Guido Westhoff

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bonn
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi The spitting behavior of two species of spitting cobras
    G Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 191:873-81. 2005
  2. ncbi Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae)
    R A Berthé
    Evolutionary Biomaterials Group, Department of Thin Films and Biological Systems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:311-8. 2009
  3. ncbi Sea snakes (Lapemis curtus) are sensitive to low-amplitude water motions
    Guido Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany
    Zoology (Jena) 108:195-200. 2005
  4. ncbi Spitting cobras adjust their venom distribution to target distance
    Ruben Andres Berthé
    Department of Comparative Neurophysiology, Institute of Zoology, University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:753-7. 2009
  5. ncbi Target tracking during venom 'spitting' by cobras
    Guido Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
    J Exp Biol 213:1797-802. 2010
  6. ncbi Behavioural examination of the infrared sensitivity of rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)
    J Ebert
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 192:941-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Directional sensitivity in the thermal response of the facial pit in western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)
    Tobias Kohl
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
    J Exp Biol 215:2630-6. 2012

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Publications7

  1. ncbi The spitting behavior of two species of spitting cobras
    G Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 191:873-81. 2005
    ..5 cm and 11 cm). During the spitting act the cobras performed fast undulating head movements that lead to a larger distribution of their venom. This behavior increases the probability that at least one eye of the aggressor is hit...
  2. ncbi Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae)
    R A Berthé
    Evolutionary Biomaterials Group, Department of Thin Films and Biological Systems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:311-8. 2009
    ..This study clearly demonstrates that different skin microstructure is responsible for different frictional properties in different body regions...
  3. ncbi Sea snakes (Lapemis curtus) are sensitive to low-amplitude water motions
    Guido Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany
    Zoology (Jena) 108:195-200. 2005
    ..Although this low sensitivity may be sufficient for the detection of fish-generated water motions, it makes it unlikely that L. curtus has a special hydrodynamic sense...
  4. ncbi Spitting cobras adjust their venom distribution to target distance
    Ruben Andres Berthé
    Department of Comparative Neurophysiology, Institute of Zoology, University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:753-7. 2009
    ..Our results show that the spray pattern of spitting cobras is not fixed. Instead the snake matches its venom distribution to the size of the target independent of target distance...
  5. ncbi Target tracking during venom 'spitting' by cobras
    Guido Westhoff
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
    J Exp Biol 213:1797-802. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Behavioural examination of the infrared sensitivity of rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)
    J Ebert
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 192:941-7. 2006
    ..35 x 10(-3) mW/cm2. These behavioural results reveal a 3.2 times higher sensitivity to IR radiation than earlier electrophysiological investigations...
  7. ncbi Directional sensitivity in the thermal response of the facial pit in western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)
    Tobias Kohl
    Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
    J Exp Biol 215:2630-6. 2012
    ..e. terrestrial versus arboreal) are reflected within the facial pits...