Johanna Mappes

This study tests the flash coloration hypothesis using wild blue tits and digital prey models, finding no survival benefit from conspicuous hindwings during flight.

This study shows that hue and saturation contrasts, not luminance contrast, best predict human target detection in a natural search task with colored targets in a forest-like setting.

The paper investigates the genetic basis of warning color variation in wood tiger moths, finding independent loci for male, female, and larval coloration with limited trait associations.

The paper models how protandry affects polymorphism maintenance in a moth by considering the timing of mortality and reproduction, showing its impact on heterozygote advantage.

The paper tests how resource allocation affects the honesty of warning signals in moths, finding that diet influences the correlation between signal strength and defense.

This study tests if biologically inspired warning patterns on wind turbine blades deter birds, finding that aposematic patterns significantly reduce approach behavior in great tits.

The paper examines mate choice and male strategies in wood tiger moths, finding WW males have higher mating success but Wy females have higher reproductive success.

The paper investigates the relationship between female pheromone signaling, male antennal morphology, and reproductive success in a polymorphic moth, finding no correlation between morph-related attractiveness and reproductive success.

This study shows that transparency in butterfly wings reduces detectability by predators, enhancing crypsis, though humans can learn to detect transparent species more effectively over time.