Publications
preprints
Rößler, D.C. & Herberstein, M.E. (2023). A state with increased arousal threshold in Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) measured in the wild: new evidence for sleep in spiders. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.19.563109
De Agrò, M., Rößler D.C. & Shamble, P.S., 2023. Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.24.559175
under review / in revision
Rößler, D.C. & Herberstein, M.E. (under review in Animal Behaviour). A state with increased arousal threshold in Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) measured in the wild: new evidence for sleep in spiders.
De Agrò, M., Rößler D.C. & Shamble, P.S., (in revision in Journal of Experimental Biology). Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception.
Rößler, D.C. & Klein, B.A., (in revision). More sleep for behavioral ecologists
2024
Plate, J. & Rößler, D.C., 2024. Variation in predator recognition across three species of jumping spiders (Salticidae). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.11.01.03.2024
Plewnia, A., Lötters, S., Gomides, S., De Agrò, M. & Rößler D.C., 2024. Sex-specific ventral dichromatism and melanization in harlequin toads (Atelopus): a common but overlooked character of unknown function. Evolutionary Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-024-10288-2
2023
Lötters, S., Plewnia, A., [...], Rößler, D.C., [...] & La Marca, E., 2023. Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w
17. Kikuchi, D.W., Allen, W.L., Arbuckle, K., Aubier, T.G., Briolat, E.S., Burdfield-Steel, E.R., Cheney, K.L., Daňková, K., Elias, M., Hämäläinen, L., Herberstein, M.E., Hossie, T.J., Joron, M., Kunte, K., Leavell, B.C., Lindstedt, C., Lorioux Chevalier, H., McClure, M., McLellan, C.F., Medina, I., Nawge, V., Páez, E., Pal, A., Pekár, S., Penacchio, O., Raška, J., Reader, T., Rojas, B., Rönkä, K.H., Rößler, D.C., Rowe, C. Rowland, H.M., Roy, A., Schaal, K.A., Sherratt, T.N., Skelhorn, J., Smart, H.R., Stankowich, T., Stefan, A.M., Summers, K., Taylor, C.H., Thorogood, R., Umbers, K., Winters, A.E., Yeager, J., Exnerová, A., 2023. The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14192
2022
16. Longbottom, C., Falk, J., Greenway, E.V., Johnson, M., Rößler, D.C., Somjee, U., 2022. Why does the matador bug (Anisoscelis alipes) wave its brightly-colored legs? Journal of Insect Behavior, 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-022-09809-0
15. Rößler, D.C., Kim, K., De Agrò, M., Jordan, A., Galizia, C.G., Shamble, P.S., 2022. Regularly occurring bouts of retinal movements suggest an REM sleep–like state in jumping spiders. PNAS, 119(33). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204754119
14. Ringler, M., Himmel, T., Werner, P., Luger, M., Rößler, D.C., Ringler, E., Lötters, S., 2022. Male life history of a harlequin toad from French Guiana. Salamandra, 58(3). Link here
13. Rößler, D.C., De Agrò, M., Kim, K., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Static visual predator recognition in jumping spiders. Functional Ecology, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13953
2021
12. Rößler, D.C., De Agrò, M., Biundo, E., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Hanging by a thread: unusual nocturnal resting behavior in a jumping spider. Frontiers in Zoology, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00410-3
11. De Agrò, M., Rößler, D.C., Kim, K., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Perception of biological motion in point-light displays by jumping spiders. PLOS Biology, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001172
2020
10. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Marin Da Fonte, L.F., 2020. Author declaration: have you considered equity, diversity and inclusion? Nature, 584(7822). https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02429-8
9. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Fugmann, M., Peters, C., Künzel, S., Krehenwinkel, H., 2020. An amplicon sequencing protocol for attacker identification from DNA traces left on artificial prey. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(10).
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13459
8. Rößler, D.C., Ogan, S., Curio, E., Krehenwinkel, H., 2019. Ability makes a thief: vision, learning and swift escape help kleptoparasitic hover wasps (Parischnogaster sp.) not to fall prey to their spider hosts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(152). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2767-8
2019
7. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Mappes, J., Valkonen, J., Menin, M., Lima, A.P., Pröhl, H., 2019. Sole coloration as an unusual aposematic signal in a Neotropical toad. Scientific Reports, 9(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37705-1
6. Portik, D.M., Bell, R.C., Blackburn, D.C., Bauer, A.M., Barratt, C.D., Branch, W.R., Burger, M., Channing, A., Colston, T.J., […] Rößler, D.C., Sinsch, U., Rödel, M.O., Veith, M., Vindum, A.G., Zassi-Boulou, J., McGuire, J.A., 2019. Sexual dichromatism drives diversification within a major radiation of African amphibians. Systematic Biology, sys023.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz023
2018
5. Rößler. D.C., Pröhl, H, Lötters, S., 2018. The future of clay model studies. BMC Zoology, 3(1).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-018-0033-6
4. Mebs, D., Lorentz, M., Yotsu-Yamashita, M., Rößler, D.C., Ernst, R., Lötters, S., 2018. Geographic range expansion of tetrodotoxin in amphibians – First record in Atelopus hoogmoedi from the Guiana Shield. Toxicon, 150.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.05.011
2017
3. Rößler, D.C., 2017. Atelopus spumarius (Pebas Stubfoot Toad). Behavior. Herpetological Review, 48(3).
2016
2. Lorentz, M.N., Stokes, A.N., Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., 2016. Tetrodotoxin. Current Biology, 26(19).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.067
2013
1. Schulte, L.M. & Rößler, D.C., 2013. Do poison frogs recognize chemical cues of the other sex or do they react to cues of stressed conspecifics? Behavioural Processes, 100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.016
Rößler, D.C. & Herberstein, M.E. (2023). A state with increased arousal threshold in Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) measured in the wild: new evidence for sleep in spiders. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.19.563109
De Agrò, M., Rößler D.C. & Shamble, P.S., 2023. Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.24.559175
under review / in revision
Rößler, D.C. & Herberstein, M.E. (under review in Animal Behaviour). A state with increased arousal threshold in Araneus diadematus (Araneidae) measured in the wild: new evidence for sleep in spiders.
