Publications of Wolfgang Forstmeier

Journal Article (118)

2025
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Gould, E.; Fraser, H. S.; Parker, T. H.; Nakagawa, S.; Griffith, S. C.; Vesk, P. A.; Fidler, F.; Hamilton, D. G.; Abbey-Lee, R. N.; Abbott, J. K. et al.; Aguirre, L. A.; Alcaraz, C.; Aloni, I.; Altschul, D.; Arekar, K.; Atkins, J. W.; Atkinson, J.; Baker, C.; Barrett, M.; Bell, K.; Bello, S. K.; Beltrán, I.; Berauer, B. J.; Bertram, M. G.; Billman, P. D.; Blake, C. K.; Blake, S.; Bliard, L.; Bonisoli-Alquati, A.; Bonnet, T.; Bordes, C. N. M.; Bose, A. P. H.; Botterill-James, T.; Boyd, M. A.; Boyle, S. A.; Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Bradham, J.; Brand, J. A.; Brengdahl, M. I.; Bulla, M.; Bussière, L.; Camerlenghi, E.; Campbell, S. E.; Campos, L. L. F.; Caravaggi, A.; Cardoso, P.; Carroll, C. J. W.; Catanach, T. A.; Chen, X.; Chik, H. Y. J.; Choy, E. S.; Christie, A. P.; Chuang, A.; Chunco, A. J.; Clark, B. L.; Contina, A.; Covernton, G. A.; Cox, M. P.; Cressman, K. A.; Crotti, M.; Crouch, C. D.; D'Amelio, P. B.; de Sousa, A. A.; Döbert, T. F.; Dobler, R.; Dobson, A. J.; Doherty, T. S.; Drobniak, S. M.; Duffy, A. G.; Duncan, A. B.; Dunn, R. P.; Dunning, J.; Dutta, T.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Elmore, J. A.; Elsherif, M. M.; English, H. M.; Ensminger, D. C.; Ernst, U. R.; Ferguson, S. M.; Fernández-Juricic, E.; Ferreira-Arruda, T.; Fieberg, J.; Finch, E. A.; Fiorenza, E. A.; Fisher, D. N.; Fontaine, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Fourcade, Y.; Frank, G. S.; Freund, C. A.; Fuentes-Lillo, E.; Gandy, S. L.; Gannon, D. G.; García-Cervigón, A. I.; Garretson, A. C.; Ge, X.; Geary, W. L.; Géron, C.; Gilles, M.; Girndt, A.; Gliksman, D.; Goldspiel, H. B.; Gomes, D. G. E.; Good, M. K.; Goslee, S. C.; Gosnell, J. S.; Grames, E. M.; Gratton, P.; Grebe, N. M.; Greenler, S. M.; Griffioen, M.; Griffith, D. M.; Griffith, F. J.; Grossman, J. J.; Güncan, A.; Haesen, S.; Hagan, J. G.; Hager, H. A.; Harris, J. P.; Harrison, N. D.; Hasnain, S. S.; Havird, J. C.; Heaton, A. J.; Herrera-Chaustre, M. L.; Howard, T. J.; Hsu, B.-Y.; Iannarilli, F.; Iranzo, E. C.; Iverson, E. N. K.; Jimoh, S. O.; Johnson, D. H.; Johnsson, M.; Jorna, J.; Jucker, T.; Jung, M.; Kačergytė, I.; Kaltz, O.; Ke, A.; Kelly, C. D.; Keogan, K.; Keppeler, F. W.; Killion, A. K.; Kim, D.; Kochan, D. P.; Korsten, P.; Kothari, S.; Kuppler, J.; Kusch, J. M.; Lagisz, M.; Lalla, K. M.; Larkin, D. J.; Larson, C. L.; Lauck, K. S.; Lauterbur, M. E.; Law, A.; Léandri-Breton, D.-J.; Lembrechts, J. J.; L'Herpiniere, K.; Lievens, E. J. P.; de Lima, D. O.; Lindsay, S.; Luquet, M.; MacLeod, R.; Macphie, K. H.; Magellan, K.; Mair, M. M.; Malm, L. E.; Mammola, S.; Mandeville, C. P.; Manhart, M.; Manrique-Garzon, L. M.; Mäntylä, E.; Marchand, P.; Marshall, B. M.; Martin, C. A.; Martin, D. A.; Martin, J. M.; Martinig, A. R.; McCallum, E. S.; McCauley, M.; McNew, S. M.; Meiners, S. J.; Merkling, T.; Michelangeli, M.; Moiron, M.; Moreira, B.; Mortensen, J.; Mos, B.; Muraina, T. O.; Murphy, P. W.; Nelli, L.; Niemelä, P.; Nightingale, J.; Nilsonne, G.; Nolazco, S.; Nooten, S. S.; Novotny, J. L.; Olin, A. B.; Organ, C. L.; Ostevik, K. L.; Palacio, F. X.; Paquet, M.; Parker, D. J.; Pascall, D. J.; Pasquarella, V. J.; Paterson, J. H.; Payo-Payo, A.; Pedersen, K. M.; Perez, G.; Perry, K. I.; Pottier, P.; Proulx, M. J.; Proulx, R.; Pruett, J. L.; Ramananjato, V.; Randimbiarison, F. T.; Razafindratsima, O. H.; Rennison, D. J.; Riva, F.; Riyahi, S.; Roast, M. J.; Rocha, F. P.; Roche, D. G.; Román-Palacios, C.; Rosenberg, M. S.; Ross, J.; Rowland, F. E.; Rugemalila, D.; Russell, A. L.; Ruuskanen, S.; Saccone, P.; Sadeh, A.; Salazar, S. M.; Sales, K.; Salmón, P.; Sánchez-Tójar, A.; Santos, L. P.; Santostefano, F.; Schilling, H. T.; Schmidt, M.; Schmoll, T.; Schneider, A. C.; Schrock, A. E.; Schroeder, J.; Schtickzelle, N.; Schultz, N. L.; Scott, D. A.; Scroggie, M. P.; Shapiro, J. T.; Sharma, N.; Shearer, C. L.; Simón, D.; Sitvarin, M. I.; Skupien, F. L.; Slinn, H. L.; Smith, G. P.; Smith, J. A.; Sollmann, R.; Whitney, K. S.; Still, S. M.; Stuber, E. F.; Sutton, G. F.; Swallow, B.; Taff, C. C.; Takola, E.; Tanentzap, A. J.; Tarjuelo, R.; Telford, R. J.; Thawley, C. J.; Thierry, H.; Thomson, J.; Tidau, S.; Tompkins, E. M.; Tortorelli, C. M.; Trlica, A.; Turnell, B. R.; Urban, L.; de