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Meise, K., Krüger, O.,Piedrahita, P., Müller, A., Trillmich, F. (2013) Proximity loggers on amphibious mammals: a new method to study social relations in their terrestrial habitat. Aquatic Biology 18: 81-89
Jeglinski, Jana W. E., Goetz, Kimberley T., Werner, Christiane, Costa, Daniel P., Trillmich, Fritz (2013) Same size - same niche? Foraging niche separation between sympatric juvenile Galapagos sea lions and adult Galapagos fur seals. Journal of Animal Ecology 2013: doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12019
Bischof, H.-J. (2012) Development of Avian and Mammalian Visual Systems. In: How Animals See the world: Comparative Behavior, Biology and Evolution of Vision (eds. Lazareva, O., Toru, S. & Wasserman, E.) Oxford University Press, pp. 483-500.
Chakarov, N., Greiner, J., Hauser, S., Schuetzmann, D., Krüger, O., Boerner, M. & Widera, D. (2012) Label-free enrichment of avian Leucocytozoons using flow cytometric sorting. Parasitology 139: 1547-1552.
da Assuncao Soares Franco, M., Hoffman, J.I., Harwood, J. & Amos, W. (2012) MHC genotype and near-deterministic mortality in grey seals. Scientific Reports 2: 659.
Guenther, A. & Trillmich, F. (2012) Photoperiod influences the behavioral and physiological phenotype during ontogeny. Behavioral Ecology 2012: doi: 10.1093/beheco/ars177
Harper, L., Morley, S., Hoffman, J.I., Clark, M.S. & Peck, L. (2012) Iceberg scour and shell damage in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica. PLoS One 7: e46341.
Hoffman, J.I., Tucker, R., Clark, M.S., Forcada, J., Slate, J. (2012) Rates of assay success and genotyping error when single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping in non-model organisms: a case study in the Antarctic fur seal. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16: 861-872.
Hoffman, J.I., Peck, L.S., Amos, W., Clark, M.S. (2012) Widespread amplification of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs) in marine Antarctic animals. Polar Biology 35: 919-929.
Hoffman, J.I. Clarke, A., Clark, M.S., Fretwell, P., Linse, K. & Peck, L. (2012) Unexpected fine-scale population structure in a broadcast-spawning Antarctic marine mollusc. PLoS One 7: e32415.
Hoffman, J.I. & Forcada, J. (2012) Extreme natal philopatry in female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). Mammalian Biology 77: 71-73.
Jonker, R.M., Zhang, Q., Van Hooft, P., Loonen, M.J.J.E., Van der Jeugd, H.P., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Groenen, M.A.M., Prins, H.H.T. & Kraus, R.H.S. (2012) The development of a genome wide SNP set for the Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis. PLoS One: e38412.
Keary, N., Bischof, H.-J. (2012) Activation changes in Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Brain Areas Evoked by Alterations of the Earth Magnetic Field. PLoS One 7 (6): e38697.
Krause, E.T., Caspers, B.A. (2012) Are Olfactory Cues Involved in Nest Recognition in Two Social Species of Estrildid Finches? PLoS One 7 (5): e36615.
Krause, E.T. & Liesenjohann, T. (2012) Predation pressure and food abundance during early life alter risk-taking behaviour and growth of guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Behaviour 149: 1-14.
Krause, E.T., Krüger, O., Kohlmeier, P. & Caspers, B.A. (2012) Olfactory kin recognition in a songbird. Biol. Lett. 8: 327-329.
Krüger, O., Chakarov, N., Nielsen, J.T., Looft, V., Grünkorn, T., Struwe-Juhl, B. & Møller, A.P. (2012) Population regulation by habitat heterogeneity or individual adjustment? J. Anim. Ecol. 81: 330-340.
Nichols, H.J., Jamie, G.A., Jordan, N., Cant, M.A. & Hoffman, J.I. (2012) Fine-scale spatiotemporal patterns of genetic variation reflect budding dispersal coupled with strong natal philopatry in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Molecular Ecology: 5348-5362.
Mayer, U., Bischof, H.-J. (2012) Brain activation pattern depends on the strategy chosen by zebra finches to solve an orientaion task. The Journal of Experimental Biology 25, 426-434.
