Research at our department spans across a wide range of animals including vertebrates, arthropods, and lophotrochozoans. These are analyzed using various morphological and molecular methods, including immunolabeling, advanced light and confocal microscopy, 3D reconstruction, high speed video analysis, electron microscopy, and gene expression studies. The data generated are used in integrative and comparative approaches to elucidate body plan evolution, development, functional morphology, ecomorphology and phylogeny of non-model organisms.
Integrative Zoology is a member of the Center for Organismal Systems Biology (COSB)
Departmental Seminar Integrative Zoology
Departmental Seminar Integrative Zoology
The seminar of Winter Term 2018 will start on October 2nd 2018 - Current Programme.
Tuesdays, 10-11:30 hrs, SR 3, UZA1, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien
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Abstract Booklet of Summer Term 2018 now online!
For printed Version, please contact Sonja Matus.
Abstracts of former seminars
November 20th, 2018
Ecological and genetic link in evolutionary transit of freshwater to marine taxa (Abstract)
Nikola Koletic
Department of Biology, University of Zagreb
Life of the ctenostome Bryozoan Pherusella cf. brevituba (Abstact)
Sebastian Decker
Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna
Barraclough DA, Colville JF, Karolyi F & Krenn HW (2018)
A striking new species of Prosoeca Schiner, 1867 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae): An important pollinator from the Bokkeveld Plateau, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Zootaxa 4497 (3): 411–421, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.5
Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, de Oliveira AL & Wanninger A (2018)
Staggered Hox expression is more widespread among molluscs than previously appreciated
Proc. R. Soc. B 2018 285 20181513; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1513. Published 10 October 2018
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Zachos FE (2018)
(New) Species concepts, species delimitation and the inherent limitations of taxonomy
Journal of Genetics, Vol. 97, No. 4, September 2018, pp. 811–815
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-018-0965-1
published online 23 July 2018
Paulus HF (2018)
Pollinators as isolation mechanisms: Field observations and field experiments regarding specificity of pollinator attraction in the genus Ophrys (Orchidaceae und Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea).
Entomologia Generalis 37 (3/4): 261-316
DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2018/0650
Saad LO, Schwaha T, Handschuh S, Wanninger A & Marian JEAR (2018).
A mating plug in a squid? Sneaker spermatophores can block the female sperm-storage organ in Doryteuthis plei.
Zoology, available online 8 September 2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2018.08.002
Dudley R & Pass G (2018)
Wings and powered flight: Core novelties in insect evolution.
Arthropod Structure & Development 47 (2018) 319e321
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2018.06.006, available online
Tumulty JP, Pašukonis A, Ringler M, Forester JD, Hödl W & Bee MA (2018).
Brilliant-thighed poison frogs do not use acoustic identity information to treat territorial neighbours as dear enemies.
Animal Behaviour 141: 203-220
available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.008.
Chiozzi G, Stiassny MLJ, de Marchi G, Lamboj A, Fasola M & Fruciano C (2018).
A diversified kettle of fish: phenotypic variation in the endemic cichlid genus Danakilia of the Danakil Depression of northeastern Africa.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 124, Issue 4, 690–705, 24 July 2018, available online https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly085.
Akkari N & Ganske A-S (2018).
Two centipedes new to the fauna of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) and notes on the Lithobiomorpha of the island (Chilopoda, Myriapoda)..
Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e26746. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e26746, Published July11th, 2018
Kornilev YV, Popgeorgiev G, Vacheva E & Tzankov N.(2018)
First records of melanism (including in tail bifurcation) of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Bulgaria.
North-Western Journal of Zoology 14(1): 142–144
available online
Querner P, Milasowszky N, Zulka KP, Abensperg-Traun M, Willner W, Sauberer N, Jakomini C, Wrbka T, Schmitzberger I & Zechmeister HG (2018)
Habitat structure, quality and landscape predicting species richness and communities of Collembola on dry grasslands in Austria.
Insects 2018, 9, 81; doi:10.3390/insects9030081
Published online July 7th, 2018.
Pass G (2018)
Beyond aerodynamics: The critical roles of the circulatory and tracheal systems in maintaining insect wing functionality
Arthropod Structure & Development xxx (2018) 1-17
available online
Akkari N , Ganske A-S, Komerički A & Metscher B (2018).
New avatars for Myriapods: Complete 3D morphology of type specimens transcends conventional species description (Myriapoda, Chilopoda).
PLOS ONE 13(7): e0200158. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200158
published July 3rd, 2018
Böhm A, Meusemann K, Misof B & Pass G (2018).
Hypothesis on monochromatic vision in scorpionflies questioned by new transcriptomic data.
Scientific Reports (2018) 8:9872, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-28098-2
Wanninger A & Wollesen T (2018)
The evolution of molluscs
Biol. Rev. (2018), pp. 000–000. 1 doi: 10.1111/brv.12439
available online
Seiter M, Schramm FD & Schwaha T (2018).
Description of a new Charinus species (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from the Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic.
Zootaxa 4438 (2): 349–361. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.9.
Schwaha T, Handschuh S, Ostrovsky AN & Wanninger A (2018).
Morphology of the bryozoan Cinctipora elegans (Cyclostomata, Cinctiporidae) with first data on its sexual reproduction and the cyclostome neuro-muscular system.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2018 18:92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1206-1
Published online June 14th, 2018.
Wanninger M, Schwaha T & Heiss E (2018).
