Brumm, H.; Zollinger, S. A.; Niemelä, P. T.; Sprau, P.: Measurement artefacts lead to false positives in the study of birdsong in noise. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8 (11), pp. 1617 - 1625 (2017)
Sprau, P.; Roth, T.; Amrhein, V.; Naguib, M.: The predictive value of trill performance in a large repertoire songbird, the nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos. Journal of Avian Biology 44 (6), pp. 567 - 574 (2013)
Roth, T.; Sprau, P.; Naguib, M.; Amrhein, V.: Sexually selected signaling in birds: A case for Bayesian change-point analysis of behavioral routines. The Auk 129 (4), pp. 660 - 669 (2012)
Sprau, P.; Roth, T.; Naguib, M.; Amrhein, V.: Communication in the third dimension: Song perch height of rivals affects singing responses in nightingales. PLoS One 7 (3), e32194 (2012)
Naguib, M.; Kunc, H. P.; Sprau, P.; Roth, T.; Amrhein, V.: Communication networks and spatial ecology in nightingales. Advances in the Study of Behavior 43, pp. 239 - 271 (2011)
Amy, M.; Sprau, P.; de Goede, P.; Naguib, M.: Effects of personality on territory defence in communication networks: A playback experiment with radio-tagged great tits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1700), pp. 3685 - 3692 (2010)
Sprau, P.; Mundry, R.: Song type sharing in common nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) and its implications for cultural evolution. Animal Behaviour 80 (3), pp. 427 - 434 (2010)
Sprau, P.; Schmidt, R.; Roth, T.; Amrhein, V.; Naguib, M.: Effects of rapid broadband trills on responses to song overlapping in nightingales. Ethology 116 (4), pp. 300 - 308 (2010)
Roth, T.; Sprau, P.; Schmidt, R.; Naguib, M.; Amrhein, V.: Sex specific timing of mate searching and territory prospecting in the nightingale: Nocturnal life of females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1664), pp. 2045 - 2050 (2009)
Naguib, M.; Schmidt, R.; Sprau, P.; Roth, T.; Floercke, C.; Amrhein, V.: The ecology of vocal signaling: Male spacing and communication distance of different song traits in nightingales. Behavioral Ecology 19 (5), pp. 1034 - 1040 (2008)
Innerhalb vieler Tierarten findet man eine ausgeprägte Diversität von Körper- und Verhaltensmerkmalen. Bei Kampfläufern beruht ein bedeutender Teil dieser Vielfalt auf genetischen Varianten, welche unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf Männchen und Weibchen haben.