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 Recent publications (2011) 

Alem, S., Koselj, K., Siemers, B.M., Greenfield, M.D.: Bat predation and the evolution of leks in acoustic moths. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press (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, (in press)

Barske, J., Schlinger, BA, Wikelski, M., and Fusani, L.: Female choice for male motor skills. Proc. R. Soc. B (in press) (2011) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0382

Bauer, H-G and Woog, F: On the "invasiveness" of non-native birds. Ibis 153, 204-206 (2011)

Beckers GJL: Bird speech perception and vocal production: a comparison with humans. Human Biology, (in press)

Bell, A. M., Dingemanse, N.J., Hankison, S., Langenhof, M., and Rollins K.: Early exposure to nonlethal predation risk by size-selective predators increase somatic growth and decreases size at adulthood in threespined stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (in press) (2011)

Berwick, R.C., Okanoya, K. , Beckers, G.J.L. and Bolhuis, J.J.: Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, (in press). [doi:10.1016/j.tics.2011.01.002].

Bisson, I.-A., Butler, L. K., Hayden, T. J. , Kelley, P., Adelman, J. S., Romero, L.M. and Wikelski, M. C.: Energetic response to human disturbance in an endangered songbird. Animal Conservation DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00447.x (2011)

Brumm, H. and Ritschard, M.: Song amplitude affects territorial aggression of male receivers in chaffinches. Behavioural Ecology 22: 310-316, (2011)

Brumm, H., Robertson, K. A. and Nemeth, E.: Singing direction as a tool to investigate the function of bird song: an experiment on sedge warblers. Animal Behaviour 81: 653-659 (2011)

Dehnhard, N., Quillfeldt, P., Hennicke, J.C.: Leucocyte profiles and H/L ratios in chicks of Red-tailed Tropicbirds reflect the ontogeny of the immune system. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181: 641-648 (2011)

Dehnhard, N., Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., Quillfeldt, P.: Do leucocyte profiles reflect temporal and sexual variation in body condition over the breeding cycle in Southern Rockhopper Penguins?. Journal of Ornithology 152: 759-768 (2011)

Dehnhard, N., Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., Chastel, O., van Noordwijk, H. J., Quillfeldt, P.: Leucocyte profiles and corticosterone in chicks of southern rockhopper penguins. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181: 83-90 (2011)

Dehnhard, N., Voigt, C.C., Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., Quillfeldt, P.: Stable isotopes in southern rockhopper penguins: foraging areas and sexual diVerences in the non-breeding period. Polar Biology, in press

Derégnaucourt, S.: Birdsong learning in the laboratory, with especial reference to the song of the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) In: Pepperberg, Irene M. (ed.), Avian Cognition and Social Interaction: Special issue of Interaction Studies 12:2, pp. 323-349 (2011)

Dingemanse, N., Bouwman, K., van de Pol, M., van Overveld, T., Patrick, S., Matthysen, E., Quinn, J.: Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press.

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)

Forstmeier, W. and Schielzeth, H.: Cryptic multiple hypotheses testing in linear models: overestimated effect sizes and the winner’s curse. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 65, 47-55 (2011)

Forstmeier, W., Martin, K., Bolund, E., Schielzeth, H., Kempenaers, B.: Female extra-pair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in press

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)

Gardner J, Peters, A., Kearney, M., Joseph, L. and Heinsohn, R.: Declining size: a third universal response to warming? Trends Ecol. Evol. (in press)

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)

Hagen M., Wikelski M., Kissling, W.D.: Space Use of Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) Revealed by Radio-Tracking. PLOS one 6, 5: e19997 (2011)
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Hau, M. and Beebe, K.: Seasonally plastic endocrine regulation of territorial aggression in a sedentary tropical bird. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol, online publication Apr 2011. 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.016 (2011)

Hau, M. and Wingfield, J.C.: Hormonally-regulated trade-offs: evolutionary variability and phenotypic plasticity in testosterone signaling pathways. In: "Molecular mechanisms of life history evolution", Eds. T. Heyland & A. Flatt, Oxford University Press, in press (2011)

Haubenberger D, Reinthaler E, Mueller JC, Pirker W, Katzenschlager R, Froehlich R, Bruecke T, Daniel G, Auff E, Zimprich A: Association of transcription factor polymorphisms PITX3 and EN1 with Parkinson’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging 32, 302-307 (2011)

Hawkes, L. A., Balachandran, S., Batbayar, N., Butler, P.J., Frappelle, P.B., Milsom, W.K., Tseveenmyadag, N., Newman, S.H., Scott, G.R., Sathiyaselvam, P., Takekawa, J.Y., Wikelski, M., Bishop, C.M.: The trans-Himalayan flights of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, in press. doi/10.1073/pnas.1017295108

