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV (2013) Selective eavesdropping behaviour in three Neotropical bat species. Ethology 119:66-76

Vanderelst D, Lee Y-F, Geipel I, Kalko EKV, Kuo Y-M, Peremans H (2013) The noseleaf of Rhinolophus formosae focuses the Frequency Modulated (FM) component of the calls. frontiers in Physiology 4:191, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00191

Villalobos-Chaves D, Rodriguez-Herrera B, Tschapka M (2013) First records of day roosts of the nectar-feeding bat Lichonycteris obscura (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae). Caribbean Journal of Science 47:344-347

Weddle CB, Steiger S, Hamaker CG, Ower GD, Mitchell C, Sakaluk SK, Hunt J (2013) Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets: a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects. Ecology Letters 16:346-353

Weinbeer M, Kalko EKV, Jung K (2013) Behavioral flexibility of the trawling long-legged bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae). Frontiers in Physiology 4:Article 342

Wells K, O’Hara RB, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Petney TN, Durden LA (2013) Inferring host specificity and network formation through agent-based models: tick–mammal interactions in Borneo. Oecologia 172:307-316, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2511-9

Wells K, O'Hara RB (2013) Species interactions: Estimating per-individual interaction strength and covariates before simplifying data into per-species ecological networks. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 4:1-8

 

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Abernethy P, et al, Kalko EKV (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489, DOI: 10.1038/nature11318

Becker NI, Encarnacao JA, Kalko EKV, Tschapka M (2012) The effects of reproductive state on digestive efficiency in three sympatric bat species of the same guild. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology 162:386-390

Blüthgen N, Dormann CF, Prati D, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Müller J, Nieschulze J, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Socher SA, Wells K, Birkhofer K, Buscot F, Oelmann Y, Rothenwöhrer C, Scherber C, Tscharntke T, Weiner CN, Fischer M, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW (2012) A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and Applied Ecology 13:207–220

Brodmann J, Emer D, Ayasse M (2012) Pollinator attraction of the wasp-flower Scrophularia umbrosa (Scrophulariaceae). Plant Biology 14:500–505

Burger H, Dötterl S, Häberlein CM, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2012) An arthropod deterrent attracts specialised bees to their host plants. Oecologia 168:727-736

Chucholl C, Morawetz K, Groß H (2012) The clones are coming – strong increase in Marmorkrebs [Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis] records from Europe Aquatic Invasions 7, in press

Chucholl C (2012) Invaders for sale: trade and determinants of introduction of ornamental freshwater crayfish. Biol Invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-012-0273-2

Chucholl C (2012) Understanding invasion success: life-history traits and feeding habits of the alien crayfish Orconectes immunis (Decapoda, Astacida, Cambaridae). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 404:1-22

Datzmann T, Dolch D, Batsaikhan N, Kiefer A, Helbig-Bonitz M, Zöphel U, Stubbe M, Mayer F (2012) Cryptic diversity in Mongolian vespertilionid bats (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia). Results of the Mongolian-German biological expeditions since 1962, No. 299. Chiroptera Neotropical 14:243-264

Dobson HEM, Ayasse M, O'Neal KA, Jacka JA (2012) Is flower selection influenced by chemical imprinting to larval food provisions in the generalist bee Osmia bicornis (Megachilidae). Apidologie, DOI: 10.1007/s13592-012-0144-y

Drexler JF, Seelen A, Corman VM, Tateno AF, Cottontail V, Zerbinati RM, Gloza-Rausch F, Klose SM, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Oppong SK, Kalko EKV, Osterman A, Rasche A, Adam A, Mueller MA, Ulrich RG, Leroy EM, Lukashev AN, Drosten C (2012) Bats worldwide carry Hepatitis E virus-related viruses that form a putative novel genus within the amily Hepeviridae. Journal of Virology 86:9134-9147

Drexler JF, Corman VM, Müller MA, Maganga GD, Vallo P, Binger T, Gloza-Rausch F, Rasche A, Yordanov S, Seebens A, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Pongombo C, Lukashev AN, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Stöcker A, Carneiro AJB, Erbar S, Maisner A, Fronhoffs F, Buettner R, Kalko EKV, Kruppa T, Franke CR, Kallies R, Yandoko ERN, Herrler G, Reusken C, Hassanin A, Krüger DH, Matthee S, Ulrich RG, Leroy EM, Drosten C (2012) Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses. nature communications 3 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1796

Estrada-Villegas S, McGill BJ, Kalko EKV (2012) Determinants of species evenness in a neotropical bat ensemble. Oikos 12:927-941

Fulmer AG, Knörnschild M (2012) Intracolonial social distance, signaling modality and association choice in the greater sac-winged bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). J Ethol 30:117-124

Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Medellin R, Knörnschild M, Tschapka M (2012) Morphological specialization influences nectar extraction efficiency of sympatric nectar-feeding bats. J Exp Biol 215:3989-3996

Gschweng M, Kalko EKV, Berthold P, Fiedler W, Fahr J (2012) Multi-temporal distribution modelling with satellite tracking data: predicting responses of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions. Journal of Applied Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02170.x

Haug JT, Waloszek D, Maas A, Liu Y (2012) Functional morphology, ontogeny and evolution of mantis shrimp-like predators in the Cambrian. Palaeontology 5:369-399

Heer K, Machado CA, Himler A, Herre EA, Kalko EKV, Dick CW (2012) Anonymous and est-based microsatellite DNA markers that transfer broadly across the fig tree genus (Fixus, Moracea) American Journal of Botany:e330–e333

von Hoermann C, Ruther J, Ayasse M (2012) The attraction of virgin female hide beetles (Dermestes maculatus) to cadavers by a combination of decomposition odour and male sex pheromones. Frontiers in Zoology 9, DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-18John L, Aguilar I, Ayasse M, Jarau S (2012) Nest-specific composition of the trail pheromone of the stingless bee Trigona corvina within populations. Insect Soc 59:527-532

Jarau S, Žáček P, Šobotník J, Vrkoslav V, Hadravová R, Coppée A, Vašíčková S, Jiroš P, Valterová I (2012) Leg tendon glands in male bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): structure, secretion chemistry, and possible functions. Naturwissenschaften 99: 1039-1049

Jung K, Kaiser S, Böhm SM, Nieschulze J, Kalko EKV (2012) Moving in three dimensions: effects of structural complexity on occurrence and activity of insectivorous bats in managed forest stands. J Appl Ecol 49:523-531

Kernif T, Socolovschi C, Wells K, Lakim MB, Inthalade S, Slesak G, Boudebouch N, Beaucournu J-C, Newton PN, Raoulta D, Parola P (2012) Bartonella and Rickettsia in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 35:51-57

Knörnschild M, Tschapka M (2012) Predator mobbing behaviour in the Greater Spear-Nosed Bat, Phyllostomus hastatus. Chiroptera Neotropical 18:1132-1135

Knörnschild M, Jung K, Nagy M, Metz M, Kalko EKV (2012) Bat echolocation calls facilitate social communication. Proc R Soc B DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1995

Knörnschild M, Nagy M, Metz M, Mayer F, von Helversen O (2012) Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Animal Behaviour 84:761-769

Kreuter K, Bunk E, Lückemeyer A, Robert T, Francke W, Ayasse M (2012) How the social parasitic bumblebee Bombus bohemicus sneaks into power of reproduction. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 66:475–486

Lhomme P, Ayasse M, Valterova I, Lecocq T, Rasmont P (2012) Born in an alien nest : how do social parasite male offspring escape from host aggression? PLoS ONE 7:e43053

Mello MAR, Bezerra ELS, Machado IC (2012) Functional roles of centridini oil bees and Malpighiaceae oil flowers in biome-wide pollination networks. Biotropica DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00899.x

Milet-Pinheiro P, Ayasse M, Schlindwein C, Dobson HEM, Dötterle S (2012) Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior. Behavioral Ecology, DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr219

Müller MA, Raj S, Muth D, Meyer B, Kallies S, Smits SL, Wollny R, Bestebroer TM, Specht S, Suliman T, Zimmermann K, Binger T, Eckerle I, Tschapka M, Zaki AM, Osterhaus ADME, Fouchier RAM, Haagmans BL, Drostena C (2012) Human coronavirus EMC does not require the SARS-coronavirus receptor and maintains broad replicative capability in mammalian cell lines. mBio 3:e00515-00512

Naether A, Foesel BU, Naegele V, Wüst PK, Weinert J, Bonkowski M, Alt F, Oelmann Y, Polle A, Lohaus G, Gockel S, Hemp A, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Pfeiffer S, Renner SC, Schöning I, Weisser WW, Wells K, Fischer M, Overmann J, Friedrich MW (2012) Environmental factors affect acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils. Applied and Environmental Mircobiology online first, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01325-12

Nagy M, Knörnschild M, Voigt CC, Mayer F (2012) Male greater sac-winged bats gain direct fitness benefits when roosting in multimale colonies. Behavioral Ecology, DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars003

Page RA, Schnelle T, Kalko EKV, Bunge T, Bernal XE (2012) Sequential assessment of prey through the use of multiple sensory cues by an eavesdropping bat. Naturwissenschaften DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0920-6

