Zoologie

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Joachim Ruther
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
• Term: from 2006 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 19616408

• Final Report Year: 2010

Final Report Abstract

No abstract available

Publications

• Characterization of a female courtship pheromone in the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 32. 2006, Issue 8, pp 1687-1702.
  Steiner S., Herrmann N., Ruther J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9102-3)
• A male sex pheromone in a parasitic wasp and control of the behavioral response by the female’s mating status. Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 210. 2007, pp. 2163-2169.
  Ruther J., Stahl L.M., Steiner S., Garbe L.A. Tolasch, T.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02789)
• A male sex pheromone in a scorpionfly. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 33. 2007, Issue 6, pp 1249-1256.
  Kock D., Ruther J. Sauer K.P.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9304-3)
• Courtship pheromones in parasitic wasps: comparison of bioactive and inactive hydrocarbon profiles by multivariate statistical methods. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 33. 2007, Issue 4, pp 825-838.
  Steiner S., Mumm, R., Ruther, J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9265-6)
• Host habitat assessment by a parasitoid using fungal volatiles. Frontiers in Zoology, Vol. 4. 2007: 3.
  Steiner S., Erdmann D., Steidle J.L.M., Ruther, J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-3)
• Host-associated kairomones used for Habitat orientation in the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, Vol. 43. 2007, Issue 4, pp. 587–593.
  Steiner S., Steidle J.L.M., Ruther, J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.03.009)
• 4-Methylquinazoline is a minor component of the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 99-102. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 34. 2008, Issue 1, pp. 99-102.
  Ruther J., Steiner S., Garbe L.A.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9411-1)
• An epoxide hydrolase involved in the biosynthesis of an insect sex attractant and its use to localize the production site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol. 105. 2008, no. 26, pp. 8914–8919.
  Abdel-latief M, Garbe L-A, Koch M & Ruther J
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0801559105)
• Costs of female odor in males of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Naturwissenschaften, Vol. 95. 2008, Issue 6, pp 547-552.
  Ruther J., Steiner S.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0357-0)
• Mating with sperm-depleted males does not increase female mating frequency in the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Vol. 126. 2008, Issue 2, pp. 131–137.
  Steiner S., Henrich N., Ruther J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00641.x)
• How important is sex for females of haplodiploid species under local mate competition? Behavioral Ecology 20: 570-574 Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 20. 2009, Issue 3, pp. 570-574.
  Steiner S., Ruther J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp033)
• Mechanism and behavioral context of male sex Pheromone release in Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 35. 2009, Issue 4, pp. 416-421.
  Steiner S., Ruther J.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9624-6)
• Olfactory host finding, intermediate memory and its potential ecological adaptation in Nasonia vitripennis. Naturwissenschaften, Vol. 96. 2009, Issue 3, pp. 383-391.
  Schurmann D., Collatz J., Hagenbucher S., Ruther J., Steidle, J.M.L.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0490-9)
• Quantity matters: male sex pheromone signals mate quality in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. 102. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (DZG), 25.-28. September 2009, Regensburg, Abstracts, ISBN 978-3-00-028368-0.
  Ruther J., Matschke M., Garbe, L.-A., Steiner S.
  
• Quantity matters: male sex pheromone signals mate quality in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Vol. 276. 2009, Issue 1671, pp. 3303-3310.
  Ruther J., Matschke M., Garbe L.-A., Steiner S.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0738)