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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
33
Citations
3847
World Ranking
2017
National Ranking
71

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Genetics

Her primary areas of investigation include Zoology, Ecology, Sperm, Mating and Pholcus phalangioides. Her Zoology study focuses on Sperm competition in particular. Her work in the fields of Ecology, such as Sexual selection, Mate choice and Sexual selection in spiders, intersects with other areas such as Diversity.

In her study, Anatomy, Reproductive success and Spider is strongly linked to Sex organ, which falls under the umbrella field of Sperm. Her Mating research incorporates elements of Animal ecology, Sexual cannibalism and Argiope bruennichi. Her work carried out in the field of Pholcus phalangioides brings together such families of science as Fecundity, Haplogynae and Sexual maturity.

Her most cited work include:

  • Securing paternity in spiders? A review on occurrence and effects of mating plugs and male genital mutilation (127 citations)
  • Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider (97 citations)
  • Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods (87 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Gabriele Uhl mostly deals with Zoology, Spider, Sperm, Anatomy and Mating. Her work deals with themes such as Ecology and Sexual cannibalism, which intersect with Zoology. In her study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Spider, Pheromone and Agelenidae is strongly linked to Sex pheromone.

Her work on Spermatheca and Female sperm storage as part of general Sperm research is frequently linked to Pisaura mirabilis, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. Gabriele Uhl has researched Anatomy in several fields, including Sex organ and Jumping spider, Marpissa muscosa. Her Mating research incorporates themes from Reproductive success, Seasonal breeder, Cannibalism and Reproduction.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Zoology (59.34%)
  • Spider (50.55%)
  • Sperm (34.07%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Zoology (59.34%)
  • Spider (50.55%)
  • Anatomy (30.77%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of study are Zoology, Spider, Anatomy, Sperm and Mating plug. Gabriele Uhl frequently studies issues relating to Ultrastructure and Zoology. Her Spider research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Mate choice and Courtship.

Gabriele Uhl interconnects Jumping spider, Marpissa muscosa, Argiope bruennichi, Olfaction and Trichobothria in the investigation of issues within Anatomy. The concepts of her Sperm study are interwoven with issues in Sexual selection, Sex organ, Nervous tissue and Histology. Her study looks at the intersection of Mating plug and topics like Sperm competition with Cannibalism and Spermatheca.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • The sensory equipment of a spider - A morphological survey of different types of sensillum in both sexes of Argiope bruennichi (Araneae, Araneidae). (10 citations)
  • Early environmental conditions affect the volume of higher‐order brain centers in a jumping spider (7 citations)
  • Deposition, removal and production site of the amorphous mating plug in the spider Philodromus cespitum. (5 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Genetics

Gabriele Uhl mainly focuses on Spider, Anatomy, Sex organ, Zoology and Trait. Her Spider research includes elements of Slit, Sensory system and Sensillum. The study incorporates disciplines such as Spermatheca and Developmental biology in addition to Anatomy.

Her Sex organ study combines topics in areas such as Courtship, Mate choice and Sperm, Sperm competition, Mating plug. Her Zoology research is mostly focused on the topic Jumping spider. Her Trait research overlaps with other disciplines such as Functional ecology, Collation, Phenotypic trait, Evolutionary ecology and Quality.

Best Publications

  • Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods

    Antje B.M. Gerdes;Gabriele Uhl;Gabriele Uhl;Georg W. Alpers

  • Securing paternity in spiders? A review on occurrence and effects of mating plugs and male genital mutilation

    Gabriele Uhl;Æ Stefan H. Nessler;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Potential and limitations of X-Ray micro-computed tomography in arthropod neuroanatomy: a methodological and comparative survey.

