Veröffentlichungen "Steiger, Sandra"

2023

Sahm, Jacqueline ; Conrad, Taina ; Scheu, Larissa ; Steiger, Sandra:
Brood size, food availability, and body size affects male care decisions and offspring performance.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Bd. 13 (2023) Heft 6 . - e10183.
ISSN 2045-7758
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10183

Körner, Maximilian ; Steiger, Sandra ; Shukla, Shantanu P.:
Microbial management as a driver of parental care and family aggregations in carrion feeding insects.
In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Bd. 11 (2023) .
ISSN 2296-701X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1252876

2022

Prang, Madlen ; Zywucki, Lena ; Körner, Maximilian ; Steiger, Sandra:
Differences in sibling cooperation in presence and absence of parental care in a genus with interspecific variation in offspring dependence.
In: Evolution. Bd. 76 (2022) Heft 2 . - S. 320-331.
ISSN 1558-5646
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14414

Sahm, Jacqueline ; Prang, Madlen ; Steiger, Sandra:
Parent–offspring conflict and its outcome under uni-and biparental care.
In: Scientific Reports. Bd. 12 (2022) . - 1999.
ISSN 2045-2322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05877-6

2020

Keppner, Eva M. ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
Contribution of males to brood care can compensate for their food consumption from a shared resource.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Bd. 10 (2020) Heft 7 . - S. 3535-3543.
ISSN 2045-7758
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6150

Chemnitz, Johanna ; von Hoermann, Christian ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Efficacy of Chemical Communication in the Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae).
In: Journal of Insect Science. Bd. 20 (2020) Heft 4 . - 3.
ISSN 1536-2442
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa061

2019

Takata, Mamoru ; Mitaka, Yuki ; Steiger, Sandra ; Mori, Naoki:
A Parental Volatile Pheromone Triggers Offspring Begging in a Burying Beetle.
In: iScience. Bd. 19 (2019) . - S. 1260-1278.
ISSN 2589-0042
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.041

Engel, Katharina C. ; Hwang, Wenbe ; Steiger, Sandra:
A pheromone that coordinates parental care is evolutionary conserved among burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus).
In: Chemoecology. Bd. 29 (2019) . - S. 1-9.
ISSN 1423-0445
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-018-0271-7

2018

Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Ruiz de la Torre, Elena ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
Divergent coevolutionary trajectories in parent–offspring interactions and discrimination against brood parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering.
In: Royal Society Open Science. Bd. 5 (2018) Heft 6 . - No. 180189.
ISSN 2054-5703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180189

Meunier, Joël ; Steiger, Sandra:
Editorial overview : Beyond eusocial insects : studying the other social insects to better understand social evolution.
In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. Bd. 28 (2018) . - S. vi-viii.
ISSN 2214-5745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.07.002

von Hoermann, Christian ; Jauch, Dennis ; Kubotsch, Carolin ; Reichel-Jung, Kirsten ; Steiger, Sandra ; Ayasse, Manfred:
Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study.
In: PLoS One. Bd. 13 (2018) Heft 5 . - No. e0196839.
ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196839

Shukla, Shantanu P. ; Plata, Camila ; Reichelt, Michael ; Steiger, Sandra ; Heckel, David G. ; Kaltenpoth, Martin ; Vilcinskas, Andreas ; Vogel, Heiko:
Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Bd. 115 (2018) Heft 44 . - S. 11274-11279.
ISSN 1091-6490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812808115

Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Prang, Madlen ; Trumbo, Stephen T. ; Vogel, Heiko ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles.
In: Frontiers in Zoology. Bd. 15 (2018) . - 33.
ISSN 1742-9994
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0278-5

Steiger, Sandra ; Stökl, Johannes:
Pheromones Regulating Reproduction in Subsocial Beetles : Insights with References to Eusocial Insects.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Bd. 44 (2018) Heft 9 . - S. 785-795.
ISSN 1573-1561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0982-9

Nehring, Volker ; Steiger, Sandra:
Sociality and communicative complexity : Insights from the other insect societies.
In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. Bd. 28 (2018) . - S. 19-25.
ISSN 2214-5745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.04.002

Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Vogel, Heiko ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Bd. 29 (2018) Heft 1 . - S. 42-50.
ISSN 1465-7279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx117

