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Journal Article (296)

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Mooney, A.; Teare, J. A.; Staerk, J.; Smeele, S. Q.; Rose, P.; Edell, R. H.; King, C. E.; Conrad, L.; Buckle, Y. M.: Flock size and structure influence reproductive success in four species of flamingo in 540 captive populations worldwide. Zoo Biology (2023)

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Scacco, M.; Arrondo, E.; Donázar, J. A.; Flack, A.; Sánchez‑Zapata, J. A.; Duriez, O.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: The species‑specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species. Landscape Ecology 38 (1), pp. 239 - 252 (2023)

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Abdu, S.; Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Zuniga, D.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.; Brandl, H. B.: The performance of field sampling for parasite detection in a wild passerine. Ecology and Evolution 12 (8), e9242 (2022)

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Brucks, D.; Petelle, M. B.; Baldoni, C.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Rovegno, E.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Intra- and interspecific variation in self-control capacities of parrots in a delay of gratification task. Animal Cognition 25 (2), pp. 473 - 491 (2022)

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Bulla, M.; Muck, C.; Tritscher, D.; Kempenaers, B.: Nest reliefs in a cryptically incubating shorebird are quick, but vocal. Ibis 164 (4), pp. 1013 - 1034 (2022)

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Gruber, T.; Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.; Biro, D.: Efficiency fosters cumulative culture across species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 377 (1843), 20200308 (2022)

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Horas, E. L.; Metzger, S. M.; Platzer, B.; Kelly, J. B.; Becks, L.: Context-dependent costs and benefits of endosymbiotic interactions in a ciliate–algae system. Environmental Microbiology 24 (12), pp. 5924 - 5935 (2022)

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Karagic, N.; Härer, A.; Meyer, A.; Torres-Dowdall, J.: Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integratedphenotypic changes potentially explainingrapid adaptation of color vision in cichlidfish. Evolution: international journal of organic evolution 76 (4), pp. 837 - 845 (2022)

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Krietsch, J.; Cragnolini, M.; Kuhn, S.; Lanctot, R. B.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extrapair paternity in a sequentially polyandrous shorebird: Limited evidence for the sperm storage hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 183, pp. 77 - 92 (2022)

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Malkoc, K.; Mentesana, L.; Casagrande, S.; Hau, M.: Quantifying glucocorticoid plasticity using reaction norm approaches: There still is so much to discover! Integrative and Comparative Biology 62 (1), pp. 58 - 70 (2022)

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Matzke, M.; Toft, S.; Bechsgaard, J.; Pold Vilstrup, A.; Uhl, G.; Künzel, S.; Tuni, C.; Bilde, T.: Sperm competition intensity affects sperm precedence patterns in a polyandrous gift-giving spider. Molecular Ecology 31 (8), pp. 2435 - 2452 (2022)

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Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Mueller, J. C.; Cabrero, J.; Camacho, J. P. M.; Alché, J. D.; Franke, A.; Hoeppner, M.; Börno, S. et al.; Gessara, I.; Hertel, M.; Teltscher, K. L.; Knief, U.; Suh, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (4), e2103960119 (2022)

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Strauß, A. F. T.; McCafferty, D. J.; Nord, A.; Lehmann, M.; Helm, B.: Using skin temperature and activity profiles to assign chronotype in birds. Animal Biotelemetry 10, 27 (2022)

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Zhang, Z. J.; Liu, Y.; Hardrath, A.; Jin, H.; van Kleunen, M.: Increases in multiple resources promote competitive ability of naturalized non-native plants. Communications Biology 5, 1150 (2022)

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Ben-Mocha, Y.; Burkart, J. M.: Intentional communication: Solving methodological issues to assigning first-order intentional signalling. Biological Reviews 96 (3), pp. 903 - 921 (2021)

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Cantor, M.; Chimento, M.; Smeele, S. Q.; He, P.; Papageorgiou, D.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.: Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1946), 20203107 (2021)

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Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: Population turnover facilitates cultural selection for efficiency in birds. Current Biology 31 (11), pp. 2477 - 2483.e3 (2021)

