Publications of the Department Ornithology

Austel, N.; Reinecke, A.; Björkman, C.; Hilker, M.; Meiners, T.: Phenotypic plasticity in a willow leaf beetle depends on host plant species: Release and recognition of beetle odors. Chemical Senses 40 (2), pp. 109 - 124 (2015)

Bulla, M.; Cresswell, W.; Rutten, A. L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Biparental incubation-scheduling: No experimental evidence for major energetic constraints. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 30 - 37 (2015)

Bulla, M.; Stich, E.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Off-nest behaviour in a biparentally incubating shorebird varies with sex, time of day and weather. Ibis 157 (3), pp. 575 - 589 (2015)

Da Silva, A.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Light pollution alters the phenology of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 370 (1667), 20140126 (2015)

Dale, J.; Dey, C. J.; Delhey, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Valcu, M.: The effects of life-history and sexual selection on male and female plumage coloration. Nature 527 (7578), pp. 367 - 370 (2015)

De Jong, M.; Ouyang, J. Q.; Da Silva, A.; van Grunsven, R. H. A.; Kempenaers, B.; Visser, M. E.; Spoelstra, K.: Effects of nocturnal illumination on life-history decisions and fitness in two wild songbird species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 370 (1667), 20140128 (2015)

Delhey, K.; Delhey, V.; Kempenaers, B.; Peters, A.: A practical framework to analyze variation in animal colors using visual models. Behavioral Ecology 26 (2), pp. 367 - 375 (2015)

Dey, C. J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Dale, J.: Carotenoid-based bill coloration functions as a social, not sexual, signal in songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (1), pp. 250 - 258 (2015)

Eilers, E. J.; Pauls, G.; Rillig, M. C.; Hansson, B. S.; Hilker, M.; Reinecke, A.: Novel set-up for low-disturbance sampling of volatile and non-volatile compounds from plant roots. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41 (3), pp. 253 - 266 (2015)

Forstmeier, W.: Caution is needed when 90% of all possible estimates remain unpublished: A comment on Arct et al. Behavioral Ecology 26 (4), pp. 972 - 973 (2015)

Ihle, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Fitness benefits of mate choice for compatibility in a socially monogamous species. PLoS Biology 13 (9), e1002248 (2015)

Jacobs, I. F.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Martin-Ordas, G.; Rat-Fischer, L.; Osvath, M.: Corvids create novel causal interventions after all. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1806), 20142504 (2015)

Knief, U.; Hemmrich-Stanisak, G.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations. Heredity 114 (4), pp. 397 - 403 (2015)

Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Molecular Ecology 24 (15), pp. 3846 - 3859 (2015)

Mathot, K. J.; Nicolaus, M.; Araya-Ajoy, Y. G.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Does metabolic rate predict risk-taking behaviour? A field experiment in a wild passerine bird. Functional Ecology 29 (2), pp. 239 - 249 (2015)

Nicolaus, M.; Mathot, K. J.; Araya-Ajoy, Y. G.; Mutzel, A.; Wijmenga, J. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1799), 20142405 (2015)

Riede, T.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Goller, F.: The functional morphology of male courtship displays in the Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). The Auk 132 (1), pp. 65 - 77 (2015)

Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Immediate effects of capture on nest visits of breeding blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, are substantial. Animal Behaviour 105, pp. 63 - 78 (2015)

Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Spatial patterns of extra-pair paternity: Beyond paternity gains and losses. Journal of Animal Ecology 84 (2), pp. 518 - 531 (2015)

Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Male extraterritorial behavior predicts extrapair paternity pattern in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus. Behavioral Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1404 - 1413 (2015)

Stuber, E. F.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.: Sources of intraspecific variation in sleep behaviour of wild great tits. Animal Behaviour 106, pp. 201 - 221 (2015)

Stuber, E. F.; Mathot, K. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Mueller, J. C.: Sex-specific association between sleep and basal metabolic rate in great tits. Animal Behaviour 109, pp. 15 - 22 (2015)

Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Proteomics in behavioral ecology. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 1 - 15 (2015)

Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Finding one's way through the proteome: A response to comments on Valcu and Kempenaers. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 19 - 20 (2015)

van Schaik, J.; Dekeukeleire, D.; Kerth, G.: Host and parasite life history interplay to yield divergent population genetic structures in two ectoparasites living on the same bat species. Molecular Ecology 24 (10), pp. 2324 - 2335 (2015)

van Schaik, J.; Janssen, R.; Bosch, T.; Haarsma, A.-J.; Dekker, J. J. A.; Kranstauber, B.: Bats swarm where they hibernate: Compositional similarity between autumn swarming and winter hibernation assemblages at five underground sites. PLoS One 10 (7), e0130850 (2015)