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Ulrike Scherer

Postdoctoral Researcher

Behavioral Ecology
Biology

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Ulrike Scherer

Ulrike Scherer

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Ulrike Scherer is a biologist with a special interest in the ecology and evolution of behavior. In her previous work, Ulrike focused on sexual selection and the evolution of personality differences (MSc and PhD work). Within the scope of the SCIoI cluster, Ulrike wants to understand how individuals develop intelligent (i.e. efficient, goal-oriented, adaptive) behavior using a clonal fish species, the amazon molly, as a model organism.


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Scherer, U., Ehlman, S., Bierbach, D., Ido, P., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2026). Paternal effects without paternity? Testing non-genetic male influence on offspring size and brood size in a gynogenetic vertebrate, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). PLOS One, 21(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328962
Scherer, U., Ehlman, S., Bierbach, D., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2026). Activity during the first days of life predicts lifespan in a naturally clonal vertebrate [Preprint]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.21.707185
Scherer, U., Ehlman, S., Bierbach, D., Pen, I., Krause, J., & Max, W. (2026). Non-genetic inheritance of stochastically induced behavioral individuality in a naturally clonal fish [Preprint]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.31.715612
Bierbach, D., Schutz, C., Scherer, U., & Pacher, K. (2025). Standards for scientific fish keeping: Poeciliid fishes with special focus on the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and mollies (P. mexicana, P. latipinna, P. formosa, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology, 20. https://doi.org/10.53188/BFB0010
Scherer, U., Niemelä, P., & Schuett, W. (2025). Male activity under risk predicts paternal care and reproductive success in a bi-parental cichlid. Behavioral Ecology, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf021
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., Bierbach, D., Stärk, L., Beese, M., & Wolf, M. (2024). Developmental arcs of plasticity in whole movement repertoires of a clonal fish [Preprint]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.07.570540
Scherer, U., Niemelä, P., & Schuett, W. (2023). Male boldness and female parental care predict reproductive success in a bi- parental cichlid, the rainbow krib (Pelvicachromis pulcher) [Preprint]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.23.568478
Scherer, U., Laskowki, K., Kressler, M., Ehlman, S. M., Wolf, M., & Bierbach, D. (2023). Perceived predation risk affects the development of among-individual behavioral variation in a naturally clonal freshwater fish [Preprint]. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.25.568653
Scherer, U., Ehlman, S. M., Bierbach, D., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2023). Reproductive individuality of clonal fish raised in near-identical environments and its link to early-life behavioral individuality. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43069-6
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., Bierbach, D., Francisco, F., Laskowski, K., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2023). Leverging big data to uncover the eco-evolutionary factors shaping behavioural development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2115
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., & Wolf, M. (2022). Developmental feedbacks and the emergence of individuality. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221189

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