2009

Refereed Articles in Journals

N.H. Barton & H.P. de Vladar (2009): Statistical mechanics and the evolution of polygenic quantitative traits. Genetics 181, 997-1011. pdf

C.A. Botero, R.J. Rossman, L.M. Caro, L.M. Stenzler, I.J. Lovette, S.R. de Kort & S.L. Vehrencamp (2009): Syllable type consistency is related to age, social status and reproductive success in the tropical mockingbird. Anim. Behav. 77, 701-706 pdf

V.S. Brauer, V.N. de Jonge, A.G.J. Buma & F.J. Weissing (2009): Does universal temperature dependence apply to communities? An experimental test using natural marine plankton assemblages. Oikos 118, 1102-1108. pdf

P.D. Dijkstra, C. Hemelrijk, O. Seehausen, & T.G.G. Groothuis (2009): Color polymorphism and intrasexual competition in assemblages of cichlid fish. Behav. Ecol. 20, 138-144. pdf

L. Engqvist (2009): Should I stay or should I go? condition and status dependent courtship decisions in the scorpionfly Panorpa cognata. Anim. Behav. 78, 491-497. pdf

T.W. Fawcett & C. Bleay (2009): Previous experiences shape adaptive mate preferences. Behav. Ecol. 20, 68-78. pdf

B.K. Grillenberger, J. Gadau, R. Bijlsma, L. van de Zande & L.W. Beukeboom (2009): Female dispersal and isolation-by-distance of Nasonia vitripennis populations in a local mate competition context. Entomo. Exp. Appl. 132, 147-154.

B.K. Grillenberger, L. van de Zande, R. Bijlsma, J. Gadau & L.W. Beukeboom (2009): Reproductive strategies under multiparasitism in natural populations of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Hymenoptera). J. Evol. Biol. 22, 460-470. pdf

M.B. Hjernquist, T. Veen, L. Font & M. Klaassen (2009): High individual repeatability and population differentiation in stable isotope ratios in winter-grown collared flycatcher feathers. J. Avian Biol. 40, 1-7. pdf

A.B.F. Ivens, D.R. Nash, M. Poulsen, & J.J. Boomsma (2009): Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants. Behav. Ecol. 20, 378-384. pdf

A.B.F. Ivens, D.M. Shuker, L.W. Beukeboom, & I. Pen (2009): Host acceptance and sex allocation of Nasonia wasps in response to conspecifics and heterospecifics. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 276, 3663-3669. pdf

B. Kuijper & E.H. Morrow (2009): Direct observation of female mating frequency using time-lapse photography. Fly 3, 118-120. pdf

T.V. Pollet, T.W. Fawcett, A.P. Buunk & D. Nettle (2009): Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in Rwanda. Biol. Letters 5, 765-768. pdf

I. Puga-Gonzalez, H. Hildenbrandt & C.K. Hemelrijk (2009): Emergent patterns of social affiliation in primates, a model. PLoS Comput. Biol. 5, e1000630, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000630 pdf

D.A.P. Reid, H. Hildenbrandt, J.T. Padding & C.K. Hemelrijk (2009): Flow around fishlike shapes studied using multiparticle collision dynamics. Physical Review E 79, 046313. pdf

M. Riba, M. Mayol, B.E. Giles, O. Ronce, E. Imbert, M. van der Velde, S. Chauvet, L. Ericson, R. Bijlsma, B. Vosman, M.J.M. Smulders & I. Olivieri (2009): Darwin’s wind hypothesis: does it work for plant dispersal in fragmented habitats? New Phytologist 183, 667-677. pdf

L. Ross & D.M. Shuker (2009): Scale insects. Current Biology 19, R184-R186. pdf

D.M. Shuker, A.M. Moynihan & L. Ross (2009): Sexual conflict, sex allocation and the genetic system. Biology Letters 5, 682-685. pdf

G.S. van Doorn (2009): Intralocus sexual conflict, in: The Year in Evolutionary Biology, Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1168, 52–71. pdf

G.S. van Doorn, P. Edelaar & F.J. Weissing (2009): On the origin of species by natural and sexual selection Science 326, 1704-1707. pdf, SOM, perspectives, Science podcast

E. van Velzen, L. Schärer & I. Pen (2009): The effect of cryptic female choice on sex allocation in simultaneous hermaphrodites Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 276, 3123–3131. pdf

T. Veen, J. Träff, F.J. Weissing & B.C. Sheldon (2009): Reduced cost of mixed-species pairings in flycatchers: by-product or female strategy? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63, 329–337. pdf, supplement

A. Vermeulen, S. Engels, L. Engqvist & K.P. Sauer (2009): Phenotypic plasticity in sperm traits in scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae): consequences of larval history and seasonality on sperm length and sperm transfer. Eur. J. Entomol. 106, 347-352. pdf

Refereed Articles in Proceedings

S. Slingerland, M. Mulder, E. van der Vaart & R. Verbrugge (2009): A multi-agent systems approach to gossip and the evolution of language. In: N.A. Taatgen & R. van Rijn (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 1609-1614. pdf

E. van der Vaart, C. Hemelrijk & R. Verbrugge (2009): Learning where (not) to cache: A cognitive model for corvids. In: N.A. Taatgen & R. van Rijn (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2420-2425. pdf

E. van der Vaart, R. Verbrugge & C. Hemelrijk (2009): Memory effects in the Clark's nutcracker: A cognitive model for corvids. In: A. Howes, D. Peebles & R. Cooper (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling., Manchester, UK.

G. van Valkenhoef, E. van der Vaart & R. Verbrugge (2009): OOPS: An S5_n prover for educational settings. Methods for Modalities 6, Elsevier ENTCS. pdf

Doctoral Dissertations

H.P. de Vladar (2009): Variability and stochasticity in the dynamics and genetics of populations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. pdf

B.V. Feldmeyer (2009): The effect of temperature on sex determination. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. pdf

B.K. Grillenberger (2009): Biogeography, population genetics and mating systems of natural Nasonia populations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. pdf

M. Wolf (2009): Adaptive individual differences: the evolution of animal personalities. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. pdf