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Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Li, J.; Feeney, W. E.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: The mere presence of cuckoos in breeding area alters egg-ejection decisions in Daurian redstarts. Behavioral Ecology 33 (6), pp. 1153 - 1160 (2022)

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Beck, K. B.; Farine, D. R.; Kempenaers, B.: Social network position predicts male mating success in a small passerine. Behavioral Ecology 32 (5), pp. 856 - 864 (2021)

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Culina, A.; Adriaensen, F.; Bailey, L. D.; Burgess, M. D.; Charmantier, A.; Cole, E. F.; Eeva, T.; Matthysen, E.; Nater, C. R.; Sheldon, B. C. et al.; Sæther, B.; Vriend, S. J. G.; Zajkova, Z.; Adamík, P.; Aplin, L. M.; Angulo, E.; Artemyev, A.; Barba, E.; Barišić, S.; Belda, E.; Bilgin, C. C.; Bleu, J.; Both, C.; Bouwhuis, S.; Branston, C.; Broggi, J.; Burke, T.; Bushuev, A.; Camacho, C.; Campobello, D.; Canal, D.; Cantarero, A.; Caro, S. P.; Cauchoix, M.; Chaine, A.; Cichon, M.; Ćiković, D.; Cusimano, C. A.; Deimel, C.; Dhondt, A. A.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Doligez, B.; Dominoni, D. M.; Doutrelant, C.; Drobniak, S. M.; Dubiec, A.; Eens, M.; Erikstad, K. E.; Espín, S.; Farine, D. R.; Figuerola, J.; Gülbeyaz, P. K.; Grégoire, A.; Hartley, I. R.; Hau, M.; Hegyi, G.; Hille, S.; Hinde, C. A.; Holtmann, B.; Ilyina, T.; Isaksson, C.; Iserbyt, A.; Ivankina, E.; Kania, W.; Kempenaers, B.; Kerimov, A.; Komdeur, J.; Korsten, P.; Král, M.; Krist, M.; Lambrechts, M.; Lara, C. E.; Leivits, A.; Liker, A.; Lodjak, J.; Mägi, M.; Mainwaring, M. C.; Mänd, R.; Massa, B.; Massemin, S.; Martínez‐Padilla, J.; Mazgajski, T. D.; Mennerat, A.; Moreno, J.; Mouchet, A.; Nakagawa, S.; Nilsson, J.; Nilsson, J.; Norte, A. C.; van Oers, K.; Orell, M.; Potti, J.; Quinn, J. L.; Réale, D.; Reiertsen, T. K.; Rosivall, B.; Russel, A. F.; Rytkönen, S.; Sánchez‐Virosta, P.; Santos, E. S. A.; Schroeder, J.; Senar, J. C.; Seress, G.; Slagsvold, T.; Szulkin, M.; Teplitsky, C.; Tilgar, V.; Tolstoguzov, A.; Török, J.; Valcu, M.; Vatka, E.; Verhulst, S.; Watson, H.; Yuta, T.; Zamora‐Marín, J. M.; Visser, M. E.: Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: The SPI‐Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90 (9), pp. 2147 - 2160 (2021)

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Delhey, K.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Migratory birds are lighter coloured. Current Biology 31 (23), pp. R1511 - R1512 (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.; 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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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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Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Offspring provisioning by extra‐pair males in blue tits. Journal of Avian Biology 52 (5), e02755 (2021)

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Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Beck, K. B.; Kempenaers, B.: Effects of exposure to predator models on fledging behaviour in blue tits. Animal Behaviour 181, pp. 61 - 69 (2021)

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Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Beck, K. B.; Sheldon, B. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Why do nestling birds fledge early in the day? Animal Behaviour 174, pp. 79 - 86 (2021)

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Santema, P.; Schlicht, L.; Sheldon, B. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimental evidence that nestlings adjust their fledging time to each other in a multiparous bird. Animal Behaviour 180, pp. 143 - 150 (2021)

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Santema, P.; Teltscher, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Sperm numbers on the perivitelline layers of blue tit eggs are repeatable within a clutch, but independent of the occurrence of extra-pair paternity. Journal of Avian Biology 52 (10), e02826 (2021)