De Agrò, M., Rößler D.C. & Shamble, P.S., (in revision in Journal of Experimental Biology). Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception.
Rößler, D.C. & Klein, B.A., (in revision). More sleep for behavioral ecologists
2024
Plate, J. & Rößler, D.C., 2024. Variation in predator recognition across three species of jumping spiders (Salticidae). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.11.01.03.2024
Plewnia, A., Lötters, S., Gomides, S., De Agrò, M. & Rößler D.C., 2024. Sex-specific ventral dichromatism and melanization in harlequin toads (Atelopus): a common but overlooked character of unknown function. Evolutionary Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-024-10288-2
2023
Lötters, S., Plewnia, A., [...], Rößler, D.C., [...] & La Marca, E., 2023. Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w
17. Kikuchi, D.W., Allen, W.L., Arbuckle, K., Aubier, T.G., Briolat, E.S., Burdfield-Steel, E.R., Cheney, K.L., Daňková, K., Elias, M., Hämäläinen, L., Herberstein, M.E., Hossie, T.J., Joron, M., Kunte, K., Leavell, B.C., Lindstedt, C., Lorioux Chevalier, H., McClure, M., McLellan, C.F., Medina, I., Nawge, V., Páez, E., Pal, A., Pekár, S., Penacchio, O., Raška, J., Reader, T., Rojas, B., Rönkä, K.H., Rößler, D.C., Rowe, C. Rowland, H.M., Roy, A., Schaal, K.A., Sherratt, T.N., Skelhorn, J., Smart, H.R., Stankowich, T., Stefan, A.M., Summers, K., Taylor, C.H., Thorogood, R., Umbers, K., Winters, A.E., Yeager, J., Exnerová, A., 2023. The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14192
2022
16. Longbottom, C., Falk, J., Greenway, E.V., Johnson, M., Rößler, D.C., Somjee, U., 2022. Why does the matador bug (Anisoscelis alipes) wave its brightly-colored legs? Journal of Insect Behavior, 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-022-09809-0
15. Rößler, D.C., Kim, K., De Agrò, M., Jordan, A., Galizia, C.G., Shamble, P.S., 2022. Regularly occurring bouts of retinal movements suggest an REM sleep–like state in jumping spiders. PNAS, 119(33). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204754119
14. Ringler, M., Himmel, T., Werner, P., Luger, M., Rößler, D.C., Ringler, E., Lötters, S., 2022. Male life history of a harlequin toad from French Guiana. Salamandra, 58(3). Link here
13. Rößler, D.C., De Agrò, M., Kim, K., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Static visual predator recognition in jumping spiders. Functional Ecology, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13953
2021
12. Rößler, D.C., De Agrò, M., Biundo, E., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Hanging by a thread: unusual nocturnal resting behavior in a jumping spider. Frontiers in Zoology, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00410-3
11. De Agrò, M., Rößler, D.C., Kim, K., Shamble, P.S., 2021. Perception of biological motion in point-light displays by jumping spiders. PLOS Biology, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001172
2020
10. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Marin Da Fonte, L.F., 2020. Author declaration: have you considered equity, diversity and inclusion? Nature, 584(7822). https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02429-8
9. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Fugmann, M., Peters, C., Künzel, S., Krehenwinkel, H., 2020. An amplicon sequencing protocol for attacker identification from DNA traces left on artificial prey. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(10).
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13459
8. Rößler, D.C., Ogan, S., Curio, E., Krehenwinkel, H., 2019. Ability makes a thief: vision, learning and swift escape help kleptoparasitic hover wasps (Parischnogaster sp.) not to fall prey to their spider hosts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(152). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2767-8
2019
7. Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., Mappes, J., Valkonen, J., Menin, M., Lima, A.P., Pröhl, H., 2019. Sole coloration as an unusual aposematic signal in a Neotropical toad. Scientific Reports, 9(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37705-1
6. Portik, D.M., Bell, R.C., Blackburn, D.C., Bauer, A.M., Barratt, C.D., Branch, W.R., Burger, M., Channing, A., Colston, T.J., […] Rößler, D.C., Sinsch, U., Rödel, M.O., Veith, M., Vindum, A.G., Zassi-Boulou, J., McGuire, J.A., 2019. Sexual dichromatism drives diversification within a major radiation of African amphibians. Systematic Biology, sys023.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz023
2018
5. Rößler. D.C., Pröhl, H, Lötters, S., 2018. The future of clay model studies. BMC Zoology, 3(1).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-018-0033-6
4. Mebs, D., Lorentz, M., Yotsu-Yamashita, M., Rößler, D.C., Ernst, R., Lötters, S., 2018. Geographic range expansion of tetrodotoxin in amphibians – First record in Atelopus hoogmoedi from the Guiana Shield. Toxicon, 150.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.05.011
2017
3. Rößler, D.C., 2017. Atelopus spumarius (Pebas Stubfoot Toad). Behavior. Herpetological Review, 48(3).
2016
2. Lorentz, M.N., Stokes, A.N., Rößler, D.C., Lötters, S., 2016. Tetrodotoxin. Current Biology, 26(19).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.067
2013
1. Schulte, L.M. & Rößler, D.C., 2013. Do poison frogs recognize chemical cues of the other sex or do they react to cues of stressed conspecifics? Behavioural Processes, 100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.016