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List of works by Bart Kempenaers

A comparison of reptilian and avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: species-specific expansion of group gamma genes in birds

scientific article

A differential DNA extraction method for sperm on the perivitelline membrane of avian eggs

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

A genome-wide set of 106 microsatellite markers for the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

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 is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm

scientific article published in September 2021

A spatial genetic structure and effects of relatedness on mate choice in a wild bird population.

scientific article published in December 2006

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

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

Age-specific effect of heterozygosity on survival in alpine marmots, Marmota marmota

scientific article published in April 2009

Analysis of within-individual variation in extrapair paternity in blue tits (<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>) shows low repeatability and little effect of changes in neighborhood

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Artificial night lighting affects dawn song, extra-pair siring success, and lay date in songbirds

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

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

Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies.

scientific article published on 8 October 2007

Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds?

scientific article published in October 2008

Basal metabolic rate can evolve independently of morphological and behavioural traits

scientific article published on May 2013

Behaviour-related DRD4 polymorphisms in invasive bird populations

scientific article

Behavioural ecology: cuckolder eggs come first

scientific article published on May 2009

Behavioural plasticity in the onset of dawn song under intermittent experimental night lighting

article by Arnaud Da Silva et al published July 2016 in Animal Behaviour

Bill color, not badge size, indicates testosterone-related information in house sparrows

scientific article

Bill morphology reflects female independence from male parental help

article by W Forstmeier et al published 7 August 2001 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Biogenic Trace Amine-Associated Receptors (TAARS) are encoded in avian genomes: evidence and possible implications

scientific article

Biparental incubation patterns in a high-Arctic breeding shorebird: how do pairs divide their duties?

scientific article

Biparental incubation-scheduling: no experimental evidence for major energetic constraints.

scientific article

Body size and climate as predictors of plumage colouration and sexual dichromatism in parrots

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Body size and climate as predictors of plumage colouration and sexual dichromatism in parrots

Breeding site sampling across the Arctic by individual males of a polygynous shorebird

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

scientific article

Carotenoid-based bill coloration functions as a social, not sexual, signal in songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes).

scientific article

Carotenoid-based bill colour as an indicator of immunocompetence and sperm performance in male mallards

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Certainty of paternity and paternal investment in eastern bluebirds and tree swallows

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Characterization of the genome and transcriptome of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus: polymorphisms, sex-biased expression and selection signals

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Complete brood failure in an altricial bird is almost always associated with the sudden and permanent disappearance of a parent

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Confounded correlations: a reply to Lifjeld et al. and Wagner et al ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

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

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Correlations between heterozygosity and reproductive success in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus): an analysis of inbreeding and single locus effects

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

Cosmetic coloration in birds: occurrence, function, and evolution

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN FEMALE SPERM CHOICE VERSUS MALE SPERM COMPETITION: A COMMENT ON BIRKHEAD

article

Detection of olfactory receptor transcripts in bird testes

scientific article published on 20 June 2008

Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects

scientific article published on 4 July 2011

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

article

Difference in arrival date at the breeding site between former pair members predicts divorce in blue tits

article by Carol Gilsenan et al published November 2017 in Animal Behaviour

Disentangling the roles of frequency-vs. state-dependence in generating individual differences in behavioural plasticity

scientific article

Do females trade copulations for food? An experimental study on kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)

scientific article published in 2006

Do great tits (Parus major) suppress basal metabolic rate in response to increased perceived predation danger? A field experiment

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird

scientific article (publication date: 22 January 2015)

Does hatching failure breed infidelity?

