List of works - Wolf U Blanckenhorn

A Comparative Study of the Role of Sex-Specific Condition Dependence in the Evolution of Sexually Dimorphic Traits

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

A field test of the effect of spiked ivermectin concentrations on the biodiversity of coprophagous dung insects in Switzerland

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

A four-country ring test of nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on the function of coprophilous communities of arthropods in breaking down livestock dung

scientific article published on 12 September 2015

A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies

scientific article

A plea for digital reference collections and other science-based digitization initiatives in taxonomy: Sepsidnet as exemplar

article

ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND BODY SIZE IN THE YELLOW DUNG FLY.

scientific article

Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Growth, Development, and Body Size in the Yellow Dung Fly

scientific article

An ESS treatment of the pattern of female arrival at the mating site in the yellow dung fly scathophaga stercoraria (L.)

scientific article

Analysing body condition: mass, volume or density?

scientific article published on 20 June 2008

Analysis and dissipation of the antiparasitic agent ivermectin in cattle dung under different field conditions

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

BOBA FRET: bootstrap-based analysis of single-molecule FRET data

scientific article

CORRECTING FOR SAMPLING BIAS IN QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF SELECTION WHEN FITNESS IS DISCRETE.

scientific article

Causes and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity in Body Size

scholarly article published January 2009

Clinical algorithm for improved prediction of ambulation and patient stratification after incomplete spinal cord injury

scientific article published in January 2010

Comparative effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on survival and reproduction of adult sepsid flies

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Comparative reproductive dormancy differentiation in European black scavenger flies (Diptera: Sepsidae)

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Comprehensive thermal performance curves for yellow dung fly life history traits and the temperature-size-rule

scientific article published in 2021

Correlated responses to artificial body size selection in growth, development, phenotypic plasticity and juvenile viability in yellow dung flies.

scientific article

Cost-effective fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses using a three primer system

scientific article published in 2010

Critical weight mediates sex-specific body size plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).

scientific article

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the dung fly (Sepsis cynipsea).

scientific article

Differential investment in pre- vs. post-copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross-continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in Sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae).

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

Does thermal plasticity align with local adaptation? An interspecific comparison of wing morphology in sepsid flies

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Effects of ivermectin application on the diversity and function of dung and soil fauna: Regulatory and scientific background information

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Energetic underpinnings of yellow dung fly mating success in the field

scientific article published in 2021

Evaluation of eco-toxicological effects of the parasiticide moxidectin in comparison to ivermectin in 11 species of dung flies

scientific article

Exaggerated male forelegs are not more differentiated than wing morphology in two widespread sister species of black scavenger flies

scholarly article

Experimental evolution for generalists and specialists reveals multivariate genetic constraints on thermal reaction norms

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Experimental size- and sex-specific predation on dung flies by amphibian and arthropod predators

scientific article published in 2021

Female accessory gland fluid promotes sperm survival in yellow dung flies

scientific article published in 2021

Fitness consequences of the combined effects of veterinary and agricultural pesticides on a non-target insect

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Genetic data confirm the species status of Sepsis nigripes Meigen (Diptera : Sepsidae) and adds one species to the Alpine fauna while questioning the synonymy of Sepsis helvetica Munari

article

Genotype-by-Diet Interactions for Larval Performance and Body Composition Traits in the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens

scientific article published on 30 April 2022

Geographic clines in wing morphology relate to colonization history in New World but not Old World populations of yellow dung flies.

scientific article published on 17 June 2018

Geographic variation in responses of European yellow dung flies to thermal stress

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Geographical and altitudinal population genetic structure of two dung fly species with contrasting mobility and temperature preference.

scientific article

Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens

scientific article published on 05 May 2021

Grasshopper ontogeny in relation to time constraints: adaptive divergence and stasis

scientific article

Grasshopper populations across 2000 m of altitude: is there life history adaptation?

scientific article published in 2004

Grasshoppers cope with low host plant quality by compensatory feeding and food selection: N limitation challenged

scientific article published on 16 November 2005

Heritability of floral volatiles and pleiotropic responses to artificial selection in Brassica rapa. ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Heteropopulation males have a fertilization advantage during sperm competition in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria).

scientific article published in August 2002

How to test nontarget effects of veterinary pharmaceutical residues in livestock dung in the field

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

Intraspecific mating system evolution and its effect on complex male secondary sexual traits: Does male-male competition increase selection on size or shape?