Form and Function of the skin glands in the Himalayan newt Tylototriton verrucosus.
Zoological Letters 2018 4:15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-018-0095-x
Published online June 13th, 2018.
Schwaha T & Wanninger A (2018).
Unity in diversity: a survey of muscular systems of ctenostome Gymnolaemata (Lophotrochozoa, Bryozoa).
Frontiers in Zoology (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0269-6
Published online June 7th, 2018.
Szipl G, Ringler E, Bugynar T (2018).
Attacked ravens flexibly adjust signalling behaviour according to audience composition.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. online first. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0375.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1880/20180375
Published online June 6th, 2018.
Starnberger I, Maier PM, Hödl W & Preininger D (2018).
Multimodal Signal Testing Reveals Gestural Tapping Behavior in Spotted Reed Frogs.
Herpetologica In-Press. https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-17-00053.1
Ringler E, Szipl G, Harrigan RJ, Bartl-Binder P, Mangione R & Ringler M (2018).
Hierarchical decision-making balances current and future reproductive success.
Molecular Ecology 27: 2289-2301. DOI:10.1111/mec.14583.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.14583
Ringler E (2018).
Testing skin swabbing for DNA sampling in dendrobatid frogs.
Amphibia-Reptilia 29: 245–251. DOI:10.1163/15685381-17000206.
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685381-17000206
Choudhary A, Vanichkina DP, Ender C, Crawford J, Baillie GJ, Calcino AD, Ru K &Taft RJ (2018).
Identification of miR-29b targets using 3-cyanovinylcarbazole containing mimics.
RNA. 2018 Apr;24(4):597-608. doi: 10.1261/rna.064923.117.
Published online March 16th, 2018.
Schwaha T (2018).
Morphology and ontogeny of Lophopus crystallinus lophophore support the epistome as ancestral character of phylactolaemate bryozoans.
Zoomorphology (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-018-0402-2
Published online March 16th, 2018.
Zachos FE (2018).
Mammals and meaningful taxonomic units: the debate about species concepts and conservation.
Mam Rev. doi:10.1111/mam.12121
Published online March 5th, 2018.
Baranek B, Kuba K, Bauder J & Krenn H (2018).
Mouthpart dimorphism in male and female wasps of Vespula vulgaris and Vespula germanica (Vespidae, Hymenoptera).
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(1): 65-74
doi: 10.3897/dez.65.23593
Published online March 13th, 2018.
Ganske A-S, Edgecombe GE, Akkari N (2018).
The peristomatic structures as a source of systematic characters in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda).
In: Stoev P, Edgecombe GD (Eds) Proceedings of the 17thInternational Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. ZooKeys 741: 49-75.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.741.21706
Published online March 7th, 2018.
Merkel J, Wanninger A & Lieb B. 2018.
Novel and Conserved Features of the Hox Cluster of Entoprocta (Kamptozoa).
J Phylogenetics Evol Biol 6: 194. doi:10.4172/2329-9002.1000194
Published online March 2nd, 2018.
McArthur IW, Miranda GS de, Seiter M & Chapin KJ 2018.
Global patterns of sexual dimorphism in Amblypgyi.
Zoologischer Anzeiger (in press)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.005
Published online February 24th, 2018.
Sumasgutner P, Adrion M & Gamauf A. 2018.
Carotenoid coloration and health status of urban Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus).
PLoS ONE 13(2): e0191956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191956, Published: February 8, 2018
Martha SO, Afshar Y, Ostrovsky AN, Scholz J, Schwaha T & Wood TS. 2018.
Variation of the tentacles in Paludicella": The unfinished work of the german bryozoologist and embryologist Fritz Braem.
n: Annals of Bryozoology 6, Patrick Wyse Jackson (ed.).45-73.
Pavlicek A, Schwaha T & Wanninger A. 2018.
Towards a ground pattern reconstruction of bivalve nervous systems: neurogenesis in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha.
Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0356-0.
Published online January 18th, 2018
Düster JV, Gruber MH, Karolyi F, Plant JD & Krenn HW. 2017.
Drinking with a very long proboscis: Functional morphology of orchid bee mouthparts (Euglossini, Apidae, Hymenoptera).
Arthropod Structure & Development,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2017.12.004, Published online December 29th, 2017
Fritz U, Kornilev YV, Vamberger M, Natchev N, Havaš P. 2017.
The Fifth International Symposium on Emys orbicularis and the other European Freshwater Turtles, Kiten, Bulgaria: Over Twenty Years of Scientific Collaboration.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 3–7. Available online
Kornilev YV, Popgeorgiev G, Naumov B, Stoyanov A, Tzankov N. 2017.
Updated Distribution and Ecological Requirements of the Native Freshwater Turtles in Bulgaria.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 65–76. Available online
Kummer S, Heiss E, Singer K, Lemell P, Natchev N. 2017.
Feeding Behaviour and Feeding Motorics in Subadult European Pond Turtles, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758).
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 77–84. Available online
Popgeorgiev G, Kornilev YV, Natchev N, Naumov B, Ivanchev I, Slavchev M, Stoyanov A, Tzankov N. 2017.
Spatial Distribution of Emys orbicularis (L., 1758) and Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) in the Lower Veleka River, Bulgaria: First Observations.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 129–132. Available online
Schindler M, Frötscher H, Hille A, Bruck MR, Schmidt M, Kornilev YV. 2017.