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Curk, T.; Scacco, M.; Safi, K.; Wikelski, M.; Fiedler, W.; Kemp, R.; Wolter, K.: Wing tags severely impair movement in African Cape Vultures. Animal Biotelemetry 9, 11 (2021)

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Gessara, I.; Dittrich, F.; Hertel, M.; Hildebrand, S.; Pfeifer, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; McGrew, M.; Gahr, M.: Highly efficient genome modification of cultured primordial germ cells with lentiviral vectors to generate transgenic songbirds. Stem Cell Reports 16 (4), pp. 784 - 796 (2021)

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Jax, E.; Mueller, I.; Börno, S.; Borlinghaus, H.; Eriksson, G.; Fricke, E.; Timmermann, B.; Pendl, H.; Fiedler, W.; Klein, K. et al.; Schreiber, F.; Wikelski, M.; Magor, K. E.; Kraus, R. H. S.: Health monitoring in birds using bio‑loggers and whole blood transcriptomics. Scientific Reports 11, 10815 (2021)

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Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.: The gene expression profile of the song control nucleus HVC shows sex specificity, hormone responsiveness, and species specificity among songbirds. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 680530 (2021)

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Linek, N.; Brzęk, P.; Gienapp, P.; O'Mara, M. T.; Pokrovsky, I. G.; Schmidt, A.; Shipley, J. R.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Tiainen, J.; Volkmer, T. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Partecke, J.: A partial migrant relies upon a range‑wide cue set but uses population‑specific weighting for migratory timing. BMC Movement Ecology 9, 63 (2021)

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Malecore, E. M.; Berthelot, S.; van Kleunen, M.; Razanajatovo, M. H.: Reciprocal heterospecific pollen interference among alien and native species. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 50, 125610 (2021)

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Malkoc, K.: Individuelle Anpassungen an wechselnde Umweltbedingungen bei Kohlmeisen: Wie stark reagieren Schilddrüsenhormone auf Temperaturveränderungen und Arbeitsleistung? Vogelwarte - Zeitschrift für Vogelkunde 59 (1), pp. 53 - 54 (2021)

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Malkoc, K.; Casagrande, S.; Hau, M.: Inferring whole-organism metabolic rate from red blood cells in birds. Frontiers in Physiology 12, 691633 (2021)

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McClelland, S. C.; Reynolds, M.; Cordall, M.; Hauber, M. E.; Goymann, W.; McClean, L. A.; Hamama, S.; Lund, J.; Dixit, T.; Louder, M. I. M. et al.; Safari, I.; Honza, M.; Spottiswoode, C. N.; Portugal, S. J.: Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1961), 20211137 (2021)

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Mentesana, L.; Adreani, M. N.: Acute aggressive behavior perturbates the oxidative status of a wild bird independently of testosterone and progesterone. Hormones and Behavior 128, 104913 (2021)

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Mentesana, L.; Andersson, M. N.; Casagrande, S.; Goymann, W.; Isaksson, C.; Hau, M.: Natural variation in yolk fatty acids, but not androgens, predicts offspring fitness in a wild bird. Frontiers in Zoology 18, 38 (2021)

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Mouchet, A.; Cole, E. F.; Matthysen, E.; Nicolaus, M.; Quinn, J. L.; Roth, A. M.; Tinbergen, J. M.; van Oers, K.; van Overveld, T.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (28), e2024994118 (2021)

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O'Neill, L.; Rasyidi, R.; Hastings, R.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Innovative problem solving in macaws. Learning & Behavior 49 (1), pp. 106 - 123 (2021)

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Omer, A. H. A.; Fristoe, T.; Yang, Q.; Maurel, N.; Weigelt, P.; Kreft, H.; Bleilevens, J.; Dawson, W.; Essl, F.; Pergl, J. et al.; Pyšek, P.; van Kleunen, M.: Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non-random introduction of alien species for cultivation. Ecography 44 (12), pp. 1812 - 1825 (2021)

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Omer, A. H. A.; Kordofani, M.; Gibreel, H. H.; Pysek, P.; van Kleunen, M.: The alien flora of Sudan and South Sudan: Taxonomic and biogeographical composition. Biological Invasions 23 (7), pp. 2033 - 2045 (2021)

