Publications of the department "Behavioural Neurobiology"

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Kiefer, S.; Mortega, K. G.; Goymann, W.; Kipper, S.: Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros). PLoS One 7 (12), e52009 (2012)

Beckers, G. J. L.; Bolhuis, J. J.; Okanoya, K.; Berwick, R. C.: Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature. NeuroReport 23 (3), pp. 139 - 145 (2012)

Beckers, G. J. L.; Gahr, M.: Large-scale synchronized activity during vocal deviance detection in the zebra finch auditory forebrain. The Journal of Neuroscience 32 (31), pp. 10594 - 10608 (2012)

Benhaiem, S.; Dehnhard, M.; Bonanni, R.; Hofer, H.; Goymann, W.; Eulenberger, K.; East, M. L.: Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 178 (2), pp. 265 - 271 (2012)

Buehler, D. M.; Vezina, F.; Goymann, W.; Schwabl, I.; Versteegh, M.; Tieleman, B. I.; Piersma, T.: Independence among physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 (8), pp. 1600 - 1613 (2012)

Deregnaucourt, S.; Saar, S.; Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal pattern of vocal signatures in birds. Journal of Pineal Research 53 (3), pp. 245 - 258 (2012)

Ebensperger, L. A.; Sobrero, R.; Quirici, V.; Castro, R. A.; Ortiz Tolhuysen, L.; Vargas, F.; Burger, J. R.; Quispe Valdez, R.; Villavicencio, C. P.; Vasquez, R. A. et al.; Hayes, L. D.: Ecological drivers of group living in two populations of the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2), pp. 261 - 274 (2012)

Goymann, W.: On the use of non-invasive hormone research in uncontrolled, natural environments: The problem with sex, diet, metabolic rate and the individual. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 (4), pp. 757 - 765 (2012)

Goymann, W.; Helm, B.; Jensen, W.; Schwabl, I.; Moore, I. T.: A tropical bird can use the equatorial change in sunrise and sunset times to synchronize its circannual clock. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1742), pp. 3527 - 3534 (2012)

Hirschenhauser, K.; Spreitzer, K.; Lepschy, M.; Kotrschal, K.; Möstl, E.: Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings. Journal of Ornithology 153 (4), pp. 1179 - 1188 (2012)

Ohms, V. R.; Beckers, G. J. L.; ten Cate, C.; Suthers, R. A.: Vocal tract articulation revisited: The case of the monk parakeet. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (1), pp. 85 - 92 (2012)

Poot, H.; Ter Maat, A.; Trost, L.; Schwabl, I.; Jansen, R. F.; Gahr, M.: Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries. Physiology & Behavior 105 (3), pp. 821 - 828 (2012)

Salwiczek, L. H.; Pretot, L.; Demarta, L.; Proctor, D.; Essler, J.; Pinto, A. I.; Wismer, S.; Stoinski, T.; Brosnan, S. F.; Bshary, R.: Adult cleaner wrasse outperform capuchin monkeys, Chimpanzees and Orang-utans in a complex foraging task derived from cleaner - client reef fish cooperation. PLoS One 7 (11), e49068 (2012)

Ter Maat, A.; Pieneman, A. W.; Koene, J. M.: The effect of light on induced egg laying in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78 (3), pp. 262 - 267 (2012)