Nest Protection during a Long-term Conservation Project as a Tool to Increase the Autochthonous Population of Emys orbicularis (L., 1758) in Austria.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 147–154. Available online
Stoilova N, Natchev N. 2017.
Prevention of Turtle’s Access to the Road: Specifics of the Environmental Impact Assessment Conditions and Measures Issued for the Priority Objects from the National Linear Infrastructure Network in Bulgaria.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 155–160. Available online
Kornilev YV, Natchev N, Mascort R, Fritz U. 2017.
Best Practices for Handling Confiscated Turtles: The Kiten Protocol.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 10: 165–168. Available online
Seiter M, Löscher A, Handschuh S & Schwaha T. 2017.
First description of spermatophore morphology and mating behavior in Mastigoproctus proscorpio (Latreille, 1806) from Hispaniola, Greater Antilles
Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.12.007
Published online December 22nd, 2017.
Szipl G, Ringler E, Spreafico M, Bugnyar T (2017).
Calls during agonistic interactions vary with arousal and raise audience attention in ravens.
Frontiers in Zoology 14: 57. DOI:10.1186/s12983-017-0244-7. https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-017-0244-7
Published online December 21st, 2017.
Redl E, Scherholz M, Wollesen T, Todt C & Wanninger A. 2017.
Expression of six3 and otx in Solenogastres (Mollusca) supports an ancestral role in bilaterian anterior-posterior axis patterning.
Evolution & Development. 2017;1–12. DOI: 10.1111/ede.12245
Published online December 15th 2017
Krenn HW & Bauder J. 2017.
Morphological fine tuning of the feeding apparatus to proboscis length in Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera).
Journal of Morphology. 2017;00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20780
Published online December 6th, 2017.
Schroeder D et al. (eds.), 2017
Ethics Dumping
Chapter 13: Rath J, Safety and Security Risks of CRISPR/Cas9
Springer Briefs in Research and Innovation Governance
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64731-9_13
published online: 05 December 2017
Mathew M, Schwaha T, Ostrovsky AN et al. 2018.
Symbiont-dependent sexual reproduction in marine colonial invertebrate: morphological and molecular evidence.
Mar Biol (2018) 165: 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3266-y
Published online November 18th 2017
Gawin N, Wanninger A & Schwaha T. 2017.
Reconstructing the muscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: first data from gelatinous representatives.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 201717:225, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1068-y
Published November 7th, 2017.
von Byern J, Cyran N, Klepal W, Rudoll L, Suppan J & Greistorfer S. 2017.
The structure of the cutaneous pedal glands in the banded snail Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774).
Journal of Morphology. EARLY VIEW. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20763.
Published November 3rd, 2017.
Ambros M, Wanninger A, Schwaha T. 2017.
Neuroanatomy of the plumatellid bryozoan Hyalinella punctata reveals a common pattern in a small group of freshwater bryozoans.
Journal of Morphology. EARLY VIEW. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20768.
Published November 3rd, 2017.
Hollergschwandtner E, Schwaha T, Neumüller J, Kaindl U, Gruber D, Eckhard M, Stöger-Pollach M & Reipert S. 2017.
Novel mesostructured inclusions in the epidermal lining of Artemia franciscana ovisacs show optical activity.
PeerJ 5:e3923 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3923
Published online October 27th, 2017.
Rakosy D, Cuervo M, Paulus HF & Ayasse M. 2017.
Looks matter: changes in flower form affect pollination effectiveness in a sexually deceptive orchid.
J. Evol. Biol.. doi:10.1111/jeb.13153.
Published online October 16th, 2017.
Affenzeller S, Haar N & Steiner G. 2017.
Revision of the genus complex Gibbula: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera Gibbula Risso, 1826, Steromphala Gray, 1847, and Phorcus Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea).
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-017-0343-5
Published online October 7th, 2017.
Affenzeller S & Steiner G. 2017.
Catalog of taxa introduced by Luitfried Salvini-Plawen (1939–2014).
Zootaxa 4337(1):73-90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.1.3
Glaeser G, Paulus HF & Nachtigall W. 2017
The Evolution of Flight.
Springer International Publishing AG, © 2017
Seiter M & Stockmann M. 2017.
The life history of the parthenogenetic scorpion Lychas tricarinatus (Simon, 1884) from Odisha province, India and supplementary notes on Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898 (Scorpiones, Buthidae).
Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.10.003
Published online October 5th, 2017.
Antemann V, Pass G & Pflüger HJ. 2017
Octopaminergic innervation and a neurohaemal release site in the antennal heart of the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. doi:10.1007/s00359-017-1213-5
Published online September 16th, 2017. doi:10.1007/s00359-017-1213-5
Brischoux F, Kornilev YV, Lillywhite HB. 2017
Physiological and behavioral responses to salinity in coastal Dice snakes.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 214: 13–18.
Published online September 8th, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.09.003
Berkunsky I, Quillfeldtb P, Brightsmithc DJ, ... Ringler E, ... Masello JF (2017).
Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations.
Biological Conservation 214: 278–287. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.016. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717306298
Published online September 7th, 2017.
Pašukonis A, Beck KB, Fischer M-T, Weinlein S, Stückler S, Ringler E. 2017.
Induced parental care in a poison frog: a tadpole cross-fostering experiment.
Journal of Experimental Biology.
Published online September 1st, 2017. doi: 10.1242/jeb.165126
Seiter M, Lanner J & Karolyi F. 2017.
Mating behaviour and spermatophore morphology of four Cuban whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae) – Taxonomic relevance and evolutionary trends.
Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.08.006
Kaul-Strehlow S, Urata M, Praher D & Wanninger A. 2017
Neuronal patterning of the tubular collar cord is highly conserved among enteropneusts but dissimilar to the chordate neural tube.
Scientific Reports 7: 7003. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07052-8.
Published August 1st, 2017.
Helm C, Karl A, Beckers P, Kaul-Strehlow S, Ulbricht E, Kourtesis I, Kuhrt H, Hausen H, Bartolomaeus T, Reichenbach A & Bleidorn C. 2017.
Early evolution of radial glial cells in Bilateria.
Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20170743.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0743
Wollesen T, Scherholz M, Rodríguez Monje SV, Redl E, Todt C & Wanninger A. 2017.
Brain regionalization genes are coopted into shell field patterning in Mollusca.
Scientific Reports 7: 5486
First Online: 14 July 2017 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-05605-5
Ringler M, Szipl G, Hödl W, Khil L, Kofler B, Lonauer M, Provin C & Ringler E. 2017.
Acoustic ranging in poison frogs—it is not about signal amplitude alone.
Behav Ecol Sociobiol (2017) 71:114
First Online: 12 July 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00265-017-2340-2
Seah KBK, Schwaha T, Volland JM, Huettel B, Dubilier N & Gruber-Vodicka HR. 2017.
Specificity in diversity: single origin of a widespread ciliate-bacteria symbiosis.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences
Published 12 July 2017.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0764
Kirchner S, Sattmann H, Haring E, Plan L, Victor R & Kruckenhauser L. 2017.
Investigating gene flow between the blind cavefish Garra barreimiae and its conspecific surface populations .
Scientific Reports, 7: 5130, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-05194-3
Pichler C, Weinlein S, Kopeinig L & Pašukonis A. 2017.
Homing performance in a territorial dendrobatid frog, Allobates talamancae.
Salamandra 53(2) 309–313 (2017) available online
Handschuh S, Beisser CJ, Ruthensteiner B & Metscher BD. 2017.
Microscopic dual-energy CT (microDECT): a flexible tool for multichannel ex vivo 3D imaging of biological specimens.
Journal of Microscopy Volume 267, Issue 1 July 2017 Pages 3–26
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12543, available online
Filipov AÉ, Wolff JO, Seiter M & Gorb SN. 2017.
Numerical simulation of colloidal self-assembly of super-hydrophobic arachnid cerotegument structures.
Journal of Theoretical Biology (in Press).
Available online 4 July 2017: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.07.001
Andonov K, Natchev N, Kornilev YV & Tzankov N. 2017.
Does sexual selection influence ornamentation of hemipenes in Old World snakes?
The Anatomical Record 300:1680–1694 (2017).
DOI 10.1002/ar.23622, available online
Seiter M & Lanner J. 2017.
Description and first record of Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock, 1894) (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from northwestern Trinidad, with the description of its mating behaviour.
Arachnology (2017) 17 (5), 201–209.
Milasowszky N, Bauder J, & Hepner M 2017.
Diplocephalus komposchi n. sp., a new species of erigonine spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Austria.
Zootaxa 4268: 296–300.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.10, available online
Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, de Oliveira AL, Todt C & Wanninger A. 2017.
Ancestral and novel roles of Pax family genes in mollusks.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017) 17:81.
DOI 10.1186/s12862-017-0919-x, available online
Kratochvil HG & Pollirer M. 2017.
Acoustic effects during photosynthesis of aquatic plants enable new research opportunities.
Scientific Reports 7: 44526 DOI: 10.1038/srep44526 (2017),
published: 14 March 2017
available online
Kollarits D, Wappl C & Ringler M. 2017.
The role of temporal call structure in species recognition of male Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875): (Anura: Dendrobatidae).
Herpetozoa. 2017 Jan 30; 29(3-4): 115–124.
available online, IF
Ringler E, Beck KB, Weinlein S, Huber L & Ringler M. 2017.
Adopt, ignore, or kill? Male poison frogs adjust parental decisions according to their territorial status.
Scientific Reports 7:43544, DOI: 10.1038/srep43544, published: 06 March 2017
available online
Seiter M & Wolff JO. 2017.
Stygophrynus orientalis sp. nov. (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Indonesia with the description of a remarkable spermatophore.
Zootaxa 4232 (3): 397–408.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.8
Koleva V, Kornilev Y, Telenchev I, Lukanov S, Hristova B & Natchev N. 2017.
Salt tolerance's toll: prolonged exposure to saline water inflicts damage to the blood cells of dice snakes (Natrix tessellata).
Web Ecol., 17, 1-7, 2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-17-1-2017
Wolff JO, Seiter M & Gorb SN. 2017.
The water-repellent cerotegument of whip-spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi).
Arthropod Structure & Development 46 (2017) 116-129.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2016.10.010, available online
Redl E, Scherholz M, Wollesen T, Todt C & Wanninger A. 2016.
Cell Proliferation Pattern and Twist Expression in an Aplacophoran Mollusk Argue Against Segmented Ancestry of Mollusca.
J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 00:1-15, DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22714
available online
Schwaha T, Hirose M & Wanninger A. 2016.
The life of the freshwater bryozoan Stephanella hina (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata)—a crucial key to elucidating bryozoan evolution.
Zoological Letters 2016 2:25, DOI: 10.1186/s40851-016-0060-5
available online
Verheyen E, et al (Lamboj A). 2016.
