Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence

Publications of the Institute

Scientific publications of the MPI for Biological Intelligence - starting in the year 2022.

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Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Baumgartner, H. A.; Bazhydai, M.; Brosnan, S. F.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Call, J.; Chittka, L.; Elsherif, M.; Espinosa, J. et al.; Freeman, M. S.; Gjoneska, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Huber, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Moreau, D.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, S.; Schwing, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Visser, I.; Vonk, J.; Yeager, J.; Zettersten, M.; Prétô, L.: Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition. Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

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Belfín, O.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T.: Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black-tailed godwits. Journal of Avian Biology, e03362 (2025)

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Borst, A.: Differential temporal filtering in the fly optic lobe. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Carrier, Y.; Rio, L. Q.; Formicola, N.; de Sousa-Xavier, V.; Tabet, M.; Chen, Y.-C. D.; Ali, A. H.; Wislez, M.; Orts, L.; Borst, A. et al.; Pinto-Teixeira, F.: Biased cell adhesion organizes the Drosophila visual motion integration circuit. Developmental Cell (2025)

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Casagrande, S.; Dell'Omo, G.: Mitochondrial bioenergetics and proteomic insights in seabird nestling growth: Linking warmer nest temperatures to reduced body size. SSRN (2025)

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Castelfranco, A.; Alcami, P.: Mitochondria induce anisotropy and delays in action potential conduction. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Chun, S. H.; Diaz Almeida, D. S.; Todorov, M. I.; Straub, T.; Ruff, T.; Shao, W.; Yang, J.; Seyit-Bremer, G.; Shen, Y.-J.; Ertürk, A. et al.; del Toro, D.; Shi, S.; Klein, R.: Cortex folding by combined progenitor expansion and adhesion-controlled neuronal migration. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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de Framond, L.; Francis, D. C.; Valcu, M.; Brumm, H.: Latitudinal variation in the timing of nest predator activity is habitat specific. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34 (1), e13945 (2025)

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Elderbrock, E. K.; Brown, G. M.; Dochtermann, N. A.; Galante, H.; Hau, M.; Greives, T. J.: Daily activity is repeatable but varies across the breeding season in female great tits. Behavioral Ecology 36 (1), arae106 (2025)

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Fermani, F.; Chang, S.; Peters, C.; Gaitanos, L.; Alcala Morales, P. L.; Ramakrishnan, C.; Deisseroth, K.; Klein, R.: Food and water uptake are regulated by distinct central amygdala circuits revealed using intersectional genetics. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Freitas, B.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Milá, B.; Thébaud, C.; Janicke, T.: Meta-analysis of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis reveals no support for the effect of vegetation structure on acoustic signalling across terrestrial vertebrates. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2025)

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Gillingham, M. A. F.; Prüter, H.; Montero, B. K.; Kempenaers, B.: The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2025)

