Publications of Bart Kempenaers

Kempenaers, B.; Lanctot, R. B.; Gill, V.; Hatch, S.; Valcu, M.: Do females trade copulations for food? An experimental study on kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). Behavioral Ecology 18 (2), pp. 345 - 353 (2007)

Peters, A.; Delhey, K.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: The condition-dependent development of carotenoid-based and structural plumage in nestling blue tits: Males and females differ. American Naturalist 169 (S1), pp. S122 - S136 (2007)

Delhey, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Age differences in blue tit Parus caeruleus plumage colour: Within-individual changes or colour-biased survival? Journal of Avian Biology 37 (4), pp. 339 - 348 (2006)

Delhey, K.; Peters, A.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: Do they signal individual quality? Behavioral Ecology 17 (5), pp. 790 - 798 (2006)

Denk, A. G.; Kempenaers, B.: Testosterone and testes size in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Journal of Ornithology 147 (3), pp. 436 - 440 (2006)

Foerster, K.; Valcu, M.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: A spatial genetic structure and effects of relatedness on mate choice in a wild bird population. Molecular Ecology 15 (14), pp. 4555 - 4567 (2006)

Johnsen, A.; Andersson, S.; Fernandez, J. G.; Kempenaers, B.; Pavel, V.; Questiau, S.; Räß, M.; Rindal, E.; Lifjeld, J. T.: Molecular and phenotypic divergence in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex. Molecular Ecology 15 (13), pp. 4033 - 4047 (2006)

Kunc, H. P.; Foerster, K.; Vermeirssen, E. L. M.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimentally elevated plasma testosterone levels do not influence singing behaviour of male blue tits (Parus caeruleus) during the early breeding season. Ethology 112 (10), pp. 984 - 992 (2006)

Peters, A.; Delhey, K.; Goymann, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Age-dependent association between testosterone and crown UV coloration in male blue tits (Parus caeruleus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59 (5), pp. 666 - 673 (2006)

Poesel, A.; Kunc, H. P.; Foerster, K.; Johnsen, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Early birds are sexy: Male age, dawn song and extrapair paternity in blue tits, Cyanistes (formerly Parus) caeruleus. Animal Behaviour 72 (3), pp. 531 - 538 (2006)

Steiger, S. S.; Goymann, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Plasma steroid hormones in two Arctic-breeding shorebirds: Monogamy versus polygyny. General and Comparative Endocrinology 147 (2), pp. 133 - 140 (2006)

Denk, A. G.; Holzmann, A.; Peters, A.; Vermeirssen, E. L. M.; Kempenaers, B.: Paternity in mallards: Effects of sperm quality and female sperm selection for inbreeding avoidance. Behavioral Ecology 16 (5), pp. 825 - 833 (2005)

Foerster, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of testosterone on male-male competition and male-female interactions in blue tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57 (3), pp. 215 - 223 (2005)

Goymann, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Wingfield, J. C.: Breeding biology, sexually dimorphic development and nestling testosterone concentrations of the classically polyandrous African black coucal, Centropus grillii. Journal of Ornithology 146 (4), pp. 314 - 324 (2005)

Johnsen, A.; Delhey, K.; Schlicht, E.; Peters, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Male sexual attractiveness and parental effort in blue tits: A test of the differential allocation hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 70 (4), pp. 877 - 888 (2005)

van Oers, K.; de Jong, G.; van Noordwijk, A. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Drent, P. J.: Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: A review of case studies. Behaviour 142 (9-10), pp. 1185 - 1206 (2005)

Dauwe, T.; Janssens, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Eens, M.: The effect of heavy metal exposure on egg size, eggshell thickness and the number of spermatozoa in blue tit Parus caeruleus eggs. Environmental Pollution 129 (1), pp. 125 - 129 (2004)

Denk, A. G.; Gautschi, B.; Carter, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Seven polymorphic microsatellite loci for paternity assessment in the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Molecular Ecology Notes 4 (3), pp. 506 - 508 (2004)

Foerster, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimentally elevated plasma levels of testosterone do not increase male reproductive success in blue tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56 (5), pp. 482 - 490 (2004)

Peters, A.; Delhey, K.; Denk, A. G.; Kempenaers, B.: Trade-offs between immune investment and sexual signaling in male mallards. American Naturalist 164 (1), pp. 51 - 59 (2004)