Paknia O, Pfeiffer M (2012) Productivity alone does not explain species richness of ants - an example from Central Persian deserts. Arid Environments 85:86-92

Pfeiffer M, Mezger D (2012) Biodiversity assessment in incomplete inventories: leaf litter ant communities in several types of Bornean rain forest. Plos ONE 7:e40729

Pinto CM, Kalko EKV, Cottontail I, Wellinghausen N, Cottontail VM (2012) TcBat a bat-exclusive lineage of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Panama Canal Zone, with comments on its classification and the use of the 18S rRNA gene for lineage identification. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12:1328–1332

Renner SC, Heynen I, Neumann D, Feit U, Giere P, Häuser C, Paulsch A, Paulsch C, Sterz M, Vohland K (2012) Im- und Export ornithologischer Proben aus den Tropen. Vogelwarte 50:21-36

Renner SC, Baur S, Possler A, Winkler J, Kalko EKV, Bates PJJ, Mello MAR (2012) Food preferences of winter bird communities in different forest types. Plos ONE 7:e53121

Renner SC, Neumann D, Burkart M, Feit U, Giere P, Gröger A, Paulsch A, Paulsch C, Sterz M, Vohland K (2012) Import and export of biological samples from tropical countries–considerations and guidelines for research teams. Org Divers Evol DOI 10.1007/s13127-012-0076-4

Ripperger SP, Tschapka M, Kalko EKV, Rodriguez-Herrera B, Mayer F (2012) Life in a mosaic landscape: anthropogenic habitat fragmentation affects genetic population structure in a frugivorous bat species. Conserv Genet DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0434-y

Santos GMdM, de Carvalho CAL, Aguiar CML, Macêdo LSSR, Mello MAR (2012) Overlap in trophic and temporal niches in the flower-visiting bee guild (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of a tropical dry forest. Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-012-0155-8

Schoenemann B, Castellani C, Clarkson ENK, Haug JT, Maas A, Haug C, Waloszek D (2012) The sophisticated visual system of a tiny Cambrian crustacean: analysis of a stalked fossil compound eye. Royal Society of London B 279:1335-1340

Silva ELC, Lapinski W (2012) A new species of Trechalea Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Trechaleidae: Trechaleinae) from Costa Rica, with notes on its natural history and ecology. Zootaxa 3563:58-64

Steiger S, Gershman SN, Pettinger AM, Eggert A-K, Sakaluk SK (2012) Dominance status and sex influence nutritional state and immunity in burying beetles Nicrophorus orbicollis. Behavioral Ecology 23:1126-1132

Walters CL, Freeman R, Dietz C, Fenton MB, Jones G, Maltby A, Obrist MK,
Puechmaille SJ, Sattler T, Siemers BM, Parsons S, Jones KE 2012 A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats. Journal of Applied
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Wells K, O’Hara RB, Böhm SM, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner SC, Pfeiffer S, Böhning-Gaese K, Kalko EKV (2012) Trait-dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine-scale observations in a hierarchical multi-species framework. Animal Conservation 15:626-637

Wells K, O’Hara RB, Böhm SM, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner SC, Pfeiffer S, Böhning-Gaese K, Kalko EKV (2012) Trait-dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine-scale observations in a hierarchical multi-species framework. Animal Conservation DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00560.x

Wells K, Beaucournu J-C, Durden LA, Petney TN, Lakim MB, O'Hara RB (2012) Ectoparasite infestation patterns of domestic dogs in suburban and rural areas in Borneo. Parasitol Res, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2917-7

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Ayasse M, Arroyo J (2011) Pollination and plant reproductive biology. Plant Biology 13:1-6

Ayasse M, Stökl J, Francke W (2011) Chemical ecology and pollinator-driven speciation in sexually deceptive orchis. Phytochemistry 72:1667-1677

Biesold SE, Ritz D, Gloza-Rausch F, Wollny R, Drexler JF, Corman VM, Kalko EKV, Oppong S, Drosten C, Mueller MA (2011) Type I interferon reaction to viral infection in interferon-competent, immortalized cell lines from the African fruit bat Eidolon helvum. PLoS One 6:Article No. e28131

Böhm SM, Wells K, Kalko EKV (2011) Top-down control of herbivory by birds and bats in the canopy of temperate broad-leaved oaks (Quercus robur). Plos ONE 6:e17857

Brinklov S, Jakobsen L, Ratcliffe JM, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2011) Echolocation call intensity and directionality in flying short-tailed fruit bats, Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129:427-435

Büchler B (2011) Aktionsräume und Habitatnutzung von benachbarten Rotmilanen. Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte und Naturgeschichte der Baar 54:133-144

Canuti M, Eis-Huebinge AM, Deijs M, de Vries M, Drexler JF, Oppong SK, Müller MA, Klose SM, Wellinghausen N, Cottontail VM, Kalko EKV, Drosten C, van der Hoek L (2011) Two novel parvoviruses in frugivorous New and Old World Bats. Plos One 6:e29140

Castellani C, Maas A, Waloszek D, Haug JT (2011) New pentastomids from the Late Cambrian of Sweden - deeper insight of the ontogeny of fossil tongue worms. Palaeontographica 293:95-145

Chucholl C (2011) Population ecology of an alien "warm water" crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in a new cold habitat. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 401, 29

Chucholl C (2011) Disjunct distribution pattern of Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacida, Cambaridae) in an artificial lake system in Southwestern Germany. Aquatic Invasions 6:109-113

Dressler S, Tschapka M (2011) 702. Marcgravia stonei Marcgraviaceae. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 28:55–66

Fahr J, Kalko EKV (2011) Biome transitions as centres of diversity: habitat heterogeneity and diversity patterns of West African bat assemblages across spatial scales. Ecography 34:177-195

Filipová L, Grandjean F, Chucholl C, Soes DM, Petrusek A (2011) Identification of exotic North American crayfish in Europe by DNA barcoding. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 401:11

Gögler J, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2011) Two phylogenetically distinct species of sexually deceptive orchids mimic the sex pheromone of their single common pollinator, the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis. Chemoecology 21:243-252

Gschweng M, Tataruch F, Fröhlich O, Kalko EKV (2011) Dead embryos despite low contaminant loads in eggs of Eleonora’s Falcon. ISRN Zoology, 2011:DOI: 10.5402/2011/510202

Haug JT, Olesen J, Maas A, Waloszek D (2011) External morphology and post-embryonic development of Derocheilocaris remanei (Mystacocarida) revisited, with a comparison to the Cambrian taxon Skara. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31:668-692

Haug JT, Haug C, Kutschera V, Mayer G, Maas A, Liebau S, Castellani C, Wolfram U, Clarkson ENK, Waloszek D (2011) Autofluorescence imaging, an excellent tool for comparative morphology. Journal of Microscopy 244:259–272

Haug JT, Maas, A., Haug, C. & Waloszek, D. (2011) Sarotrocercus oblitus – Small arthropod with great impact on the understanding of arthropod evolution? Bulletin of Geoscience 86:725-736

Haug C, Mayer G, Kutschera V, Waloszek D, Maas A, Haug JT (2011) Imaging and documenting Gammarideans. International Journal of Zoology:1-9

Holland RA, Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV, Kays R, Wikelski M (2011) Emergence time and foraging activity in Pallas' mastiff bat, Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in relation to sunset/sunrise and phase of the moon. Acta Chiropterologica 13:399-404

Jarau S, Hemmeter K, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2011) A scientific note on trail pheromone communication in a stingless bee, Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie 42:708–710

Jasiewicz J, Metz M (2011) A new GRASS GIS toolkit for Hortonian analysis of drainage networks. Computers & Geosciences  37:1162-1173

Jung K, Kalko EKV (2011) Adaptability and vulnerability of high flying Neotropical aerial insectivorous bats to urbanization. Diversity Distrib 17:262-274

Knörnschild M, Ueberschaer K, Helbig M, Kalko EKV (2011) Sexually selected infanticide in a polygynous bat. PLoS ONE 6:e25001

Maas A (2011) Der Zusammenhang zwischen Evolution, Artenstehung, Stammesverwandtschaft und Biodiversität. In: Keul H-K, Krischel M (eds) Deszendenztheorie und Darwinismus in den Wissenschaften vom Menschen. Kultur Anamnesen vol 1. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, pp 63–76

Maier G, Kley A, Schank Y, Maier M, Mayer G, Waloszek D (2011) Density and temperature dependent feeding rates in an established and an alien freshwater gammarid fed on chironomid larvae. J Limnol 70:123-128

Maier G, Speth B, Arp W, Bahnwart M, Kasprzak P (2011) New records of the rare glacial relict Eurytemora lacustris (Poppe 1887) (Copepoda; Calanoida) in atypical lake habitats of northern Germany. J Limnol 70:145-148

Mello MAR, Marquitti FvMD, Guimarães Jr. PR, Kalko EKV, Jordano P, de Aguiar MAM (2011) The modularity of seed dispersal: differences in structure and robustness between bat– and bird–fruit networks. Oecologia 167:131-140

