Publications of Bart Kempenaers

Kempenaers, B.; Sheldon, B. C.: Studying paternity and paternal care: Pitfalls and problems. Animal Behaviour 53 (2), pp. 423 - 427 (1997)

Kempenaers, B.; Verheyen, G. R.; Dhondt, A. A.: Extra-pair paternity in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus): Female choice, male characteristics and offspring quality. Behavioral Ecology 8 (5), pp. 481 - 492 (1997)

Lanctot, R. B.; Scribner, K. T.; Kempenaers, B.; Weatherhead, P. J.: Lekking without a paradox in the monomorphic buff-breasted sandpiper. American Naturalist 149 (6), pp. 1051 - 1070 (1997)

Kempenaers, B.; Adriaensen, F.; van Noordwijk, A. J.; Dhondt, A. A.: 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)

Kempenaers, B.; Sheldon, B. C.: Why do male birds not discriminate between their own and extra-pair offspring? Animal Behaviour 51 (5), pp. 1165 - 1173 (1996)

Eens, M.; Pinxten, R.; Kempenaers, B.: Do female tree swallows guard their mates by copulating frequently? A comment on Whittingham et al. Animal Behaviour 50 (1), pp. 273 - 276 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.: Polygyny in the blue tit: Intra- and inter-sexual conflicts. Animal Behaviour 49 (4), pp. 1047 - 1064 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.; Pinxten, R.; Eens, M.: Intraspecific brood parasitism in two tit Parus species: Occurrence and responses to experimental parasitism. Journal of Avian Biology 26 (2), pp. 114 - 120 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.; Verheyen, G. R.; Dhondt, A. A.: 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)

Verheyen, G. R.; Kempenaers, B.; Adriaensen, F.; van den Broeck, M.; Matthysen, E.; van Broeckhoven, C.; Dhondt, A. A.: The genetic structure of Parus caeruleus (blue tit) populations as revealed by minisatellite single locus probes. Heredity 75 (6), pp. 571 - 577 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.: Polygyny in the blue tit: Unbalanced sex ratio and female aggression restrict mate choice. Animal Behaviour 47 (4), pp. 943 - 957 (1994)

Kempenaers, B.; Plompen, W.; Briskie, J. V.: Patterns of sperm storage in two species of tits. Ardea 82, pp. 185 - 192 (1994)

Verheyen, G. R.; Kempenaers, B.; Burke, T.; van den Broeck, M.; van Broeckhoven, C.; Dhondt, A. A.: Identification of hypervariable single locus minisatellite DNA probes in the blue tit Parus caeruleus. Molecular Ecology 3 (2), pp. 137 - 143 (1994)

Kempenaers, B.: The use of a breeding synchrony index. Ornis Scandinavica 24, p. 84 (1993)

Kempenaers, B.: A case of polyandry in the blue tit: Extra-pair behaviour results in extra male help. Ornis Scandinavica 24, pp. 246 - 249 (1993)

Kempenaers, B.; Dhondt, A. A.: Why do females engage in extra-pair copulations? A review of hypotheses and predictions. Belgian Journal of Zoology 123, pp. 93 - 103 (1993)

Dhondt, A. A.; Kempenaers, B.; Adriaensen, F.: Density-dependent clutch size caused by habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Animal Ecology 61 (3), pp. 643 - 648 (1992)

Kempenaers, B.; Dhondt, A. A.: Experimental test of an hypothesis explaining density dependent clutch-size in tits Parus spp. Ibis 134 (2), pp. 192 - 194 (1992)

Kempenaers, B.; Verheyen, G. R.; van den Broeck, M.; Burke, T.; van Broeckhoven, C.; Dhondt, A. A.: Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit. Nature 357 (6378), pp. 494 - 496 (1992)

Kempenaers, B.; Dhondt, A. A.: Competition between blue and great tit for roosting sites in winter: An aviary experiment. Ornis Scandinavica 22, pp. 73 - 75 (1991)

Dhondt, A. A.; Adriaensen, F.; Matthysen, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Nonadaptive clutch size in tits. Nature 348 (6303), pp. 723 - 725 (1990)

Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: 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)

Kempenaers, B.; Schlicht, E.: Extra-pair behaviour. In: Animal behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms, pp. 359 - 411 (Ed. Kappeler, P.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2010)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore: The Firebirds. Ardea 110 (1), pp. 1 - 4 (2022)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore: Moult and misfortune. Ardea 108 (1), pp. 1 - 4 (2020)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore: Antipodean attractions. Ardea 107 (1), pp. 1 - 4 (2019)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore: The evolution of advertising. Ardea 105 (2), pp. 85 - 87 (2017)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore. Ardea 104 (2), pp. 103 - 105 (2016)

Kempenaers, B.: Ornithology from the lakeshore. Ardea 103 (1), pp. 1 - 2 (2015)

Bijlsma, R.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T.: Creating long-term value: Natural history is the basis. Ardea 102 (1), pp. 1 - 2 (2014)

Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Montiglio, P.-O.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Farine, D. R.: Linking the fine-scale social environment to mating decisions: A future direction for the study of extra-pair paternity. (2018)