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Dina K. N. Dechmann

Dina K. N. Dechmann

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5527
World Ranking
5921
National Ranking
310

Overview

Dina K. N. Dechmann is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work addresses numerous topics, with particular emphasis on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Marine Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations, 2020, Nature
  • DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The evolution of mammalian brain size, 2021, Science Advances
  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality, 2020, Science

Frequent co-authors working alongside the scientist include:

  • Martin Wikelski
  • Liliana M. Dávalos
  • M. Teague O'Mara
  • Ireneusz Ruczyński
  • William R. Thomas

The scientist publishes often in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations

    David Jebb;Zixia Huang;Martin Pippel;Graham M. Hughes

  • A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study

    James L. N. Wood;Melissa Leach;Linda Waldman;Hayley MacGregor

  • Activity levels of bats and katydids in relation to the lunar cycle

    Alexander B. Lang;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;Heinrich Romer;Cecile Bockholdt

  • Experimental evidence for group hunting via eavesdropping in echolocating bats

    Dina K. N. Dechmann;Silke L. Heucke;Silke L. Heucke;Luca Giuggioli;Kamran Safi

  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors.

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  • DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats.

    Gerald S. Wilkinson;Danielle M. Adams;Amin Haghani;Ake T. Lu

  • The evolution of mammalian brain size

    J. B. Smaers;J. B. Smaers;R. S. Rothman;D. R. Hudson;A. M. Balanoff;A. M. Balanoff

  • Absent or low rate of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of bats (Chiroptera).

    Irmgard Amrein;Dina K.N. Dechmann;York Winter;Hans-Peter Lipp

  • Adaptation of brain regions to habitat complexity: a comparative analysis in bats (Chiroptera).

    Kamran Safi;Dina K. N. Dechmann

  • A dual function of echolocation: Bats use echolocation calls to identify familiar and unfamiliar individuals

    Silke Luise Voigt-Heucke;Silke Luise Voigt-Heucke;Silke Luise Voigt-Heucke;Michael Taborsky;Dina K. N. Dechmann

  • 50 years of bat tracking: device attachment and future directions

    M. Teague O'Mara;M. Teague O'Mara;M. Teague O'Mara;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Dina K.N. Dechmann;Dina K.N. Dechmann;Dina K.N. Dechmann

  • Bigger is not always better: when brains get smaller

    Kamran Safi;Marc A Seid;Dina K.N Dechmann

  • Group hunting-a reason for sociality in molossid bats?

    Dina K. N. Dechmann;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Bart Kranstauber;David Gibbs;Martin C. Wikelski;Martin C. Wikelski;Martin C. Wikelski

  • Nutrition or Detoxification : Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the Amazonian Rainforest

    Christian C. Voigt;Krista A. Capps;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Robert H. Michener

  • Refueling while flying: foraging bats combust food rapidly and directly to power flight.

    Christian C. Voigt;Karin Sörgel;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Dina K. N. Dechmann

  • Comparative analyses of evolutionary rates reveal different pathways to encephalization in bats, carnivorans, and primates

    Jeroen B. Smaers;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Anjali Goswami;Christophe Soligo

  • Long-distance seed dispersal by straw-coloured fruit bats varies by season and landscape

    Michael Abedi-Lartey;Michael Abedi-Lartey;Dina K.N. Dechmann;Dina K.N. Dechmann;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Anne K. Scharf;Anne K. Scharf

  • Airplane tracking documents the fastest flight speeds recorded for bats.

    Gary F. McCracken;Kamran Safi;Thomas H. Kunz;Dina K. N. Dechmann

  • Ecology of an exceptional roost: Energetic benefits could explain why the bat Lophostoma silvicolum roosts in active termite nests

    Dina K.N. Dechmann;Elisabeth K.V. Kalko;Gerald Kerth

  • Comparative studies of brain evolution: a critical insight from the Chiroptera.

    Dina K. N Dechmann;Kamran Safi

  • Commuting fruit bats beneficially modulate their flight in relation to wind

    Nir Sapir;Nir Horvitz;Dina K. N. Dechmann;Jakob Fahr

  • Variability and repeatability of noctule bat migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration.

    Linn S. Lehnert;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Tobias Teige;Uwe Hoffmeister

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Kamran Safi
Kamran Safi Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Christian C. Voigt
Christian C. Voigt Leibniz Association
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko University of Ulm
Gerald Kerth
Gerald Kerth University of Greifswald
Emma C. Teeling
Emma C. Teeling University College Dublin
Eugene W. Myers
Eugene W. Myers Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Lars S. Jermiin
Lars S. Jermiin Australian National University
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Hume Field
Hume Field University of Queensland

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