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Jansen, P. A.; Hirsch, B. T.; Emsens, W.-J.; Zamora-Gutierrez, V.; Wikelski, M.; Kays, R.: Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (31), pp. 12610 - 12615 (2012)

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Johnsen, A.; Carter, K. L.; Delhey, K.; Lifjeld, J. T.; Robertson, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Laying-order effects on sperm numbers and on paternity: Comparing three passerine birds with different life histories. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2), pp. 181 - 190 (2012)

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Junker, J.; Blake, S.; Boesch, C.; Campbell, G.; du Toit, L.; Duvall, C.; Ekobo, A.; Etoga, G.; Galat-Luong, A.; Gamys, J. et al.; Ganas-Swaray, J.; Gatti, S.; Ghiurghi, A.; Granier, N.; Hart, J.; Head, J.; Herbinger, I.; Hicks, T. C.; Huijbregts, B.; Imong, I. S.; Kuempel, N.; Lahm, S.; Lindsell, J.; Maisels, F.; McLennan, M.; Martinez, L.; Morgan, B.; Morgan, D.; Mulindahabi, F.; Mundry, R.; N'Goran, K. P.; Normand, E.; Ntongho, A.; Okon, D. T.; Petre, C.-A.; Plumptre, A.; Rainey, H.; Regnaut, S.; Sanz, C.; Stokes, E.; Tondossama, A.; Tranquilli, S.; Sunderland-Groves, J.; Walsh, P.; Warren, Y.; Williamson, E. A.; Kuehl, H. S.: Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes. Diversity and Distributions 18 (11), pp. 1077 - 1091 (2012)

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Karubian, J.; Browne, L.; Bosque, C.; Carlo, T.; Galetti, M.; Loiselle, B. A.; Blake, J. G.; Cabrera, D.; Durães, R.; Labecca, F. M. et al.; Holbrook, K. M.; Holland, R. A.; Jetz, W.; Kümmeth, F.; Olivo, J.; Ottewell, K.; Papadakis, G.; Rivas, G.; Steiger, S. S.; Voirin, B.; Wikelski, M.: Seed dispersal by neotropical birds: Emerging patterns and underlying processes. Ornitologia Neotropical 23 (Suppl.), pp. 9 - 24 (2012)

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Kautt, A.; Elmer, K. R.; Meyer, A.: Genomic signatures of divergent selection and speciation patterns in a "natural experiment", the young parallel radiations of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology 21 (19), pp. 4770 - 4786 (2012)

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Kerth, G.; van Schaik, J.: Causes and consequences of living in closed societies: Lessons from a long-term socio-genetic study on Bechstein's bats. Molecular Ecology 21 (3), pp. 633 - 646 (2012)

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Kluen, E.; Kuhn, S.; Kempenaers, B.; Brommer, J. E.: A simple cage test captures intrinsic differences in aspects of personality across individuals in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 279 - 287 (2012)

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Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.; Forstmeier, W.: QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch. Molecular Ecology 21 (15), pp. 3704 - 3717 (2012)

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Kranstauber, B.; Kays, R.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: A dynamic Brownian bridge movement model to estimate utilization distributions for heterogeneous animal movement. Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (4), pp. 738 - 746 (2012)

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Kusche, H.; Lee, H. J.; Meyer, A.: Mouth asymmetry in the textbook example of scale-eating cichlid fish is not a discrete dimorphism after all. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1748), pp. 4715 - 4723 (2012)

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Langlois, L. A.; Murboeck, K.; Bulla, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Unusual incubation: Long-billed Dowitcher incubates mammalian bones. Ardea 100 (2), pp. 206 - 210 (2012)

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Laucht, S.; Dale, J.: Correlations of condition, testosterone, and age with multiple ornaments in male house sparrows: Patterns and implications. The Condor 114 (4), pp. 865 - 873 (2012)

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Laucht, S.; Dale, J.: Development of badges of status in captive male House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in relation to the relative ornamentation of flock-mates. Ethology 118 (7), pp. 644 - 653 (2012)

