Publications of Dina K. N. Dechmann

Calderon-Capote, M. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fahr, J.; Wikelski, M.; Kays, R.; O'Mara, M. T.: Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-coloured fruit bats. Royal Society Open Science 7 (5), 200274 (2020)

Komar, E.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fasel, N. J.; Zegarek, M.; Ruczynski, I.: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats. The Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (8), jeb214825 (2020)

Schaeffer, P. J.; O'Mara, M. T.; Breiholz, J.; Keicher, L.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction. Royal Society Open Science 7 (4), 191989 (2020)

Baldwin, J. W.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Thies, W.; Whitehead, S. R.: Defensive fruit metabolites obstruct seed dispersal by altering bat behavior and physiology at multiple temporal scales. Ecology 101 (2), e02937 (2020)

Ruczynski, I.; Halat, Z.; Zegarek, M.; Borowik, T.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Camera transects as a method to monitor high temporal and spatial ephemerality of flying nocturnal insects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2), pp. 294 - 302 (2020)

O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Kranstauber, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: First three‐dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility. Ecology 100 (9), e02762 (2019)

O'Mara, M. T.; Scharf, A. K.; Fahr, J.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Safi, K.: Overall dynamic body acceleration in straw-colored fruit bats increases in headwinds but not with airspeed. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 200 (2019)

van Toor, M. L.; O'Mara, M. T.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Wikelski, M.; Fahr, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Linking colony size with quantitative estimates of ecosystem services of African fruit bats. Current Biology 29 (7), pp. R225 - R240 (2019)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Seasonal reversible size changes in the braincase and mass of common shrews are flexibly modified by environmental conditions. Scientific Reports 9, 2489 (2019)

O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Kranstauber, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Common noctules exploit low levels of the aerosphere. Royal Society Open Science 6 (2), 181942 (2019)

Smaers, J. B.; Mongle, C. S.; Safi, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Allometry, evolution and development of neocortex size in mammals. Progress in Brain Research 250, pp. 83 - 107 (2019)

Lehnert, L. S.; Kramer-Schadt, S.; Teige, T.; Hoffmeister, U.; Popa-Lisseanu, A.; Bontadina, F.; Ciechanowski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Kravchenko, K.; Presetnik, P. et al.; Starrach, M.; Straube, M.; Zoephel, U.; Voigt, C. C.: Variability and repeatability of noctule bat migration in Central Europe: Evidence for partial and differential migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1893), 20182174 (2018)

Halat, Z.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Zegarek, M.; Visser, A. E. J.; Ruczynski, I.: Sociality and insect abundance affect duration of nocturnal activity of male parti-colored bats. Journal of Mammalogy 99 (6), pp. 1503 - 1509 (2018)

Kohles, J. E.; Page, R. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; O'Mara, M. T.: Rapid behavioral changes during early development in Peters’ tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum). PLoS One 13 (10), e0205351 (2018)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; Sherwood, C. C.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Profound seasonal changes in brain size and architecture in the common shrew. Brain Structure & Function 223 (6), pp. 2823 - 2840 (2018)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Stiehler, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Cognitive skills of common shrews (Sorex araneus) vary with seasonal changes in skull size and brain mass. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (2), jeb166595 (2018)

O'Mara, M. T.; Rikker, S.; Wikelski, M.; Ter Maat, A.; Pollock, H. S.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats. Royal Society Open Science 4 (12), 171359 (2017)

Lazaro, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Hertel, M.: Profound reversible seasonal changes of individual skull size in a mammal. Current Biology 27 (20), pp. R1106 - R1107 (2017)

O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Voigt, C. C.; Ter Maat, A.; Pollock, H. S.; Burness, G.; Desantis, L. M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats. eLife 6, e26686 (2017)

Dechmann, D. K. N.; Wikelski, M.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Safi, K.; O'Mara, M. T.: Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat. Biology Letters 13 (9), 20170395 (2017)