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2026

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Goymann, W.: Homo sapiens - The perhaps smartest and dumbest animal on earth? Ethology 132 (2), pp. 73 - 74 (2026)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Smeele, S.; Snijders, M.; Haldar, E.; Carpenter, J.; Zamora, R.; Naguib, M.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Gahr, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Evolution of vocal production learning in parrots. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Osipova, E.; Ko, M.-C.; Petricek, K. M.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Brown, T.; Winkler, S.; Pippel, M.; Jarrells, J.; Weiche, S.; Mosbech, M.-B. et al.; Taborsak-Lines, F.; Wang, C.; Contreras-Lopez, O.; Olsen, R.-A.; Ewels, P.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Gaede, A.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Low, G. W.; Monte, A.; Ballerstädt, N.; Adreani, N. M.; Mentesana, L.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Rico-Guevara, A.; Edwards, S.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Altshuler, D.; Buttemer, W.; Schupp, M.; Baldwin, M. W.; Hiller, M.; Sackton, T.: Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes contribute to adaptations in sugar-consuming birds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Peona, V.; Blom, M. P. K.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Milá, B.; Ashari, H.; Thébaud, C.; Benz, B. W.; Christidis, L.; Gahr, M.; Irestedt, M. et al.; Suh, A.: The hidden structural variability in avian genomes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Vontzou, N.; Moreno, H.; Biegler, M. T.; Kutschera, V. E.; Ekman, D.; Borges, I.; Pei, Y.; Rossini, R. et al.; Albrecht, T.; Boman, J.; Borodin, P.; Burri, R.; Cain, K. E.; Forstmeier, W.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.; Griffith, S. C.; Hill, A. M.; Irestedt, M.; Joseph, L.; Jønsson, K. A.; Kawakami, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Malinovskaya, L.; Mueller, J. C.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Palacios-Gimenez, O. M.; Palinauskas, V.; Qvarnström, A.; Reifova, R.; Ridl, J.; Segami, J. C.; Tan, D. J. X.; Torgasheva, A.; Whibley, A.; Suh, A.: Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Totiger, S.; Alcami, P.: Canaries differentially modulate solo and overlapping singing during the transition to the breeding season. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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2025

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Alcami, P.; Ma, S.; Gahr, M.: Telemetry reveals rapid duel-driven canary song plasticity in a competitive social environment. Frontiers in Psychology 15, 1468782 (2025)

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Baldoni, C.; Reisert, M.; Smith, B.; Lázaro, J.; Zeng, Y.; Thomas, W. R.; Hertel, M.; Dávalos, L. M.; Nieland, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N. et al.; von Elverfeldt, D.: Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death. Current Biology 35 (19), pp. 4642 - 4650 (2025)

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Bosca, J.; Jacquin, G.; Maury, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Aubin, T.; Rybak, F.; Nagle, L.; Geberzahn, N.: Vocal performance in birdsong is an aggressive signal in both females and males: Experimental evidence from a field study in European robins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2053), 20251042 (2025)

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Castelfranco, A. M.; Alcami, P.: Mitochondria delay action potential propagation. Communications Biology 8, 1341 (2025)

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Freitas, B.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Milá, B.; Thébaud, C.; Janicke, T.: Meta-analysis of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis reveals no support for the effect of vegetation structure on acoustic signalling across terrestrial vertebrates. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 100 (2), pp. 815 - 833 (2025)