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Lee, H. J.; Kusche, H.; Meyer, A.: Handed foraging behavior in scale-eating cichlid fish: Its potential role in shaping morphological asymmetry. PLoS One 7 (9), e44670 (2012)

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Lehmann, M.; Spoelstra, K.; Visser, M. E.; Helm, B.: Effects of temperature on circadian clock and chronotype: An experimental study on a passerine bird. Chronobiology International 29 (8), pp. 1062 - 1071 (2012)

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Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Valcu, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Kuhn, S.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers. Science 337 (6102), pp. 1654 - 1658 (2012)

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Mathot, K. J.; Wright, J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty may explain personality-related differences in behavioural plasticity. Oikos 121 (7), pp. 1009 - 1020 (2012)

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Matuszak, A.; Mörtl, M.; Quillfeldt, P.; Bauer, H.-G.: Exclosure study on the exploitation of macrophytes by summering and moulting waterbirds at Lower Lake Constance. Hydrobiologia 697 (1), pp. 31 - 44 (2012)

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Mitchell, G. W.; Newman, A. E. M.; Wikelski, M.; Norris, D. R.: Timing of breeding carries over to influence migratory departure in a songbird: An automated radiotracking study. Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (5), pp. 1024 - 1033 (2012)

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Mueller, J. C.; Steinmeyer, C.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in sleep-wake rhythms in free-living birds. Chronobiology International 29 (9), pp. 1216 - 1226 (2012)

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Nakagawa, S.; Santos, E. S. A.: Methodological issues and advances in biological meta-analysis. Evolutionary Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1253 - 1274 (2012)

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Nathan, R.; Spiegel, O.; Fortmann-Roe, S.; Harel, R.; Wikelski, M.; Getz, W. M.: Using tri-axial acceleration data to identify behavioral modes of free-ranging animals: General concepts and tools illustrated for griffon vultures. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (6), pp. 986 - 996 (2012)

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Nemeth, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Matessi, G.; Brumm, H.: Rock sparrow song reflects male age and reproductive success. PLoS One 7 (8), e43259 (2012)

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Nemeth, E.; Zollinger, S. A.; Brumm, H.: Effect sizes and the integrative understanding of urban bird song (A reply to Slabbekoorn et al.). American Naturalist 180 (1), pp. 146 - 152 (2012)

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Newman, S. H.; Hill, N. J.; Spragens, K. A.; Janies, D.; Voronkin, I. O.; Prosser, D. J.; Yan, B.; Lei, F.; Batbayar, N.; Natsagdorj, T. et al.; Bishop, C. M.; Butler, P. J.; Wikelski, M.; Balachandran, S.; Mundkur, T.; Douglas, D. C.; Takekawa, J. Y.: Eco-virological approach for assessing the role of wild birds in the spread of avian influenza H5N1 along the Central Asian flyway. PLoS One 7 (2), e30636 (2012)

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Nicolaus, M.; Tinbergen, J. M.; Bouwman, K. M.; Michler, S. P. M.; Ubels, R.; Both, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1749), pp. 4885 - 4892 (2012)

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O'Mara, M. T.; Hickey, C. M.: Social influences on the development of ringtailed lemur feeding ecology. Animal Behaviour 84 (6), pp. 1547 - 1555 (2012)

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Ohms, V. R.; Beckers, G. J. L.; ten Cate, C.; Suthers, R. A.: Vocal tract articulation revisited: The case of the monk parakeet. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (1), pp. 85 - 92 (2012)

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Ouyang, J. Q.; Quetting, M.; Hau, M.: Corticosterone and brood abandonment in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 261 - 268 (2012)

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Page, R. A.; von Merten, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Associative memory or algorithmic search: A comparative study on learning strategies of bats and shrews. Animal Cognition 15 (4), pp. 495 - 504 (2012)

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Partecke, J.: Evolution vor unserer Haustür. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2012)

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Pennycuick, C. J.; Fast, P. L. F.; Ballerstaedt, N.; Rattenborg, N. C.: The effect of an external transmitter on the drag coefficient of a bird's body, and hence on migration range, and energy reserves after migration. Journal of Ornithology 153 (3), pp. 633 - 644 (2012)

