| The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer S Steiger, T Schmitt, HM Schaefer Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1708), 970-979, 2011 | 203 | 2011 |
| Bigger mothers are better mothers: disentangling size-related prenatal and postnatal maternal effects S Steiger Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1766), 20131225, 2013 | 115 | 2013 |
| The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota H Vogel, SP Shukla, T Engl, B Weiss, R Fischer, S Steiger, DG Heckel, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 15186, 2017 | 109 | 2017 |
| The smell of parents: breeding status influences cuticular hydrocarbon pattern in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides S Steiger, K Peschke, W Francke, JK Müller Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1622), 2211-2220, 2007 | 103 | 2007 |
| Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle SP Shukla, C Plata, M Reichelt, S Steiger, DG Heckel, M Kaltenpoth, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (44), 11274-11279, 2018 | 100 | 2018 |
| Unearthing carrion beetles' microbiome: characterization of bacterial and fungal hindgut communities across the S ilphidae M Kaltenpoth, S Steiger Molecular ecology 23 (6), 1251-1267, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| The role of sexual selection in the evolution of chemical signals in insects S Steiger, J Stökl Insects 5 (2), 423-438, 2014 | 94 | 2014 |
| The Coolidge effect, individual recognition and selection for distinctive cuticular signatures in a burying beetle S Steiger, R Franz, AK Eggert, JK Müller Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1645), 1831-1838, 2008 | 94 | 2008 |
| Evolutionary origin of insect pheromones J Stökl, S Steiger Current opinion in insect science 24, 36-42, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle CGC Jacobs, S Steiger, DG Heckel, N Wielsch, A Vilcinskas, H Vogel Scientific reports 6 (1), 25409, 2016 | 76 | 2016 |
| Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self‐referencing in crickets: a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects CB Weddle, S Steiger, CG Hamaker, GD Ower, C Mitchell, SK Sakaluk, ... Ecology Letters 16 (3), 346-353, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| From facultative to obligatory parental care: interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles A Capodeanu-Nägler, EM Keppner, H Vogel, M Ayasse, AK Eggert, ... Scientific Reports 6 (1), 29323, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis S Steiger, SN Gershman, AM Pettinger, AK Eggert, SK Sakaluk Functional Ecology 25 (6), 1368-1378, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care KC Engel, J Stökl, R Schweizer, H Vogel, M Ayasse, J Ruther, S Steiger Nature Communications 7 (1), 11035, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Beyond species recognition: somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication J Chemnitz, PC Jentschke, M Ayasse, S Steiger Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1812), 20150832, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild S Steiger, GD Ower, J Stökl, C Mitchell, J Hunt, SK Sakaluk Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1773), 20132353, 2013 | 50 | 2013 |
| Too Fresh Is Unattractive! The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition C von Hoermann, S Steiger, JK Müller, M Ayasse PLOS ONE 8 (3), e58524, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Surface Chemicals Inform about Sex and Breeding Status in the Biparental Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides S Steiger, S Whitlow, K Peschke, JK Müller Ethology 115 (2), 178-185, 2009 | 46 | 2009 |
| Acceptance threshold theory can explain occurrence of homosexual behaviour KC Engel, L Männer, M Ayasse, S Steiger Biology letters 11 (1), 20140603, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| 'True'and'untrue'individual recognition: suggestion of a less restrictive definition. S Steiger, JK Müller Trends in ecology & evolution 23 (7), 355; author reply 356, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
