Belfín, O.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T.: Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black-tailed godwits. Journal of Avian Biology 2025 (2), e03362 (2025)
Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Still no evidence for disruption of global patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Unpalatable birds are black: A re-analysis of Hugh Cott’s data on bird palatability. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), blaf005 (2025)
Gillingham, M. A. F.; Prüter, H.; Montero, B. K.; Kempenaers, B.: The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 40 (3), S. 255 - 272 (2025)
Ibáñez-Álamo, J. D.; Delhey, K.; Izquierdo, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Colourful urban birds: Bird species successful in urban environments have more elaborate colours and less brown. Ecology Letters 28 (4), e70106 (2025)
Kempenaers, B.; Valcu, M.; Piersma, T.; Santema, P.; Vervoort, R.: Large-scale sampling of potential breeding sites in male ruffs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2038), 20242225 (2025)
Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Vásquez, R. A.; Kempenaers, B.: Assessing the reproductive consequences of mate retention and pair bond duration in Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda), a short-lived, socially monogamous neotropical bird. Ibis 166 (2), S. 396 - 410 (2024)
Delhey, K.; Krietsch, J.; Parisi, A.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Variation in nuptial color in relation to sex, individual quality and mating success in the sex-role reversed Phalaropus fulicarius (Red Phalarope). Ornithology 141 (3), ukae016 (2024)
Evens, R.; Lathouwers, M.; Creemers, J.; Ulenaers, E.; Eens, M.; Kempenaers, B.: A case of facultative polygyny in an enigmatic monogamous species, the European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Ecology and Evolution 14 (10), e70366 (2024)
Linscott, J. A.; Basso, E.; Bathrick, R.; Bosi de Almeida, J.; Anderson, A. M.; Angulo-Pratolongo, F.; Ballard, B. M.; Bêty, J.; Brown, S. C.; Christie, K. S.et al.; Clements, S. J.; Friis, C.; Gesmundo, C.; Giroux, M.-A.; Harrison, A.-L.; Harwood, C. M.; Hill, J. M.; Johnson, J. A.; Kempenaers, B.; Laliberté, B.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Lanctot, R. B.; Latty, C.; Lecomte, N.; McDuffie, L. A.; Navedo, J. G.; Nol, E.; Pohlen, Z. M.; Rausch, J.; Renfrew, R. B.; Ruiz, J.; Russell, M.; Ruthrauff, D. R.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Sandercock, B. K.; Schulte, S. A.; Smith, P. A.; Taylor, A. R.; Tibbitts, T. L.; Valcu, M.; Weegman, M. D.; Wright, J. R.; Senner, N. R.: The Amazon Basin’s rivers and lakes support Nearctic-breeding shorebirds during southward migration. Ornithological Applications 126 (4), duae034 (2024)
Saalfeld, S. T.; Valcu, M.; Brown, S.; English, W.; Giroux, M.-A.; Harrison, A.-L.; Krietsch, J.; Kuletz, K.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Latty, C.et al.; Lecomte, N.; McGuire, R.; Robards, M.; Scarpignato, A.; Schulte, S.; Smith, P. A.; Kempenaers, B.; Lanctot, R. B.: From land to sea: The fall migration of the red phalarope through the Western Hemisphere. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 729, S. 1 - 29 (2024)
Santema, P.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Variance partitioning of nest provisioning rates in blue tits: Individual repeatability, heritability, and partner interactions. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 78 (11), S. 1751 - 1760 (2024)
Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: The evolution of carotenoid-based plumage colours in passerine birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (1), S. 66 - 77 (2023)
Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Muck, C.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Evolutionary predictors of the specific colors of birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (34), e2217692120 (2023)
Evens, R.; Lathouwers, M.; Pradervand, J.-N.; Jechow, A.; Kyba, C. C. M.; Shatwell, T.; Jacot, A.; Ulenaers, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Eens, M.: Skyglow relieves a crepuscular bird from visual constraints on being active. Science of the Total Environment 900, 165760 (2023)
