Scientific publications

Contact

Dr. Pauline N. Fleischmann

Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences
Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation group
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11
26122 Oldenburg

W4-1-142

+49 441 798 3743

Scientific publications

15. Rössler, W., Grob, R., and Fleischmann, P. N. (2023). The role of learning-walk related multisensory experience in rewiring visual circuits in the desert ant brain. J. Comp. Physiol. A., 209, 605–623, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01600-y [Review, Open Access]

14. Grob, R., Holland Cunz, O., Grübel, K., Pfeiffer, K., Rössler, W.*, and Fleischmann, P. N.* (2022). Rotation of skylight polarization during learning walks is necessary to trigger neuronal plasticity in Cataglyphis ants. Proc. R. Soc. B., 289, 20212499, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2499. [Original Research Article, Open Access] *shared senior authorship

13. Fleischmann, P. N., Grob, R. and Rössler, W. (2022). Magnetosensation during re-learning walks in desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus). J. Comp. Physiol. A., 208, 125-133, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01511-4. [Original Research Article, Open Access]

12. Grob, R., Heinig, N., Grübel, K., Rössler, W.*, and Fleischmann, P. N.* (2021). Sex-specific and caste-specific brain adaptations related to spatial orientation in Cataglyphis ants. J. Comp. Neurol., 529:18, 3882-3892, https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25221. [Original Research Article, Open Access] *shared senior authorship

11. Grob, R., el Jundi, B., and Fleischmann, P. N. (2021). Towards a common terminology for arthropod spatial orientation. Ethol. Ecol. Evol., 33:3, 338-358, https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2021.1905075. [Review]

10. Grob, R., Tritscher, C., Grübel, K., Stigloher, C., Groh, C., Fleischmann, P. N., and Rössler, W. (2021). Johnston's organ and its central projections in Cataglyphis desert ants. J. Comp. Neurol., 528, 2138-2155, doi.org/10.1002/cne.25077. [Original Research Article, Open Access]

9. Fleischmann, P. N., Grob, R., and Rössler, W. (2020). Magnetoreception in Hymenoptera: importance for navigation. Anim. Cogn., 23, 1051-1061, doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020- 01431-x. [Review, Open Access]

8. Zeil, J., and Fleischmann, P. N. (2019). The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecol. News, 29, 93-110, doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:093. [Review, Open Access]Best Paper Award 2019

7. Grob, R., Fleischmann, P. N., and Rössler, W. (2019). Learning to navigate – how desert ants calibrate their compass systems. Neuroforum, 25(2), 109-120, doi.org/10.1515/nf-2018- 0011. [Review, Open Access]Cover Story

6. Freas, C., Fleischmann, P. N., and Cheng, K. (2019). Experimental Ethology of Learning in Desert Ants: Becoming Expert Navigators. Behav. Process., 158, 181-191, doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.12.001. [Review]

5. Fleischmann, P. N.*, Grob, R.*, Müller, V. L., Wehner, R. and Rössler, W. (2018). The Geomagnetic Field Is a Compass Cue in Cataglyphis Ant Navigation. Curr. Biol., 28, 1440-1444, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.043. [Original Research Article, Open Access] *shared first authorship

4. Fleischmann, P. N., Rössler, W. and Wehner, R. (2018). Early foraging life: spatial and temporal aspects of landmark learning in the ant Cataglyphis noda. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 204, 579-592, doi.org/10.1007/s00359-018-1260-6. [Original Research Article, Open Access]

3. Grob, R.*, Fleischmann, P. N.*, Grübel, K., Wehner, R. and Rössler, W. (2017). The Role of Celestial Compass Information in Cataglyphis Ants during Learning Walks and for Neuroplasticity in the Central Complex and Mushroom Bodies. Front. Behav. Neurosci., 11, 226, doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00226. [Original Research Article, Open Access] *shared first authorship

2. Fleischmann, P. N., Grob, R., Wehner, R. and Rössler, W. (2017). Species-specific differences in the fine structure of learning walk elements in Cataglyphis ants. J. Exp. Biol., 220, 2426- 2435 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.158147. [Original Research Article, Open Access]

1. Fleischmann, P. N., Christian, M., Müller, V. L., Rössler, W. and Wehner, R. (2016). Ontogeny of learning walks and the acquisition of landmark information in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. J. Exp. Biol., 219, 3137-3145, doi.org/10.1242/jeb.140459. [Original Research Article, Open Access]

Other outreach

6. Fleischmann, P. N. (2022). Featured as a “rOLe model” in a blog post of the equal opportunity office of Faculty V of the Univerity of Oldenburg, 08th of November 2022. https://wp.uni- oldenburg.de/blog-equality-uol-fk5/2022/11/08/neuroethologin/

5. Fleischmann, P. N. (2022). Contribution to BBC Earth Podcast, episode “Pulling Power”, presented by Sebastian Echeverri and Rutendo Shackleton, 25th of October 2022. (https://www.bbcearth.com/podcast).

4. Fleischmann, P. N. (2022). Statement zum Internationalen Tag der Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft. In: Pardy, C. Wissenschaft muss ich breiter für alle klugen Köpfe öffnen. Forschung und Lehre (https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/wissenschaft-muss-sich-breiter-fuer-alle-klugen-koepfe-oeffnen-4431).

3. Fleischmann, P. N. (2021). Auf der Spur der Wüstenameisen. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 51(2), 189-190. [Buchrezension “Desert Navigator” von Rüdiger Wehner]

2. Fleischmann, P. N., Grob, R., and Rössler, W. (2020). Kompass im Kopf – Wie Wüstenameisen lernen heimzukehren. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 50(2), 100-109, https://doi.org/10.1002/biuz.202010699.Cover Story

1. Fleischmann, P. N. (2019), Interview and photo blog contribution (23/09/2019). The learning walk of ants. Myrmecological News Blog (https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2019/10/23/the-learning-walks-of-ants).

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