Richard M. Merrill

LMU Klinikum — Germany

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(61), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(33), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(30), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(25), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(25)

Publications89 total

Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2025Open Access
Sexual dimorphism in pollen foraging and sensory traits in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
2025
A standardised framework for classifying estimates of reproductive isolation across the Tree of Life
2025Open Access
Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Evolution Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies
2025Open Access
Is beauty beyond the eye of the butterfly?
PLoS Biology·2025Open Access
Toward the integration of speciation research
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Biology Letters·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in &lt;i&gt;Heliconius&lt;/i&gt; butterflies"
2024
Mating preferences act independently on different elements of visual signals in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Behavioral Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Selection drives divergence of eye morphology in sympatric <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Evolution·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Adaptive introgression of a visual preference gene
Science·2024· 44 citedOpen Access
Divergent warning patterns influence male and female mating behaviours in a tropical butterfly
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Toward the integration of speciation research
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Parallel shifts in flight-height associated with altitude across incipient <i>Heliconius</i> species
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
The Sensory Ecology of Speciation
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Quantifying visual acuity in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Biology Letters·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Mating preferences act independently on different elements of visual signals in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Chris D. Jiggins(27), W. Owen McMillan(19), Camilo Salazar(13), Stephen H. Montgomery(13), Carolina Pardo‐Díaz(10), Kathy Darragh(9), John W. Davey(7), Pasi Rastas(7), Stefan Schulz(7), Daniel Shane Wright(7), Chi‐Yun Kuo(7), Alexander E. Hausmann(6), Kelsey J.R.P. Byers(6), Mathieu Joron(5), Matteo Rossi(5), Mauricio Linares(5), Ana Pinharanda(4), Sarah L. Barker(4), Ian A. Warren(4), Sylvia Fernanda Garza(4)