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D-Index
45
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5384
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4925
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34

Walter Hödl publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter Hödl sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 101 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Walter Hödl D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter Hödl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Walter Hödl is a researcher affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria, focusing on fields related to Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Developmental Biology, and Social Psychology.

The primary topics addressed in Walter Hödl's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Animal and Plant Science Education, Plant and Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Marine Animal Studies Overview.

Several frequent coauthors have contributed collaboratively to Hödl's research, including:

  • Camilo Rodríguez
  • Leonida Fusani
  • Gaëlle Raboisson
  • Eva Ringler
  • Virginie Canoine

Walter Hödl's publications have appeared in various scientific venues that reflect the diversity in their research topics. Notable publication venues include:

  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Zootaxa
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers include:

  • Androgen responsiveness to simulated territorial intrusions in Allobates femoralis males: Evidence supporting the challenge hypothesis in a territorial frog, 2022, General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Calling amplitude flexibility and acoustic spacing in the territorial frog Allobates femoralis, 2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Carotenoid intake during early life mediates ontogenetic colour shifts and dynamic colour change during adulthood, 2022, Animal Behaviour
  • Tadpoles of Central Amazonia (Amphibia: Anura), 2022, Zootaxa
  • Androgen responsiveness to simulated territorial intrusions in Allobates femoralis males: evidence supporting the challenge hypothesis in a territorial frog, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Bimodal signal requisite for agonistic behavior in a dart-poison frog, Epipedobates femoralis

    Peter M. Narins;Walter Hödl;Daniela S. Grabul

  • Call differences and calling site segregation in anuran species from central Amazonian floating meadows.

    Walter Hödl

  • Parental investment, potential reproductive rates, and mating system in the strawberry dart-poison frog, Dendrobates pumilio

    Heike Pröhl;Walter Hödl

  • Guia de Sapos da Reserva Adolpho Ducke: Amazônia Central

    Albertina Pimentel Lima;William Ernest Magnusson;Marcelo Menin;Luciana K Erdtmann

  • Calls, colours, shape, and genes: a multi-trait approach to the study of geographic variation in the Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis

    Adolfo Amézquita;Albertina P. Lima;Robert Jehle;Lina Castellanos

  • Acoustic interference and recognition space within a complex assemblage of dendrobatid frogs

    Adolfo Amézquita;Sandra Victoria Flechas;Albertina Pimentel Lima;Herbert Gasser

  • Multimodal communication in a noisy environment: a case study of the Bornean rock frog Staurois parvus.

    T. Ulmar Grafe;Doris Preininger;Marc Sztatecsny;Rosli Kasah

  • MASKING INTERFERENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE AMAZONIAN DENDROBATID FROG ALLOBATES FEMORALIS

    Adolfo Amézquita;Adolfo Amézquita;Walter Hödl;Albertina Pimentel Lima;Lina Castellanos;Lina Castellanos

  • HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO PERFORM VISUAL DISPLAYS: THE CASE OF THE AMAZONIAN FROG HYLA PARVICEPS

    Adolfo Amezquita;Walter Hodl

  • Multimodal signaling in the Small Torrent Frog (Micrixalus saxicola) in a complex acoustic environment.

    Doris Preininger;Markus Boeckle;Anita Freudmann;Iris Starnberger

  • Strong male/male competition allows for nonchoosy females: high levels of polygynandry in a territorial frog with paternal care.

    Eva Ursprung;Max Ringler;Robert Jehle;Walter Hödl

  • From uni‑ to multimodality: towards an integrative view on anuran communication

    Iris Starnberger;Doris Preininger;Walter Hödl

  • Growth, morphometrics, size at maturity, sexual dimorphism and condition index of Austropotamobius torrentium Schrank

    Franz Streissl;Walter Hödl

  • Tadpole transport logistics in a Neotropical poison frog: indications for strategic planning and adaptive plasticity in anuran parental care

    Eva Ringler;Andrius Pašukonis;Walter Hödl;Max Ringler

  • From metamorphosis to maturity in complex life cycles: equal performance of different juvenile life history pathways.

    Benedikt R Schmidt;Walter Hödl;Michael P Schaub

  • The annual number of breeding adults and the effective population size of syntopic newts (Triturus cristatus, T. marmoratus).

    R. Jehle;J. W. Arntzen;T. Burke;A. P. Krupa

  • The anuran vocal sac: a tool for multimodal signalling

    Iris Starnberger;Doris Preininger;Walter Hödl

  • HABITAT ACOUSTICS OF A NEOTROPICAL LOWLAND RAINFOREST

    Norbert Ellinger;Walter Hödl

  • Site fidelity and patterns of short- and long-term movement in the brilliant-thighed poison frog Allobates femoralis (Aromobatidae)

    Max Ringler;Eva Ursprung;Walter Hödl

  • Colour, size and movement as visual subcomponents in multimodal communication by the frog Allobates femoralis

    Ana Gabriela de Luna;Walter Hödl;Adolfo Amézquita

  • Who is Calling? Intraspecific Call Variation in the Aromobatid Frog Allobates femoralis

    Herbert Gasser;Adolfo Amézquita;Walter Hödl

Frequent Co-Authors

Albertina P. Lima
Albertina P. Lima National Institute of Amazonian Research
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Peter M. Narins
Peter M. Narins University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Mark-Oliver Rödel
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde
Izeni Pires Farias
Izeni Pires Farias Federal University of Amazonas
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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