Kerstin Wilhelm

1.5k total citations
36 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kerstin Wilhelm is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerstin Wilhelm has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kerstin Wilhelm's work include Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Kerstin Wilhelm is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Kerstin Wilhelm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Kerstin Wilhelm's co-authors include Heribert Hofer, Marion L. East, Simone Sommer, Gerhard Zotz, Annette Becker, Terry Burke, Bettina Wachter, Oliver P. Höner, Mark A. F. Gillingham and Sebastian Menke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kerstin Wilhelm

34 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers

Kerstin Wilhelm

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Alcides Pissinatti Brazil

Bettina Wachter Germany

Cathy V. Williams United States

Mukesh Kumar Chalise Nepal

Jakub Kreisinger Czechia

Karen A. Terio United States

Randall C. Kyes United States

Brian Hollis Switzerland

Kathryn Watt United Kingdom

Angelique Todd Central African Republic

Alcides Pissinatti Brazil

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140 ×0.4

EEBS

201 ×0.7

222 ×0.8

ECOLO

434 ×2.2

158 ×1.2

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jetter, Karen M., Kunal Jani, Kerstin Wilhelm, et al.. (2025). Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycaf162–ycaf162. 1 indexed citations

Risely, Alice, et al.. (2025). Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(11). 2161–2172.

Wilhelm, Kerstin, et al.. (2025). Delayed feeding disrupts diurnal oscillations in the gut microbiome of a neotropical bat in captivity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101(2).

Wilhelm, Kerstin, et al.. (2025). Changes in biodiversity drive trypanosome infections of wildlife in Panama. One Health. 21. 101113–101113. 1 indexed citations

Schwensow, Nina, Gerd Mayer, Victor M. Corman, et al.. (2024). Immunogenetic-pathogen networks shrink in Tome’s spiny rat, a generalist rodent inhabiting disturbed landscapes. Communications Biology. 7(1). 169–169. 1 indexed citations

Wilhelm, Kerstin, et al.. (2024). A taste of wilderness: supplementary feeding of red deer (Cervus elaphus) increases individual bacterial microbiota diversity but lowers abundance of important gut symbionts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 28–28. 5 indexed citations

Olayemi, Ayodeji, D. Schmid, Kerstin Wilhelm, et al.. (2024). MHC-I alleles mediate clearance and antibody response to the zoonotic Lassa virus in Mastomys rodent reservoirs. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(2). e0011984–e0011984. 1 indexed citations

Risely, Alice, Kerstin Wilhelm, Heather Baldwin, et al.. (2024). Hibecovirus (genus Betacoronavirus) infection linked to gut microbial dysbiosis in bats. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycae154–ycae154. 1 indexed citations

Risely, Alice, D. Schmid, Kerstin Wilhelm, et al.. (2023). Climate change drives loss of bacterial gut mutualists at the expense of host survival in wild meerkats. Global Change Biology. 29(20). 5816–5828. 22 indexed citations

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Fackelmann, Gloria, et al.. (2023). Wildlife gut microbiomes of sympatric generalist species respond differently to anthropogenic landscape disturbances. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 22–22. 14 indexed citations

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Lyaku, Japhet, Seth J. Eiseb, Rhodes H. Makundi, et al.. (2023). Immunogenetics, sylvatic plague and its vectors: insights from the pathogen reservoir Mastomys natalensis in Tanzania. Immunogenetics. 75(6). 517–530. 1 indexed citations

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Romo, David, et al.. (2022). Egg microbiota is the starting point of hatchling gut microbiota in the endangered yellow‐spotted Amazon river turtle. Molecular Ecology. 31(14). 3917–3933. 8 indexed citations

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Fackelmann, Gloria, et al.. (2021). Human encroachment into wildlife gut microbiomes. Communications Biology. 4(1). 800–800. 41 indexed citations

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Risely, Alice, Kerstin Wilhelm, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Marta B. Manser, & Simone Sommer. (2021). Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6017–6017. 53 indexed citations

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Wilhelm, Kerstin, et al.. (2017). Affairs happen—to whom? A study on extrapair paternity in common nightingales. Current Zoology. 63(4). 421–431. 7 indexed citations

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Menke, Sebastian, Mark A. F. Gillingham, Kerstin Wilhelm, & Simone Sommer. (2017). Home-Made Cost Effective Preservation Buffer Is a Better Alternative to Commercial Preservation Methods for Microbiome Research. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 102–102. 63 indexed citations

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East, Marion L., Christoph Kurze, Kerstin Wilhelm, Sarah Benhaiem, & Heribert Hofer. (2013). Factors influencing Dipylidium sp. infection in a free-ranging social carnivore, the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 2. 257–265. 20 indexed citations

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Zotz, Gerhard, Kerstin Wilhelm, & Annette Becker. (2011). Heteroblasty—A Review. The Botanical Review. 77(2). 109–151. 150 indexed citations

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Höner, Oliver P., Bettina Wachter, Heribert Hofer, et al.. (2010). The fitness of dispersing spotted hyaena sons is influenced by maternal social status. Nature Communications. 1(1). 60–60. 47 indexed citations

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East, Marion L., Gudrun Wibbelt, Dietmar Lieckfeldt, et al.. (2008). A HEPATOZOON SPECIES GENETICALLY DISTINCT FROM H. CANIS INFECTING SPOTTED HYENAS IN THE SERENGETI ECOSYSTEM, TANZANIA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44(1). 45–52. 50 indexed citations

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