Vondel, S. V.; van der Wal, J. E. M.; Eeckhoven, J. V.; van Oordt, F.; Vanderwel, K. M.; Vanderwel, M. C.; Vanderwolf, K. J.; Vélez, J.; Vergara-Florez, D. C.; Verrelli, B. C.; Vieira, M. V.; Villamil, N.; Vitali, V.; Vollering, J.; Walker, J.; Walker, X. J.; Walter, J. A.; Waryszak, P.; Weaver, R. J.; Wedegärtner, R. E. M.; Weller, D. L.; Whelan, S.; White, R. L.; Wolfson, D. W.; Wood, A.; Yanco, S. W.; Yen, J. D. L.; Youngflesh, C.; Zilio, G.; Zimmer, C.; Zimmerman, G. M.; Zitomer, R. A.: Same data, different analysts: Variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology 23, 35 (2025)
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Rohr‑Bender, V. A.; Kupan, K.; Lopez-Nava, G.; Forstmeier, W.; Hertel, A.; Razumov, V.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Küpper, C.: Sex and morph variation in activity from early ontogeny to maturity in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ethology 131 (3), e13543 (2025)
2024
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Bulla, M.; Küpper, C.; Lank, D. B.; Albrechtová, J.; Loveland, J. L.; Martin, K.; Teltscher, K. L.; Cragnolini, M.; Lierz, M.; Albrecht, T. et al.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Sperm swimming speed and morphology differ slightly among the three genetic morphs of ruff sandpiper (Calidris pugnax), but show no clear polymorphism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1476254 (2024)
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Krietsch, J.; Valcu, M.; Cragnolini, M.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Mutual mate guarding with limited sexual conflict in a sex-role-reversed shorebird. Behavioral Ecology 35 (1), arad084 (2024)
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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 78 (11), pp. 1751 - 1760 (2024)
2023
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Mueller, J. C.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Pei, Y.; Poignet, M.; Vontzou, N.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Albrecht, T.; Reifova, R.; Forstmeier, W.; Suh, A. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Micro germline-restricted chromosome in blue tits: Evidence for meiotic functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (5), msad096 (2023)
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Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Knief, U.; Kempenaers, B.: Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 32 (13), pp. 3575 - 3585 (2023)
2022
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Borodin, P.; Chen, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Fouché, S.; Malinovskaya, L.; Pei, Y.; Reifová, R.; Ruiz‑Ruano, F. J.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Sotelo‑Muñoz, M. et al.; Torgasheva, A.; Vontzou, N.; Suh, A.: Mendelian nightmares: The germline‑restricted chromosome of songbirds. Chromosome Research 30, pp. 255 - 272 (2022)
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Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Mueller, J. C.; Cabrero, J.; Camacho, J. P. M.; Alché, J. D.; Franke, A.; Hoeppner, M.; Börno, S. et al.; Gessara, I.; Hertel, M.; Teltscher, K. L.; Knief, U.; Suh, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (4), e2103960119 (2022)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Farine, D. R.; Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Martin, K.; Pei, Y.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Klarevas-Irby, J. A.; Ma, S.; Aplin, L. M. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird. Nature Communications 13, 1630 (2022)
2021
