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Christoph Grüter publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christoph Grüter sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christoph Grüter D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christoph Grüter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christoph Grüter is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Grüter's work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Insect Science; Plant Science; and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist has extensively studied topics related to plant and animal interactions, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, animal behavior and reproduction, plant parasitism and resistance, as well as neurobiology and insect physiology research. The breadth of these topics reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding biological systems and insect behavior.

Grüter has published frequently in a variety of scientific journals. The most common venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have at least ten publications, Animal Behaviour with three papers, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences with two, and also Genes Brain & Behavior and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, each featuring two of their contributions.

Among recent papers authored by Grüter is "Sociality is a key driver of foraging ranges in bees" published in 2022 in Current Biology. Other notable papers related to their area of study include:

  • Sociality is a key driver of foraging ranges in bees, 2022, Current Biology
  • Octopamine and dopamine mediate waggle dance following and information use in honeybees, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Octopamine increases individual and collective foraging in a neotropical stingless bee, 2020, Biology Letters
  • Diverse communication strategies in bees as a window into adaptations to an unpredictable world, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • When should bees be flower constant? An agent-based model highlights the importance of social information and foraging conditions, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology

Grüter has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Simone M. Glaser, Tianfei Peng, Lucy Hayes, Francisca H. I. D. Segers, and Wu Yongqiang, with collaboration counts varying from five to twelve joint works.

In addition to journal articles, Grüter is also an author of books, notably publishing Stingless Bees in 2020 with Springer International Publishing, which has received numerous citations.

Best Publications

  • Trail pheromones: an integrative view of their role in social insect colony organization.

    Tomer J Czaczkes;Christoph Grüter;Francis L W Ratnieks

  • The honeybee waggle dance: can we follow the steps?

    Christoph Grüter;Walter M. Farina

  • Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution

    Christoph Grüter

  • Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive

    Walter M Farina;Christoph Grüter;Paula C Díaz

  • Insights from insects about adaptive social information use

    Christoph Grüter;Ellouise Leadbeater

  • Decision making in ant foragers (Lasius niger) facing conflicting private and social information

    Christoph Grüter;Tomer J. Czaczkes;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

    Christoph Grüter;Cristiano Menezes;Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Informational conflicts created by the waggle dance

    Christoph Grüter;M. Sol Balbuena;Walter M Farina

  • Flower constancy in insect pollinators: Adaptive foraging behaviour or cognitive limitation?

    Christoph Grüter;Francis L.W. Ratnieks

  • Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive.

    Walter M. Farina;Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Luis Acosta;Sofía Mc Cabe

  • Synergy between social and private information increases foraging efficiency in ants.

    Tomer J. Czaczkes;Christoph Grüter;Sam M. Jones;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Flower constancy in honey bee workers (Apis mellifera) depends on ecologically realistic rewards.

    Christoph Grüter;Heather Moore;Nicola Firmin;Heikki Helanterä;Heikki Helanterä

  • Ant foraging on complex trails: route learning and the role of trail pheromones in Lasius niger

    Tomer J Czaczkes;Christoph Grüter;Laura Ellis;Elizabeth Wood

  • Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

    Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Francisca H. I. D. Segers;Francisca H. I. D. Segers;Cristiano Menezes;Ayrton Vollet-Neto

  • Honeybee foragers increase the use of waggle dance information when private information becomes unrewarding

    Christoph Grüter;Francis L.W. Ratnieks

  • Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive

    Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Luis E. Acosta;Walter M. Farina

  • Negative feedback in ants: crowding results in less trail pheromone deposition

    Tomer J. Czaczkes;Christoph Grüter;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Sociality is a key driver of foraging ranges in bees

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  • The Natural History of Nest Defence in a Stingless Bee, Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with Two Distinct Types of Entrance Guards

    C Grüter;M H Kärcher;F L W Ratnieks

  • Negative Feedback Enables Fast and Flexible Collective Decision-Making in Ants

    Christoph Grüter;Roger Schürch;Tomer J. Czaczkes;Keeley Taylor

  • Honeybees forage more successfully without the “dance language” in challenging environments

    R. I’Anson Price;N. Dulex;N. Vial;C. Vincent

  • Dancing Bees Improve Colony Foraging Success as Long-Term Benefits Outweigh Short-Term Costs

    Roger Schürch;Christoph Grüter

  • Why, when and where did honey bee dance communication evolve?

    Robbie I'Anson Price;Christoph Grüter

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
Walter M. Farina
Walter M. Farina University of Buenos Aires
Barbara Taborsky
Barbara Taborsky University of Bern
Susanne Foitzik
Susanne Foitzik Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Heikki Helanterä
Heikki Helanterä University of Oulu
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo
Jennifer H. Fewell
Jennifer H. Fewell Arizona State University
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne
William O. H. Hughes
William O. H. Hughes University of Sussex

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