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Jonas O. Wolff

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h-index: 24
Works: 79
Citations: 1,604

Most-cited papers

Spider's super-glue: thread anchors are composite adhesives with synergistic hierarchical organization.
Jonas O. Wolff, Ingo Grawe, M. Wirth, André Karstedt +1 more
2015Soft Matter82 citations Open access
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Surface roughness effects on attachment ability of the spider Philodromus dispar (Araneae, Philodromidae)
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2012Journal of Experimental Biology82 citations
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The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits
S. Pekár, Jonas O. Wolff, Ľ. Černecká, K. Birkhofer +41 more
2021Database J. Biol. Databases Curation73 citations Open access
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A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space
A. Jeliazkov, D. Mijatovic, Stéphane Chantepie, N. Andrew +76 more
2020Scientific Data64 citations Open access
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Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2016Biologically-Inspired Systems63 citations
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The Great Silk Alternative: Multiple Co-Evolution of Web Loss and Sticky Hairs in Spiders
Jonas O. Wolff, W. Nentwig, S. Gorb
2013PLoS ONE63 citations Open access
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AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size
M. Herberstein, D. McLean, Elizabeth Lowe, Jonas O. Wolff +15 more
2022Scientific Data60 citations Open access
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The influence of humidity on the attachment ability of the spider Philodromus dispar (Araneae, Philodromidae)
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences54 citations Open access
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Radial arrangement of Janus-like setae permits friction control in spiders
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2013Scientific Reports50 citations Open access
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The whole is more than the sum of all its parts: collective effect of spider attachment organs
Ellen Wohlfart, Jonas O. Wolff, E. Arzt, S. Gorb
2014Journal of Experimental Biology47 citations Open access
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The evolution of pedipalps and glandular hairs as predatory devices in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)
Jonas O. Wolff, A. Schönhofer, J. Martens, H. Wijnhoven +2 more
201645 citations
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Clarity of objectives and working principles enhances the success of biomimetic programs
Jonas O. Wolff, David Wells, C. Reid, S. Blamires
2017Bioinspiration & Biomimetics44 citations Open access
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Hunting Without a Web: How Lycosoid Spiders Subdue their Prey
Benjamin Eggs, Jonas O. Wolff, L. Kuhn-Nentwig, S. Gorb +1 more
201543 citations
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Composition and substrate-dependent strength of the silken attachment discs in spiders
Ingo Grawe, Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2014Journal of the Royal Society Interface43 citations Open access
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Comparative morphology of pretarsal scopulae in eleven spider families.
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2012Arthropod structure & development37 citations
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Stabilized morphological evolution of spiders despite mosaic changes in foraging ecology.
Jonas O. Wolff, K. Wierucka, G. Paterno, J. Coddington +4 more
2022Systematic Biology36 citations Open access
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Hunting with sticky tape: functional shift in silk glands of araneophagous ground spiders (Gnaphosidae)
Jonas O. Wolff, M. Řezáč, T. Krejčí, S. Gorb
2017Journal of Experimental Biology35 citations
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Three-dimensional printing spiders: back-and-forth glue application yields silk anchorages with high pull-off resistance under varying loading situations
Jonas O. Wolff, M. Herberstein
2017Journal of the Royal Society Interface33 citations Open access
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Evolution of aerial spider webs coincided with repeated structural optimization of silk anchorages
Jonas O. Wolff, G. Paterno, Daniele Liprandi, M. Ramírez +8 more
2019Evolution; international journal of organic evolution29 citations Open access
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Influence of ambient humidity on the attachment ability of ladybird beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)
L. Heepe, Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2016Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology29 citations Open access
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Strong and Tough Silk for Resilient Attachment Discs: The Mechanical Properties of Piriform Silk in the Spider Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877)
G. Greco, Jonas O. Wolff, Nicola Maria Pugno
2020Frontiers in Materials27 citations Open access
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Whip spiders (Amblypygi) become water-repellent by a colloidal secretion that self-assembles into hierarchical microstructures
Jonas O. Wolff, T. Schwaha, M. Seiter, S. Gorb
2016Zoological Letters27 citations Open access
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Gluing the ‘unwettable’: soil-dwelling harvestmen use viscoelastic fluids for capturing springtails
Jonas O. Wolff, A. Schönhofer, Clemens F Schaber, S. Gorb
2014Journal of Experimental Biology27 citations Open access
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The evolution and function of spider feet (Araneae: Arachnida): multiple acquisitions of distal articulations
Facundo M. Labarque, Jonas O. Wolff, P. Michalik, C. Griswold +1 more
201726 citations
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How to stay on mummy's back: Morphological and functional changes of the pretarsus in arachnid postembryonic stages.
