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A Palaearctic migratory raptor species tracks shifting prey availability within its wintering range in the Sahel

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

A novel function of egg burial: burying material prevents eggs rolling out of wind-swayed nests

scientific article published in 2022

Adaptive sex allocation in birds: the complexities of linking theory and practice

scientific article

Adult sex ratio variation: implications for breeding system evolution

scientific article

Adult sex ratios and their implications for cooperative breeding in birds

scientific article

Age-dependent changes in infidelity in Seychelles warblers

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Age-dependent terminal declines in reproductive output in a wild bird

scientific article

Age-specific haemosporidian infection dynamics and survival in Seychelles warblers

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living vertebrate

Androgens during development in a bird species with extremely sexually dimorphic growth, the brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis.

scientific article

Assessing the Cost of Helping: The Roles of Body Condition and Oxidative Balance in the Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) ⬇️

scientific article published on October 27, 2011

Avian behaviour: Altruism and infidelity among warblers

scientific article published in April 2003

Avian β-defensin variation in bottlenecked populations: the Seychelles warbler and other congeners

Biparentally deserted offspring are viable in a species with intense sexual conflict over care

scientific article

Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Breeding behaviour and ecology of the sexually size-dimorphic brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis

article

Candidate predators for biological control of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae

scientific article

Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations

scientific article

Climate predicts which sex acts as helpers among cooperatively breeding bird species

scientific article published on January 2017

Compensatory and additive helper effects in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

Compensatory and additive helper effects in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: the SPI-Birds data hub

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Consequences of sibling rivalry vary across life in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Conspecific brood parasitism and egg quality in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

article by Oscar Vedder et al published September 2007 in Journal of Avian Biology

Conspecific brood parasitism and egg quality in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

article by Oscar Vedder et al published September 2007 in Journal of Avian Biology

Constraints on evolutionary shifts in cooperative breeding

scientific article published on 10 July 2007

Cooperative breeding in the Seychelles Warbler

doctoral thesis

Copulation Behaviour in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina and the Insemination Window Hypothesis

Corrigendum

Covariance of paternity and sex with laying order explains male bias in extra-pair offspring in a wild bird population

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

DIRECT BENEFITS AND THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE-BIASED COOPERATIVE BREEDING IN SEYCHELLES WARBLERS

scientific article (publication date: 2002)

Daughters on request: about helpers and egg sexes in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published in January 2003

Declining extra-pair paternity with laying order associated with initial incubation behavior, but independent of final clutch size in the blue tit ⬇️

scientific article published on December 27, 2011

Defence, intrusion and the evolutionary stability of territoriality

scientific article published on 03 August 2010

Delayed dispersal and the costs and benefits of different routes to independent breeding in a cooperatively breeding bird

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Diel pattern of corticosterone metabolites in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis) under continuous natural light

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

Differential deposition of antimicrobial proteins in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) clutches by laying order and male attractiveness

scientific article

Direct benefits and the evolution of female-biased cooperative breeding in Seychelles warblers

scientific article published in November 2002

Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of the rejection of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites

scientific article

Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?

scientific article published in 2007

Diurnal and Reproductive Stage-Dependent Variation of Parental Behaviour in Captive Zebra Finches

scientific article

Do sex-specific densities affect local survival of free-ranging great tits?

scientific article published in 2011

Does foraging efficiency vary with colony size in the fairy martinPetrochelidon ariel?

scientific article

Does the ring species concept predict vocal variation in the crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans, complex?

Effect of tree logging on reproductive performance in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Effects of experimentally sustained elevated testosterone on incubation behaviour and reproductive success in female great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Effects of immune supplementation and immune challenge on oxidative status and physiology in a model bird: implications for ecologists

scientific article published in October 2010

Effects of parenting quality on adolescents' personality resemblance to their parents. The TRAILS study

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

Egg size and laying order in relation to offspring sex in the extreme sexually size dimorphic brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis

article by Michael J. L. Magrath et al published 1 August 2003 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Eggshell pigmentation in the blue tit: male quality matters

scientific article published in 2017

Endogenous testosterone is not associated with the trade-off between paternal and mating effort

scientific article published in 2011

Eradication of common mynas Acridotheres tristis from Denis Island, Seychelles

scientific article

Erratum: Importance of habitat saturation and territory quality for evolution of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published in Nature

Estimating expenditure on male and female offspring in a sexually size-dimorphic bird: a comparison of different methods

scientific article published in November 2007

Evidence that helping at the nest does not result in territory inheritance in the Seychelles warbler

article

Evolution of defense against depletion of local food resources in a mechanistic foraging model

scientific article published in November 2012

Experimental evidence for density-dependent reproduction in a cooperatively breeding passerine

scientific article

Experimental evidence for helping and hindering by previous offspring in the cooperative-breeding Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

article

Experimental evidence for innate predator recognition in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published in November 2000

Experimental evidence that kin discrimination in the Seychelles warbler is based on association and not on genetic relatedness

scientific article published in May 2004

Experimentally induced antipredator responses are mediated by social and environmental factors

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Explicit experimental evidence for the role of mate guarding in minimizing loss of paternity in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published in 1999