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Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Origin and outcome of social polygyny in the Blue Tit. Ardea 109 (1), pp. 91 - 118 (2021)

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Valcu, C.-M.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: The macroecology of extra-pair paternity in birds. Molecular Ecology 30 (19), pp. 4884 - 4898 (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)

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Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Li, J.; Yang, L.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstarts Phoenicurus auroreus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1953), 20210228 (2021)

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2020

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Beck, K. B.; Farine, D. R.; Kempenaers, B.: Winter associations predict social and extra-pair mating patterns in a wild songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1921), 20192606 (2020)

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Beck, K. B.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Analysis of within-individual variation in extrapair paternity in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) shows low repeatability and little effect of changes in neighborhood. Behavioral Ecology 31 (6), pp. 1303 - 1315 (2020)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Gilsenan, C.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Negative effects of individual heterozygosity on reproductive success in a wild bird population. Molecular Ecology 29 (17), pp. 3196 - 3216 (2020)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Poblete, Y.; Acevedo, M.; Cuevas, É.; Bravo, C.; Cragnolini, M.; Rozzi, R.; Poulin, E.; Mueller, J. C. et al.; Kempenaers, B.; Vásquez, R. A.: Range-wide genetic structure in the thorn-tailed rayadito suggests limited gene flow towards peripheral populations. Scientific Reports 10, 9409 (2020)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Poblete, Y.; Ippi, S.; Kempenaers, B.; Vásquez, R. A.: Extrapair paternity in two populations of the socially monogamous Thorn‐tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Ecology and Evolution 10 (21), pp. 11861 - 11868 (2020)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Poblete, Y.; Poulin, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Vásquez, R. A.: Exploratory behavior, but not aggressiveness, is correlated with breeding dispersal propensity in the highly philopatric thorn‐tailed rayadito. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (2), e02262 (2020)

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Botero‐Delgadillo, E.; Quirici, V.; Vásquez, R. A.; Kempenaers, B.: Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in a continental island population of Thorn-tailed Rayadito. Journal of Heredity 111 (7), pp. 628 - 639 (2020)

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Carballo, L.; Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Body size and climate as predictors of plumage colouration and sexual dichromatism in parrots. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33 (11), pp. 1543 - 1557 (2020)

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de Villemereuil, P.; Charmantier, A.; Arlt, D.; Bize, P.; Brekke, P.; Brouwer, L.; Cockburn, A.; Côté, S. D.; Dobson, F. S.; Evans, S. R. et al.; Festa-Bianchet, M.; Gamelon, M.; Hamel, S.; Hegelbach, J.; Jerstad, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Kruuk, L. E. B.; Kumpula, J.; Kvalnes, T.; McAdam, A. G.; McFarlane, S. E.; Morrissey, M. B.; Pärt, T.; Pemberton, J. M.; Qvarnström, A.; Røstad, O. W.; Schroeder, J.; Senar, J. C.; Sheldon, B. C.; van de Pol, M.; Visser, M. E.; Wheelwright, N. T.; Tufto, J.; Chevin, L.-M.: Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (50), pp. 31969 - 31978 (2020)

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Delhey, K.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Why climate change should generally lead to lighter coloured animals. Current Biology 30 (23), pp. R1406 - R1407 (2020)

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Delhey, K.; Guallar, S.; Rueda‐Hernández, R.; Valcu, M.; Wang, D.; Kempenaers, B.: Partial or complete? The evolution of post‐juvenile moult strategies in passerine birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (12), pp. 2896 - 2908 (2020)

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Espindola-Hernandez, P.; Mueller, J. C.; Carrete, M.; Boerno, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Genomic evidence for sensorial adaptations to a nocturnal predatory lifestyle in owls. Genome Biology and Evolution 12 (10), pp. 1895 - 1908 (2020)

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Evens, R.; Kowalczyk, C.; Norevik, G.; Ulenaers, E.; Davaasuren, B.; Bayargur, S.; Artois, T.; Akesson, S.; Hedenstrom, A.; Liechti, F. et al.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Lunar synchronization of daily activity patterns in a crepuscular avian insectivore. Ecology and Evolution 10 (14), pp. 7106 - 7116 (2020)

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Gilsenan, C.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Timing of arrival in the breeding area is repeatable and affects reproductive success in a non‐migratory population of blue tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (4), pp. 1017 - 1031 (2020)

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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)

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Kempenaers, B.: Why do females of a lekking species mate with multiple males? Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (5), pp. 1138 - 1141 (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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Krietsch, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Wind conditions influence breeding season movements in a nomadic polygynous shorebird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1920), 20192789 (2020)

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Mueller, J. C.; Carrete, M.; Boerno, S.; Kuhl, H.; Tella, J. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Genes acting in synapses and neuron projections are early targets of selection during urban colonization. Molecular Ecology 29 (18), pp. 3403 - 3412 (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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Santema, P.; Teltscher, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra‐pair copulations can insure female blue tits against male infertility. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (6), e02499 (2020)

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Santema, P.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Exposure to predator models during the fertile period leads to higher levels of extra‐pair paternity in blue tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (2), pp. 647 - 657 (2020)

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Schlicht, L.; Kempenaers, B.: The effects of season, sex, age and weather on population‐level variation in the timing of activity in Eurasian Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Ibis 162 (4), pp. 1146 - 1162 (2020)

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Valcu, C.-M.; Valcu, M.; Teltscher, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Non‐analytical methods for the estimation of total yolk carotenoids in passerine eggs. Ibis 162 (3), pp. 1075 - 1081 (2020)

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Vervoort, R.; Kempenaers, B.: Variation in lek attendance and copulation success of Independent and Satellite male Ruffs Calidris pugnax. Ardea 107 (3), pp. 303 - 320 (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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2019

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Bambini, G.; Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Patterns of female nest attendance and male feeding throughout the incubation period in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Ibis 161 (1), pp. 50 - 65 (2019)

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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)

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Bulla, M.; Reneerkens, J.; Weiser, E. L.; Sokolov, A.; Taylor, A. R.; Sittler, B.; McCaffery, B. J.; Ruthrauff, D. R.; Catlin, D. H.; Payer, D. C. et al.; Ward, D. H.; Solovyeva, D. V.; Santos, E. S. A.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Nol, E.; Kwon, E.; Brown, G. S.; Hevia, G. D.; Gates, H. R.; Johnson, J. A.; van Gils, J. A.; Hansen, J.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Rausch, J.; Conklin, J. R.; Liebezeit, J.; Bêty, J.; Lang, J.; Alves, J. A.; Fernández-Elipe, J.; Exo, K.-M.; Bollache, L.; Bertellotti, M.; Giroux, M.-A.; van de Pol, M.; Johnson, M.; Boldenow, M. L.; Valcu, M.; Soloviev, M.; Sokolova, N.; Senner, N. R.; Lecomte, N.; Meyer, N.; Schmidt, N. M.; Gilg, O.; Smith, P. A.; Machín, P.; McGuire, R. L.; Cerboncini, R. A. S.; Ottvall, R.; van Bemmelen, R. S. A.; Swift, R. J.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Jamieson, S. E.; Brown, S. C.; Piersma, T.; Albrecht, T.; D’Amico, V.; Lanctot, R. B.; Kempenaers, B.: Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”. Science 364 (6445), eaaw8529 (2019)

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Bulla, M.; Valcu, M.; Rutten, A. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Temporary mate removal during incubation leads to variable compensation in a biparental shorebird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 93 (2019)

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Carballo, L.; Battistotti, A.; Teltscher, K. L.; Lierz, M.; Bublat, A.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Sperm morphology and evidence for sperm competition among parrots. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32 (8), pp. 856 - 867 (2019)

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Delhey, K.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Reconciling ecogeographical rules: Rainfall and temperature predict global colour variation in the largest bird radiation. Ecology Letters 22 (4), pp. 726 - 736 (2019)

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McQueen, A.; Kempenaers, B.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Emery, Z. T.; Dey, C. J.; Peters, A.; Delhey, K.: Evolutionary drivers of seasonal plumage colours: Colour change by moult correlates with sexual selection, predation risk and seasonality across passerines. Ecology Letters 22 (11), pp. 1838 - 1849 (2019)

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