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Max Mühlenhaupt

@maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social
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Ph.D.-student in the Behavioural Ecology group @Uni Bielefeld I'm interested in evolutionary ecology and herpetology and study personality of fire salamanders in my Ph.D.

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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's already the last Behavioural Biology short talk session of #DZG2026. Here, we saw excellent talks on courtship behaviour in spiders and chemical phenotypes of fire salamanders by @denisebe.bsky.social & @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social! Don't miss our keynote talks tomorrow, 2pm, in F2!
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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Drawing on an analysis of over 100000 articles in ecology-related disciplines [...], we show that the shift to pay-to-publish OA has already reduced participation by researchers from many middle-income countries." nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Payment‐based open access is biasing scientific participation from the Global South in ecology
Opening access to the products of scientific research is widely considered a key step toward both fairness and better science worldwide. Since the 1990s, different forms of open access (OA) to journa...
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You're at ISBE2026 in Torino and interested in salamanders (who wouldn't be?) or chemical communication? Then come to my talk on Thursday 23rd at 5:45 pm in Room Parigi!
A European Fire Salamander perching on a log in a forest. It is surrounded by yellow and orange leaves and the photo is taken at night.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
1 year ago, the supervisor of my M.Sc. thesis, Dr. John Measey died in a traffic accient in China. A few weeks ago, we published a study with John posthumously attributed last authorship. In fact, you can see John's refelction in the toad's eye in the study's figure. Study: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
The eye of a Guttural Toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis with the reflection of a hut and the frame of glasses of John Measey. Palm trees are also visible in the reflection.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New paper out: this is the 3rd ch. from my M.Sc.-thesis that started in 2019! How did the toxin glands as well as the composition of the toxins secreted from these glands change after an African toad invaded novel ranges and what are potential drivers of these changes? doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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Ane Liv @anelivb.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Have you considered whether animals differ in their perception of density? We explored how differences in our senses, interpretation and past experiences shapes density perception, causing behavioral differences and affecting fitness outcomes. 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Are individuals with more flashy aposematic coloration bolder? We asked this question using fire salamanders! Check out our new study in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) sitting on pavement with forearms strethced out.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New preprint out: What kind of husbandry conditions do wild fire salamanders prefer? A question of high relevance given the spread of the deadly fungus Bsal and the need for ex-situ breeding programs. doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) sitting besides a tree trunk on leaf litter.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?
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Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Conspicuous color patterns are traditionally believed to advertise the toxicity of prey to potential predators. However, many aposematic species show drastic variation in coloration, indica...
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We asked if salamanders with more warning coloration are bolder and produce more toxin! Read about it in our @mmoiron.bsky.social preprint "The bright, the bold and the toxic: do coloration, personality, and toxicity represent an integrated phenotype in fire salamanders?" doi.org/10.32942/X24...
A fire salamander perching on a road.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Friends, I'm officially starting my bluesky account now in order to share owm and other's science (evolution, ecology and behavior more specifically) here! I'm leaving X (formerly Twitter) and fully migrating to bysky. Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.
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