Publications of Bart Kempenaers

Journal Article (327)

2015
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Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Male extraterritorial behavior predicts extrapair paternity pattern in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus. Behavioral Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1404 - 1413 (2015)
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Stuber, E. F.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.: Sources of intraspecific variation in sleep behaviour of wild great tits. Animal Behaviour 106, pp. 201 - 221 (2015)
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Stuber, E. F.; Mathot, K. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Mueller, J. C.: Sex-specific association between sleep and basal metabolic rate in great tits. Animal Behaviour 109, pp. 15 - 22 (2015)
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Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Proteomics in behavioral ecology. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 1 - 15 (2015)
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Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Finding one's way through the proteome: A response to comments on Valcu and Kempenaers. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 19 - 20 (2015)
2014
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Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Rutten, A. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Biparental incubation patterns in a high-Arctic breeding shorebird: How do pairs divide their duties? Behavioral Ecology 25 (1), pp. 152 - 164 (2014)
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Da Silva, A.; Samplonius, J. M.; Schlicht, E.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Artificial night lighting rather than traffic noise affects the daily timing of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds. Behavioral Ecology 25 (5), pp. 1037 - 1047 (2014)
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Forstmeier, W.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Female extra-pair mating: Adaptation or genetic constraint? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (8), pp. 456 - 464 (2014)
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Girndt, A.; Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Triploid ZZZ zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata exhibit abnormal sperm heads and poor reproductive performance. Ibis 156 (2), pp. 472 - 477 (2014)
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Mueller, J. C.; Edelaar, P.; Carrete, M.; Serrano, D.; Potti, J.; Blas, J.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Tella, J. L.: Behaviour-related DRD4 polymorphisms in invasive bird populations. Molecular Ecology 23 (11), pp. 2876 - 2885 (2014)
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Sardell, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Duval, E. H.: Female mating preferences and offspring survival: Testing hypotheses on the genetic basis of mate choice in a wild lekking bird. Molecular Ecology 23 (4), pp. 933 - 946 (2014)
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Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Thiessen polygons as a model for animal territory estimation. Ibis 156 (1), pp. 215 - 219 (2014)
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Schlicht, L.; Valcu, M.; Loes, P.; Girg, A.; Kempenaers, B.: No relationship between female emergence time from the roosting place and extrapair paternity. Behavioral Ecology 25 (3), pp. 650 - 659 (2014)
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Stuber, E. F.; Grobis, M. M.; Abbey-Lee, R. N.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Perceived predation risk affects sleep behaviour in free-living great tits, Parus major. Animal Behaviour 98, pp. 157 - 165 (2014)
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Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Griesser, M.; Nakagawa, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing. Ecography 37 (10), pp. 930 - 938 (2014)
2013
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Heber, S.; Varsani, A.; Kuhn, S.; Girg, A.; Kempenaers, B.; Briskie, J. V.: The genetic rescue of two bottlenecked South Island robin populations using translocations of inbred donors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1752), 20122228 (2013)
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Ihle, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Does hatching failure breed infidelity? Behavioral Ecology 24 (1), pp. 119 - 127 (2013)
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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)
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Mueller, J. C.; Korsten, P.; Hermannstädter, C.; Feulner, T.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Matthysen, E.; van Oers, K.; van Overveld, T.; Patrick, S. C.; Quinn, J. L. et al.; Riemenschneider, M.; Tinbergen, J. M.; Kempenaers, B.: Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations. Molecular Ecology 22 (10), pp. 2797 - 2809 (2013)
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Mutzel, A.; Blom, M. P. K.; Spagopoulou, F.; Wright, J.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Temporal trade-offs between nestling provisioning and defence against nest predators in blue tits. Animal Behaviour 85 (6), pp. 1459 - 1469 (2013)
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Mutzel, A.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Araya-Ajoy, Y. G.; Kempenaers, B.: Parental provisioning behaviour plays a key role in linking personality with reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1764), 20131019 (2013)
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Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of social and extra-pair mating on sexual selection in blue tits (cyanistes caeruleus). Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 67 (5), pp. 1420 - 1434 (2013)
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Steiger, S. S.; Valcu, M.; Spoelstra, K.; Helm, B.; Wikelski, M.; Kempenaers, B.: When the sun never sets: Diverse activity rhythms under continuous daylight in free-living arctic-breeding birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1764), 20131016 (2013)
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Steinmeyer, C.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in sleep behaviour in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus: Assortative mating and associations with fitness-related traits. Journal of Avian Biology 44 (2), pp. 159 - 168 (2013)
2012
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Forstmeier, W.; Schielzeth, H.; Mueller, J. C.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.: Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in zebra finches: Microsatellite markers can be better than their reputation. Molecular Ecology 21 (13), pp. 3237 - 3249 (2012)
