Publications

Freire, M.; Oberweiser, M. M.; Bollig, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.: How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (4), JEB249369 (2025)

Keesey, I.; Doll, G.; Das Chakraborty, S.; Baschwitz, A.; Lemoine, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Svatoš, A.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster. Science Advances 11 (14), eadi9683 (2025)

Ma, B.; Chang, H.; Guo, M.; Ai, D.; Wang, J.; Chen, R.; Liu, X.; Ren, B.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Yeast-derived volatiles orchestrate an insect-yeast mutualism with oriental armyworm moths. Nature Communications 16, 1479 (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition dynamics and niche utilization in two sympatric Drosophila species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 21 (2025)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Galagovsky, D.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications 16, 767 (2025)

Varma, M.; Winter, G.; Ebeling, A.; Lehmann, A.; Cabon, L.; Gimenez, O. M. P.; Pratap, N.; Schielzeth, H.: Few genetic loci control the green-brown color polymorphism in the meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted)

Voegeli, B.; Sommer, S.; Knaden, M.; Wehner, R.: Vector-based navigation in desert ants: the significance of path-integration vectors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 211, pp. 209 - 220 (2025)

Zhang, J.; Liu, W.; Chang, H.; Wang, Q.; Yuan, J.; Liu, L.; Liu, C.; Zhang, Y.; Ru, C.; Yan, S. et al.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Methyl eugenol regulates mating behavior in oriental fruit flies by enhancing lek attractiveness. National Science Review 12 (3), nwae294 (2025)