Vanessa Kellermann

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Vanessa Kellermann is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa Kellermann has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Vanessa Kellermann's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (33 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers). Vanessa Kellermann is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (33 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers). Vanessa Kellermann collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United States. Vanessa Kellermann's co-authors include Belinda van Heerwaarden, Ary A. Hoffmann, Carla M. Sgrò, Volker Loeschcke, Johannes Overgaard, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Camilla Fløjgaard, Menno Schilthuizen and Oleg A. Bubliy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa Kellermann

41 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Upper thermal limits of Drosophila are linked to species distributions and strongly constrained phylogenetically

2012 428 citations Vanessa Kellermann, Johannes Overgaard et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vanessa Kellermann Australia	23	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	821	506	41	2.6k
Marjo Saastamoinen Finland	27	926 0.6×	814 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	697 0.8×	481 1.0×	80	2.5k
Belinda van Heerwaarden Australia	21	911 0.5×	749 0.6×	685 0.6×	475 0.6×	283 0.6×	30	1.5k
Gregory J. Ragland United States	26	1.3k 0.7×	768 0.6×	749 0.7×	223 0.3×	766 1.5×	51	2.2k
Marjan De Block Belgium	29	1.5k 0.9×	536 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	485 0.6×	441 0.9×	52	2.7k
Heidi J. MacLean United States	16	815 0.5×	561 0.5×	679 0.6×	476 0.6×	219 0.4×	29	1.5k
Maaria Kankare Finland	17	916 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	917 0.8×	223 0.3×	408 0.8×	36	2.2k
Rebecca Hallas Australia	13	1.0k 0.6×	773 0.6×	720 0.6×	282 0.3×	444 0.9×	17	1.7k
Scott A. L. Hayward United Kingdom	24	1.7k 1.0×	834 0.7×	626 0.6×	252 0.3×	777 1.5×	54	2.6k
R. Craig Stillwell United States	21	744 0.4×	681 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	221 0.3×	490 1.0×	24	1.8k
Charlene Janion‐Scheepers South Africa	17	877 0.5×	484 0.4×	592 0.5×	361 0.4×	244 0.5×	55	1.4k

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Beaman, Julian E., Marika Tuiwawa, Mark I. Stevens, et al.. (2025). Temperature and precipitation explain variation in metabolic rate but not frequency of gas exchange in Fijian bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(10). 2 indexed citations

Arnold, Pieter A., Daniel W. A. Noble, Adrienne B. Nicotra, et al.. (2025). A Framework for Modelling Thermal Load Sensitivity Across Life. Global Change Biology. 31(7). e70315–e70315. 3 indexed citations

Walter, Greg M., et al.. (2025). Variation in temperature but not diet determines the stability of latitudinal clines in tolerance traits and their plasticity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2054). 20251337–20251337. 1 indexed citations

Kellermann, Vanessa, Johannes Overgaard, Carla M. Sgrò, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2022). Phylogenetic and environmental patterns of sex differentiation in physiological traits across Drosophila species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(11). 1548–1557. 8 indexed citations

Kellermann, Vanessa, et al.. (2022). The effect of environmental temperature on bee activity at strawberry farms. Austral Ecology. 47(7). 1470–1479. 6 indexed citations

Beaman, Julian E., et al.. (2022). Vulnerability to climate change increases with trophic level in terrestrial organisms. The Science of The Total Environment. 865. 161049–161049. 13 indexed citations

Kellermann, Vanessa, Shane F. McEvey, Carla M. Sgrò, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2020). Phenotypic Plasticity for Desiccation Resistance, Climate Change, and Future Species Distributions: Will Plasticity Have Much Impact?. The American Naturalist. 196(3). 306–315. 23 indexed citations

Heerwaarden, Belinda van & Vanessa Kellermann. (2020). Does Plasticity Trade Off With Basal Heat Tolerance?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(10). 874–885. 65 indexed citations

Kellermann, Vanessa, Ary A. Hoffmann, Johannes Overgaard, Volker Loeschcke, & Carla M. Sgrò. (2018). Plasticity for desiccation tolerance acrossDrosophilaspecies is affected by phylogeny and climate in complex ways. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1874). 20180048–20180048. 46 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, et al.. (2017). Metabolic cold adaptation contributes little to the interspecific variation in metabolic rates of 65 species of Drosophilidae. Journal of Insect Physiology. 98. 309–316. 25 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Neda N. Moghadam, & Volker Loeschcke. (2015). Experimental Evolution under Fluctuating Thermal Conditions Does Not Reproduce Patterns of Adaptive Clinal Differentiation inDrosophila melanogaster. The American Naturalist. 186(5). 582–593. 35 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Johannes Overgaard, Volker Loeschcke, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2013). Trait Associations across Evolutionary Time within a Drosophila Phylogeny: Correlated Selection or Genetic Constraint?. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72072–e72072. 14 indexed citations

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Schilthuizen, Menno & Vanessa Kellermann. (2013). Contemporary climate change and terrestrial invertebrates: evolutionary versus plastic changes. Evolutionary Applications. 7(1). 56–67. 72 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Volker Loeschcke, Ary A. Hoffmann, et al.. (2012). PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS IN KEY FUNCTIONAL TRAITS BEHIND SPECIES’ CLIMATE NICHES: PATTERNS OF DESICCATION AND COLD RESISTANCE ACROSS 95DROSOPHILASPECIES. Evolution. 66(11). 3377–3389. 235 indexed citations

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Bubliy, Oleg A., Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Vanessa Kellermann, & Volker Loeschcke. (2012). Humidity affects genetic architecture of heat resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(6). 1180–1188. 34 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Johannes Overgaard, Ary A. Hoffmann, et al.. (2012). Upper thermal limits of Drosophila are linked to species distributions and strongly constrained phylogenetically. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16228–16233. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ketola, Tarmo, Vanessa Kellermann, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, & Volker Loeschcke. (2012). Constant, cycling, hot and cold thermal environments: strong effects on mean viability but not on genetic estimates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(6). 1209–1215. 17 indexed citations

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Ketola, Tarmo, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Vanessa Kellermann, & Volker Loeschcke. (2012). Can evolution of sexual dimorphism be triggered by developmental temperatures?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(5). 847–855. 13 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Belinda van Heerwaarden, Carla M. Sgrò, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2009). Fundamental Evolutionary Limits in Ecological Traits Drive Drosophila Species Distributions. Science. 325(5945). 1244–1246. 351 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Vanessa, Belinda van Heerwaarden, Ary A. Hoffmann, & Carla M. Sgrò. (2006). VERY LOW ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIANCE AND EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL IN MULTIPLE POPULATIONS OF TWO RAINFOREST DROSOPHILA SPECIES. Evolution. 60(5). 1104–1104. 78 indexed citations

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