Publications of Bart Kempenaers

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)

Johnsen, A.; Carter, K. L.; Delhey, K.; Lifjeld, J. T.; Robertson, R. J.; Kempenaers, B.: Laying-order effects on sperm numbers and on paternity: Comparing three passerine birds with different life histories. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2), pp. 181 - 190 (2012)

Kluen, E.; Kuhn, S.; Kempenaers, B.; Brommer, J. E.: A simple cage test captures intrinsic differences in aspects of personality across individuals in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 279 - 287 (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)

Langlois, L. A.; Murboeck, K.; Bulla, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Unusual incubation: Long-billed Dowitcher incubates mammalian bones. Ardea 100 (2), pp. 206 - 210 (2012)

Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Valcu, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Kuhn, S.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers. Science 337 (6102), pp. 1654 - 1658 (2012)

Mathot, K. J.; Wright, J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty may explain personality-related differences in behavioural plasticity. Oikos 121 (7), pp. 1009 - 1020 (2012)

Mueller, J. C.; Steinmeyer, C.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in sleep-wake rhythms in free-living birds. Chronobiology International 29 (9), pp. 1216 - 1226 (2012)

Nemeth, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Matessi, G.; Brumm, H.: Rock sparrow song reflects male age and reproductive success. PLoS One 7 (8), e43259 (2012)

Nicolaus, M.; Tinbergen, J. M.; Bouwman, K. M.; Michler, S. P. M.; Ubels, R.; Both, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1749), pp. 4885 - 4892 (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)

Schlicht, L.; Girg, A.; Loes, P.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Male extrapair nestlings fledge first. Animal Behaviour 83 (6), pp. 1335 - 1343 (2012)

Steinmeyer, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Mueller, J. C.: Testing for associations between candidate genes for circadian rhythms and individual variation in sleep behaviour in blue tits. Genetica 140 (4-6), pp. 219 - 228 (2012)

Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: rangeMapper: A platform for the study of macroecology of life-history traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21 (9), pp. 945 - 951 (2012)

Wutzler, R.; Foerster, K.; Kempenaers, B.: MHC class I variation in a natural blue tit population (Cyanistes caeruleus). Genetica 140 (7-9), pp. 349 - 364 (2012)

Yohannes, E.; Lee, R. W.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Feather deuterium as an indicator of age-class in the Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos. Ibis 154 (4), pp. 868 - 873 (2012)

Forstmeier, W.; Martin, K.; Bolund, E.; Schielzeth, H.; Kempenaers, B.: Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (26), pp. 10608 - 10613 (2011)

Laucht, S.; Dale, J.; Mutzel, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: It's a night-and-day difference. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170 (3), pp. 501 - 508 (2011)

Mathot, K. J.; van den Hout, P. J.; Piersma, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Réale, D.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Disentangling the roles of frequency-vs. state-dependence in generating individual differences in behavioural plasticity. Ecology Letters 14 (12), pp. 1254 - 1262 (2011)