List of works - Wolfgang Forstmeier

A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection

scientific article published on 12 December 2020

A novel song parameter correlates with extra-pair paternity and reflects male longevity

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

A polymorphism in the oestrogen receptor gene explains covariance between digit ratio and mating behaviour

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm

A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

A test for meiotic drive in hybrids between Australian and Timor zebra finches

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece.

scientific article

Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches: reliable within, but not between populations

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Assortative versus disassortative mating preferences of female zebra finches based on self-referent phenotype matching

Author Correction: Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Compensatory investment in zebra finches: females lay larger eggs when paired to sexually unattractive males

scientific article published in February 2009

Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models

scientific article

Constrained performance in a communication network: implications for the function of song-type matching and for the evolution of multiple ornaments

scientific article

Correlates of male fitness in captive zebra finches - a comparison of methods to disentangle genetic and environmental effects ⬇️

scientific article published on November 8, 2011

Cryptic multiple hypotheses testing in linear models: overestimated effect sizes and the winner's curse

scientific article

Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings - a practical guide

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Digit ratio unaffected by estradiol treatment of zebra finch nestlings.

scientific article

Do Zebra Finch Parents Fail to Recognise Their Own Offspring? ⬇️

scientific article published on April 13, 2011

Do individual females differ intrinsically in their propensity to engage in extra-pair copulations?

scientific article

Does hatching failure breed infidelity?

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

Does song reflect age and viability? A comparison between two populations of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

article by Wolfgang Forstmeier et al published 10 November 2005 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Empowering peer reviewers to improve transparency

Empowering peer reviewers with a checklist to improve transparency

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology

article

Female extra-pair mating: adaptation or genetic constraint?

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males

scientific article

Female resistance to male seduction in zebra finches

Fitness Benefits of Mate Choice for Compatibility in a Socially Monogamous Species

scientific article

Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome

scientific article

Fraud Not a Primary Cause of Irreproducible Results: A Reply to Clark et al.

scientific article

Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article

Habitat choice in Phylloscopus warblers: the role of morphology, phylogeny and competition

scientific article published on August 2001

Heritability of and early environment effects on variation in mating preferences

scientific article

Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in zebra finches: microsatellite markers can be better than their reputation

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata.

scientific article

Inheritance patterns of plumage coloration in common buzzards Buteo buteo do not support a one-locus two-allele model.

scientific article published in April 2018

Intrasexual competition in zebra finches, the role of beak colour and body size

article

Irreproducible text-book "knowledge": The effects of color bands on zebra finch fitness

scientific article published on 25 March 2018

Linking the fine-scale social environment to mating decisions: a future direction for the study of extra-pair paternity

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Mapping centromeres of microchromosomes in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) using half-tetrad analysis

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch.

scientific article published in November 2004

No Band Color Effects on Male Courtship Rate or Body Mass in the Zebra Finch: Four Experiments and a Meta-Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on June 7, 2012

No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely held assumption

scientific article

Nonautosomal genetic variation in carotenoid coloration

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors

Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches

scientific article published in 2018

Post-hatch oral estrogen in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): is infertility due to disrupted testes morphology or reduced copulatory behavior?

scientific article published on 10 April 2010

Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Proximate Causes of Infertility and Embryo Mortality in Captive Zebra Finches

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches

QTL LINKAGE MAPPING OF ZEBRA FINCH BEAK COLOR SHOWS AN OLIGOGENIC CONTROL OF A SEXUALLY SELECTED TRAIT

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers

scientific article published on 24 November 2011

Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch

scientific article published in December 2005

Reply to 'It is time for an empirically informed paradigm shift in animal research'

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Sex chromosome linked genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism of quantitative traits

scientific article

Singing activity stimulates partner reproductive investment rather than increasing paternity success in zebra finches

article published in 2012

Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy.

scientific article published in March 2007

Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding

scientific article

The Ecology and Evolutionary Dynamics of Meiotic Drive.

