Publications of the Department Ornithology

Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Rutten, A. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Biparental incubation patterns in a high-Arctic breeding shorebird: How do pairs divide their duties? Behavioral Ecology 25 (1), pp. 152 - 164 (2014)

Da Silva, A.; Samplonius, J. M.; Schlicht, E.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Artificial night lighting rather than traffic noise affects the daily timing of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds. Behavioral Ecology 25 (5), pp. 1037 - 1047 (2014)

Evans, S. R.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Sheldon, B. C.; Husby, A.: Nonautosomal genetic variation in carotenoid coloration. American Naturalist 184 (3), pp. 374 - 383 (2014)

Forstmeier, W.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Female extra-pair mating: Adaptation or genetic constraint? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (8), pp. 456 - 464 (2014)

Garamszegi, L. Z.; Mueller, J. C.; Markó, G.; Szász, E.; Zsebők, S.; Herczeg, G.; Eens, M.; Török, J.: The relationship between DRD4 polymorphisms and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in the collared flycatcher. Ecology and Evolution 4 (8), pp. 1466 - 1479 (2014)

Girndt, A.; Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Triploid ZZZ zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata exhibit abnormal sperm heads and poor reproductive performance. Ibis 156 (2), pp. 472 - 477 (2014)

Jacobs, I. F.; Osvath, M.; Osvath, H.; Mioduszewska, B.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Kacelnik, A.: Object caching in corvids: Incidence and significance. Behavioural Processes 102, pp. 25 - 32 (2014)

Martinho, A. I.; Burns, Z. T.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Kacelnik, A.: Monocular tool control, eye dominance, and laterality in New Caledonian crows. Current Biology 24 (24), pp. 2930 - 2934 (2014)

Mueller, J. C.; Edelaar, P.; Carrete, M.; Serrano, D.; Potti, J.; Blas, J.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Tella, J. L.: Behaviour-related DRD4 polymorphisms in invasive bird populations. Molecular Ecology 23 (11), pp. 2876 - 2885 (2014)

Reers, H.; Leonard, M. L.; Horn, A. G.; Jacot, A.: Parent-environmental interactions shape acoustic signatures in tree swallows: A cross-fostering experiment. Journal of Avian Biology 45 (2), pp. 123 - 130 (2014)

Rheindt, F. E.; Christidis, L.; Kuhn, S.; de Kloet, S.; Norman, J. A.; Fidler, A. E.: The timing of diversification within the most divergent parrot clade. Journal of Avian Biology 45 (2), pp. 140 - 148 (2014)

Rojas Mora, A.; Forstmeier, W.: The importance of validating experimental setups: Lessons from studies of food choice copying in zebra finches. Ethology 120 (9), pp. 913 - 922 (2014)

Sardell, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Duval, E. H.: Female mating preferences and offspring survival: Testing hypotheses on the genetic basis of mate choice in a wild lekking bird. Molecular Ecology 23 (4), pp. 933 - 946 (2014)

Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Thiessen polygons as a model for animal territory estimation. Ibis 156 (1), pp. 215 - 219 (2014)

Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Loes, P.; Girg, A.; Kempenaers, B.: No relationship between female emergence time from the roosting place and extrapair paternity. Behavioral Ecology 25 (3), pp. 650 - 659 (2014)

Stuber, E. F.; Grobis, M. M.; Abbey-Lee, R. N.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Perceived predation risk affects sleep behaviour in free-living great tits, Parus major. Animal Behaviour 98, pp. 157 - 165 (2014)

Tebbich, S.; Teschke, I.: Coping with uncertainty: Woodpecker finches (Cactospiza pallida) from an unpredictable habitat are more flexible than birds from a stable habitat. PLoS One 9 (3), e91718 (2014)

Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Griesser, M.; Nakagawa, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing. Ecography 37 (10), pp. 930 - 938 (2014)

van Schaik, J.; Kerth, G.; Bruyndonckx, N.; Christe, P.: The effect of host social system on parasite population genetic structure: Comparative population genetics of two ectoparasitic mites and their bat hosts. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14, 18 (2014)

Reinecke, A.; Hilker, M.: Plant semiochemicals - Perception and behavioural responses by insects. In: Annual plant reviews, 47: Plant insect interactions, pp. 115 - 153 (Eds. Voelckel, C.; Jander, G.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK (2014)