Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger: Publikationen

Peer reviewed

2023

Sahm, J., Conrad, T., Scheu, L., Steiger, S.: Brood size, food availability, and body size affects male care decisions and offspring performance. Ecology and Evolution, 13(6), e10183 (2023).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007603

Körner, M., Steiger, S., Shukla, S.: Microbial management as a driver of parental care and family aggregations in carrion feeding insects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (2023).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007555

2022

Prang, M., Zywucki, L., Körner, M., Steiger, S.: Differences in sibling cooperation in presence and absence of parental care in a genus with interspecific variation in offspring dependence. Evolution, 76(2), 320-331 (2022).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006101

Sahm, J., Prang, M., Steiger, S.: Parent–offspring conflict and its outcome under uni-and biparental care. Scientific Reports, 12, 1999 (2022).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006632

2020

Keppner, E., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: Contribution of males to brood care can compensate for their food consumption from a shared resource. Ecology and Evolution, 10(7), 3535-3543 (2020).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005641

Chemnitz, J., von Hoermann, C., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Efficacy of Chemical Communication in the Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Journal of Insect Science, 20(4), 3 (2020).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005537

2019

Takata, M., Mitaka, Y., Steiger, S., Mori, N.: A Parental Volatile Pheromone Triggers Offspring Begging in a Burying Beetle. iScience, 19, 1260-1278 (2019).
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.041

Engel, K., Hwang, W., Steiger, S.: A pheromone that coordinates parental care is evolutionary conserved among burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus). Chemoecology, 29, 1-9 (2019).
doi:10.1007/s00049-018-0271-7

2018

von Hoermann, C., Jauch, D., Kubotsch, C., Reichel-Jung, K., Steiger, S., Ayasse, M.: Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study. PLoS One, 13(5), No. e0196839 (2018).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196839

Shukla, S., Plata, C., Reichelt, M., Steiger, S., Heckel, D., Kaltenpoth, M., Vilcinskas, A., Vogel, H.: Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(44), 11274-11279 (2018).
doi:10.1073/pnas.1812808115

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Prang, M., Trumbo, S., Vogel, H., Eggert, A., Sakaluk, S., Steiger, S.: Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles. Frontiers in Zoology, 15, 33 (2018).
doi:10.1186/s12983-018-0278-5

Steiger, S., Stökl, J.: Pheromones Regulating Reproduction in Subsocial Beetles : Insights with References to Eusocial Insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44(9), 785-795 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s10886-018-0982-9

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Eggert, A., Vogel, H., Sakaluk, S., Steiger, S.: Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency. Behavioral Ecology, 29(1), 42-50 (2018).
doi:10.1093/beheco/arx117

Chemnitz, J., Fujan, I., Winkelmann, C., Steiger, S.: Why are males more attractive after brood care? : Proximate causes of enhanced sex pheromone emission in a burying beetle. Physiological Entomology, 43(2), 120-128 (2018).
doi:10.1111/phen.12236

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Ruiz de la Torre, E., Eggert, A., Sakaluk, S., Steiger, S.: Divergent coevolutionary trajectories in parent–offspring interactions and discrimination against brood parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering. Royal Society Open Science, 5(6), No. 180189 (2018).
doi:10.1098/rsos.180189

Meunier, J., Steiger, S.: Editorial overview : Beyond eusocial insects : studying the other social insects to better understand social evolution. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 28, S. vi-viii (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.cois.2018.07.002

2017

Luzar, A., Schweizer, R., Sakaluk, S., Steiger, S.: Access to a carcass, but not mating opportunities, influences paternal care in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, No. 7 (2017).
doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2232-x

Keppner, E., Prang, M., Engel, K., Ayasse, M., Stökl, J., Steiger, S.: Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons : chemically mediated mate recognition in the subsocial burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43(1), 84-93 (2017).
doi:10.1007/s10886-016-0806-8

Vogel, H., Shukla, S., Engl, T., Weiss, B., Fischer, R., Steiger, S., Heckel, D., Kaltenpoth, M., Vilcinskas, A.: The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota. Nature Communications, 8, No. 15186 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ncomms15186

Steiger, S.: The evolution of parental care in burying beetles and its implication for insect biotechnology. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 72(9/10), No. e14 (2017).
doi:10.1515/znc-2017-0139

Stökl, J., Steiger, S.: Evolutionary origin of insect pheromones. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 24, 36-42 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.cois.2017.09.004

