Publications by authors named "Walter Federle"

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Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence.
Ritabrata Chowdhury, T Ulmar Grafe, Faizah Metali, Walter Federle

Biol Lett· June 2025

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Mantises Jump from Smooth Surfaces by Pushing with "Heel" Pads of Their Hind Legs.
Hanns Hagen Goetzke, Malcolm Burrows, Walter Federle

Biomimetics (Basel)· January 2025

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Biomechanical adaptations enable phoretic mite species to occupy distinct spatial niches on host burying beetles.
Syuan-Jyun Sun, Simon Chen, Walter Federle, Rebecca M Kilner

Proc Biol Sci· March 2024

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Bumblebees negotiate a trade-off between nectar quality and floral biomechanics.
Jonathan G Pattrick, Hamish A Symington, Walter Federle, Beverley J Glover

iScience· November 2023

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Extreme suction attachment performance from specialised insects living in mountain streams (Diptera: Blephariceridae).
Victor Kang, Robin T White, Simon Chen, Walter Federle

Elife· November 2021

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How a sticky fluid facilitates prey retention in a carnivorous pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana).
Victor Kang, Hannah Isermann, Saksham Sharma, D Ian Wilson, Walter Federle

Acta Biomater· July 2021

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Role of legs and foot adhesion in salticid spiders jumping from smooth surfaces.
Hanns Hagen Goetzke, Walter Federle

J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol· March 2021

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Disentangling the role of surface topography and intrinsic wettability in the prey capture mechanism of Nepenthes pitcher plants.
David Labonte, Adam Robinson, Ulrike Bauer, Walter Federle

Acta Biomater· January 2021

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The mechanics of nectar offloading in the bumblebee and implications for optimal concentrations during nectar foraging.
Jonathan G Pattrick, Hamish A Symington, Walter Federle, Beverley J Glover

J R Soc Interface· January 2020

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Dynamic biological adhesion: mechanisms for controlling attachment during locomotion.
Walter Federle, David Labonte

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· October 2019

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Shear-sensitive adhesion enables size-independent adhesive performance in stick insects.
David Labonte, Marie-Yon Struecker, Aleksandra V Birn-Jeffery, Walter Federle

Proc Biol Sci· October 2019

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Strong Wet and Dry Adhesion by Cupped Microstructures.
Yue Wang, Victor Kang, Eduard Arzt, Walter Federle, René Hensel

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces· July 2019

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Froghoppers jump from smooth plant surfaces by piercing them with sharp spines.
Hanns Hagen Goetzke, Jonathan G Pattrick, Walter Federle

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· February 2019

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Scaling of claw sharpness: mechanical constraints reduce attachment performance in larger insects.
Jonathan G Pattrick, David Labonte, Walter Federle

J Exp Biol· December 2018

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Coping with the climate: cuticular hydrocarbon acclimation of ants under constant and fluctuating conditions.
Philipp P Sprenger, Lars H Burkert, Bérengère Abou, Walter Federle, Florian Menzel

J Exp Biol· May 2018

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Jumping without slipping: leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces.
Christofer J Clemente, Hanns Hagen Goetzke, James M R Bullock, Gregory P Sutton, Malcolm Burrows, Walter Federle

J R Soc Interface· May 2017

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Biomechanics of shear-sensitive adhesion in climbing animals: peeling, pre-tension and sliding-induced changes in interface strength.
David Labonte, Walter Federle

J R Soc Interface· September 2016

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Elasto-capillarity in insect fibrillar adhesion.
Sophie Gernay, Walter Federle, Pierre Lambert, Tristan Gilet

J R Soc Interface· August 2016

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On Heels and Toes: How Ants Climb with Adhesive Pads and Tarsal Friction Hair Arrays.
Thomas Endlein, Walter Federle

PLoS One· June 2016

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Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing.
David Labonte, Christofer J Clemente, Alex Dittrich, Chi-Yun Kuo, Alfred J Crosby, Walter Federle

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· February 2016

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Rate-dependence of 'wet' biological adhesives and the function of the pad secretion in insects.
David Labonte, Walter Federle

Soft Matter· November 2015

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Effect of shear forces and ageing on the compliance of adhesive pads in adult cockroaches.
Yanmin Zhou, Adam Robinson, Christine Viney, Walter Federle

J Exp Biol· September 2015

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Mechanotransduction: use the force(s).
Ewa K Paluch, Celeste M Nelson, Nicolas Biais, Ben Fabry, Jens Moeller, Walter Federle

BMC Biol· July 2015

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Functional morphology and efficiency of the antenna cleaner in Camponotus rufifemur ants.
Alexander Hackmann, Henry Delacave, Adam Robinson, David Labonte, Walter Federle

R Soc Open Sci· July 2015

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How to catch more prey with less effective traps: explaining the evolution of temporarily inactive traps in carnivorous pitcher plants.
Ulrike Bauer, Walter Federle, Hannes Seidel, T Ulmar Grafe, Christos C Ioannou

Proc Biol Sci· February 2015

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