Nikolaj Scharff

Research output

Research output per year 1982 1984 1986 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2018 2023 2024

• 90 Journal article
• 6 Book chapter
• 5 Book
• 3 Report
• 14 More
  • 3 Report chapter
  • 2 Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Literature review
  • 2 Review
  • 1 Article in proceedings
  • 1 Preface/postscript
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Enigmatic and extravagant genitalia in the spider genus Mastigusa (Araneae, Cybaeidae) - a taxonomic revision

  Castellucci, F., Luchetti, A. & Scharff, N., 2024, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 38, 3, IS23047.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae)

  Wood, H. M., Kulkarni, S., Ramírez, M. J. & Scharff, N., 2024, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202, 2, 26 p., zlae129.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2023

  A global approach for natural history museum collections: Integration of the world’s natural history collections can provide a resource for decision-makers

  Global Collection Group, 2023, In: Science. 379, 6638, p. 1192-1194

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  42 Citations (Scopus)

  41 Downloads (Pure)

• First record of the genus Thyreosthenius (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from the Iberian Peninsula with notes on the host preference of the myrmecophilic T. biovatus

  Castellucci, F., Schifani, E., García, F., Luchetti, A. & Scharff, N., 2023, In: Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 65, 1, p. 27-30 4 p.

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• Genitalic morphology and phylogenomic placement of the Australian spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae, Araneidae) with a discussion on the classification of the family Araneidae

  Hormiga, G., Kulkarni, S., Arnedo, M., Dimitrov, D., Giribet, G., Kallal, R. J. & Scharff, N., 2023, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 37, 12, p. 797-818 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Hvad Finder Jeg på Stranden og i Skoven

  Dybbro, T. & Scharff, N., 2023, 1 ed. København: Politikens Forlag.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication

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• Molecular systematics and phylogenetics of the spider genus Mastigusa Menge, 1854 (Araneae, Cybaeidae)

  Castellucci, F., Scharff, N. & Luchetti, A., 2023, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186, 9 p., 107833.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  Ant Diversity Declines with Increasing Elevation along the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

  Kunene, C., Foord, S. H., Scharff, N., Pape, T., Malumbres-Olarte, J. & Munyai, T. C., 2022, In: Diversity. 14, 4, 11 p., 260.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• New association between red wood ant species (Formica rufa group) and the myrmecophilic spiders Mastigusa arietina and Thyreosthenius biovatus

  Castellucci, F., Schifani, E., Luchetti, A. & Scharff, N., 2022, In: Bulletin of Insectology. 75, 2, p. 231-238 8 p.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi)

  De Miranda, G. S., Giupponi, A. P. L., Scharff, N. & Prendini, L., 2022, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194, 1, p. 136-180 45 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  DNA metabarcoding reveals that African leopard diet varies between habitats

  Havmøller, R. W., Jacobsen, N. S., Havmøller, L. W., Rovero, F., Scharff, N. & Bohmann, K., 2021, In: African Journal of Ecology. 59, 1, p. 37-50 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)

  Framenau, V. W., Vink, C. J., Scharff, N., Baptista, R. L. C. & Castanheira, P. D. S., 2021, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97, 2, p. 393-405 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi)

  De Miranda, G. S., Giupponi, A. P. L., Prendini, L. & Scharff, N., 2021, In: European Journal of Taxonomy. 772, p. 1-409 409 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  16 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Assessing the activity pattern overlap among leopards (Panthera pardus), potential prey and competitors in a complex landscape in Tanzania

  Havmøller, R. W., Jacobsen, N. S., Scharff, N., Rovero, F. & Zimmermann, F., 2020, In: Journal of Zoology. 311, 3, p. 175-182

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  49 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeny of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)

  Scharff, N., Coddington, J. A., Blackledge, T. A., Agnarsson, I., Framenau, V. W., Szűts, T., Hayashi, C. Y. & Dimitrov, D., 2020, In: Cladistics. 36, 1, p. 1-21

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  80 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae)

  Hormiga, G. & Scharff, N., 2020, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 34, p. 345-405 60 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  A landscape-scale assessment of tropical mammals reveals the effects of habitat and anthropogenic disturbance on community occupancy