Pascual, J., von Hoermann, C., Rottler-Hoermann, A., Nevo, O., Geppert, A., Sikorski, J., Huber, K., Steiger, S., Ayasse, M., Overmann, J.: Function of bacterial community dynamics in the formation of cadaveric semiochemicals during in situ carcass decomposition. Environmental Microbiology, 19(8), 3310-3322 (2017).
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13828

Steiger, S., Stökl, J.: Pheromones involved in insect parental care and family life. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 24, 89-95 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.cois.2017.09.006

Chemnitz, J., Bagrii, N., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: Staying with the young enhances the fathers' attractiveness in burying beetles. Evolution, 71(4), 985-994 (2017).
doi:10.1111/evo.13194

Chemnitz, J., Bagrii, N., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: Variation in sex pheromone emission does not reflect immunocompetence but affects attractiveness of male burying beetles : a combination of laboratory and field experiments. The Science of Nature, 104, 53 (2017).
doi:10.1007/s00114-017-1473-5

2016

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Keppner, E., Vogel, H., Ayasse, M., Eggert, A., Sakaluk, S., Steiger, S.: From facultative to obligatory parental care : Interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles. Scientific Reports, 6, No. 29323 (2016).
doi:10.1038/srep29323

Engel, K., Stökl, J., Schweizer, R., Vogel, H., Ayasse, M., Ruther, J., Steiger, S.: A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care. Nature Communications, 7, No. 11035 (2016).
doi:10.1038/ncomms11035

Jacobs, C., Steiger, S., Heckel, D., Wielsch, N., Vilcinskas, A., Vogel, H.: Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle. Scientific Reports, 6, No. 25409 (2016).
doi:10.1038/srep25409

2015

Engel, K., Männer, L., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: Acceptance threshold theory can explain occurrence of homosexual behaviour. Biology Letters, 11(1), 20140603 (2015).
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0603

Chemnitz, J., Jentschke, P., Ayasse, M., Steiger, S.: Beyond species recognition : somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1812), No. 20150832 (2015).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0832

Steiger, S., Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Gershman, S., Weddle, C., Rapkin, J., Sakaluk, S., Hunt, J.: Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(12), 2175-2186 (2015).
doi:10.1111/jeb.12740

Sperling, S., Kühbandner, S., Engel, K., Steiger, S., Stökl, J., Ruther, J.: Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography : Re-Discovery of a Rapid and Versatile Method for Clean-Up and Fractionation in Chemical Ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(6), 574-583 (2015).
doi:10.1007/s10886-015-0584-8

2014

Haberer, W., Steiger, S., Müller, J.: Dynamic changes in volatile emissions of breeding burying beetles. Physiological Entomology, 39(2), 153-164 (2014).
doi:10.1111/phen.12059

Steiger, S., Stökl, J.: The role of sexual selection in the evolution of chemical signals in insects. Insects, 5(2), 423-438 (2014).
doi:10.3390/insects5020423

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Rapkin, J., Sakaluk, S., Hunt, J., Steiger, S.: Self-recognition in crickets via on-line processing. Current Biology, 24(23), R1117-R1118 (2014).
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.050

Kaltenpoth, M., Steiger, S.: Unearthing carrion beetles' microbiome : characterization of bacterial and fungal hindgut communities across the Silphidae. Molecular Ecology, 23(6), 1251-1267 (2014).
doi:10.1111/mec.12469

Engel, K., Hoermann, C., Eggert, A., Müller, J., Steiger, S.: When males stop having sex : adaptive insect mating tactics during parental care. Animal Behaviour, 90, 245-253 (2014).
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.006

2013

Steiger, S.: Bigger mothers are better mothers : Disentangling size-related prenatal and postnatal maternal effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1766), No. 20131225 (2013).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1225

Weddle, C., Steiger, S., Hamaker, C., Ower, G., Mitchell, C., Sakaluk, S., Hunt, J.: Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets : a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects. Ecology Letters, 16(3), 346-353 (2013).
doi:10.1111/ele.12046

Ower, G., Judge, K., Steiger, S., Caron, K., Smith, R., Hunt, J., Sakaluk, S.: Multivariate sexual selection on male song structure in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Ecology and Evolution, 3(10), 3590-3603 (2013).
doi:10.1002/ece3.736

