Publications of Kim Geraldine Mortega

Apfelbeck, B.; Haussmann, M. F.; Boner, W.; Flinks, H.; Griffiths, K.; Illera, J. C.; Mortega, K. G.; Sisson, Z.; Smiddy, P.; Helm, B.: Divergent patterns of telomere shortening in tropical compared to temperate stonechats. Ecology and Evolution 9 (1), pp. 511 - 521 (2019)

Nwankwo, E. C.; Mortega, K. G.; Karageorgos, A.; Ogolowa, B. O.; Papagregoriou, G.; Grether, G. F.; Monadjem, A.; Kirschel, A. N. G.: Rampant introgressive hybridization in Pogoniulus tinkerbirds (Piciformes: Lybiidae) despite millions of years of divergence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127 (1), pp. 125 - 142 (2019)

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Helm, B.; Illera, J. C.; Mortega, K. G.; Smiddy, P.; Evans, N. P.: Baseline and stress-induced levels of corticosterone in male and female Afrotropical and European temperate stonechats during breeding. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17, 114 (2017)

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Mortega, K. G.; Flinks, H.; Illera, J. C.; Helm, B.: Testosterone, territorial response, and song in seasonally breeding tropical and temperate stonechats. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17, 101 (2017)

Greives, T. J.; Kingma, S. A.; Kranstauber, B.; Mortega, K. G.; Wikelski, M.; van Oers, K.; Mateman, A. C.; Ferguson, G. A.; Beltrami, G.; Hau, M.: Costs of sleeping in: Circadian rhythms influence cuckoldry risk in a songbird. Functional Ecology 29 (10), pp. 1300 - 1307 (2015)

Mortega, K. G.; Horsburgh, G. J.; Illera, J. C.; Dawson, D. A.: Characterization of microsatellite markers for Saxicola species. Conservation Genetics Resources 7 (1), pp. 273 - 278 (2015)

Mortega, K. G.; Flinks, H.; Helm, B.: Behavioural response of a migratory songbird to geographic variation of song and morphology. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 85 (2014)

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Mortega, K. G.; Kiefer, S.; Kipper, S.; Goymann, W.: Life-history and hormonal control of aggression in black redstarts: Blocking testosterone does not decrease territorial aggression, but changes the emphasis of vocal behaviours during simulated territorial intrusions. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 8 (2013)

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Mortega, K. G.; Kiefer, S.; Kipper, S.; Vellema, M.; Villavicencio, C. P.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.: Associated and disassociated patterns in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros. General and Comparative Endocrinology 184, pp. 93 - 102 (2013)

Apfelbeck, B. A.; Kiefer, S.; Mortega, K. G.; Goymann, W.; Kipper, S.: Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros). PLoS One 7 (12), e52009 (2012)