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Introducing the new JEB Forum section

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Investigating yellow dung fly body size evolution in the field: Response to climate change?

scientific article

Is qualitative and quantitative metabarcoding of dung fauna biodiversity feasible?

scientific article published on 09 October 2015

Is reduced female survival after mating a by-product of male-male competition in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea?

scientific article

Ivermectin sensitivity is an ancient trait affecting all ecdysozoa but shows phylogenetic clustering among sepsid flies

scientific article

LIFE-HISTORY DIFFERENCES IN ADJACENT WATER STRIDER POPULATIONS: PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OR HERITABLE RESPONSES TO STREAM TEMPERATURE?

scientific article

Largely flat latitudinal life history clines in the dung fly Sepsis fulgens across Europe (Diptera: Sepsidae)

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Lethal and sublethal toxic effects of a test chemical (ivermectin) on the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) based on a standardized international ring test.

scientific article published in October 2009

Life history traits, but not body size, vary systematically along latitudinal gradients on three continents in the widespread yellow dung fly

article by Wolf U. Blanckenhorn et al published June 2018 in Ecography

Life-History Difference in Adjacent Water Strider Populations: Phenotypic Plasticity or Heritable Responses to Stream Temperature?

scientific article

Mate choice and toxicity in two species of leaf beetles with different types of chemical defense

scientific article published in July 2003

Megacicadas show a temperature-mediated converse Bergmann cline in body size (larger in the warmer south) but no body size difference between 13- and 17-year species pairs

scientific article published in 2017

Molecular and quantitative genetic differentiation across Europe in yellow dung flies.

scientific article

Nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on earthworms and springtails dwelling beneath dung of treated cattle in four countries

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Plastic and evolutionary responses to heat stress in a temperate dung fly: negative correlation between basal and induced heat tolerance?

scientific article

Plasticity in behavioural responses and resistance to temperature stress in Musca domestica

article

Population variation in sexual selection and its effect on size allometry in two dung fly species with contrasting sexual size dimorphism

scientific article

Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

scientific article

Quantitative genetic divergence and standing genetic (co)variance in thermal reaction norms along latitude

scientific article

Quantitative genetics of the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea: Cheverud's conjecture revisited

scientific article published in 1998

Replicated latitudinal clines in reproductive traits of European and North American yellow dung flies

article by Stephanie S. Bauerfeind et al published 10 September 2018 in Oikos

Results of an international ring test with the dung fly Musca autumnalis in support of a new OECD test guideline.

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Sex differences in phenotypic plasticity affect variation in sexual size dimorphism in insects: from physiology to evolution

scientific article published on January 2010

Sexual selection accounts for the geographic reversal of sexual size dimorphism in the dung fly, sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae).

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

Sexual selection on male size drives the evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism via the prolongation of male development.

scientific article

Sexual selection on morphological and physiological traits and fluctuating asymmetry in the black scavenger fly Sepsis cynipsea.

scientific article

Sexual selection on morphological and physiological traits and fluctuating asymmetry in the yellow dung fly.

scientific article published in September 2003

Sexual size dimorphism is associated with reproductive life history trait differentiation in coexisting sepsid flies

scientific article published in 2020

Shrub Encroachment Affects the Diversity of Plants, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers on Two Swiss Subalpine Pastures

scientific article published in 2015

Stage- and sex-specific heat tolerance in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria

scientific article

Standardized laboratory tests with 21 species of temperate and tropical sepsid flies confirm their suitability as bioassays of pharmaceutical residues (ivermectin) in cattle dung

scientific article

Sublethal effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on male and female reproductive and behavioural traits in the yellow dung fly

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Taxonomic resolution and treatment effects – alone and combined – can mask significant biodiversity reductions

scientific article published in January 2017

Temperature-mediated microhabitat choice and development time based on thepgmlocus in the yellow dung flyScathophaga stercoraria

scientific article published in 2012

Temperature-mediated seasonal variation in phosphoglucomutase allozyme frequency in the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria

scientific article

Temporal niche partitioning of Swiss black scavenger flies in relation to season and substrate age (Diptera, Sepsidae)

scientific article

The Drosophila Septate Junctions beyond barrier function: Review of the literature, prediction of human orthologs of the SJ-related proteins, and identification of protein domain families

