Heike Feldhaar

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Heike Feldhaar is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike Feldhaar has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Insect Science, 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 56 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heike Feldhaar's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (52 papers), Plant and animal studies (46 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (30 papers). Heike Feldhaar is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (52 papers), Plant and animal studies (46 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (30 papers). Heike Feldhaar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Heike Feldhaar's co-authors include Roy Gross, Oliver Otti, Brigitte Fiala, Nico Blüthgen, Jürgen Gadau, J. Straka, Jochen Drescher, U. Maschwitz, Martin J. Mueller and Evelyn Zientz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heike Feldhaar

112 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heike Feldhaar Germany	28	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	372	331	115	2.8k
Sara Magalhães Portugal	36	1.5k 0.9×	817 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	527 1.4×	906 2.7×	111	3.2k
Koichi Goka Japan	30	2.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.9×	600 1.6×	349 1.1×	122	3.8k
Patrick Abbot United States	26	924 0.5×	796 0.6×	871 0.8×	387 1.0×	284 0.9×	66	2.2k
Corrie S. Moreau United States	33	2.0k 1.2×	2.9k 2.3×	2.4k 2.1×	441 1.2×	422 1.3×	117	4.3k
Robert S. Cornman United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	328 0.9×	1.0k 3.0×	72	3.0k
Christoph Vorburger Switzerland	34	2.6k 1.5×	893 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	585 1.6×	471 1.4×	118	3.5k
Markus Riegler Australia	34	4.5k 2.6×	608 0.5×	697 0.6×	911 2.4×	357 1.1×	128	5.2k
Mark D. E. Fellowes United Kingdom	31	1.0k 0.6×	681 0.5×	863 0.8×	443 1.2×	664 2.0×	84	2.3k
Chow‐Yang Lee Malaysia	27	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	539 1.4×	133 0.4×	201	2.8k
Hervé Colinet France	34	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	860 0.7×	766 2.1×	1.9k 5.7×	98	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heike Feldhaar

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Seidel, P., et al.. (2025). Vertical distribution and post-depositional translocation of microplastics in a Rhine floodplain soil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Chao, Anne, H. Martin Schaefer, Nico Blüthgen, et al.. (2025). Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(3). 480–491. 5 indexed citations

Hoermann, Christian von, M. Eric Benbow, Heike Feldhaar, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms determining the multi-diversity of carrion visiting species along a gradient of carrion body mass. Oecologia. 206(1-2). 115–126. 2 indexed citations

Müller, Jörg, Zuzana Buřivalová, Nico Blüthgen, et al.. (2024). The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(2). 177–190. 2 indexed citations

Feldhaar, Heike, et al.. (2024). Bumblebees are resilient to neonicotinoid-fungicide combinations. Environment International. 186. 108608–108608. 4 indexed citations

Kraus, Daniel, et al.. (2024). An adapted typology of tree-related microhabitats including tropical forests. Ecological Indicators. 167. 112690–112690. 3 indexed citations

Hothorn, Torsten, Heike Feldhaar, Christian von Hoermann, et al.. (2024). Ecological drivers of carrion beetle (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) diversity on small to large mammals. Ecology and Evolution. 14(9). e70203–e70203. 2 indexed citations

Corretto, Erika, et al.. (2024). Seasonal Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Halyomorpha halys. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 164–164.

Fayle, Tom M., et al.. (2023). An experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualistic Crematogaster ant symbionts inhabiting Macaranga host plants. Ecology and Evolution. 13(2). e9760–e9760. 2 indexed citations

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Feldhaar, Heike, et al.. (2023). Allelochemical run-off from the invasive terrestrial plant Impatiens glandulifera decreases defensibility in Daphnia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1207–1207. 6 indexed citations

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Chao, Anne, Chun‐Huo Chiu, Fons van der Plas, et al.. (2023). Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters. 27(1). 13 indexed citations

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Boch, Steffen, Martin M. Goßner, Heike Feldhaar, et al.. (2023). Linking structure and species richness to support forest biodiversity monitoring at large scales. Annals of Forest Science. 80(1). 21 indexed citations

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Hink, Linda, Eva Lehndorff, Alfons R. Weig, et al.. (2023). Biodegradable polymers boost reproduction in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. The Science of The Total Environment. 892. 164670–164670. 21 indexed citations

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Hillenbrand, Thomas, Dieter Brüggemann, Oliver Otti, et al.. (2023). Effects of diesel exhaust particles on the health and survival of the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris after acute and chronic oral exposure. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131905–131905. 12 indexed citations

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Weig, Alfons R., Thomas Hillenbrand, Dieter Brüggemann, et al.. (2023). Diesel exhaust particles alter gut microbiome and gene expression in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Ecology and Evolution. 13(6). e10180–e10180. 8 indexed citations

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Schaller, Jörg, Heike Feldhaar, Jürgen Dengler, et al.. (2022). Plasticity of plant silicon and nitrogen concentrations in response to water regimes varies across temperate grassland species. Functional Ecology. 36(12). 3211–3222. 3 indexed citations

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Dittrich, C., et al.. (2019). Matriline effects on metamorphic traits in a natural system in the European common frog (Rana temporaria). Ecology and Evolution. 9(6). 3075–3088. 2 indexed citations

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Stigloher, Christian, et al.. (2016). Distribution of the obligate endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus and expression analysis of putative immune genes in ovaries of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus. Arthropod Structure & Development. 45(5). 475–487. 21 indexed citations

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Jensen, Michael P., et al.. (2015). Paternity re-visited in a recovering population of Caribbean leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 475. 114–123. 14 indexed citations

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Feldhaar, Heike. (2014). Ant nutritional ecology: linking the nutritional niche plasticity on individual and colony-level to community ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 5. 25–30. 23 indexed citations

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