Mello MAR, Mendonça Santos GMd, Mechi MR, Hermes MG (2011) High generalization in flower-visiting networks of social wasps. Acta Oecologica 37:37-42

Mello MAR, Marquitti FvMD, Guimarães Jr. PR, Kalko EKV, Jordano P, Martinez de Aguiar MA (2011) The missing part of seed dispersal networks: structure and robustness of bat-fruit interactions. Plos ONE 6:e17395

Metz M, Mitasova H, Harmon RS (2011) Efficient extraction of drainage networks from massive, radar-based elevation models with least cost path search. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15:667-678

Meyer C, Aguiar L, Aguirre L, Baumgarten J, Clarke FM, Cosson J-F, Estrada Villegas S, Fahr J, Faria D, Furey N, Henry M, Hodgkison R, Jenkins R, Jung K, Kingston T, Kunz T, MacSwiney Gonzalez C, Moya I, Patterson B, Pons J-M (2011) Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:777-787

Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2011) Influence of the arrival of Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on the temporal development of an ant community on a clearing in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Asian Myrmecology 4:98-98 

Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2011) Partitioning the impact of abiotic factors and spatial patterns on species richness and community structure of ground ant assemblages in four Bornean rainforests. Ecography 34:39–48

Olesen J, Haug JT, Maas A, Waloszek D (2011) External morphology of Lightiella monniotae (Crustacea, Cephalocarida) in the light of Cambrian ‘Orsten’ crustaceans. Arthropod Structures & Development 40:449-478

Paknia O, Pfeiffer M (2011) Steppe versus desert: multi-scale spatial patterns in diversity of ant communities in Iran. Insect Conservation and Diversity 4:297-306

Paknia O, Pfeiffer M (2011) Hierarchical partitioning of ant diversity: implications for conservation of biogeographical diversity in arid and semi-arid areas. Diversity & Distributions 17:122-131

Pfeiffer M, Mezger D, Hosoishi S, Bakhtiar EY, Kohout RJ (2011) The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58

Ratcliffe JM, Jakobsen L, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2011) Frequency alternation and an offbeat rhythm indicate foraging behavior in the echolocating bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. J Comp Physiol A 197:413-423

Reichle C, Aguila I, Ayasse M, Jarau S (2011 ) Stingless bees (Scaptotrigona pectoralis) learn foreign trail pheromones and use them to find food. J Comp Physiol A 197:243-249

Renner SC, Rappole JH (2011) Avifauna of the eastern Himalayas and southeastern sub-Himalayan mountains ? Center of endemism or many species in marginal habitats? Ornithological Monographs No. 70,  The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D. C.

Rothenwöhrer C, Becker NI, Tschapka M (2011) Resource landscape and spatio-temporal activity patterns of a plant-visiting bat in a CostaRican lowland rainforest. Journal of Zoology 283:108-116

Santana SE, Geipel I, Dumont ER, Kalka MB, Kalko EKV (2011) All you can eat: high performance capacity and plasticity in the common big-eared bat, Micronycteris microtis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Plos One 6:e28584

Simon R, Holderied MW, Koch CU, von Helversen O (2011) Floral acoustics: conspicuous echoes of a dish-shaped leaf attract bat pollinators. Science 333:631-633

Soro A, Ayasse M, Zobel MU, Paxton RJ (2011) Kin discriminators in the eusocial sweat bee Lasioglossum malachurum: the reliability of cuticular and Dufour’s gland odours. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 65:641-653

Sperr EB, Caballero-Martinez LA, Medellin RA, Tschapka M (2011) Seasonal changes in species composition, resource use and reproductive patterns within a guild of nectar-feeding bats in a west Mexican dry forest. J Trop Ecol 27:133-145

Stökl J, Brodmann J, Dafni A, Ayasse M, Hansson BS (2011) Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination. Proc R Soc B 278:1216-1222

Suárez-Rubio M, Leimgruber P, Renner SC (2011) Influence of exurban development on bird species richness and diversity Journal of Ornithology 152:461-471

Vallo P, Benda P, Martinkova N, Kanuch P, Kalko EKV, Cerveny J, Koubek P (2011) Morphologically uniform bats Hipposideros aff. ruber (Hipposideridae) exhibit high mitochondrial genetic diversity in southeastern Senegal. Acta Chiropterol 13:79–88

Vereecken NJ, Streinzer M, Ayasse M, Spaethe J, Paulus HF, Stökl J, Cortis P, Schiestl FP (2011) Integrating past and present studies on Ophrys pollination - a comment on Bradshaw et al. Bot J Linn Soc 165:329–335

Villalobos F, Paknia O (2011) Biogeography and ecology: two lenses in one telescope. frontiers of biogeography 3:5-7

Vlasáková B, Jarau S (2011) Dioecious Clusia nemorosa achieves pollination by combining specialized and generalized floral rewards. Plant Ecol 212:1327–1337

von Hoermann C, Ruther J, Reibe S, Madea B, Ayasse M (2011) The importance of carcass volatiles as attractants for the hide beetle Dermestes maculatus (De Geer). Forensic Science International 212:173-179

Weiss S, Witkowski PT, Auste B, Nowak K, Weber N, Fahr J, Mombouli J-V, Wolfe ND, Drexler JF, Drosten C, Klempa B, Leendertz FH, Kruger DH (2011) Hantavirus in bat, Sierra Leone. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18:159-161

Wells K, Böhm SM, Boch S, Fischer M, Kalko EKV (2011) Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:97–106

Wells K, Lakim MB, Beaucornu J-C (2011) Host specificity and niche partitioning in flea–small mammal networks in Bornean rainforests. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 25:311–319

Wells K, Lakim MB, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2011) Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27:347- 353

Zhang H, Dong X, Maas A (2011) Hesslandona angustata (Phosphatocopida, Crustacea) from the Upper Cambrian of western Hunan, South China, with comments on phosphatocopid phylogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 259:157-175

 

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Ayasse M (2010) Chemical Ecology in deceptive orchids. Chemoecology 20:171–178

Ayasse M, Gögler J, Stökl J (2010) Pollinator-driven speciation in sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys. In: Glaubrecht M (ed) Evolution in action – Adaptive radiations and the origins of biodiversity. Springer Verlag

Becker NI, Rothenwöhrer C, Tschapka M (2010) Dynamic feeding habits: efficiency of frugivory in a nectarivorous bat. Can J Zool 88:764-773

Brinkløv S, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2010) Dynamic adjustment of biosonar intensity to habitat clutter in the bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 64:1867–1874

Bunk E, Sramkova A, Ayasse M (2010) The role of trail pheromones in host nest recognition of the social parasitic bumblebees Bombus bohemicus  and Bombus rupestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Chemoecology 20:189-198

Burger H, Ayasse M, Häberlein CM, Schulz S, Dötterl S (2010 ) Echium and Pontechium specific floral cues for host–plant recognition by the oligolectic bee Hoplitis adunca. South African Journal of Botany 76:788-79

Burger H, Dötterl S, Ayasse M (2010) Host-plant finding and recognition by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee. Funct Ecol 24:1234-1240

Chucholl C, Pfeiffer M (2010) First evidence for an established Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Astacida, Cambaridae) population in Southwestern Germany, in syntopic occurrence with Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817). Aquatic Invasions 5:405-412

Conrad T, Paxton RJ, Barth FG, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) Female choice in the red mason bee, Osmia rufa (L.) (Megachilidae). J Exp Biol 213:4065-4073

Decher J, Norris RW, Fahr J (2010) Small mammal survey in the upper Seli River valley, Sierra Leone. Mammalia 74:163-176

Estrada-Villegas S, Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV (2010) Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in a land-bridge island system. Biological Conservation 143:597-608

Fietz J, Klose SM, Kalko EKV (2010) Behavioural and physiological consequences of male reproductive trade-offs in edible dormice (Glis glis). Naturwissenschaften 97:883–890

Fischer M, Bossdorf O, Gockel S, Hänsel F, Hemp A, Hessenmöller D, Korte G, Nieschulze J, Pfeiffer S, Prati D, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW (2010) Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: the biodiversity exploratories. Basic and Applied Ecology 11:473-485

Grüneberg E, Schöning I, Kalko EKV, Weisser WW (2010) Regional organic carbon stock variability: a comparison between depth increments and soil horizons. Geoderma 155:426-433

Heer K, Albrecht L, Kalko EKV (2010) Effects of ingestion by neotropical bats on germination parameters of native free-standing and strangler figs (Ficus sp., Moraceae). Oecologia 163:425-435

Ter Hofstede H, Kalko EKV, Fullard J (2010) Auditory-based defence against gleaning bats in neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonidae). J Comp Physiol 196:349–358

Jarau S, Dambacher J, Twele R, Aguilar I, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) The trail pheromone of a stingless bee, Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), varies between populations. Chem Senses 35:593–601

Jarau S, van Veen JW, Twele R, Reichle C, Herrera Gonzales E, Aguilar I, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) Workers make the queens in Melipona bees: Identification of geraniol as a caste determining compound from labial glands of nurse bees. J Chem Ecol 36:565-569

Jarau S, van Veen JW, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2010) A scientific note on virgin queen acceptance in stingless bees: evidence for the importance of queen aggression. Apidologie 41:38-39