Oil extraction imperils Africa's Great Lakes .
Science 04 Nov 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6312, pp. 561-562
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1722
available online
Wolff JO, Schwaha T, Seiter M & Gorb SN. 2016.
Whip spiders (Amblypygi) become water-repellent by a colloidal secretion that self-assembles into hierarchical microstructures.
Zoological Letters 2016 2:23, DOI: 10.1186/s40851-016-0059-y
available online
Gaiti F, Calcino AD, Tanurdžić M & Degnana BM. 2016.
Origin and evolution of the metazoan non-coding regulatory genome.
Developmental Biology, in press, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.11.013
available online
De Oliveira AL, Wollesen T, Kristof A, Scherholz M, Redl E, Todt C, Bleidorn C & Wanninger A. 2016.
Comparative transcriptomics enlarges the toolkit of known developmental genes in mollusks.
BMC Genomics 201617:905, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3080-9,
available online
Böhm A & Pass G. 2016.
The ocelli of Archaeognatha (Hexapoda): functional morphology, pigment migration and chemical nature of the reflective tapetum.
J Exp Biol 2016 219:3039-3048. Posted Online July 28, 2016, doi:10.1242/jeb.141275, available online
Nödl MT, Kerbl A, Walzl MG, Müller GB & de Couet HG. 2016.
The cephalopod arm crown: appendage formation and differentiation in the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes.
Frontiers in Zoology201613:44. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0175-8, available online
Deventer SA, Uhl F, Bugnyar T, Miller R, Fitch WT, Schiestl M, Ringler M & Schwab C. 2016.
Behavioural type affects space use in a wild population of crows (Corvus corone).
Ethology, 122: 881–891. doi:10.1111/eth.12536, available online
Nesshöver C, Vandewalle M, Wittmer H, Balian EV, Carmen E, Geijzendorffer IR, Görg C, Jongman R, Livoreil B, Santamaria L, Schindler S, Settele J, Sousa Pinto I, Török K, Van Dijk J, Watt AD, Young JC & Zulka KP. 2016
The Network of Knowledge approach: improving the science and society dialogue on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe.
Biodivers Conserv (2016) 25: 1215. doi:10.1007/s10531-016-1127-5, available online
Schindler S, Livoreil B, Sousa Pinto I, Araújo RM, Zulka KP, Pullin AS, Santamaria L, Kropik M, Fernández-Méndez P & Wrbka T. 2016
The network BiodiversityKnowledge in practice: insights from three trial assessments.
Biodivers Conserv (2016) 25: 1301. doi:10.1007/s10531-016-1128-4, available online
Kreiderits A, Gamauf A, Krenn HW & Sumasgutner P. 2016.
Investigating the influence of local weather conditions and alternative prey composition on the breeding performance of urban Eurasian Kestrels Falco tinnunculus.
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Dicks LV, Wright HL, Ashpole JE, Hutchison J, McCormack CG, Livoreil B, Zulka KP & Sutherland WJ. 2016.
What works in conservation? Using expert assessment of summarised evidence to identify practices that enhance natural pest control in agriculture.
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Increased androgenic sensitivity in the hind limb muscular system marks the evolution of a derived gestural display.
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Sex-specific offspring discrimination reflects respective risks and costs of misdirected care in a poison frog.
Animal Behaviour 114 (2016) 173-179. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.008
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Krenn HW, Fournel J, Bauder J A-S & Hugel S. 2016.
Mouthparts and nectar feeding of the flower visiting cricket Glomeremus orchidophilus (Gryllacrididae).
Arthropod Structure & Development 45 (2016) 221-229.
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Fritsch M, Wollesen T, Wanninger A. 2016.
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J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 326B:89–104.
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Pasukonis A, Trenkwalder K, Ringler M, Ringler E, Mangione R, Steininger J, Warrington I, Hödl W, 2016
The significance of spatial memory for water finding in a tadpole-transporting frog.
Animal Behaviour 116 (2016) 89-98, available online
Shrubovych J, Bartel D, Szucsich NU, Resch MC, Pass G, 2016
Morphological and Genetic Analysis of the Acerentomon doderoi Group (Protura: Acerentomidae) with Description of A. christiani sp. nov.
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Moser D, Ellmauer T, Evans D, Zulka KP, Adam M, Dullinger S & Essl F. 2016
Weak agreement between the species conservation status assessments of the European Habitats Directive and Red Lists.
Biological Conservation 198 (2016) 1–8, doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.024, available online.
Wanninger A, 2016
Twenty years into the “new animal phylogeny”: Changes and challenges.
Org Divers Evol 2016, DOI 10.1007/s13127-016-0277-3
Hickel C, Gereben-Krenn B-A, Zweimüller I, Krenn HW (2016).
Wetterbedingungen für die Erfassung von Tagfaltern (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in alpinen -Lebensräumen in Österreich.
Entomologia Austriaca 23: 7-18. PDF
Zulka KP, 2015
Rote Listen gefährdeter Arten – Datenanforderungen, Defizite, Bedeutung für die Biodiversitätsforschung.
Acta ZooBot Austria 152, 2015, 183–188.
Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Kristof A, Malakhov VV & Wanninger A. 2016
Neural architecture of Galathowenia oculata Zach, 1923 (Oweniidae, Annelida).
