Publications of Michaela Hau

Gill, S. A.; Alfson, E. A.; Hau, M.: Context matters: Aggression and testosterone in females of a year-round territorial tropical songbird (Thryothorus leucotis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1622), pp. 2187 - 2194 (2007)

Goymann, W.; Schwabl, I.; Trappschuh, M.; Hau, M.: Use of ethanol for preserving steroid and indoleamine hormones in bird plasma. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150 (2), pp. 191 - 195 (2007)

Hau, M.: Regulation of male traits by testosterone: Implications for the evolution of vertebrate life histories. Bioessays 29 (2), pp. 133 - 144 (2007)

Millet, S.; Bennett, J.; Lee, K. A.; Hau, M.; Klasing, K. C.: Quantifying and comparing constitutive immunity across avian species. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 31 (2), pp. 188 - 201 (2007)

Perfito, N.; Zann, R. A.; Bentley, G. E.; Hau, M.: Opportunism at work: Habitat predictability affects reproductive strategy in free-living zebra finches. Functional Ecology 21 (2), pp. 291 - 301 (2007)

Martin, L. B.; Han, P.; Kwong, J.; Hau, M.: Cutaneous immune activity varies with physiological state in female house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79 (4), pp. 775 - 783 (2006)

Perfito, N.; Bentley, G. E.; Hau, M.: Tonic activation of brain GnRH immunoreactivity despite reduction of peripheral reproductive parameters in opportunistically breeding zebra finches. Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 67 (3), pp. 123 - 134 (2006)

Spinney, L. H.; Bentley, G. E.; Hau, M.: Endocrine correlates of alternative phenotypes in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Hormones and Behavior 50 (5), pp. 762 - 771 (2006)

Beebe, K.; Bentley, G. E.; Hau, M.: A seasonally breeeding tropical bird lacks absolute photorefractoriness in the wild, despite high photosensitivity. Functional Ecology 19 (3), pp. 505 - 512 (2005)

Fusani, L.; Canoine, V.; Goymann, W.; Wikelski, M.; Hau, M.: Difficulties and special issues associated with field research in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Hormones and Behavior 48 (4), pp. 484 - 491 (2005)

Greenman, C. G.; Martin, L. B.; Hau, M.: Reproductive state, but not testosterone, reduces immune function in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78 (1), pp. 60 - 68 (2005)

O’Brien, S.; Hau, M.: Food cues and gonadal development in tropical spotted antbirds. Journal of Ornithology 146 (4), pp. 332 - 337 (2005)

Daan, S.; Hau, M.: Eberhard Gwinner (1938-2004). Journal of Biological Rhythms 19 (6), pp. 463 - 464 (2004)

Hau, M.; Dominguez, O. A.; Evrard, H. C.: Testosterone reduces responsiveness to nociceptive stimuli in a wild bird. Hormones and Behavior 46 (2), pp. 165 - 170 (2004)

Hau, M.; Stoddard, S. T.; Soma, K. K.: Territorial aggression in a tropical bird: Hormone-behavior interactions in the non-breeding season. Hormones and Behavior 45 (1), pp. 40 - 49 (2004)

Hau, M.; Wikelski, M.; Gwinner, H.; Gwinner, E.: Timing of reproduction in a Darwin's finch: Temporal opportunism under spatial constraints. Oikos 106 (3), pp. 489 - 500 (2004)

Soma, K. K.; Alday, N. A.; Hau, M.; Schlinger, B. A.: DHEA metabolism by 3ß-HSD in adult zebra finch brain: Sex difference and rapid effect of stress. Endocrinology 145 (4), pp. 1668 - 1677 (2004)

Tarlow, E. M.; Hau, M.; Anderson, D. J.; Wikelski, M.: Diel changes in plasma melatonin and corticosterone concentrations in tropical Nazca boobies (Sula granti) in relation to moon phase and age. General and Comparative Endocrinology 133 (3), pp. 297 - 304 (2003)

Wikelski, M.; Hau, M.; Robinson, W. D.; Wingfield, J. C.: Reproductive seasonality of seven neotropical passerine species. The Condor 105 (4), pp. 683 - 695 (2003)

Bard, S.; Hau, M.; Wikelski, M.; Wingfield, J. C.: Vocal distinctiveness and response to conspecific playback in the spotted antbird. The Condor 104 (2), pp. 387 - 394 (2002)