Kwon, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Lack of breeding site fidelity and mate fidelity in an enigmatic socially monogamous shorebird. Animal Behaviour 204, S. 1 - 12 (2023)
Santema, P.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Sexual selection for extreme physical performance in a polygynous bird is associated with exceptional sex differences in oxygen carrying capacity. Biology Letters 19 (11), 20230391 (2023)
Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Patterns of extra-territorial nest-box visits in a songbird suggest a role in extrapair mating. Behavioral Ecology 34 (1), S. 150 - 159 (2023)
Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimentally advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in blue tit males. Behavioral Ecology 34 (3), S. 346 - 353 (2023)
Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (9), S. 1213 - 1225 (2023)
Schlicht, L.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Start and end of daily activity predict extrapair siring success independently of age in male blue tits. Animal Behaviour 198, S. 21 - 31 (2023)
Schlicht, L.; Schlicht, E.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2011), 20232266 (2023)
Valcu, M.; Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra-pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (5), S. 764 - 779 (2023)
Vriend, S. J. G.; Grotan, V.; Gamelon, M.; Adriaensen, F.; Ahola, M. P.; Alvarez, E.; Bailey, L. D.; Barba, E.; Bouvier, J.-C.; Burgess, M. D.et al.; Bushuev, A.; Camacho, C.; Canal, D.; Charmantier, A.; Cole, E. F.; Cusimano, C.; Doligez, B. F.; Drobniak, S. M.; Dubiec, A.; Eens, M.; Eeva, T.; Erikstad, K. E.; Ferns, P. N.; Goodenough, A. E.; Hartley, I. R.; Hinsley, S. A.; Ivankina, E.; Juskaitis, R.; Kempenaers, B.; Kerimov, A. B.; Kalas, J. A.; Lavigne, C.; Leivits, A.; Mainwaring, M. C.; Martinez-Padilla, J.; Matthysen, E.; van Oers, K.; Orell, M.; Pinxten, R.; Reiertsen, T. K.; Rytkonen, S.; Senar, J. C.; Sheldon, B. C.; Sorace, A.; Torok, J.; Vatka, E.; Visser, M. E.; Saether, B.-E.: Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology 104 (2), e3908 (2023)
Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Yang, L.; Liu, M.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimental evidence that cuckoos choose host nests following an egg matching strategy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1993), 20222094 (2023)
Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Yang, L.; Liu, M.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Differences in the costs and benefits of choosiness may explain variation in cuckoo egg-matching strategy: A reply to Wang and Liang (2023). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2006), 20231219 (2023)
Bailey, L. D.; van de Pol, M.; Adriaensen, F.; Arct, A.; Barba, E.; Bellamy, P. E.; Bonamour, S.; Bouvier, J.-C.; Burgess, M. D.; Charmantier, A.et al.; Cusimano, C.; Doligez, B.; Drobniak, S. M.; Dubiec, A.; Eens, M.; Eeva, T.; Ferns, P. N.; Goodenough, A. E.; Hartley, I. R.; Hinsley, S. A.; Ivankina, E.; Juskaitis, R.; Kempenaers, B.; Kerimov, A. B.; Lavigne, C.; Leivits, A.; Mainwaring, M. C.; Matthysen, E.; Nilsson, J.-A.; Orell, M.; Rytkonen, S.; Senar, J. C.; Sheldon, B. C.; Sorace, A.; Stenning, M. J.; Torok, J.; van Oers, K.; Vatka, E.; Vriend, S. J. G.; Visser, M. E.: Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation. Nature Communications 13, 2112 (2022)
Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quiric, V.; Ippi, S.; Vásquez, R. A.; Kempenaers, B.: Evidence of low within-pair genetic relatedness in a relict population of Thorn-tailed Rayadito despite long-term isolation. Ecology and Evolution 12 (3), e8679 (2022)
Krietsch, J.; Cragnolini, M.; Kuhn, S.; Lanctot, R. B.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extrapair paternity in a sequentially polyandrous shorebird: Limited evidence for the sperm storage hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 183, S. 77 - 92 (2022)
Kwon, E.; Valcu, M.; Cragnolini, M.; Bulla, M.; Lyon, B.; Kempenaers, B.: Breeding site fidelity is lower in polygamous shorebirds and male-biased in monogamous species. Behavioral Ecology 33 (3), S. 592 - 605 (2022)
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