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Forstmeier, W.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Fitness costs of female choosiness are low in a socially monogamous songbird. PLoS Biology 19 (11), e3001257 (2021)
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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.: Violating the normality assumption may be the lesser of two evils. Behavior Research Methods 53 (6), pp. 2576 - 2590 (2021)
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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Wolf, J. B. W.: A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm. Royal Society Open Science 8 (9), 211025 (2021)
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Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Forstmeier, W.; Farine, D. R.: Relationship quality underpins pair bond formation and subsequent reproductive performance. Animal Behaviour 182, pp. 43 - 58 (2021)
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Mikula, P.; Valcu, M.; Brumm, H.; Bulla, M.; Forstmeier, W.; Petrusková, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Albrecht, T.: A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection. Ecology Letters 24 (3), pp. 477 - 486 (2021)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Is female mate choice repeatable across males with nearly identical songs? Animal Behaviour 181, pp. 137 - 149 (2021)
2020
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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Pei, Y.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Kempenaers, B.: A test for meiotic drive in hybrids between Australian and Timor zebra finches. Ecology and Evolution 10 (23), pp. 13464 - 13475 (2020)
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Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 74 (7), pp. 1525 - 1539 (2020)
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Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Rutkowska, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches. American Naturalist 196 (5), pp. 577 - 596 (2020)
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Voelkl, B.; Altman, N. S.; Forsman, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Gurevitch, J.; Jaric, I.; Karp, N. A.; Kas, M. J.; Schielzeth, H.; de Casteele, T. V. et al.; Würbel, H.: Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 21, pp. 384 - 393 (2020)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Martin, K.; Wilson, A.; Kempenaers, B.: The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra‐pair mating. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 74 (3), pp. 544 - 558 (2020)
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Würbel, H.; Voelkl, B.; Altman, N. S.; Forsman, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Gurevitch, J.; Jaric, I.; Karp, N. A.; Kas, M. J.; Schielzeth, H. et al.; van de Casteele, T.: Reply to: "It is time for an empirically informed paradigm shift in animal research". Nature Reviews Neuroscience 21, pp. 661 - 662 (2020)
2019
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Kinsella, C. M.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Dion-Côté, A.-M.; Charles, A. J.; Gossmann, T. I.; Cabrero, J.; Kappei, D.; Hemmings, N.; Simons, M. J.P.; Camacho, J. P. M. et al.; Forstmeier, W.; Suh, A.: Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds. Nature Communications 10, 5468 (2019)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Valcu, M.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Bulla, M.; Both, C.; Duckworth, R. A.; Kiere, L. M.; Karell, P.; Albrecht, T. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds. PLoS Biology 17 (2), e3000156 (2019)
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Zollinger, S. A.; Dorado-Correa, A. M.; Goymann, W.; Forstmeier, W.; Knief, U.; Bastidas-Urrutia, A. M.; Brumm, H.: Traffic noise exposure depresses plasma corticosterone and delays offspring growth in breeding zebra finches. Conservation Physiology 7 (1), coz056 (2019)
