Publications of Wolfgang Goymann
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Journal Article (137)
2016
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Physiological conditions influence stopover behaviour of short-distance migratory passerines. Journal of Ornithology 157 (2), pp. 583 - 589 (2016)
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Diurnal variation in corticosterone release among wild tropical forest birds. Frontiers in Zoology 13, 19 (2016)
2015
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Patterns of call communication between group-housed zebra finches change during the breeding cycle. eLife 4, e07770 (2015)
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Social monogamy vs. polyandry: Ecological factors associated with sex roles in two closely related birds within the same habitat. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (7), pp. 1335 - 1353 (2015)
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Does a short-term increase in testosterone affect the intensity or persistence of territorial aggression? - An approach using an individual's hormonal reactive scope to study hormonal effects on behavior. Physiology & Behavior 149, pp. 310 - 316 (2015)
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Endocrine mechanisms, behavioral phenotypes and plasticity: Known relationships and open questions. Frontiers in Zoology 12 (Suppl. 1), S7 (2015)
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Towards more physiological manipulations of hormones in field studies: Comparing the release dynamics of three kinds of testosterone implants, silastic tubing, time-release pellets and beeswax. General and Comparative Endocrinology 212, pp. 100 - 105 (2015)
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Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long-distance flight. Ecology and Evolution 5 (15), pp. 3198 - 3209 (2015)
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Access to water affects the condition dependency of nocturnal restlessness in Garden Warblers on a Mediterranean island stopover. Journal of Ornithology 156 (Suppl. 1), pp. 425 - 432 (2015)
2014
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Revealing a circadian clock in captive arctic-breeding songbirds, Lapland longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus), under constant illumination. Journal of Biological Rhythms 29 (6), pp. 456 - 469 (2014)
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Regulatory mechanisms of testosterone-stimulated song in the sensorimotor nucleus HVC of female songbirds. BMC Neuroscience 15 (1), 128 (2014)
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Male-to-female testosterone ratios, dimorphism, and life history-what does it really tell us? Behavioral Ecology 25 (4), pp. 685 - 699 (2014)
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Correlated evolution of female and male testosterone-internal constraints or external determinants? A response to comments on Goymann and Wingfield. Behavioral Ecology 25 (4), pp. 704 - 705 (2014)
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Parental care, loss of paternity and circulating levels of testosterone and corticosterone in a socially monogamous song bird. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 11 (2014)
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The number of life-history stages does not influence the androgen responsiveness to male–male interactions: Sedentary and migratory black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) do not elevate testosterone in response to simulated territorial intrusions. General and Comparative Endocrinology 205, pp. 159 - 165 (2014)
2013
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Life-history and hormonal control of aggression in black redstarts: Blocking testosterone does not decrease territorial aggression, but changes the emphasis of vocal behaviours during simulated territorial intrusions. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 8 (2013)
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Associated and disassociated patterns in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros. General and Comparative Endocrinology 184, pp. 93 - 102 (2013)
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Keeping time under the midnight sun: Behavioral and plasma melatonin profiles of free-living Lapland longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus) during the arctic summer. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A - Ecological Genetics and Physiology 319 (1), pp. 10 - 22 (2013)
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The ecology of stress: Effects of the social environment. Functional Ecology 27 (1), pp. 66 - 80 (2013)
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Urban-like night illumination reduces melatonin release in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): Implications of city life for biological time-keeping of songbirds. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 60 (2013)
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Melatonin reduces migratory restlessness in Sylvia warblers during autumnal migration. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 79 (2013)
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Winning and losing in public: Audiences direct future success in Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior 63 (4), pp. 625 - 633 (2013)
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Year-round territorial aggression is independent of plasma DHEA in the European nuthatch Sitta europaea. Hormones and Behavior 63 (1), pp. 166 - 172 (2013)
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The effects of low levels of light at night upon the endocrine physiology of western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A - Ecological Genetics and Physiology 319 (9), pp. 527 - 538 (2013)
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Experimental induction of social instability during early breeding does not alter testosterone levels in male black redstarts, a socially monogamous songbird. Hormones and Behavior 64 (3), pp. 461 - 467 (2013)
2012
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Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros). PLoS One 7 (12), e52009 (2012)
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Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 178 (2), pp. 265 - 271 (2012)
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Independence among physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 (8), pp. 1600 - 1613 (2012)
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On the use of non-invasive hormone research in uncontrolled, natural environments: The problem with sex, diet, metabolic rate and the individual. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 (4), pp. 757 - 765 (2012)
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A tropical bird can use the equatorial change in sunrise and sunset times to synchronize its circannual clock. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1742), pp. 3527 - 3534 (2012)
2011
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Ignoring the challenge? Male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) do not increase testosterone levels during territorial conflicts but they do so in response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1722), pp. 3233 - 3242 (2011)
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Simulating winning in the wild - The behavioral and hormonal response of black redstarts to single and repeated territorial challenges of high and low intensity. Hormones and Behavior 60 (5), pp. 565 - 571 (2011)
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Hormonal correlates of social status and courtship display in the cooperatively lekking lance-tailed manakin. Hormones and Behavior 59 (1), pp. 44 - 50 (2011)
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Experimentally elevated testosterone levels enhance courtship behaviour and territoriality but depress acquired immune response in Red bishops Euplectes orix. Ibis 153 (1), pp. 46 - 58 (2011)
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Food availability but not melatonin affects nocturnal restlessness in a wild migrating passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59 (1), pp. 187 - 192 (2011)
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Testosterone and year-round territoriality in tropical and non-tropical songbirds. Journal of Avian Biology 42 (6), pp. 485 - 489 (2011)
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Seasonal and diel variation of hormone metabolites in European stonechats: On the importance of high signal-to-noise ratios in noninvasive hormone studies. Journal of Biological Rhythms 26 (1), pp. 44 - 54 (2011)
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Rearing conditions have long-term consequences for stress responsiveness in free-living great tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology 174 (2), pp. 219 - 224 (2011)
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Throat patch size and darkness covaries with testosterone in females of a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology 22 (6), pp. 1312 - 1319 (2011)
2010
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Threat signaling in female song-evidence from playbacks in a sex-role reversed bird species. Behavioral Ecology 21 (6), pp. 1147 - 1155 (2010)
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Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: Evidence from whole-island telemetry. Biology Letters 6 (4), pp. 478 - 481 (2010)
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Stressful dieting: Nutritional conditions but not compensatory growth elevate corticosterone levels in Zebra finch nestlings and fledglings. PLoS One 5 (9), e12930 (2010)
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Impact of season and social challenge on testosterone and corticosterone levels in a year-round territorial bird. Hormones and Behavior 58 (2), pp. 317 - 325 (2010)
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European robins (Erithacus rubecula) lack an increase in testosterone during simulated territorial intrusions. Journal of Ornithology 151 (3), pp. 607 - 614 (2010)
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Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1553), pp. 2737 - 2750 (2010)
2009
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A single functional testis and long deferent duct papillae: The peculiar male reproductive tract of the classically polyandrous, sex-role reversed Black coucal (Centropus grillii). Journal of Ornithology 150 (4), pp. 827 - 838 (2009)
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Stopover decision during migration: Physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters 5 (3), pp. 302 - 305 (2009)
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Females alter their song when challenged in a sex-role reversed bird species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (2), pp. 193 - 204 (2009)
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Social modulation of androgens in male birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 163 (1-2), pp. 149 - 157 (2009)
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Paternity in the classical polyandrous black coucal (Centropus grillii) - A cuckoo accepting cuckoldry? Behavioral Ecology 20 (6), pp. 1185 - 1193 (2009)