Jung K, Kalko EKV (2010) Where forest meets urbanization: foraging plasticity of aerial insectivorous bats in an anthropogenically altered environment. J Mammal 91:144-153

Kreuter K, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) Specialist Bombus vestalis and generalist Bombus bohemicus use different odour cues to find their host Bombus terrestris. Animal Behaviour 80:297-302

Knörnschild M, Fulmer AG, von Helversen O (2010) Duration of courtship displays correspond to social status in male greater sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata). Can J Zool 88:589-594

Knörnschild M, Glöckner V, von Helversen O (2010) The vocal repertoire of two sympatric species of nectar-feeding bats (Glossophaga soricina and G . commissarisi). Acta Chiropterologica 12:205-215

Knörnschild M, Nagy M, Metz M, Mayer F, von Helversen O (2010) Complex vocal imitation during ontogeny in a bat. Biol Lett 6:156-159

Mello MAR (2010) Redes mutualistas: pequenos mundos de interações entre animais e plantas. Ciência Hoje 47:32-37

Melleo MAR (2010) On the shoulder of giants: how to go further in the study of bat-plant interactions. Chiroptera Neotropical 16:497-500

Meyer CFJ Aguiar LMS,  Aguirre LF,  Baumgarten J, Clarke FM, Cosson J-F, Estrada Villegas S, Fahr J,  Faria D, Furey NM, Henry M, Hodgkison R, Jenkins RB, Jung, KG, Kingston T, Kunz TH, MacSwiney Gonzalez MC, Moya IM, Pons J-M,  Racey PA, Rex K, Sampaio EM, Stoner KE, Voigt CC, Staden Dv, Weise CD, Kalko EKV(2010) Long-term monitoring of tropical bats for anthropogenic impact assessment: gauging the statistical power to detect population change. Biol Conserv 143:2797–2807

Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2010) Eurhopalothrix elke, a new species from Borneo, and a key to the species of the E. platisquama TAYLOR, 1990 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 13:133-139

Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2010) Ecological traits indicate niche differentiation in Bornean dacetine species (Myrmicinae: Formicidae). Ecotropica 16:51-57

Paknia O, Radchenko A, Pfeiffer M (2010) New records of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3:29-38

Pfeiffer M, Huttenlocher H, Ayasse M (2010) Myrmecochorous plants use chemical mimicry to cheat seed-dispersing ants. Functional Ecology 24:545-555

Radchenko A, Paknia O (2010) Two new species of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 60:69-76

Reichle C, Jarau S, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2010) Recruits of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis learn food odors from the nest atmosphere. Naturwissenschaften 97:519–524

Santos GMdM, Aguiar CML, Mello MAR (2010) Flower-visiting guild associated with the Caatinga flora: trophic interaction networks formed by social bees and social wasps with plants Apidologie, 41:466 - 475

Strauss M, von Helversen O, Knörnschild M (2010) The ontogeny of courtship behaviours in bat pups (Saccopteryx bilineata). Behaviour 147:661-676

Thamm S, Kalko EKV, Wells K (2010) Ectoparasite infestations of hedgehogs, Erinaceus europeus, are associated with small-scale landscape structures in an urban-suburban environment. Eco Health 6:404-413

Vanderelst D, De Mey F, Peremans H, Geipel I, Kalko EKV, Firzlaff U (2010) What noseleaves do for FM bats depends on their degree of sensorial specialization. Plos ONE 5:e11893

Weber N, Birnbaum P, Forget P-M, Gueye M, Kenfack D (2010) L’huile de carapa (Carapa spp., Meliaceae) en Afrique de l’Ouest : utilisations et implications dans la conservation des peuplements naturels. Fruits 65:343-354

Woog F, Renner SC, Fjeldså J (2010) Tips for bird surveys and censuses in countries without existing monitoring schemes. ABC Taxa 8:558-586

 

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Araya-Ajoy Y, Chaves-Campos J, Kalko EKV, DeWoody JA (2009) High-pitched notes during vocal contests signal genetic diversity in ocellated antbirds. PloS ONE 4(12):e8137

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2009) Macrostylophora durdeni N. Sp. de Sabah (Île de Bornéo) et autres espèces sympatriques (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae). Parasite 16:283-287

Boehm S, Kalko EKV (2009) Patterns of resource use in an assemblage of birds in the canopy of a temperate alluvial forest. J Ornithol, 150:799-814

Brinkløv S, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2009) Intense echolocation calls from two "whispering" bats, Artibeus jamaicensis and Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae). J Exp Biol 212:11-20

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Yi-bo L, Xi-qiang S, Ayasse M (2009) Orchid mimics honeybee alarm pheromone in order to attract hornets for pollination. Current Biology 19:1368-1372

Chucholl C (2009) Lange unbeachtet, lange unterschätzt: Der Rote Sumpfkrebs bei Ulm. Journal of the `Forum Flusskrebse´ (german pendant to the International Association of Astacology) 12:23-27

Chucholl C (2009) The "newcomer" Oronectes immunis keeps spreading in the Upper Rhine plain. Crayfish News 31:4-5

Cockburn A, Dalziell AH, Blackmor CJ, Double MC, Kokko H, Osmond HL, Beck NR, Head ML, Wells K (2009) Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn. Behavioral Ecology 20:501-510

Cottontail VM, Wellinghausen N, Kalko EKV (2009) Habitat fragmentation and haemoparasites in the common fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis (Phyllostomidae) in a tropical lowland forest in Panamá. Parasitology 136:1133-1145

Dietz M, Pir JB (2009) Distribution and habitat selection of Myotis bechsteinii in Luxembourg: implications for forest management and conservation. Folia Zoologica 58:327-340

Drexler JF, Corman VM, Gloza-Rausch F, Seebens A, Annan A, Ipsen A, Kruppa T, Mueller MA, Kalko EKV, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Oppong S, Drosten C (2009) Henipavirus RNA in African bats. PLoS One 4:e6367

Dunn RR, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Arnan X, Brühl CA, Cerdá X, Ellison AM, Fisher BL, Fitzpatrick MC, Gibb H, Gotelli NJ, Gove AD, Guenard B, Milan J, Kaspari M, Laurent EJ, Lessard J-P, Longino JT, Majer JD, Menke SB, McGlynn TP, Parr CL, Philpot tM, Pfeiffer M, Retana J, Suarez AV, Vasconcelos HL, Weiser MD, Sanders NJ  (2009) Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness. Ecology Letters 12:324-333

Fietz J, Kager T, Schauer S (2009) Is energy supply the trigger for reproductive activity in male edible dormice (Glis glis)? J Comp Physiol B 179:829-837

Förschler MI, Kalko EKV (2009) Vocal types in crossbill populations (Loxia spp.) of Southwest Europe. J Ornithol 150:17-27

Gögler J, Stökl J, Sramkova A, Twele R, Francke W, Cozzolino S, Cortis P, Scrugli A, Ayasse M (2009) Menage a trois — two endemic species of deceptive orchids and one pollinator species. Evolution 63:2222-2234

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Jarau S, Van Veen JW, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2009) Virgin queen execution in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii: The sign stimulus for worker attacks. Apidologie 40:496-507

Jarau S, Morawetz L, Reichle C, Gruber MH, Huber W, Weissenhofer A (Eds.) (2009) Corbiculate Bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica. Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Vienna, 46 pp

Kager T, Fietz J (2009) Food availability in spring influences reproductive output in the seed-preying edible dormouse (Glis glis). Can J Zool 87:555-565

Kalko EKV, Ayasse M (2009) Study and analysis of odor involved in the behavioral ecology of bats. In: Kunz TH, Parsons S (eds) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats, 2nd edn. The Johns Hopkins University Press

Kinzler W, Kley A, Mayer G, Waloszek D, Maier G (2009) Mutual predation between and cannibalism within several freshwater gammarids: Dikerogammarus villosus versus one native and three invasives. Aquat Ecol 43:457-464

Kley A, Kinzler W, Schank Y, Mayer G, Waloszek D, Maier G (2009) Influence of substrate preference and complexity on co-existence of two non-native gammarideans (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Aquat Ecol 43:1047-1059

Klose SM, Welbergen JA, Goldizen AW, Kalko EKV (2009) Spatio-temporal vigilance architecture of an Australian flying-fox colony. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 63:371-380

Klose SM, Welbergen AJ, Kalko EKV (2009) Testosterone is associated with ability to maintain harems in free-ranging grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus. Biology Letters 5:758-761

Lenz TL, Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Sommer S (2009) Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:269

Mayer G, Maier G, Maas A, Waloszek D (2009) Mouthpart morphology of Gammarus roeseli compared to a successful invader, Dikerogammarus villosus (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 29:161-174

Mello MAR, Kalko EKV, Silva WR (2009) Ambient temperature is more important than food availability in explaining reproductive timing of the bat Sturnira lilium (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a montane Atlantic Forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:239-245

Meyer CF, Kalko EKV, Kerth G (2009) Small-scale fragmentation effects on local genetic diversity in two phyllostomid bats with different dispersal abilities in Panama. Biotropica 41:95-102