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Papageorgiou, D.; Rozen-Rechels, D.; Nyaguthii, B.; Farine, D. R.: Seasonality impacts collective movements in a wild group-living bird. BMC Movement Ecology 9 (1), 38 (2021)

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Safari, I.; Goymann, W.: The evolution of reversed sex roles and classical polyandry: Insights from coucals and other animals. Ethology 127 (1), pp. 1 - 13 (2021)

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Sridhar, V. H.; Li, L.; Gorbonos, D.; Nagy, M.; Schell, B.; Sorochkin, T.; Gov, N. S.; Couzin, I. D.: The geometry of decision-making in individuals and collectives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (50), e2102157118 (2021)

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Ungurean, G.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Massot, B.; Libourel, P.-A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Pupillary behavior during wakefulness, non-REM sleep, and REM sleep in birds is opposite that of mammals. Current Biology 31 (23), pp. 5370 - 5376.e4 (2021)

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Urban, S.; Nater, A.; Meyer, A.; Kratochwil, C. F.: Different sources of allelic variation drove repeated color pattern divergence in cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (2), pp. 465 - 477 (2021)

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Zhang, Z. J.; Liu, Y.; Yuan, L.; Weber, E.; van Kleunen, M.: Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: A meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters 24 (2), pp. 348 - 362 (2021)

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Beck, K. B.; Farine, D. R.; Kempenaers, B.: Winter associations predict social and extra-pair mating patterns in a wild songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1921), 20192606 (2020)

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Beck, K. B.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Analysis of within-individual variation in extrapair paternity in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) shows low repeatability and little effect of changes in neighborhood. Behavioral Ecology 31 (6), pp. 1303 - 1315 (2020)

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Ben-Mocha, Y.: Why do human and non-human species conceal mating? The cooperation maintenance hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1932), 20201330 (2020)

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Carballo, L.; Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Body size and climate as predictors of plumage colouration and sexual dichromatism in parrots. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33 (11), pp. 1543 - 1557 (2020)

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Curk, T.; Pokrovsky, I. G.; Lecomte, N.; Aarvak, T.; Burnham, K.; Dietz, A.; Franke, A.; Gauthier, G.; Jacobsen, K.-O.; Kidd, J. et al.; Lewis, S. B.; Øien, I. J.; Solheim, R.; Wiebe, K.; Wikelski, M.; Therrien, J.-F.; Safi, K.: Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt. Scientific Reports 10, 7220 (2020)

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de Almeida Monte, A.; Cerwenka, A. F.; Ruthensteiner, B.; Gahr, M.; Düring, D. N.: The hummingbird syrinx morphome: A detailed three-dimensional description of the black jacobin’s vocal organ. BMC Zoology 5 (1), 7 (2020)

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Fröhlich, M.; Müller, G.; Zeiträg, C.; Wittig, R. M.; Pika, S.: Begging and social tolerance: Food solicitation tactics in young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the wild. Evolution and Human Behavior 41 (2), pp. 126 - 135 (2020)

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Gilsenan, C.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Timing of arrival in the breeding area is repeatable and affects reproductive success in a non‐migratory population of blue tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (4), pp. 1017 - 1031 (2020)

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Giraldo Deck, L. M.; Goymann, W.; Safari, I.; Dawson, D. A.; Stocks, M.; Burke, T.; Lank, D. B.; Küpper, C.: Development of intraspecific size variation in black coucals, white‐browed coucals and ruffs from hatching to fledging. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (8), e02440 (2020)

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Hügel, T.; Goerlitz, H. R.: Light might suppress both types of sound‐evoked antipredator flight in moths. Ecology and Evolution 10 (23), pp. 13134 - 13142 (2020)

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Karagic, N.; Meyer, A.; Hulsey, C. D.: Phenotypic plasticity in vertebrate dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60 (3), pp. 608 - 618 (2020)

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Karagic, N.; Schneider, R. F.; Meyer, A.; Hulsey, C. D.: A genomic cluster containing novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid fish dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37 (11), pp. 3165 - 3174 (2020)

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