Publications of Katrin Martin

Rohr‑Bender, V. A.; Kupan, K.; Lopez-Nava, G.; Forstmeier, W.; Hertel, A.; Razumov, V.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Küpper, C.: Sex and morph variation in activity from early ontogeny to maturity in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ethology 131 (3), e13543 (2025)

Bulla, M.; Küpper, C.; Lank, D. B.; Albrechtová, J.; Loveland, J. L.; Martin, K.; Teltscher, K. L.; Cragnolini, M.; Lierz, M.; Albrecht, T. et al.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Sperm swimming speed and morphology differ slightly among the three genetic morphs of ruff sandpiper (Calidris pugnax), but show no clear polymorphism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1476254 (2024)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Farine, D. R.; Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Martin, K.; Pei, Y.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Klarevas-Irby, J. A.; Ma, S.; Aplin, L. M. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird. Nature Communications 13, 1630 (2022)

Forstmeier, W.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Fitness costs of female choosiness are low in a socially monogamous songbird. PLoS Biology 19 (11), e3001257 (2021)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Is female mate choice repeatable across males with nearly identical songs? Animal Behaviour 181, pp. 137 - 149 (2021)

Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Rutkowska, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches. American Naturalist 196 (5), pp. 577 - 596 (2020)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Martin, K.; Wilson, A.; Kempenaers, B.: The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra‐pair mating. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 74 (3), pp. 544 - 558 (2020)

Jeronimo, S.; Khadraoui, M.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Lesku, J. A.; Robert, K. A.; Schlicht, E.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology 29 (2), pp. 459 - 467 (2018)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Ihle, M.; Khadraoui, M.; Jeronimo, S.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Irreproducible text-book "knowledge": The effects of color bands on zebra finch fitness. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 72 (4), pp. 961 - 976 (2018)

Forstmeier, W.; Ihle, M.; Opatová, P.; Martin, K.; Knief, U.; Albrechtová, J.; Albrecht, T.; Kempenaers, B.: Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (5), pp. 968 - 976 (2017)

Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Pei, Y.; Ihle, M.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Opatová, P.; Albrechtová, J.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A. et al.; Albrecht, T.; Kempenaers, B.: A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (8), pp. 1177 - 1184 (2017)

Mathot, K. J.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Basal metabolic rate can evolve independently of morphological and behavioural traits. Heredity 111 (3), pp. 175 - 181 (2013)

Forstmeier, W.; Martin, K.; Bolund, E.; Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.: Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (26), pp. 10608 - 10613 (2011)

Bolund, E.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Inbreeding depression of sexually selected traits and attractiveness in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour 79 (4), pp. 947 - 955 (2010)