Publications of the research group "Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology"
Journal Article (39)
2024
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143 (1), 24 (2024)
The history of short-tailed whip scorpions: Changes in body size and flagellum shape in Schizomida. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Differences in sperm swimming speed and morphology between the three genetic morphs in the ruff sandpiper. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)
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165 (2), pp. 301 - 314 (2024)
Dispersal in Kentish plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus): Adult females perform furthest movements. Journal of Ornithology
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38 (8), pp. 1779 - 1795 (2024)
Early-life demographic processes do not drive adult sex ratio biases and mating systems in sympatric coucal species. Functional Ecology
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166, 105645 (2024)
A supergene affects androgen concentrations during early development in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs. Hormones and Behavior
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Sex and morph variation in activity from early ontogeny to maturity in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)
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78 (6), 73 (2024)
Hidden in plain sight: Camouflage and hiding behaviour of wild precocial chicks in an open landscape. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2023
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77 (12), pp. 2590 - 2605 (2023)
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
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197, pp. 131 - 154 (2023)
Fitness benefits from co-display favour subdominant male-male partnerships between phenotypes. Animal Behaviour 2022
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13, 1384 (2022)
Intralocus conflicts associated with a supergene. Nature Communications
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2022 (1), e02911 (2022)
Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar. Journal of Avian Biology
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13, 1011629 (2022)
How inversion variants can shape neural circuitry: Insights from the three-morph mating tactics of ruffs. Frontiers in Physiology
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377 (1855), 20200507 (2022)
Supergenes on steroids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 2021
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32 (3), pp. 428 - 439 (2021)
Offspring desertion with care? Chick mortality and plastic female desertion in Snowy Plovers. Behavioral Ecology
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127, 104877 (2021)
Functional differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are associated with alternative reproductive tactics based on an inversion polymorphism. Hormones and Behavior
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12, 641620 (2021)
Gene expression modification by an autosomal inversion associated with three male mating morphs. Frontiers in Genetics
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11, 5483 (2021)
Neoptile feathers contribute to outline concealment of precocial chicks. Scientific Reports 2020
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223 (15), jeb222513 (2020)
Increased glucocorticoid concentrations in early life cause mitochondrial inefficiency and short telomeres. The Journal of Experimental Biology
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20, 114 (2020)
Allelic diversity and patterns of selection at the major histocompatibility complex class I and II loci in a threatened shorebird, the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus). BMC Evolutionary Biology
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21 (3), pp. 387 - 404 (2020)
Population differentiation and historical demography of the threatened snowy plover Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858). Conservation Genetics
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162 (1), pp. 104 - 118 (2020)
Genetic structure among Charadrius plovers on the African mainland and islands of Madagascar and St. Helena. Ibis
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7, 149 (2020)
CeutaOPEN, individual-based field observations of breeding snowy plovers Charadrius nivosus. Scientific Data
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51 (8), e02440 (2020)
Development of intraspecific size variation in black coucals, white‐browed coucals and ruffs from hatching to fledging. Journal of Avian Biology
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10, 15576 (2020)
Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers. Scientific Reports 2019
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9 (18), pp. 10734 - 10745 (2019)
Mate fidelity in a polygamous shorebird, the snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus). Ecology and Evolution
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50 (10), pp. 3674 - 3687 (2019)
Effects of oxytocin‐family peptides and substance P on locomotor activity and filial preferences in visually naïve chicks. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association
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9, 9849 (2019)
Selective response of the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala to a naturalistic social stimulus in visually naive domestic chicks. Scientific Reports
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16, 15 (2019)
Nest initiation and flooding in response to season and semi-lunar spring tides in a ground-nesting shorebird. Frontiers in Zoology
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9, 8546 (2019)
Population divergence and gene flow in two East Asian shorebirds on the verge of speciation. Scientific Reports
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9, 7455 (2019)
RAD sequencing sheds new light on the genetic structure and local adaptation of European scallops and resolves their demographic histories. Scientific Reports 2018
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2 (1), pp. 22 - 36 (2018)
Genomic associations with bill length and disease reveal drift and selection across island bird populations. Evolution Letters
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9, 1651 (2018)
Demographic causes of adult sex ratio variation and their consequences for parental cooperation. Nature Communications
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9, 63 (2018)
Commentary: Arginine vasotocin preprohormone is expressed in surprising regions of the teleost forebrain. Frontiers in Endocrinology
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106 (2), pp. 163 - 176 (2018)
Population and subspecies differentiation in a high latitude breeding wader, the Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. Ardea 2017
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209, pp. 440 - 448 (2017)
The plight of a plover: Viability of an important snowy plover population with flexible brood care in Mexico. Biological Conservation
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71 (5), pp. 1313 - 1326 (2017)
Polygamy slows down population divergence in shorebirds. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution
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159 (4), pp. 792 - 802 (2017)
Genetic isolation in an endemic African habitat specialist. Ibis
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114 (27), pp. E5474 - E5481 (2017)
Sex-specific early survival drives adult sex ratio bias in snowy plovers and impacts mating system and population growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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48 (7), pp. 910 - 920 (2017)
High fidelity: Extra-pair fertilisations in eight Charadrius plover species are not associated with parental relatedness or social mating system. Journal of Avian Biology