Exploration is dependent on reproductive state, not social state, in a cooperatively breeding bird ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Extra-pair parentage and personality in a cooperatively breeding bird ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Extreme adaptive modification in sex ratio of the Seychelles warbler's eggs

scientific article published in Nature

Extremely low amphibian roadkill probability on busy bicycle paths ⬇️

scientific article published in January 2023

Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia.

scientific article

Fitness-related dispersal

scientific article published in Nature

Frequency-dependent resemblance of male-colored females to males in a damselfly

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Grandparent helpers: the adaptive significance of older, postdominant helpers in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 25 September 2007

Green nesting material has a function in mate attraction in the European starling

Group augmentation and the evolution of cooperation

scientific article published on 04 July 2014

Helpers at the nest improve late-life offspring performance: evidence from a long-term study and a cross-foster experiment

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Hematocrit, age, and survival in a wild vertebrate population

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

How female reed buntings benefit from extra-pair mating behaviour: testing hypotheses through patterns of paternity in sequential broods

scientific article published on August 2006

Importance of habitat saturation and territory quality for evolution of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published in Nature

Inbreeding in the Seychelles warbler: environment-dependent maternal effects

scientific article published in September 2004

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

scientific article published on March 2011

Indices of stress and immune function in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis) were impacted by social isolation but not a contaminated grazing environment

scientific article published on 24 May 2017

Individual variation and the resolution of conflict over parental care in penduline tits

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Inter-island transfers and population dynamics of Seychelles Warblers <i>Acrocephalus sechellensis</i>

scientific article published on 13 May 2010

Interspecific and intraspecific differences in habitat use and their conservation implications for Palaearctic harriers on Sahelian wintering grounds

article

Is extrapair mating random? On the probability distribution of extrapair young in avian broods

scientific article published in 2007

Joint care can outweigh costs of nonkin competition in communal breeders ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Kin-Recognition Mechanisms in Cooperative Breeding Systems: Ecological Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Variation

Kinship and familiarity mitigate costs of social conflict between Seychelles warbler neighbors ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Laboratory tests for controlling poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) with predatory mites in small ‘laying hen’ cages ⬇️

scientific article published on July 8, 2012

Large mainland populations of South Island robins retain greater genetic diversity than offshore island refuges

Local offspring density and sex ratio affect sex allocation in the great tit

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits

article

Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions

scientific article

MHC class II B diversity in blue tits: a preliminary study

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

MHC-based patterns of social and extra-pair mate choice in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article

MHC-dependent survival in a wild population: evidence for hidden genetic benefits gained through extra-pair fertilizations

scientific article published on 28 July 2010

Male Seychelles warblers use territory budding to maximize lifetime fitness in a saturated environment

scientific article published in 2001

Manipulation of male attractiveness induces rapid changes in avian maternal yolk androgen deposition

scientific article published in 2008

Mate guarding in the Seychelles warbler is energetically costly and adjusted to paternity risk.

scientific article

Mate-guarding intensity increases with breeding synchrony in the colonial fairy martin, Petrochelidon ariel

scientific article

Maternal effects contribute to the superior performance of extra-pair offspring

scientific article published on 30 April 2009

Mercury associated neurochemical response in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis)

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Migratory connectivity and population-specific migration routes in a long-distance migratory bird

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Museum DNA reveals the demographic history of the endangered Seychelles warbler

scientific article

Natal dispersal patterns are not associated with inbreeding avoidance in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 29 March 2008

Nest defence behaviour is similar between pair members but only male behaviour predicts nest survival in barnacle geese

scientific article published in 2022

Nest desertion is not predicted by cuckoldry in the Eurasian penduline tit.

scientific article

No genetic evidence for parent–offspring relatedness in post-breeding social groups of Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

scientific article published in 2022

Nutritional bias as a new mode of adjusting sex allocation

scientific article published in August 2004

Ornamental colors reveal age in the king penguin ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Oxidative stress physiology in relation to life history traits of a free-living vertebrate: the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus

scientific article published on June 2011

Parasitic infection and oxidative status are associated and vary with breeding activity in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

Parentage assignment and extra-group paternity in a cooperative breeder: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Parental Care System and Brood Size Drive Sex Difference in Reproductive Allocation: An Experimental Study on Burying Beetles

scientific article published in 2021

Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species.

scientific article published in August 2010

Paternal care and male mate-attraction effort in the European starling is adjusted to clutch size

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Polygyny and extra-pair paternity enhance the opportunity for sexual selection in blue tits ⬇️

scientific article published on October 30, 2010

Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2008

Population regulation in group-living birds: predictive models of the Seychelles warbler

article

Population size, breeding habitat and nest site distribution of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) on Montague Island, New South Wales

scientific article published on 20 August 2003

Pre-ovulation control of hatchling sex ratio in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article (publication date: 22 May 2002)

Predation risk affects trade-off between nest guarding and foraging in Seychelles warblers

scientific article published in 1999

Prospects for research in social behaviour: systems biology meets behaviour

article

Punish the thief-coevolution of defense and cautiousness stabilizes ownership

scientific article published on 16 June 2017

Reduced blood parasite prevalence with age in the Seychelles Warbler: selective mortality or suppression of infection?

