Publications of Wolfgang Forstmeier
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Journal Article (118)
2025
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23, 35 (2025)
Same data, different analysts: Variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology
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131 (3), e13543 (2025)
Sex and morph variation in activity from early ontogeny to maturity in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ethology 2024
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12, 1476254 (2024)
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
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35 (1), arad084 (2024)
Mutual mate guarding with limited sexual conflict in a sex-role-reversed shorebird. Behavioral Ecology
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78 (11), pp. 1751 - 1760 (2024)
Variance partitioning of nest provisioning rates in blue tits: Individual repeatability, heritability, and partner interactions. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 2023
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40 (5), msad096 (2023)
Micro germline-restricted chromosome in blue tits: Evidence for meiotic functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution
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32 (13), pp. 3575 - 3585 (2023)
Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 2022
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30, pp. 255 - 272 (2022)
Mendelian nightmares: The germline‑restricted chromosome of songbirds. Chromosome Research
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119 (4), e2103960119 (2022)
Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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13, 1630 (2022)
Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird. Nature Communications 2021
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19 (11), e3001257 (2021)
Fitness costs of female choosiness are low in a socially monogamous songbird. PLoS Biology
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53 (6), pp. 2576 - 2590 (2021)
Violating the normality assumption may be the lesser of two evils. Behavior Research Methods
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8 (9), 211025 (2021)
A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm. Royal Society Open Science
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182, pp. 43 - 58 (2021)
Relationship quality underpins pair bond formation and subsequent reproductive performance. Animal Behaviour
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24 (3), pp. 477 - 486 (2021)
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
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181, pp. 137 - 149 (2021)
Is female mate choice repeatable across males with nearly identical songs? Animal Behaviour 2020
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10 (23), pp. 13464 - 13475 (2020)
A test for meiotic drive in hybrids between Australian and Timor zebra finches. Ecology and Evolution
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74 (7), pp. 1525 - 1539 (2020)
Offspring performance is well buffered against stress experienced by ancestors. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution
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196 (5), pp. 577 - 596 (2020)
Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches. American Naturalist
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21, pp. 384 - 393 (2020)
Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
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74 (3), pp. 544 - 558 (2020)
The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra‐pair mating. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution
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21, pp. 661 - 662 (2020)
Reply to: "It is time for an empirically informed paradigm shift in animal research". Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2019
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10, 5468 (2019)
Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds. Nature Communications
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17 (2), e3000156 (2019)
Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds. PLoS Biology
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7 (1), coz056 (2019)
Traffic noise exposure depresses plasma corticosterone and delays offspring growth in breeding zebra finches. Conservation Physiology 2018
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29 (2), pp. 459 - 467 (2018)
Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology
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14 (4), 20180007 (2018)
Inheritance patterns of plumage coloration in common buzzards Buteo buteo do not support a one-locus two-allele model. Biology Letters
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93 (3), pp. 1558 - 1577 (2018)
Linking the fine-scale social environment to mating decisions: A future direction for the study of extra-pair paternity. Biological Reviews
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285 (1883), 20180865 (2018)
A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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2 (6), pp. 929 - 935 (2018)
Empowering peer reviewers with a checklist to improve transparency. Nature Ecology & Evolution
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72 (4), pp. 961 - 976 (2018)
Irreproducible text-book "knowledge": The effects of color bands on zebra finch fitness. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 2017
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28 (2), pp. 358 - 359 (2017)
Preregister now for an upgrade to Behavioral Ecology 2.0: A comment on Ihle et al. Behavioral Ecology
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30 (5), pp. 968 - 976 (2017)
Testing the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the presence and absence of inbreeding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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92 (4), pp. 1941 - 1968 (2017)
Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings - A practical guide. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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123 (1), pp. 1 - 29 (2017)
Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: Methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities. Ethology
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1 (8), pp. 1177 - 1184 (2017)
A sex-chromosome inversion causes strong overdominance for sperm traits that affect siring success. Nature Ecology & Evolution
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118 (3), pp. 239 - 248 (2017)
Meiotic recombination shapes precision of pedigree- and marker-based estimates of inbreeding. Heredity
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26 (5), pp. 1285 - 1305 (2017)
Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches: Reliable within, but not between populations. Molecular Ecology
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71 (11), pp. 2661 - 2676 (2017)
No mutual mate choice for quality in zebra finches: Time to question a widely-held assumption. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution
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28 (3), pp. 784 - 792 (2017)
Male zebra finches have limited ability to identify high-fecundity females. Behavioral Ecology 2016
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125 (4), pp. 757 - 768 (2016)
Mapping centromeres of microchromosomes in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) using half-tetrad analysis. Chromosoma: Biology of the Nucleus
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17, 199 (2016)
Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome. Genome Biology
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31 (4), pp. 315 - 326 (2016)
The ecology and evolutionary dynamics of meiotic drive. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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6 (1), pp. 295 - 304 (2016)
Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata. Ecology and Evolution
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31 (12), p. 900 - 900 (2016)
Fraud not a primary cause of irreproducible results: A reply to Clark et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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31 (9), pp. 711 - 719 (2016)
Transparency in ecology and evolution: Real problems, real solutions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2015
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26 (4), pp. 972 - 973 (2015)
Caution is needed when 90% of all possible estimates remain unpublished: A comment on Arct et al. Behavioral Ecology
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13 (9), e1002248 (2015)
Fitness benefits of mate choice for compatibility in a socially monogamous species. PLoS Biology
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114 (4), pp. 397 - 403 (2015)
Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations. Heredity
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24 (15), pp. 3846 - 3859 (2015)
A prezygotic transmission distorter acting equally in female and male zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Molecular Ecology