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

The functional morphology of male courtship displays in the Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

article published in 2015

The genetic basis of zebra finch vocalizations

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome

scientific article (publication date: April 2010)

The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra-pair mating

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra-pair mating

Traffic noise exposure depresses plasma corticosterone and delays offspring growth in breeding zebra finches

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Transparency in Ecology and Evolution: Real Problems, Real Solutions

scientific article

Trisomy and triploidy are sources of embryo mortality in the zebra finch

scientific article published on 5 May 2010

Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

article

Women have Relatively Larger Brains than Men: A Comment on the Misuse of General Linear Models in the Study of Sexual Dimorphism ⬇️

scientific article published on September 28, 2011

List of works by Wolfgang Forstmeier

A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection

A novel song parameter correlates with extra-pair paternity and reflects male longevity

A polymorphism in the oestrogen receptor gene explains covariance between digit ratio and mating behaviour

A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm

A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success

A test for meiotic drive in hybrids between Australian and Timor zebra finches

A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece.

Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches: reliable within, but not between populations

Assortative versus disassortative mating preferences of female zebra finches based on self-referent phenotype matching

Author Correction: Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation

Compensatory investment in zebra finches: females lay larger eggs when paired to sexually unattractive males

Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models

Constrained performance in a communication network: implications for the function of song-type matching and for the evolution of multiple ornaments

Correlates of male fitness in captive zebra finches - a comparison of methods to disentangle genetic and environmental effects ⬇️

Cryptic multiple hypotheses testing in linear models: overestimated effect sizes and the winner's curse

Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings - a practical guide

Digit ratio unaffected by estradiol treatment of zebra finch nestlings.

Do Zebra Finch Parents Fail to Recognise Their Own Offspring? ⬇️

Do individual females differ intrinsically in their propensity to engage in extra-pair copulations?

Does hatching failure breed infidelity?

Does song reflect age and viability? A comparison between two populations of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Empowering peer reviewers to improve transparency

Empowering peer reviewers to improve transparency

Empowering peer reviewers with a checklist to improve transparency

Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology

Female extra-pair mating: adaptation or genetic constraint?

Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males

Female resistance to male seduction in zebra finches

Fitness Benefits of Mate Choice for Compatibility in a Socially Monogamous Species

Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome

Fraud Not a Primary Cause of Irreproducible Results: A Reply to Clark et al.

Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

Habitat choice in Phylloscopus warblers: the role of morphology, phylogeny and competition

Heritability of and early environment effects on variation in mating preferences

Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in zebra finches: microsatellite markers can be better than their reputation

Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata.

Inheritance patterns of plumage coloration in common buzzards Buteo buteo do not support a one-locus two-allele model.

Intrasexual competition in zebra finches, the role of beak colour and body size

Irreproducible text-book "knowledge": The effects of color bands on zebra finch fitness

Linking the fine-scale social environment to mating decisions: a future direction for the study of extra-pair paternity

Mapping centromeres of microchromosomes in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) using half-tetrad analysis

Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch.

No Band Color Effects on Male Courtship Rate or Body Mass in the Zebra Finch: Four Experiments and a Meta-Analysis ⬇️

No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely held assumption

Nonautosomal genetic variation in carotenoid coloration

Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors

Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors

Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches

Post-hatch oral estrogen in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): is infertility due to disrupted testes morphology or reduced copulatory behavior?

Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds

Proximate Causes of Infertility and Embryo Mortality in Captive Zebra Finches

Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches

QTL LINKAGE MAPPING OF ZEBRA FINCH BEAK COLOR SHOWS AN OLIGOGENIC CONTROL OF A SEXUALLY SELECTED TRAIT

QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch

QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers

Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch

Reply to 'It is time for an empirically informed paradigm shift in animal research'

Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation

Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds

Sex chromosome linked genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism of quantitative traits

Singing activity stimulates partner reproductive investment rather than increasing paternity success in zebra finches

Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy.

Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding

The Ecology and Evolutionary Dynamics of Meiotic Drive.

The functional morphology of male courtship displays in the Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

The genetic basis of zebra finch vocalizations

The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome

The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra-pair mating

The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra-pair mating

Traffic noise exposure depresses plasma corticosterone and delays offspring growth in breeding zebra finches

Transparency in Ecology and Evolution: Real Problems, Real Solutions

Trisomy and triploidy are sources of embryo mortality in the zebra finch

Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

Women have Relatively Larger Brains than Men: A Comment on the Misuse of General Linear Models in the Study of Sexual Dimorphism ⬇️