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Development of new technologies for outdoor application:
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We are happy to share the latest scientific papers about group projects using our technologies:
Santema, P.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Variance partitioning of nest provisioning rates in blue tits: Individual repeatability, heritability, and partner interactions. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, qpae131 (2024)
Schlicht, E.; Gilsenan, C.; Santema, P.; Türk, A.; Wittenzellner, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Removal of older males increases extra-pair siring success of yearling males. PLoS Biology 22 (4), e3002584 (2024)
Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimentally advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in blue tit males. Behavioral Ecology 34 (3), pp. 346 - 353 (2023)
Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Patterns of extra-territorial nest-box visits in a songbird suggest a role in extrapair mating. Behavioral Ecology, 34 (1), pp. 150 - 159 (2023)
Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (9), pp. 1213 - 1225 (2023)
Schlicht, L.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Start and end of daily activity predict extrapair siring success independently of age in male blue tits. Animal Behaviour 198, pp. 21 - 31 (2023)
Schlicht, L.; Schlicht, E.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2011), 20232266 (2023)
Mueller, J. C.; Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Espindola-Hernandez, P.; Gilsenan, C.; Ewels, P.; Gruselius, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Local selection signals in the genome of blue tits emphasize regulatory and neuronal evolution. Molecular Ecology, 31 (5), pp. 1504 - 1514 (2022)
Beck, K. B.; Farine, D. R.; Kempenaers, B.: Social network position predicts male mating success in a small passerine. Behavioral Ecology 32 (5), pp. 856 - 864 (2021)
Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Offspring provisioning by extra‐pair males in blue tits. Journal of Avian Biology 52 (5), e02755 (2021)
Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Beck, K. B.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of exposure to predator models on fledging behaviour in blue tits. Animal Behaviour 181, pp. 61 - 69 (2021)
Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Beck, K. B.; Sheldon, B. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Why do nestling birds fledge early in the day? Animal Behaviour 174, pp. 79 - 86 (2021)
Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Sheldon, B. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimental evidence that nestlings adjust their fledging time to each other in a multiparous bird. Animal Behaviour 180, pp. 143 - 150 (2021)
Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Origin and outcome of social polygyny in the Blue Tit. Ardea 109 (1), pp. 91 - 118 (2021)
Beck, K. B.; Farine, D. R.; Kempenaers, B.: Winter associations predict social and extra-pair mating patterns in a wild songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1921), 20192606 (2020)
Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Gilsenan, C.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Negative effects of individual heterozygosity on reproductive success in a wild bird population. Molecular Ecology 29 (17), pp. 3196 - 3216 (2020)
Gilsenan, C.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Timing of arrival in the breeding area is repeatable and affects reproductive success in a non‐migratory population of blue tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (4), pp. 1017 - 1031 (2020)
Santema, P.; Teltscher, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra‐pair copulations can insure female blue tits against male infertility. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (6), e02499 (2020)
Schlicht, L.; Kempenaers, B.: The effects of season, sex, age and weather on population‐level variation in the timing of activity in Eurasian Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Ibis 162 (4), pp. 1146 - 1162 (2020)