Mayer, U., Watanabe, S., Bischof, H.-J. (2012) Spatial Memory and the Avian Hippocampus: Research in Zebra Finches. Journal of Physiology, Paris.
Phillips, C.D., Hoffman, J.I., George, J.C., Suydam, R.S., Huebinger , R.M., Patton, J.C. & Bickham, J.W. (2012) Molecular insights into the historical demography of bowhead whales: understanding the evolutionary basis of contemporary management practices. Ecology and Evolution: in press.
Rehling, A., Spiller, I., Krause, E.T., Nager, R., Monaghan, P. & Trillmich, F. (2012) Flexibility in the duration of parental care: zebra finch parents respond to offspring needs. Anim. Behav. 83: 35-39.
Ruploh, T., Schiffhauer, B., Bischof, H.J. (2012) Social Place Avoidance Learning in Zebra finches, In: Logic and Sensibility (editor: Watanabe, S.), pp. 39-49. Tokyo: Keio University Press.
Smith, E., Hoffman, J.I., Amos, W., Green, L.E. (2012) Association of candidate microsatellite heterozygosity with footrot in domestic sheep. Livestock Science 143: 293-299.
Bischof, H.-J., Nießner, C.,Peichl, L., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. (2011) Avian UV/violet cones as magnetoreceptors. The problem of separating visual and magnetic information. Communicative & Integrative Biology 4:6, 713-716.
Boncoraglio, G., Groothuis, T.G.G. & von Engelhardt, N. (2011) Differential maternal testosterone allocation among siblings benefits both mother and offspring in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Am. Nat. 178: 64-74.
Cammen, K, Hoffman, J.I., Knapp, L.A., Harwood, J. & Amos, W. (2011) Geographic variation of the major histocompatibility complex in Eastern Atlantic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Mol. Ecol. 20: 740–752. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04975.x.
Caspers, B.A. & Krause, E.T. (2011) Odour-based natal nest recognition in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), a colony-breeding songbird. Biol. Lett. 7: 184–186.
Caspers, B.A., Schroeder, F., Franke, S. & Voigt, C.C. (2011) Scents of adolescence: The maturation of the olfactory phenotype in a free-ranging mammal. PLoS One 6: e21162.
Caspers, B.A. & Steinfartz, S. (2011) Preference for the other sex: olfactory sex recognition in terrestrial fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 503-508.
Eccard, J.A., Fey, K., Caspers, B.A. & Ylönen, H. (2011) Breeding state and season affect interspecific interaction types: indirect resource competition and direct interference. Oecologia 167: 623-633.
Hoffman, J.I. Clarke, A., Linse, K. & Peck, L. (2011) Effects of brooding and broadcasting reproductive modes on the population genetic structure of two Antarctic gastropod molluscs. Marine Biol. 158: 287–296. Doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1558-6.
Hoffman, J.I. Clarke, A.C., Linse, K. & Peck, L. (2011) Strong population genetic structure in a broadcast-spawning Antarctic marine invertebrate. J. Heredity 102: 55–66. Doi: 10.1093/jhered/esq094.
Krause, E.T., Honarmand, M. & Naguib, M. (2011) Zebra finch nestlings beg more under better nutritional conditions. Behaviour 148: 1239-1255.
Krause, E.T., Steinfartz, S. & Caspers, B.A. (2011) Poor-nutritional conditions during the early larval stage reduce risk taking activities of fire salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra). Ethology 117: 416-421.
Krause, E.T., Petow, S. & Kjaer, J.B. (2011) A note on the physiological and behavioural consequences of cannibalistic toe pecking in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Archiv für Geflügelkunde 75: 140-143.
Krause, E.T. & Naguib, M. (2011) Compensatory growth affects exploratory behaviour in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Anim. Behav. 81: 1295-1300.
Krüger, O. (2011) Brood parasitism selects for no defence in a cuckoo host. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 278: 2777-2783.
Marquard, M.J.H., Jeglinski, J.E.W., Razafimahatratra, E., Ratovonamana, Y.R. & Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011) Distribution, population size and morphometrics of the giant-striped mongoose Galidictis grandidieri Wozencraft 1986 in the sub-arid zone of south-western Madagascar. Mammalia 75: 353-361.