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Huber, S. Gorb
2015Arthropod structure & development24 citations
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Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database
E. Lowe, Jonas O. Wolff, Alfonso Aceves-Aparicio, K. Birkhofer +23 more
2020The journal of arachnology23 citations Open access
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Adhesive foot pads: an adaptation to climbing? An ecological survey in hunting spiders.
Jonas O. Wolff, S. Gorb
2015Zoology23 citations
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Functional anatomy of the pretarsus in whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi).
Jonas O. Wolff, M. Seiter, S. Gorb
2015Arthropod structure & development22 citations
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Sexual dimorphism in the attachment ability of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata on soft substrates
L. Heepe, Dennis S. Petersen, Lisa Tölle, Jonas O. Wolff +1 more
2016Applied Physics A20 citations
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Zooplankters’ nightmare: The fast and efficient catching basket of larval phantom midges (Diptera: Chaoborus)
S. Kruppert, L. Deussen, L. Weiss, Martin Horstmann +4 more
2019PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Ultrastructure of spider thread anchorages
M. Wirth, Jonas O. Wolff, E. Appel, S. Gorb
2019Journal of morphology19 citations
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The water-repellent cerotegument of whip-spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi).
Jonas O. Wolff, M. Seiter, S. Gorb
2017Arthropod structure & development19 citations
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Distinct spinning patterns gain differentiated loading tolerance of silk thread anchorages in spiders with different ecology
Jonas O. Wolff, A. van der Meijden, M. Herberstein
2017Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences16 citations Open access
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Adhesion and friction in hunting spiders: The effect of contact splitting on their attachment ability
Kim F. Frost, S. Gorb, Jonas O. Wolff
201815 citations
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Numerical simulation of colloidal self-assembly of super-hydrophobic arachnid cerotegument structures.
A. Filippov, Jonas O. Wolff, M. Seiter, S. Gorb
2017Journal of Theoretical Biology15 citations
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Facilitating taxonomy and phylogenetics: An informative and cost-effective protocol integrating long amplicon PCRs and third generation sequencing
D. Gajski, Jonas O. Wolff, A. Melcher, Sven Weber +3 more
2023bioRxiv14 citations Open access
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A new species of the South East Asian genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) and synonymization of Sarax mediterraneus Delle Cave, 1986.
M. Seiter, Jonas O. Wolff, C. Hörweg
2015Zootaxa14 citations Open access
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Nutritionally induced nanoscale variations in spider silk structural and mechanical properties.
S. Blamires, M. Nobbs, Jonas O. Wolff, C. Heu
2021Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials12 citations
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Structural effects of glue application in spiders-what can we learn from silk anchors?
Jonas O. Wolff
201712 citations
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Strength of silk attachment to Ilex chinensis leaves in the tea bagworm Eumeta minuscula (Lepidoptera, Psychidae)
Jonas O. Wolff, J. Lovtsova, E. Gorb, Zhen-Dong Dai +4 more
2017Journal of the Royal Society Interface12 citations Open access
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Description of Sarax buxtoni (Gravely 1915) (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) and a new case of parthenogenesis in Amblypygi from Singapore
M. Seiter, Jonas O. Wolff
201412 citations Open access
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Building behavior does not drive rates of phenotypic evolution in spiders
Jonas O. Wolff, K. Wierucka, G. Uhl, M. Herberstein
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America11 citations Open access
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Evolution of silk anchor structure as the joint effect of spinning behavior and spinneret morphology.
Jonas O. Wolff, P. Michalik, A. Ravelo, M. Herberstein +1 more
2021Integrative and Comparative Biology10 citations Open access
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Evolution of hyperflexible joints in sticky prey capture appendages of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)
Jonas O. Wolff, J. Martens, A. Schönhofer, S. Gorb
2016Organisms Diversity & Evolution10 citations
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How to Pass the Gap – Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Spider Bridging Threads
Jonas O. Wolff, J. Schneider, S. Gorb
201410 citations
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Locomotion and kinematics of arachnids
Jonas O. Wolff
2021Journal of Comparative Physiology9 citations Open access
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Limits of piriform silk adhesion—similar effects of substrate surface polarity on silk anchor performance in two spider species with disparate microhabitat use
Jonas O. Wolff, Douglas B. Little, M. Herberstein
2020SCIENCE NATURE9 citations
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Evolutionary kinematics of spinneret movements for rapid silk thread anchorage in spiders
Jonas O. Wolff
2020Journal of Comparative Physiology9 citations
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Stygophrynus orientalis sp. nov. (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Indonesia with the description of a remarkable spermatophore.
M. Seiter, Jonas O. Wolff
2017Zootaxa8 citations Open access
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Adhesive pad differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster depends on the Polycomb group gene Su(z)2
Mirko Hüsken, Kim Hufnagel, Katharina Mende, E. Appel +7 more
2015Journal of Experimental Biology8 citations
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