2018
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Jeronimo, S.; Khadraoui, M.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Lesku, J. A.; Robert, K. A.; Schlicht, E.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology 29 (2), pp. 459 - 467 (2018)
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Kappers, E. F.; de Vries, C.; Alberda, A.; Forstmeier, W.; Both, C.; Kempenaers, B.: Inheritance patterns of plumage coloration in common buzzards Buteo buteo do not support a one-locus two-allele model. Biology Letters 14 (4), 20180007 (2018)
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Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Montiglio, P.-O.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Farine, D. R.: Linking the fine-scale social environment to mating decisions: A future direction for the study of extra-pair paternity. Biological Reviews 93 (3), pp. 1558 - 1577 (2018)
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Mendonca, T.; Birkhead, T. R.; Cadby, A. J.; Forstmeier, W.; Hemmings, N.: A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1883), 20180865 (2018)
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Parker, T. H.; Griffith, S. C.; Bronstein, J. L.; Fidler, F.; Foster, S.; Fraser, H.; Forstmeier, W.; Gurevitch, J.; Koricheva, J.; Seppelt, R. et al.; Tingley, M. W.; Nakagawa, S.: Empowering peer reviewers with a checklist to improve transparency. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 (6), pp. 929 - 935 (2018)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Ihle, M.; Khadraoui, M.; Jeronimo, S.; Martin, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Irreproducible text-book "knowledge": The effects of color bands on zebra finch fitness. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 72 (4), pp. 961 - 976 (2018)
2017
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Forstmeier, W.: Preregister now for an upgrade to Behavioral Ecology 2.0: A comment on Ihle et al. Behavioral Ecology 28 (2), pp. 358 - 359 (2017)
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Forstmeier, W.; Ihle, M.; Opatová, P.; Martin, K.; Knief, U.; Albrechtová, J.; Albrecht, T.; Kempenaers, B.: Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (5), pp. 968 - 976 (2017)
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Forstmeier, W.; Wagenmakers, E.-J.; Parker, T. H.: Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings - A practical guide. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 92 (4), pp. 1941 - 1968 (2017)
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Griffith, S. C.; Crino, O. L.; Andrew, S. C.; Nomano, F. Y.; Adkins-Regan, E.; Alonso-Alvarez, C.; Bailey, I. E.; Bittner, S. S.; Bolton, P. E.; Boner, W. et al.; Boogert, N.; Boucaud, I. C. A.; Briga, M.; Buchanan, K. L.; Caspers, B. A.; Cichon, M.; Clayton, D. F.; Deregnaucourt, S.; Forstmeier, W.; Guillette, L. M.; Hartley, I. R.; Healy, S. D.; Hill, D. L.; Holveck, M.-J.; Hurley, L. L.; Ihle, M.; Krause, E. T.; Mainwaring, M. C.; Marasco, V.; Mariette, M. M.; Martin-Wintle, M. S.; McCowan, L. S. C.; McMahon, M.; Monaghan, P.; Nager, R. G.; Naguib, M.; Nord, A.; Potvin, D. A.; Prior, N. H.; Riebel, K.; Romero-Haro, A. A.; Royle, N. J.; Rutkowska, J.; Schuett, W.; Swaddle, J. P.; Tobler, M.; Trompf, L.; Varian-Ramos, C. W.; Vignal, C.; Villain, A. S.; Williams, T. D.: Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: Methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities. Ethology 123 (1), pp. 1 - 29 (2017)
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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.; Pei, Y.; Ihle, M.; Wang, D.; Martin, K.; Opatová, P.; Albrechtová, J.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A. et al.; Albrecht, T.; Kempenaers, B.: A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (8), pp. 1177 - 1184 (2017)
