Publications of Kees van Oers

Baugh, A. T.; van Oers, K.; Naguib, M.; Hau, M.: Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology 189, pp. 96 - 104 (2013)

Baugh, A. T.; Schaper, S. V.; Hau, M.; Cockrem, J. F.; de Goede, P.; van Oers, K.: Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities. General and Comparative Endocrinology 175 (3), pp. 488 - 494 (2012)

Ritschard, M.; van Oers, K.; Naguib, M.; Brumm, H.: Song amplitude of rival males modulates the territorial behaviour of great tits during the fertile period of their mates. Ethology 118 (2), pp. 197 - 202 (2012)

Brommer, J. E.; Alho, J. S.; Biard, C.; Chapman, J. R.; Charmantier, A.; Dreiss, A.; Hartley, I. R.; Hjernquist, M. B.; Kempenaers, B.; Komdeur, J. et al.; Laaksonen, T.; Lehtonen, P. K.; Lubjuhn, T.; Patrick, S. C.; Rosivall, B.; Tinbergen, J. M.; van der Velde, M.; van Oers, K.; Wilk, T.; Winkel, W.: Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: A Bayesian modeling approach comparing four species. American Naturalist 176 (2), pp. 178 - 187 (2010)

Korsten, P.; Mueller, J. C.; Hermannstädter, C.; Bouwman, K. M.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Drent, P. J.; Liedvogel, M.; Matthysen, E.; van Oers, K.; van Overveld, T. et al.; Patrick, S. C.; Quinn, J. L.; Sheldon, B. C.; Tinbergen, J. M.; Kempenaers, B.: Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: A test across four wild populations. Molecular Ecology 19 (4), pp. 832 - 843 (2010)

Jacot, A.; Valcu, M.; van Oers, K.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimental nest site limitation affects reproductive strategies and parental investment in a hole-nesting passerine. Animal Behaviour 77 (5), pp. 1075 - 1083 (2009)

Fidler, A. E.; van Oers, K.; Drent, P. J.; Kuhn, S.; Mueller, J. C.; Kempenaers, B.: Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1619), pp. 1685 - 1691 (2007)

van Oers, K.; de Jong, G.; van Noordwijk, A. J.; Kempenaers, B.; Drent, P. J.: Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: A review of case studies. Behaviour 142 (9-10), pp. 1185 - 1206 (2005)

van Oers, K.; Klunder, M.; Drent, P. J.: Context dependence of personalities: Risk-taking behavior in a social and a nonsocial situation. Behavioral Ecology 16 (4), pp. 716 - 723 (2005)