Publications of Markus Knaden

Freire, M.; Oberweiser, M. M.; Bollig, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.: How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (4), JEB249369 (2025)

Keesey, I.; Doll, G.; Das Chakraborty, S.; Baschwitz, A.; Lemoine, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Svatoš, A.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster. Science Advances 11 (14), eadi9683 (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition dynamics and niche utilization in two sympatric Drosophila species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 21 (2025)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Galagovsky, D.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications 16, 767 (2025)

Voegeli, B.; Sommer, S.; Knaden, M.; Wehner, R.: Vector-based navigation in desert ants: the significance of path-integration vectors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 211, pp. 209 - 220 (2025)

Diaz-Morales, M.; Khallaf, M. A.; Stieber, R.; Alali, I.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: The ortholog receptor Or67d in Drosophila bipectinata is able to detect two different pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 610 - 619 (2024)

Galagovsky, D.; Depetris-Chauvin, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Shaping the environment – Drosophila suzukii larvae construct their own niche. iScience 27 (12), 111341 (2024)

Jiang, N.-J.; Dong, X.; Veit, D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Elevated ozone disrupts mating boundaries in drosophilid flies. Nature Communications 15, 2872 (2024)

Khallaf, M. A.; Diaz-Morales, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Quantitive variation of male and female-specific compounds in 99 drosophilid flies. Data in Brief 57, 110871 (2024)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Khallaf, M. A.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: How conspecific and allospecific eggs and larvae drive oviposition preference in Drosophila. Chemical Senses 49, bjae012 (2024)

Nataraj, N.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Learning-based oviposition constancy in insects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1351400 (2024)

Otárola-Jiménez, J. A.; Nataraj, N.; Bisch-Knaden, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition experience affects oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster. iScience 27 (8), 110472 (2024)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Stieber-Rödiger, R.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Phenolics as ecologically relevant cues for slime flux breeding Drosophila virilis. iScience 27 (11), 111180 (2024)

Rupp, T.; Oelschlägel, B.; Berjano, R.; Mahfoud, H.; Buono, D.; Wenke, T.; Rabitsch, K.; Bächli, G.; Stanojlovic, V.; Cabrele, C. et al.; Xiong, W.; Knaden, M.; Dahl, A.; Neinhuis, C.; Wanke, S.; Dötterl, S.: Chemical imitation of yeast fermentation by the drosophilid-pollinated deceptive trap-flower Aristolochia baetica (Aristolochiaceae). Phytochemistry 224, 114142 (2024)

Unni, A. P.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Olfactory mating signals in the migratory locust Locusta migratoria. Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 11 - 17 (2024)

Yun, M.; Kim, D.-H.; Ha, T. S.; Lee, K.-M.; Park, E.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Kim, Y.-J.: Male cuticular pheromones stimulate removal of the mating plug and promote re-mating through pC1 neurons in Drosophila females. eLife 13, RP9601 (2024)

Baleba, S. B. S.; Pal Mahadevan, V.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Temperature-dependent modulation of odor-dependent behavior in three drosophilid fly species of differing thermal preference. Communications Biology 6, 905 (2023)

Chang, H.; Cassau, S.; Krieger, J.; Guo, X.; Knaden, M.; Kang, L.; Hansson, B. S.: A chemical defense deters cannibalism in migratory locusts. Science 380, 6644, pp. 537 - 543 (2023)

Chang, H.; Unni, A. P.; Tom, M. T.; Cortés Llorca, L.; Brase, S.; Bucks, S.; Weniger, K.; Bisch-Knaden, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Odorant detection in a locust exhibits unusually low redundancy. Current Biology 33 (24), pp. 5427 - 5438.e5 (2023)

Depetris-Chauvin, A.; Galagovsky, D.; Keesey, I. W.; Hansson, B. S.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.: Evolution at multiple processing levels underlies odor-guided behavior in the genus Drosophila. Current Biology 33 (22), pp. 4771 - 4785.e7 (2023)