Chemnitz, Johanna ; Fujan, Ina S. ; Winkelmann, Carola ; Steiger, Sandra:
Why are males more attractive after brood care? : Proximate causes of enhanced sex pheromone emission in a burying beetle.
In: Physiological Entomology. Bd. 43 (2018) Heft 2 . - S. 120-128.
ISSN 1365-3032
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12236

2017

Luzar, Agnieszka B. ; Schweizer, Rebecca ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
Access to a carcass, but not mating opportunities, influences paternal care in burying beetles.
In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Bd. 71 (2017) . - No. 7.
ISSN 1432-0762
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2232-x

Keppner, E.M. ; Prang, Madlen ; Engel, Katharina C. ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Stökl, Johannes ; Steiger, Sandra:
Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons : chemically mediated mate recognition in the subsocial burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Bd. 43 (2017) Heft 1 . - S. 84-93.
ISSN 1573-1561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0806-8

Vogel, Heiko ; Shukla, Shantanu P. ; Engl, Tobias ; Weiss, Benjamin ; Fischer, Rico ; Steiger, Sandra ; Heckel, David G. ; Kaltenpoth, Martin ; Vilcinskas, Andreas:
The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota.
In: Nature Communications. Bd. 8 (2017) . - No. 15186.
ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15186

Steiger, Sandra:
The evolution of parental care in burying beetles and its implication for insect biotechnology.
In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. Bd. 72 (2017) Heft 9/10 . - No. e14.
ISSN 1865-7125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2017-0139

Stökl, Johannes ; Steiger, Sandra:
Evolutionary origin of insect pheromones.
In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. Bd. 24 (2017) . - S. 36-42.
ISSN 2214-5745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.09.004

Pascual, Javier ; von Hoermann, Christian ; Rottler-Hoermann, Ann-Marie ; Nevo, Omer ; Geppert, Alicia ; Sikorski, Johannes ; Huber, Katharina J. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Overmann, Jörg:
Function of bacterial community dynamics in the formation of cadaveric semiochemicals during in situ carcass decomposition.
In: Environmental Microbiology. Bd. 19 (2017) Heft 8 . - S. 3310-3322.
ISSN 1462-2920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13828

Steiger, Sandra ; Stökl, Johannes:
Pheromones involved in insect parental care and family life.
In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. Bd. 24 (2017) . - S. 89-95.
ISSN 2214-5745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.09.006

Chemnitz, Johanna ; Bagrii, Nadiia ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
Staying with the young enhances the fathers' attractiveness in burying beetles.
In: Evolution. Bd. 71 (2017) Heft 4 . - S. 985-994.
ISSN 1558-5646
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13194

Chemnitz, Johanna ; Bagrii, Nadiia ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
Variation in sex pheromone emission does not reflect immunocompetence but affects attractiveness of male burying beetles : a combination of laboratory and field experiments.
In: The Science of Nature. Bd. 104 (2017) . - 53.
ISSN 1432-1904
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-017-1473-5

2016

Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Keppner, Eva M. ; Vogel, Heiko ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
From facultative to obligatory parental care : Interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles.
In: Scientific Reports. Bd. 6 (2016) . - No. 29323.
ISSN 2045-2322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep29323

Engel, Katharina C. ; Stökl, Johannes ; Schweizer, Rebecca ; Vogel, Heiko ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Ruther, Joachim ; Steiger, Sandra:
A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care.
In: Nature Communications. Bd. 7 (2016) . - No. 11035.
ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11035

Jacobs, Chris G.C. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Heckel, David G. ; Wielsch, Natalie ; Vilcinskas, Aandreas ; Vogel, Heiko:
Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle.
In: Scientific Reports. Bd. 6 (2016) . - No. 25409.
ISSN 2045-2322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25409

2015

Engel, Katharina C. ; Männer, Lisa ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
Acceptance threshold theory can explain occurrence of homosexual behaviour.
In: Biology Letters. Bd. 11 (2015) Heft 1 . - 20140603.
ISSN 1744-957X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0603

Chemnitz, Johanna ; Jentschke, Petra C. ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Steiger, Sandra:
Beyond species recognition : somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 282 (2015) Heft 1812 . - No. 20150832.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0832

