Publications of Bart Kempenaers
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Journal Article (345)
2002
Journal Article
The natural plasma testosterone profile of male blue tits during the breeding season and its relation to song output. Journal of Avian Biology 33 (3), pp. 269 - 275 (2002)
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A novel song parameter correlates with extra-pair paternity and reflects male longevity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 269 (1499), pp. 1479 - 1485 (2002)
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Parental care and adaptive brood sex ratio manipulation in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 357 (1419), pp. 363 - 372 (2002)
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Testis size and asymmetry in the tree swallow: A test of the compensation hypothesis. Avian Science 2, pp. 115 - 122 (2002)
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Objective assessment of sexual plumage dichromatism in the Picui Dove. The Condor 104 (2), pp. 248 - 254 (2002)
2001
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High levels of extra-pair paternity in an isolated, low-density, island population of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Molecular Ecology 10 (5), pp. 1301 - 1308 (2001)
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Bill morphology reflects female independence from male parental help. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1476), pp. 1583 - 1588 (2001)
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Extra-pair paternity and the reproductive role of male floaters in the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49 (4), pp. 251 - 259 (2001)
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The dawn song of the blue tit Parus caeruleus and its role in sexual selection. Ethology 107 (6), pp. 521 - 531 (2001)
2000
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A differential DNA extraction method for sperm on the perivitelline membrane of avian eggs. Molecular Ecology 9 (12), pp. 2149 - 2150 (2000)
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Distinguishing between female sperm choice versus male sperm competition: A comment on Birkhead. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 54 (3), pp. 1050 - 1052 (2000)
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Do male breeding displays function to attract mates or defend territories? The explanatory role of mate and site fidelity. Waterbirds 23, pp. 155 - 164 (2000)
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Reproductive anatomy and indices of quality in male tree swallows: The potential reproductive role of floaters. The Auk 117 (1), pp. 74 - 81 (2000)
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When a bird is tired from singing: A study of drift during the dawn chorus. Etología 8, pp. 21 - 27 (2000)
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Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two Arctic-breeding sandpipers. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 78 (11), pp. 1948 - 1958 (2000)
1999
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Extrapair paternity and egg hatchability in tree swallows: Evidence for the genetic compatibility hypothesis? Behavioral Ecology 10 (3), pp. 304 - 311 (1999)
1998
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Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus predation and blue tit Parus caeruleus adult annual survival rate. Ibis 140 (4), pp. 580 - 584 (1998)
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Inbreeding and divorce in blue and great tits. Animal Behaviour 56 (3), pp. 737 - 740 (1998)
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Certainty of paternity and paternal investment in eastern bluebirds and tree swallows. Animal Behaviour 55 (4), pp. 845 - 860 (1998)
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Confounded correlations: A reply to Lifjeld et al. and Wagner et al. Animal Behaviour 55 (1), pp. 241 - 244 (1998)
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Male traits, mating tactics and reproductive success in the buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis. Animal Behaviour 56 (2), pp. 419 - 432 (1998)
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Extra-pair paternity in birds: Explaining variation between species and populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13 (2), pp. 52 - 58 (1998)
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Extra-pair paternity in birds: "Good genes" and something else - Reply from M. Petrie and B. Kempenaers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13 (7), pp. 280 - 281 (1998)
1997
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Does reproductive synchrony limit male opportunities or enhance female choice for extra-pair paternity? Behaviour 134 (7), pp. 551 - 562 (1997)
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Studying paternity and paternal care: Pitfalls and problems. Animal Behaviour 53 (2), pp. 423 - 427 (1997)
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Extra-pair paternity in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus): Female choice, male characteristics and offspring quality. Behavioral Ecology 8 (5), pp. 481 - 492 (1997)
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Lekking without a paradox in the monomorphic buff-breasted sandpiper. American Naturalist 149 (6), pp. 1051 - 1070 (1997)
1996
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Genetic similarity, inbreeding and hatching failure in blue tits: Are unhatched eggs infertile? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 263 (1367), pp. 179 - 185 (1996)
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Why do male birds not discriminate between their own and extra-pair offspring? Animal Behaviour 51 (5), pp. 1165 - 1173 (1996)
1995
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Do female tree swallows guard their mates by copulating frequently? A comment on Whittingham et al. Animal Behaviour 50 (1), pp. 273 - 276 (1995)
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Polygyny in the blue tit: Intra- and inter-sexual conflicts. Animal Behaviour 49 (4), pp. 1047 - 1064 (1995)
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Intraspecific brood parasitism in two tit Parus species: Occurrence and responses to experimental parasitism. Journal of Avian Biology 26 (2), pp. 114 - 120 (1995)
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Mate guarding and copulation behaviour in monogamous and polygynous blue tits: Do males follow a best-of-a-bad-job strategy? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36 (1), pp. 33 - 42 (1995)
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The genetic structure of Parus caeruleus (blue tit) populations as revealed by minisatellite single locus probes. Heredity 75 (6), pp. 571 - 577 (1995)
1994
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Polygyny in the blue tit: Unbalanced sex ratio and female aggression restrict mate choice. Animal Behaviour 47 (4), pp. 943 - 957 (1994)
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Patterns of sperm storage in two species of tits. Ardea 82, pp. 185 - 192 (1994)
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Identification of hypervariable single locus minisatellite DNA probes in the blue tit Parus caeruleus. Molecular Ecology 3 (2), pp. 137 - 143 (1994)
1993
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The use of a breeding synchrony index. Ornis Scandinavica 24, p. 84 (1993)
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A case of polyandry in the blue tit: Extra-pair behaviour results in extra male help. Ornis Scandinavica 24, pp. 246 - 249 (1993)
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Why do females engage in extra-pair copulations? A review of hypotheses and predictions. Belgian Journal of Zoology 123, pp. 93 - 103 (1993)
1992
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Density-dependent clutch size caused by habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Animal Ecology 61 (3), pp. 643 - 648 (1992)
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Experimental test of an hypothesis explaining density dependent clutch-size in tits Parus spp. Ibis 134 (2), pp. 192 - 194 (1992)
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Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit. Nature 357 (6378), pp. 494 - 496 (1992)
1991
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Competition between blue and great tit for roosting sites in winter: An aviary experiment. Ornis Scandinavica 22, pp. 73 - 75 (1991)
1990
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Nonadaptive clutch size in tits. Nature 348 (6303), pp. 723 - 725 (1990)
Book Chapter (2)
2011
Book Chapter
Extra-pair paternity and sexual selection. In: From genes to animal behavior: Social structures, personalities, comminication by color, pp. 35 - 65 (Eds. Inoue-Murayama, M.; Kawamura, S.; Weiss, A.). Springer, Tokyo, Heidelberg (2011)
2010
Book Chapter
Extra-pair behaviour. In: Animal behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms, pp. 359 - 411 (Ed. Kappeler, P.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2010)
Commentary (1)
2021
Commentary
Commentary on: Vojtěch Kubelka, Miroslav Šálek, Pavel Tomkovich, Zsolt Végvári, Robert P. Freckleton, Tamás Székely, Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds, Science 362 (6415), pp. 680-683. (2021)
Editorial (8)
2024
Editorial
Ornithology from the lakeshore: Life's mass murderers. Ardea 112 (1), pp. 1 - 3 (2024)
2022
Editorial
Ornithology from the lakeshore: The Firebirds. Ardea 110 (1), pp. 1 - 4 (2022)