Ortega J, Tschapka M, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Suzan G, Medellin RA (2009) Phylogeography of Musonycteris harrisoni along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Acta Chiropterol 11:259–269

Pacheco SM, Sodré MM, Mello MAR, Marques RV, Uieda W, Aguiar L, Passos FC, Trajano E, Bredt A (2009) Chiroptera. In: Rocha RM, Boeger W (eds) Estado da arte e perspectivas para a Zoologia no Brasil. Editora UFPR, Curitiba, pp 231-248

Pfeiffer S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Wells K, D. P, J. N, Kalko EKV, Buscot F, Linsenmair KE, Schulze ED, Weisser WW, M. F (2009) "Exploratories" for functional biodiversity research. In: Settele J et al. (eds) Atlas of biodiversity risk. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow

Ruczynski I, Kalko EKV, Siemers BM (2009) Calls in the forest: A comparative approach to how bats find tree cavities. Ethology 115:167-177

Schmid J, Ganzhorn JU (2009) Optional strategies for reduced metabolism in gray mouse lemurs. Naturwissenschaften 96:737-741

Schmid J, Speakman JR- (2009) Torpor and energetic consequences in free ranging gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): a rain-dry forest comparison. Naturwissenschaften 96:609–620

Soro D, Ayasse M, Zobel MU, Paxton RJ (2009) Complex sociogenetic organization and the origin of unrelated workers in a eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum. Insect Soc 56:55-63

Sperr E, Fronhofer EA, Tschapka M (2009) The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) as a flower visitor at a neotropical palm. Mammalian Biology 74:76-80

Srámková A, Ayasse M (2009) Chemical ecology involved in invasion success of the cuckoo bumblebee Psithyrus vestalis and in survival of workers of its host Bombus terrestris. Chemoecology 19:55-62

Stangler ES, Jarau S, Hrncir M, Zucchi R, Ayasse M (2009) Identification of trail pheromone compounds from the labial glands of the stingless bee Geotrigona mombuca. Chemoecology 19:13-19

Stich HB, Hoppe A, Maier G (2009) Zooplankton composition in a gravel pit lake invaded by the Ponto-Caspian mysid Hemimysis anomala G.O. Sars 1907. Aquatic Invasions 4

Stökl J, Schlüter PM, Stuessy TF, Paulus HF, Fraberger R, Erdmann D, Schulz C, Francke W, Assum G, Ayasse M (2009) Speciation in sexually deceptive orchids: Pollinator driven selection maintains discrete odour-phenotypes in hybridizing species. Biol J Linn Soc, 98:439-451

Teichert H, Dötterl S, Zimma B, Ayasse M, Gottsberger G (2009) Perfume collecting male euglossine bees as pollinators of a basal angiosperm: the case of Unonopsis stipitata (Annonaceae). Plant Biology 11:29-37

Weber N, Kalko EKV, Fahr J (2009) A first assessment of home range and foraging behaviour of the African long-tongued bat Megaloglossus woermanni (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in a heterogeneous landscape within the Lama Forest Reserve, Benin. Acta Chiropterol 11:317-329

Wells K, Corlett RT, Lakim MB, Kalko EKV, Pfeiffer M (2009) Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25:555-558

Yildizhan S, Loon Jv, Sramkova A, Ayasse M, Arsene C, Broeke Ct, Schulz S (2009) Aphrodisiac pheromones from the wings of the small cabbage white and large cabbage white butterflies, Pieris rapae and Pieris brassicae. ChemBioChem 10:1666-1677

 

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Barth FG, Hrncir M, Jarau S (2008) Signals and cues in the recruitment behavior of stingless bees (Meliponini). J Comp Physiol A 194:313-327

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) Pollinator-attracting semiochemicals of the wasp-flower Epipactis helleborine. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:171-174

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Hölzler G, Zhang Q-H, Ayasse M (2008) Orchids mimic green leaf volatiles to attract prey-hunting wasps for pollination. Current Biology 18:740-744

Burger H, Dötterl S, Ayasse M (2008) Importance of olfactory and visuel cues of Echium for host-plant finding of the oligolectic bee Osmia adunca (Megachilidae). Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:163-166

Chucholl C, Daudey T (2008) First records of Orconectes juvenilis (Hagen, 1870) in eastern France: update to the species identify of a recently introduced orconectid crayfish (Crustacea: Astacida). Aquatic Invasions 3:105-107

Chucholl C, Stich HB, Maier G (2008) Aggressive interactions and comptition for shelter between a recently introduced and an established invasive crayfish: Orconectes immunis vs. O. limosus. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Archiv für Hydrobiologie 172:27-36

Djossa B A, Fahr J, Kalko E K V, Sinsin B (2008) Fruit selection and effects of seed handling by flying foxes on germination rates of shea trees, a key resource in northern Benin, West Africa. Ecotropica 14:37-48

Djossa BA, Fahr J, Wiegand T, Ayihouénou BE, Kalko EKV, Sinsin BA (2008) Land use impact on Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.stand structure and distribution patterns: a comparison of the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari and farmed lands in Atacora district in Benin. Agroforest Syst 72:205-220

Djossa BA, Sinsin BA, Kalko EKV, Fahr J (2008) Inventory of bat species of Niaouli Forest, Bénin, and its bearing on the significance of the Dahomey Gap as a zoogeographic barrier. African Bat Conservation News 15:4-6

Fahr J (in press) 36 chapters (Chiroptera: 3 genus accounts, 33 species accounts), In: Happold M, Happold DCD (eds) The Mammals of Africa, Vol. 4: Hares and Rabbits, Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Elsevier Science & Academic Press, Amsterdam & London

Ganzhorn JU et al. (in press) Lemurs in evergreen littoral forest fragments of different size and degrees of degradation. In: Vincelette M, Ganzhorn JU, SM G (eds) “Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of the Littoral Ecosystems of South-eastern Madagascar”. Smithsonian Institution Press

Gögler J, Stökl J, Sramkova A, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) The role of pollinator attracting scent in the sexually deceptive orchids Ophrys chestermanii, O. normanii and O. tenthredinifera. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:175-178

Gschweng M, Kalko EKV, Querner U, Fiedler W, Berthold P (2008). All Across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora’s Falcon. Proc R Soc, Series B 275:2887-2896

Gwinner H, Berger S (2008) Starling males select green nest material by olfaction using experience independent and experience. Anim Behav 75(3):971-976

Jarau S, Barth FG (2008) Stingless bees of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini). Stapfia (zugleich: Kataloge der oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen Neue Serie 80) 88:267-276

Kalka, M, Kalko EKV (2008) Bats limit arthropods and herbivory in a tropical forest Science 320:71

Kalko EKV, Estrada Villegas S, Schmidt M, Wegmann M, Meyer CFJ (2008) Flying high - assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats. Integr Comp Biol 48:60-73

Klose, SM (2008) Handbook of the bats of europe and northwestern Africa. Book Review. Acta Chiropterol 10(1):179-181

Kunz TH, Gauthreaux SAJ, Hristov NI, Horn JW, Jones G, Kalko EKV, Larkin RP, McCracken GF, Swartz SM, Srygley RB, Dudley R, Westbrook JK, Wikelsk M (2008) Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere. J Integr Comp Biol 48:1-11

Kunz TH, Hodgkison R, Weise C (2008) Capture methods and holding devices. In: Kunz TH, Parsons S (eds) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Second Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press

Lamb JM, Ralph TMC, Goodman SM, Bogdanowicz W, Fahr J, Gajewska M, Bates PJJ, Eger J, Benda P, Taylor PJ (2008) Phylogeography and predicted distribution of African-Arabian and Malagasy populations of giant mastiff bats, Otomops spp. (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Acta Chiropterol 10:21-40

Mayer G, Maier G, Maas A, Waloszek D (2008) Mouthparts of the Ponto-Caspian invader Dikerogammarus villosus (Amphipoda: Pontogammaridae). J Crust Biol 28:1-15 

Mello M, Kalko EKV, Silva WR (2008) Movements of the bat Sturnira lilium and its role as seed disperser of Solanaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. J Trop Ecol 24:225-228

Mello M, Kalko EKV, Silva WR (2008) Diet and abundance of the bat Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a Brazilian mountain Atlantic forest. J Mammal 89(2):485-492

Meyer CFJ, Fründ J, Pineda Lizano W, Kalko EKV (2008) Ecological correlates of vulnerability to fragmentation in Neotropical bats. J Appl Ecol 45:381-391

Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV (2008) Bat assemblages on Neotropical landbridge islands: nested subsets and null model analyses of species co-occurrence patterns. Diversity Distrib 14:644-654

Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV (2008) Assemblage-level responses of phyllostomid bats to tropical forest fragmentation: land-bridge islands as a model system. J Biogeogr 35:1711-1726

Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2008) Record of communal nesting of two dacetine species: Strumigenys rotogenys and Pyramica sp. (Myrmicinae). Asian Myrmecology 2:125-127

Paknia O, Radchenko A, Alipanah H, Pfeiffer M (2008) A prliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11:151-159

Pfeiffer M (2008) www.antbase.net. SysTax - Mitteilungen Nr. 31

Pfeiffer M, Fellowes JR, Robson SKA (2008) ASIAN MYRMECOLOGY. A journal that is published by the Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Universiti Malysia Sabah on behalf of ANeT — the International Network for the Study of Asian Ants. II:138

Pfeiffer M, Ho CT, Teh CL (2008) Exploring arboreal ant mosaics and the impact of exotic "tramp" species (Formicidae) in plantations of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) in Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. Ecography 31: 21-32

Rattenborg NC, Voirin B, Vyssotski AL, Kays RW, Spoelstra K, Kuemmeth F, Heidrich W, Wikelsk MC (2008) Sleeping outside the box: electroencephalographic measures of sleep in sloths inhabiting a rainforest. Biol Lett 4:402-405

Schönberger, P, Klose, SM, Heitmann, C (2008) Energy, climate and politics - societal challenge of the 21st centurty. With a foreword by Undersecretary of the Environment Michael Müller. 242 pp. Berlin: Scientific Publishers (WVB). ISBN 13: 978-3-86573-386-3.

Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann K, Sommer S (2008) MHC-associated mating strategies and the importance of overall genetic diversity in an obligate pair-living primate. Evolutionary Ecology 22:617-636

Srámková A, Ayasse M (2008) Psithyrus females do possess wax glands, Insect Soc 55:404-406

Srámková A, Schulz C, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) Fertility signals in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Naturwissenschaften 95(6):515-522 

Stökl J, Schlüter PM, Stuessy TF, Paulus HF, Assum G, Ayasse M (2008) Scent variation and hybridization cause the displacement of a sexually deceptive orchid species. Am J Bot 95(4):472-481

Surlykke, A, Kalko EKV (2008) Echolocating Echolocating bats cry out loud to detect their prey. PLoS One 3(4):e2036

Thomas JL, Klose SM (2008) Consequences of global climate change for New York City - a case study In: Schönberger P, Klose SM, Heitmann C (eds) Energie, Klima und Politik - Gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, Berliln

Tschapka M, Sperr E, Caballero-Martinez LA, Medellin RA (2008) Diet and cranial morphology of Musonycteris harrisoni, a highly specialized nectar-feeding bat in western Mexico. J Mammal 89:924-932

Tschapka M (2008) Rudimentary finger claws in a flower-visiting phyllostomid bat. Acta Chiropterologica 10:177-178

Welbergen JA, Klose SM, Markus N, Eby P (2008) Climate change and the effects of temperature extremes on Australian flying-foxes. Proc R Soc B 275:419-425

Wells K,  Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2008) Movement patterns of rats and treeshrews in SE Asian rainforest inferred from mark-recapture data. Ecotropica 14:113-120

Wells K, Kalko EKV, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2008) Movement and ranging patterns of a tropical rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) in logged and unlogged rainforests. J Mammal 89:712-720

Wriedt J, Mezger D, Pfeiffer M (2008) Observations on the life history of Myrmicaria brunnea subcarinata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 2:109-120

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Albrecht L, Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV (2007) Differential mobility in two small phyllostomid bats, Artibeus watsoni and Micronycteris microtis, in a fragmented Neotropical landscape. Acta Theriol 52:141-149

Ayasse M (2007) Chemical Mimicry in sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys. Phyton 46:221-223

Berger S, Wikelski M, Romero LM, Kalko EKV, Rödl T (2007) Behavioral and physiological adjustments to new predators in an endemic island species, the Galápagos marine iguana. Horm Behav 52: 653-663

Decher J, Fahr J (2007) A conservation assessment of bats (Chiroptera) of Draw River, Boi-Tano, and Krokosua Hills Forest Reserves in the Western Region of Ghana. Myotis 43: 5-30

Dechmann DKN, Kalko EKV, Kerth G (2007) All-offspring dispersal in a tropical mammal with resource defense polygyny. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 61:1219-1228

Dietz M, Kalko EKV (2007) Reproduction affects flight activity in female and male Daubenton`s bats, Myotis daubentonii. Can J Zool 85: 653 – 664

Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Fitzpatrick MC, Laurent E, Lessard J-P, Agosti D, Andersen A, Brühl C, Cerda X, Ellison A, Fisher B, Gibb H, Gotelli N, Gove A, Guenard B, Janda M, Kaspari M, Longino JT, Majer J, McGlynn TG, Menke S, Parr C, Philpott S, Pfeiffer M, Retana J, Suarez A, Vasconcelos H (2007) Global Ant Biodiversity and Biogeography--A New Database and its Possibilities. Myrmecological News 10: 77-83

Förschler MI, Kalko EKV (2007) Geographical differentiation, acoustic adaptation and species boundaries in mainland citril finches and insular Corsican finches, superspecies Carduelis [citrinella]. J Biogeor 34:1591-1600

Fraberger RJ, Ayasse M (2007) Mating behavior, male territoriality and chemical communication in the European spiral-horned bees, Systropha planidens and S. curvicornis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J Kansas Entomol Soc 80:348–360

Goodman SM, Ryan KE, Maminirina CP, Fahr J, Christidis L, Appleton B (2007) The specific status of populations on Madagascar referred to Miniopterus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new species. J Mammal 88: 1216-1229

Griscom HP, Kalko EKV, Ashton MS (2007) Frugivory by small vertebrates within a deforested, dry tropical region of Central America. Biotropica 39:278-282

Henry M, Kalko EKV (2007) Foraging strategy and breeding constraints of Rhinophylla pumilio (Phyllostomidae) in the Amazon lowlands. J Mamm 88:81-93

Hodgkison R, Ayasse M, Kalko EKV, Haeberlein C, Schulz S, Mustapha WAW, Zubaid A, Kunz TH (2007) Chemical ecology of fruit bat foraging behavior in relation to the fruit odors of two species of paleotropical bat-dispersed figs (Ficus hispida and Ficus scortechinii). J Chem Ecol 33:2097-2110

Jung K, Kalko EKV, von Helversen O (2007) Echolocation calls in Central American emballonurid bats: signal design and call frequency alternation. J Zool (Lond) 272: 125-137

Klose, SM (2007) Tropical Pacific bird communities: Digging up the bones of evolution past. Ecotropica 13: 84-86

Mezger D & Blüthgen N (2007) Trophobioses on Borneo climbing bamboo – diversity and ecology of ant- hemipteran associations on Dinochloa trichogona (Poaceae). Asian Myrmecology 1:59-68

Monadjem A, Fahr J (2007) Rapid survey of bats of North Lorma, Gola and Grebo National Forests, with notes on shrews and rodents, in: A Rapid Biological Assessment of North Lorma, Gola and Grebo National Forests, Liberia, (eds Hoke P, Demey R, Peal A), 47-58, 101-106 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Vol 44 Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia 112 pp

Pfeiffer M, Fellowes JR (eds) (2007) ASIAN MYRMECOLOGY. A journal that is published by the Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Universiti Malysia Sabah on behalf of ANeT — the International Network for the Study of Asian Ants. Vol I. pp 119

Pfeiffer M, Linsenmair KE (2007) Trophobiosis in a tropical rainforest on Borneo: Giant ants Camponotus gigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) herd wax cicadas Bythopsyrna circulata (Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae) Asian Myrmecology 1: 105 – 119

Pfeiffer M, Schultz R, Radchenko AG, Yamane S, Woyciechowski M, Ulykpan A, Seifert B (2007) A critical checklist of the ants of Mongolia (Hymenoptera /Formicidae) Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55: 1-8

Rödl T, Berger S, Romero LM, Wikelski M (2007) Tameness and stress physiology in a predator-naive island species confronted with novel predation threat. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 274: 577–582

Ruczynski I, Kalko EKV, Siemers BM (2007) The sensory basis of roost finding in a forest bat, Nyctalus noctula. J Exp Biol 210:3607-3615

Schorkopf DLP, Jarau S, Francke W, Twele R, Zucchi R, Hrncir M, Schmidt VM, Ayasse M, Barth FG (2007) Spitting out information. Trigona bees deposit saliva to signal resource locations. Proc R Soc B 274:895-898

Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann K, Sommer S (2007) Neutral versus adaptive genetic variation in parasite resistance: importance of MHC-supertypes in a free-ranging primate. Heredity: 1-13

Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Stauffer C, Arthofer W, Buschinger A, Espadaler X, Christian E, Einfinger K, Lorbeer E, Schafellner C, Ayasse M, Crozier RH (2007) Abandoning Aggression but Maintaining Self-Nonself Discrimination as a First Stage in Ant Supercolony Formation. Current Biology 17:1903–1907

Stich H B, Maier G (2007) Distribution and abundance of Daphnia pulicaria, a large Daphnia of the “pulex group”, in Lake Constance. Limnologica 37: 303-310

Stökl J, Twele R, Erdmann D, Francke W, Ayasse M (2007) Comparison of the flower odour of the sexually deceptive orchid Ophrys iricolor and the female sex pheromone of its pollinator Andrena morio. Chemoecology 17(4):231–23

Tschapka M, v Helversen O (2007) Phenology, nectar production and visitation behaviour of bats on the flowers of the bromeliad Werauhia gladioliflora in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest. J Trop Ecol 23:385-395