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Gould, E.; Fraser, H. S.; Parker, T. H.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Vesk, P. A.; Fidler, F.; Hamilton, D. G.; Abbey-Lee, R. N.; Abbott, J. K. et al.; Aguirre, L. A.; Alcaraz, C.; Aloni, I.; Altschul, D.; Arekar, K.; Atkins, J. W.; Atkinson, J.; Baker, C.; Barrett, M.; Bell, K.; Bello, S. K.; Beltrán, I.; Berauer, B. J.; Bertram, M. G.; Billman, P. D.; Blake, C. K.; Blake, S.; Bliard, L.; Bonisoli-Alquati, A.; Bonnet, T.; Bordes, C. N. M.; Bose, A. P. H.; Botterill-James, T.; Boyd, M. A.; Boyle, S. A.; Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Bradham, J.; Brand, J. A.; Brengdahl, M. I.; Bulla, M.; Bussière, L.; Camerlenghi, E.; Campbell, S. E.; Campos, L. L. F.; Caravaggi, A.; Cardoso, P.; Carroll, C. J. W.; Catanach, T. A.; Chen, X.; Chik, H. Y. J.; Choy, E. S.; Christie, A. P.; Chuang, A.; Chunco, A. J.; Clark, B. L.; Contina, A.; Covernton, G. A.; Cox, M. P.; Cressman, K. A.; Crotti, M.; Crouch, C. D.; D'Amelio, P. B.; de Sousa, A. A.; Döbert, T. F.; Dobler, R.; Dobson, A. J.; Doherty, T. S.; Drobniak, S. M.; Duffy, A. G.; Duncan, A. B.; Dunn, R. P.; Dunning, J.; Dutta, T.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Elmore, J. A.; Elsherif, M. M.; English, H. M.; Ensminger, D. C.; Ernst, U. R.; Ferguson, S. M.; Fernández-Juricic, E.; Ferreira-Arruda, T.; Fieberg, J.; Finch, E. A.; Fiorenza, E. A.; Fisher, D. N.; Fontaine, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Fourcade, Y.; Frank, G. S.; Freund, C. A.; Fuentes-Lillo, E.; Gandy, S. L.; Gannon, D. G.; García-Cervigón, A. I.; Garretson, A. C.; Ge, X.; Geary, W. L.; Géron, C.; Gilles, M.; Girndt, A.; Gliksman, D.; Goldspiel, H. B.; Gomes, D. G. E.; Good, M. K.; Goslee, S. C.; Gosnell, J. S.; Grames, E. M.; Gratton, P.; Grebe, N. M.; Greenler, S. M.; Griffioen, M.; Griffith, D. M.; Griffith, F. J.; Grossman, J. J.; Güncan, A.; Haesen, S.; Hagan, J. G.; Hager, H. A.; Harris, J. P.; Harrison, N. D.; Hasnain, S. S.; Havird, J. C.; Heaton, A. J.; Herrera-Chaustre, M. L.; Howard, T. J.; Hsu, B.-Y.; Iannarilli, F.; Iranzo, E. C.; Iverson, E. N. K.; Jimoh, S. O.; Johnson, D. H.; Johnsson, M.; Jorna, J.; Jucker, T.; Jung, M.; Kačergytė, I.; Kaltz, O.; Ke, A.; Kelly, C. D.; Keogan, K.; Keppeler, F. W.; Killion, A. K.; Kim, D.; Kochan, D. P.; Korsten, P.; Kothari, S.; Kuppler, J.; Kusch, J. M.; Lagisz, M.; Lalla, K. M.; Larkin, D. J.; Larson, C. L.; Lauck, K. S.; Lauterbur, M. E.; Law, A.; Léandri-Breton, D.-J.; Lembrechts, J. J.; L'Herpiniere, K.; Lievens, E. J. P.; de Lima, D. O.; Lindsay, S.; Luquet, M.; MacLeod, R.; Macphie, K. H.; Magellan, K.; Mair, M. M.; Malm, L. E.; Mammola, S.; Mandeville, C. P.; Manhart, M.; Manrique-Garzon, L. M.; Mäntylä, E.; Marchand, P.; Marshall, B. M.; Martin, C. A.; Martin, D. A.; Martin, J. M.; Martinig, A. R.; McCallum, E. S.; McCauley, M.; McNew, S. M.; Meiners, S. J.; Merkling, T.; Michelangeli, M.; Moiron, M.; Moreira, B.; Mortensen, J.; Mos, B.; Muraina, T. O.; Murphy, P. W.; Nelli, L.; Niemelä, P.; Nightingale, J.; Nilsonne, G.; Nolazco, S.; Nooten, S. S.; Novotny, J. L.; Olin, A. B.; Organ, C. L.; Ostevik, K. L.; Palacio, F. X.; Paquet, M.; Parker, D. J.; Pascall, D. J.; Pasquarella, V. J.; Paterson, J. H.; Payo-Payo, A.; Pedersen, K. M.; Perez, G.; Perry, K. I.; Pottier, P.; Proulx, M. J.; Proulx, R.; Pruett, J. L.; Ramananjato, V.; Randimbiarison, F. T.; Razafindratsima, O. H.; Rennison, D. J.; Riva, F.; Riyahi, S.; Roast, M. J.; Rocha, F. P.; Roche, D. G.; Román-Palacios, C.; Rosenberg, M. S.; Ross, J.; Rowland, F. E.; Rugemalila, D.; Russell, A. L.; Ruuskanen, S.; Saccone, P.; Sadeh, A.; Salazar, S. M.; Sales, K.; Salmón, P.; Sánchez-Tójar, A.; Santos, L. P.; Santostefano, F.; Schilling, H. T.; Schmidt, M.; Schmoll, T.; Schneider, A. C.; Schrock, A. E.; Schroeder, J.; Schtickzelle, N.; Schultz, N. L.; Scott, D. A.; Scroggie, M. P.; Shapiro, J. T.; Sharma, N.; Shearer, C. L.; Simón, D.; Sitvarin, M. I.; Skupien, F. L.; Slinn, H. L.; Smith, G. P.; Smith, J. A.; Sollmann, R.; Whitney, K. S.; Still, S. M.; Stuber, E. F.; Sutton, G. F.; Swallow, B.; Taff, C. C.; Takola, E.; Tanentzap, A. J.; Tarjuelo, R.; Telford, R. J.; Thawley, C. J.; Thierry, H.; Thomson, J.; Tidau, S.; Tompkins, E. M.; Tortorelli, C. M.; Trlica, A.; Turnell, B. R.; Urban, L.; de Vondel, S. V.; van der Wal, J. E. M.; Eeckhoven, J. V.; van Oordt, F.; Vanderwel, K. M.; Vanderwel, M. C.; Vanderwolf, K. J.; Vélez, J.; Vergara-Florez, D. C.; Verrelli, B. C.; Vieira, M. V.; Villamil, N.; Vitali, V.; Vollering, J.; Walker, J.; Walker, X. J.; Walter, J. A.; Waryszak, P.; Weaver, R. J.; Wedegärtner, R. E. M.; Weller, D. L.; Whelan, S.; White, R. L.; Wolfson, D. W.; Wood, A.; Yanco, S. W.; Yen, J. D. L.; Youngflesh, C.; Zilio, G.; Zimmer, C.; Zimmerman, G. M.; Zitomer, R. A.: Same data, different analysts: Variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology 23, 35 (2025)

