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M. Kuntner

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h-index: 40
Works: 237
Citations: 5,827

Most-cited papers

Sexual Size Dimorphism: Evolution and Perils of Extreme Phenotypes in Spiders.
M. Kuntner, J. Coddington
2020Annual Review of Entomology81 citations Open access
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The transcriptome of Darwin’s bark spider silk glands predicts proteins contributing to dragline silk toughness
J. Garb, R. Haney, Evelyn E. Schwager, M. Gregorič +3 more
2019Communications Biology62 citations Open access
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Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life
M. Gregorič, Denis Kutnjak, Katarina Bačnik, C. Gostinčar +3 more
2022Molecular Ecology Resources47 citations Open access
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Improving Taxonomic Practices and Enhancing Its Extensibility—An Example from Araneology
J. Bond, Rebecca L Godwin, Jordan D. Colby, Lacie G. Newton +4 more
2021Diversity35 citations Open access
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Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis.
Yan-Feng Tong, G. Binford, C. Rheims, M. Kuntner +2 more
2019Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution28 citations Open access
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Correlation between protein secondary structure and mechanical performance for the ultra-tough dragline silk of Darwin's bark spider
K. Z. Htut, Angela M. Alicea-Serrano, Saranshu Singla, I. Agnarsson +7 more
2021Journal of the Royal Society Interface26 citations Open access
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Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders
Klemen Čandek, I. Agnarsson, G. Binford, M. Kuntner
2019Scientific Reports25 citations Open access
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Formation of rivers and mountains drives diversification of primitively segmented spiders in continental East Asia
Xin Xu, M. Kuntner, Feng-Xiang Liu, Jian Chen +1 more
2018Journal of Biogeography25 citations
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Biogeographical history of golden orbweavers: Chronology of a global conquest
Eva Turk, Klemen Čandek, S. Kralj-Fišer, M. Kuntner
2020Journal of Biogeography24 citations Open access
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Increasing Information Content and Diagnosability in Family-Level Classifications
M. Kuntner, Klemen Čandek, M. Gregorič, Eva Turk +7 more
2023Systematic Biology22 citations Open access
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Global Diversification of Anelosimus Spiders Driven by Long Distance Overwater Dispersal and Neogene Climate Oscillations.
Yu-Fa Luo, Seok Ping Goh, Dai-Qin Li, M. O. Gonzaga +9 more
2020Systematic Biology21 citations Open access
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Phylogenomic Analysis of Ultraconserved Elements Resolves the Evolutionary and Biogeographic History of Segmented Trapdoor Spiders.
Xin Xu, Yong-Chao Su, S. Ho, M. Kuntner +9 more
2020Systematic Biology21 citations Open access
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The seven grand challenges in arachnid science
M. Kuntner
2022Frontiers in Arachnid Science17 citations Open access
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Cross-sex genetic correlation does not extend to sexual size dimorphism in spiders
Eva Turk, M. Kuntner, S. Kralj-Fišer
2018SCIENCE NATURE15 citations
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Characterization of the genome and silk-gland transcriptomes of Darwin’s bark spider (Caerostris darwini)
P. Babb, M. Gregorič, N. Lahens, David N. Nicholson +5 more
2022PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Comparative morphology refines the conventional model of spider reproduction
Yongjia Zhan, Heng Jiang, Q. Wu, Huitao Zhang +3 more
2019PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Male mating strategies to counter sexual conflict in spiders
Shi-Chang Zhang, Long Yu, Min Tan, Noeleen Y L Tan +3 more
2022Communications Biology13 citations Open access
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The effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in a sexually dimorphic spider
S. Quiñones-Lebrón, M. Kuntner, S. Kralj-Fišer
202111 citations
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Phylogeography of the ‘cosmopolitan’ orb-weaver Argiope trifasciata (Araneae: Araneidae)
Christopher Abel, J. Schneider, M. Kuntner, D. Harms
2020Biological Journal of the Linnean Society11 citations Open access
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Biogeography of Long-Jawed Spiders Reveals Multiple Colonization of the Caribbean
Klemen Čandek, I. Agnarsson, G. Binford, M. Kuntner
2021Diversity10 citations Open access
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Male spiders avoid sexual cannibalism with a catapult mechanism.
Shi-Chang Zhang, Yang-Jie Liu, Yubing Ma, Hao Wang +3 more
2022Current Biology9 citations Open access
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Molecular species delimitation in the primitively segmented spider genus Heptathela endemic to Japanese islands.
Xin Xu, M. Kuntner, J. Bond, H. Ono +4 more
2020Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution9 citations Open access
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Small size does not confer male agility advantages in a sexually-size dimorphic spider
S. Quiñones-Lebrón, M. Gregorič, M. Kuntner, S. Kralj-Fišer
2019PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands
Xin Xu, H. Ono, M. Kuntner, Feng-Xiang Liu +1 more
2019ZooKeys9 citations Open access
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Description of a new genus and species as the first gastropod species from caves in Iran
Yaser Fatemi, M. Malek-Hosseini, A. Falniowski, S. Hofman +2 more
20198 citations Open access