Weber N, Fahr J (2007) A rapid survey of small mammals from Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region, Ghana, in: A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana, (eds McCullough J, Alonso LE, Naskrecki P, Wright HE, Osei-Owusu Y), 90-98, 178-180 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Vol 47 Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia 194 pp

Weinbeer M, Kalko EKV (2007) Ecological niche and phylogeny: the highly complex echolocation behavior of the trawling long-legged bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 61:1337-1348

Wells K, Kalko, EKV, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2007) Effects of rain forest logging on species richness and assemblages of small mammals in SE Asia. J Biogeogr  34:1087-1099

Wells K, Smales LR, Kalko, EKV, Pfeiffer M (2007) Impact of rainforest logging on parasitic helminth assemblages in small mammals (Muridae, Tupaiidae) from Borneo. J Trop Ecol 23:35-43

Yack JE, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2007) Neuroethology of ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies (Hedyloidea). J Comp Physiol A 193:577-590

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Ayasse M (2006) Floral scent and pollinator attraction in sexually deceptive orchids. In: Dudareva N, Pichersky E (eds) Biology of Floral Scent, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 219-242

Barnett AA, Sampaio EM, Kalko EKV, Shapley RL, Fischer E, Camargo G, Rodriguez-H. B (2006) Bats of Jaú National Park, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Acta Chiropterologica 8:103-128

Blüthgen N, Mezger D, Linsenmair KE (2006) Ant-hemipteran trophobioses in a Borneon rainforest-diversity, specifity and monopolisation. Insectes Sociaux 53: 194-203

Dietz M, Encarnação JA, Kalko EKV (2006) Small scale distribution of female and male Daubenton`s bats (Myotis daubentonii). Acta Chiropterologica 8: 403-415

Eltz T, Ayasse M, Lunau K (2006) Species-specific antennal response to tibial fragrances in male orchid bees. J Chem Ecol 32:71-79

Emmons LH, Swarner M, Vargas-Espinoza A, Tschapka M, Azurduy H, Kalko EKV ( 2006) The forest and savanna bat communities of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Bolivia). Rev Bol Ecol y Conservación 19:47-57

Encarnação JA, Dietz M (2006) Estimation of food intake and ingested energy in Daubenton`s bats (Myotis daubentonii) during pregnancy and spermatogenesis. Eur J Wildl Res 52: 221 – 227

Fahr J, Djossa BA, Vierhaus H (2006) Rapid assessment of bats (Chiroptera) in Déré, Diécké and Mt Béro classified forests, southeastern Guinea; including a review of the distribution of bats in Guinée Forestière, in: A Rapid Biological Assessment of Three Classified Forests in Southeastern Guinea, (eds Wright HE, McCullough J, Alonso LE, Diallo MS), 168-180, 245-47 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Vol 40 Conservation International, Washington, DC 248 pp

Fietz J, Dausmann K (2006) Big is beautiful - fat storage and hibernation as a strategy to cope with marked seasonality in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). In: Gould L, Sauther M (eds) Lemurs: ecology and adaptation. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 97-110

Förschler MI, Kalko EKV (2006) Age-specific reproductive performance in Citril Finches Carduelis [citrinella]. Ardea 94(2):275-279

Förschler MI, Kalko EKV (2006) Macrogeographic variations in food choice of mainland citril finches Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella versus insular Corsican citril finches Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus. J Ornith 147:441-447

Förschler MI, Kalko EKV (2006) Breeding ecology and nest site selection in allopatric mainland Citril Finches Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella and insular Corsican Finches Carduelis [citrinella]. corsicanus. J Ornithol 147(4):553-564

Förschler MI, Borras A, Kalko EKV, Cabrera J, Senar JC (2006) Inter-locality variation in breeding phenology and nesting habit of the Citril Finch Carduelis citronella in the Catalonian Pre-pyrenees. Ardeola 53:115-126

Hodgkison R, Kunz TH (2006) Balionycteris maculata. Mammalian Species 793:1-3

Hörmann L, Maier G (2006) Do zebra mussels grow faster on live unionids than on inanimate substrate? A study with field enclosures. Internat Rev Hydrobiology 91: 113-121

Hrncir M, Schmidt VM, Schorkopf DLP, Jarau S, Zucchi R, Barth FG (2006) Vibrating the food receivers: a direct way of signal transmission in bees (Melipona seminigra). J Comp Physiol A 192:879-887

Jarau S, Schulz CM, Hrncir M, Francke W, Zucchi R, Barth FG, Ayasse M (2006) Hexyl decanoate, the first trail pheromone compound identified in a stingless bee (Trigona recursa). J Chem Ecol 32:1555-1564

Kalka M, Kalko EKV (2006) Gleaning bats as underestimated predators of herbivorous insects: dietary composition of Micronycteris microtis (Phyllostomidae) in Panamá. J Trop Ecol 22:1-10

Kalko EKV, Ueberschaer K, Dechmann D (2006) Roost structure, modification, and availability in the white-throated, round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Phyllostomidae) living in active termite nests. Biotropica 38(3):398-404

Kinzler W, Maier G (2006) Selective predation by fish: a further reason for the decline of native gammarids in the presence of invasives. J Limnol 65: 27-34

Kley A, Maier G (2006) Reproductive characteristics of invasive gammarids in the Rhine-Main-Danube catchment, South Germany. Limnologica 36: 79-90

Klose SM, Smith C, Denzel AJ, Kalko EKV (2006) Reproduction elevates the corticosterone stress response in common fruit bats. J Comp Physiol A 192:341-349

Klose SM (2006) The flying fox manual. A new handbook for wildlife carers in Australia. Acta Chiropterol 8: 573-574

Krieger G, Duchateaux M-J, Ibarra F, Francke W, Ayasse M (2006) Identification of queen sex pheromone components in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. J Chem Ecol 32:453-471

Lang AB, Kalko EKV, Römer H, Bockholdt C, Dechmann DKN (2006) Correlated activity relative to the lunar cycle in a predator prey system of bats and katydids. Oecologia 146:659-666

Pfeiffer M, Nais J, Linsenmair KE (2006) Worker size and seed size selection in ‘seed’-collecting ant ensembles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in primary rain forests on Borneo. J Trop Ecol 22: 685-693

Ruf T, Fietz J, Schlund W, Bieber C (2006) High survival in poor years: Life history tactics adapted to mast seeding in the edible dormouse. Ecology 87:372-381

Stich HB, Maier G (2006) Enumeration of prey items in stomachs of European Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) which contained digested fragments. Limnologica 36: 138-142

Tschapka M, Dressler S, v Helversen O ( 2006) Bat visits to Marcgravia pittieri Gilg and notes on inflorescence diversity within the genus Marcgravia. Flora 201:383-388

Thies W, Kalko EKV, Schnitzler HU (2006) Influence of environment and resource availability on activity patterns of Carollia castanea (Phyllostomidae) in Panamá. J Mamm 87: 231-338

Tomiuk J, Stauss M, Segelbacher G, Fietz J, Kömpf J, Bachmann L (2006) Female genetic heterogeneity affects the reproduction of great tits (Parus major L. 1758) in low quality woodlands. Journal of Systematical Zoology and Evolutionary Research 45:144-150

Volleth M, Heller K-G, Fahr K (2006) Phylogenetic relationships of three "Nycticeiini" genera (Chiroptera: Mammalia) as revealed by karyological analysis. Mammalian Biol 71: 1-12

Weinbeer M, Meyer CFJ, Kalko EKV (2006) Activity pattern of the trawling Phyllostomid bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, in Panama. Biotropica 38:69-76

Wells K, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2006) Nest sites of rodents and treeshrews in Borneo. Ecotropica 12:141-149

Wells K, Kock D, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2006) Is Rattus rattus invading the primary rainforest on Borneo? Malay Nat J 59:73-79

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Kalko EKV (2006) Movement trajectories and habitat partitioning of small mammals in logged and unlogged rainforests on Borneo. J Anim Ecol 75:1212-1223

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Arroyo-Cabrales J, Kalko EKV, LaVal RK, Maldonado JE, Medellín RA, Polaco OJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B (2005) Rediscovery of the Mexican flat-headed bat, Myotis planiceps (Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica 7:309-315

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2005). Redescription de Macrostylophora borneensis (Jordan, 1926), puce de la sous-région malaise (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae : Ceratophyllinae) et description d’une espèce affine [French]. Parasite 12:293-298

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2005) Macrostylophora kinabaluae n. sp. (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), puce nouvelle de Sabah (Malaisie orientale, Île de Bornéo) [French]. Parasite 12:237-240

Berger S, Martin II LB, Wikelski M, Romero LM, Kalko EKV, Vitousek MN, Rödl T (2005) Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galápagos marine iguanas during reproduction. Horm Behav 47: 419-429

Bollen A Donati G, Fietz J, Schwab D, Ramanamanjato J-B, Randrihasipara L, Van Elsacker L, Ganzhorn JU, (2005) An intersite comparison on fruit characteristics in Madagascar: evidence for selection pressure through abiotic constraints rather than through co-evolution. In: Dew J, Boubli J (eds) Fruits and Frugivores: The Search for Strong Interactors. Kluwer Academic Press, New York, pp 92-118

Decher J, Oppong J, Fahr J (2005) Rapid assessment of small mammals at Draw River, Boi-Tano, and Krokosua Hills, in: A Biological Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Draw River, Boi-Tano, Tano Nimiri and Krokosua Hills Forest Reserves, Southwestern Ghana, (eds McCullough J, Decher J, Guba Kpelle D), 57-66, 151-152 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Vol 36 Conservation International, Washington, DC 153 pp

Decher J, Fahr J (2005) Hipposideros cyclops Mammalian Species (763): 1-7

Dechmann DKN, Kalko EKV, König B, Kerth G (2005) Mating system of a Neotropical roost making bat: the white-throated, round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 58:316-325

Dietz M, Kalko EKV (2005) Seasonal changes in daily torpor patterns of free-ranging female and male Daubenton’s bats (Myotis daubentonii). J Comp Physiol B 175: 1-9

Dobson HEM, Raguso RA, Knudsen JT, Ayasse M (2005) Scent as an attractant. In: Dafni A, Kevan PG, Husband BC (eds) Practical Pollination Biology. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge, ON, Canada.

