Publications of Wolfgang Forstmeier

Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.: Conclusions beyond support: Overconfident estimates in mixed models. Behavioral Ecology 20 (2), pp. 416 - 420 (2009)

Forstmeier, W.; Rochester, J. R.; Millam, J. R.: Digit ratio unaffected by estradiol treatment of zebra finch nestlings. General and Comparative Endocrinology 156 (2), pp. 379 - 384 (2008)

Logue, D. M.; Forstmeier, W.: Constrained performance in a communication network: Implications for the function of song-type matching and for the evolution of multiple ornaments. American Naturalist 172 (1), pp. 34 - 41 (2008)

Schielzeth, H.; Burger, C.; Bolund, E.; Forstmeier, W.: Assortative versus disassortative mating preferences of female zebra finches based on self-referent phenotype matching. Animal Behaviour 76 (6), pp. 1927 - 1934 (2008)

Schielzeth, H.; Burger, C.; Bolund, E.; Forstmeier, W.: Sexual imprinting on continuous variation: Do female zebra finches prefer or avoid unfamiliar sons of their foster parents? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21 (5), pp. 1274 - 1280 (2008)

Beck, J.; Forstmeier, W.: Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy. Human Nature-an Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective 18 (1), pp. 35 - 46 (2007)

Bolund, E.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.: Intrasexual competition in zebra finches, the role of beak colour and body size. Animal Behaviour 74 (4), pp. 715 - 724 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.: Do individual females differ intrinsically in their propensity to engage in extra-pair copulations? PLoS One 2 (9), e952 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.; Schielzeth, H.; Schneider, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (6), pp. 1026 - 1028 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.; Segelbacher, G.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Molecular Ecology 16 (19), pp. 4039 - 4050 (2007)

Forstmeier, W.; Hasselquist, D.; Bensch, S.; Leisler, B.: Does song reflect age and viability? A comparison between two populations of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59 (5), pp. 634 - 643 (2006)

Forstmeier, W.: Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1581), pp. 2641 - 2649 (2005)

Garamszegi, L. Z.; Balsby, T. J. S.; Bell, D. B.; Borowiec, M.; Byers, B. E.; Draganoiu, T.; Eens, M.; Forstmeier, W.; Galeotti, P.; Gil, D. et al.; Gorissen, L.; Hansen, P.; Lampe, H. M.; Leitner, S.; Lontkowski, J.; Nagle, L.; Nemeth, E.; Pinxten, R.; Rossi, J.-M.; Saino, N.; Tanvez, A.; Titus, R.; Török, J.; van Duyse, E.; Møller, A.P.: Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57 (4), pp. 305 - 317 (2005)

Forstmeier, W.: Female resistance to male seduction in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour 68 (5), pp. 1005 - 1015 (2004)

Forstmeier, W.: Individuelles Sexualverhalten: Die (manchmal) entscheidende Rolle der Mütter. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2004)

Forstmeier, W.; Birkhead, T. R.: Repeatability of mate choice in the zebra finch: Consistency within and between females. Animal Behaviour 68 (5), pp. 1017 - 1028 (2004)

Forstmeier, W.; Coltman, D. W.; Birkhead, T. R.: Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 58 (11), pp. 2574 - 2583 (2004)

Forstmeier, W.; Leisler, B.: Repertoire size, sexual selection, and offspring viability in the great reed warbler: Changing patterns in space and time. Behavioral Ecology 15 (4), pp. 555 - 563 (2004)

Forstmeier, W.; Weiss, I.: Adaptive plasticity in nest-site selection in response to changing predation risk. Oikos 104 (3), pp. 487 - 499 (2004)

Forstmeier, W.: Extra-pair paternity in the dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus: A test of the "constrained female hypothesis". Behaviour 140 (8), pp. 1117 - 1134 (2003)