Steiger, S., Ower, G., Stökl, J., Mitchell, C., Hunt, J., Sakaluk, S.: Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1773), No. 20132353 (2013).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2353

Hoermann, C., Steiger, S., Müller, J., Ayasse, M.: Too Fresh Is Unattractive! : The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition. PLoS One, 8(3), No. e58524 (2013).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058524

2012

Steiger, S., Gershman, S., Pettinger, A., Eggert, A., Sakaluk, S.: Dominance status and sex influence nutritional state and immunity in burying beetles Nicrophorus orbicollis. Behavioral Ecology, 23(5), 1126-1132 (2012).
doi:10.1093/beheco/ars082

Steiger, S., Meier, T., Müller, J.: Fitness costs associated with chemical signaling. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 5(1), 57-60 (2012).
doi:10.4161/cib.17988

Steiger, S.: New Synthesis - Visual and Chemical Ornaments : What Researchers of Different Signal Modalities Can Learn from Each Other. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(1), 1 (2012).
doi:10.1007/s10886-012-0058-1

2011

Pettinger, A., Steiger, S., Müller, J., Sakaluk, S., Eggert, A.: Dominance status and carcass availability affect the outcome of sperm competition in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology, 22(5), 1079-1087 (2011).
doi:10.1093/beheco/arr093

Steiger, S., Schmitt, T., Schaefer, H.: The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1708), 970-979 (2011).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2285

Steiger, S., Gershman, S., Pettinger, A., Eggert, A., Sakaluk, S.: Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis. Functional Ecology, 25(6), 1368-1378 (2011).
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01895.x

Steiger, S., Haberer, W., Müller, J.: Social environment determines degree of chemical signalling. Biology Letters, 7(6), 822-824 (2011).
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0457

2010

Haberer, W., Steiger, S., Müller, J.: (E)-Methylgeranate, a chemical signal of juvenile hormone titre and its role in the partner recognition system of burying beetles. Animal Behaviour, 79(1), 17-24 (2010).
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.019

Steiger, S., Müller, J.: From class-specific to individual discrimination : acceptance threshold changes with risk in the partner recognition system of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Animal Behaviour, 80(4), 607-613 (2010).
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.018

2009

Steiger, S., Whitlow, S., Peschke, K., Müller, J.: Surface Chemicals Inform about Sex and Breeding Status in the Biparental Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Ethology, 115(2), 178-185 (2009).
doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01600.x

2008

Smiseth, P., Hwang, W., Steiger, S., Müller, J.: Adaptive consequences and heritable basis of asynchronous hatching in Nicrophorus vespilloides. Oikos, 117(6), 899-907 (2008).
doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16473.x

Steiger, S., Franz, R., Eggert, A., Müller, J.: The Coolidge effect, individual recognition and selection for distinctive cuticular signatures in a burying beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1645), 1831-1838 (2008).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0375

Steiger, S., Peschke, K., Müller, J.: Correlated changes in breeding status and polyunsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons : the chemical basis of nestmate recognition in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(7), 1053-1060 (2008).
doi:10.1007/s00265-007-0532-x

Steiger, S., Müller, J.: "True" and "untrue" individual recognition : suggestion of a less restrictive definition. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 23(7), 355 (2008).
doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.01.014

2007

Steiger, S., Richter, K., Müller, J., Eggert, A.: Maternal nutritional condition and genetic differentiation affect brood size and offspring body size in Nicrophorus. Zoology, 110(5), 360-368 (2007).
doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.06.001

Steiger, S., Peschke, K., Francke, W., Müller, J.: The smell of parents : breeding status influences cuticular hydrocarbon pattern in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274(1622), 2211-2220 (2007).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0656

Books and Book sections

2015

Steiger, S.: Recognition and Family Life : Recognition Mechanisms in the Biparental Burying Beetle. In: Laura Aquiloni, Elena Tricarico (eds.): Social Recognition in Invertebrates. - Cham : Springer, 2015. - 249-266.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17599-7_12

Other publications

2018

Nehring, V., Steiger, S.: Sociality and communicative complexity : Insights from the other insect societies. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 28, 19-25 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.cois.2018.04.002

2008

Steiger, S.: Recognition cues in the biparental burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides: Chemical analyses and behavioural investigations. - Bayreuth: 2008.
(Thesis, 2008, Universität Freiburg (Breisgau); Fakultät für Biologie)