Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

Landys M., Goymann W., and Slagsvold T.: Rearing conditions have long-term consequences for stress responsiveness in free-living great tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology 174, 219-224 (2011)

Goymann W. and Landys M.: Testosterone and year-round territoriality in tropical and non-tropical songbirds. Journal of Avian Biology 42, 485-489 (2011)

Apfelbeck, B., Stegherr, J. and Goymann, W.: Simulating winning in the wild - the behavioral and hormonal response of black redstarts to single and repeated territorial challenges of high and low intensity. Hormones and Behavior, 60, 565-571 (2011)

Muck, C., Goymann W.: Throat patch size and darkness co-varies with testosterone in females of a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology, 22, 1312-1319 (2011)

Apfelbeck, B. and Goymann, W.: Ignoring the challenge? Male black redstarts do not increase testosterone levels during territorial conflicts but they do so in response to GnRH. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 3233-3242 (2011)

Goymann, W. and Trappschuh, M.: Seasonal and diel variation in hormone metabolites in European stonechats - on the importance of high signal to noise ratios in non-invasive hormone studies. Journal of Biological Rhythms 26, 44-54 (2011)

Fusani, L., Cardinale, M., Schwabl, I. and Goymann, W.: Food availability but not melatonin affects nocturnal restlessness in a wild migrating passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59, 187-192 (2011)

Du Val, E. and Goymann, W.: Hormonal correlates of social status and courtship display in a cooperatively lekking passerine. Hormones and Behavior 59, 44-50 (2011)

Edler, R., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I. and Friedl, TP.: Effect of testosterone on reproductive behavior and immunity in red bishops: an experimental test. Ibis 153, 46-58 (2011)

Geberzahn, N., Goymann, W. and ten Cate, C.: Threat signaling in female song - evidence from playback in a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology 21, 1147-1155 (2010)

Honarmand, M., Goymann, W. and Naguib, M.: Stressful dieting: Nutritional conditions but not compensatory growth elevate corticosterone in nestlings and fledglings. PlosOne 5, e12930 (2010)

Goymann W.: Pair-Bonding, Mating Systems and Hormones. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 2, pp. 611-617 Oxford: Academic Press (2010)

Soares, M. C., Bshary, R., Fusani, L., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Hirschenhauser, K., Oliveira, R. F.: Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365, 2737-2750 (2010)

Landys, MM., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I., Trapschuh, M., Slagsvold, T.: Impact of season and social challenge on testosterone and corticosterone levels in a year-round territorial bird. Hormones and Behavior 58: 317-325 (2010)

Goymann, W., Spina, F., Ferri, A. and Fusani, L.: Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: evidence from whole-island telemetry. Biology Letters 6, 478-481 (2010)

Goymann, W. and Hofer, H.: Mating systems, social behaviour and hormones. In Animal Behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms (ed. P. M. Kappeler), pp. 465-501. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag (2010)

Scriba M, Goymann W: European robins (Erithacus rubecula) lack an increase in testosterone during simulated territorial intrusions. Journal of Ornithology 151: 607-614 (2010)

Muck C, Kempenaers B, Kuhn S, Valcu M and Goymann W: Paternity in the classical polyandrous black coucal (Centropus grillii) - a cuckoo accepting cuckoldry? Behavioral Ecology, 20, 1185-1193 (2009)

Geberzahn, N., Goymann, W, Muck, C, ten Cate, C.: Females alter their song when challenged in a sex-role reversed bird species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 193-204 (2009)

Frey, R. and Goymann, W.: A single functional testis and long deferent duct papillae - the peculiar male reproductive tract of the classically polyandrous, sex-role reversed black coucal (Centropus grillii). Journal of Ornithology 150, 827-838 (2009)

Fusani, L., Cardinale, M., Carere, C. and Goymann, W.: Stopover decision during migration: physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters, 5, 302-305 (2009)

Goymann, W.: Social modulation of androgens in male birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 163, 149-157. Invited review (2009)

Hau, E., Gill, S. and Goymann, W.: Tropical field endocrinology: Ecology and evolution of testosterone concentrations in male birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 157, 241-248 Invited review (2008)

Buehler, D. M., Bhola N., Barjaktarov D., Goymann W., Schwabl I., Tieleman B. I. and Piersma T.: Constitutive immune function responds more slowly to capture stress than corticosterone in a shorebird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81, 673-681 (2008)

Goymann, W., Trappschuh, M. and Fusani, L.: A gentler method to raise melatonin levels in birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms 23, 274-277 (2008)

Goymann, W., Wittenzellner, A., Schwabl, I. and Makomba, M.: Progesterone modulates aggression in sex-role reversed female African black coucals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275, 1053-1060 (2008)

Scriba, M. and Goymann, W.: The decoy matters! Behavioural and hormonal differences in the reaction of European robins towards stuffed and live decoys. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 155, 511-516 (2008)

Voigt C, Goymann W. and Leitner S.: Green matters! Growing vegetation stimulates breeding under short day conditions in wild canaries. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 22, 554-557 (2007)

Voigt, C. and Goymann, W.: Sex-role reversal is reflected in the brain of African black coucals (Centropus grillii).Developmental Neurobiology 67, 1560-1573 (2007)

Landys, M. M., Goymann, W., Räß, M., Slagsvold, T.: Hormonal Responses to Male-Male Social Challenge in the Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus: Single-Broodedness as an Explanatory Variable. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80, 228-240 (2007)

Goymann, W., Landys, M. M. and Wingfield, J. C.: Distinguishing seasonal androgen responses from male-male androgen responsiveness - revisiting the Challenge Hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 463-476 (2007)