Heleno, R., Blake, S., Jaramillo, P., Traveset, A., Vargas, P., Nogales, M.: Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: what is the state of the art? Integrative Zoology 6, 110-128 (2011)

Jones, G. and Siemers, B.M.: The communicative potential of bat echolocation pulses. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 197, 447-457 (2011)

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)

Jones K.E. and Safi K.: Ecology and evolution of mammalian biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, (in press) (2011)

Kingma, S.A., Hall, M.L. and Peters, A.: Multiple benefits drive helping behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird: an integrated analysis. Am. Nat. 177, 486-495

Kingma, S.A., Hall, M.L. and Peters, A.: No evidence for offspring sex-ratio adjustment to social or environmental conditions in cooperatively breeding purple-crowned fairy-wrens. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., (in press) (DOI 10.1007/s00265-010-1133-7)

Koch W, Schatke A, Wolferstetter H, Mueller JC, Schömig A, Kastrati A: Extended evidence for association between the melanoma inhibitory activity 3 gene and myocardial infarction. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 105, 670-675 (2011)

Koselj, K., Schnitzler, H.U., Siemers, B.M.: Horseshoe bats make adaptive prey selection decisions, informed by echo cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 3034-3041 (2011)

Kranstauber, B., Cameron, A., Weinzierl, R., Fountain, T., Tilak, S., Wikelski, M.and Kays, R.: The Movebank data model for animal tracking. Environmental Modelling & Software, (in press)

Langmore, N.E., Stevens, M., Maurer, G., Heinsohn, R., Hall, M.L., Peters, A. and Kilner, R.M.: Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos. Proc R Soc Lond B, (in press)

Laucht, S., Dale, J., Mutzel, A., Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: It's a night-and-day-difference. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170: 501-508 (2011)

Lesku, J.A., Vyssotski, A.L., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., Wilzeck, C. and Rattenborg, N.C.: Local sleep homeostasis in the avian brain: convergence of sleep function in mammals and birds? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, (in press)

Masello JF and P Quillfeldt: Felsensittiche - farbenfrohe Charaktervögel in den patagonischen Steppen und auf beiden Seiten der Anden [Burrowing Parrots - colourful birds in the Patagonian steppes and on both sides of the Andes]. Der Falke 58: 12-19 [in German] (2011)

Muck, C., Goymann W.: Throat patch size and darkness co-varies with testosterone in females of a sex-role reversed species. Behavioral Ecology, in press

Mueller JC, Hermisson J, Olano-Marin J, Hansson B, Kempenaers B: Linking genetic mechanisms of heterozygosity-fitness correlations to footprints of selection at single loci. Evol Ecol 25, 1-11 (2011)

Mueller, J.C., Pulido, F., and Kempenaers, B.: Identification of a gene associated with avian migratory behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, (in press), doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2567

Mutzel, A., Kempenaers, B., Laucht, S., Dingemanse, N.J., and Dale, J.: Circulating testosterone levels do not affect exploration in house sparrows: observational and experimental tests. Animal Behaviour 81: 731-739 (2011) doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.001

Ouyang, J.Q., Sharp, P.J., Dawson, A., Quetting, M. and Hau, M.: Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B., online Jan 19 (2011)

Perfito, N., Zann, R., Ubuka, T. Bentley, G.E. and Hau, M.: Potential roles for GNIH and GNRH-II in reproductive axis regulation of an opportunistically breeding songbird. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., online publication May 2011 (2011)

Peters, A., Kurvers, R.H.J.M., Roberts, M.L. and Delhey, K.: No evidence for general condition-dependence of structural plumage colour in blue tits: an experiment. J. Evol. Biol. 24, 976-987 (2011)

Peters, A, S. Magdeburg & K. Delhey: The carotenoid conundrum: improved nutrition boosts plasma carotenoid levels but not immune benefits of carotenoid supplementation. Oecologia 166, 35-41 (2011)

Pfannkuche, K. A., Gahr, M., Weites, I. M., Riedstra, B., Wolf, C. & Groothuis, T. G. G.: Examining a pathway for hormone mediated maternal effects - Yolk testosterone affects androgen receptor density and endogenous testosterone production in young chicks Gallus gallus domesticus. Gen Comp Endocrinol, in press. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.014

Poirier, C., Boumans, T., Vellema, M., De Groof, G., Charlier, T.D., Verhoye, M., Van der Linden, A., and Balthazart, J.: Own Song Selectivity in the Songbird Auditory Pathway: Suppression by Norepinephrine. PLoS ONE, in press (2011)

