Otto von Helversen

6.7k total citations
96 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Otto von Helversen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto von Helversen has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 37 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Otto von Helversen's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (51 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers). Otto von Helversen is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (51 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers). Otto von Helversen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Otto von Helversen's co-authors include Dagmar von Helversen, Frieder Mayer, Marc W. Holderied, York Winter, Mirjam Knörnschild, Klaus‐Gerhard Heller, Oliver Behr, Norbert Elsner, Detlev H. Kelm and Christian C. Voigt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Otto von Helversen

96 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Otto von Helversen Germany 45 4.3k 2.0k 1.5k 884 502 96 5.0k
Alexander V. Badyaev United States 49 5.1k 1.2× 3.5k 1.8× 583 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 302 0.6× 130 7.6k
Márk E. Hauber United States 48 5.8k 1.4× 6.0k 3.1× 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 288 0.6× 412 9.3k
T. J. Roper United Kingdom 43 2.5k 0.6× 2.9k 1.5× 457 0.3× 1.3k 1.5× 380 0.8× 117 6.5k
Tim Guilford United Kingdom 47 3.9k 0.9× 3.1k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 298 0.6× 171 6.8k
Eberhard Gwinner Germany 53 4.7k 1.1× 5.2k 2.7× 891 0.6× 551 0.6× 748 1.5× 208 8.5k
Andrew T. D. Bennett Australia 37 5.2k 1.2× 3.1k 1.6× 494 0.3× 763 0.9× 272 0.5× 119 7.0k
Robert Montgomerie Canada 56 6.4k 1.5× 4.5k 2.3× 717 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 327 0.7× 173 8.8k
Peter M. Narins United States 45 3.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 3.6k 2.4× 319 0.4× 126 0.3× 155 5.6k
George W. Uetz United States 49 5.7k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 589 0.4× 4.2k 4.8× 294 0.6× 146 7.6k
Jack W. Bradbury United States 34 3.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 757 0.9× 171 0.3× 58 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Otto von Helversen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Otto von Helversen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2014). Biosonar resolving power: echo-acoustic perception of surface structures in the submillimeter range. Frontiers in Physiology. 5. 64–64. 16 indexed citations
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Knörnschild, Mirjam, Martina Nagy, Markus Metz, Frieder Mayer, & Otto von Helversen. (2012). Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Animal Behaviour. 84(4). 761–769. 62 indexed citations
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Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2011). Floral Acoustics: Conspicuous Echoes of a Dish-Shaped Leaf Attract Bat Pollinators. Science. 333(6042). 631–633. 73 indexed citations
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Helversen, Otto von, et al.. (2009). A review of Chorthippus species with angled pronotal lateral keels from Greece with special reference to transitional populations between some Peloponnesean taxa (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 83(2). 319–508. 27 indexed citations
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Kelm, Detlev H., Kerstin R. Wiesner, & Otto von Helversen. (2008). Effects of Artificial Roosts for Frugivorous Bats on Seed Dispersal in a Neotropical Forest Pasture Mosaic. Conservation Biology. 22(3). 733–741. 94 indexed citations
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Müller, Brigitte, Leo Peichl, York Winter, Otto von Helversen, & Martin Glösmann. (2007). Cone Photoreceptors and Ultraviolet Vision in the Flower Bat Glossophaga Soricina (Microchiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 5951–5951. 4 indexed citations
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Jung, Kirsten, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, & Otto von Helversen. (2007). Echolocation calls in Central American emballonurid bats: signal design and call frequency alternation. Journal of Zoology. 272(2). 125–137. 126 indexed citations
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Helversen, Dagmar von & Otto von Helversen. (2003). Object recognition by echolocation: a nectar-feeding bat exploiting the flowers of a rain forest vine. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(5). 327–336. 73 indexed citations
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Voigt, Christian C., Otto von Helversen, Robert H. Michener, & Thomas Kunz. (2003). Validation of a non‐invasive blood‐sampling technique for doubly‐labelled water experiments. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology. 296A(2). 87–97. 20 indexed citations
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Volleth, Marianne, et al.. (2001). Karyotype comparison and phylogenetic relationships of Pipistrellus-like bats (Vespertilionidae; Chiroptera; Mammalia). Chromosome Research. 9(1). 25–46. 63 indexed citations
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Helversen, Dagmar von & Otto von Helversen. (1999). Acoustic guide in bat-pollinated flower. Nature. 398(6730). 759–760. 108 indexed citations
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Helversen, Otto von, et al.. (1999). Pollinators of SyntopicMarcgraviaSpecies in Costa Rican Lowland Rain Forest: Bats and Opossums. Plant Biology. 1(4). 382–388. 1 indexed citations
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Winter, York & Otto von Helversen. (1998). The energy cost of flight: do small bats fly more cheaply than birds?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 168(2). 105–111. 118 indexed citations
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Stumpner, Andreas, Bernhard Ronacher, & Otto von Helversen. (1991). Auditory Interneurones in the Metathoracic Ganglion of the Grasshopper Chorthippus Biguttulus: II.Processing of Temporal Patterns of the Song of the Male. Journal of Experimental Biology. 158(1). 411–430. 51 indexed citations
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Helversen, Otto von, et al.. (1990). Die Verbreitung einiger Fledermausarten in Griechenland. 41. 9–22. 12 indexed citations
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Gack, Claudia & Otto von Helversen. (1976). Behaviour of a Gynandromorph Wolfspider (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosidae). 3(1-2). 109–118. 6 indexed citations
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Helversen, Otto von, et al.. (1975). Verhaltensgenetische Untersuchungen am akustischen Kommunikationssystem der Feldheuschrecken (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 104(3). 301–323. 38 indexed citations

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