Publications of Sylvia Kuhn

Jelínek, V.; Mari, L.; Petrželková, A.; Albrechtová, J.; Cepák, J.; Kuhn, S.; Munclinger, P.; Tomášek, O.; Šulc, M.; Albrecht, T.: Conspecific brood parasitism in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Prüter, H.; Gillingham, M. A. F.; Krietsch, J.; Kuhn, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Sexual transmission may drive pair similarity of the cloacal microbiome in a polyandrous species. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (8), pp. 1639 - 1657 (2023)

Krietsch, J.; Cragnolini, M.; Kuhn, S.; Lanctot, R. B.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extrapair paternity in a sequentially polyandrous shorebird: Limited evidence for the sperm storage hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 183, pp. 77 - 92 (2022)

Kappers, E. F.; de Vries, C.; Alberda, A.; Kuhn, S.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Both, C.: Morph‐dependent fitness and directional change of morph frequencies over time in a Dutch population of Common buzzards Buteo buteo. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33 (9), pp. 1306 - 1315 (2020)

Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Poblete, Y.; Cuevas, É.; Kuhn, S.; Girg, A.; Poulin, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Vásquez, R. A.: Ecological and social correlates of natal dispersal in female and male Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda) in a naturally isolated and fragmented habitat. The Auk 136 (2), ukz016 (2019)

Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Poblete, Y.; Cuevas, É.; Kuhn, S.; Girg, A.; Teltscher, K. L.; Poulin, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Vásquez, R. A.: Variation in fine-scale genetic structure and local dispersal patterns between peripheral populations of a South American passerine bird. Ecology and Evolution 7 (20), pp. 8363 - 8378 (2017)

Araya-Ajoy, Y. G.; Kuhn, S.; Mathot, K. J.; Mouchet, A.; Mutzel, A.; Nicolaus, M.; Wijmenga, J. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Dingemanse, N. J.: Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major). Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 70 (10), pp. 2308 - 2321 (2016)

Rheindt, F. E.; Christidis, L.; Kuhn, S.; de Kloet, S.; Norman, J. A.; Fidler, A. E.: The timing of diversification within the most divergent parrot clade. Journal of Avian Biology 45 (2), pp. 140 - 148 (2014)

Heber, S.; Varsani, A.; Kuhn, S.; Girg, A.; Kempenaers, B.; Briskie, J. V.: The genetic rescue of two bottlenecked South Island robin populations using translocations of inbred donors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1752), 20122228 (2013)

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)

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)

Kuhn, S.; Wiebe, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus; Aves). Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (3), pp. 845 - 848 (2009)

Muck, C.; Kempenaers, B.; Kuhn, S.; Valcu, M.; Goymann, W.: Paternity in the classical polyandrous black coucal (Centropus grillii) - A cuckoo accepting cuckoldry? Behavioral Ecology 20 (6), pp. 1185 - 1193 (2009)

Fidler, A. E.; van Oers, K.; Drent, P. J.; Kuhn, S.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1619), pp. 1685 - 1691 (2007)

Johnsen, A.; Fidler, A. E.; Kuhn, S.; Carter, K. L.; Hoffmann, A.; Barr, I. R.; Biard, C.; Charmantier, A.; Eens, M.; Korsten, P. et al.; Siitari, H.; Tomiuk, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Avian Clock gene polymorphism: Evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies. Molecular Ecology 16 (22), pp. 4867 - 4880 (2007)

Fidler, A. E.; Kuhn, S.; Gwinner, E.: Convergent evolution of strigiform and caprimulgiform dark-activity is supported by phylogenetic analysis using the arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (Aanat) gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (3), pp. 908 - 921 (2004)