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Johannes Spaethe

University of WürzburgORCID 0000-0002-0734-2869Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Alexander DietziD· 1 shared Alexander KelleriD· 1 shared Anna StöckliD· 1 shared Casper J. van der KooiiD· 1 shared Fabian A. RuedenaueriD· 1 shared James Jonathan FosteriD· 1 shared Johann NeumayeriD· 1 shared Jonathan HeinzeiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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No need for fat: Nutritional preferences affect pollen foraging networks in alpine pollinator communities

Marielle Charlotte Schleifer, Johann Neumayer, Fabian A. Ruedenauer, Laura Castiglioni, Alexander Keller, Johannes Spaethe, Sara Diana Leonhardt

This study examines how nutritional preferences influence pollen foraging networks in alpine pollinator communities, finding that both bumblebees and hoverflies prefer pollen with low fatty and amino acid content.

bioRxiv · May 26, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Bees flexibly adjust decision strategies to information content in a foraging task

Johannes Spaethe, Selma Hutzenthaler, Alexander Dietz, Karl Gehrig, James Jonathan Foster, Anna Stöckl

This study shows bumblebees adjust their decision strategies based on cue discriminability, switching between integration and blocking to balance accuracy and time.

Science Advances · Feb 25, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Differential effectiveness of bee and beetle pollinators creates flower colour polymorphism

Jonathan Heinze, Casper J. van der Kooi, Johannes Spaethe

The paper examines how bee and beetle pollinators affect flower color polymorphism in Anemone pavonina, finding beetles are more effective pollinators than bees.

bioRxiv · Jan 13, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition