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Marie E. Herberstein

Marie E. Herberstein

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
8694
World Ranking
3031
National Ranking
237

Overview

Marie E. Herberstein is a researcher affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia, with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, and Insect Science.

Their work primarily covers topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are publications including:

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size, 2022, Scientific Data
  • The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits, 2021, Database
  • The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences, 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Stabilized Morphological Evolution of Spiders Despite Mosaic Changes in Foraging Ecology, 2022, Systematic Biology

Herberstein frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animal Behaviour

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers including Donald James McLean, Md Kawsar Khan, Jonas O. Wolff, Elizabeth Lowe, and Michael Bradley John Kelly.

Best Publications

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Robin Heinen;Inge Armbrecht;Yves Basset

  • Pollinator attraction: Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals.

    Astrid M. Heiling;Marie E. Herberstein;Lars Chittka

  • An Integrative Framework for the Appraisal of Coloration in Nature

    Darrell J. Kemp;Marie E. Herberstein;Leo J. Fleishman;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • The functional significance of silk decorations of orb-web spiders: a critical review of the empirical evidence

    M. E. Herberstein;C. L. Craig;C. L. Craig;J. A. Coddington;M. A. Elgar

  • Genital Evolution : Why Are Females Still Understudied?

    Malin Ah-King;Andrew B. Barron;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Female control of paternity in the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope keyserlingi

    Mark A. Elgar;Jutta M. Schneider;Marie E. Herberstein

  • SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATION DRIVES WITHIN-SEASON FLUCTUATIONS IN SEXUAL SELECTION

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Matthew J. Bruce;Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Colouration in crab spiders: substrate choice and prey attraction

    Astrid M. Heiling;Astrid M. Heiling;Lars Chittka;Ken Cheng;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Costs of courtship and mating in a sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider: female mating strategies and their consequences for males

    M. E. Herberstein;J. M. Schneider;M. A. Elgar

  • Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes)

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Matthew J. Bruce;Marie E. Herberstein;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Sperm competition and small size advantage for males of the golden orb-web spider Nephila edulis

    J. M. Schneider;M. E. Herberstein;F. C. De Crespigny;S. Ramamurthy

  • Reversible colour change in Arthropoda

    Kate D. L. Umbers;Kate D. L. Umbers;Kate D. L. Umbers;Scott A. Fabricant;Felipe M. Gawryszewski;Ainsley E. Seago

  • Evidence for Diet Effects on the Composition of Silk Proteins Produced by Spiders

    Catherine L. Craig;Christian Riekel;Marie E. Herberstein;Robert S. Weber

  • Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity

    Katherine L. Barry;Gregory I. Holwell;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Evaluation of formulae to estimate the capture area and mesh height of orb webs (Araneoidea, Araneae).

    Marie Elisabeth Herberstein;I-Min Tso

  • Changes in male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider (Araneae: Araneidae)

    Anne C. Gaskett;Marie E. Herberstein;Barbara J. Downes;Mark A. Elgar

  • Foraging strategies and feeding regimes: Web and decoration investment in Argiope keyserlingi Karsch (Araneae: Araneidae)

    M.E. Herberstein;C.L. Craig;M.A. Elgar

  • The role of experience in web-building spiders (Araneidae)

    Astrid M. Heiling;M. E. Herberstein

  • High-Performance Spider Webs: Integrating Biomechanics, Ecology and Behaviour

    Aaron M. T. Harmer;Todd A. Blackledge;Joshua S. Madin;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Signalling conflict between prey and predator attraction

    M. J. Bruce;M. E. Herberstein;M. A. Elgar

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory I. Holwell
Gregory I. Holwell University of Auckland
Mark A. Elgar
Mark A. Elgar University of Melbourne
Jutta M. Schneider
Jutta M. Schneider Universität Hamburg
Darrell J. Kemp
Darrell J. Kemp Macquarie University
Frances Separovic
Frances Separovic University of Melbourne
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Maydianne C. B. Andrade
Maydianne C. B. Andrade University of Toronto
Lars Chittka
Lars Chittka Queen Mary University of London
I-Min Tso
I-Min Tso Tunghai University
Gabriele Uhl
Gabriele Uhl University of Greifswald

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