Publications of Bart Kempenaers

Peer, K.; Robertson, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Reproductive anatomy and indices of quality in male tree swallows: The potential reproductive role of floaters. The Auk 117 (1), pp. 74 - 81 (2000)

Poesel, A.; Kempenaers, B.: When a bird is tired from singing: A study of drift during the dawn chorus. Etología 8, pp. 21 - 27 (2000)

Sandercock, B. K.; Lank, D. B.; Lanctot, R. B.; Kempenaers, B.; Cooke, F.: Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two Arctic-breeding sandpipers. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 78 (11), pp. 1948 - 1958 (2000)

Kempenaers, B.; Congdon, B.; Boag, P.; Robertson, R. J.: Extrapair paternity and egg hatchability in tree swallows: Evidence for the genetic compatibility hypothesis? Behavioral Ecology 10 (3), pp. 304 - 311 (1999)

Dhondt, A. A.; Kempenaers, B.; Clobert, J.: Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus predation and blue tit Parus caeruleus adult annual survival rate. Ibis 140 (4), pp. 580 - 584 (1998)

Kempenaers, B.; Adriaensen, F.; Dhondt, A. A.: Inbreeding and divorce in blue and great tits. Animal Behaviour 56 (3), pp. 737 - 740 (1998)

Kempenaers, B.; Lanctot, R. B.; Robertson, R. J.: Certainty of paternity and paternal investment in eastern bluebirds and tree swallows. Animal Behaviour 55 (4), pp. 845 - 860 (1998)

Kempenaers, B.; Sheldon, B. C.: Confounded correlations: A reply to Lifjeld et al. and Wagner et al. Animal Behaviour 55 (1), pp. 241 - 244 (1998)

Lanctot, R. B.; Weatherhead, P. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Scribner, K. T.: Male traits, mating tactics and reproductive success in the buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis. Animal Behaviour 56 (2), pp. 419 - 432 (1998)

Petrie, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra-pair paternity in birds: Explaining variation between species and populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13 (2), pp. 52 - 58 (1998)

Petrie, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra-pair paternity in birds: "Good genes" and something else - Reply from M. Petrie and B. Kempenaers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13 (7), pp. 280 - 281 (1998)

Kempenaers, B.: Does reproductive synchrony limit male opportunities or enhance female choice for extra-pair paternity? Behaviour 134 (7), pp. 551 - 562 (1997)

Kempenaers, B.; Sheldon, B. C.: Studying paternity and paternal care: Pitfalls and problems. Animal Behaviour 53 (2), pp. 423 - 427 (1997)

Kempenaers, B.; Verheyen, G. R.; Dhondt, A. A.: Extra-pair paternity in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus): Female choice, male characteristics and offspring quality. Behavioral Ecology 8 (5), pp. 481 - 492 (1997)

Lanctot, R. B.; Scribner, K. T.; Kempenaers, B.; Weatherhead, P. J.: Lekking without a paradox in the monomorphic buff-breasted sandpiper. American Naturalist 149 (6), pp. 1051 - 1070 (1997)

Kempenaers, B.; Adriaensen, F.; van Noordwijk, A. J.; Dhondt, A. A.: Genetic similarity, inbreeding and hatching failure in blue tits: Are unhatched eggs infertile? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 263 (1367), pp. 179 - 185 (1996)

Kempenaers, B.; Sheldon, B. C.: Why do male birds not discriminate between their own and extra-pair offspring? Animal Behaviour 51 (5), pp. 1165 - 1173 (1996)

Eens, M.; Pinxten, R.; Kempenaers, B.: Do female tree swallows guard their mates by copulating frequently? A comment on Whittingham et al. Animal Behaviour 50 (1), pp. 273 - 276 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.: Polygyny in the blue tit: Intra- and inter-sexual conflicts. Animal Behaviour 49 (4), pp. 1047 - 1064 (1995)

Kempenaers, B.; Pinxten, R.; Eens, M.: Intraspecific brood parasitism in two tit Parus species: Occurrence and responses to experimental parasitism. Journal of Avian Biology 26 (2), pp. 114 - 120 (1995)