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Goltstein, P.; Laubender, D.; Bonhoeffer, T.; Hübener, M.: Ocular dominance columns in mouse visual cortex. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Gould, E.; Fraser, H. S.; Parker, T. H.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Vesk, P. A.; Fidler, F.; Hamilton, D. G.; Abbey-Lee, R. N.; Abbott, J. K. et al.; Aguirre, L. A.; Alcaraz, C.; Aloni, I.; Altschul, D.; Arekar, K.; Atkins, J. W.; Atkinson, J.; Baker, C.; Barrett, M.; Bell, K.; Bello, S. K.; Beltrán, I.; Berauer, B. J.; Bertram, M. G.; Billman, P. D.; Blake, C. K.; Blake, S.; Bliard, L.; Bonisoli-Alquati, A.; Bonnet, T.; Bordes, C. N. M.; Bose, A. P. H.; Botterill-James, T.; Boyd, M. A.; Boyle, S. A.; Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Bradham, J.; Brand, J. A.; Brengdahl, M. I.; Bulla, M.; Bussière, L.; Camerlenghi, E.; Campbell, S. E.; Campos, L. L. F.; Caravaggi, A.; Cardoso, P.; Carroll, C. J. W.; Catanach, T. A.; Chen, X.; Chik, H. Y. J.; Choy, E. S.; Christie, A. P.; Chuang, A.; Chunco, A. J.; Clark, B. L.; Contina, A.; Covernton, G. A.; Cox, M. P.; Cressman, K. A.; Crotti, M.; Crouch, C. D.; D'Amelio, P. B.; de Sousa, A. A.; Döbert, T. F.; Dobler, R.; Dobson, A. J.; Doherty, T. S.; Drobniak, S. M.; Duffy, A. G.; Duncan, A. B.; Dunn, R. P.; Dunning, J.; Dutta, T.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Elmore, J. A.; Elsherif, M. M.; English, H. M.; Ensminger, D. C.; Ernst, U. R.; Ferguson, S. M.; Fernández-Juricic, E.; Ferreira-Arruda, T.; Fieberg, J.; Finch, E. A.; Fiorenza, E. A.; Fisher, D. N.; Fontaine, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Fourcade, Y.; Frank, G. S.; Freund, C. A.; Fuentes-Lillo, E.; Gandy, S. L.; Gannon, D. G.; García-Cervigón, A. I.; Garretson, A. C.; Ge, X.; Geary, W. L.; Géron, C.; Gilles, M.; Girndt, A.; Gliksman, D.; Goldspiel, H. B.; Gomes, D. G. E.; Good, M. K.; Goslee, S. C.; Gosnell, J. S.; Grames, E. M.; Gratton, P.; Grebe, N. M.; Greenler, S. M.; Griffioen, M.; Griffith, D. M.; Griffith, F. J.; Grossman, J. J.; Güncan, A.; Haesen, S.; Hagan, J. G.; Hager, H. A.; Harris, J. P.; Harrison, N. D.; Hasnain, S. S.; Havird, J. C.; Heaton, A. J.; Herrera-Chaustre, M. L.; Howard, T. J.; Hsu, B.-Y.; Iannarilli, F.; Iranzo, E. C.; Iverson, E. N. K.; Jimoh, S. O.; Johnson, D. H.; Johnsson, M.; Jorna, J.; Jucker, T.; Jung, M.; Kačergytė, I.; Kaltz, O.; Ke, A.; Kelly, C. D.; Keogan, K.; Keppeler, F. W.; Killion, A. K.; Kim, D.; Kochan, D. P.; Korsten, P.; Kothari, S.; Kuppler, J.; Kusch, J. M.; Lagisz, M.; Lalla, K. M.; Larkin, D. J.; Larson, C. L.; Lauck, K. S.; Lauterbur, M. E.; Law, A.; Léandri-Breton, D.-J.; Lembrechts, J. J.; L'Herpiniere, K.; Lievens, E. J. P.; de Lima, D. O.; Lindsay, S.; Luquet, M.; MacLeod, R.; Macphie, K. H.; Magellan, K.; Mair, M. M.; Malm, L. E.; Mammola, S.; Mandeville, C. P.; Manhart, M.; Manrique-Garzon, L. M.; Mäntylä, E.; Marchand, P.; Marshall, B. M.; Martin, C. A.; Martin, D. A.; Martin, J. M.; Martinig, A. R.; McCallum, E. S.; McCauley, M.; McNew, S. M.; Meiners, S. J.; Merkling, T.; Michelangeli, M.; Moiron, M.; Moreira, B.; Mortensen, J.; Mos, B.; Muraina, T. O.; Murphy, P. W.; Nelli, L.; Niemelä, P.; Nightingale, J.; Nilsonne, G.; Nolazco, S.; Nooten, S. S.; Novotny, J. L.; Olin, A. B.; Organ, C. L.; Ostevik, K. L.; Palacio, F. X.; Paquet, M.; Parker, D. J.; Pascall, D. J.; Pasquarella, V. J.; Paterson, J. H.; Payo-Payo, A.; Pedersen, K. M.; Perez, G.; Perry, K. I.; Pottier, P.; Proulx, M. J.; Proulx, R.; Pruett, J. L.; Ramananjato, V.; Randimbiarison, F. T.; Razafindratsima, O. H.; Rennison, D. J.; Riva, F.; Riyahi, S.; Roast, M. J.; Rocha, F. P.; Roche, D. G.; Román-Palacios, C.; Rosenberg, M. S.; Ross, J.; Rowland, F. E.; Rugemalila, D.; Russell, A. L.; Ruuskanen, S.; Saccone, P.; Sadeh, A.; Salazar, S. M.; Sales, K.; Salmón, P.; Sánchez-Tójar, A.; Santos, L. P.; Santostefano, F.; Schilling, H. T.; Schmidt, M.; Schmoll, T.; Schneider, A. C.; Schrock, A. E.; Schroeder, J.; Schtickzelle, N.; Schultz, N. L.; Scott, D. A.; Scroggie, M. P.; Shapiro, J. T.; Sharma, N.; Shearer, C. L.; Simón, D.; Sitvarin, M. I.; Skupien, F. L.; Slinn, H. L.; Smith, G. P.; Smith, J. A.; Sollmann, R.; Whitney, K. S.; Still, S. M.; Stuber, E. F.; Sutton, G. F.; Swallow, B.; Taff, C. C.; Takola, E.; Tanentzap, A. J.; Tarjuelo, R.; Telford, R. J.; Thawley, C. J.; Thierry, H.; Thomson, J.; Tidau, S.; Tompkins, E. M.; Tortorelli, C. M.; Trlica, A.; Turnell, B. R.; Urban, L.; de Vondel, S. V.; van der Wal, J. E. M.; Eeckhoven, J. V.; van Oordt, F.; Vanderwel, K. M.; Vanderwel, M. C.; Vanderwolf, K. J.; Vélez, J.; Vergara-Florez, D. C.; Verrelli, B. C.; Vieira, M. V.; Villamil, N.; Vitali, V.; Vollering, J.; Walker, J.; Walker, X. J.; Walter, J. A.; Waryszak, P.; Weaver, R. J.; Wedegärtner, R. E. M.; Weller, D. L.; Whelan, S.; White, R. L.; Wolfson, D. W.; Wood, A.; Yanco, S. W.; Yen, J. D. L.; Youngflesh, C.; Zilio, G.; Zimmer, C.; Zimmerman, G. M.; Zitomer, R. A.: Same data, different analysts: Variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. EcoEvoRxiv (2025)

