Publications of the MPI for Ornithology
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2025
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Unravelling the decision making of foraging vultures: Insights from a field experiment. Royal Society Open Science 12 (4), 250085 (2025)
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itsfm, an open-source package to reliably segment and measure sounds by frequency modulation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
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tacost: Testing and simulating the performance of acoustic tracking systems. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
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Still no evidence for disruption of global patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
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Golden eagles regularly use gravity waves to soar: New insights from high-resolution weather data. Interface: Journal of the Royal Society 22 (227), 20240891 (2025)
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The hidden structural variability in avian genomes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
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Differential timing in the use of the oceanographic features of the California current system by two pelagic seabirds. Marine Environmental Research 211, 107423 (2025)
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Does participation in acoustic experiments improve welfare in captive animals? A case study of three grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
2024
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Assessing the reproductive consequences of mate retention and pair bond duration in Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda), a short-lived, socially monogamous neotropical bird. Ibis 166 (2), pp. 396 - 410 (2024)
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Observations on the breeding biology of D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii. Ostrich 95 (3), pp. 227 - 232 (2024)
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Dietary fatty acids and flight-training influence the expression of the eicosanoid hormone prostacyclin in songbirds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 288, 111561 (2024)
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A circumpolar study unveils a positive non-linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming-induced trophic mismatch for breeding shorebirds. Global Change Biology 30 (6), e17356 (2024)
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Extrapair paternity alongside social reproduction increases male lifetime fitness. Animal Behaviour 213, pp. 117 - 123 (2024)
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Risk-taking behavior relates to Leucocytozoon spp. infection in a sub-Antarctic rainforest bird. Acta Ethologica 27 (2), pp. 113 - 123 (2024)
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Multilevel Bayesian analysis of monk parakeet contact calls shows dialects between European cities. Behavioral Ecology 35 (1), arad093 (2024)
2023
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Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the observed density of coral reef fish along coastal habitats of Moorea, French Polynesia. Regional Environmental Change 23 (1), 16 (2023)
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Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish. Coral Reefs 42 (1), pp. 195 - 203 (2023)
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Unexpected long-term retention of subcutaneous beeswax implants and additional notes on dose and composition from four testosterone implant studies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 330, 114124 (2023)
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Territorial behaviour of thrush nightingales outside the breeding season. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2005), 20230496 (2023)
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Comparing in-person versus camera monitoring of shorebird reproductive success. Waterbirds 45 (3), pp. 312 - 327 (2023)
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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nature Communications 14, 3665 (2023)
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Targeted census of lionfishes (Scorpaenidae) reveals high densities in their native range. Journal of Fish Biology 102 (2), pp. 532 - 536 (2023)
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Calibrated microphone array recordings reveal that a gleaning bat emits low-intensity echolocation calls even in open-space habitat. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (18), jeb245801 (2023)
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Temperate bats may alter calls to partially compensate for weather-induced changes in detection distance Scilight. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153 (5), pp. 2867 - 2877 (2023)
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The evolution of carotenoid-based plumage colours in passerine birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (1), pp. 66 - 77 (2023)
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Concerted phenotypic flexibility of avian erythrocyte size and number in response to dietary anthocyanin supplementation. Frontiers in Zoology 20 (1), 9 (2023)
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When does early-life telomere length predict survival? A case study and meta-analysis. Molecular Ecology 32 (11), pp. 3000 - 3013 (2023)
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Egg size variation in the context of polyandry: A case study using long-term field data from snowy plovers. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 77 (12), pp. 2590 - 2605 (2023)
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Reporting and interpreting non-significant results in animal cognition research. PeerJ 11, e14963 (2023)
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Bursts of white noise trigger song in domestic Canaries. Journal of Ornithology 164 (4), pp. 835 - 844 (2023)
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Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles. Denying biological sex is anthropocentric and promotes species chauvinism. Bioessays 45 (2), 2200173 (2023)
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Sex roles and sex ratios in animals. Biological Reviews 98 (2), pp. 462 - 480 (2023)
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Neopterin levels in bonobos vary seasonally and reflect symptomatic respiratory infections. EcoHealth 20, pp. 93 - 104 (2023)
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Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species. BMC Movement Ecology 11, 39 (2023)
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Flock size and structure influence reproductive success in four species of flamingo in 540 captive populations worldwide. Zoo Biology 42 (3), pp. 343 - 356 (2023)
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Loss of a gluconeogenic muscle enzyme contributed to adaptive metabolic traits in hummingbirds. Science 379 (6628), pp. 185 - 190 (2023)
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Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 32 (13), pp. 3575 - 3585 (2023)
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Sparse ensemble neural code for a complete vocal repertoire. Cell Reports 42 (2), 112034 (2023)
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Patterns of extra-territorial nest-box visits in a songbird suggest a role in extrapair mating. Behavioral Ecology 34 (1), pp. 150 - 159 (2023)
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Experimentally advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in blue tit males. Behavioral Ecology 34 (3), pp. 346 - 353 (2023)
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The species‑specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species. Landscape Ecology 38 (1), pp. 239 - 252 (2023)
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Start and end of daily activity predict extrapair siring success independently of age in male blue tits. Animal Behaviour 198, pp. 21 - 31 (2023)
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Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications 125 (1), duac046 (2023)
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Individual variability in diving behavior of the Black-vented Shearwater in an ever-changing habitat. Science of the Total Environment 880, 163286 (2023)
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Males show their best side revisited – Effects of predation pressure on laterality in wild guppies. Ethology 129 (8), pp. 390 - 405 (2023)
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Extra-pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (5), pp. 764 - 779 (2023)
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Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology 104 (2), e3908 (2023)
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Historic samples reveal loss of wild genotype through domestic chicken introgression during the Anthropocene. PLoS Genetics 19 (1), e1010551 (2023)
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Brood parasitism risk drives birds to breed near humans. Current Biology 33 (6), pp. 1125 - 1129.e3 (2023)
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Experimental evidence that cuckoos choose host nests following an egg matching strategy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1993), 20222094 (2023)