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Prof. Dr. Mariella Herberstein

  • Head of Centre for Taxonomy & Morphology

Bundesstraße 43
20146 Hamburg
R-304

E-Mail: m.herberstein@leibniz-lib.de

Projects

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    2025

  • 2025/02

    Dharmarathne, C., McLean, D.J., Michalik, P., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Sperm Transfer Under Behavioral and Morphological Constraints in the Orb‐Web Spider Genus Argiope

    Integrative Zoology

  • 2025/04

    Binns, G.E., Hämäläinen, L., Rowland, H.M., Caputi, L., Kunert, M., Mappes, J., Ramon-Cabrera, G.M., Umbers, K.D.L., Hart, N.S., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Sexual differences in defensive strategies: investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp moth Amata nigriceps

    Royal Society Open Science, 4, 12

  • 2025/03

    Haque, M.T., Paul, S., Herberstein, M.E., Khan, M.K.

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    Latitudinal gradient of thermal safety margin in an Australian damselfly: implications for population vulnerability

    Royal Society Open Science, 3, 12

  • 2025/01

    Penna‐Gonçalves, V., Willmott, N.J., Kelly, M.B.J., Black, J.R., Lowe, E.C., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Comparing microCT Staining and Scanning Methodology for Brain Studies in Various Sizes of Spiders

    The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1, 533

  • 2025/05

    Kelly, M.B.J., Derkarabetian, S., McLean, D.J., Shofner, R., Grismado, C.J., Haddad, C.R., Cassis, G., Giribet, G., Herberstein, M.E., Wolff, J.O.

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    Batesian Mimicry Converges Towards Inaccuracy in Myrmecomorphic Spiders

    Systematic Biology

  • 2024

  • 2024/10

    McLean, D.J., Herberstein, M.E., Kokko, H.

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    Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2032, 291

  • 2024/04

    Trillo, M.C., Aisenberg, A., Herberstein, M.E., Bidegaray-Batista, L.

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    Amazons Are Back: Absence of Males in a Praying Mantis from Uruguayan Savannas

    Neotropical Entomology, 2, 53

  • 2024/11

    Kelly, M.B.J., Penna‐Gonçalves, V., Willmott, N.J., McLean, D.J., Black, J.R., Wolff, J.O., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Small Brains: Body Shape Constrains Tissue Allocation to the Central Nervous System in Ant‐Mimicking Spiders

    The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 11, 532

  • 2024/01

    Hämäläinen, L., Binns, G.E., Hart, N.S., Mappes, J., McDonald, P.G., O’Neill, L.G., Rowland, H.M., Umbers, K.D., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Predator selection on multicomponent warning signals in an aposematic moth

    Behavioral ecology, 1, 35

  • 2024/07

    Haque, M.T., Paul, S., Herberstein, M.E., Khan, M.K.

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    How vulnerable are populations of semi-aquatic insects (Odonata) to global temperature increases?

    ESS Open Archive eprints, 849

  • 2024/02

    Paul, S., Rayhan, M., Herberstein, M.E., Khan, M.K.

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    Cooler and drier conditions increase parasitism in a subtropical damselfly population

    Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14

  • 2024/01

    Kelly, M., Derkarabetian, S., McLean, J., Shofner, R., Grismado, C., Haddad, C., Cassis, G., Giribet, G., Herberstein, M.E., Wolff, J.

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    Dense Sampling Phylogenomics Reveals Highly Dynamic Evolution of Batesian Mimicry Accuracy in Two Clades of Myrmecomorphic Spiders

  • 2024/07

    Haque, M.T., Khan, M.K., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Current evidence of climate‐driven colour change in insects and its impact on sexual signals

    Ecology and Evolution, 7, 14

  • 2024/02

    McLean, D.J., Cassis, G., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Morphological ant mimics: constrained to imperfection?

    Biology letters, 2, 20

  • 2023

  • 2023/11

    Dharmarathne, C., McLean, D.J., Herberstein, M.E., Schneider, J.M.