Repeatable intra-individual variation in plasma testosterone concentration and its sex-specific link to aggression in a social lizard

scientific article published on 31 March 2010

Repeatable parental risk taking across manipulated levels of predation threat: no individual variation in plasticity

scientific article published in 2023

Reply to Eens et al.: Urban noise can alter sexual selection on bird song.

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Rescue of the Seychelles warbler on Cousin Island, Seychelles: the role of habitat restoration

scientific article (publication date: July 2005)

Response to habitat modification by foraging Dark-chanting Goshawks Melierax metabates in a West African savanna

Seasonal timing of reproduction in a tropical bird, the Seychelles warbler: a field experiment using translocation

scientific article published on December 1996

Seasonal variation in sleep homeostasis in migratory geese: a rebound of NREM sleep following sleep deprivation in summer but not in winter

scientific article published on 21 November 2020

Senescence in the wild: Insights from a long-term study on Seychelles warblers

scientific article published on 04 September 2015

Senescence of song revealed by a long-term study of the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Sex roles in birds: Phylogenetic analyses of the influence of climate, life histories and social environment

scientific article published in 2022

Sex-specific effects of altered competition on nestling growth and survival: an experimental manipulation of brood size and sex ratio

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

Sex-specific effects of the local social environment on juvenile post-fledging dispersal in great tits

scientific article

Sexual conflict and consistency of offspring desertion in Eurasian penduline tit Remiz pendulinus

scientific article

Sexual conflict predicts morphology and behavior in two species of penduline tits

scientific article

Sexual selection and the function of a melanin-based plumage ornament in polygamous penduline tits Remiz pendulinus

scientific article published in 2008

Sharp acoustic boundaries across an altitudinal avian hybrid zone despite asymmetric introgression.

scientific article published on 23 April 2016

Singing as a handicap: the effects of food availability and weather on song output in the Australian reed warblerAcrocephalus australis

article

Small Variations in Early-Life Environment Can Affect Coping Behaviour in Response to Foraging Challenge in the Three-Spined Stickleback

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 6 February 2012

Social pairing of Seychelles warblers under reduced constraints: MHC, neutral heterozygosity, and age.

scientific article

Socio-ecological conditions and female infidelity in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Spatio-temporal variation in lifelong telomere dynamics in a long-term ecological study ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Spatio-temporal variation in territory quality and oxidative status: a natural experiment in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis). ⬇️

scientific article

Stress assessment in captive greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article

Stress behaviour and physiology of developing Arctic barnacle goslings ( Branta leucopsis ) is affected by legacy trace contaminants

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Structural equation modeling reveals determinants of fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird

scientific article published on 24 December 2021

Sub-lethal exposure to lead is associated with heightened aggression in an urban songbird

scientific article published on 11 November 2018

Subordinate females in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler obtain direct benefits by joining unrelated groups ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Successful predatory‐avoidance behaviour to lion auditory cues during soft‐release from captivity in cheetah

scientific article published in 2021

Susceptibility to infection by a haemogregarine parasite and the impact of infection in the Australian sleepy lizard Tiliqua rugosa

scientific article published on 5 January 2007

THE EVOLUTION OF INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

article by Carlos A Botero et al published 22 October 2010 in Evolution

Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Telomere length reveals cumulative individual and transgenerational inbreeding effects in a passerine bird ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Testosterone, Plumage Colouration and Extra-Pair Paternity in Male North-American Barn Swallows ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 2011

Testosterone, cuckoldry risk and extra-pair opportunities in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

The cost of prospecting for dispersal opportunities in a social bird

scientific article published on June 2016

The effect of ambient temperature, habitat quality and individual age on incubation behaviour and incubation feeding in a socially monogamous songbird

scientific article published on 05 July 2016

The effect of kinship on helping in the cooperative breeding Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

scientific article published in 1994

The effect of male incubation feeding on female nest attendance and reproductive performance in a socially monogamous bird

The effects of parasites upon non-host predator avoidance behaviour in native and invasive gammarids

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems

scientific article published on 5 April 2007

The impact of conservation-driven translocations on blood parasite prevalence in the Seychelles warbler

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

The impact of reproductive investment and early-life environmental conditions on senescence: support for the disposable soma hypothesis

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

The impact of translocations on neutral and functional genetic diversity within and among populations of the Seychelles warbler

scientific article

The importance of the altricial - precocial spectrum for social complexity in mammals and birds - a review

scientific article

The role of breeding range, diet, mobility and body size in associations of raptor communities and land-use in a West African savanna

article

The role of group size and environmental factors on survival in a cooperatively breeding tropical passerine

scientific article

Toll-like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the endangered Seychelles warbler

Volume of the Cloacal Protuberance as an Indication of Reproductive State in Male Blue TitsCyanistes caeruleus

What do territory owners defend against?

scientific article

Why and how the early-life environment affects development of coping behaviours

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Widespread translocation from autosomes to sex chromosomes preserves genetic variability in an endangered lark

scientific article (publication date: March 2010)

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