Nikolaj Scharff

List of publications since 1996

in press. Hormiga, G. & N. Scharff. Monophyly and phylogenetic placement of the spider genus Labulla Simon, 1884 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) and description of the new genus Pecado. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

2003. Scharff, N., J.A. Coddington, C.E. Griswold, G. Hormiga & P. de Place Bjørn. When to Quit? Estimating spider species richness in a northern European deciduous forest. Journal of Arachnology 31(2): 246-273. [Abstract]

2003. Larsen, S. & N. Scharff. The spiders of Greenland - a checklist. Entomologiske Meddelelser 71(1): 53-61. (electronic version of the checklist with post-published corrections)

2003: Seberg, O., Humphries, C.J., Knapp, S., Stevenson, D.W., Petersen, G., Scharff, N., & N.M. Andersen. Shortcuts in Systematics? A commentary on DNA-based Taxonomy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18(2): 63-65. 

2003: Calabuig, I., C. Dieguez, I. Izquierdo, M. Ramos, N. Scharff & H. Enghoff. ENHSIN Users: Scientific and Wider. pp. 41-75., In: M.J. Scoble (Ed.), European Natural History Specimen Information Network. A prject supported by the European Union Programme: Improving the Human Potential and Socio-Economic Knowledge Base (Framework V). Natural History Museum, London. pp. 1-176. (on-line version of the publication at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/rco/enhsin/)

2002: Scharff, N. Obituary, Marie Hammer, 20.marts 1907 - 25. maj 2002.Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Årsskrift 12: 68-73.

2002: Sørensen, L., Coddington, J.A. & N. Scharff.  Inventorying and Estimating Spider Diversity using Semi-quantitative Sampling Methods in an Afrotropical Montane Forest. Environmental Entomology 31(2): 319-330. [Abstract] [PDF reprint]

2001: Sørensen, L.L. & N. Scharff. Conducting research in Tanzania. pp. 69-73., In: Macintosh, D.J., Hansen, L.N. & Nielsen, T.(Eds.). Biodiversity Conservation and Utilisation: Policy Coherence, Ethical Issues, Management and Implementation. Proceedings of the Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Utilisation, 13th October 1999, Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen Denmark, Vol. I & II.

2000: Gajdos, P., S. Toft, S. Langemark, & N. Scharff. The fishing spiders Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae) in Denmark. Steenstrupia 25(2): 201-208. [Abstract]

2000: Larsen, S. & N. Scharff: Blinde passagerer med 8 ben. Dyr i Natur og Museum 2000(2): 27-31. (in Danish)

2000: Hormiga, G., N. Scharff, & J.A. Coddington. The Phylogenetic Basis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae). Systematic Biology 49(3): 435-462. [Abstract]

2000: Waldock, J.M. & N. Scharff. Notes on the generic name of the Christmas or Jewel Spider Austracantha minax. Australasian Arachnology 59: 4-5.

1999: Scharff, N. Hvepseedderkoppen - en ny dyreart i Danmark. Naturens Verden 82(1): 34-37.

1998: Griswold, C.E., Coddington, J.A., Hormiga, H., & Scharff, N. Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 123: 1-99. [Abstract]

1998: Scharff, N. Dværghanner eller Kæmpehunner? Dyr i Natur og Museum 1998(1): 6-10. (in Danish).

1997: Scharff, N. & S. Langemark, 1997. Hvepseedderkoppen Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli) i Danmark (Araneae; Araneidae) [Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli) in Denmark]. Ent. Meddr. 65: 179-182. [Abstract]

1997: Scharff, N., & Coddington, J.A. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 120: 355-434. [Abstract]

1997: Coddington, J.A., Hormiga, G., & Scharff, N. Giant female or dwarf male spiders?. Nature 385, 20 February 1997: 687-688.

1996: Coddington, J.A., & Scharff, N. Problems with "soft" polytomies. Cladistics 12: 139-145. [Abstract]

1996: Nielsen, C., Scharff, N. & Eibye-Jacobsen, D. Cladistic Analyses of the Animal Kingdom. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 57(4): 385-410. [Abstract]

 Last update: 16 juli 2004