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Christian Stauffer

Christian Stauffer

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Ecology and Evolution

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5535
World Ranking
7794
National Ranking
63

Overview

Christian Stauffer is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses extensively on insect science, ecology, and genetics, with additional involvement in aspects of social psychology related to these areas.

Stauffer's research addresses several main topics, including insect behavior and control techniques, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, forest insect ecology and management, insect-plant interactions and control, insect utilization and effects, insect and pesticide research, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stauffer include:

  • Effect of Temperature and Photoperiod on Development, Survival, and Growth Rate of Mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (2022, Insects)
  • Combining sterile and incompatible insect techniques for the population suppression of Drosophila suzukii (2020, Journal of Pest Science)
  • Evolutionary ecology of the bark beetles Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus (2022, Bulletin of Entomological Research)
  • Comparative genome sequencing reveals insights into the dynamics of Wolbachia in native and invasive cherry fruit flies (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • Facultative and obligate diapause phenotypes in populations of the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (2021, Journal of Pest Science)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Stauffer include:

  • Martin Schebeck
  • Hannes Schuler
  • Kostas Bourtzis
  • Katerina Nikolouli
  • Erika Corretto

Stauffer regularly publishes in several scientific venues, of which the most common are:

  • Insects
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Entomologia Generalis

Best Publications

  • Integrative Taxonomy: A Multisource Approach to Exploring Biodiversity

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer

  • A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in Western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Karl Moder;Bernhard Seifert

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • Without morphology, cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer;Erhard Christian

  • The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants.

    Sylvia Cremer;Sylvia Cremer;Line V. Ugelvig;Line V. Ugelvig;Falko P. Drijfhout;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

  • Wolbachia infections and superinfections in cytoplasmically incompatible populations of the European cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera, Tephritidae)

    Markus Riegler;Christian Stauffer

  • Combined modelling of distribution and niche in invasion biology: a case study of two invasive Tetramorium ant species

    Florian M. Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Jeremy VanDerWal;Keefe D. Reuther

  • Sterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii

    Katerina Nikolouli;Katerina Nikolouli;Hervé Colinet;David Renault;David Renault;Thomas Enriquez

  • Hidden Wolbachia diversity in field populations of the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera, Tephritidae).

    Wolfgang Arthofer;Wolfgang Arthofer;Markus Riegler;Daniela I Schneider;Martin Krammer

  • Evidence for a recent horizontal transmission and spatial spread of Wolbachia from endemic Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to invasive Rhagoletis cingulata in Europe.

    Hannes Schuler;Coralie Bertheau;Scott P Egan;Jeffrey L Feder

  • Diapause and overwintering of two spruce bark beetle species

    Martin Schebeck;E. Matthew Hansen;Axel Schopf;Gregory J. Ragland

  • The danger of having all your eggs in one basket--winter crash of the re-introduced Przewalski's horses in the Mongolian Gobi.

    Petra Kaczensky;Oyunsaikhan Ganbataar;Nanjid Altansukh;Namtar Enkhsaikhan

  • Identification of Russian wheat aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) populations virulent to the Dn4 resistance gene.

    C. Michael Smith;Tesfay Belay;Christian Stauffer;Petr Stary

  • Wolbachia Transfer from Rhagoletis cerasi to Drosophila simulans: Investigating the Outcomes of Host-Symbiont Coevolution

    Markus Riegler;Sylvain Charlat;Christian Stauffer;Hervé Merçot

  • Specificity and transmission mosaic of ant nest-wall fungi

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Heino Konrad;Bernhard Seifert

  • Effects of the juvenile hormone analogue methoprene and dietary protein on male melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating success.

    Ihsan ul Haq;Carlos Cáceres;Jorge Hendrichs;Peter Teal

  • Hit or miss in phylogeographic analyses: the case of the cryptic NUMTs.

    Coralie Bertheau;Hannes Schuler;Susanne Krumböck;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra

    F. M. Steiner;B. C. Schlick-Steiner;H. Konrad;K. Moder

  • The hitchhiker's guide to Europe: the infection dynamics of an ongoing Wolbachia invasion and mitochondrial selective sweep in Rhagoletis cerasi.

    Hannes Schuler;Hannes Schuler;Hannes Schuler;Kirsten Köppler;Sabine Daxböck-Horvath;Bilal Rasool;Bilal Rasool;Bilal Rasool

  • Evidence for low‐titre infections in insect symbiosis:<i>Wolbachia</i>in the bark beetle<i>Pityogenes chalcographus</i>(Coleoptera, Scolytinae)

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  • Phylogeography of a host-specific insect: genetic structure of Ips typographus in Europe does not reflect past fragmentation of its host

    A. Sallé;W. Arthofer;F. Lieutier;C. Stauffer

  • Genetic evidence for natural hybridization between the Dutch elm disease pathogens Ophiostoma novo-ulmi ssp. novo-ulmi and O. novo-ulmi ssp. americana

    Heino Konrad;Thomas Kirisits;Markus Riegler;Erhard Halmschlager

  • Morphological and genetic identification of the three pine pests of the genus Tomicus (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Europe

    Bernhard Kohlmayr;Markus Riegler;Rudolf Wegensteiner;Christian Stauffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian M. Steiner
Florian M. Steiner University of Innsbruck
Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner
Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner University of Innsbruck
Markus Riegler
Markus Riegler Western Sydney University
Ross H. Crozier
Ross H. Crozier James Cook University
Bernhard Seifert
Bernhard Seifert American Museum of Natural History
Gregory J. Ragland
Gregory J. Ragland University of Colorado Denver
Thomas Kirisits
Thomas Kirisits BOKU University
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Jeffrey L. Feder
Jeffrey L. Feder University of Notre Dame
Xavier Espadaler
Xavier Espadaler Autonomous University of Barcelona

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