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Ecology and Evolution
Slovenia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Slovenia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Slovenia Leader Award

Overview

Matjaž Kuntner is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Biology in Slovenia. Their work spans a range of topics within biology, with a particular focus on arachnology, genetics, and ecology.

The researcher has contributed to multiple fields of study, primarily:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields emphasized in their research include:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology

The main research topics addressed by Matjaž Kuntner feature:

  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life", 2022, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Improving Taxonomic Practices and Enhancing Its Extensibility-An Example from Araneology", 2021, Diversity
  • "Correlation between protein secondary structure and mechanical performance for the ultra-tough dragline silk of Darwin's bark spider", 2021, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "Biogeographical history of golden orbweavers: Chronology of a global conquest", 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Increasing Information Content and Diagnosability in Family-Level Classifications", 2023, Systematic Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Matjaž Gregorič
  • Ingi Agnarsson
  • Daiqin Li
  • Simona Kralj-Fišer
  • Kuang-Ping Yu

The venues where Matjaž Kuntner has frequently published comprise:

  • Diversity
  • Frontiers in Arachnid Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys

    Jonathan A. Coddington;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Jeremy A. Miller;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner

  • Araneae Sloveniae: A National Spider Species Checklist

    Rok Kostanjšek;Matjaž Kuntner

  • Taxonomy in a changing world: seeking solutions for a science in crisis.

    Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner

  • Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

    Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Matjaž Kuntner;Todd A. Blackledge

  • DNA barcoding gap: reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales.

    Klemen Čandek;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner

  • The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression

    Paul L Babb;Nicholas F Lahens;Sandra M Correa-Garhwal;David N Nicholson

  • Dogs, cats, and kin: a molecular species-level phylogeny of Carnivora.

    Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Matjaž Kuntner;Laura J. May-Collado;Laura J. May-Collado

  • The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs: Evolution from Silk to Ecosystems

    Todd A. Blackledge;Matjaž Kuntner;Ingi Agnarsson

  • Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb‐weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies

    Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Jonathan A. Coddington;Gustavo Hormiga

  • INTERSEXUAL ARMS RACE? GENITAL COEVOLUTION IN NEPHILID SPIDERS (ARANEAE, NEPHILIDAE)

    Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Jonathan A. Coddington;Jutta M. Schneider

  • Golden Orbweavers Ignore Biological Rules: Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses Unravel a Complex Evolution of Sexual Size Dimorphism.

    Matjaž Kuntner;Chris A Hamilton;Ren-Chung Cheng;Matjaž Gregorič

  • Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae)

    Matjaž Kuntner

  • A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical ‘hermit spiders’ (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)

    Matjaž Kuntner

  • A revision of Herennia (Araneae : Nephilidae : Nephilinae), the Australasian 'coin spiders'

    Matjaž Kuntner

  • A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: evolutionary history of a model lineage.

    Matjaž Kuntner;Miquel A. Arnedo;Peter Trontelj;Tjaša Lokovšek

  • Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus

    Špela Gorički;David Stanković;Aleš Snoj;Matjaž Kuntner

  • Niche partitioning in orbweaving spiders Meta menardi and Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae).

    Tone Novak;Tina Tkavc;Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Amy E. Arnett

  • Phylogeny and conservation priorities of afrotherian mammals (Afrotheria, Mammalia)

    Matjaž Kuntner;Laura J. May-Collado;Ingi Agnarsson

  • Discovery of the largest orbweaving spider species: the evolution of gigantism in Nephila.

    Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Jonathan A. Coddington

  • Phylogeography of a successful aerial disperser: the golden orb spider Nephila on Indian Ocean islands

    Matjaž Kuntner;Matjaž Kuntner;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson

  • Sexual Size Dimorphism: Evolution and Perils of Extreme Phenotypes in Spiders.

    Matjaž Kuntner;Jonathan A Coddington

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland
Daiqin Li
Daiqin Li National University of Singapore
Jonathan A. Coddington
Jonathan A. Coddington National Museum of Natural History
Jutta M. Schneider
Jutta M. Schneider Universität Hamburg
Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
Gustavo Hormiga
Gustavo Hormiga George Washington University
Mark A. Elgar
Mark A. Elgar University of Melbourne
Peter Trontelj
Peter Trontelj University of Ljubljana
I-Min Tso
I-Min Tso Tunghai University
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University

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