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Hees, J. T.; Segura, I.; Schneider, A.; Schifferer, M.; Misgeld, T.; Harbauer, A.: ER-associated biogenesis of PINK1 preprotein for neuronal mitophagy. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Iturralde Polit, P.; Araya-Salas, M.; Goerlitz, H. R.; Chaverri, G.: Variation in echolocation call emission of Neotropical insect-eating bats in response to shifting ambient temperatures. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Jendryka, M. M.; Lewin, U.; Kapanaiah, S. K. T.; Dermutz, H.; Liss, B.; Pekcec, A.; Akam, T.; Grewe, B. F.; Kätzel, D.: Excitatory neurons of the anterior cingulate cortex encode chosen actions and their outcomes rather than cognitive state. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Kempenaers, B.; Valcu, M.; Piersma, T.; Santema, P.; Vervoort, R.: Large-scale sampling of potential breeding sites in male ruffs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2038), 20242225 (2025)

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Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Sohnius-Wilhelmi, N.; Alcami, P.; Gahr, M.: From silence to song: Testosterone triggers extensive transcriptional changes in the female canary HVC. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, e13476 (2025)

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Kotlyarenko, Y.; Bright, A. R.; Neuhaus, F.; Rodrigues, D.; Vitali, I.; Myoga, M.; Mayer, C.: Nfib regulates progenitor competence in maturation of GABAergic neurons. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Smeele, S.; Snijders, M.; Haldar, E.; Carpenter, J.; Zamora, R.; Naguib, M.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Gahr, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Evolution of vocal production learning in parrots. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Krentz, M.; Tutunji, R.; Kogias, N.; Murali Mahadevan, H.; Reppmann, Z. C.; Krause, F.; Hermans, E. J.: A comparison of fMRI data-derived and physiological data-derived methods for physiological noise correction. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Küblbeck, M.; Weiß, I.; Korner-Nievergelt, F.; Korschefsky, T.; Liebel, H.; Goymann, W.: Multi-scale habitat selection and nest survival of whinchats and stonechats: Implications for grassland conservation management. Wildlife Biology, e01238 (2025)

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Mearns, D. S.; Hunt, S. A.; Schneider, M.; Parker, A. V.; Stemmer, M.; Baier, H.: Diverse prey capture strategies in teleost larvae. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Meissner-Bernard, C.; Jenkins, B. J.; Rupprecht, P.; Bouldoires, E. A.; Zenke, F.; Friedrich, R. W.; Frank, T.: Computational functions of precisely balanced neuronal assemblies in an olfactory memory network. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Merondun, J.; Wolf, J. B. W.: The contribution of epigenetic variation to evolution in crows. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Messina, S.; Prüter, H.; Czirják, G. Á.; Costantini, D.: Lower adaptive immunity in invasive Egyptian geese compared to sympatric native waterfowls. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 299, 111752 (2025)

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Murcia-Belmonte, V.; Chauvin, G.; Coca, Y.; Escalante, A.; Klein, R.; Herrera, E.: EphA4 mediates ephrinB1-dependent adhesion in retinal ganglion cells. The Journal of Neuroscience, e0043242024 (2025)

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Myoga, M. H.; Amaro, D.; Kello, V.; Gumbert, M.; Leibold, C.; Pecka, M.; Grothe, B.: The dynamics of context-dependent space representations in auditory cortex. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Natarajan, P.; Koupourtidou, C.; de Resseguier, T.; Thorwirth, M.; Bocchi, R.; Fischer-Sternjak, J.; Gleiss, S.; Rodrigues, D.; Myoga, M.; Ninkovic, J. et al.; Masserdotti, G.; Götz, M.: Single cell deletion of the transcription factors Trps1 and Sox9 in astrocytes reveals novel functions in the adult cerebral cortex. Glia (2025)

