Thomas Hesselberg

1.4k total citations
54 papers, 872 citations indexed

About

Thomas Hesselberg is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hesselberg has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 872 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Genetics, 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hesselberg's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (14 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). Thomas Hesselberg is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (14 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). Thomas Hesselberg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Thomas Hesselberg's co-authors include Fritz Vollrath, Gardenio Diogo Pimentel da Silva, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, Torben Anker Lenau, Kanwal Rehman, Qurat‐ul‐Ain, Abida Butt, Stefano Mammola, Enrico Lunghi and Fujia Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Animal Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hesselberg

52 papers receiving 839 citations

Peers

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Robert A. Haney United States

Antonis I. Vakis Netherlands

Carsten H. G. Müller Germany

Fabian Haas Germany

Tamás Szűts Hungary

Waltraud Klepal Austria

Gilbert Barrantes Costa Rica

Alberto Ugolini Italy

G. Steïner Austria

Robert A. Haney United States

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177 ×0.7

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144 ×0.9

440 ×3.4

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79 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Hesselberg

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hesselberg, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Seasonal and Long-Term Population Dynamics of the Peach Fruit Fly in Egypt. Insects. 16(4). 332–332. 1 indexed citations

Almadiy, Abdulrhman A., et al.. (2024). Limited genetic variability and spatial population structure in grasshoppers between natural and metal-contaminated areas in Egypt. Journal of Insect Science. 24(2). 3 indexed citations

Hesselberg, Thomas. (2023). The biomimetic potential of novel adaptations in subterranean animals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 1 indexed citations

Grabowska-Zhang, Ada, et al.. (2023). Wooded streets, but not streetlight dimming, favour bat activity in a temperate urban setting. Journal of Urban Ecology. 9(1).

Mammola, Stefano, Martina Pavlek, Bernhard A. Huber, et al.. (2022). A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data. 9(1). 236–236. 18 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Shawan, Shihab Ahmad Shahriar, Monika Böhm, et al.. (2021). Urban green spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, harbour nearly half the country’s butterfly diversity. Journal of Urban Ecology. 7(1). 16 indexed citations

Mammola, Stefano, Enrico Lunghi, Helena Bilandžija, et al.. (2021). Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them. Ecology and Evolution. 11(11). 5911–5926. 57 indexed citations

Hesselberg, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Unique behavioural modifications in the web structure of the cave orb spider Meta menardi (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 92–92. 7 indexed citations

Gomes, Dylan, Thomas Hesselberg, & Jesse R. Barber. (2020). Phantom river noise alters orb‐weaving spider abundance, web size and prey capture. Functional Ecology. 35(3). 717–726. 11 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas, et al.. (2020). No edge effect on quantity of prey captured in the forest-dwelling tetragnathid orb spider Metellina mengei. Animal Biology. 71(2). 169–181. 1 indexed citations

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Mammola, Stefano, Thomas Hesselberg, & Enrico Lunghi. (2020). A trade‐off between latitude and elevation contributes to explain range segregation of broadly distributed cave‐dwelling spiders. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 59(2). 370–375. 5 indexed citations

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Njovu, Henry K., et al.. (2019). The spatial and temporal distribution of mammal roadkills in the Kwakuchinja Wildlife Corridor in Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology. 57(3). 423–428. 15 indexed citations

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Silva, Gardenio Diogo Pimentel da & Thomas Hesselberg. (2019). A Review of the Use of Black Soldier Fly Larvae, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), to Compost Organic Waste in Tropical Regions. Neotropical Entomology. 49(2). 151–162. 75 indexed citations

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Butt, Abida, et al.. (2018). Bioaccumulation of cadmium, lead, and zinc in agriculture-based insect food chains. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(12). 698–698. 67 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas, et al.. (2017). The Effect of Wind Exposure on the Web Characteristics of a Tetragnathid Orb Spider. Journal of Insect Behavior. 30(3). 273–286. 16 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas. (2015). Exploration behaviour and behavioural flexibility in orb-web spiders: A review. Current Zoology. 61(2). 313–327. 35 indexed citations

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Tew, Eleanor R., et al.. (2015). The web repair behaviour of an orb spider. Animal Behaviour. 103. 137–146. 25 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas. (2007). Biomimetics and the case of the remarkable ragworms. Die Naturwissenschaften. 94(8). 613–21. 21 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas & Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann. (2007). Turning behaviour depends on frictional damping in the fruit flyDrosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(24). 4319–4334. 41 indexed citations

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Hesselberg, Thomas & Fritz Vollrath. (2004). The effects of neurotoxins on web-geometry and web-building behaviour in Araneus diadematus Cl.. Physiology & Behavior. 82(2-3). 519–529. 26 indexed citations

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