Jacqueline Degen
Jacqueline Degen
short CV
Research interest
My research focuses on the analysis of flight behaviour of moths under natural conditions and in presence of artificial light sources. I am particularly interested in the impact of the moon as a natural celestial cue on orientation performance and to what extend light pollution interferes. My main goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying their susceptibility to artificial light at night (ALAN) using field and laboratory experiments.
Publications
Tegeler, A., … , Degen, J., … , Altintas, Y.Ö. (2025). Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights. Nature Cities, 2, 496-505. doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00239-5
Storms, M., Degen, T., Degen, J. (2025). Female moths call in vain: streetlights diminish the promise of mating, 50,729–740. Ecological Entomology, doi.org/10.1111/een.13441
Degen, J., Storms, M., Lee, C.B., Jechow, A., Stöckl, A.L., Hölker, F., Jakhar, A., Walter, T., Walter, S., Mitesser, O., Hovestadt, T., Degen, T. (2024). Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(42), e2401215121, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401215121
Degen, T., Kolláth, Z., Degen, J. (2022). X, Y, and Z: A bird’s eye view on light pollution. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9608, doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9608
Storms, M., Jakhar, A., Mitesser, O., Jechow, A., Hölker, F., Degen, T., Hovestadt, T., Degen, J. (2022). The rising moon promotes mate finding in moths. Communications Biology, 5, 1-6, doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03331-x
Walter, T., Degen, J., Pfeiffer, K., Stöckl, A., Montenegro, S., Degen, T. (2021). A new innovative real-time tracking method for flying insects applicable under natural conditions. BMC Zoology, 6, 1-11, doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00097-3
Degen, J., Hovestadt, T., Storms, M., Menzel, R. (2018). Exploratory behavior of re-orienting foragers differs from other flight patterns of honeybees. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0202171, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202171
Degen, J., Kirbach, A., Reiter, L., Lehmann, K., Norton, P., Storms, M., … Menzel, R. (2016). Honeybees learn landscape features during exploratory orientation flights. Current Biology, 26, 2800–2804, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.013
Degen, J., Kirbach, A., Reiter, L., Lehmann, K., Norton, P., Storms, M., Menzel, R. (2015). Exploratory behaviour of honeybees during orientation flights. Animal Behaviour, 102, 45–57, doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.030
Greggers, U., Schöning, C., Degen, J., Menzel, R. (2013). Scouts behave as streakers in honeybee swarms. Naturwissenschaften, 100, 805-809, doi.org/10.1007/s00114-013-1077-7
Menzel, R., Lehmann, K., Manz, G., Fuchs, J., Kobolofsky, M., Greggers, U. (2012). Vector integration and novel shortcutting in honeybee navigation. Apidologie, 43, 229-243, doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0127-z
Menzel, R., Kirbach, A., Haass, W.-D., Fischer, B., Fuchs, J., Koblofsky, M., … Greggers, U. (2011). A common frame of reference for learned and communicated vectors in honeybee navigation. Current Biology, 21, 645-650, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.039
Menzel, R., Fuchs, J., Nadler, L., Weiss, B., Kumbischinski, N., Adebiyi, D., … Greggers, U. (2010). Dominance of the odometer over serial landmark learning in honeybee navigation. Naturwissenschaften, 97, 763-767, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-010-0690-y
Book chapter
Menzel, R., Fuchs, J., Kirbach, A., Lehmann, K., Greggers, U. (2011). Navigation and communication in honey bees. In C.G. Galizia, D. Eisenhardt, & M. Giurfa (Eds.), Honeybee neurobiology and behavior. A tribute to Randolf Menzel (pp. 103-116). Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer Verlag, doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2099-2_9
Others
Fuchs, J., Grohmann, C., Rödel, M. O., Penner, J. (2006). Ökologische Untersuchungen an Reptilien einer Dornbuschsavanne in Zentralnamibia – Unwägbarkeiten der Freilandforschung. Elaphe, 4, 45-50.