    Andy Sombke;Elisabeth Lipke;Peter Michalik;Gabriele Uhl

  • Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider

    Jutta M. Schneider;Jutta M. Schneider;Simone Gilberg;Lutz Fromhage;Lutz Fromhage;Gabriele Uhl

  • Determinants of paternity success in the spider Pholcus phalangioides (Pholcidae: araneae): the role of male and female mating behaviour

    Martin A. Schäfer;Gabriele Uhl

  • Food and sex-specific growth strategies in a spider

    Gabriele Uhl;Sandra Schmitt;Martin A. Schäfer;Wolf Blanckenhorn

  • Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success

    Stefan H. Nessler;Stefan H. Nessler;Gabriele Uhl;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Fitness consequences of sexual cannibalism in female Argiope bruennichi

    Lutz Fromhage;Gabriele Uhl;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Male pedipalp morphology and copulatory mechanism in Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) (Araneae, Pholcidae)

    Gabriele Uhl;B. A. Huber

  • Genital Morphology and Sperm Storage in Pholcus phalangioides(Fuesslin, 1775) (Pholcidae; Araneae)

    Gabriele Uhl

  • The Sex Pheromone of the Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi

    Satya P. Chinta;Stephan Goller;Julia Lux;Sebastian Funke

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  • Sperm dynamics in spiders

    M.E. Herberstein;J.M. Schneider;G. Uhl;P. Michalik

  • Copulatory mechanism in a sexually cannibalistic spider with genital mutilation (Araneae: Araneidae: Argiope bruennichi).

    Gabriele Uhl;Stefan Heinz Nessler;Jutta Schneider

  • Sperm storage mediated by cryptic female choice for nuptial gifts

    Maria J. Albo;Trine Bilde;Gabriele Uhl

  • Spider Olfaction: Attracting, Detecting, Luring and Avoiding

    Gabriele Uhl

  • Mating behaviour in the cellar spider,Pholcus phalangioides, indicates sperm mixing ☆

    Gabriele Uhl

  • Sequential mate encounters: female but not male body size influences female remating behavior

    Martin A. Schäfer;Gabriele Uhl

  • The male genital system of the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) (Pholcidae, Araneae): development of spermatozoa and seminal secretion.

    Peter Michalik;Gabriele Uhl

  • Two distinctly different sperm storage organs in female Dysdera erythrina (Araneae: Dysderidae).

    Gabriele Uhl

  • Genital morphology of Nephila edulis: implications for sperm competition in spiders.

    Gabriele Uhl;Fritz Vollrath

  • Bipolarity in sea slugs: a new species of Doridunculus (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Onchidoridoidea) from Antarctica

    Juan Moles;Heike Wägele;Gabriele Uhl;Conxita Avila

  • EXTREMELY SHORT COPULATIONS DO NOT AFFECT HATCHING SUCCESS IN ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)

    Jutta M. Schneider;Lutz Fromhage;Gabriele Uhl

  • Exploiting a moment of weakness: male spiders escape sexual cannibalism by copulating with moulting females

    Gabriele Uhl;Stefanie M. Zimmer;Dirk Renner;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Mate choice in males with one-shot genitalia: limited importance of female fecundity

    Katharina F. Schulte;Gabriele Uhl;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Extreme body size variability in the golden silk spider ( Nephila edulis ) does not extend to genitalia

    Gabriele Uhl;Fritz Vollrath

  • Effects of body size of both sexes and female mating history on male mating behaviour and paternity success in a spider

    Martin A. Schäfer;Martin A. Schäfer;Bernhard Misof;Gabriele Uhl

  • Geographical patterns of genetic subdivision in the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae)

    Martin A Schäfer;Axel Hille;Gabriele B Uhl

Frequent Co-Authors

Jutta M. Schneider
Jutta M. Schneider Universität Hamburg
Trine Bilde
Trine Bilde Aarhus University
Stanislav Pekár
Stanislav Pekár Masaryk University
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Steffen Harzsch
Steffen Harzsch University of Greifswald
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Bernd Weber
Bernd Weber University of Bonn
Rosemary G. Gillespie
Rosemary G. Gillespie University of California, Berkeley
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)

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