Mueller, B., Pörschmann, U., Wolf, J.B.W. & Trillmich, F. (2011) Growth under uncertainty: the influence of marine variability on early development of Galapagos sea lions. Marine Mammal Science 27: 350-365. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00404.x.
Nießner, C., Denzau, S., Gross, JC, Peichl, L., Bischof, H.-J., Fleissner, G., Wiltschko, W., Wiltschko, R. (2011) Avian Ultraviolet/Violet Cones Identified as Probable Magnetoreceptors. PLoS One 6 (5): e20091. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020091.
Ruploh, T., Kazek, A., Bischof, H.J. (2011) Spatial Orientation in Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japanica). PLoS ONE 6 (12): e28202. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028202
von Engelhardt, N., Groothuis,T. G. G. (2011) Maternal hormones in avian eggs. Pp 91-127 in: Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Vol 4: Birds. Norris, D.O. & Lopez, K.H (eds). Academic Press.
Watanabe, S., Mayer, U., Bischof, H.-J. (2011) Visual Wulst analyses "where" and entopallium analyses "what" in the zera finch visual system. Behav Brain Res 222, 51-56.
Chakarov, N. & Krüger, O. (2010) When the superpredator releases the mesopredator: a natural experiment in a three level guild. PLoS One 5: e15229.
Drechsler, A., Bock, D., Ortmann, D. & Steinfartz, S. (2010) Ortmann’s funnel trap - a highly efficient tool for monitoring amphibian species. Herpetology Notes 3: 13-21.
Hendrix, R., Hauswaldt, S., Veith, M. & Steinfartz, S. (2010) Strong correlation between cross-amplification success and genetic distance across all members of “True Salamanders” (Amphibia: Salamandridae) revealed by Salamandra salamandra-specific microsatellite loci. Mol. Ecol. Res. (doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02861.x).
Jeglinski, J.W.E., Mueller, B., Pörschmann, U. & Trillmich, F. (2010) Field-Based Age Estimation of Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) Using Morphometric Measurements. Aquatic Mammals 36: 262-269.
Karamanlidis, A.A., Paravas, V., Trillmich, F. & Dendrinos, P. (2010) First observations of parturition and postpartum behavior in the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in the eastern Mediterranean. Aquatic Mammals 36: 27-32.
Krüger, O., Grünkorn, T. & Struwe-Juhl, B. (2010) The return of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) to northern Germany: modelling the past to predict the future. Biol. Conserv. 143: 710-721
Lanterbecq, D., Glaberman, S., Vitousek, M., Steinfartz, S., Wikelski, M. & Caccone, A. (2010) Genetic differentiation between marine iguana breeding sites on the island of Santa Fé (Galápagos Archipelago). J. Heredity. (doi:10.1093/jhered/esq067).
Naguib, M., Kober, M. & Trillmich, F. (2010) Mother is not like mother: concurrent pregnancy reduces lactating guinea pigs' responsiveness to pup calls. Behav. Proc. 83: 79-82 doi: 10.1016/j.beproc. 2009.10.005.
Pörschmann, U., Trillmich, F., Müller, B. & Wolf, J.B.W. (2010) Male reproductive success and its behavioural correlates in a polygynous mammal, the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). Mol. Ecol. 19: 2574-2586.
Boerner, M. & Krüger, O. (2009) Aggression and fitness differences between plumage morphs in the common buzzard (Buteo buteo). Behav. Ecol. 20: 180-185.
Caspers, B.A., Schroeder, F.C., Franke, S., Streich J.W. & Voigt, C.C. (2009) Odour based species recognition in two sympatric species of sac-winged bats (S. bilineata, S. leptura): Combining chemical analysis and odour preference tests. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63: 741-749; DOI 10.1007/s00265-009-0708-7
Caspers, B.A. & Voigt, C.C. (2009) Temporal and spatial distribution of male scent marks in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat. Ethology 115: 713-720.
Caspers, B.A., Junge, C., Weitere, M. & Steinfartz, S. (2009) Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Fontiers Zool. 6:13.
von Engelhardt, N., Henriksen, R. & Groothuis, T. (2009) Steroids in chicken egg yolk: Metabolism and uptake during early embryonic development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 163: 175-183.