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

Does metabolic rate predict risk-taking behaviour? A field experiment in a wild passerine bird

scientific article published in 2014

Does perceived predation risk affect patterns of extra-pair paternity? A field experiment in a passerine bird

scientific article published in 2018

Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird

scientific article

Effects of nocturnal illumination on life-history decisions and fitness in two wild songbird species

scientific article

Effects of social and extra-pair mating on sexual selection in blue tits (cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Evidence for adaptive evolution of olfactory receptor genes in 9 bird species

scientific article published on 4 December 2009

Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability

scientific article

Evolution of genomic variation in the burrowing owl in response to recent colonization of urban areas.

scientific article

Evolutionary drivers of seasonal plumage colours: colour change by moult correlates with sexual selection, predation risk and seasonality across passerines

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

Experimental illumination of a forest: no effects of lights of different colours on the onset of the dawn chorus in songbirds.

scientific article

Experimental nest site limitation affects reproductive strategies and parental investment in a hole-nesting passerine

Exposure to predator models during the fertile period leads to higher levels of extra-pair paternity in blue tits

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

Extra-pair paternity and the reproductive role of male floaters in the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

scientific article published in 2001

Extra-pair paternity in birds: `good-genes' and something else: Reply from M. Petrie and B. Kempenaers

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Extra-pair paternity in birds: explaining variation between species and populations

scientific article

Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit

scientific article published in Nature

Extrapair paternity in two populations of the socially monogamous Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Extra‐pair copulations can insure female blue tits against male infertility

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 mating preferences and offspring survival: testing hypotheses on the genetic basis of mate choice in a wild lekking bird

scientific article published in February 2014

Female-specific colouration, carotenoids and reproductive investment in a dichromatic species, the upland goose Chloephaga picta leucoptera

scientific article

Females increase offspring heterozygosity and fitness through extra-pair matings

scientific article

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

Flexible parental care: Uniparental incubation in biparentally incubating shorebirds

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Genetic Correlates of Individual Differences in Sleep Behavior of Free-Living Great Tits (Parus major).

scientific article

Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds

scientific article published in Nature

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

scientific article

Genomic signatures of the evolution of a diurnal lifestyle in Strigiformes

scientific article published in 2022

Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing

scientific article published in 2014

Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Heterozygosity and survival in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): contrasting effects of presumably functional and neutral loci

scientific article published on 30 June 2011

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

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

High levels of extra-pair paternity in an isolated, low-density, island population of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Identification of a gene associated with avian migratory behaviour

scientific article published on 16 February 2011

Immediate effects of capture on nest visits of breeding blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, are substantial

Inbreeding and divorce in blue and great tits.

scientific article published on September 1998

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

scientific article

Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: it's a night-and-day difference

scientific article published on 13 November 2010

Individual variation in sleep-wake rhythms in free-living birds.

scientific article published on 10 August 2012

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

Interference competition pressure predicts the number of avian predators that shifted their timing of activity.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 25 March 2018

Is spatial autocorrelation an intrinsic property of territory size?

scientific article

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus; Aves).

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Lekking Without a Paradox in the Buff‐Breasted Sandpiper

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Life history shapes variation in egg composition in the blue tit

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Light pollution alters the phenology of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds

scientific article

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

MHC class I variation in a natural blue tit population (Cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article published on September 2012

Male sexual attractiveness and parental effort in blue tits: a test of the differential allocation hypothesis

Male traits, mating tactics and reproductive success in the buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis.

scientific article published on August 1998

Mate Choice and Genetic Quality: A Review of the Heterozygosity Theory

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Meiotic recombination shapes precision of pedigree- and marker-based estimates of inbreeding

scientific article published on 2 November 2016

Meta-analysis challenges a textbook example of status signalling and demonstrates publication bias

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Meta-analysis challenges a textbook example of status signalling and demonstrates publication bias

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Molecular and phenotypic divergence in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex

scientific article

Morph-dependent fitness and directional change of morph frequencies over time in a Dutch population of Common buzzards Buteo buteo

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Negative effects of individual heterozygosity on reproductive success in a wild bird population

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Nest reliefs in a cryptically incubating shorebird are quick, but vocal

scientific article published in 2022

Neural correlates of behavioural olfactory sensitivity changes seasonally in European starlings

scientific article

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

scientific article

Nonadaptive clutch sizes in tits

scientific article published in Nature

Non‐analytical methods for the estimation of total yolk carotenoids in passerine eggs

scientific article published in 2019

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

Optical properties of the uropygial gland secretion: no evidence for UV cosmetics in birds

