Melanie Dammhahn

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Melanie Dammhahn is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Dammhahn has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melanie Dammhahn's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (35 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers). Melanie Dammhahn is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (35 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers). Melanie Dammhahn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Melanie Dammhahn's co-authors include Peter M. Kappeler, Jana A. Eccard, Denis Réale, Petri T. Niemelä, Niels J. Dingemanse, Valeria Mazza, Antje Herde, Pierre‐Olivier Montiglio, Marco Zaccaroni and Jens Jacob and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Scientific Reports and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Dammhahn

55 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the adaptive inte... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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  1. Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the adaptive integration of behaviour, physiology and life history
    2018 203 citations Melanie Dammhahn et al. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melanie Dammhahn Germany 24 1.3k 922 612 262 197 58 1.9k
Harry H. Marshall United Kingdom 22 1.3k 1.0× 724 0.8× 673 1.1× 257 1.0× 249 1.3× 51 2.1k
Alecia J. Carter United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.1× 667 0.7× 694 1.1× 261 1.0× 150 0.8× 48 1.9k
Julien G. A. Martin Canada 26 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 412 0.7× 339 1.3× 246 1.2× 72 2.3k
Maren N. Vitousek United States 29 1.5k 1.1× 969 1.1× 298 0.5× 452 1.7× 165 0.8× 78 2.2k
Jana A. Eccard Germany 29 1.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.7× 406 0.7× 350 1.3× 457 2.3× 101 2.5k
Kimberley J. Mathot Canada 28 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 268 0.4× 390 1.5× 261 1.3× 58 2.3k
Adam R. Reddon Canada 24 1.1k 0.9× 377 0.4× 475 0.8× 264 1.0× 268 1.4× 60 1.6k
Robert Ziemba United States 12 1.4k 1.1× 598 0.6× 319 0.5× 405 1.5× 286 1.5× 18 2.0k
Petri T. Niemelä Finland 25 1.6k 1.2× 798 0.9× 290 0.5× 379 1.4× 293 1.5× 62 2.1k
Katharina Hirschenhauser Austria 23 1.6k 1.2× 614 0.7× 460 0.8× 221 0.8× 166 0.8× 39 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Julian, Ross, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in cognitive performance persist into your 80s. GeroScience. 47(3). 4335–4348. 1 indexed citations
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Richter, S. Helene, Barbara A. Caspers, Melanie Dammhahn, & Sylvia Kaiser. (2024). Animal research revisited – the case of behavioural studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(2). 99–103. 2 indexed citations
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Dammhahn, Melanie, et al.. (2024). African dryland antelope trade‐off behaviours in response to heat extremes. Ecology and Evolution. 14(6). e11455–e11455.
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Eccard, Jana A., et al.. (2024). A behavioral syndrome of competitiveness in a non-social rodent. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 78(9). 3 indexed citations
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Hermanussen, Michael, Melanie Dammhahn, Christiane Scheffler, & Detlef Groth. (2023). Winner-loser effects improve social network efficiency between competitors with equal resource holding power. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14439–14439. 3 indexed citations
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Reusch, Christine, Alexander Scheuerlein, Jutta Gampe, et al.. (2023). The risk faced by the early bat: individual plasticity and mortality costs of the timing of spring departure after hibernation. Oikos. 2023(4). 4 indexed citations
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Dammhahn, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Keeping cool on hot days: activity responses of African antelope to heat extremes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Eccard, Jana A., et al.. (2022). Fitness, risk taking, and spatial behavior covary with boldness in experimental vole populations. Ecology and Evolution. 12(2). e8521–e8521. 14 indexed citations
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Dammhahn, Melanie, et al.. (2022). Forager‐mediated cascading effects on food resource species diversity. Ecology and Evolution. 12(11). e9523–e9523. 4 indexed citations
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Eccard, Jana A., et al.. (2021). Top‐down effects of foraging decisions on local, landscape and regional biodiversity of resources (DivGUD). Ecology Letters. 25(1). 3–16. 4 indexed citations
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Uhl, George R., et al.. (2020). Individual differences in risk‐taking affect foraging across different landscapes of fear. Oikos. 129(12). 1891–1902. 24 indexed citations
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Eccard, Jana A., et al.. (2020). My niche: individual spatial niche specialization affects within- and between-species interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1918). 20192211–20192211. 51 indexed citations
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Schlägel, Ulrike E., Johannes Signer, Antje Herde, et al.. (2019). Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(8). 1234–1245. 34 indexed citations
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Eccard, Jana A., Melanie Dammhahn, & Hannu Ylönen. (2017). The Bruce effect revisited: is pregnancy termination in female rodents an adaptation to ensure breeding success after male turnover in low densities?. Oecologia. 185(1). 81–94. 18 indexed citations
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Dammhahn, Melanie, Voahangy Soarimalala, & Steven M. Goodman. (2012). Trophic Niche Differentiation and Microhabitat Utilization in a Species‐rich Montane Forest Small Mammal Community of Eastern Madagascar. Biotropica. 45(1). 111–118. 27 indexed citations
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Dammhahn, Melanie, et al.. (2009). Spatial memory in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Animal Cognition. 12(4). 599–609. 37 indexed citations

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