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Perfito, N.; Jeong, S. Y.; Silverin, B.; Calisi, R. M.; Bentley, G. E.; Hau, M.: Anticipating spring: Wild populations of great tits (Parus major) differ in expression of key genes for photoperiodic time measurement. PLoS One 7 (4), e34997 (2012)

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Pika, S.: The case of referential gestural signaling. Where next? Communicative & integrative biology 5 (6), pp. 578 - 582 (2012)

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Poot, H.; Ter Maat, A.; Trost, L.; Schwabl, I.; Jansen, R. F.; Gahr, M.: Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries. Physiology & Behavior 105 (3), pp. 821 - 828 (2012)

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Puechmaille, S. J.; Allegrini, B.; Boston, E. S. M.; Dubourg-Savage, M.-J.; Evin, A.; Knochel, A.; Le Bris, Y.; Lecoq, V.; Lemaire, M.; Rist, D. et al.; Teeling, E. C.: Genetic analyses reveal further cryptic lineages within the Myotis nattereri species complex. Mammalian Biology 77 (3), pp. 224 - 228 (2012)

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Puechmaille, S. J.; Hizem, W. M.; Allegrini, B.; Abiadh, A.: Bat fauna of Tunisia: Review of records and new records, morphometrics and echolocation data. Vespertilio 16, pp. 211 - 239 (2012)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; Lima, S. L.; Lesku, J. A.: Sleep locally, act globally. Neuroscientist 18 (5), pp. 533 - 546 (2012)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Developmental Neurobiology: Awakening the brain for the first time. Current Biology 22 (10), pp. R398 - R400 (2012)

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Ritschard, M.; Brumm, H.: Zebra finch song reflects current food availability. Evolutionary Ecology 26 (4), pp. 801 - 812 (2012)

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Ritschard, M.; van Oers, K.; Naguib, M.; Brumm, H.: Song amplitude of rival males modulates the territorial behaviour of great tits during the fertile period of their mates. Ethology 118 (2), pp. 197 - 202 (2012)

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Roth, T.; Sprau, P.; Naguib, M.; Amrhein, V.: Sexually selected signaling in birds: A case for Bayesian change-point analysis of behavioral routines. The Auk 129 (4), pp. 660 - 669 (2012)

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Rowcliffe, J. M.; Carbone, C.; Kays, R.; Kranstauber, B.; Jansen, P. A.: Bias in estimating animal travel distance: The effect of sampling frequency. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 (4), pp. 653 - 662 (2012)

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Rutkowska, J.; Lagisz, M.; Nakagawa, S.: The long and the short of avian W chromosomes: No evidence for gradual W shortening. Biology Letters 8 (4), pp. 636 - 638 (2012)

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Salwiczek, L. H.; Pretot, L.; Demarta, L.; Proctor, D.; Essler, J.; Pinto, A. I.; Wismer, S.; Stoinski, T.; Brosnan, S. F.; Bshary, R.: Adult cleaner wrasse outperform capuchin monkeys, Chimpanzees and Orang-utans in a complex foraging task derived from cleaner - client reef fish cooperation. PLoS One 7 (11), e49068 (2012)

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Santos, E. S. A.; Nakagawa, S.: The costs of parental care: A meta-analysis of the trade-off between parental effort and survival in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 (9), pp. 1911 - 1917 (2012)

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Sauter, A.; Korner, P.; Fiedler, W.; Jenni, L.: Individual behavioural variability of an ecological generalist: Activity patterns and local movements of Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in winter. Journal of Ornithology 153 (3), pp. 713 - 726 (2012)

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Schad, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Voigt, C. C.; Sommer, S.: Evidence for the "Good Genes" Model: Association of MHC class II DRB alleles with ectoparasitism and reproductive state in the neotropical lesser bulldog bat, Noctilio albiventris. PLoS One 7 (5), e37101 (2012)

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Schad, J.; Voigt, C. C.; Greiner, S.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Sommer, S.: Independent evolution of functional MHC class II DRB genes in New World bat species. Immunogenetics 64 (7), pp. 535 - 547 (2012)

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Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.: QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers. Molecular Ecology 21 (2), pp. 329 - 339 (2012)

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