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

Goymann, Wolfgang: Verhaltensendokrinologie. In: Naguib, Marc (Eds.): Methoden der Verhaltensbiologie. Springer, Berlin, 2006, pp. 190-195

Goymann, W., Geue, D., Schwabl, I., Flinks, H., Schmidl, D., Schwabl, H., Gwinner, E.: Testosterone and corticosterone during the breeding cycle of equatorial and European stonechats (Saxicola torquata axillaris and Saxicola torquata rubicola). Hormones and Behavior, 50, 779-785 (2006)

Steiger, S. S., Goymann, W. and Kempenaers, B.: Plasma steroid hormones in two Arctic-breeding shorebirds: Monogamy versus polygyny. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 147, 133-140 (2006)

Peters, A., Delhey, K., Goymann, W. and Kempenaers, B.: Age-dependent association between testosterone and crown UV coloration in male blue tits (Parus caeruleus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59, 666-673 (2006)

Goymann, W., Trappschuh, M., Jensen, W., Schwabl, I.:Low ambient temperature increases food intake and dropping production, leading to incorrect estimates of hormone metabolite concentrations in European stonechats. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 644-653 (2006)

Wingfield J.C., Moore I.T., Goymann W., Wacker D. and Sperry T.: Contexts and ethology of vertebrate aggression: Implications for the evolution of hormone-behavior interactions. In Biology of Aggression (Ed. by Randy Nelson). Oxford University Press, 179-210 (2005)

Goymann, W., Kempenaers, B. and Wingfield, J.C.: Breeding biology, sexually dimorphic development and nestling testosterone concentrations of the classically polyandrous African black coucal, Centropus grillii, Journal of Ornithology, 146, 314-324 (2005)

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

Bauchinger, U. and Goymann, W.: Two workshops in Ornithology - A gerneral introduction and dedication to Ebo Gwinner. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, ix-x (2005)

Goymann, W. and Jenni-Eiermann, S.: Introduction to the ESF Technical Meeting:Analysis of hormones in droppings and egg-yolk of birds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, 1-4 (2005)

Goymann, W.: Non-invasive monitoring of hormones in bird droppings: biological validations, sampling, extraction, sex differences, and the influence of diet on hormone metabolite levels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, 35-53 (2005)

Rödl, T., Goymann W., Schwabl I. and Gwinner E.: Excremental androgen metabolite concentrations and gonad sizes in temperate-zone vs. tropical stonechats (Saxicola torquata ssp.). General and Comparative Endocrinology 139, 124-130 (2004)

Goymann, W., Wittenzellner A. and Wingfield J.C.: Competing females and caring males. 1. Polyandry and sex-role reversal in African black coucals (Centropus grillii). Ethology 110, 807-823 (2004)

Goymann, W., and Wingfield J.C.: Competing females and caring males. II. Sex steroids in African black coucals, Centropus grilli. Animal Behaviour 68, 733-740 (2004)

Goymann, W., Moore I.T., Scheuerlein A., Hirschenhauser K., Grafen A. and Wingfield J.C.: Testosterone in tropical birds: effects of environmental and social factors. American Naturalist, 164, 327-334 (2004)

Goymann, W. and Wingfield J.C.: Allostatic load, social status, and stress hormones - the costs of social status matter. Animal Behaviour 67, 591-602 (2004)

Goymann, W., East M.L. and Hofer H.: Defense of females, but not social status predicts plasma androgen levels in male spotted hyenas. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76, 586-593 (2003)

Goymann, W., East M.L., Wachter B., Höner O.P., Möstl E. and Hofer H.: Social status does not predict corticosteroid levels in post-dispersal male spotted hyenas. Hormones and Behavior 43, 474-479 (2003)

Canoine, V., Hayden T.J., Rowe K. and Goymann W.: The stress response of European stonechats depends on the type of stressor. Behaviour 139, 1303-1311 (2002)

Goymann, W., Möstl E. and Gwinner E.: Corticosterone metabolites can be measured non-invasively in excreta of European stonechats, Saxicola torquata rubicola. The Auk 119, 1167-1173 (2002)

Goymann, W., Möstl E. and Gwinner E.: Non-invasive methods to measure androgen metabolites in excreta of European stonechats, Saxicola torquata rubicola. General and Comparative Endocrinology 129, 80-87 (2002)

Goymann, W., East M.L., Wachter B., Höner O.P., Möstl E., Van’t Hof T.J. and Hofer H.: Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 268, 2453-2459 (2001)

Goymann, W., East M.L. and Hofer H. : Androgens and the role of female "hyperaggressiveness" in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Hormones and Behavior 39, 83-92 (2001)

Leippert, D., Goymann W., Hofer H., Marimuthu G. and Balasingh J.: Roost mate communication in adult Indian False Vampire Bats (Megaderma lyra): An indication of individuality in temporal and spectral pattern. Animal Cognition 3, 99-106 (2000)

Leippert, D., Goymann W. and Hofer H.: Between-litter siblicide in captive Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Journal of Zoology London 251, 537-540 (2000)

Goymann, W., Leippert D. and Hofer H.: Sexual segregation, roosting, and social behaviour in a free-ranging colony of Indian false vampires, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65, 138-148 (2000)

Goymann, W., Leippert D. and Hofer H.: Parturition, postnatal growth and mother-pup interactions in Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 64, 321-331 (1999)

Goymann, W., Möstl E., Van't Hof T., East M.L. and Hofer H.: Noninvasive fecal monitoring of glucocorticoids in spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. General and Comparative Endocrinology 114, 340-348 (1999)

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