The Role of Sexual Selection in the Evolution of Chemical Signals in Insects

by Sandra Steiger, Johannes Stökl
Published 2014-06-01

Contribution of males to brood care can compensate for their food consumption from a shared resource

by Eva M. Keppner, Manfred Ayasse, Sandra Steiger
Published 2020-04-01

A Parental Volatile Pheromone Triggers Offspring Begging in a Burying Beetle

by Mamoru Takata, Yuki Mitaka, Sandra Steiger, Naoki Mori
Published 2019-09-01

Too fresh is unattractive! The attraction of newly emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides females to odour bouquets of large cadavers at various stages of decomposition.

by Christian von Hoermann, Sandra Steiger, Josef K Müller, Manfred Ayasse
Published 2013-01-01

The Attraction of the Dung Beetle <i>Anoplotrupes stercorosus</i> (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) to Volatiles from Vertebrate Cadavers

by Sandra Weithmann, Christian von Hoermann, Thomas Schmitt, Sandra Steiger, Manfred Ayasse
Published 2020-07-01

Forest habitat parameters influence abundance and diversity of cadaver-visiting dung beetles in Central Europe

by Christian von Hoermann, Sandra Weithmann, Markus Deißler, Manfred Ayasse, Sandra Steiger
Published 2020-03-01

Local and Landscape Effects on Carrion-Associated Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in German Forests

by Sandra Weithmann, Jonas Kuppler, Gregor Degasperi, Sandra Steiger, Manfred Ayasse, Christian von Hoermann
Published 2020-11-01

Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study.

by Christian von Hoermann, Dennis Jauch, Carolin Kubotsch, Kirsten Reichel-Jung, Sandra Steiger, Manfred Ayasse
Published 2018-01-01

A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care

by Katharina C. Engel, Johannes Stökl, Rebecca Schweizer, Heiko Vogel, Manfred Ayasse, Joachim Ruther, Sandra Steiger
Published 2016-03-01

Divergent coevolutionary trajectories in parent–offspring interactions and discrimination against brood parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering

by Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Elena Ruiz de la Torre, Anne-Katrin Eggert, Scott K. Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger
Published 2018-01-01

Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles

by Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Madlen A. Prang, Stephen T. Trumbo, Heiko Vogel, Anne-Katrin Eggert, Scott K. Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger
Published 2018-08-01

The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota

by Heiko Vogel, Shantanu P. Shukla, Tobias Engl, Benjamin Weiss, Rainer Fischer, Sandra Steiger, David G. Heckel, Martin Kaltenpoth, Andreas Vilcinskas
Published 2017-05-01