Steiger, Sandra ; Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Gershman, Susan N. ; Weddle, Carie B. ; Rapkin, James ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Hunt, J.:
Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile.
In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Bd. 28 (2015) Heft 12 . - S. 2175-2186.
ISSN 1010-061X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12740

Steiger, Sandra:
Recognition and Family Life : Recognition Mechanisms in the Biparental Burying Beetle.
In: Aquiloni, Laura ; Tricarico, Elena (Hrsg.): Social Recognition in Invertebrates. - Cham : Springer , 2015 . - S. 249-266
ISBN 978-3-319-17599-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17599-7_12

Sperling, Sergej ; Kühbandner, Stephan ; Engel, Katharina C. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Stökl, Johannes ; Ruther, Joachim:
Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography : Re-Discovery of a Rapid and Versatile Method for Clean-Up and Fractionation in Chemical Ecology.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Bd. 41 (2015) Heft 6 . - S. 574-583.
ISSN 1573-1561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0584-8

2014

Haberer, Wolf ; Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K.:
Dynamic changes in volatile emissions of breeding burying beetles.
In: Physiological Entomology. Bd. 39 (2014) Heft 2 . - S. 153-164.
ISSN 1365-3032
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12059

Steiger, Sandra ; Stökl, Johannes:
The role of sexual selection in the evolution of chemical signals in insects.
In: Insects. Bd. 5 (2014) Heft 2 . - S. 423-438.
ISSN 2075-4450
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects5020423

Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra ; Rapkin, James ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Hunt, John ; Steiger, Sandra:
Self-recognition in crickets via on-line processing.
In: Current Biology. Bd. 24 (2014) Heft 23 . - R1117-R1118.
ISSN 1879-0445
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.050

Kaltenpoth, Martin ; Steiger, Sandra:
Unearthing carrion beetles' microbiome : characterization of bacterial and fungal hindgut communities across the Silphidae.
In: Molecular Ecology. Bd. 23 (2014) Heft 6 . - S. 1251-1267.
ISSN 1365-294X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12469

Engel, Katharina C. ; Hoermann, Christian von ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Müller, Josef K. ; Steiger, Sandra:
When males stop having sex : adaptive insect mating tactics during parental care.
In: Animal Behaviour. Bd. 90 (2014) . - S. 245-253.
ISSN 0003-3472
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.006

2013

Steiger, Sandra:
Bigger mothers are better mothers : Disentangling size-related prenatal and postnatal maternal effects.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 280 (2013) Heft 1766 . - No. 20131225.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1225

Weddle, Carie B. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Hamaker, Christopher G. ; Ower, Geoffrey D. ; Mitchell, Christopher ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Hunt, John:
Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets : a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects.
In: Ecology Letters. Bd. 16 (2013) Heft 3 . - S. 346-353.
ISSN 1461-0248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12046

Ower, Geoffrey D. ; Judge, Kevin A. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Caron, Kyle J. ; Smith, Rebecca A. ; Hunt, John ; Sakaluk, Scott K.:
Multivariate sexual selection on male song structure in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae).
In: Ecology and Evolution. Bd. 3 (2013) Heft 10 . - S. 3590-3603.
ISSN 2045-7758
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.736

Steiger, Sandra ; Ower, Geoffrey D. ; Stökl, Johannes ; Mitchell, Christopher ; Hunt, John ; Sakaluk, Scott K.:
Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 280 (2013) Heft 1773 . - No. 20132353.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2353

Hoermann, Christian von ; Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K. ; Ayasse, Manfred:
Too Fresh Is Unattractive! : The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition.
In: PLoS One. Bd. 8 (2013) Heft 3 . - No. e58524.
ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058524

2012

Steiger, Sandra ; Gershman, Susan N. ; Pettinger, Adam M. ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Sakaluk, Scott K.:
Dominance status and sex influence nutritional state and immunity in burying beetles Nicrophorus orbicollis.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Bd. 23 (2012) Heft 5 . - S. 1126-1132.
ISSN 1465-7279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars082

Steiger, Sandra ; Meier, Tobias ; Müller, Josef K.:
Fitness costs associated with chemical signaling.
In: Communicative & Integrative Biology. Bd. 5 (2012) Heft 1 . - S. 57-60.
ISSN 1942-0889
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.17988

