2007

Altwegg, R., M. Schaub & A. Roulin. 2007. Age-Specific Fitness Components and Their Temporal Variation in the Barn Owl. The American Naturalist 169: 47-61. (PDF, 740KB)

Arlettaz, R., P. Patthey, M. Baltic, T. Leu, M. Schaub, R. Palme & S. Jenni-Eiermann. 2007. Spreading free-riding snow sports represent a novel serious threat for wildlife. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B, Biological sciences 274: 1219-1224. (PDF, 123KB)

Bächler, E. & M. Schaub. 2007. The effects of permanent local emigration and encounter technique on stopover duration estimates as revealed by telemetry and mark-recapture. The Condor 109: 142-154. (PDF, 337KB)

Christe, P., O. Glaizot, G. Evanno, N. Bruyndonckx, G. Devevey, G. Yannic, P. Patthey, A. Maeder, P. Vogel & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Host sex and ectoparasites choice: preference for, and higher survival on female hosts. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 703-710. (PDF, 133KB)

Ciucci, P., G. Chapron, V. Guberti & L. Boitani. 2007. Estimation of mortality parameters from (biased) samples at death: are we getting the basics right in wildlife field studies? A response to Lovari et al. (2007). Journal of Zoology 273: 125-127. (PDF, 75KB)

Hegglin, D., F. Bontadina, P. Contesse, S. Gloor, & P. Deplazes. 2007. Plasticity of predation behaviour as a putative driving force for parasite life-cycle dynamics: the case of urban foxes and Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm. Functional Ecology 21: 552-560. (PDF, 221KB)

Jacob, A., S. Nusslé, A. Britschgi, G. Evanno, R. Müller & C. Wedekind. 2007. Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trout (Salmo trutta). BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: article 207. (PDF, 254KB)

Lenz, T.L., A. Jacob & C. Wedekind. 2007. Manipulating sex ratio to increase population growth: the example of the Lesser Kestrel. Animal Conservation 10: 236-244. (PDF, 210KB)

Pasinelli, G., M. Müller, M. Schaub & L. Jenni. 2007. Possible causes and consequences of philopatry and breeding dispersal in red-backed shrikes Lanius collurio. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1061-1074. (PDF, 277KB)

Popa-Lisseanu, A.G., A. Delgado-Huertas, M.G. Forero, A. Rodríguez, R. Arlettaz & C. Ibáñez. 2007. Bats’ Conquest of a Formidable Foraging Niche: The Myriads of Nocturnally Migrating Songbirds. PLoS ONE 2: e205 (6 p.). (PDF, 232KB)

Ravussin, P.A., D. Arrigo, M. Schaub & A. Roulin. 2007. Succès de la reproduction et taux de survie du Gobemouche noir Ficedula hypoleuca dans l'ouest de la Suisse, en marge de son aire de répartition. Nos Oiseaux 54: 29-40. (PDF, 457KB)

Russo, D., G. Jones & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Echolocation and passive listening by foraging mouse-eared bats Myotis myotis and M. blythii. The Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 166-176. (PDF, 317KB)

Salewski, V., M. Thoma & M. Schaub. 2007. Stopover of migrating birds: simultaneous analysis of different marking methods enhances the power of capture–recapture analyses. Journal of Ornithology 148: 29-37. (PDF, 200KB)

Salewski, V. & M. Schaub. 2007. Stopover duration of Palearctic passerine migrants in the western Sahara – independent of fat stores? Ibis 149: 223-236. (PDF, 147KB)

Sattler, T., F. Bontadina, A.H. Hirzel & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Ecological niche modelling of two cryptic bat species calls for a reassessment of their conservation status. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 1188-1199. (PDF, 754KB)

Schaub, M., O. Gimenez, A. Sierro & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Use of Integrated Modeling to Enhance Estimates of Population Dynamics Obtained from Limited Data. Conservation Biology 21: 945-955. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Schmidt, B.R., M. Schaub & S. Steinfartz. 2007. Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity. Frontiers in Zoology 4: 19 (7 pages). (PDF, 567KB)

Urbach, D., D. Bittner, T.L. Lenz, D. Bernet, T. Wahli & C. Wedekind. 2007. Sperm velocity in an Alpine whitefish: effects of age, size, condition, fluctuating asymmetry and gonad abnormalities. Journal of Fish Biology 71: 672-683. (PDF, 252KB)

Wedekind, C., B. von Siebenthal & R. Gingold. 2007. The weaker points of fish acute toxicity tests and how tests on embryos can solve some issues. Environmental Pollution 148: 385-389. (PDF, 104KB)

Zbinden, J.A., A. Aebischer, D. Margaritoulis & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Insights into the management of sea turtle internesting area through satellite telemetry. Biological Conservation 137: 157-162. (PDF, 401KB)

Zbinden, J.A., C.R. Largiadèr, F. Leippert, D. Margaritoulis & R. Arlettaz. 2007. High frequency of multiple paternity in the largest rookery of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles. Molecular Ecology 16: 3703-3711. (PDF, 206KB)

Zbinden, J.A., C. Davy, D. Margaritoulis & R. Arlettaz. 2007. Large spatial variation and female bias in the estimated sex ratio of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings of a Mediterranean rookery. Endangered Species Research 3: 305-312. (PDF, 411KB)