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Overview

Stefan Dötterl is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria. Their research focuses primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive contributions to the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Dötterl has published in multiple scientific journals, with notable recurring venues including:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science (7 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (6 publications)
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology (4 publications)
  • Arthropod-Plant Interactions (3 publications)
  • New Phytologist (3 publications)

Their recent papers listed include:

  • Chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of floral volatiles: roles in pollination and other functions (2023) published in Natural Product Reports
  • Flowers of Deceptive Aristolochia microstoma Are Pollinated by Phorid Flies and Emit Volatiles Known From Invertebrate Carrion (2021) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Floral Scents of a Deceptive Plant Are Hyperdiverse and Under Population-Specific Phenotypic Selection (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nocturnal bees exploit but do not pollinate flowers of a common bat-pollinated tree (2020) published in Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • A Semivolatile Floral Scent Marks the Shift to a Novel Pollination System in Bromeliads (2020) published in Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in Dötterl's research include:

  • Roman Fuchs
  • Manfred Ayasse
  • Paulo Milet-Pinheiro
  • Guaraci Duran Cordeiro
  • Marc Gibernau

Best Publications

  • Qualitative and quantitative analyses of flower scent in Silene latifolia.

    Stefan Dötterl;Lorne M. Wolfe;Andreas Jürgens

  • The chemical ecology and evolution of bee-flower interactions: a review and perspectives'

    Stefan Dötterl;Stefan Dötterl;Stefan Dötterl;Nicolas Vereecken;Nicolas Vereecken;Nicolas Vereecken

  • The chemical nature of fetid floral odours in stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae)

    Andreas Jürgens;Stefan Dötterl;Ulrich Meve

  • Nursery pollination by a moth in Silene latifolia: the role of odours in eliciting antennal and behavioural responses

    Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens;Karlheinz Seifert;Thorsten Laube

  • Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves.

    Robert R. Junker;C. Loewel;Roy Gross;Stefan Dötterl

  • Spatial fragrance patterns in flowers of Silene latifolia: Lilac compounds as olfactory nectar guides?

    Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens

  • Host‐plant finding and recognition by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee

    Hannah Burger;Stefan Dötterl;Manfred Ayasse

  • The evolution of floral scent and olfactory preferences in pollinators: coevolution or pre-existing bias?

    Florian P. Schiestl;Stefan Dötterl

  • 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene, a floral scent compound in willows that attracts an oligolectic bee.

    Stefan Dötterl;Ulrike Füssel;Andreas Jürgens;Gregor Aas

  • Floral reward, advertisement and attractiveness to honey bees in dioecious Salix caprea.

    Stefan Dötterl;Ulrike Glück;Andreas Jürgens;Joseph Woodring

  • Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications

    Robert R. Junker;Jonas Kuppler;Luisa Amo;James D. Blande

  • Diacetin, a reliable cue and private communication channel in a specialized pollination system

    Irmgard Schäffler;Kim E. Steiner;Mark Haid;Sander S. van Berkel

  • The betrayed thief – the extraordinary strategy of Aristolochia rotunda to deceive its pollinators

    Birgit Oelschlägel;Matthias Nuss;Michael von Tschirnhaus;Claudia Pätzold

  • Floral volatiles play a key role in specialized ant pollination

    Clara de Vega;Carlos M. Herrera;Stefan Dötterl

  • Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior

    Paulo Milet-Pinheiro;Paulo Milet-Pinheiro;Manfred Ayasse;Clemens Schlindwein;Heidi E. M. Dobson

  • Inter-and intraspecific variation in floral scent in the genus Salix and its implication for pollination

    Ulrike Füssel;Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens;Gregor Aas

  • Chemical composition of anther volatiles in ranunculaceae: Genera-specific profiles in Anemone, Aquilegia, Caltha, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus, and Trollius species

    Andreas Jürgens;Stefan Dötterl

  • Absence of pollinator-mediated premating barriers in mixed-ploidy populations of Gymnadenia conopsea s.l. (Orchidaceae)

    Jana Jersáková;Sílvia Castro;Nicole Sonk;Kathrin Milchreit

  • Floral Odors of Silene otites: Their Variability and Attractiveness to Mosquitoes

    Umma Salma Jhumur;Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens

  • Linalool and lilac aldehyde/alcohol in flower scents. Electrophysiological detection of lilac aldehyde stereoisomers by a moth.

    Stefan Dötterl;Dirk Burkhardt;Bernhard Weißbecker;Andreas Jürgens

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of floral scent emission in Dianthus inoxianus and electroantennographic responses of its hawkmoth pollinator

    Francisco Balao;Javier Herrera;Salvador Talavera;Stefan Dötterl

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Jürgens
Andreas Jürgens Technical University of Darmstadt
Manfred Ayasse
Manfred Ayasse University of Ulm
Clemens Schlindwein
Clemens Schlindwein Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro
Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro Federal University of Pernambuco
Nico Blüthgen
Nico Blüthgen Technical University of Darmstadt
Jürg Schönenberger
Jürg Schönenberger University of Vienna
Francesco Carimi
Francesco Carimi National Research Council (CNR)
Isabel Cristina Machado
Isabel Cristina Machado Federal University of Pernambuco

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