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

The consistency of quantitative genetic estimates in field and laboratory in the yellow dung fly.

scientific article

The effect of fluctuating temperatures during development on fitness-related traits of Scatophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).

scientific article

The evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism is associated with increased body size plasticity in males

article

The role of sexual selection and conflict in mediating among-population variation in mating strategies and sexually dimorphic traits in Sepsis punctum

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Thermal preferences of subtropical Aedes aegypti and temperate Ae. japonicus mosquitoes

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Usefulness and limitations of thermal performance curves in predicting ectotherm development under climatic variability

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Validation of a standard field test method in four countries to assess the toxicity of residues in dung of cattle treated with veterinary medical products

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Vascular plants as surrogates of butterfly and grasshopper diversity on two Swiss subalpine summer pastures

article by Bärbel Koch et al published 18 April 2013 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Viability selection by invertebrate predators in the polyphenic black scavenger fly Sepsis thoracica

scientific article published on 09 March 2018

Video analysis of the locomotory behaviour of Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus mosquitoes under different temperature regimes in a laboratory setting

scientific article published in 2022

WHEN RENSCH MEETS BERGMANN: DOES SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM CHANGE SYSTEMATICALLY WITH LATITUDE?

When Rensch meets Bergmann: does sexual size dimorphism change systematically with latitude?

scientific article

List of works by Wolf U Blanckenhorn

A Comparative Study of the Role of Sex-Specific Condition Dependence in the Evolution of Sexually Dimorphic Traits

A field test of the effect of spiked ivermectin concentrations on the biodiversity of coprophagous dung insects in Switzerland

A four-country ring test of nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on the function of coprophilous communities of arthropods in breaking down livestock dung

A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies

A plea for digital reference collections and other science-based digitization initiatives in taxonomy: Sepsidnet as exemplar

ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND BODY SIZE IN THE YELLOW DUNG FLY.

Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Growth, Development, and Body Size in the Yellow Dung Fly

An ESS treatment of the pattern of female arrival at the mating site in the yellow dung fly scathophaga stercoraria (L.)

Analysing body condition: mass, volume or density?

Analysis and dissipation of the antiparasitic agent ivermectin in cattle dung under different field conditions

BOBA FRET: bootstrap-based analysis of single-molecule FRET data

CORRECTING FOR SAMPLING BIAS IN QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF SELECTION WHEN FITNESS IS DISCRETE.

Causes and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity in Body Size

Clinical algorithm for improved prediction of ambulation and patient stratification after incomplete spinal cord injury

Comparative effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on survival and reproduction of adult sepsid flies

Comparative reproductive dormancy differentiation in European black scavenger flies (Diptera: Sepsidae)

Comprehensive thermal performance curves for yellow dung fly life history traits and the temperature-size-rule

Correlated responses to artificial body size selection in growth, development, phenotypic plasticity and juvenile viability in yellow dung flies.

Cost-effective fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses using a three primer system

Critical weight mediates sex-specific body size plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the dung fly (Sepsis cynipsea).

Differential investment in pre- vs. post-copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross-continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in Sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae).

Does thermal plasticity align with local adaptation? An interspecific comparison of wing morphology in sepsid flies

Effects of ivermectin application on the diversity and function of dung and soil fauna: Regulatory and scientific background information

Energetic underpinnings of yellow dung fly mating success in the field

Evaluation of eco-toxicological effects of the parasiticide moxidectin in comparison to ivermectin in 11 species of dung flies

Exaggerated male forelegs are not more differentiated than wing morphology in two widespread sister species of black scavenger flies

Experimental evolution for generalists and specialists reveals multivariate genetic constraints on thermal reaction norms

Experimental size- and sex-specific predation on dung flies by amphibian and arthropod predators

Female accessory gland fluid promotes sperm survival in yellow dung flies

Fitness consequences of the combined effects of veterinary and agricultural pesticides on a non-target insect

Genetic data confirm the species status of Sepsis nigripes Meigen (Diptera : Sepsidae) and adds one species to the Alpine fauna while questioning the synonymy of Sepsis helvetica Munari

Genotype-by-Diet Interactions for Larval Performance and Body Composition Traits in the Black Soldier Fly, <i>Hermetia illucens</i>

Geographic clines in wing morphology relate to colonization history in New World but not Old World populations of yellow dung flies.