Krüger, O., Sorenson, M.D. & Davies, N.B. (2009) Does coevolution promote species richness in parasitic cuckoos? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 276: 3871-3879.
Trillmich, F., Mueller, B., Kaiser, S. & Krause, J. (2009) Puberty in female cavies (Cavia aperea) is affected by photoperiod and social conditions. Physiol. Behav. 96: 476-480.
Krause, E.T., Honarmand, M., Wetzel, J. & Naguib, M. (2009) Early fasting is long lasting: Differences in early nutritional conditions reappear under stressful conditions in adult female Zebra Finches. PLoS One 4: e5015.
Asher, M., Lippmann, T., Epplen,, J.T., Kraus, C., Trillmich, F. & Sachser, N. (2008) Large males dominate: ecology, social organization, and mating system of wild cavies, the ancestors of the guinea pig. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1509-1521.
Boerner, M. & Krüger, O. (2008) Why do parasitic cuckoos have small brains? Insights from evolutionary sequence analyses. Evolution 62: 3157-3169.
Chakarov, N., Boerner, M. & Krüger, O. (2008) Fitness in common buzzards at the cross-point of opposite melanin-parasite interactions. Funct. Ecol. 22: 1062-1069.
Eckmeier, D. & Bischof, H.J. (2008) The optokinetic response in wild type and white zebra finches. J. Comp. Physiol. A 194: 871-878.
Fey, K. & Trillmich, F. (2008) Sibling competition in guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus): scrambling for mother's teats is stressful. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 321-329.
Hudson, R. & Trillmich, F. (2008) Sibling competition and cooperation in mammals: Challenges, developments and prospects. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 299-307.
Klemme, I., Ylönen, H. & Eccard, J.A. (2008) Why do female bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus, mate multiply? Anim. Behav. 73: 623-628.
Klemme, I., Ylönen, H. & Eccard, J.A. (2008) Long term fitness benefits of polyandry in a small mammal, the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus. Proc. R. Soc. B 275: 1256-1260.
Krause, E.T., Naguib, M. & Petow, S. (2008) Effects of intra-hippocampal D-AP5 injections on one trial passive avoidance learning in adult laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Acta Neurobiol. Exp. 68: 1-8.
Krüger, O. (2008) Engines of speciation: a comparative study in birds of prey. J. Evol. Biol. 21: 861-872.
Krüger, O. & Radford, A.N. (2008) Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. Anim. Conserv. 11: 83-91.
Kunc, H.P. & Wolf, J.B.W. (2008) Seasonal changes of vocal rates and their relation to territorial status in male Galápagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). Ethology 114: 318-328.
Rehling, A. & Trillmich, F. (2008) Changing supply and demand by cross-fostering: effects on the behaviour of pups and mothers in guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) and cavies (Cavia aperea). Anim. Behav. 75: 1455-1463.
Rehling, A. & Trillmich, F. (2008) Maternal effort is state dependent: energetic limitation or regulation? Ethology 114: 318-326.
Trillmich, F., Rea, L., Castellini, M. & Wolf, J.B.W. (2008) Age-related changes in hematocrit in the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) and the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Mar. Mamm. Sci. 24: 303-314.
Trillmich, F. & Wolf, J.B.W. (2008) Parent-offspring and sibling conflict in Galápagos fur seals and sea lions. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 363-375.
Veith, M., Lipscher, E., Öz, M., Kiefer, A., Baran, I., Polymeni, R.M. & Steinfartz, S. (2008) Cracking the nut: geographical adjacency of sister taxa supports vicariance in a polytomic salamander clade in the absence of node support. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 47: 916-931.
Watanabe, S., Mayer, U. & Bischof, H.J. (2008) Pattern discrimination is affected by entopallial but not by hippocampal lesions in zebra finches. Behav. Brain Res. 190: 201-205.
Wolf, J.B.W., Harrod, C., Brunner, S., Salazar, S., Trillmich, F. & Tautz, D. (2008) Tracing early stages of species differentiation: ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of Galápagos sea lion populations BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 150.
