Publications of Herbert Biebach

Bauchinger, U.; McWilliams, S. R.; Kolb, H.; Popenko, V. M.; Price, E. R.; Biebach, H.: Flight muscle shape reliably predicts flight muscle mass of migratory songbirds: A new tool for field ornithologists. Journal of Ornithology 152 (2), pp. 507 - 514 (2011)

Bauchinger, U.; Kolb, H.; Afik, D.; Pinshow, B.; Biebach, H.: Blackcap Warblers maintain digestive efficiency by increasing digesta retention time on the first day of migratory stopover. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82 (5), pp. 541 - 548 (2009)

Bauchinger, U.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Biebach, H.: Food availability during migratory stopover affects testis growth and reproductive behaviour in a migratory passerine. Hormones and Behavior 55 (3), pp. 425 - 433 (2009)

Yohannes, E.; Biebach, H.; Nikolaus, G.; Pearson, D. J.: Passerine migration strategies and body mass variation along geographic sectors across East Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Ornithology 150 (2), pp. 369 - 381 (2009)

Yohannes, E.; Biebach, H.; Nikolaus, G.; Pearson, D. J.: Migration speeds among eleven species of long-distance migrating passerines across Europe, the desert and eastern Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 40 (2), pp. 126 - 134 (2009)

Bauchinger, U.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Biebach, H.: Migratory stopover conditions affect the developmental state of male gonads in garden warblers (Sylvia borin). Hormones and Behavior 54 (2), pp. 312 - 318 (2008)

Schmidt-Wellenburg, C. A.; Visser, G. H.; Biebach, B.; Delhey, K.; Oltrogge, M.; Wittenzellner, A.; Biebach, H.; Kempenaers, B.: Trade-off between migration and reproduction: Does a high workload affect body condition and reproductive state? Behavioral Ecology 19 (6), pp. 1351 - 1360 (2008)

Bauchinger, U.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Biebach, H.: Testicular development during long-distance spring migration. Hormones and Behavior 51 (3), pp. 295 - 305 (2007)

Schmidt-Wellenburg, C. A.; Biebach, H.; Daan, S.; Visser, G. H.: Energy expenditure and wing beat frequency in relation to body mass in free flying Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 177 (3), pp. 327 - 337 (2007)

Bauchinger, U.; Biebach, H.: Transition between moult and migration in a long-distance migratory passerine: Organ flexibility in the African wintering area. Journal of Ornithology 147 (2), pp. 266 - 273 (2006)

Engel, S.; Biebach, H.; Visser, G. H.: Water and heat balance during flight in the rose-colored starling (Sturnus roseus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79 (4), pp. 763 - 774 (2006)

Engel, S.; Biebach, H.; Visser, G. H.: Metabolic costs of avian flight in relation to flight velocity: A study in Rose Coloured Starlings (Sturnus roseus, Linnaeus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 176 (5), pp. 415 - 427 (2006)

Engel, S.; Klaassen, R. H. G.; Klaassen, M.; Biebach, H.: Exhaled air temperature as a function of ambient temperature in flying and resting ducks. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 176 (6), pp. 527 - 534 (2006)

Engel, S.; Suthers, R. A.; Biebach, H.; Visser, G. H.: Respiratory water loss during rest and flight in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 145 (4), pp. 423 - 432 (2006)

Bauchinger, U.; Biebach, H.: Phenotypic flexibility of skeletal muscles during long-distance migration of garden warblers: Muscle changes are differentially related to body mass. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046, pp. 271 - 281 (2005)

Bauchinger, U.; Wohlmann, A.; Biebach, H.: Flexible remodeling of organ size during spring migration of the garden warbler (Sylvia borin). Zoology 108 (2), pp. 97 - 106 (2005)

Bauchinger, U.; Biebach, H.: Differential catabolism of muscle protein in Garden Warblers (Sylvia borin): Flight and leg muscle act as a protein source during long distance migration. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 171 (4), pp. 293 - 301 (2001)

Widmer, M.; Biebach, H.: Changes in body condition from spring migration to reproduction in the garden warbler Sylvia borin: A comparison of a lowland and a mountain population. Ardea 89 (1), pp. 57 - 68 (2001)

Biebach, H.; Biebach, I.; Friedrich, W.; Heine, G.; Partecke, J.; Schmidl, D.: Strategics of passerine migration across the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert: A radar study. Ibis 142 (4), pp. 623 - 634 (2000)

Klaassen, M.; Biebach, H.: Flight altitude of trans-Sahara migrants in autumn: A comparison of radar observations with predictions from meteorological conditions and water and energy balance model. Journal of Avian Biology 31 (1), pp. 47 - 55 (2000)