Frontiers in Zoology 2016,13:5, Published: 8 February 2016,
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Karolyi K, Hansal T, Krenn HW & Colville JF. 2016
Comparative morphology of the mouthparts of the megadiverse South African monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): feeding adaptations and guild structure.
PeerJ 2016,
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Galli L, Bartel D, Capurro M, Pass G, Sará A, Shrubovych J & Szucsich N. 2016
Redescription and review of the most abundant conehead in Italy: Acerentomon italicum Nosek, 1969 (Protura: Acerentomidae).
Italian Journal of Zoology 2015,
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Kristof A, de Oliveira AL, Kolbin KG & Wanninger A. 2016
A putative species complex in the Sea of Japan revealed by DNA sequence data: a study on Lottia cf. kogamogai (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda).
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research,
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Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, McDougall C, Degnan BM & Wanninger A. 2015
The ParaHox gene Gsx patterns the apical organ and central nervous system but not the foregut in scaphopod and cephalopod mollusks.
EvoDevo 2015, DOI: 10.1186/s13227-015-0037-z. available online
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Chapter 19: Wanninger A, Mollusca: Bivalvia
Chapter 21: Wollesen T, Mollusca: Cephalopoda
Chapter 23: Kristof A & Maiorova AS, Annelida: Sipuncula
Chapter 25: Richter S, Stach T & Wanninger A, Perspective - Nervous system development in bilaterian larvae - testing the concept of 'primary larvae'
Chapter 26: Gruhl A & Schwaha T: Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)
Chapter 43: Fritsch M & Richter S: Maxillopoda and Branchiopoda
Kristof A, de Oliveira AL, Kolbin KG, Wanninger A. 2015
Neuromuscular development in Patellogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its importance for reconstructing ancestral gastropod bodyplan features.
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Stejskal K, Streinzer M, Dyer A, Paulus HF & Spaethe J. 2015.
Functional significance of labellum pattern variation in a sexually deceptive orchid (Ophrys heldreichii): Evidence of individual signature learning effects.
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Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Kristof A & Wanninger A
Inferring muscular ground patterns in Bivalvia: Myogenesis in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus.
Frontiers in Zoology (2015) 12:34
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D'Aniello S ,Delroisse J, Valero-Gracia A, Lowe EK , Byrne M, Cannon JT , Halanychf KM, Elphick MR, Mallefet J, Kaul-Strehlow S, Lowe CJ, Flammang P, Ullrich-Lüter E, Wanninger A, Arnone MI
Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria.
Marine Genomics (2015), DOI ist: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.001, available online
Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, Todt C, Degnan BM & Wanninger A
Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:231, DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0505-z. Available online
Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, Todt C & Wanninger A, 2015
From complex to simple: myogenesis in an aplacophoran mollusk reveals key traits in aculiferan evolution.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:201
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Wanninger A (ed.)
Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates.
Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 6 Volumes, 2015.
Mangold A , Trenkwalder K , Ringler M, Hödl W & Ringler E , 2015
Low reproductive skew despite high male-biased operational sex ratio in a glass frog with paternal care.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:181
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Fritsch M, Wollesen T, de Oliveira AL & Wanninger A, 2015
Unexpected co-linearity of Hox gene expression in an aculiferan mollusk.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:151
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Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A, Lopes SGBC. 2015
Anatomy of the pallial tentacular organs of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae).
Zoologischer Anzeiger 258: 39–46.
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Pass G, Tögel M, Krenn H & Paululat A, 2015
The circulatory organs of insect wings: Prime examples for the origin of evolutionary novelties. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology Volume 256, May 2015, Pages 82–95, available online
Merkel J, Lieb B, Wanninger A, 2015
Muscular anatomy of an entoproct creeping-type larva reveals extraordinary high complexity and potential shared characters with mollusks.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 130 (10 pages).
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Ringler E, Pašukonis A, Fitch WT, Huber L, Hödl W & Ringler M, 2015
Flexible compensation of uniparental care: female poison frogs take over when males disappear. Behavioral Ecology (2015), 00(00), 1–7. doi:10.1093/beheco/arv069, available online
Wanninger A (2015)
Morphology is dead – long live morphology!
Integrating MorphoEvoDevo into molecular EvoDevo and phylogenomics.
Front. Ecol.Evol.3:54.doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00054, Available online
Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A & Lopes SGBC, 2015
Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): new insights into the development and the roles of bivalve pallial folds. BMC Developmental Biology (2015) 15:22
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Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A & Lopes SGBC, 2015
Development of the pallial eye in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): insights into early visual performance in scallops. Zoomorphology DOI 10.1007/s00435-015-0265-8, Available online
Milasowszky N, Hepner M, Waitzbauer W & Zulka KP, 2015
The epigeic spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)of 28 forests in eastern Austria. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in Eastern Austria 1/1,135-163. Available online
Ostrovsky AN, LidgardS , Gordon DP, Schwaha T, Genikhovich G & Ereskovsky AV, 2015
Matrotrophy and placentation in invertebrates: a new paradigm.
Biological Reviews. Article first published online: 29 April 2015, DOI: 10.1111/brv.12189
Erich M, Ringler M, Hödl W, Ringler E, 2015
Brood-partitioning behaviour in unpredictable environments: hedging the bets? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Article first published online: 10 April 2015, DOI 10.1007/s00265-015-1913-1
Bauder JAS, Morawetz L, Warren AD & Krenn HW, 2015
Functional constraints on the evolution of long butterfly proboscides: lessons from Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 28, Issue 3, p 678–687
Article first published online: 31 March 2015, DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12601
Stangel J, Preininger D, Sztatecsy M & Hödl W, 2015
Ontogenetic Change of Signal Brightness in the Foot-Flagging Frog Species Staurois parvus and Staurois guttatus.