  Cavada, N., Havmøller, R. G., Scharff, N. & Rovero, F., 2019, In: PLOS ONE. 14, 4, p. 1-15 15 p., e0215682.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  32 Citations (Scopus)

  123 Downloads (Pure)

• Reserve size and anthropogenic disturbance affect the density of an African leopard (Panthera pardus) meta-population

  Havmøller, R. W., Tenan, S., Scharff, N. & Rovero, F., 2019, In: P L o S One. 14, 6, 17 p., e0209541.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  34 Citations (Scopus)

  103 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A review of the Madagascan pelican spiders of the genera Eriauchenius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 and Madagascarchaea gen. n. (Araneae, Archaeidae)

  Wood, H. M. & Scharff, N., 2018, In: ZooKeys. 727, p. 1-96 96 p.

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  10 Citations (Scopus)

  165 Downloads (Pure)

• Description of one new genus and four new species of mynoglenine spiders from Africa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Mynogleninae)

  Frick, H. & Scharff, N., 2018, In: European Journal of Taxonomy. 415, p. 1-27 27 p., 415.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  134 Downloads (Pure)

• First record of a Basidiobolus/Amphoromorpha fungus from a spider

  Henriksen, C. B., Reboleira, A. S., Scharff, N. & Enghoff, H., 2018, In: African Journal of Ecology. 56, 1, p. 153-156 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Nekrolog - Ole Gudik-Sørensen (1931-2017)

  Scharff, N., 2018, In: Entomologiske Meddelelser. 86, 1-2, p. 93-96 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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• Next-generation museum genomics: Phylogenetic relationships among palpimanoid spiders using sequence capture techniques (Araneae: Palpimanoidea)

  Wood, H. M., González, V., Lloyd, M., Coddington, J. A. & Scharff, N., 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127, p. 907-918 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• The same but different: equally megadiverse but taxonomically variant spider communities along an elevational gradient

  Malumbres Olarte, J., Crespo, L. C., Cardoso, P., Szüts, T., Fannes, W., Pape, T. & Scharff, N., 2018, In: Acta Oecologica. 88, p. 19-28 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Weygoldtia, a new genus of Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) with a reappraisal of the genera in the family

  Silva de Miranda, G., Giupponi, A. P. L., Prendini, L. & Scharff, N., 2018, In: Zoologischer Anzeiger. 273, p. 23-32 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Gauging megadiversity with optimized and standardized sampling protocols: a case for tropical forest spiders

  Malumbres Olarte, J., Scharff, N., Pape, T., Coddington, J. A. & Cardoso, P., Jan 2017, In: Ecology and Evolution. 7, 2, p. 494–506 13 p.

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

  109 Downloads (Pure)

• Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)

  Dimitrov, D., Benevidas, L. R., Arnedo, M. A., Giribet, G., Griswold, C. E., Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G., Jun 2017, In: Cladistics. 33, 3, p. 221-250 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  114 Citations (Scopus)

• The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

  Wheler, W. C., Coddington, J. A., Crowley, L. M., Dimitrov, D., Goloboff, P. A., Griswold, C. E., Hormiga, G., Prendini, L., Ramirez, M. J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L., Alvarez-Padilla, F., Arnedo, M. A., Silva, L. R. B., Benjamin, S. P., Bond, J. E., Grismado, C. J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M. A. & 15 others, Labarque, F. M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W. P., Miller, J. A., Piacentini, L. N., Platnick, N. I., Polotow, D., Silva-Davila, D., Scharff, N., Szüts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C. J., Wood, H. M. & Zhang, J., Dec 2017, In: Cladistics. 33, 6, p. 574-616 43 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  390 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  A new species of Charinus Simon 1892 from Brazil, with notes on behavior (Amblypygi, Charinidae)

  Silva de Miranda, G., Milleri-Pinto, M., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Ponce de Leão Giupponi, A. & Scharff, N., 2016, In: ZooKeys. 621, p. 15-36 22 p.

