Publications of Heribert Hofer

Hofer, H.; Benhaiem, S.; Golla, W.; East, M. L.: Trade-offs in lactation and milk intake by competing siblings in a fluctuating environment. Behavioral Ecology 27 (5), pp. 1567 - 1578 (2016)

Kramer-Schadt, S.; Niedballa, J.; Pilgrim, J. D.; Schröder, B.; Lindenborn, J.; Reinfelder, V.; Stillfried, M.; Heckmann, I.; Scharf, A. K.; Augeri, D. M. et al.; Cheyne, S. M.; Hearn, A. J.; Ross, J.; Macdonald, D. W.; Mathai, J.; Eaton, J.; Marshall, A. J.; Semiadi, G.; Rustam, R.; Bernard, H.; Alfred, R.; Samejima, H.; Duckworth, J. W.; Breitenmoser-Wuersten, C.; Belant, J. L.; Hofer, H.; Wilting, A.: The importance of correcting for sampling bias in MaxEnt distribution models. Diversity and Distributions 19 (11), pp. 1366 - 1379 (2013)

Benhaiem, S.; Dehnhard, M.; Bonanni, R.; Hofer, H.; Goymann, W.; Eulenberger, K.; East, M. L.: Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 178 (2), pp. 265 - 271 (2012)

Höner, O. P.; Wachter, B.; East, M. L.; Runyoro, V. A.; Hofer, H.: The effect of prey abundance and foraging tactics on the population dynamics of a social, territorial carnivore, the spotted hyena. Oikos 108 (3), pp. 544 - 554 (2005)

East, M. L.; Moestl, K.; Benetka, V.; Pitra, C.; Höner, O. P.; Wachter, B.; Hofer, H.: Coronavirus infection of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti ecosystem. Veterinary Microbiology 102 (1-2), pp. 1 - 9 (2004)

Peters, G.; East, M. L.; Herzel, H.; Henschel, J. R.; Mills, M. G. L.; Wilhelm, K.; Hofer, H.: Spotted hyaena whoops: Frequent incidence of vocal instabilities in a mammalian loud call. Bioacoustics - The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording 14 (2), pp. 99 - 109 (2004)

East, M. L.; Burke, T.; Wilhelm, K.; Greig, C.; Hofer, H.: Sexual conflicts in spotted hyenas: Male and female mating tactics and their reproductive outcome with respect to age, social status and tenure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270 (1521), pp. 1247 - 1254 (2003)

Goymann, W.; East, M. L.; Hofer, H.: Defense of females, but not social status, predicts plasma androgen levels in male spotted hyenas. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76 (4), pp. 586 - 593 (2003)

Goymann, W.; East, M. L.; Wachter, B.; Höner, O. P.; Möstl, E.; Hofer, H.: Social status does not predict corticosteroid levels in postdispersal male spotted hyenas. Hormones and Behavior 43 (4), pp. 474 - 479 (2003)

Hofer, H.; East, M. L.: Behavioral processes and costs of co-existence in female spotted hyenas: A life history perspective. Evolutionary Ecology 17 (4), pp. 315 - 331 (2003)

Wilhelm, K.; Dawson, D. A.; Gentle, L. K.; Horsfield, G. F.; Schlötterer, C.; Greig, C.; East, M. L.; Hofer, H.; Tautz, D.; Burke, T.: Characterization of spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Resources 3 (3), pp. 360 - 362 (2003)

Goymann, W.; East, M. L.; Hofer, H.: Androgens and the role of female "hyperaggressiveness" in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Hormones and Behavior 39 (1), pp. 83 - 92 (2001)

Goymann, W.; East, M. L.; Wachter, B.; Höner, O. P.; Möstl, E.; Van't Hof, T. J.; Hofer, H.: Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1484), pp. 2453 - 2459 (2001)

Goymann, W.; Leippert, D.; Hofer, H.: Sexual segregation, roosting, and social behaviour in a free-ranging colony of Indian false vampires, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65, pp. 138 - 148 (2000)

Leippert, D.; Goymann, W.; Hofer, H.: Between-litter siblicide in captive Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Journal of Zoology 251 (4), pp. 537 - 540 (2000)

Leippert, D.; Goymann, W.; Hofer, H.; Marimuthu, G.; Balasingh, J.: Roost mate communication in adult Indian false vampire bats (Megaderma lyra): An indication of individuality in temporal and spectral pattern. Animal Cognition 3 (2), pp. 99 - 106 (2000)

Goymann, W.; Leippert, D.; Hofer, H.: Parturition, parental behaviour, and pup development in Indian false vampire bats, Megaderma lyra. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 64, pp. 321 - 331 (1999)

Goymann, W.; Möstl, E.; Van't Hof, T. J.; East, M. L.; Hofer, H.: Noninvasive fecal monitoring of glucocorticoids in spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. General and Comparative Endocrinology 114 (3), pp. 340 - 348 (1999)

Lamprecht, J.; Hofer, H.: Cooperation among sunfish: Do they have the cognitive-abilities. Animal Behaviour 47 (6), pp. 1457 - 1458 (1994)

East, M. L.; Hofer, H.; Wickler, W.: The erect "penis" is a flag of submission in a female-dominated society: Greetings in the Serengeti spotted hyaenas. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33 (6), pp. 355 - 370 (1993)

Fricke, H.; Reinicke, O.; Hofer, H.; Nachtigall, W.: Locomotion of the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae in its natural environment. Nature 329 (6137), pp. 331 - 333 (1987)

Goymann, W.; Hofer, H.: Mating systems, social behaviour and hormones. In: Animal behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms, pp. 465 - 501 (Ed. Kappeler, P.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2010)