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Florian P. Schiestl

Florian P. Schiestl

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
12865
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
47

Overview

Florian P. Schiestl is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on several interconnected fields within biological and ecological sciences, particularly emphasizing agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans multiple subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, plant science, insect science, and nature and landscape conservation. The main topics covered in their research are plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, plant reproductive biology, insect-plant interactions and control, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, insect and pesticide research, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Frequent publication venues for Florian P. Schiestl include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers demonstrate a focus on the interactions between plants, insects, and ecological dynamics:

  • "Floral Odors Can Interfere With the Foraging Behavior of Parasitoids Searching for Hosts" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Evolution of Floral Fragrance Is Compromised by Herbivory" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Combining biotechnology and evolution for understanding the mechanisms of pollinator attraction" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • "Pollinator behaviour and resource limitation maintain honest floral signalling" (2021), published in Functional Ecology
  • "Plant phenotypic plasticity changes pollinator-mediated selection" (2022), published in Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Schiestl's research include Léa Frachon, Quint Rusman, Thomas Dorey, Juan Traine, and Anina Knauer. These coauthors have worked jointly across multiple publications, contributing to the advancement of ecological and evolutionary biology topics.

Best Publications

  • Pollinator-mediated evolution of floral signals

    Florian P. Schiestl;Steven D. Johnson

  • Orchid pollination by sexual swindle

    Florian P. Schiestl;Manfred Ayasse;Hannes F. Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • The evolution of floral scent and insect chemical communication.

    Florian P. Schiestl

  • On the success of a swindle: pollination by deception in orchids

    Florian P. Schiestl

  • The evolution of floral scent: the influence of olfactory learning by insect pollinators on the honest signalling of floral rewards

    Geraldine A. Wright;Florian P. Schiestl

  • Production of plant growth modulating volatiles is widespread among rhizosphere bacteria and strongly depends on culture conditions

    D. Blom;C. Fabbri;E. C. Connor;F. P. Schiestl

  • The Chemistry of Sexual Deception in an Orchid-Wasp Pollination System

    Florian P. Schiestl;Rod Peakall;Jim G. Mant;Fernando Ibarra

  • The role of volatiles in plant communication

    Harro Bouwmeester;Robert C Schuurink;Petra M Bleeker;Florian Schiestl

  • Floral Isolation, Specialized Pollination, and Pollinator Behavior in Orchids

    Florian P Schiestl;Philipp M Schlüter

  • Real-time divergent evolution in plants driven by pollinators

    Daniel D L Gervasi;Florian P Schiestl

  • EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHID OPHRYS SPHEGODES: HOW DOES FLOWER-SPECIFIC VARIATION OF ODOR SIGNALS INFLUENCE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS?

    Manfred Ayasse;Florian P. Schiestl;Hannes F. Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • Pollinator attraction in a sexually deceptive orchid by means of unconventional chemicals

    Manfred Ayasse;Florian P. Schiestl;Hannes F. Paulus;Fernando Ibarra

  • Bees use honest floral signals as indicators of reward when visiting flowers.

    Anina C Knauer;Florian P Schiestl

  • Sex pheromone mimicry in the early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): patterns of hydrocarbons as the key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception.

    Florian P Schiestl;Manfred Ayasse;HF Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • Pollinator specificity, floral odour chemistry and the phylogeny of Australian sexually deceptive Chiloglottis orchids: implications for pollinator-driven speciation

    Rod Peakall;Daniel Ebert;Jacqueline Poldy;Russell A. Barrow

  • DOES SELECTION ON FLORAL ODOR PROMOTE DIFFERENTIATION AMONG POPULATIONS AND SPECIES OF THE SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHID GENUS OPHRYS

    Jim Mant;Rodney Peakall;Florian Schiestl

  • Floral scent emission and pollinator attraction in two species of Gymnadenia (Orchidaceae)

    Franz K. Huber;Roman Kaiser;Willi Sauter;Florian P. Schiestl

  • Ecology and evolution of floral volatile-mediated information transfer in plants.

    Florian P. Schiestl

  • Do changes in floral odor cause speciation in sexually deceptive orchids

    F. P. Schiestl;M. Ayasse

  • Post-pollination emission of a repellent compound in a sexually deceptive orchid: a new mechanism for maximising reproductive success?

    Florian P. Schiestl;Manfred Ayasse

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore Cozzolino University of Naples Federico II
Nicolas Vereecken
Nicolas Vereecken Université Libre de Bruxelles
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Manfred Ayasse
Manfred Ayasse University of Ulm
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
Alex Widmer
Alex Widmer ETH Zurich
Rod Peakall
Rod Peakall Australian National University
Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society
Harro J. Bouwmeester
Harro J. Bouwmeester University of Amsterdam

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