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S. Kautz

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h-index: 24
Works: 47
Citations: 1,694

Most-cited papers

Highly similar microbial communities are shared among related and trophically similar ant species
K. E. Anderson, Jacob A. Russell, C. Moreau, S. Kautz +6 more
2012Molecular Ecology175 citations
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Trade‐offs between direct and indirect defences of lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, U. Lion, M. Heil
2008126 citations Open access
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Surveying the Microbiome of Ants: Comparing 454 Pyrosequencing with Traditional Methods To Uncover Bacterial Diversity
S. Kautz, B. E. Rubin, Jacob A. Russell, C. Moreau
2012Applied and Environmental Microbiology119 citations Open access
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Divergent investment strategies of Acacia myrmecophytes and the coexistence of mutualists and exploiters
M. Heil, M. González-Teuber, L. Clement, S. Kautz +2 more
2009Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America115 citations Open access
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Induced plant defense via volatile production is dependent on rhizobial symbiosis
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, M. Schädler
2012Oecologia103 citations
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Cyanogenesis of Wild Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) Is an Efficient Direct Defence in Nature
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, M. Heil, A. Hegeman
2009PLoS ONE87 citations Open access
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Genetic and environmental interactions determine plant defences against herbivores
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, M. Jensen, I. Schmitt +2 more
201186 citations
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Bacterial Infections across the Ants: Frequency and Prevalence of Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Asaia
S. Kautz, B. E. Rubin, C. Moreau
201365 citations Open access
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Comparing responses of generalist and specialist herbivores to various cyanogenic plant features
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, R. Lieberei
201065 citations
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Molecular data place Trypetheliaceae in Dothideomycetes.
R. del Prado, I. Schmitt, S. Kautz, Z. Palice +2 more
2006Mycological Research65 citations
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How to Prevent Cheating: A Digestive Specialization Ties Mutualistic Plant-Ants to Their Ant-Plant Partners
S. Kautz, H. Lumbsch, Philip S. Ward, M. Heil
2009Evolution; international journal of organic evolution62 citations
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Friend or Foe—Light Availability Determines the Relationship between Mycorrhizal Fungi, Rhizobia and Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.)
D. Ballhorn, M. Schädler, J. D. Elias, Jess A Millar +1 more
2016PLoS ONE58 citations Open access
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Diversity of non-reducing polyketide synthase genes in the Pertusariales (lichenized Ascomycota): a phylogenetic perspective.
I. Schmitt, M. P. Martín, S. Kautz, H. Lumbsch
2005Phytochemistry57 citations
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Quantitative variability of cyanogenesis in Cathariostachys madagascariensis—the main food plant of bamboo lemurs in Southeastern Madagascar
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, F. Rakotoarivelo
2009American Journal of Primatology45 citations
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An aboveground pathogen inhibits belowground rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Phaseolus vulgaris
D. Ballhorn, Brett S. Younginger, S. Kautz
2014BMC Plant Biology42 citations Open access
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6-MSAS-like polyketide synthase genes occur in lichenized ascomycetes.
I. Schmitt, S. Kautz, H. Lumbsch
2008Mycological Research39 citations
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Jasmonic Acid Enhances Plant Cyanogenesis and Resistance to Herbivory in Lima Bean
S. Kautz, Julie A. Trisel, D. Ballhorn
2014Journal of Chemical Ecology36 citations
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Distance and Sex Determine Host Plant Choice by Herbivorous Beetles
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, M. Heil
2013PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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Chemical defense lowers plant competitiveness
D. Ballhorn, Adrienne L. Godschalx, Savannah M. Smart, S. Kautz +1 more
2014Oecologia30 citations
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Analyzing plant defenses in nature
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, M. Heil, A. Hegeman
200929 citations Open access
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Dietary specialization in mutualistic acacia‐ants affects relative abundance but not identity of host‐associated bacteria
B. E. Rubin, S. Kautz, Brian D. Wray, C. Moreau
2018Molecular Ecology28 citations Open access
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Chemical communication and coevolution in an ant–plant mutualism
M. Heil, Domancar Orona-Tamayo, S. Eilmus, S. Kautz +1 more
2010Chemoecology28 citations
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Co-Variation of Chemical and Mechanical Defenses in Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.)
