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Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
13976
World Ranking
2188
National Ranking
61

Overview

Wolf U. Blanckenhorn is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, their work focuses heavily on subfields such as Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, insect utilization and effects, insect behavior and control techniques, and forensic entomology and diptera studies.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Thermal preferences of subtropical Aedes aegypti and temperate Ae. japonicus mosquitoes, 2020, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Genotype-by-Diet Interactions for Larval Performance and Body Composition Traits in the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens, 2022, Insects
  • Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hosts, 2022, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Video analysis of the locomotory behaviour of Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus mosquitoes under different temperature regimes in a laboratory setting, 2022, Journal of Thermal Biology

The primary publication venues where Wolf U. Blanckenhorn frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Alpine Entomology
  • Chemosphere
  • BMC Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wolf U. Blanckenhorn are Martin A. Schäfer, Natalia Gourgoulianni, Stefan Lüpold, Martin Kapun, and David Berger.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of body size: what keeps organisms small?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

  • Bergmann and converse bergmann latitudinal clines in arthropods: two ends of a continuum?

    W. U. Blanckenhorn;M. Demont

  • Sex, size, and gender roles : evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism

    Daphne J Fairbairn;Wolf U Blanckenhorn;Tamás Székely

  • Behavioral Causes and Consequences of Sexual Size Dimorphism

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

  • Sex differences in phenotypic plasticity affect variation in sexual size dimorphism in insects: from physiology to evolution.

    R. Craig Stillwell;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Tiit Teder;Goggy Davidowitz

  • Sex, Size and Gender Roles

    Daphne J. Fairbairn;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Tamás Székely

  • The costs of copulating in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;David J. Hosken;Oliver Y. Martin;Constanze Reim

  • Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Anthony F. G. Dixon;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Matthias W. Foellmer

  • WHEN RENSCH MEETS BERGMANN: DOES SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM CHANGE SYSTEMATICALLY WITH LATITUDE?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;R. Craig Stillwell;Kyle A. Young;Charles W. Fox

  • ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND BODY SIZE IN THE YELLOW DUNG FLY.

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

  • Risk-sensitivity: ambient temperature affects foraging choice

    Thomas Caraco;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Gina M. Gregory;Jonathan A. Newman

  • Time and energy constraints and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism- to eat or to mate?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Richard F. Preziosi;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Grasshoppers cope with low host plant quality by compensatory feeding and food selection : N limitation challenged

    Daniel Berner;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Christian Körner

  • Life history adaptation along a latitudinal cline in the water strider Aquarius remigis (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

    W. U. Blanckenhorn;D. J. Fairbairn

  • Altitudinal life history variation in the dung flies Scathophaga stercoraria and Sepsis cynipsea.

    Wolf U Blanckenhorn

  • Analysing body condition: mass, volume or density?

    Jordi Moya-Laraño;Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Carmen Fernández-Montraveta

  • Female choice, female reluctance to mate and sexual selection on body size in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea.

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Claudia Mühlhäuser;Cornelia Morf;Thomas Reusch

  • Temporal and microspatial variation in the intensities of natural and sexual selection in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria

    P. Jann;W. U. Blanckenhorn;P. I. Ward

  • The costs of avoiding matings in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

    Claudia Mühlhäuser;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

  • Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens

    Cengiz Kaya;Cengiz Kaya;Tomas N. Generalovic;Gunilla Ståhls;Martin Hauser

  • Clinical algorithm for improved prediction of ambulation and patient stratification after incomplete spinal cord injury.

    Björn Zörner;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Volker Dietz

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul I. Ward
Paul I. Ward University of Zurich
David J. Hosken
David J. Hosken University of Exeter
Jörg Römbke
Jörg Römbke ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Daphne J. Fairbairn
Daphne J. Fairbairn University of California, Riverside
Rudolf Meier
Rudolf Meier Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Stefan Lüpold
Stefan Lüpold University of Zurich
Charles W. Fox
Charles W. Fox University of Kentucky
Thomas Caraco
Thomas Caraco University at Albany, State University of New York
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University

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