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Goymann, W.: On publication ethics - Journals, please get rid of wording restrictions that include citations. Ethology 131 (4), e13550 (2025)

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Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Sohnius-Wilhelmi, N.; Alcami, P.; Gahr, M.: From silence to song: Testosterone triggers extensive transcriptional changes in the female canary HVC. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 37 (6), e13476 (2025)

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Krietsch, J.; Goymann, W.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Sex differences in testosterone and hematocrit levels reflect mating system differences of two Arctic-breeding shorebird species. Behavioral Ecology 36 (6), araf136 (2025)

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Küblbeck, M.; Weiß, I.; Korner-Nievergelt, F.; Korschefsky, T.; Liebel, H.; Goymann, W.: Multi-scale habitat selection and nest survival of whinchats and stonechats: Implications for grassland conservation management. Wildlife Biology 2025 (4), e01238 (2025)

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Loveland, J. L.; Zemella, A.; Jovanović, V. M.; Möller, G.; Sager, C. P.; Bastos, B.; Dyar, K. A.; Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.; Giraldo Deck, L. M. et al.; Goymann, W.; Lank, D. B.; Tokarz, J.; Nowick, K.; Küpper, C.: A single gene orchestrates androgen variation underlying male mating morphs in ruffs. Science 387 (6732), pp. 406 - 412 (2025)

