Publications of the Department Ornithology

Denk, A.; Holzmann, A.; Peters, A.; Vermeirssen, E. L. M.; Kempenaers, B.: Paternity in mallards: Effects of sperm quality and female sperm selection for inbreeding avoidance. Behavioral Ecology 16 (5), pp. 825 - 833 (2005)

Foerster, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of testosterone on male-male competition and male-female interactions in blue tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57 (3), pp. 215 - 223 (2005)

Forstmeier, W.: Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1581), pp. 2641 - 2649 (2005)

Goymann, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Wingfield, J. C.: Breeding biology, sexually dimorphic development and nestling testosterone concentrations of the classically polyandrous African black coucal, Centropus grillii. Journal of Ornithology 146 (4), pp. 314 - 324 (2005)

Iribarne, O.; Bruschetti, M.; Escapa, M.; Bava, J.; Botto, F.; Gutierrez, J.; Palomo, G.; Delhey, K.; Petracci, P.; Gagliardini, A.: Small- and large-scale effect of the SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on habitat use by migratory shorebirds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 315 (1), pp. 87 - 101 (2005)

Johnsen, A.; Delhey, K.; Schlicht, E.; Peters, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Male sexual attractiveness and parental effort in blue tits: A test of the differential allocation hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 70 (4), pp. 877 - 888 (2005)

van Oers, K.; de Jong, G.; van Noordwijk, A. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Drent, P. J.: Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: A review of case studies. Behaviour 142 (9-10), pp. 1185 - 1206 (2005)

van Oers, K.; Klunder, M.; Drent, P. J.: Context dependence of personalities: Risk-taking behavior in a social and a nonsocial situation. Behavioral Ecology 16 (4), pp. 716 - 723 (2005)

Wikelski, M.; Steiger, S. S.; Gall, B.; Nelson, K. N.: Sex, drugs and mating role: Testosterone-induced phenotype-switching in Galapagos marine iguanas. Behavioral Ecology 16 (1), pp. 260 - 268 (2005)