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Parental care and adaptive brood sex ratio manipulation in birds

scientific article

Parental provisioning behaviour plays a key role in linking personality with reproductive success

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Partial or complete? The evolution of post-juvenile moult strategies in passerine birds

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

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

scientific article published in August 2010

Paternity analysis reveals opposing selection pressures on crown coloration in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus) ⬇️

scientific article published on October 7, 2003

Patterns of female nest attendance and male feeding throughout the incubation period in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

scientific article published in 2018

Personality is associated with extrapair paternity in great tits, Parus major

Plasma steroid hormones in two Arctic-breeding shorebirds: monogamy versus polygyny

scientific article published on 7 February 2006

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

scientific article published in 2018

Plumage colour in nestling blue tits: sexual dichromatism, condition dependence and genetic effects

scientific article

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

Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations

scientific article

Quantitative genetics and fitness consequences of neophilia in zebra finches

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Reconciling ecogeographical rules: rainfall and temperature predict global colour variation in the largest bird radiation

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Rock sparrow song reflects male age and reproductive success

scientific article

Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Search for informative polymorphisms in candidate genes: clock genes and circadian behaviour in blue tits

scientific article

Selection on a behaviour-related gene during the first stages of the biological invasion pathway

scientific article

Sex-specific association between sleep and basal metabolic rate in great tits

Sexual selection in a lekking bird: the relative opportunity for selection by female choice and male competition

scientific article published in September 2008

Singing from North to South: Latitudinal variation in timing of dawn singing under natural and artificial light conditions

scientific article

Sleep research goes wild: new methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep

scientific article published in November 2017

Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major).

scientific article

Sources of individual variation in plasma testosterone levels

scientific article published on May 2008

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus predation and Blue Tit Parus caeruleus adult annual survival rate

scientific article published in 2008

Spatial autocorrelation: an overlooked concept in behavioral ecology

scientific article

Spatial patterns of extra-pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

Temporary mate removal during incubation leads to variable compensation in a biparental shorebird

Testing for associations between candidate genes for circadian rhythms and individual variation in sleep behaviour in blue tits

scientific article published in June 2012

The Immediate Impact of Ringing, Blood Sampling and PIT-Tag Implanting on the Behaviour of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

article published in 2018

The effect of heavy metal exposure on egg size, eggshell thickness and the number of spermatozoa in blue tit Parus caeruleus eggs.

scientific article published in May 2004

The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

The effects of season, sex, age and weather on population‐level variation in the timing of activity in Eurasian Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

article published in 2020

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

article published in 2015

The genetic rescue of two bottlenecked South Island robin populations using translocations of inbred donors

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

The genetic similarity between pair members influences the frequency of extrapair paternity in alpine marmots

The mere presence of cuckoos in breeding area alters egg-ejection decisions in Daurian redstarts

scientific article published in 2022

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

The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

Timing of arrival in the breeding area is repeatable and affects reproductive success in a non-migratory population of blue tits

scientific article published on 12 January 2020

Timing of arrival in the breeding area is repeatable and affects reproductive success in a non-migratory population of blue tits

Trade-offs between immune investment and sexual signaling in male mallards

scientific article

Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

scientific article

Variation in sleep behaviour in free-living blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus: effects of sex, age and environment

When the sun never sets: diverse activity rhythms under continuous daylight in free-living arctic-breeding birds

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Why do birds engage in extra-pair copulation?

Why do females of a lekking species mate with multiple males?

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Why do male birds not discriminate between their own and extra-pair offspring?

article published in 1996

Why is there variation in baseline glucocorticoid levels?

scientific article published on 08 February 2010

Wind conditions influence breeding season movements in a nomadic polygynous shorebird

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Winter associations predict social and extra-pair mating patterns in a wild songbird

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

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