Publications of Martin Bulla

Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Still no evidence for disruption of global patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Mikula, P.; Bulla, M.; Blumstein, D. T.; Benedetti, Y.; Floigl, K.; Jokimäki, J.; Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, M.-L.; Markó, G.; Morelli, F.; Møller, A. P. et al.; Siretckaia, A.; Szakony, S.; Weston, M. A.; Zeid, F. A.; Tryjanowski, P.; Albrecht, T.: Urban birds’ flight responses were unaffected by the COVID-19 shutdowns. Communications Biology 7, 874 (2024)

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)

Kwon, E.; Valcu, M.; Cragnolini, M.; Bulla, M.; Lyon, B.; Kempenaers, B.: Breeding site fidelity is lower in polygamous shorebirds and male-biased in monogamous species. Behavioral Ecology 33 (3), pp. 592 - 605 (2022)

Sládeček, M.; Brynychová, K.; Elhassan, E.; Šálek, M. E.; Janatová, V.; Vozabulová, E.; Chajma, P.; Firlová, V.; Pešková, L.; Almuhery, A. et al.; Bulla, M.: Diel timing of nest predation changes across breeding season in a subtropical shorebird. Ecology and Evolution 11 (19), pp. 13101 - 13117 (2021)

Mikula, P.; Valcu, M.; Brumm, H.; Bulla, M.; Forstmeier, W.; Petrusková, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Albrecht, T.: A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection. Ecology Letters 24 (3), pp. 477 - 486 (2021)

Bulla, M.; Reneerkens, J.; Weiser, E. L.; Sokolov, A.; Taylor, A. R.; Sittler, B.; McCaffery, B. J.; Ruthrauff, D. R.; Catlin, D. H.; Payer, D. C. et al.; Ward, D. H.; Solovyeva, D. V.; Santos, E. S. A.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Nol, E.; Kwon, E.; Brown, G. S.; Hevia, G. D.; Gates, H. R.; Johnson, J. A.; van Gils, J. A.; Hansen, J.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Rausch, J.; Conklin, J. R.; Liebezeit, J.; Bêty, J.; Lang, J.; Alves, J. A.; Fernández-Elipe, J.; Exo, K.-M.; Bollache, L.; Bertellotti, M.; Giroux, M.-A.; van de Pol, M.; Johnson, M.; Boldenow, M. L.; Valcu, M.; Soloviev, M.; Sokolova, N.; Senner, N. R.; Lecomte, N.; Meyer, N.; Schmidt, N. M.; Gilg, O.; Smith, P. A.; Machín, P.; McGuire, R. L.; Cerboncini, R. A. S.; Ottvall, R.; van Bemmelen, R. S. A.; Swift, R. J.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Jamieson, S. E.; Brown, S. C.; Piersma, T.; Albrecht, T.; D’Amico, V.; Lanctot, R. B.; Kempenaers, B.: Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”. Science 364 (6445), eaaw8529 (2019)

Plaschke, S.; Bulla, M.; Cruz-López, M.; Ángel, S. G. d.; Küpper, C.: Nest initiation and flooding in response to season and semi-lunar spring tides in a ground-nesting shorebird. Frontiers in Zoology 16, 15 (2019)

Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Rutten, A. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Temporary mate removal during incubation leads to variable compensation in a biparental shorebird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 93 (2019)

Sládeček, M.; Vozabulová, E.; Šálek, M. E.; Bulla, M.: Diversity of incubation rhythms in a facultatively uniparental shorebird - the Northern Lapwing. Scientific Reports 9, 4706 (2019)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Valcu, M.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Bulla, M.; Both, C.; Duckworth, R. A.; Kiere, L. M.; Karell, P.; Albrecht, T. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds. PLoS Biology 17 (2), e3000156 (2019)

Bulla, M.; Oudman, T.; Bijleveld, A. I.; Piersma, T.; Kyriacou, C. P.: Marine biorhythms: Bridging chronobiology and ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 372 (1734), 20160253 (2017)

Dominoni, D.; Akesson, S.; Klaassen, R.; Spoelstra, K.; Bulla, M.: Methods in field chronobiology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 372 (1734), 20160247 (2017)

Bulla, M.; Prüter, H.; Vitnerova, H.; Tijsen, W.; Sládeček, M.; Alves, J. A.; Gilg, O.; Kempenaers, B.: Flexible parental care: Uniparental incubation in biparentally incubating shorebirds. Scientific Reports 7, 12851 (2017)

Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Dokter, A. M.; Dondua, A. G.; Kosztolányi, A.; Rutten, A. L.; Helm, B.; Sandercock, B. K.; Casler, B.; Ens, B. J. et al.; Spiegel, C. S.; Hassell, C. J.; Küpper, C.; Minton, C.; Burgas, D.; Lank, D. B.; Payer, D. C.; Loktionov, E. Y.; Nol, E.; Kwon, E.; Smith, F.; Gates, H. R.; Vitnerova, H.; Prüter, H.; Johnson, J. A.; Clair, J. J. H. S.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Rausch, J.; Reneerkens, J.; Conklin, J. R.; Burger, J.; Liebezeit, J.; Bêty, J.; Coleman, J. T.; Figuerola, J.; Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W.; Alves, J. A.; Smith, J. A. M.; Weidinger, K.; Koivula, K.; Gosbell, K.; Exo, K.-M.; Niles, L.; Koloski, L.; McKinnon, L.; Praus, L.; Klaassen, M.; Giroux, M.-A.; Sládeček, M.; Boldenow, M. L.; Goldstein, M. I.; Šálek, M.; Senner, N. R.; Rönkä, N.; Lecomte, N.; Gilg, O.; Vincze, O.; Johnson, O. W.; Smith, P. A.; Woodard, P. F.; Tomkovich, P. S.; Battley, P. F.; Bentzen, R.; Lanctot, R. B.; Porter, R.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Freeman, S.; Brown, S. C.; Yezerinac, S.; Székely, T.; Montalvo, T.; Piersma, T.; Loverti, V.; Pakanen, V.-M.; Tijsen, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature 540 (7631), pp. 109 - 113 (2016)

Bulla, M.; Stich, E.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Off-nest behaviour in a biparentally incubating shorebird varies with sex, time of day and weather. Ibis 157 (3), pp. 575 - 589 (2015)

Bulla, M.; Cresswell, W.; Rutten, A. L.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Biparental incubation-scheduling: No experimental evidence for major energetic constraints. Behavioral Ecology 26 (1), pp. 30 - 37 (2015)

Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Rutten, A. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Biparental incubation patterns in a high-Arctic breeding shorebird: How do pairs divide their duties? Behavioral Ecology 25 (1), pp. 152 - 164 (2014)

Langlois, L. A.; Murboeck, K.; Bulla, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Unusual incubation: Long-billed Dowitcher incubates mammalian bones. Ardea 100 (2), pp. 206 - 210 (2012)

Bulla, M.; Salek, M.; Gosler, A. G.: Eggshell spotting does not predict male incubation but marks thinner areas of a shorebird's shells. The Auk 129 (1), pp. 26 - 35 (2012)