Volker Witte

1.0k total citations
37 papers, 646 citations indexed

About

Volker Witte is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Witte has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 646 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Volker Witte's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (16 papers). Volker Witte is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (16 papers). Volker Witte collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Malaysia and United States. Volker Witte's co-authors include U. Maschwitz, Rosli Hashim, Christoph von Beeren, Susanne Foitzik, Dirk Metzler, Stefan Schulz, Athula B. Attygalle, Jerrold Meinwald, Jürgen Heınze and Dong‐Hwan Choe and has published in prestigious journals such as Animal Behaviour, Journal of Theoretical Biology and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

In The Last Decade

Volker Witte

37 papers receiving 623 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volker Witte Germany 17 586 552 293 69 26 37 646
Mathieu Molet France 15 608 1.0× 609 1.1× 225 0.8× 39 0.6× 19 0.7× 36 670
Abel Bernadou Germany 15 411 0.7× 360 0.7× 219 0.7× 92 1.3× 20 0.8× 35 489
Toshihisa Yashiro Japan 13 490 0.8× 462 0.8× 274 0.9× 41 0.6× 16 0.6× 30 557
Cíntia Akemi Oi Brazil 13 683 1.2× 691 1.3× 564 1.9× 77 1.1× 20 0.8× 43 761
José L. Uribe-Rubio Mexico 9 353 0.6× 337 0.6× 300 1.0× 57 0.8× 12 0.5× 11 424
Dangsheng Liang United States 15 706 1.2× 586 1.1× 516 1.8× 79 1.1× 25 1.0× 25 924
Tobias Pamminger Germany 17 498 0.8× 574 1.0× 439 1.5× 46 0.7× 28 1.1× 35 674
Christopher K. Starr Trinidad and Tobago 12 435 0.7× 451 0.8× 296 1.0× 20 0.3× 27 1.0× 67 554
Theresa L. Singer United States 7 458 0.8× 436 0.8× 367 1.3× 42 0.6× 26 1.0× 8 522
Isabelle Léoncini France 5 390 0.7× 346 0.6× 326 1.1× 64 0.9× 10 0.4× 5 456

Countries citing papers authored by Volker Witte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Volker Witte

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Witte

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Volker Witte. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Volker Witte based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Volker Witte. Volker Witte is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brückner, Adrian, et al.. (2019). Competition as possible driver of dietary specialisation in the mushroom harvesting ant Euprenolepis procera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 29. 79–91. 1 indexed citations
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Witte, Volker, et al.. (2018). Mass Occurrence and Dominant Behavior of the European Ant Species Formica fuscocinerea (Forel). Journal of Insect Behavior. 31(1). 12–28. 6 indexed citations
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Metzler, Dirk, et al.. (2015). Modeling shortest path selection of the ant Linepithema humile using psychophysical theory and realistic parameter values. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 372. 168–178. 5 indexed citations
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Menzel, Florian, Hannah Joy Kriesell, & Volker Witte. (2014). Parabiotic ants: the costs and benefits of symbiosis. Ecological Entomology. 39(4). 436–444. 15 indexed citations
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Beeren, Christoph von, et al.. (2014). Collective exploitation of a temporally unpredictable food source: mushroom harvesting by the ant Euprenolepis procera. Animal Behaviour. 89. 71–77. 6 indexed citations
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Czaczkes, Tomer J., et al.. (2014). Ants use directionless odour cues to recall odour-associated locations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68(6). 981–988. 27 indexed citations
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Czaczkes, Tomer J., Sandra Franz, Volker Witte, & Jürgen Heınze. (2014). Perception of collective path use affects path selection in ants. Animal Behaviour. 99. 15–24. 12 indexed citations
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Lachaud, Jean-Paul, Alain Lenoir, & Volker Witte. (2012). Ants and Their Parasites. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 2012. 1–5. 13 indexed citations
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Beeren, Christoph von, Rosli Hashim, & Volker Witte. (2012). The Social Integration of a Myrmecophilous Spider Does Not Depend Exclusively on Chemical Mimicry. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38(3). 262–271. 24 indexed citations
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Foitzik, Susanne, et al.. (2011). Competition over workers: fertility signalling in wingless queens of Hypoponera opacior. Insectes Sociaux. 58(2). 271–278. 9 indexed citations
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Beeren, Christoph von, Stefan Schulz, Rosli Hashim, & Volker Witte. (2011). Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies. BMC Ecology. 11(1). 30–30. 39 indexed citations
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Morrison, William R. & Volker Witte. (2011). Strong differences in chemical recognition cues between two closely related species of ants from the genus Lasius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24(11). 2389–2397. 12 indexed citations
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Witte, Volker, et al.. (2010). Attack or call for help? Rapid individual decisions in a group-hunting ant. Behavioral Ecology. 21(5). 1040–1047. 14 indexed citations
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Beeren, Christoph von, Munetoshi Maruyama, Rosli Hashim, & Volker Witte. (2010). Differential host defense against multiple parasites in ants. Evolutionary Ecology. 25(2). 259–276. 37 indexed citations
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Witte, Volker, Susanne Foitzik, Rosli Hashim, U. Maschwitz, & Stefan Schulz. (2009). Fine Tuning of Social Integration by Two Myrmecophiles of the Ponerine Army Ant, Leptogenys distinguenda. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35(3). 355–367. 32 indexed citations
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Witte, Volker & U. Maschwitz. (2008). Mushroom harvesting ants in the tropical rain forest. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(11). 1049–1054. 33 indexed citations
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Janssen, Ronald & Volker Witte. (2002). Allopeas myrmekophilos n. sp., the first snail reported as living in army ant colonies (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Subulinidae). 131(1-2). 211–215. 3 indexed citations
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Witte, Volker, et al.. (1999). Social integration of the myrmecophilic spider Gamasomorpha maschwitzi (Araneae: Oonopidae) in colonies of the South East Asian army ant, Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae:Ponerinae).. Sociobiology. 34(1). 145–159. 9 indexed citations

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