Steiger, Sandra:
New Synthesis - Visual and Chemical Ornaments : What Researchers of Different Signal Modalities Can Learn from Each Other.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Bd. 38 (2012) Heft 1 . - S. 1.
ISSN 1573-1561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0058-1

2011

Pettinger, Adam M. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K. ; Sakaluk, Scott K. ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin:
Dominance status and carcass availability affect the outcome of sperm competition in burying beetles.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Bd. 22 (2011) Heft 5 . - S. 1079-1087.
ISSN 1465-7279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr093

Steiger, Sandra ; Schmitt, Thomas ; Schaefer, H. Martin:
The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 278 (2011) Heft 1708 . - S. 970-979.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2285

Steiger, Sandra ; Gershman, Susan N. ; Pettinger, Adam M. ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Sakaluk, Scott K.:
Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis.
In: Functional Ecology. Bd. 25 (2011) Heft 6 . - S. 1368-1378.
ISSN 1365-2435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01895.x

Steiger, Sandra ; Haberer, Wolf ; Müller, Josef K.:
Social environment determines degree of chemical signalling.
In: Biology Letters. Bd. 7 (2011) Heft 6 . - S. 822-824.
ISSN 1744-957X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0457

2010

Haberer, Wolf ; Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K.:
(E)-Methylgeranate, a chemical signal of juvenile hormone titre and its role in the partner recognition system of burying beetles.
In: Animal Behaviour. Bd. 79 (2010) Heft 1 . - S. 17-24.
ISSN 0003-3472
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.019

Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K.:
From class-specific to individual discrimination : acceptance threshold changes with risk in the partner recognition system of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
In: Animal Behaviour. Bd. 80 (2010) Heft 4 . - S. 607-613.
ISSN 0003-3472
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.018

2009

Steiger, Sandra ; Whitlow, Sonia ; Peschke, Klaus ; Müller, Josef K.:
Surface Chemicals Inform about Sex and Breeding Status in the Biparental Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
In: Ethology. Bd. 115 (2009) Heft 2 . - S. 178-185.
ISSN 1439-0310
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01600.x

2008

Smiseth, Per T. ; Hwang, Wenbe B. ; Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K.:
Adaptive consequences and heritable basis of asynchronous hatching in Nicrophorus vespilloides.
In: Oikos. Bd. 117 (2008) Heft 6 . - S. 899-907.
ISSN 1600-0706
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16473.x

Steiger, Sandra ; Franz, Ragna ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin ; Müller, Josef K.:
The Coolidge effect, individual recognition and selection for distinctive cuticular signatures in a burying beetle.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 275 (2008) Heft 1645 . - S. 1831-1838.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0375

Steiger, Sandra ; Peschke, Klaus ; Müller, Josef K.:
Correlated changes in breeding status and polyunsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons : the chemical basis of nestmate recognition in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides?
In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Bd. 62 (2008) Heft 7 . - S. 1053-1060.
ISSN 1432-0762
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0532-x

Steiger, Sandra:
Recognition cues in the biparental burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides: Chemical analyses and behavioural investigations.
Bayreuth , 2008
( Dissertation, 2008, Universität Freiburg (Breisgau); Fakultät für Biologie)

Steiger, Sandra ; Müller, Josef K.:
"True" and "untrue" individual recognition : suggestion of a less restrictive definition.
In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Bd. 23 (2008) Heft 7 . - S. 355.
ISSN 1872-8383
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.01.014

2007

Steiger, Sandra ; Richter, Katja ; Müller, Josef K. ; Eggert, Anne-Katrin:
Maternal nutritional condition and genetic differentiation affect brood size and offspring body size in Nicrophorus.
In: Zoology. Bd. 110 (2007) Heft 5 . - S. 360-368.
ISSN 0944-2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2007.06.001

Steiger, Sandra ; Peschke, Klaus ; Francke, Wittko ; Müller, Josef K.:
The smell of parents : breeding status influences cuticular hydrocarbon pattern in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Bd. 274 (2007) Heft 1622 . - S. 2211-2220.
ISSN 0962-8452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0656