Publications of Michael Taborsky

Taborsky, M.: The evolution of division of labour: preconditions and evolutionary feedback. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1922), 20230262 (2025)

Taborsky, M.; Fewell, J. H.; Gilles, R.; Taborsky, B.: Division of labour as key driver of social evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1922), 20230261 (2025)

Engelhardt, S. C.; Paulsson, N. I.; Taborsky, M.: Norway rats recruit cooperation partners based on previous receipt of help while disregarding kinship. iScience 27 (12), 111314 (2024)

Engelhardt, S. C.; Taborsky, M.: Reciprocal altruism in Norway rats. Ethology 130, e13418 (2024)

García-Ruiz, I.; Taborsky, M.: Nepotism mediates enforced cooperation in asymmetric negotiations. iScience 27 (7), 110334 (2024)

Dolivo, V.; Engqvist, L.; Taborsky, M.: When deciding to cooperate by direct reciprocity, Norway rats sometimes benefit from olfactory competence and seem not impaired by insufficient cognitive abilities. Animal Cognition 26 (4), pp. 1119 - 1130 (2023)

Enghelhardt, S. C.; Paulsson, N. I.; Taborsky, M.: Assessment of help value affects reciprocation in Norway rats. Royal Society Open Science 10 (10), 231253 (2023)

Jungwirth, A.; Zottl, M.; Bonfils, D.; Josi, D.; Frommen, J. G.; Taborsky, M.: Philopatry yields higher fitness than dispersal in a cooperative breeder with sex-specific life history trajectories. Science Advances 9 (9), eadd2146 (2023)

Singh, P.; Taborsky, M.; Peichel, C. L.; Sturmbauer, C.: Genomic basis of Y-linked dwarfism in cichlids pursuing alternative reproductive tactics. Molecular Ecology 32 (7), pp. 1592 - 1607 (2023)

Zottl, M.; Schreier, T.; Taborsky, M.: Coercion promotes alloparental care in cooperative breeders. Behavioral Ecology 34 (3), pp. 363 - 372 (2023)

Engelhardt, S. C.; Taborsky, M.: Food-exchanging Norway rats apply the direct reciprocity decision rule rather than copying by imitation. Animal Behaviour 194, pp. 265 - 274 (2022)

Garcia-Ruiz, I.; Taborsky, M.: Group augmentation on trial: helpers in small groups enhance antipredator defence of eggs. Biology Letters 18 (10), 20220170 (2022)

Paulsson, N. I.; Taborsky, M.: Norway rats help social partners in need in response to ultrasonic begging signals. Ethology 128 (12), pp. 724 - 733 (2022)

Kingma, S. A.; Santema, P.; Taborsky, M.; Komdeur, J.: Group augmentation and the evolution of cooperation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (8), pp. 476 - 484 (2014)

Tebbich, S.; Taborsky, M.; Fessl, B.; Dvorak, M.; Winkler, H.: Feeding behavior of four arboreal darwin's finches: Adaptations to spatial and seasonal variability. The Condor 106 (1), pp. 95 - 105 (2004)

Taborsky, M.; Hudde, B.; Wirtz, P.: Reproductive behaviour and ecology of Symphodus (Crenilabrus) Ocellatus, a European wrasse with four types of male behaviour. Behaviour 102 (1), pp. 82 - 117 (1987)