List of works by David Bierbach

An interaction mechanism for the maintenance of fission-fusion dynamics under different individual densities

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Artificial Light at Night Affects Emergence from a Refuge and Space Use in Guppies

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Behavioural individuality in clonal fish arises despite near-identical rearing conditions

scientific article

Blending in with the Shoal: Robotic Fish Swarms for Investigating Strategies of Group Formation in Guppies

Brain size variation in extremophile fish: local adaptation versus phenotypic plasticity

scholarly article by C. Eifert et al published 13 November 2014 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Casanovas are liars: behavioral syndromes, sperm competition risk, and the evolution of deceptive male mating behavior in live-bearing fishes

scientific article published on 05 March 2013

Consistent behavioral syndrome across seasons in an invasive freshwater fish

Context-dependent female mate choice maintains variation in male sexual activity.

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Distribution of amphipod communities in the Middle to Upper Rhine and five of its tributaries

Divergent evolution of male aggressive behaviour: another reproductive isolation barrier in extremophile poeciliid fishes?

scientific article published on 23 October 2011

Does personality affect premating isolation between locally-adapted populations?

scientific article

Ecology and evolution along environmental gradients

scientific article published in 2018

Evolution in extreme environments: replicated phenotypic differentiation in livebearing fish inhabiting sulfidic springs.

scientific article published on 11 April 2011

Evolving Artificial Neural Networks for Simulating Fish Social Interactions

Eye fluke (Tylodelphys clavata) infection impairs visual ability and hampers foraging success in European perch

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Familiarity increases aggressiveness among clonal fish

Female Choice Undermines the Emergence of Strong Sexual Isolation between Locally Adapted Populations of Atlantic Mollies (Poecilia mexicana).

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Females prefer males with superior fighting abilities but avoid sexually harassing winners when eavesdropping on male fights

scientific article published in 2013

Genetic differentiation and selection against migrants in evolutionarily replicated extreme environments.

scientific article published on 8 May 2013

Gradient evolution of body colouration in surface- and cave-dwelling Poecilia mexicana and the role of phenotype-assortative female mate choice

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Group-level patterns emerge from individual speed as revealed by an extremely social robotic fish

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Guppies Prefer to Follow Large (Robot) Leaders Irrespective of Own Size

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Highly variable, unpredictable activity patterns in invasive, but not native amphipod species

scientific article published in 2016

Homosexual behaviour increases male attractiveness to females

scientific article

Importance of latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural-to-urban gradient

scientific article

Intrasexual competition enhances reproductive isolation between locally adapted populations

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Leveraging big data to uncover the eco-evolutionary factors shaping behavioural development

scientific article published in February 2023

Live fish learn to anticipate the movement of a fish-like robot <sup>*</sup>

scientific article published on 18 October 2022

Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice.

scientific article

Microhabitat use, population densities, and size distributions of sulfur cave-dwelling Poecilia mexicana.

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Multispecies collective waving behaviour in fish

scientific article published on 20 February 2023

Naturally clonal vertebrates are an untapped resource in ecology and evolution research

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

On the natural history of an introduced population of guppies (Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859) in Germany

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On the occurrence of three non-native cichlid species including the first record of a feral population of Pelmatolapia (Tilapia) mariae (Boulenger, 1899) in Europe.

scientific article

Persistence of Two Small Antelope Species in the Degraded Mutara Rangelands (Akagera Ecosystem) Based on Pastoralists’ and Farmers’ Perceptions

scientific article published in 2015

Personality affects mate choice: bolder males show stronger audience effects under high competition

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Predator avoidance in extremophile fish

scientific article

Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects.

scientific article

Relatively large males lower reproductive success in female zebrafish

Rival presence leads to reversible changes in male mate choice of a desert dwelling ungulate

scientific article published in 2012

RoboFish: increased acceptance of interactive robotic fish with realistic eyes and natural motion patterns by live Trinidadian guppies.

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Sex and the public: Social eavesdropping, sperm competition risk and male mate choice

scientific article

Size-selective harvesting fosters adaptations in mating behaviour and reproductive allocation, affecting sexual selection in fish

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Social competence improves the performance of biomimetic robots leading live fish

scientific article published on 4 May 2023

Social network analysis resolves temporal dynamics of male dominance relationships

scientific article published in 2014

Social networks in the presence and absence of visual cues

Sperm competition risk affects male mate choice copying

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The Traditional Whedo Aquaculture System in Northern Benin

scholarly article by Melanie E. Hauber et al published 28 February 2011 in Journal of Applied Aquaculture

The evolutionary legacy of size-selective harvesting extends from genes to populations

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

The making of winners (and losers): how early dominance interactions determine adult social structure in a clonal fish

scientific article published in May 2016

Thermal tolerance in an extremophile fish from Mexico is not affected by environmental hypoxia

scientific article published on 5 February 2024

Twelve new microsatellite loci for the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria) and the related Atlantic molly (P. mexicana)

Using a robotic fish to investigate individual differences in social responsiveness in the guppy

scientific article published on 08 August 2018

Using a robotic fish to investigate individual differences in social responsiveness in the guppy

Welfare of Decapod Crustaceans with Special Emphasis on Stress Physiology

scientific article published in 2023