D. Ballhorn, Adrienne L. Godschalx, S. Kautz
2013Journal of Chemical Ecology25 citations
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How useful are olfactometer experiments in chemical ecology research?
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz
2013Communicative & Integrative Biology24 citations Open access
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Herbivore damage induces a transgenerational increase of cyanogenesis in wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, Jessie May Laumann
2016Chemoecology22 citations
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Polygynous supercolonies of the acacia‐ant Pseudomyrmex peperi, an inferior colony founder
S. Kautz, Steffen U. Pauls, D. Ballhorn, H. Lumbsch +1 more
2009Molecular Ecology20 citations
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Coevolution of Cyanogenic Bamboos and Bamboo Lemurs on Madagascar
D. Ballhorn, F. Rakotoarivelo, S. Kautz
2016PLoS ONE18 citations Open access
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Quantitative Effects of Leaf Area Removal on Indirect Defense of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) in Nature
D. Ballhorn, J. Kay, S. Kautz
2014Journal of Chemical Ecology18 citations
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Host Plant Use by Competing Acacia-Ants: Mutualists Monopolize While Parasites Share Hosts
S. Kautz, D. Ballhorn, J. Kroiss, S. Pauls +4 more
2012PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia Affect Multitrophic Interactions in the Field
Adrienne L. Godschalx, Aramee C. Diethelm, S. Kautz, D. Ballhorn
2023Journal of insect behavior10 citations
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Differences in foliar endophyte communities of red alder (Alnus rubra) exposed to varying air pollutant levels
E. Wolfe, S. Kautz, Sebastian Singleton, D. Ballhorn
2018Botany9 citations Open access
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Qualitative variability of lima bean’s VOC bouquets and its putative ecological consequences
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, U. Lion, M. Heil
2008Plant Signalling & Behavior7 citations Open access
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Ecological Importance of Cyanogenesis and Extrafloral Nectar in Invasive English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
S. Kautz, T. Williams, D. Ballhorn
2017Northwest science6 citations
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Quantitative effects of soil salinity on the symbiosis of wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) and Bradyrhizobium in Costa Rica
D. Ballhorn, E. Wolfe, Jess Tyler, W. Ronan +4 more
20184 citations
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Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)
V. Schmid, S. Kautz, A. Trindl, J. Heinze
2009Molecular Ecology Resources4 citations Open access
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Herbivore damage induces a transgenerational increase of cyanogenesis in wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
D. Ballhorn, S. Kautz, Jessie May Laumann
2015Chemoecology3 citations
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Creating Encyclopedia of Life's species pages for ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): What we have done and what remains to be done
S. Kautz, C. Moreau
20113 citations
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Rare or remarkable microfungi from Oaxaca (south Mexico)--Part II.
N. Ale-Agha, M. Jensen, M. Brassmann, S. Kautz +2 more
2008Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences3 citations
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An aboveground pathogen inhibits belowground rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Phaseolus vulgaris
D. Ballhorn, Brett S. Younginger, S. Kautz
2014BMC Plant Biology1 citations Open access
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Acacia-inhabiting Pseudomyrmex ants - Integrating physiological, behavioral, chemical and genetic data to understand the maintenance of ant-plant mutualisms
S. Kautz
20091 citations
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Frankia root nodules.
S. Kautz, D. Ballhorn
2026Current Biology0 citations
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Choosing online or in-person biology laboratories: student motivations, perceived costs, and comparable learning outcomes
S. Kautz, Elizabeth C. Hendrickson, Erica Hernandez, Amanda L. Grunwald +2 more
2026Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education0 citations Open access
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NBRおよびHNBRのエイジング‐材料‐化学およびキャラクタリゼーション
U. Giese, C. Schwarzendahl, S. Kautz
20170 citations
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Mutualistic acacia-ants show that specialized bacteria are not required for the evolution of herbivory
B. E. Rubin, S. Kautz, Brian D. Wray, C. Moreau
2017bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Get Online Week – Dortmund 2016
Bastian Pelka, Nele Feldmann, Maja Fiegenbaum, S. Kautz +7 more
20160 citations
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Jasmonic Acid Enhances Plant Cyanogenesis and Resistance to Herbivory in Lima Bean
S. Kautz, Julie A. Trisel, D. Ballhorn
2014Journal of Chemical Ecology0 citations
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Diversity Traditional Methods To Uncover Bacterial Comparing 454 Pyrosequencing with Surveying the Microbiome of Ants :
C. Moreau, S. Kautz, B. E. Rubin, Jacob A. Russell
20120 citations
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