Herpetologica, 71(1), 2015, 1–7, available online
Natchev N, Tzankov N, Vergilov V, Kummer S, Handschuh S, 2015
Functional morphology of a highly specialised pivot joint in the cranio-cervical complex of the minute lizard Ablepharus kitaibelii in relation to feeding ecology and behaviour.
Contributions to Zoology, 84: 13-23, available online
Heiss E, Aerts P, Van Wassenbergh S
Flexibility is everything: prey capture throughout the seasonal habitat switches in the smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris
Organisms Diversity & Evolution Volume 15, Issue 1, pp 127-142 (March 2015)
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Kaul-Strehlow S, Urata M , Minokawa T, Stach T & Wanninger A
Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: of nets and cords
Organisms Diversity & Evolution (2015)
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Misof B, Liu S, Meusemann K, Peters RS, Donath A, Mayer C, Frandsen PB, Ware J, Flouri T, Beutel RG, Niehuis O, Petersen M, Izquierdo-Carrasco F, Wappler T, Rust J, Aberer AJ, Aspöck U, Aspöck H, Bartel D, Blanke A, Berger S, Böhm A, Buckley TR, Calcott B, Chen J, Friedrich F, Fukui M, Fujita M, Greve C, Grobe P, Gu S, Huang Y, Jermiin LS, Kawahara AY, Krogmann L, Kubiak M, Lanfear R, Letsch H, Li Y, Li Z, Li J, Lu H, Machida R, Mashimo Y, Kapli P, McKenna DD, Meng G, Nakagaki Y, Navarrete-Heredia JL, Ott M, Ou Y, Pass P, Podsiadlowski L, Pohl H, von Reumont BM, Schütte K, Sekiya K, Shimizu S, Slipinski A, Stamatakis A, Song W, Su X, Szucsich NU, Tan M, Tan X, Tang M, Tang J, Timelthaler G, Tomizuka S, Trautwein M, Tong X, Uchifune T, Walzl MG, Wiegmann BM, Wilbrandt J, Wipfler B, Wong TKF, Wu Q, Wu G, Xie Y, Yang S, Yang Q, Yeates DK, Yoshizawa K, Zhang Q, Zhang R, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhou C, Zhou L, Ziesmann T, Zou S, Li Y, Xu X, Zhang Y, Yang H, Wang J, Wang J, Kjer KM,
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Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution
Science 7 November 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6210 pp. 763-767
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Starnberger I, Preininger D, & Hödl W (2014)
The anuran vocal sac: a tool for multimodal signalling.
Animal Behaviour, 97, 281–288. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.027
Ringler M, Mangione R, Pašukonis A, Rainer G, Gyimesi K, Felling-Wagner J, Kronaus H, Réjou-Méchain M, Chave J, Reiter K, Ringler E. (2014)
High-resolution forest mapping for behavioural studies in the Nature Reserve ‘Les Nouragues’, French Guiana.
Journal of Maps. doi:10.1080/17445647.2014.972995
Sumasgutner P, Vasko V, Varjonen R, Korpimäki E (2014)
Public information revealed by pellets in nest sites is more important than ecto-parasite avoidance in the settlement decisions of Eurasian kestrels.
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol: doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1808-6
Blanke, A., Machida, R., Szucsich, N. U., Wilde, F. and Misof, B.
Mandibles with two joints evolved much earlier in the history of insects: dicondyly is a synapomorphy of bristletails, silverfish and winged insects.
Systematic Entomology. doi: 10.1111/syen.12107
Schwaha TF, Handschuh S, Redl F & Wanninger A
Insights into the organization of plumatellid larvae (lophotrochozoa, bryozoa) by means of 3D-imaging and confocal microscopy
Article first published online: 2 OCT 2014, DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20326
Karolyi F, Colville JF, Handschuh S, Metscher BD & Krenn HW
One proboscis, two tasks: Adaptations to blood-feeding and
nectar-extracting in long-proboscid horse flies (Tabanidae, Philoliche)
Arthropod Structure & Development 43 (2014) 403-413
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Wipfler B & Pass G
Antennal heart morphology supports relationship
of Zoraptera with polyneopteran insects
Systematic Entomology (2014), DOI: 10.1111/syen.12088
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Fröschl M, Handschuh S, Erlach R, Schwaha T, Goldammer H, Fragner R & Walzl MG
Computer-generated images of microscopic soil organisms for documentary films
Soil Organisms 86 (2), pp. 95–102, August 2014
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Hustert R, Frisch M, Böhm A & Pass G
A new kind of auxiliary heart in insects: functional morphology and neuronal control of the accessory pulsatile organs of the cricket ovipositor
Frontiers in Zoology 2014, 11: 43
doi:10.1186/1742-9994-11-43
Available online June 2014,(open access)
Iris Starnberger, Doris Preininger, Walter Hödl
Review: From uni- to multimodality: towards an integrative view on anuran communication
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Volume 200, Issue 9 (2014), Page 777-787
DOI 10.1007/s00359-014-0923-1
Available online June 2014,(open access)
Petra Sumasgutner, Erwin Nemeth, Graham Tebb, Harald W. Krenn, Anita Gamauf
Hard times in the city - attractive nest sites but insufficient food supply lead to low reproduction rates in a bird of prey.
