Male (left) and female (right) moths of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis. The caterpillars of this pest mainly attack the stems of maize plants.

Publications of Markus Knaden

Journal Article (111)

2025
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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)
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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)
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Knaden, M.: Proof of principle for new locust-control strategy. Nature (2025)
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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)
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Otárola-Jiménez, J. A.; Spehr, R.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: How sugar quality and concentration influence oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 67 (2025)
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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)
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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)
2024
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Nataraj, N.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Learning-based oviposition constancy in insects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1351400 (2024)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
2023
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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)
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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)
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