Publications

Publications 2012

Atagan, Y. and Forstmeier, W.: Protein supplementation decreases courtship rate in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour 83, 69-74 (2012)

Beckers, G.J.L., Bolhuis, J.J., Okanoya, K. and Berwick, R.C.: Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature. Neuroreport 23, 139-145 (2012)

Bolund, E., Schielzeth, H. and Forstmeier, W.: Singing activity stimulates partner reproductive investment rather than increasing paternity success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, DOI 10.1007/s00265-012-1346-z (2012)

Brumm, H.: Biomusic and popular culture: The use of animal sounds in the music of The Beatles. Journal of Popular Music Studies 24, 25-38 (2012)

Buehler DM, Vézina F, Goymann W, Schwabl I, Versteegh M, Tieleman BI, Piersma T.: Independence among four physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press (2012)

Carrete, M., Edelaar, P., Blas, J., Serrano, D. Potti, J., Dingemanse, N.J., and Tella, J.L.: Don’t neglect pre-establishment individual selection in deliberate introductions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27, 67-68 (2012)

Derégnaucourt, S., Saar, S., and Gahr, M.: Melatonin affects the temporal pattern of vocal signatures in birds. Journal of Pineal Research, in press (2012)

Dingemanse, N. J., I. Barber, J. Wright, and Brommer, J.E.: Quantitative genetics of behavioural reaction norms: genetic correlations between personality and behavioural plasticity vary across stickleback populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, 485-496 (2012)

Dingemanse, N.J., Dochtermann, N.A., and Nakagawa, S: Defining behavioural syndromes and the role of "syndrome deviation" to study its evolution. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press (2012)

Dingemanse, N. J., Bouwman, K. M., van de Pol, M., van Overveld, T., Patrick, S. C., Matthysen, E. and Quinn, J. L.: Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major. Journal of Animal Ecology 81, 116-126 (2012)

Forstmeier, W., Schielzeth, H., Mueller, J., Kempenaers, B., and Ellegren, H.: Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in zebra finches: microsatellite markers can be better than their reputation. Molecular Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05593.x (2012)

Goymann, W.: 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, in press (2012)

Goymann, W., Helm, B., Jensen, W., Schwabl I. and Moore, I.T.: A tropical bird can use the equatorial change in sunrise and sunset times to synchronize its circannual clock. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, in press (2012)

Hirschenhauser K, Spreitzer K, Lepschy M, Kotrschal K, Möstl E: Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings. J. Ornithol. in press. (2012)

Knief, U., Schielzeth, H., Kempenaers, B., Ellegren, H. and Forstmeier, W.: QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch. Molecular Ecology, in press (2012)

Lesku JA and Rattenborg NC: Sleep in birds. In: Kushida CA (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sleep. Oxford: Academic Press, in press (2012)

Mathot, K. J., Wright, J., Kempenaers, B., and Dingemanse, N. J.: Adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty may explain personality-related differences in behavioural plasticity. Oikos, in press (2012)

Nicolaus, M., Michler, S. P. M., Kalvingh, K. M., Ubels, R., van der Velde, M., Komdeur, J., Both, C., and Tinbergen, J. M.: Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major). Journal of Animal Ecology, in press (2012)

Nicolaus, M., Michler, S.P.M., Ubels, R., van der Velde, M., Bouwman, K.M., Both, C. and Tinbergen, J.M.: Local sex ratio affects the cost of reproduction. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01933.x) (2012)

Poot, H., Ter Maat, A., Trost, L., Schwabl, I., Jansen, R.F., Gahr, M.: Behavioural and physiological effects of population density on domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) held in aviaries. Physiology and Behavior 105, 821-828 (2012)

Ritschard, M. and Brumm, H.: Zebra finch song reflects current food availability. Evolutionary Ecology, in press (2012)

Ritschard, M., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. and Brumm, H.: Song amplitude of rival males modulates the territorial behaviour of great tits during the fertile period of their mates. Ethology 118, 197-202 (2012)

Schielzeth, H., Kempenaers, B., Ellegren, H., and Forstmeier, W.: QTL linkage mapping of zebra finch beak colour shows an oligogenic control of a sexually selected trait. Evolution 66, 18-30 (2012)

Schielzeth, H., Forstmeier, W., Kempenaers, B., and Ellegren, H.: QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide SNP markers. Molecular Ecology 21, 329-339 (2012)

Seguin, A. and Forstmeier, W.: No band color effects on male courtship rate or body mass: four experiments and a meta-analysis. PLoS one, in press (2012)

Ter Maat, A., Pieneman, A.W. and Koene, J.M.: The effect of light on induced egg laying in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Molluscan Studies, in press (2012)

Valcu, M., Dale, J., Kempenaers, B.: rangeMapper: A platform for the study of macroecology of life history traits, Global Ecology and Biogeography, in press (2012)