Geographic variation in responses of European yellow dung flies to thermal stress

Geographical and altitudinal population genetic structure of two dung fly species with contrasting mobility and temperature preference.

Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens

Grasshopper ontogeny in relation to time constraints: adaptive divergence and stasis

Grasshopper populations across 2000 m of altitude: is there life history adaptation?

Grasshoppers cope with low host plant quality by compensatory feeding and food selection: N limitation challenged

Heritability of floral volatiles and pleiotropic responses to artificial selection in Brassica rapa. ⬇️

Heteropopulation males have a fertilization advantage during sperm competition in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria).

How to test nontarget effects of veterinary pharmaceutical residues in livestock dung in the field

Intraspecific mating system evolution and its effect on complex male secondary sexual traits: Does male-male competition increase selection on size or shape?

Introducing the new JEB Forum section

Investigating yellow dung fly body size evolution in the field: Response to climate change?

Is qualitative and quantitative metabarcoding of dung fauna biodiversity feasible?

Is reduced female survival after mating a by-product of male-male competition in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea?

Ivermectin sensitivity is an ancient trait affecting all ecdysozoa but shows phylogenetic clustering among sepsid flies

LIFE-HISTORY DIFFERENCES IN ADJACENT WATER STRIDER POPULATIONS: PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OR HERITABLE RESPONSES TO STREAM TEMPERATURE?

Largely flat latitudinal life history clines in the dung fly Sepsis fulgens across Europe (Diptera: Sepsidae)

Lethal and sublethal toxic effects of a test chemical (ivermectin) on the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) based on a standardized international ring test.

Life history traits, but not body size, vary systematically along latitudinal gradients on three continents in the widespread yellow dung fly

Life-History Difference in Adjacent Water Strider Populations: Phenotypic Plasticity or Heritable Responses to Stream Temperature?

Mate choice and toxicity in two species of leaf beetles with different types of chemical defense

Megacicadas show a temperature-mediated converse Bergmann cline in body size (larger in the warmer south) but no body size difference between 13- and 17-year species pairs

Molecular and quantitative genetic differentiation across Europe in yellow dung flies.

Nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on earthworms and springtails dwelling beneath dung of treated cattle in four countries

Plastic and evolutionary responses to heat stress in a temperate dung fly: negative correlation between basal and induced heat tolerance?

Plasticity in behavioural responses and resistance to temperature stress in Musca domestica

Population variation in sexual selection and its effect on size allometry in two dung fly species with contrasting sexual size dimorphism

Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

Quantitative genetic divergence and standing genetic (co)variance in thermal reaction norms along latitude

Quantitative genetics of the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea: Cheverud's conjecture revisited

Replicated latitudinal clines in reproductive traits of European and North American yellow dung flies

Results of an international ring test with the dung fly Musca autumnalis in support of a new OECD test guideline.

Sex differences in phenotypic plasticity affect variation in sexual size dimorphism in insects: from physiology to evolution

Sexual selection accounts for the geographic reversal of sexual size dimorphism in the dung fly, sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae).

Sexual selection on male size drives the evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism via the prolongation of male development.

Sexual selection on morphological and physiological traits and fluctuating asymmetry in the black scavenger fly Sepsis cynipsea.

Sexual selection on morphological and physiological traits and fluctuating asymmetry in the yellow dung fly.

Sexual size dimorphism is associated with reproductive life history trait differentiation in coexisting sepsid flies

Shrub Encroachment Affects the Diversity of Plants, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers on Two Swiss Subalpine Pastures

Stage- and sex-specific heat tolerance in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria

Standardized laboratory tests with 21 species of temperate and tropical sepsid flies confirm their suitability as bioassays of pharmaceutical residues (ivermectin) in cattle dung

Sublethal effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on male and female reproductive and behavioural traits in the yellow dung fly

Taxonomic resolution and treatment effects – alone and combined – can mask significant biodiversity reductions

Temperature-mediated microhabitat choice and development time based on the<i>pgm</i>locus in the yellow dung fly<i>Scathophaga stercoraria</i>

Temperature-mediated seasonal variation in phosphoglucomutase allozyme frequency in the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria