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 Publications 2010 

Adelman, J.S., Bentley, G.E., Wingfield, J.C., Martin, L.B. & Hau, M.: Population differences in fever and sickness behavior in a wild passerine: a role for cytokines. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 4099-4109 (2010)

Adelman, J.S., Cordoba, S., Spoelstra, K., Wikelski, M. and Hau, M.: Radio telemetry reveals variation in fever and sickness behaviours with latitude in a free-living passerine. Funct. Ecol. 24: 813-823 (2010)

Backström, N., Forstmeier, W., Schielzeth, H., Mellenius, H., Nam, K., Bolund, E., Webster, M., Schneider, M., Kempenaers, B. and Ellegren, H.: The recombinational landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome. Genome Research 20, 485-495 (2010)

Baldwin, M., H. Winkler, C. Organ and B. Helm: Ecomorphological and evolutionary dynamics of morphology in Stonechats, Saxicola torquata, along a migratory gradient. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23, 1050-1063 (2010)

Barber, I. and Dingemanse, N. J.: Parasitism and the evolutionary ecology of animal personality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 365, 4077-4088 (2010)

Bauer, H-G, Heine, G., Schmolz, M., Stark, H. and Werner, S.: Results of the state-wide synchronous waterbird census in Baden-Württemberg in November 2008 and January 2009. Ornithol. Jh. Bad.-Württ. 26, 95-220 (2010)

Beckers, G.J.L. and Gahr, M.: Neural processing of short-term recurrence in songbird vocal communication. PLoS One 5, e11129 (2010) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011129

Bolund, E., Martin, K., Kempenaers, B. and Forstmeier, W.: Inbreeding depression of sexually selected traits and attractiveness in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour, 79, 947-955 (2010)

Bolund, E., Schielzeth, H., Forstmeier, W.: No heightened condition dependence of zebra finch ornaments - a quantitative genetic approach. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23, 586-597 (2010)

Bourouiba, L., Jianhong Wu, Newman, S., Takekawa, J., Natdorj, T., Batbayar, N., Bishop, C. M., Hawkes, L. A., Butler, P. J., Wikelski, M.: Spatial dynamics of bar-headed geese migration in the context of H5N1. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7, 1627-1639 (2010)

de Boer, P. A. C. M., Jansen, R. F., ter Maat, A., van Straalen, N. M. and Koene, J. M.: The distinction between retractor and protractor muscles of the freshwater snail’s male organ has no physiological basis. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 40-44 (2010)

Brumm, H.: Anthropogenic Noise: Implications for Conservation. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 1, pp. 89-93 Oxford: Academic Press (2010)

Brumm H, Farrington H, Petren K, Fessl B.: Evolutionary Dead End in the Galápagos: Divergence of Sexual Signals in the Rarest of Darwin’s Finches. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11191. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011191 (2010)

D’Alba L., Shawkey M., Korsten P., Vedder O., Kingma S.A., Komdeur J., Beissinger S.R.: Differential deposition of antimicrobial proteins in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) clutches by laying order and male attractiveness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1037-1045 (2010)

Dechmann D.K.N., Kranstauber B., Gibbs D., Wikelski M.: Group Hunting - A Reason for Sociality in Molossid Bats? PLoS ONE 5(2): e9012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009012 (2010)
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Delhey K, M Carrizo, L Verniere, B Mahler and A Peters: Seasonal variation in reproductive output of a Neotropical temperate suboscine: the firewood-gatherer (Anumbius annumbi). AUK 127 (1): 222-231 (2010)

Delhey K., Roberts ML. and Peters A.: The carotenoid-continuum: carotenoid-based plumage ranges from conspicuous to cryptic and back again. BMC Ecology 2010, 10:13

Demongin L., Poisbleau M., Raya Rey A., Schiavini A., Quillfeldt P., Eens, M. and Strange I.J. : Geographical variations of egg size among southern and northern rockhopper penguins. Polar Biology 33: 469-476 (2010)
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Demongin, L., Poisbleau, M., Strange, I.J., and Quillfeldt, P.: Effects of severe rains on the mortality of Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) chicks and its impact on breeding success. Ornitología Neotropical 21: 439-443 (2010)

Derégnaucourt, S.: Interspecific Hybridization as a Tool to Understand Vocal Divergence: The Example of Crowing in Quail (Genus Coturnix). PLoS ONE 5 (2), e945
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Di Iorio O, Turienzo P, Masello JF and DL Carpintero: Insects found in birds’ nests from Argentina. Cyanoliseus patagonus (Vieillot, 1818) [Aves: Psittacidae], with the description of Cyanolicimex patagonicus, gen. n., sp. n., and a key to the genera of Haematosiphoninae (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Zootaxa 2728: 1-22 (2010)

Dingemanse, N.J. and Réale, D.: What is the evidence for natural selection maintaining animal personality variation? In: Carere, C. and Maestripieri, D. (eds.): Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (in press)

Dingemanse, N.J., Dochtermann, N. and Wright, J.: A method for exploring the structure of behavioural syndromes to allow formal comparison within and between datasets. Animal Behaviour 79, 439-450 (2010)

Dingemanse, N.J., Edelaar, P. and Kempenaers, B.: Why is there variation in baseline glucocorticoid levels? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25, 261-262 (2010)

Dingemanse, N.J., Kazem, A.J.N., Réale, D. and Wright, J.: Behavioural reaction norms: where animal personality meets individual plasticity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25, 81-89 (2010)

Dingemanse, N. J. and Wolf, M.: Recent models for adaptive personality differences: a review. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 365, 3947-3958 (2010)
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Driessens T. and Siemers, B. M.: Cave-dwelling bats do not avoid TMT and 2-PT - components of predator odour that induce fear in other small mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 2453-2460 (2010)

Estok P, Zsebok S, Siemers BM: Great tits search for, catch, kill and eat hibernating bats. Biology Letters 6, 59-62 (2010)

Farmer CJ, Safi K, Barber DR, Newton I, Martell M, Bildstein KL: Efficacy of Migration Counts for Monitoring Continental Populations of Raptors: An Example using the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). AUK 127 (4): 863-870 (2010)

Forstmeier, W. and Ellegren, H.: Trisomy and triploidy are sources of embryo mortality in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 277, 2655-2660 (2010)

Forstmeier W, Mueller JC and Kempenaers B: A polymorphism in the oestrogen receptor gene explains covariance between digit ratio and mating behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 277, 3353-3361 (2010)

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)

Gladbach, A., Gladbach, D.J., Kempenaers, B. and Quillfeldt, P.: Female-specific colouration, carotenoids and reproductive investment in a dichromatic species, the upland goose Chloephaga picta leucoptera. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1779-1789 (2010)
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Gladbach, A., Gladbach, D.J. and Quillfeldt, P.: Seasonal clutch size decline and individual variation in the timing of breeding are related to female body condition in a non-migratory species, the Upland goose Chloephaga picta leucoptera. Journal of Ornithology 151, 817-825 (2010)
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Gladbach, A., Gladbach, D.J. and Quillfeldt, P.: Variations in leucocyte profiles and plasma biochemistry are related to different aspects of parental investment in male and female Upland geese Chloephaga picta leucoptera.Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 156: 269-277 (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)

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)

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)

Greif S, Siemers BM: Innate recognition of water bodies in echolocating bats. Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms1110 (2010) Open Access
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Grilli PG, Soave GE, Arellano ML and JF Masello: Abundancia relativa del loro barranquero (Cyanoliseus patagonus patagonus) en la provincia de Buenos Aires y zonas limítrofes de La Pampa y Río Negro [Relative abundance of burrowing parrots (Cyanoliseus patagonus patagonus) in the province of Buenos Aires and nearby areas of La Pampa and Río Negro (Argentina)] [Report to the Wildlife Division, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina; in Spanish] (2010)

De Groof G, Gwinner H, Steiger S, Kempenaers B, Van der Linden A: Neural Correlates of Behavioural Olfactory Sensitivity Changes Seasonally in European Starlings. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14337. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014337 (2010)

Hall ML, Murphy SA, Churchwell RT, Milenkaya O: Interspecific feeding between an insectivore and a granivore - male purple-crowned fairy-wren feeds nestling crimson finches. Corella, 34: 49-50 (2010)

Hartbauer M, Ofner E, Grossauer V, Siemers BM: The cercal organ may provide singing tettigoniids a backup sensory system for the detection of eavesdropping bats. PLoS ONE, , 5(9): e12698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012698 (2010)
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Hansson B, Ljungqvist M, Dawson DA, Mueller JC, Olano-Marin J, Ellegren H and Nilsson J-A: Avian genome evolution: insights from a linkage map of the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Heredity, : 104, 1: 67-78 (2010)

Hardouin, A.E., Chapuis, J.-L., Stevens, M.I., van Vuuren, B.J., Quillfeldt P., Scavetta, R.J., Teschke, M. & Tautz, D.: House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 325 (2010)
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Hau, M., Ricklefs, R.E., Wikelski, M., Lee, K.A. & Brawn, J.D.: Corticosterone, testosterone and life history strategies of birds. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 277: 3203-3212 (2010)

Helm, B. and Visser, M.: Heritable circadian period length in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 277, 3335-3342 (2010)

Hirschenhauser, K., Weiß, B.M., Haberl, W., Möstl, E. and Kotrschal, K.: Female androgen patterns and within-pair testosterone compatibility in domestic geese (Anser domesticus). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol 165, 195-203 (2010)

Holland RA, Borissov I, Siemers BM: A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), 107: 6941-6945 (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)

Iñíguez M, Masello JF, Gribaudo C, Arcucci D, Krohling F and J Belgrano: On the occurrence of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in the South Western Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity Records 3: e68 (2010)

Jacot, A., Reers, H., and Forstmeier, W.: Individual recognition and potential recognition errors in parent-offspring communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1515-1525 (2010)

Jacot A., Valcu M., Kempenaers B.: Within-season divorce in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Journal of Ornithology 151: 477-482 (2010)

Jones, P., V. Salewski, J. Vickery and I. Mapaure: Habitat use and densities of co-existing migrant Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus and resident eremomelas Eremomela spp. in Zimbabwe. Bird Study 57: 44-55 (2010)

Jones PL, Page RA, Hartbauer M, Siemers BM: Behavioral evidence for eavesdropping on prey song in two Palearctic sibling bat species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 6, 333-340 (2011)

Kempenaers, B., Borgström, P., Loës, P., Schlicht, E., Valcu, M.: Artificial Night Lighting Affects Dawn Song, Extra-Pair Siring Success, and Lay Date in Songbirds. Current Biology 20, 1-5 (2010)

Kingma SA, Hall ML, Arriero E, Peters A: Multiple benefits of breeding in purple-crowned fairy-wrens: a consequence of fidelity? Journal of Animal Ecology, 79: 757-768 (2010)

Koch W, Schrempf M, Erl A, Mueller JC, Hoppmann P, Schömig A, Kastrati A: 4G/5G polymorphism and haplotypes of SERPINE1 in atherosclerotic diseases of coronary arteries. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 103, 1170-1180 (2010)

Koene, J.M., Sloot, W., Montagne-Wajer, K., Cummins, S.F., Degnan, B.M., Smith, J.S., Nagle, G.T. and Ter Maat, A.: Male accessory gland protein reduces egg laying in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. PLoS ONE 5: e10117 (2010)

Köppen, U., Yakovlev, A., Barth, R., Kaatz, M., Berthold, P.: Seasonal migrations of four individual bar-headed gesse Anser indicus from Kyrgystan followed by satellite telemetry. Journal of Ornithology 151, 703-712 (2010)

Korsten, P., Mueller, J. C., Hermannstädter, C., Bouwman, K. M., Dingemanse, N. J., Drent, P. J., Liedvogel, M., Matthysen, E., van Oers, K., van Overveld, T., Patrick, S. C., Quinn, J. L., Sheldon, B. C.,Tinbergen, J. M. and Kempenaers, B.: Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality in great tits: a test across four wild populations. Molecular Ecology 19, 832-843 (2010)

Krackow S, Vannoni E, Codita A, Mohammed AH, Cirulli F, Branchi I, Alleva E, Reichelt A, Willuweit A, Voikar V, Colacicco G, Wolfer DP, Buschmann JUF, Safi K, Lipp HP: Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage. Genes Brain and Behavior 9 (7): 722-731 (2010)

Kurvers RHJM, K Delhey, ML Roberts and A Peters: No consistent female preference for more UV crown colour in the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus: a mate choice experiment. Ibis 152: 393-396 (2010)

Landys, M.M., 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)

Laucht S, Kempenaers B, Dale J: Bill color, not badge size, indicates testosterone-related information in house sparrows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1461-1471 (2010)

Masello J.F., Mundry R., Poisbleau M., Demongin L., Voigt C.C., Wikelski M., Quillfeldt P.: Diving seabirds share foraging space and time within and among species. Ecosphere 1, 19 (2010)

Michalik, A., van Noordwijk, H., Brickle, P., Eggers, T. and Quillfeldt, P.: The diet of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps at a colony on New Island, Falkland Islands using three different sampling techniques. Polar Biology 33: 1537-1546 (2010)

Michalik, A., McGill, R.A.R., Furness, R.W., Eggers, T., van Noordwijk, H. and Quillfeldt, P. : Black and white - does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope signature of feathers? Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 24: 875-878 (2010)

Nemeth, E., and Brumm, H.: Birds and anthropogenic noise: are urban songs adaptive? American Naturalist 176: 465-475 (2010)

Ohms, V.R., Snelderwaard, P.C., ten Cate, C., Beckers, G.J.L.: Vocal Tract Articulation in Zebra Finches. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11923. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011923 (2010)

Olano-Marin J, Dawson DA, Girg A, Hansson B, Ljungqvist M, Kempenaers B, Mueller JC: Genome-wide set of 106 microsatellite markers for the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Molecular Ecology Resources 10, 516-532 (2010)

Oppelt, C,. Wutzler, R., von Holst, D.: Characterisation of MHC class II DRB genes in the northern tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Immunogenetics 62:613-622 (2010)

Peters, A., Klonczinski, E. and Delhey, K.: Fat quill secretion in pigeons: could it function as a cosmetic? Anim Biol 60: 1-10 (2010)

Plischke, A., Merino, S., Lubjuhn, T., Quillfeldt, P. and Masello, J.F. : Leucocytes in adult Burrowing Parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus in the wild: variation between contrasting breeding seasons, gender and condition. Journal of Ornithology 151: 347-354 (2010)
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Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., Chastel, O., Eens, M. & Quillfeldt, P.: Reversed hatching order, body condition and corticosterone levels in chicks of southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). General and Comparative Endocrinology 169, 244-249 (2010)

Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., van Noordwijk, H., Strange, I.J. and Quillfeldt, P.: Sexual dimorphism and use of morphological measurements to sex adults, immatures and chicks of rockhopper penguins. Ardea 98, 217-224 (2010)

Pretzlaff I., Kerth G. and Dausmann, K.H.: Communally breeding bats use physiological and behavioural adjustments to optimise daily energy expenditure. Naturwissenschaften 97: 353-363 (2010)

Quillfeldt P, Poisbleau M, Schwabl I, Chastel O and JF Masello: Corticosterone at fledging depends on nestling condition, not on parental desertion. Open Access Animal Physiology 2: 61-68 (2010)
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Quillfeldt, P., Martínez, J., Hennicke, J., Ludynia, K., Gladbach, A., Masello, J.F., Riou, S. and Merino, S.: Haemosporidean blood parasites in seabirds - a comparative genetic study of species from Antarctic to tropical habitats. Naturwissenschaften 97: 809-817 (2010)
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Quillfeldt, P., Masello, J.F., McGill, R.A.R., Adams, M. and Furness, R.W.: Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird?. Frontiers in Zoology 7: 15 (11pp.) (2010)
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Quillfeldt, P., Michalik, A., Veit-Köhler, G., Strange, I.J. and Masello, J.F.: Inter-annual changes in diet and foraging trip lengths in a small pelagic seabird, the thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri. Marine Biology 157: 2043-2050 (2010)

Quillfeldt, P., Poisbleau, M., Mundry, R. and Masello, J.F.: Are acoustical parameters of begging call elements of thin-billed prions related to chick condition? Acta ethologica 13: 1-9 (2010)
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Quillfeldt, P., Voigt, C. C. and Masello, J.F. : Plasticity versus repeatability in seabird migratory behaviour. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1157-1164 (2010)
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Quillfeldt, P., Masello, J. F.: Planktonjäger im Südpolarmeer: Dünnschnabel-Walvögel [Hunters of the southern oceans: Thin-billed Prions]. Der Falke 57: 370-376 [in German]

Rattenborg, N.C., Lesku, J.A. and Martinez-Gonzalez, D.: Evolutionary perspectives on the function of REM sleep. In: Mallick BN, Pandi-Perumal SR, McCarley RW and Morrison AR (eds.), REM Sleep: Regulation and Function. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (in press)

Réale, D. and Dingemanse, N.J.: Selection and evolutionary explanations for the maintenance of personality differences. In: Buss, D. and Hawley, P. (eds): The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 527-557 (2010)

Réale, D. and Dingemanse, N.J.: Personality and individual social specialisation. In: Szekely, T., Moore, A. and Komdeur, J. (eds.): Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 400-424 (2010)

Réale, D., Dingemanse, N. J., Kazem, A. J. N., and Wright, J.: Evolutionary and ecological approaches to the study of personality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 365, 3937-3946 (2010)

Ritschard, M., Riebel, K., and Brumm, H.: Female zebra finches prefer high-amplitude song. Animal Behaviour 79: 877-883 (2010)

Robinson, W.D., Hau, M., Klasing, K.C., Wikelski, M., Brawn, J.D., Austin, S.H., Tarwater, C. Ricklefs, R.E.: Diversification of avian life histories in New World birds. Auk 127: 253-262 (2010)

Rochester, J. R., Forstmeier, W., and Millam, J. R.: Post-hatch oral estrogen in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Is infertility due to disrupted testes morphology or reduced copulatory behavior? Physiology and Behavior 101, 13-21 (2010)

Romero LM and Wikelski M: Stress physiology as a predictor of survival in Galapagos marine iguanas Proc. R. Soc. B published online before print May 26, 2010, doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0678

Roth TC, Rattenborg NC, Pravosudov VV.: The ecological relevance of sleep: the trade-off between sleep, memory, and energy conservation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 365: 945-959 (2010)

Ruczynski I, Siemers BM: Hibernation does not affect memory retention in bats. Biology Letters, 7, 153-155 (2010)

Rutten, A. L., Oosterbeek, K., Verhulst, S., Dingemanse, N. J., and Ens, B. J.: Experimental evidence for interference competition in oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus. II. Free-living birds. Behavioral Ecology 21, 1261-1270 (2010)

Salewski, V., W.M. Hochachka and W. Fiedler: Global warming and Bergmann's rule: do central European passerines adjust their body size to rising temperatures? Oecologia 162: 162-247 (2010)

Safi K, Pettorelli N: Phylogenetic, spatial and environmental components of extinction risk in carnivores. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19 (3): 352-362 (2010)

Safi K, Siemers BM: Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: Biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution. Evolutionary Ecology 24: 703-713 (2010)
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Sapir N, Wikelski M, McCue MD, Pinshow B, Nathan R: Flight modes in migrating European Bee-Eaters: Heart rate may indicate low metabolic rate during soaring and gliding. PLoS ONE 5(11): e13956. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013956 (2010)

Schielzeth, H., Bolund, E., Forstmeier, W.: Heritability of and early environment effects on variation in mating preferences. Evolution 64, 998-1006 (2010)

Schmieder D, Kingston T, Hashim R, Siemers BM: Breaking the trade-off: rainforest bats maximise bandwidth and repetition rate of echolocation calls as they approach prey. Biology Letters, 6: 604-609 (2010)

Schuchmann M and Siemers BM: Behavioral evidence for community-wide species discrimination from echolocation calls in bats. American Naturalist 176, 72-82 (2010)

Schuchmann M, Siemers BM: Variability in echolocation call intensity in a community of horseshoe bats: a role for resource partitioning or communication? PLoS ONE 5, e12842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012842 (2010) Open Access

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

Smallegange IM, Fiedler W, Köppen U, Geiter O, Barlein F. Tits on the move: exploring the impact of environmental change on blue tit and great tit migration distance. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 350-357 (2010)

Steinmeyer C, Schielzeth H, Mueller JC, Kempenaers B: Variation in sleep behaviour in free-living blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus: effects of sex, age and environment. Animal Behaviour 80, 853-864 (2010)

Tieleman BI, Croese E, Helm B, Versteegh MA: Repeatability and individual correlates of microbicidal capacity of bird blood. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 156: 537-540 (2010)

Valcu M. and Dale J.: rangeMapper: A package to manipulate species range (extent-of-occurrence) maps. R package version 0.0-4 (2010)
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Valcu M. and Kempenaers B.: Spatial autocorrelation: an overlooked concept in behavioral ecology. Behavioral Ecology (2010) 21: 902-905
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Valcu, M., B. Kempenaers: Is spatial autocorrelation an intrinsic property of territory size? Oecologia. 162,3: 609-615 (2010)

Vellema, M., Van der Linden, A., and Gahr, M. : Area-specific migration and recruitment of new neurons in the adult songbird brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 518 : 1442-1459 (2010)

Visser, M., S. Schaper, K. van Oers, S. Caro and B. Helm: Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 365, 3113-3127 (2010)

Voigt-Heucke, S.L., Taborsky M., Dechmann D.K.N.: A dual function of echolocation: bats use echolocation calls to identify familiar and unfamiliar individuals, Animal Behaviour 80, 59-67 (2010)

Voigt, C. and Leitner, S.: No correlation between song and circulating testosterone levels during multiple broods in the domesticated canary (Serinus canaria). Ethology 116: 113-119 (2010)

Voigt CC, Schuller BM, Greif S, Siemers BM: Perch-hunting in insectivorous Rhinolophus bats is related to high energy costs of manoeuvring flights. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 180: 1079-1088 (2010)

Vreys, R., Vande Velde, G., Krylychkina, O., Vellema, M., Verhoye, M., Timmermans, J.P., Baekelandt, V., and Van der Linden, A.: MRI visualization of endogenous neural progenitor cell migration in the adult mouse brain: validation of various MPIO labeling strategies. Neuroimage 49 : 2094-2103 (2010)

Wallraff H.G.: Pigeon Homing as a Model Case of Goal-Oriented Navigation. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 2, pp. 713-722 Oxford: Academic Press (2010)

Watt, C., S. Mitchell, and Salewski, V.: Bergmann’s rule; a concept cluster? Oikos 119: 89-100 (2010)

Wikelski M, Moxley J, Eaton-Mordas A, López-Uribe MM, Holland R, et al.: Large-Range Movements of Neotropical Orchid Bees Observed via Radio Telemetry. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010738 (2010)

Wolf M., Schuchmann M. and Wiegrebe L.: Localization dominance and the effect of frequency in the Mongolian Gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. JCP A, in press (2010)

Woodgate, J.L., Bennett, A.T.D., Leitner, S., Catchpole, C.K., Buchanan, K.L.: Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour, 79, 1381-1390 (2010)