Wolf, J.B.W. & Trillmich, F. (2008) Kin in space. Social viscosity in a spatially and genetically sub-structured network. Proc. R. Soc. B 274: doi 10.1098/rsbpb.2008.0356
Amrhein V, Kunc HP, Schmidt R, Naguib M (2007) Temporal patterns of territory settlement and detectability in mated and unmated nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos. Ibis 149: 237-244.
Bischof H-J (2007) Behavioral and Neuronal Aspects of Developmental Sensitive Periods. NeuroReport, 18(5), 461-465
Bischof, H.-J. (2007) The construction and use of mental representations of sexual partners in the zebra finch. In: Comparative Social Cognition (Shigeru Watanabe, Takeo Tsujii, Paul Keenan, eds) Keio University Press, pp 13 – 28
Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2007) Costs of coexistence along a gradient of competitor densities: an experiment with arvicoline rodents. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 65-71
Galoch Z, Bischof H-J (2007) Behavioural Responses to Video Playbacks by Zebra Finch Males. Behavioural Processes 74, 21 -26
Hoffmann J, Steinfartz S, Wolf JBW (2007) Ten novel dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki) are polymorphic in other pinniped species. Molecular Ecology Notes 7, 103-105
Jehle R, Sztatecsny M, Wolf JBW, Whitlock A, Hödl W, Burke T (2007) Genetics dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris). Biol. Lett 3, 526-528
Klemme I, Ylönen H, Eccard JA (2007) Reproductive success of male bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus): the effect of operational sex ratio and body size. Behav Ecol and Sociobiol 61, 1911-1918
Kober M, Trillmich F, Naguib M (2007) Vocal mother-pup communication in guinea pigs: effects of call familiarity and female reproductive state. Animal Behaviour 73, 917-925
Krüger, O. (2007) Cuckoos, cowbirds and hosts: adaptations, trade-offs and constraints. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 362: 1873-1886
Krüger, O. (2007) Long-term demographic analysis in goshawk Accipiter gentilis: the role of density-dependence and stochasticity. Oecologia 152: 459-471
Krüger, O., Davies, N.B. & Sorenson, M.D. (2007) The evolution of sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or coevolution? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 274: 1553-1560
Kunc HP, Amrhein V, Naguib M (2007) Vocal interactions in common nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): males take it easy after pairing. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 61, 557-563
Naguib M, Nemitz A (2007) Living with the past: nutritional stress in juvenile males has immediate effects on their plumage ornaments and adult attractiveness in zebra finches. PloS ONE 2(9), e901
Nixdorf-Bergweiler BE, Bischof H-J (2007) A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, with special emphasis on telencephalic visual and song system nuclei in transverse and sagittal sections. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information; Available from: NCBI-Bookshelf
Rehling A, Trillmich F (2007) Weaning in the guinea pig (Cavia aperea f. porcellus): who decides and by what measure? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 62, 149-157
Sadananda M, Korte S, Bischof H-J (2007) Afferentation of a Caudal Forebrain Area Activated During Courtship Behaviour: A Tracing Study in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Brain Research 1184, 108-120
Schmidt BR, Schaub M, Steinfartz S (2007) Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity. Frontiers in Zoology 4, 19
Schmidt JFK, Guichard M, Schuster P, Trillmich F (Hrsg) (2007) Freundschaft und Verwandtschaft. Zur Unterscheidung und Verflechtung zweier Beziehungssysteme. Universitätsverlag Konstanz
Schmidt R, Kunc HP, Amrhein V, Naguib M (2007) The day after: Effects of vocal interactions on territory defence in nightingales. J Anim Ecol 76, 168-173
Schulte U, Küsters D, Steinfartz S (2007) A PIT tag based analysis of annual movement patterns of adult fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in a Middle European habitat. Amphibia-Reptilia 28, 531-536
Steinfartz S, Glaberman S, Lanterbecq D, Marquez C, Rassmann K, Caccone A (2007) Genetic impact of a severe El Niño event on Galápagos marine iguanas. Plos One 2, e 1285, 1-9
Steinfartz S, Weitere M, Tautz, D (2007)Tracing the first step to speciation – ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest. Mol. Ecol. 16: 4550-4561.