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Johnsen, A.; Carter, K. L.; Delhey, K.; Lifjeld, J. T.; Robertson, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Laying-order effects on sperm numbers and on paternity: Comparing three passerine birds with different life histories. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2), pp. 181 - 190 (2012)
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Kluen, E.; Kuhn, S.; Kempenaers, B.; Brommer, J. E.: A simple cage test captures intrinsic differences in aspects of personality across individuals in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 279 - 287 (2012)
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Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.; Forstmeier, W.: QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch. Molecular Ecology 21 (15), pp. 3704 - 3717 (2012)
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Langlois, L. A.; Murboeck, K.; Bulla, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Unusual incubation: Long-billed Dowitcher incubates mammalian bones. Ardea 100 (2), pp. 206 - 210 (2012)
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Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Valcu, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Kuhn, S.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers. Science 337 (6102), pp. 1654 - 1658 (2012)
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Mathot, K. J.; Wright, J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty may explain personality-related differences in behavioural plasticity. Oikos 121 (7), pp. 1009 - 1020 (2012)
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Mueller, J. C.; Steinmeyer, C.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in sleep-wake rhythms in free-living birds. Chronobiology International 29 (9), pp. 1216 - 1226 (2012)
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Nemeth, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Matessi, G.; Brumm, H.: Rock sparrow song reflects male age and reproductive success. PLoS One 7 (8), e43259 (2012)
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Nicolaus, M.; Tinbergen, J. M.; Bouwman, K. M.; Michler, S. P. M.; Ubels, R.; Both, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1749), pp. 4885 - 4892 (2012)
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Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.: QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers. Molecular Ecology 21 (2), pp. 329 - 339 (2012)
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Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.; Forstmeier, W.: QTL linkage mapping of zebra finch beak color shows an oligogenic control of a sexually selected trait. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 66 (1), pp. 18 - 30 (2012)
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Schlicht, L.; Girg, A.; Loes, P.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Male extrapair nestlings fledge first. Animal Behaviour 83 (6), pp. 1335 - 1343 (2012)
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Steinmeyer, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.: Testing for associations between candidate genes for circadian rhythms and individual variation in sleep behaviour in blue tits. Genetica 140 (4-6), pp. 219 - 228 (2012)
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Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: rangeMapper: A platform for the study of macroecology of life-history traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21 (9), pp. 945 - 951 (2012)
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Wutzler, R.; Foerster, K.; Kempenaers, B.: MHC class I variation in a natural blue tit population (Cyanistes caeruleus). Genetica 140 (7-9), pp. 349 - 364 (2012)
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Yohannes, E.; Lee, R. W.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Feather deuterium as an indicator of age-class in the Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos. Ibis 154 (4), pp. 868 - 873 (2012)
2011
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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)
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Laucht, S.; Dale, J.; Mutzel, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: It's a night-and-day difference. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170 (3), pp. 501 - 508 (2011)
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Mathot, K. J.; van den Hout, P. J.; Piersma, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Réale, D.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Disentangling the roles of frequency-vs. state-dependence in generating individual differences in behavioural plasticity. Ecology Letters 14 (12), pp. 1254 - 1262 (2011)
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Mueller, J. C.; Hermisson, J.; Olano-Marin, J.; Hansson, B.; Kempenaers, B.: Linking genetic mechanisms of heterozygosity-fitness correlations to footprints of selection at single loci. Evolutionary Ecology 25 (1), pp. 1 - 11 (2011)
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Mueller, J. C.; Pulido, F.; Kempenaers, B.: Identification of a gene associated with avian migratory behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1719), pp. 2848 - 2856 (2011)
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Mutzel, A.; Kempenaers, B.; Laucht, S.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Dale, J.: Circulating testosterone levels do not affect exploration in house sparrows: Observational and experimental tests. Animal Behaviour 81 (4), pp. 731 - 739 (2011)
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Olano-Marin, J.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Correlations betweeen heterozygosity and reproductive success in the blue tit (cyanistes caeruleus): An analysis of inbreeding and single locus effects. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 65 (11), pp. 3175 - 3194 (2011)
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Olano-Marin, J.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Heterozygosity and survival in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): Contrasting effects of presumably functional and neutral loci. Molecular Ecology 20 (19), pp. 4028 - 4041 (2011)
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Schielzeth, H.; Bolund, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Quantitative genetics and fitness consequences of neophilia in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology 22 (1), pp. 126 - 134 (2011)
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