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Ma, S.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: Invariant HVC size in female canaries singing under testosterone: Unlocking function through neural differentiation, not growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (43), e2426847122 (2025)

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Saghab Torbati, M.; Zandbagleh, A.; Daliri, M. R.; Ahmadi, A.; Rostami, R.; Kazem, R.: Explainable AI for bipolar disorder diagnosis using Hjorth parameters. Diagnostics 15 (3), 316 (2025)

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Schönhofer, B.; Gahr, M.: Bedeutung und Mechanismen des Vogelgesangs: Inspiration für die Pneumologie. Pneumologie 79 (6), pp. 427 - 438 (2025)

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Soma, M.; Nakatani, M.; Ota, N.: Choice of props for courtship dancing in estrildid finches. Scientific Reports 15, 219 (2025)

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Trigo, F. F.; Alcami, P.; Curti, S.: Functional interaction of electrical coupling and H-current and its putative impact on inhibitory transmission. Neuroscience 574, pp. 13 - 20 (2025)

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Trost, L.; Gahr, M.; Ter Maat, A.: Neural activity during call production in the female zebra finch homolog of the male forebrain song system. European Journal of Neuroscience 61 (9), e70123 (2025)

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2024

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Brumm, H.; Makomba, P.; Goymann, W.: Observations on the breeding biology of D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii. Ostrich 95 (3), pp. 227 - 232 (2024)

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Carter, W. A.; DeMoranville, K. J.; Trost, L.; Bryła, A.; Działo, M.; Sadowska, E. T.; Bauchinger, U.; Pierce, B.; McWilliams, S. R.: Dietary fatty acids and flight-training influence the expression of the eicosanoid hormone prostacyclin in songbirds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 288, 111561 (2024)

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Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Safari, I.; Makomba, P.; Hertel, A.; Goymann, W.: Early-life demographic processes do not drive adult sex ratio biases and mating systems in sympatric coucal species. Functional Ecology 38 (8), pp. 1779 - 1795 (2024)

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Giraldo Deck, L. M.; Loveland, J. L.; Goymann, W.; Lank, D. B.; Küpper, C.: A supergene affects androgen concentrations during early development in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs. Hormones and Behavior 166, 105645 (2024)

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Goymann, W.: Of hormones (well, not really!), behavior, and observer bias. Ethology 130 (6), e13450 (2024)

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Goymann, W.: Are scientific journals delaying doctoral theses? Ethology 130 (11), e13507 (2024)

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Goymann, W.: A butterfly's flash coloration distracts predators — Read future textbook knowledge in Ethology. Ethology 130 (12), e13520 (2024)

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Goymann, W.; Brumm, H.; Kappeler, P. M.: Geschlecht und Gender: Eine biologische Perspektive. Biologie in unserer Zeit 54 (4), pp. 344 - 352 (2024)

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Goymann, W.; Korschefsky, T.; Küblbeck, M.: Zeit zum Handeln: Alarmierender Rückgang, Gefährdungsursachen und Empfehlungen zum Erhalt des Braunkehlchens in Oberbayern. Anliegen Natur: Zeitschrift für Naturschutz und angewandte Landschaftsökologie 46 (2), pp. 81 - 88 (2024)

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Hillebrecht, T.; Korbel, R.; Rinder, M.; Gahr, M.: Circadian corticosterone profile in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Animals 14 (6), 873 (2024)

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Kouhi, H.; Ghalami, M.; Norouzzadeh, A.; Ahmadi, A.: Transfer function-based road classification for vehicles with nonlinear semi-active suspension. World Electric Vehicle Journal 15 (4), 143 (2024)

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Leitao, A.; Gahr, M.: Babbling opens the sensory phase for imitative vocal learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (18), e2312323121 (2024)

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Lengyel, K.; Rudra, M.; Berghof, T. V. L.; Leitao, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Dittrich, F.; Duda, D.; Klinger, R.; Schleibinger, S.; Sid, H. et al.; Trost, L.; Vikkula, H.; Schusser, B.; Gahr, M.: Unveiling the critical role of androgen receptor signaling in avian sexual development. Nature Communications 15, 8970 (2024)

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Malkoc, K.; Hau, M.; McWilliams, S.; Sadowska, E. T.; Dzialo, M.; Pierce, B.; Trost, L.; Bauchinger, U.; Udino, E.; Casagrande, S.: Commentary on Thoral et al. (2024) "The relationship between mitochondrial respiration, resting metabolic rate and blood cell count in great tits". Biology Open 13 (11), bio061770 (2024)

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Monte, A.; Leitao, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; da Matos, R. S.; Trappschuh, M.; da Silva, M. L.; Gahr, M.: Testosterone treatment unveils testosterone-insensitive song in an early-branched hummingbird. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 36 (1), pp. 41 - 69 (2024)

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Boersma, J.; McQueen, A.; Peters, A.; Welklin, J. F.; Khalil, S.; Quispe Valdez, R.; Goymann, W.; Schwabl, H.: Unexpected long-term retention of subcutaneous beeswax implants and additional notes on dose and composition from four testosterone implant studies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 330, 114124 (2023)

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Brumm, H.; de Framond, L.; Goymann, W.: Territorial behaviour of thrush nightingales outside the breeding season. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2005), 20230496 (2023)

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Casagrande, S.; Dzialo, M.; Trost, L.; Malkoc, K.; Sadowska, E. T.; Hau, M.; Pierce, B.; McWilliams, S.; Bauchinger, U.: Mitochondrial metabolism in blood more reliably predicts whole-animal energy needs compared to other tissues. iScience 26 (12), 108321 (2023)

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Dzialo, M.; Bryła, A.; DeMoranville, K. J.; Carbeck, K. M.; Fatica, O.; Trost, L.; Pierce, B.; Sadowska, E. T.; McWilliams, S. R.; Bauchinger, U.: Concerted phenotypic flexibility of avian erythrocyte size and number in response to dietary anthocyanin supplementation. Frontiers in Zoology 20 (1), 9 (2023)

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Ghorbani, F.; Ahmadi, A.; Kia, M.; Rahman, Q.; Delrobaei, M.: A decision-aware ambient assisted living system with IoT embedded device for in-home monitoring of older adults. Sensors 23 (5), 2673 (2023)

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Goto, H.; de Framond, L.; Leitner, S.; Brumm, H.: Bursts of white noise trigger song in domestic Canaries. Journal of Ornithology 164 (4), pp. 835 - 844 (2023)

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Goymann, W.: Androgen-armoured amazons: Reversed sex roles in coucals are associated with testosterone in females but not males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1995), 20222401 (2023)

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Goymann, W.; Brumm, H.; Kappeler, P. M.: Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles. Denying biological sex is anthropocentric and promotes species chauvinism. Bioessays 45 (2), 2200173 (2023)

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Hoffmann, S.; Beetz, M. J.; Stöckl, A.; Mesce, K. A.: Naturalistic neuroscience - Towards a full cycle from lab to field. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 17, 1251771 (2023)

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Kappeler, P. M.; Benhaiem, S.; Fichtel, C.; Fromhage, L.; Höner, O. P.; Jennions, M. D.; Kaiser, S.; Krüger, O.; Schneider, J. M.; Tuni, C. et al.; van Schaik, J.; Goymann, W.: Sex roles and sex ratios in animals. Biological Reviews 98 (2), pp. 462 - 480 (2023)

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Khalil, S.; Enbody, E. D.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Welklin, J. F.; Koch, R. E.; Toomey, M. B.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Edwards, S. V.; Gahr, M.; Schwabl, H. et al.; Webster, M. S.; Karubian, J.: Testosterone coordinates gene expression across different tissues to produce carotenoid-based red ornamentation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (4), msad056 (2023)

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Monte, A.; da Silva, M. L.; Gahr, M.: Absence of song suggests heterogeneity of vocal-production learning in hummingbirds. Journal of Ornithology 164 (3), pp. 721 - 727 (2023)

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