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Volkmer, T.; Kupan, K.; Rohr‑Bender, V. A.; Guirao‑Ortiz, M.; Cruz‑López, M.; del Angel, S. G.; Rodrigues, L. F.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Küpper, C.: Hidden in plain sight: Camouflage and hiding behaviour of wild precocial chicks in an open landscape. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78 (6), 73 (2024)
Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Rodrigues, L. F.; Krietsch, J.; Eberhart-Hertel, A. G.; Cruz-López, M.; Vazquez-Rojas, K. A.; González-Medina, E.; Schroeder, J.; Küpper, C.: Egg size variation in the context of polyandry: A case study using long-term field data from snowy plovers. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 77 (12), S. 2590 - 2605 (2023)
Tolliver, J. D. M.; Kupan, K.; Lank, D. B.; Schindler, S.; Küpper, C.: Fitness benefits from co-display favour subdominant male-male partnerships between phenotypes. Animal Behaviour 197, S. 131 - 154 (2023)
Maney, D. L.; Küpper, C.: Supergenes on steroids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 377 (1855), 20200507 (2022)
Loveland, J. L.; Giraldo Deck, L. M.; Lank, D. B.; Goymann, W.; Gahr, M.; Küpper, C.: Functional differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are associated with alternative reproductive tactics based on an inversion polymorphism. Hormones and Behavior 127, 104877 (2021)
Loveland, J. L.; Lank, D. B.; Küpper, C.: Gene expression modification by an autosomal inversion associated with three male mating morphs. Frontiers in Genetics 12, 641620 (2021)
Cruz-López, M.; Fernández, G.; Hipperson, H.; Palacios, E.; Cavitt, J.; Galindo-Espinosa, D.; Gómez del Angel, S.; Pruner, R.; Gonzalez, O.; Burke, T.et al.; Küpper, C.: Allelic diversity and patterns of selection at the major histocompatibility complex class I and II loci in a threatened shorebird, the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus). BMC Evolutionary Biology 20, 114 (2020)
D’Urban Jackson, J.; Bruford, M. W.; Székely, T.; DaCosta, J. M.; Sorenson, M. D.; Russo, I. M.; Maher, K. H.; Cruz-López, M.; Galindo‑Espinosa, D.; Palacios, E.et al.; de Sucre‑Medrano, A. E.; Cavitt, J.; Pruner, R.; Morales, A. L.; Gonzalez, O.; Burke, T.; Küpper, C.: Population differentiation and historical demography of the threatened snowy plover Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858). Conservation Genetics 21 (3), S. 387 - 404 (2020)
dos Remedios, N.; Küpper, C.; Székely, T.; Zefania, S.; Burns, F.; Boltons, M.; Lee, P. L. M.: Genetic structure among Charadrius plovers on the African mainland and islands of Madagascar and St. Helena. Ibis 162 (1), S. 104 - 118 (2020)
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Giraldo Deck, L. M.; Goymann, W.; Safari, I.; Dawson, D. A.; Stocks, M.; Burke, T.; Lank, D. B.; Küpper, C.: Development of intraspecific size variation in black coucals, white‐browed coucals and ruffs from hatching to fledging. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (8), e02440 (2020)
Plaschke, S.; Bulla, M.; Cruz-López, M.; Ángel, S. G. d.; Küpper, C.: Nest initiation and flooding in response to season and semi-lunar spring tides in a ground-nesting shorebird. Frontiers in Zoology 16, 15 (2019)
Sadanandan, K. R.; Küpper, C.; Low, G. W.; Yao, C.-T.; Li, Y.; Xu, T.; Rheindt, F. E.; Wu, S.: Population divergence and gene flow in two East Asian shorebirds on the verge of speciation. Scientific Reports 9, 8546 (2019)
Armstrong, C.; Richardson, D. S.; Hipperson, H.; Horsburgh, G. J.; Küpper, C.; Percival-Alwyn, L.; Clark, M.; Burke, T.; Spurgin, L. G.: Genomic associations with bill length and disease reveal drift and selection across island bird populations. Evolution Letters 2 (1), S. 22 - 36 (2018)
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Thies, L.; Tomkovich, P. S.; dos Remedios, N.; Lislevand, T.; Pinchuk, P.; Wallander, J.; Dänhardt, J.; Thórisson, B.; Blomqvist, D.; Küpper, C.: Population and subspecies differentiation in a high latitude breeding wader, the Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. Ardea 106 (2), S. 163 - 176 (2018)