Frontiers in Zoology 11:48.
Available online 27 May 2014 (open access)
Petra Sumasgutner, Christian H. Schulze, Harald W. Krenn, Anita Gamauf
Conservation related conflicts in nest-site selection of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and the distribution of its avian prey
Landscape and Urban Planning 127:94–103
Available online 4 May 2014 (open access)
Ringler E, Mangold A, Trenkwalder K, Ringler M, Hödl W (2014)
Characterisation of nine new polymorphic microsatellite loci in the reticulated glass frog Hyalinobatrachium valerioi (Centrolenidae).
Amphibia-Reptilia 2014; 35(2): 243–246. doi: 10.1163/15685381-00002940.
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Pašukonis A, Loretto M-C , Landler L, Ringler M & Hödl W
Homing trajectories and initial orientation in a Neotropical territorial frog, Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae)
Frontiers in Zoology 2014, 11:29, doi:10.1186/1742-9994-11-29
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Monika Carol Resch, Julia Shrubovych, Daniela Bartel, Nikolaus U. Szucsich, Gerald Timelthaler, Yun Bu, Manfred Walzl, Günther Pass
Where Taxonomy Based on Subtle Morphological Differences Is Perfectly Mirrored by Huge Genetic Distances: DNA Barcoding in Protura (Hexapoda).
PLOS ONE, Published: March 07, 2014, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090653
Zulka KP, Abensperg-Traun M, Milasowszky N, Bieringer G, Gereben-Krenn B-A, Holzinger W, Hölzler G, Rabitsch W, Reischütz A, Querner P, Sauberer N, Schmitzberger I, Willner W, Wrbka T & Zechmeister H
Species richness in dry grassland patches of eastern Austria: A multi-taxon study on the role of local, landscape and habitat quality variables.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 182, 25-36 (1 January 2014)
Werneburg I, Hinz JK, Gumpenberger M, Volpato V, Natchev N, Joyce WG. 2014.
Modeling neck mobility in fossil turtles.
J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 9999B:1–14.
Sumasgutner P, Rubin I, Gamauf A. 2014
Collecting blood samples in Eurasian Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) (Aves: Falconidae) via blood-sucking bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and their use in genetics and leucocyte profiles.
Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 116:247-257
Emiliano Dell’Ampio, Karen Meusemann, Nikolaus U. Szucsich, Ralph S. Peters, Benjamin Meyer, Janus Borner, Malte Petersen, Andre J. Aberer, Alexandros Stamatakis, Manfred G. Walzl, Bui Quang Minh, Arndt von Haeseler, Ingo Ebersberger, Günther Pass and Bernhard Misof
Decisive Data Sets in Phylogenomics: Lessons from Studies on the Phylogenetic Relationships of Primarily Wingless Insects
Mol. Biol. Evol. 31(1):239–249, doi:10.1093/molbev/mst196, IF
Egon Heiss, Peter Aerts and Sam Van Wassenbergh
Masters of change: seasonal plasticity in the prey-capture behavior of the Alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris (Salamandridae).
Journal of Experimental Biology 216:4426-4434. doi: 10.1242/jeb.091991, IF
Andreas Altenburger, Andreas Wanninger and Lars E. Holmer
Metamorphosis in Craniiformea revisited: Novocrania anomala shows delayed development of the ventral valve.
Zoomorphology, December 2013, Volume 132, Issue 4, pp 379-387, IF
Steven Lechelt, Walter Hödl and Max Ringler
The role of spectral advertisement call properties in species recognition of male Allobates talamancae (COPE, 1875) (Amphibia: Aromobatidae).
Herpetozoa 26 (3/4), December 30, 2013, IF
Florian Karolyi, Linde Morawetz, Jonathan F. Colville, Stephan Handschuh, Brian D. Metscher and Harald W. Krenn
Time management and nectar flow: flower handling and suction feeding in long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae:Prosoeca).
Naturwissenschaften first published online November 21, 2013, doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1114-6, IF
Eva Ringler, Andrius Pašukonis, Walter Hödl and Max Ringler
Tadpole transport logistics in a Neotropical poison frog: indications for strategic planning and adaptive plasticity in anuran parental care.
Frontiers in Zoology first published online November 9, 2013, 10:67
doi:10.1186/1742-9994-10-67, IF
Maik Scherholz, Emanuel Redl, Tim Wollesen, Christiane Todt
and Andreas Wanninger
Aplacophoran Mollusks Evolved from Ancestors with Polyplacophoran-like Features.
Current Biology 23, 1–5, November 4, 2013. IF
Elena Perea-Atienza, Maria Botta, Willi Salvenmoser, Robert Gschwentner, Bernhard Egger, Alen Kristof, Pedro Martinez and Johannes Georg Achatz
Posterior regeneration in Isodiametra pulchra (Acoela, Acoelomorpha).
Frontiers in Zoology first published online October 28, 2013, 10:64
doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-64 (41 Pages), IF
Iris Starnberger, Dennis Poth, Pardah Saradhi Peram, Stefan Schulz, Miguel Vences, Jette Knudsen, Michael F. Barej, Mark-Oliver Roedel, Manfred Walzl and Walter Hödl
Take time to smell the frogs - Vocal sac glands of reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) contain species-specific chemical cocktails.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society first published online October 24, 2013. doi: 10.1111/bij.12167 (PDF), IF
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