Fietz J, Pflug M, Schlund W, Tataruch F (2005) Influences of the feeding ecology on body mass and possible implications for reproduction in the edible dormouse (Glis glis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175:45-55

Giannini N, Kalko EKV (2005) The guild structure of animalivorous leaf-nosed bats of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, revisited. Acta Chiropterologica 7:131-146

Gwinner H, Berger S (2005) European starlings: nestling condition, parasites and green nest material during the breeding season. Int J Ornithol 146: 365-371

Hapke A et al. (2005) Biogeography of dwarf lemurs: genetic evidence for unexpected patterns in Southeastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 26:873-901

Hopp U, Maier G (2005) Survival and development of five species of cyclopoid copepods in relation to food supply: experiments with algal food in a flow-through system. Freshwat Biol 50: 1454-1463

Hopp U, Maier G (2005) Implication of the feeding limb morphology on herbivorous feeding of some freshwater cyclopoid copepods.  Freshwat Biol 50: 742-747

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Kley A, Maier G (2005) An example of niche partitioning between Dikerogammarus villosus and other invasive and native gammarids: a field study. J Limnol 64: 85-88

Korine C, Kalko EKV (2005) Fruit detection and discrimination by small fruit-eating bats (Phyllostomidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 59:12-23

Krisp H, Maier G (2005): Consumption of macroinvertebrates by invasive and native gammarids: a comparison. J Limnol 64: 55-59

Meyer CFJ, Weinbeer M, Kalko EKV (2005) Home range size and spacing patterns of Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae) foraging over water. J Mammal 86:587-598

Rodriguez-Herrera B, Tschapka M (2005). Tent use by Vampyressa nymphaea (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Cecropia insignis (Moraceae) in Costa Rica. Acta Chiropterologica. 7:171-174

Schmid J, Fietz J, Randriarimalala Z (2005) Lemurs of the Mantady-Zahamena Corridor, Madagascar. In: Alonso L, Schmid J (eds) A rapid biological assessment of the Mantadia-Zahamena Corridor, Madagascar RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment No.32. Conservation International, Washington, DC, pp 74-86

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Tschapka M (2005) Reproduction of the nectarivore bat Glossophaga commissarisi in the Costa Rican rainforest. Biotropica 37:408–414

Wells K, Bagchi R (2005) Eat in or take away – seed predation and removal by rats (Muridae) during a fruiting event in a dipterocarp rainforest. Raffl Bull Zool 53:125-130

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Ayasse M (2004) Chemical Mimicry and reproductive success in sexually deceptive orchids. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 14:161-166

Bakarr M, Oates JF, Fahr J, Parren MPE, Rödel M-O, Demey R (2004) Guinean forests of West Africa, in: Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions, (eds Mittermeier RA, Gil PR, Hoffman M, Pilgrim J, Brooks T, Mittermeier CG, Lamoreux J, Da Fonseca GAB), 123-130 CEMEX & Conservation International, Mexico City & Washington, DC 392 pp

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2004) Trois espèces nouvelles du Genre Medwayella Traub, 1972 (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae) de Sabah (Malaisie Orientale; Ile de Bornéo) [French]. Parasite 11:373-375

Dechmann D, Kalko EKV, Kerth G (2004) Ecology of an exceptional roost: energetic benefits could explain why the bat Lophostoma silvicolum roosts in active termite nests. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:1037-1050

D’Ettorre P, Heinze J, Schulz C, Francke W, Ayasse M (2004) Does she smell like a queen? Chemoreception of a cuticular hydrocarbon signal in the ant Pachycondyla inverse. J Exp Biol 207:1085-1091

Encarnação JA, Dietz M, Kierdorf U (2004) Reproductive condition and activity pattern of male Daubenton’s bats (Myotis daubentonii) in the summer habitat. Mamm Biol 69:163-172

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Fahr J, Ebigbo NM (2004) Rapid survey of bats (Chiroptera) in the Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon, Guinea, in: A Rapid Biological Assessment of Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon, Simandou Range, South-eastern Republic of Guinea, (ed McCullough J), 69-77 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Vol 35 Conservation International, Washington, DC 248 pp

Fietz J, Schlund W, Dausmann KH, Regelmann M, Heldmaier G (2004) Energetic constraints on sexual activity in the male edible dormouse (Glis glis). Oecologia 138:202-209

Ganzhorn J, Pietsch T, Fietz J, Gross S, Schmid J, Steiner N (2004) Selection of food and ranging behaviour in a sexually monomorphic folivorous lemur: Lepilemur ruficaudatus. J Zool 263:393-399

Giannini N, Kalko EKV (2004) Trophic structure in a large assemblage of phyllostomid bats in Panama. Oikos 105:209-220

Hodgkison R, Balding ST, Zubaid A, Kunz TH (2004) Habitat structure, wing morphology, and the vertical stratification of Malaysian fruit bats. J Trop Ecol 20: 667-673

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Kalko EKV (2004) Neotropical leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): “Whispering” bats or candidates for acoustic survey? Pp 63-69 Brigham M, Jones G, Kalko EKV (eds) Proceedings of a workshop on identification and acoustic monitoring of bats, Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas, pp167

Kalko EKV, Boutros M, Fahr J, Ebigbo NM, Linsenmair KE, Mody K, Rödel M-O, Szarzynski J (2004) Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in West Africa, in: Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biological Diversity - A Challenge for Society Proceedings of the International Symposium Berlin, 1-4 December 2003, (eds Beck E, Berendsohn WG, Boutros M, Denich M, Henle K, Jürgens N, Kirk M, Wolters V), 151-153 PT-DLR & German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn 200 pp

Klose SM (2004) Evolution - from molecules to ecosystems. Ecotropica 10: 160-161

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Meyer CFJ, Zotz G (2004) Do growth and survival of aerial roots limit the vertical distribution of hemiepiphytic aroids? Biotropica 36:483-491

Pfeiffer M, Nais J, Linsenmair K (2004) Myrmecochory in the Zingiberaceae: Seed removal of Globba franciscii and G. propinqua by ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae in rain forests on Borneo. J Trop Ecol 20: 705-708

Pfeiffer M, Chimedregzen, L and Ulykpan K (2004) Biodiversität und Struktur mongolischer Ameisengemeinschaften entlang eines Transektes von der Steppe bis in die Wüste Gobi. Mitt DGaaE 14: 149-152

Srámková A, Schröder S, Wittmann D (2004) How does the social parasite Psithyrus vestalis take over dominance in host colonies of Bombus terrestris? Mitt DGaaE 14

Tschapka M, Cunningham SA (2004) Flower mites of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana (Arecaceae): evidence for dispersal using pollinating bats. Biotropica 36:377-381

Tschapka M (2004) Energy density patterns of nectar resources permit coexistence within a guild of Neotropical flower visiting bats. J Zool 263:7-21

Thies W, Kalko EKV (2004) Phenology of Neotropical Pepper plants and their association with their main dispersers, two short-tailed fruit-bats, Carollia perspicillata and C. castanea, Phyllostomidae. Oikos 104:362-376

Voigt FA, Bleher B, Fietz J, Ganzhorn J, Schwab D, Böhning-Gaese K (2004) A comparison of morphological and chemical fruit traits between two sites with different frugivore assemblages. Oecologia 141:94-104

Weinbeer M, Kalko EKV (2004) Morphological characteristics predict alternate foraging strategy and microhabitat selection in the gleaning bat, Lampronycteris brachyotis (Phyllostomidae). J Mammal 85:1116-1123

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Linsenmair KE (2004) Arboreal spacing patterns of the large pencil-tailed tree mouse, Chiropodomys major, in a rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ecotropica 10:15-22

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB & Linsenmair, KE (2004) Use of arboreal and terrestrial space by a small mammal community in a tropical rain forest in Borneo, Malaysia. J Biogeogr 31:641-652

Zimma B, Ayasse M, Tengö J, Ibarra F, Francke W (2004) The role of semiochemicals in the reproductive biology of parasitic bumblebees. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 14:195-198.