Carmona-Isunza, M. C.; Ancona, S.; Székely, T.; Ramallo-González, A. P.; Cruz-López, M.; Serrano-Meneses, M. A.; Küpper, C.: Adult sex ratio and operational sex ratio exhibit different temporal dynamics in the wild. Behavioral Ecology 28 (2), S. 523 - 532 (2017)
Cruz-López, M.; Eberhart-Phillips, L. J.; Fernández, G.; Beamonte-Barrientos, R.; Székely, T.; Serrano-Meneses, M. A.; Küpper, C.: The plight of a plover: Viability of an important snowy plover population with flexible brood care in Mexico. Biological Conservation 209, S. 440 - 448 (2017)
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Vincze, O.; Kosztolányi, A.; Barta, Z.; Küpper, C.; Alrashidi, M.; Amat, J. A.; Argüelles-Ticó, A.; Burns, F.; Cavitt, J.; Conway, W. C.et al.; Cruz-López, M.; De Sucre-Medrano, A. E.; dos Remedios, N.; Figuerola, J.; Galindo-Espinosa, D.; García-Pena, G. E.; Gómez Del Angel, S.; Gratto-Trevor, C.; Jönsson, P.; Lloyd, P.; Montalvo, T.; Parra, J. E.; Pruner, R.; Que, P.; Liu, Y.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Schulz, R.; Serra, L.; St. Clair, J. J. H.; Stenzel, L. E.; Weston, M. A.; Yasué, M.; Zefania, S.; Székely, T.: Parental cooperation in a changing climate: Fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26 (3), S. 347 - 358 (2017)
Argüelles-Ticó, A.; Küpper, C.; Kelsh, R. N.; Kosztolányi, A.; Székely, T.; van Dijk, R. E.: Geographic variation in breeding system and environment predicts melanin-based plumage ornamentation of male and female Kentish plovers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70 (1), S. 49 - 60 (2016)
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Stoddard, M. C.; Kupan, K.; Eyster, H. N.; Rojas-Abreu, W.; Cruz-López, M.; Serrano-Meneses, M. A.; Küpper, C.: Camouflage and clutch survival in plovers and terns. Scientific Reports 6, 32059 (2016)
Carmona-Isunza, M. C.; Küpper, C.; Serrano-Meneses, M. A.; Székely, T.: Courtship behavior differs between monogamous and polygamous plovers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (12), S. 2035 - 2042 (2015)
Dos Remedios, N.; Lee, P. L. M.; Burke, T.; Székely, T.; Küpper, C.: North or south? Phylogenetic and biogeographic origins of a globally distributed avian clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89, S. 151 - 159 (2015)
Dos Remedios, N.; Székely, T.; Küpper, C.; Lee, P. L. M.; Kosztolányi, A.: Ontogenic differences in sexual size dimorphism across four plover populations. Ibis 157 (3), S. 590 - 600 (2015)
Ekanayake, K. B.; Weston, M. A.; Nimmo, D. G.; Maguire, G. S.; Endler, J. A.; Küpper, C.: The bright incubate at night: Sexual dichromatism and adaptive incubation division in an open-nesting shorebird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1806), 20143026 (2015)
Farrell, L. L.; Küpper, C.; Burke, T.; Lank, D. B.: Major breeding plumage color differences of male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) are not associated with coding sequence variation in the MC1R gene. Journal of Heredity 106 (2), S. 211 - 215 (2015)
Buckland, S.; Cole, N. C.; Groombridge, J. J.; Küpper, C.; Burke, T.; Dawson, D. A.; Gallagher, L. E.; Harris, S.: High risks of losing genetic diversity in an endemic mauritian gecko: Implications for conservation. PLoS One 9 (6), e93387 (2014)
Vincze, O.; Székely, T.; Küpper, C.; Alrashidi, M.; Amat, J. A.; Argüelles-Ticó, A.; Burgas, D.; Burke, T.; Cavitt, J.; Figuerola, J.et al.; Shobrak, M.; Montalvo, T.; Kosztolányi, A.: Local environment but not genetic differentiation influences biparental care in ten plover populations. PLoS One 8 (4), e60998 (2013)
Kosztolányi, A.; Küpper, C.; Chastel, O.; Parenteau, C.; Yilmaz, K. T.; Miklósi, A.; Székely, T.; Lendvai, A. Z.: Prolactin stress response does not predict brood desertion in a polyandrous shorebird. Hormones and Behavior 61 (5), S. 734 - 740 (2012)
Küpper, C.; Augustin, J.; Edwards, S. V.; Székely, T.; Kosztolányi, A.; Burke, T.; Janes, D. E.: Triploid plover female provides support for a role of the W chromosome in avian sex determination. Biology Letters 8 (5), S. 787 - 789 (2012)
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Alrashidi, M.; Kosztolányi, A.; Shobrak, M.; Küpper, C.; Székely, T.: Parental cooperation in an extreme hot environment: Natural behaviour and experimental evidence. Animal Behaviour 82 (2), S. 235 - 243 (2011)
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