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Parker, A. V.; Stemmer, M.; Grätsch, S.; Dorigo, A.; Rodriguez Ramirez, O.; Adel, A.; Jordan, L. A.; Baier, H.: Brood care in shell-dwelling cichlids is timed by independent maternal and larval clocks. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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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, e13543 (2025)

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Samara, E.; Schilling, T.; Ribeiro, I. M. A.; Haag, J.; Leonte, M.-B.; Borst, A.: Columnar cholinergic neurotransmission onto T5 cells of Drosophila. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Siegenthaler, D.; Denny, H.; Carrasco, S. S.; Mayer, J. L.; Peyrache, A.; Trenholm, S.; Macé, E.: Visual objects refine head direction coding. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Soma, M.; Nakatani, M.; Ota, N.: Choice of props for courtship dancing in estrildid finches. Scientific Reports 15, 219 (2025)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Smeele, S. Q.; Osvath, M.; Guerrero, A. M.; Hernandez Sanchez, A.; Ramirez, C. U.; Almunia, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Awareness of the future: Dolphins know when they need to remember for the future. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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van Staden, C.; Weinshenker, D.; Finger-Baier, K.; Botha, T. L.; Brand, L.; de Wolmarans, W.: Posttraumatic anxiety-like behaviour in zebrafish is dose-dependently attenuated by the alpha-2A receptor agonist, guanfacine. Behavioural Pharmacology 36 (1), pp. 47 - 59 (2025)

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Wekerle, H.; Kawakami, N.: Brain myelin trains T cells to stop autoimmunity. Nature 637 (8044), pp. 41 - 42 (2025)

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Zerche, M.; Hunniford, V.; Alekseev, A.; El May, F.; Vavakou, A.; Siegenthaler, D.; Hüser, M. A.; Kiehn, S. M.; Garrido-Charles, A.; Alvanos, T. et al.; Witzke, I.; Trenholm, S.; Macé, E.; Kusch, K.; Bruegmann, T.; Wolf, B. J.; Mager, T.; Moser, T.: Efficient and sustained optogenetic control of nervous and cardiac systems. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Zhou, J.; Vitali, I.; Roig-Puiggros, S.; Javed, A.; Jabaudon, D.; Mayer, C.; Bocchi, R.: Dual lineage origins of neocortical astrocytes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

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Ahn, M.; Edelman, B. J.; He, B.; Müller-Putz, G. R.; Röhrbein, F.: Advances in hybrid and application-driven BCI systems. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 18, 1498196 (2024)

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Allard, C. A. H.; Herbert, A. L.; Krueger, S. P.; Liang, Q.; Walsh, B. L.; Rhyne, A. L.; Gourlay, A. N.; Seminara, A.; Baldwin, M. W.; Kingsley, D. M. et al.; Bellono, N. W.: Evolution of novel sensory organs in fish with legs. Current Biology 34 (19), pp. 4349 - 4356.e7 (2024)

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Atluri, N.; Dulko, E.; Jedrusiak, M.; Klos, J.; Osuru, H. P.; Davis, E.; Beenhakker, M.; Kapur, J.; Zuo, Z.; Lunardi, N.: Anatomical substrates of Rapid Eye Movement sleep rebound in a rodent model of post-sevoflurane sleep disruption. Anesthesiology 140 (4), pp. 729 - 741 (2024)

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Aulsebrook, A. E.; Jacques-Hamilton, R.; Kempenaers, B.: Quantifying mating behaviour using accelerometry and machine learning: Challenges and opportunities. Animal Behaviour 207, pp. 55 - 76 (2024)

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Bauer, J.; Lewin, U.; Herbert, E.; Gjorgjieva, J.; Schoonover, C.; Fink, A.; Rose, T.; Bonhoeffer, T.; Hübener, M.: Sensory experience steers representational drift in mouse visual cortex. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9153 (2024)

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Belojevic, J.; Mortier, M. S.; Oberweiser, M. M.; Braig, F.; Haug, J. T.; Haug, C.: The history of short-tailed whip scorpions: Changes in body size and flagellum shape in Schizomida. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143 (1), 24 (2024)

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Bistere, L.; Gomez-Guzman, C. M.; Xiong, Y.; Vallentin, D.: Female calls promote song learning in male juvenile zebra finches. Nature Communications 15, 8938 (2024)

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Bistere, L.; Wilczek, S.; Vallentin, D.: Variable and slow-paced neural dynamics in HVC underlie plastic song production in juvenile zebra finches. BMC Neuroscience 25, 76 (2024)

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Borst, A.: Connectivity matrix seriation via relaxation. PLoS Computational Biology 20 (2), e1011904 (2024)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Meza-Angulo, E.; Bayly, N. J.: Abundance models of endemic birds of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern South America, suggest small population sizes and dependence on montane elevations. Ornithological Applications 126 (2), duae002 (2024)

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