Poisbleau, M., Demongin, L., Strange, I.J., Eens, M. and Quillfeldt, P.: Is the reduced incubation time for B-eggs in rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome linked to egg density variation? Journal of Ornithology, (in press)

Quillfeldt P, Masello JF, Brickle P and D Martin-Creuzburg: Fatty acid signatures reflect inter- and intra-annual changes in diet of a small pelagic seabird, the Thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri. Marine Biology (in press)

Quillfeldt P, Schroff S, van Noordwijk HJ, Michalik A, Ludynia K and JF Masello: Flexible foraging behavior of a sexually dimorphic seabird: large males do not always dive deep. Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press)

Rattenborg NC, Martinez-Gonzalez D.: A bird-brain view of episodic memory. Behavioural Brain Research, (in press) (2011)

Rattenborg, N.C., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., Roth, T.C., Pravosudov, V.V.: Hippocampal memory consolidation during sleep: a comparison of mammals and birds. Biological Reviews, (in press). doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00165.x

Reers, H., Jacot, A.: The effect of hunger on the acoustic individuality in begging calls of a colonially breeding weaver bird. BMC Ecology, (in press). doi:10.1186/1472-6785-11-3

Reers, H., Jacot, A. and Forstmeier, W.: Do zebra finch parents fail to recognize their offspring? PLoS one 6, e18466 (2011)

Riehl, C.: Living with strangers: direct benefits favour non-kin cooperation in a communally nesting bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, (in press)

Riou S, Gray CM, Brooke M, Quillfeldt P, Masello JF, Perrins C and KC Hamer: Recent impacts of anthropogenic climate change on a higher marine predator in western Britain. Marine Ecology Progress Series 422: 105-112 (2011)

Ritschard, M., Laucht, S., Dale, J., and Brumm, H.: Enhanced testosterone levels affect singing motivation but not song structure and amplitude in Bengalese finches. Physiology & Behaviour 102, 30-35 (2011)

Rowcliffe J. M., C. Carbone, P. A. Jansen, R. W. Kays and B. Kranstauber: Quantifying the sensitivity of camera traps: an adapted distance sampling approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, early view (2011)

Ruczynski I, Szarlik A, Siemers BM: Conspicuous visual cues can help bats to find tree cavities. Acta Chiropterologica, in press (2011)

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

Safi, K.: Commentary: "Eigenvector estimation of phylogenetic and functional diversity": from patterns to processes. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01858.x (2011)

Safi, K., M. V. Cianciaruso, R. D. Loyola, D. Brito, K. Armour-Marshall, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho: Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, (in press) (2011)

Schielzeth, H., Bolund, E., Kempenaers, B. and Forstmeier, W.: Quantitative genetics and fitness consequences of neophilia in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology 22, 126-134 (2011)

Siemers, B.M., Greif, S., Borissov, I., Voigt-Heucke, S.L., Voigt, C.C.: Divergent trophic levels in two cryptic sibling bat species. Oecologia, doi 10.1007/s00442-011-1940-1, (in press)

Siemers, B.M., Schaub, A.: Hunting at the highway: traffic noise reduces foraging efficiency in acoustic predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2262, (in press)

Siemers BM, Wiegrebe L, Grothe B: Ecology and neuroethology of bat echolocation: a tribute to Gerhard Neuweiler. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 197, 399-402 (2011)

van Toor, M. L., Jaberg, C. and Safi, K.: Integrating sex-specific habitat use for conservation using habitat suitability models. Animal Conservation, 14: online early, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00454.x (2011)

Vellema, M., Verschueren, J., Van Meir, V., and Van der Linden, A.: A Customizable 3-Dimensional Digital Atlas of the Canary Brain in Multiple Modalities. Neuroimage, in press (2011)

Voigt, C., Gahr, M.: Social status affects the degree of sex difference in the songbird brain. PLoS One, in press (2011)

Voigt, C., Ball, G.F., Balthazart, J.: Effects of sex steroids on aromatase mRNA expression in the male and female quail brain. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170, 180-188 (2011)

Voigt, C., Meiners, T., Ter Maat, A., and Leitner, S.: Multisensory non-photoperiodic cue advances the onset of seasonal breeding in Island Canaries (Serinus canaria). Journal of Biological Rhythms 26, 434-440 (2011)

Woodgate, J.L., Leitner, S., Catchpole, C.K., Berg, M.L., Bennett, A.T.D., Buchanan, K.L.: Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch. Behavioral Ecology 22, 566-573 (2011) doi:10.1093/beheco/arr006

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