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Knief, U.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Meiotic recombination shapes precision of pedigree- and marker-based estimates of inbreeding. Heredity 118 (3), pp. 239 - 248 (2017)
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Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Backström, N.; Hemmrich-Stanisak, G.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A.; Griffith, S. C.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches: Reliable within, but not between populations. Molecular Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1285 - 1305 (2017)
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Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Kempenaers, B.: No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely-held assumption. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 71 (11), pp. 2661 - 2676 (2017)
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Wang, D.; Kempenaers, N.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Male zebra finches have limited ability to identify high-fecundity females. Behavioral Ecology 28 (3), pp. 784 - 792 (2017)
2016
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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.: Mapping centromeres of microchromosomes in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) using half-tetrad analysis. Chromosoma: Biology of the Nucleus 125 (4), pp. 757 - 768 (2016)
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Knief, U.; Hemmrich-Stanisak, G.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome. Genome Biology 17, 199 (2016)
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Lindholm, A. K.; Dyer, K. A.; Firman, R. C.; Fishman, L.; Forstmeier, W.; Holman, L.; Johannesson, H.; Knief, U.; Kokko, H.; Larracuente, A. M. et al.; Manser, A.; Montchamp-Moreau, C.; Petrosyan, V. G.; Pomiankowski, A.; Presgraves, D. C.; Safronova, L. D.; Sutter, A.; Unckless, R. L.; Verspoor, R. L.; Wedell, N.; Wilkinson, G. S.; Price, T. A.R.: The ecology and evolutionary dynamics of meiotic drive. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31 (4), pp. 315 - 326 (2016)
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Opatová, P.; Ihle, M.; Albrechtová, J.; Tomásek, O.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.; Albrecht, T.: Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata. Ecology and Evolution 6 (1), pp. 295 - 304 (2016)
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Parker, T. H.; Forstmeier, W.; Koricheva, J.; Fidler, F.; Hadfield, J. D.; Chee, Y. E.; Kelly, C. D.; Gurevitch, J.; Nakagawa, S.: Fraud not a primary cause of irreproducible results: A reply to Clark et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31 (12), p. 900 - 900 (2016)
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Parker, T. H.; Forstmeier, W.; Koricheva, J.; Fidler, F.; Hadfield, J. D.; Chee, Y. E.; Kelly, C. D.; Gurevitch, J.; Nakagawa, S.: Transparency in ecology and evolution: Real problems, real solutions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31 (9), pp. 711 - 719 (2016)
2015
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Forstmeier, W.: Caution is needed when 90% of all possible estimates remain unpublished: A comment on Arct et al. Behavioral Ecology 26 (4), pp. 972 - 973 (2015)
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Ihle, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Fitness benefits of mate choice for compatibility in a socially monogamous species. PLoS Biology 13 (9), e1002248 (2015)
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Knief, U.; Hemmrich-Stanisak, G.; Wittig, M.; Franke, A.; Griffith, S. C.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations. Heredity 114 (4), pp. 397 - 403 (2015)
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Knief, U.; Schielzeth, H.; Ellegren, H.; Kempenaers, B.; Forstmeier, W.: A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Molecular Ecology 24 (15), pp. 3846 - 3859 (2015)
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