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Exploring resource patch occupancy: patch size, but not connectivity, explains the abundance of spider kleptoparasites in golden orb webs
M. Gregorič, S. Quiñones-Lebrón, M. Kuntner, I. Agnarsson
2024Journal of Zoology7 citations Open access
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Discovering unknown Madagascar biodiversity: integrative taxonomy of raft spiders (Pisauridae: Dolomedes)
Kuang-Ping Yu, M. Kuntner
2024PeerJ7 citations Open access
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Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research
Kuang-Ping Yu, Zita Roithmair, Jillian Kurovski, Simon J. Connolly +6 more
2024Frontiers in Arachnid Science7 citations Open access
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Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)
Kuang-Ping Yu, Ren-Chung Cheng, Charles R. Haddad, A. Tanikawa +10 more
2025Zoologica Scripta6 citations Open access
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The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters
M. Malek-Hosseini, J. Flot, Yaser Fatemi, Hamid Babolimoakher +4 more
2023Subterranean Biology6 citations Open access
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A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: Herennia)
Eva Turk, J. Bond, Ren-Chung Cheng, Klemen Čandek +4 more
2021Diversity6 citations Open access
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First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae)
M. Malek-Hosseini, J. Muilwijk, M. Gregorič, M. Kuntner +1 more
2021Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research6 citations
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The genetic architecture of behavioral traits in a spider
S. Kralj-Fišer, J. Schneider, M. Kuntner, K. Laskowski +1 more
2021Ecology and Evolution6 citations Open access
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Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider
J. Šet, Eva Turk, Rok Golobinek, Tjaša Lokovšek +6 more
2021SCIENCE NATURE6 citations
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Machine learning approaches identify male body size as the most accurate predictor of species richness
Klemen Čandek, Urška Pristovšek Čandek, M. Kuntner
2020BMC Biology6 citations Open access
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A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran
M. Malek-Hosseini, J. Jugovic, Yaser Fatemi, M. Kuntner +3 more
20225 citations
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The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae)
V. Framenau, M. Kuntner
2022Evolutionary Systematics5 citations Open access
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A multi-tier species delimitation approach resolves conflicts in delineating the primitively segmented spider genus Heptathela endemic to Japanese islands
Xin Xu, M. Kuntner, J. Bond, H. Ono +4 more
2019bioRxiv5 citations Open access
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A new cave-dwelling hadzioid amphipod (Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from sulfidic groundwaters in Iran
M. Malek-Hosseini, T. Brad, Yaser Fatemi, M. Kuntner +1 more
2023Contributions to Zoology4 citations Open access
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A New Locality for the Blind Loach, Eidinemacheilus smithi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in Iranian Zagros: A Morpho-Molecular Approach
M. Malek-Hosseini, Yaser Fatemi, H. Esmaeili, Tjaša Lokovšek +1 more
2022Diversity4 citations Open access
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Towards better-informed dispersal probabilities in historical biogeography: Arachnids as a model lineage
M. Kuntner, Eva Turk
2022Frontiers in Arachnid Science4 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic evidence for an independent origin of extreme sexual size dimorphism in a genus of araneid spiders (Araneae: Araneidae)
Kuang-Ping Yu, M. Kuntner, Ren-Chung Cheng
2022Invertebrate systematics4 citations
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Spider webs as eDNA tool for biodiversity assessment of life’s domains
M. Gregorič, Denis Kutnjak, Katarina Bačnik, C. Gostinčar +3 more
2020bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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A second species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Isopoda, Stenasellidae) from sulfidic groundwater of Iran described using morphological and molecular methods
J. Jugovic, M. Malek-Hosseini, Colin Issartel, Lara Konecny‐Dupré +5 more
2024European Journal of Taxonomy3 citations Open access
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Spiders manipulate and exploit bioluminescent signals of fireflies.
Xin-Hua Fu, Long Yu, Wei Zhou, Chaoliang Lei +5 more
2024Current Biology3 citations Open access
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Phylogenomics, Classification, and Lifestyle Evolution in Raft- and Nursery Web- Spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)
Kuang-Ping Yu, Ren-Chung Cheng, Charles R. Haddad, A. Tanikawa +11 more
2024bioRxiv3 citations Open access
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Exploring diversification drivers in golden orbweavers
Eva Turk, S. Kralj-Fišer, M. Kuntner
2021Scientific Reports3 citations Open access
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Global biogeography of Tetragnatha spiders reveals multiple colonization of the Caribbean
Klemen Čandek, I. Agnarsson, G. Binford, M. Kuntner
2018bioRxiv3 citations Open access
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Nephila spider male aggregation: preference for optimal female size and web clustering
M. Kuntner, Maj Kuntner, Eva Kuntner, Irena Kuntner +3 more
2024Integrative Zoology2 citations Open access
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Sex‐specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism
S. Kralj-Fišer, M. Kuntner, P. Debes
2023Journal of Evolutionary Biology2 citations Open access
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