Publikationen der Abteilung Ornithologie

Beck, J.; Forstmeier, W.: Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy. Human Nature-an Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective 18 (1), S. 35 - 46 (2007)

Bolund, E.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.: Intrasexual competition in zebra finches, the role of beak colour and body size. Animal Behaviour 74 (4), S. 715 - 724 (2007)

Carter, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Eleven polymorphic microsatellite markers for paternity analysis in the pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos. Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (4), S. 658 - 660 (2007)

Dale, J.; Dunn, P. O.; Figuerola, J.; Lislevand, T.; Szekely, T.; Whittingham, L. A.: Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of allometry for sexual size dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1628), S. 2971 - 2979 (2007)

Delhey, K.; Peters, A.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Fertilization success and UV ornamentation in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus: Correlational and experimental evidence. Behavioral Ecology 18 (2), S. 399 - 409 (2007)

Delhey, K.; Peters, A.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Brood sex ratio and male UV ornamentation in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): Correlational evidence and an experimental test. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61 (6), S. 853 - 862 (2007)

Delhey, K.; Peters, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Cosmetic coloration in birds: Occurrence, function, and evolution. American Naturalist 169 (1), S. S145 - S158 (2007)

DuVal, E. H.: Cooperative display and lekking behavior of the Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata). The Auk 124 (4), S. 1168 - 1185 (2007)

DuVal, E. H.: Social organization and variation in cooperative alliances among male lance-tailed manakins. Animal Behaviour 73 (3), S. 391 - 401 (2007)

Duval, E. H.; Carter, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci for parentage assessment in the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata). Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (6), S. 1111 - 1113 (2007)

Fidler, A. E.; van Oers, K.; Drent, P. J.; Kuhn, S.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1619), S. 1685 - 1691 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.: Do individual females differ intrinsically in their propensity to engage in extra-pair copulations? PLoS One 2 (9), e952 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.; Schielzeth, H.; Schneider, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (6), S. 1026 - 1028 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.; Segelbacher, G.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Molecular Ecology 16 (19), S. 4039 - 4050 (2007)

Hanus, P.; Goebel, B.; Dingel, J.; Weindl, J.; Zech, J.; Dawy, Z.; Hagenauer, J.; Mueller, J. C.: Information and communication theory in molecular biology. Electrical Engineering 90 (2), S. 161 - 173 (2007)

Hobson, K. A.; Yohannes, E.: Establishing elemental turnover in exercising birds using a wind tunnel: Implications for stable isotope tracking of migrants. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 85 (6), S. 703 - 708 (2007)

Jacot, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of nestling condition on UV plumage traits in blue tits: An experimental approach. Behavioral Ecology 18 (1), S. 34 - 40 (2007)

Jacot, A.; Scheuber, H.; Brinkhof, M. W. G.: The effect of age on a sexually selected acoustic display. Ethology 113 (6), S. 615 - 620 (2007)

Johnsen, A.; Fidler, A. E.; Kuhn, S.; Carter, K. L.; Hoffmann, A.; Barr, I. R.; Biard, C.; Charmantier, A.; Eens, M.; Korsten, P. et al.; Siitari, H.; Tomiuk, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Avian Clock gene polymorphism: Evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies. Molecular Ecology 16 (22), S. 4867 - 4880 (2007)

Kempenaers, B.: Mate choice and genetic quality: A review of the heterozygosity theory. Advances in the Study of Behavior 37, S. 189 - 278 (2007)

Kempenaers, B.; Lanctot, R. B.; Gill, V.; Hatch, S.; Valcu, M.: Do females trade copulations for food? An experimental study on kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). Behavioral Ecology 18 (2), S. 345 - 353 (2007)

Koch, W.; Hoppmann, P.; Michou, E.; Jung, V.; Pfeufer, A.; Mueller, J. C.; Gieger, C.; Wichmann, H. E.; Meitinger, T.; Schoemig, A. et al.; Kastrati, A.: Association of variants in the BAT1-NFKB1L1-LTA genomic region with protection against myocardial infarction in Europeans. Human Molecular Genetics 16 (15), S. 1821 - 1827 (2007)

Koch, W.; Hoppmann, P.; Mueller, J. C.; Schoemig, A.; Kastrati, A.: No association of polymorphisms in the gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein and myocardial infarction in a large central European population. Genetics in Medicine 9 (2), S. 123 - 129 (2007)

Koch, W.; Latz, W.; Eichinger, M.; Ganser, C.; Biele, J.; Mueller, J. C.; Schoemig, A.; Kastrati, A.: Association of a fibrinogen gene haplotype with myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 28, S. 875 - 876 (2007)

Peters, A.; Delhey, K.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: The condition-dependent development of carotenoid-based and structural plumage in nestling blue tits: Males and females differ. American Naturalist 169 (S1), S. S122 - S136 (2007)

Sedlacek, K.; Neureuther, K.; Mueller, J. C.; Stark, K.; Fischer, M.; Baessler, A.; Reinhard, W.; Broeckel, U.; Lieb, W.; Erdmann, J. et al.; Schunkert, H.; Riegger, G.; Illig, T.; Meitinger, T.; Hengstenberg, C.: Lymphotoxin-alpha and galectin-2 SNPs are not associated with myocardial infarction in two different German populations. Journal of Molecular Medicine-JMM 85 (9), S. 997 - 1004 (2007)

Tibbetts, E. A.; Dale, J.: Individual recognition: It is good to be different. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22 (10), S. 529 - 537 (2007)

Valcu, C.-M.; Valcu, M.: Reproducibility of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis at different replication levels. Journal of Proteome Research 6 (12), S. 4677 - 4683 (2007)

Weindl, J.; Hanus, P.; Dawy, Z.; Zech, J.; Hagenauer, J.; Mueller, J. C.: Modeling DNA-binding of Escherichia coli sigma(70) exhibits a characteristic energy landscape around strong promoters. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 35 (20), S. 7003 - 7010 (2007)

Yohannes, E.; Hobson, K. A.; Pearson, D. J.: Feather stable-isotope profiles reveal stopover habitat selection and site fidelity in nine migratory species moving through sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 38 (3), S. 347 - 355 (2007)

Hanus, P.; Dingel, J.; Zech, J.; Hagenauer, J.; Mueller, J. C.: Information theoretic distance measures in phylogenomics. In: 2007 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, S. 421 - 425 (Hg. IEEE). 2007 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, La Jolla, California, USA, 29. Januar 2007 - 02. Februar 2007. IEEE Operations Center, Piscataway, NJ (2007)