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  17 Citations (Scopus)

  205 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Spiders fall from the sky: catching and counting spiders in a pristine rainforest

  Scharff, N., 2015, Udzungwa: tales of discovery in an East African rainforest. Scharff, N., Rovero, F., Jensen, F. P. & Brøgger-Jensen, S. (eds.). Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, p. 67-73 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

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• The smaller majority: zooming in on the hidden world of arthropods

  Pape, T. & Scharff, N., 2015, Udzungwa: tales of discovery in an East African rainforest. Scharff, N., Rovero, F., Jensen, F. P. & Brøgger-Jensen, S. (eds.). Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, p. 129-141 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

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• Udzungwa: tales of discovery in an East African rainforest

  Scharff, N. (ed.), Rovero, F. (ed.), Jensen, F. P. (ed.) & Brøgger-Jensen, S. (ed.), 2015, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum. 177 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

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• 2014

  Phantoms of Gondwana?-phylogeny of the spider subfamily Mynogleninae (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

  Frick, H. & Scharff, N., 2014, In: Cladistics. 30, 1, p. 67-106 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• The strange case of Laetesia raveni n. sp., a green linyphiid spider from Eastern Australia with a preference for thorny plants (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

  Hormiga, G. & Scharff, N., 2014, In: Zootaxa. 3811, 1, p. 83-94 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  On the Australian linyphiid spider Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932 (Araneae)

  Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G., 18 Dec 2013, In: Zootaxa. 3750, 2, p. 193-196 4 p.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  229 Downloads (Pure)

• Pedipalp sclerite homologies and phylogenetic placement of the spider genus Stemonyphantes (Linyphiidae, Araneae) and its implications for linyphiid phylogeny

  Gavish Regev, E., Hormiga, G. & Scharff, N., 2013, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 27, p. 38-52 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Danmarks natur i nationalt og internationalt perspektiv

  Fjeldså, J., Møller, P. R. & Scharff, N., 2012, Danmarks Natur frem mod 2020: om at stoppe tabet af biologisk mangfoldighed. Meltofte, H. (ed.). Det Grønne Kontaktudvalg, p. 23-27 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• Exechocentrus lancearius Simon,1889 (Arachnida, Araneae, ARANEIDAE): proposed replacement of the holotype by a neotype

  Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G., 2012, In: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 69, 2, p. 88-91 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• First evidence of aggressive chemical mimicry in the Malagasy orb weaving spider Exechocentrus lancearius Simon, 1889 (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) and description of a second species in the genus

  Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G., 2012, In: arthropod systematics & phylogeny. 70, 2, p. 107-118 12 p.

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

  3380 Downloads (Pure)

• The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae)

  Miller, J. A., Griswold, C. E., Scharff, N., Rezác, M., Szuts, T. & Marhabaie, M., 2012, In: ZooKeys. 195, p. 1-144 144 p.

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  34 Citations (Scopus)

  319 Downloads (Pure)

• Why do tropical mountains support exceptionally high biodiversity? The Eastern Arc Mountains and the drivers of Saintpaulia diversity

  Dimitrov, D. S., Nogues, D. B. & Scharff, N., Nov 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 11, 15 p., e48908.

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  48 Citations (Scopus)

  3745 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  Levende fossiler, forførende dufte og snigmord på Madagascar

  Scharff, N., 2010, In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 1, p. 2-5 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae: Araneidae)

  Framenau, V., Scharff, N. & Harvey, M., 2010, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 24, 2, p. 139-171 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Cyrtobill darwini, a new species in a new orb-weaving spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae)

  Framenau, V. W. & Scharff, N., 2009, In: Western Australian Museum. Records. 25, p. 315-328 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Edderkoppen Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802) - udbredelse og forekomst i Danmark (Araneae, Agelenidae)

  Aagaard Jensen, R. & Scharff, N., 2009, In: Entomologiske Meddelelser. 77, 1, p. 47-62 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• First record of the spider family Symphytognathidae in Europe and description of Anapistula ataecina sp.n. (Araneae)

  Cardoso, P. & Scharff, N., 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2246, p. 45-57 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Higher-level phylogenetics of linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence

  Scharff, N., 2009, In: Cladistics. 25, p. 1-32 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Hvad finder jeg i sø og å

  Scharff, N., 2009, København: Politikens Forlag. 120 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication

• Not from "Down Under": New synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia

  Framenau, V. W., Scharff, N. & Levi, H. W., 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2073, p. 22-30 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era

  Blackledge, T. A., Scharff, N., Coddington, J. A., Szüts, T., Wenzel, J. W., Hayashi, C. Y. & Agnarsson, I., 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 106, 13, p. 5229-5234 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  312 Citations (Scopus)