Steinfartz S, Vicario S, Arntzen JW, Caccone A (2007) A Bayesian approach on molecules and behaviour: reconsidering evolutionary patterns in Triturus newts (Amphibia: Salamandridae). Journal of Experimental Zoology, part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 308B: 139-162
Trebaticá L, Ketola T, Klemme I, Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2007) Is reproduction really costly? Energy metabolism of bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) females through reproductive cycle. Ecoscience 14, 306-313
Trillmich F (2007) Ultimate und proximate Fragen zu Verwandtschaft und Freundschaft bei Tieren. In: Schmidt JFK, Guichard M, Schuster P, Trillmich F (Hrsg) 2007. Freundschaft und Verwandtschaft. Zur Unterscheidung und Verflechtung zweier Beziehungssysteme. Universitätsverlag Konstanz
Trillmich F, Sötemann C, Clara M (2007) Age at maturity in cavies: Are precocial mammals different? Ecoscience14, 300-305
von Blanckenhagen F, Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2007) Animal protein as a constraint in spring reproduction in the bank vole? Ecoscience 14, 323-329
Voss J, Keary N, Bischof H-J (2007) The use of the geomagnetic field for short distance orientation in Zebra Finches. NeuroReport 18 (10), 1053-1058
Wiltschko R, Stapput K, Bischof H-J, Wiltschko W (2007): Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: Increasing intensity of monochromatic light changes the nature of the response. Frontiers in Zoology 4, 5
Wolf JBW, Mawdsley D, Trillmich F, James R (2007): Social structure in a colonial mammal: Unravelling hidden structural layers and their foundations by network analysis. Animal Behaviour 74, 1293-1302
Wolf JBW, Tautz D, Trillmich F (2007): Galapagos and Californian sea lions are separate species: genetic analysis of the genus Zalophus and its implications for conservation management 4, 20
Wolf JBW, Trillmich F (2007): Beyond habitat requirements: Individual fine-scale site fidelity in a colony of the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) creates conditions for social structuring. Oecologia 152, 553-567
Bischof H-J, Lieshoff C, Watanabe S (2006): Spatial Memory and Hippocampal Function in a Non – Foodstoring Songbird, the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). In: Watanabe, S., V.P. Bingman and H.-J. Bischof (eds): Comparative Perspectives of Hippocampal Organisation and Function. Special Issue, Reviews in the Neurosciences, Vol.17, No. 1-2, 43-52
Eccard JA, Dean WRJ, Wichmann M, Jeltsch F, Moloney K (2006): Use of large Acacia trees by the cavity dwelling Black-tailed Tree Rat in the Southern Kalahari. Journal of Arid Environments 64, 604-615
Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2006): Adaptive food choice of bank voles in a novel environment: choices benefit reproductive status during winter and spring. Annales Zoologici Fennici 43, 2-8
Galoch Z, Bischof H-J (2006): Zebra Finches actively choose between live images of conspecifics. Ornithol Sci 5, 57-64
Gil D, Naguib M, Riebel K, Rutstein A, Gahr M (2006): Early condition, song learning and the volume of brain song nuclei in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Neurobiology 66, 1602-1612
Huchzermeyer C, Husemann P, Lieshoff C, Bischof H-J (2006): ZENK Expression in a Restricted Forebrain Area Correlates Negatively with Preference for an Imprinted Stimulus. Behavioural Brain Research 171, 154-161
Klemme I, Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2006): Do female bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) mate multiply to improve on previous mates? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60, 415-421
Klemme I, Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2006): Does it pay to be a dominant male in a promiscous species? Annales Zoologici Fennici, 43: 248-257
Koehler G, Steinfartz S (2006): A new subspecies of the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra (LINNAEUS, 1758) from the Tendi valley, Asturias, Spain. Salamandra 42, 13-20
Krause ET, Naguib M, Trillmich F, Schrader L (2006): The effects of short term enrichment on learning in chickens from a laying strain (Gallus gallus domesticus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 101, 318-327
Kunc HP, Amrhein V, Naguib M (2006): Vocal interactions in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): more aggressive males have higher pairing success. Animal Behaviour 72, 25-30
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