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    Intraspecific body size variation and allometry of genitalia in the orb-web spider—Argiope lobata

    PeerJ, 11

  • 2023/10

    Binns, G., Rowland, H., McLean, D., Umbers, K., Mappes, J., Hart, N., Herberstein, M.

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    Amata variation analysis for eco-geographic hypotheses do not explain variation in warning signals in diurnal Amata nigriceps wasp moths

  • 2023/01

    Parthasarathy, B., Dumke, M., Herberstein, M.E., Schneider, J.M.

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    Male cooperation improves their own and kin-group productivity in a group-foraging spider

    Scientific reports, 1, 13

  • 2023/11

    Pekár, S., Whiting, M.J., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Golden mimics use multiple defenses to counter generalist and specialist predators

    Behavioral ecology, 6, 34

  • 2023/10

    Rößler, D.C., Herberstein, M.E.

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    A state with increased arousal threshold in Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) measured in the wild: new evidence for sleep in spiders

    bioRxiv

  • 2023/04

    Soley, F.G., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Assassin bugs enhance prey capture with a sticky resin

    Biology letters, 4, 19

  • 2022

  • 2022/08

    Khan, M.K., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Parasite‐mediated sexual selection in a damselfly

    Ethology, 8, 128

  • 2022/11

    Wolff, J.O., Wierucka, K., Paterno, G.B., Coddington, J.A., Hormiga, G., Kelly, M.B., Herberstein, M.E., Ramírez, M.J.

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    Stabilized morphological evolution of spiders despite mosaic changes in foraging ecology

    Systematic Biology, 6, 71

  • 2022/03

    Kikuchi, D.W., Barfield, M., Herberstein, M.E., Mappes, J., Holt, R.D.

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    The effect of predator population dynamics on Batesian mimicry complexes

    The American Naturalist, 3, 199

  • 2022/07

    Paul, S., Khan, M.K., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Sexual and developmental variations of ecto-parasitism in damselflies

    PloS one, 7, 17

  • 2022/07

    Binns, G.E., Hämäläinen, L., Kemp, D.J., Rowland, H.M., Umbers, K.D., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Additive genetic variation, but not temperature, influences warning signal expression in Amata nigriceps moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae)

    Ecology and Evolution, 7, 12

  • 2022/08

    Muschett, G.E., Painting, C.J., Herberstein, M.E., Umbers, K.D.

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    Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps

    Evolutionary Ecology, 4, 36

  • 2022/06

    Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E., Wolff, J.O., Khan, M.K., Smith, K., Allen, A.P., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B.A., Eldridge, M.D., Falster, D., Winzer, L.F., Griffith, S.C., Madin, J.S., Narendra, A., Westoby, M., Whiting, M.J., Wright, I.J., Carthey, A.J.

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    AnimalTraits-a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size

    Scientific data, 1, 9

  • 2022/03

    Dharmarathne, W.D.S.C., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Limitations of sperm transfer in the complex reproductive system of spiders

    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 3, 135

  • 2022/10

    Aceves-Aparicio, A., Narendra, A., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E.C., Christian, M., Wolff, J.O., Schneider, J.M., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Fast acrobatic maneuvers enable arboreal spiders to hunt dangerous prey

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40, 119

  • 2022/01

    Wignall, A.E., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Male courtship reduces the risk of female aggression in web-building spiders but varies in structure

    Behavioral ecology, 1, 33

  • 2022/03

    Aceves-Aparicio, A., McLean, D.J., Wild, Z., Schneider, J.M., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Novel decorating behaviour of silk retreats in a challenging habitat

    PeerJ, 10

  • 2021

  • 2021/08

    Kelly, M.B., McLean, D.J., Wild, Z.K., Herberstein, M.E.

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    Measuring mimicry: methods for quantifying visual similarity

    Animal behaviour, 178

  • 2021/10

    Wolff, J.O., Michalik, P., Ravelo, A.M., Herberstein, M.E., Ramírez, M.J.

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    Evolution of silk anchor structure as the joint effect of spinning behavior and spinneret morphology

    Integrative and Comparative Biology, 4, 61

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