Publications of Wolfgang Forstmeier

Forstmeier, W.: Caution is needed when 90% of all possible estimates remain unpublished: A comment on Arct et al. Behavioral Ecology 26 (4), pp. 972 - 973 (2015)

Ihle, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Fitness benefits of mate choice for compatibility in a socially monogamous species. PLoS Biology 13 (9), e1002248 (2015)

Knief, U.; Hemmrich-Stanisak, G.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations. Heredity 114 (4), pp. 397 - 403 (2015)

Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Molecular Ecology 24 (15), pp. 3846 - 3859 (2015)

Riede, T.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Goller, F.: The functional morphology of male courtship displays in the Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). The Auk 132 (1), pp. 65 - 77 (2015)

Evans, S. R.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Sheldon, B. C.; Husby, A.: Nonautosomal genetic variation in carotenoid coloration. American Naturalist 184 (3), pp. 374 - 383 (2014)

Forstmeier, W.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Female extra-pair mating: Adaptation or genetic constraint? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (8), pp. 456 - 464 (2014)

Girndt, A.; Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Triploid ZZZ zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata exhibit abnormal sperm heads and poor reproductive performance. Ibis 156 (2), pp. 472 - 477 (2014)

Rojas Mora, A.; Forstmeier, W.: The importance of validating experimental setups: Lessons from studies of food choice copying in zebra finches. Ethology 120 (9), pp. 913 - 922 (2014)

Husby, A.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Gustafsson, L.; Qvarnstroem, A.: Sex chromosome linked genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism of quantitative traits. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 67 (3), pp. 609 - 619 (2013)

Ihle, M.; Forstmeier, W.: Revisiting the evidence for inbreeding avoidance in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology 24 (6), pp. 1356 - 1362 (2013)

Ihle, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Does hatching failure breed infidelity? Behavioral Ecology 24 (1), pp. 119 - 127 (2013)

Mathot, K. J.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Basal metabolic rate can evolve independently of morphological and behavioural traits. Heredity 111 (3), pp. 175 - 181 (2013)

Reers, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Jacot, A.: Acoustic similarity to parental calls promotes response to unfamiliar calls in zebra finch fledglings. Animal Behaviour 86 (1), pp. 159 - 167 (2013)

Atagan, Y.; Forstmeier, W.: Protein supplementation decreases courtship rate in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour 83 (1), pp. 69 - 74 (2012)

Bolund, E.; Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.: Singing activity stimulates partner reproductive investment rather than increasing paternity success in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (6), pp. 975 - 984 (2012)

Forstmeier, W.; Schielzeth, H.; Mueller, J. C.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.: Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in zebra finches: Microsatellite markers can be better than their reputation. Molecular Ecology 21 (13), pp. 3237 - 3249 (2012)

Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.; Forstmeier, W.: QTL and quantitative genetic analysis of beak morphology reveals patterns of standing genetic variation in an Estrildid finch. Molecular Ecology 21 (15), pp. 3704 - 3717 (2012)

Schielzeth, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.: QTL linkage mapping of wing length in zebra finch using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms markers. Molecular Ecology 21 (2), pp. 329 - 339 (2012)

Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Ellegren, H.; Forstmeier, W.: QTL linkage mapping of zebra finch beak color shows an oligogenic control of a sexually selected trait. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 66 (1), pp. 18 - 30 (2012)