Publications of Manfred Gahr

Quispe Valdez, R.; Brazao Protazio, J. M.; Gahr, M.: Seasonal singing of a songbird living near the equator correlates with minimal changes in day length. Scientific Reports 7, 9140 (2017)

Ma, S.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Power-law scaling of calling dynamics in zebra finches. Scientific Reports 7, 8397 (2017)

D'Amelio, P. B.; Klumb, M.; Adreani, M. N.; Gahr, M.; Ter Maat, A.: Individual recognition of opposite sex vocalizations in the zebra finch. Scientific Reports 7, 5579 (2017)

da Silva dos Santos, M.; Kretschmer, R.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; O'Brien, P. C. M.; Ferguson-Smith, M. A.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.: Comparative cytogenetics between two important songbird models: The zebra finch and the canary. PLoS One 12 (1), e0170997 (2017)

Gill, L.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Adreani, M. N.; Sagunsky, H.; Gahr, M.; Ter Maat, A.: A minimum-impact, flexible tool to study vocal communication of small animals with precise individual-level resolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7 (11), pp. 1349 - 1358 (2016)

Quispe Valdez, R.; Sèbe, F.; da Silva, M. L.; Gahr, M.: Dawn-song onset coincides with increased HVC androgen receptor expression but is decoupled from high circulating testosterone in an equatorial songbird. Physiology & Behavior 156, pp. 1 - 7 (2016)

Seltmann, S.; Trost, L.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Natural melatonin fluctuation and its minimally invasive simulation in the zebra finch. PeerJ 4, e1939 (2016)

Ota, N.; Gahr, M.; Soma, M.: Tap dancing birds: The multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird. Scientific Reports 5, 16614 (2015)

Lobato, M.; Vellema, M.; Gahr, C.; Leitao, A.; de Lima, S.; Geberzahn, N.; Gahr, M.: Mismatch in sexual dimorphism of developing song and song control system in blue-capped cordon-bleus, a songbird species with singing females and males. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3, 117 (2015)

Gill, L.; Goymann, W.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Patterns of call communication between group-housed zebra finches change during the breeding cycle. eLife 4, e07770 (2015)

Schwabl, H.; Dowling, J.; Baldassarre, D. T.; Gahr, M.; Lindsay, W. R.; Webster, M. S.: Variation in song system anatomy and androgen levels does not correspond to song characteristics in a tropical songbird. Animal Behaviour 104, pp. 39 - 50 (2015)

Quispe Valdez, R.; Trappschuh, M.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.: Towards more physiological manipulations of hormones in field studies: Comparing the release dynamics of three kinds of testosterone implants, silastic tubing, time-release pellets and beeswax. General and Comparative Endocrinology 212, pp. 100 - 105 (2015)

Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Werber, M.; Klages, S.; Kerick, M.; Bakker, A.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Reusch, C.; Capuano, F.; Vowinckel, J. et al.; Leitner, S.; Ralser, M.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M.: Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds. Genome Biology 16, 19 (2015)

Dittrich, F.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Ko, M.-C.; Diales da Rocha, M.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Wie Geschlechtshormone den Vogelgesang regulieren. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2015)

Fusani, L.; Gahr, M.: Differential expression of melatonin receptor subtypes MelIa, MelIb and MelIc in relation to melatonin binding in the male songbird brain. Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 85 (1), pp. 4 - 14 (2015)

Dittrich, F.; Ramenda, C.; Grillitsch, D.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Ko, M.-C.; Hertel, M.; Goymann, W.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Regulatory mechanisms of testosterone-stimulated song in the sensorimotor nucleus HVC of female songbirds. BMC Neuroscience 15 (1), 128 (2014)

Ter Maat, A.; Trost, L.; Sagunsky, H.; Seltmann, S.; Gahr, M.: Zebra finch mates use their forebrain song system in unlearned call communication. PLoS One 9 (10), e109334 (2014)

Vellema, M.; Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: What makes a marker a good marker? Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 84 (1), pp. 5 - 7 (2014)

Gahr, M.: How hormone-sensitive are bird songs and what are the underlying mechanisms? Acta acustica united with acustica 100 (4), pp. 705 - 718 (2014)

Voigt, C.; Gahr, M.; Leitner, S.; Lutermann, H.; Bennett, N. C.: Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 38 (2014)