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Wolf U. Blanckenhorn
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 191
Citations - 10461
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scathophaga stercoraria & Sexual selection. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 182 publications receiving 9443 citations. Previous affiliations of Wolf U. Blanckenhorn include Concordia University Wisconsin & State University of New York System.
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Is reduced female survival after mating a by-product of male-male competition in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea ?
TL;DR: There was no relationship between copulation success of fathers or sons and the mean longevity of their mates, and there was a positive correlation between the harm fathers inflicted on their mates (affecting female longevity) and the harm sons inflicted on theirs.
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Evaluation of eco-toxicological effects of the parasiticide moxidectin in comparison to ivermectin in 11 species of dung flies.
TL;DR: Moxidectin is indeed less toxic than ivermectin in absolute terms, and strong correlations among the 11 tested fly species in both lethal and sub-lethal responses to the two substances are obtained, such that species relatively sensitive to iverMectin were also relativelysensitive to moxidECTin.
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Divergent juvenile growth and development mediated by food limitation and foraging in the water strider Aquarius remigis (Heteroptera: Gerridae)
TL;DR: Food limitation prolonged juvenile development, reduced growth rates and led to smaller adult body size and weight, the most common life-history response in ectotherms; it also increased the variance among individuals in these traits, demonstrating variance accumulation suggesting divergent growth.
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Critical weight mediates sex-specific body size plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).
TL;DR: The physiological basis of adaptive size variation in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria is investigated and it is demonstrated that integral growth rates, which are typically calculated as simple ratios of egg‐to‐adult development time and adult weight, do not necessarily well reflect variation in instantaneous growth rates.
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Oviposition Site Choice in the Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
TL;DR: It is shown that survival to adult emergence was best when laying sites were experimentally manipulated so that the eggs were apparently laid on small hills, avoiding the drying effects of small points in the dung and possible drowning by (simulated) rain when laid in depressions in theDung surface.