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Baldoni, C.; Raptis, K.; Farantouri, M.; Lenzi, I.; Lim, K. S.; Menz, M. H. M.; Muturi, M.; Reisert, M.; Bedoya Duque, M. A.; Thomas, W. R. et al.; Dávalos, L. M.; Nieland, J. D.; von Elverfeldt, D.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Captivity alters behaviour but not seasonal brain size change in semi-naturally housed shrews. Royal Society Open Science 12 (3), 242138 (2025)

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Calderon-Capote, M. C.; O'Mara, M. T.; Crofoot, M. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Intraspecific variability of social structure and linked foraging behavior in females of a widespread bat species (Phyllostomus hastatus). PLOS ONE 20 (3), e0313782 (2025)

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Duque, M. A. B.; Thomas, W. R.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Nieland, J.; Baldoni, C.; von Elverfeldt, D.; Muturi, M.; Corthals, A. P.; Dávalos, L. M.: Gene expression comparisons between captive and wild shrew brains reveal captivity effects. Biology Letters 21 (1), 20240478 (2025)

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Hurme, E.; Lenzi, I.; Wikelski, M.; Wild, T. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Bats surf storm fronts during spring migration. Science 387 (6729), pp. 97 - 102 (2025)

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Komar, E.; Szafrańska, P. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Keicher, L.; Koprowska, D.; Shipley, J. R.; Ruczyński, I.: Positive consequences of group living among male bats during spermatogenesis. The Journal of Experimental Biology (2025)

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Calderón-Capote, M. C.; van Toor, M. L.; O'Mara, M. T.; Bayer, T. D.; Crofoot, M. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Consistent long-distance foraging flights across years and seasons at colony level in a neotropical bat. Biology Letters 20 (12), 20240424 (2024)

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Dietzer, M. T.; Keicher, L.; Kohles, J. E.; Hurme, E.; Ruczyński, I.; Borowik, T.; Zegarek, M.; Choiński, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: High temporal resolution data reveal low bat and insect activity over managed meadows in central Europe. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 7498 (2024)

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Halat, Z.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Kranstauber, B.; Komar, E.; Zegarek, M.; Kohles, J. E.; Muturi, M.; Calderón-Capote, M. C.; Ruczynski, I.: Foraging male particoloured bats use local enhancement and group facilitation during spermatogenesis. Animal Behaviour 217, pp. 123 - 131 (2024)

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Keicher, L.; Shipley, J. R.; Dietzer, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Heart rate monitoring reveals differential seasonal energetic trade-offs in male noctule bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2026), 20240855 (2024)

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Kohles, J. E.; Page, R. A.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Seasonal shifts in insect ephemerality drive bat foraging effort. Current Biology 34 (14), pp. 3241 - 3248 (2024)

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Meierhofer, M. B.; Tena, E.; Lilley, T. M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Voigt, C. C.; Troitsky, T. S.; de Bruyn, L.; Braun de Torrez, E.; Eldegard, K.; Elmeros, M. et al.; Gyselings, R.; Hoyt, D.; Janssen, R.; Jonasson, K. A.; López-Baucells, A.; Matlova, M.; Melber, M.; Perea, S.; Stidsholt, L.; Valanne, V.; Varghese, M. G.; Zavattoni, G.; Weller, T. J.: Re-weighing the 5% tagging recommendation: assessing the potential impacts of tags on the behaviour and body condition of bats. Mammal Review (2024)

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Wikelski, M.; Quetting, M.; Bates, J.; Berger-Wolf, T.; Bohrer, G.; Boerger, L.; Chapple, T.; Crofoot, M. C.; Davidson, S. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N. et al.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Ellwood, E. R.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Fruth, B.; Franconi, N.; Havmøller, R. W.; Hirt, J.; Hussey, N. E.; Iannarilli, F.; Landwehr, M.; Müller, M. E.; Mueller, T.; Mueller, U.; Oliver, R. Y.; Partecke, J.; Pokrovsky, I.; Pokrovskaya, L.; Rubenstein, D. R.; Rutz, C.; Safi, K.; Santangeli, A.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Sequeira, A. M. M.; Sherub, S.; Ramesh, T.; Viljoen, P.; Wasik, K. A.; Wild, T. A.; Yanco, S.; Kays, R.: Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2024)

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Baldoni, C.; Thomas, W. R.; von Elverfeldt, D.; Reisert, M.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Davalos, L. M.; Nieland, J. D.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Histological and MRI brain atlas of the common shrew, Sorex araneus, with brain region-specific gene expression profiles. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 17, 1168523 (2023)

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Froidevaux, J. S. P.; Toshkova, N.; Barbaro, L.; Benitez-Lopez, A.; Kerbiriou, C.; Le Viol, I.; Pacifici, M.; Santini, L.; Stawski, C.; Russo, D. et al.; Dekker, J.; Alberdi, A.; Amorim, F.; Ancillotto, L.; Barre, K.; Bas, Y.; Cantu-Salazar, L.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Devaux, T.; Eldegard, K.; Fereidouni, S.; Furmankiewicz, J.; Hamidovic, D.; Hill, D. L.; Ibanez, C.; Julien, J. F.; Juste, J.; Kanuch, P.; Korine, C.; Laforge, A.; Legras, G.; Leroux, C.; Lesinski, G.; Mariton, L.; Marmet, J.; Mata, V. A.; Mifsud, C. M.; Nistreanu, V.; Novella-Fernandez, R.; Rebelo, H.; Roche, N.; Roemer, C.; Ruczynski, I.; Soras, R.; Uhrin, M.; Vella, A.; Voigt, C. C.; Razgour, O.: A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond. Scientific Data 10 (1), 253 (2023)

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Keicher, L.; Shipley, J. R.; Schaeffer, P. J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Contrasting torpor use by reproductive male common noctule bats in the laboratory and in the field. Integrative and Comparative Biology 63 (5), pp. 1087 - 1098 (2023)

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Koger, B.; Hurme, E.; Costelloe, B. R.; O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Kays, R.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: An automated approach for counting groups of flying animals applied to one of the world's largest bat colonies. Ecosphere 14 (6), e4590 (2023)

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O'Mara, M. T.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Greater spear-nosed bats commute long distances alone, rest together, but forage apart. Animal Behaviour 204, pp. 37 - 48 (2023)

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Pohle, A.-K.; Zalewski, A.; Muturi, M.; Dullin, C.; Farkova, L.; Keicher, L.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Domestication effect of reduced brain size is reverted when mink become feral. Royal Society Open Science 10 (7), 230463 (2023)

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Schindler, M.; Osterwalder, M.; Harabula, I.; Wittler, L.; Tzika, A. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Vingron, M.; Visel, A.; Haas, S. A.; Real, F. M.: Induction of kidney-related gene programs through co-option of SALL1 in mole ovotestes. Development 150 (17), dev201562 (2023)

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Weber, N.; Nagy, M.; Markotter, W.; Schaer, J.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Sutton, J.; Dávalos, L. M.; Dusabe, M. C.; Ejotre, I.; Fenton, M. B. et al.; Knörnschild, M.; Lopez-Baucells, A.; Medellin, R. A.; Metz, M.; Mubareka, S.; Nsengimana, O.; O'Mara, M. T.; Racey, P. A.; Tuttle, M.; Twizeyimana, I.; Vicente-Santos, A.; Tschapka, M.; Voigt, C. C.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Reeder, D. M.: Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats. Biology Letters 19 (11), 20230358 (2023)

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Wild, T. A.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Viljoen, P.; Heine, G.; Richter, N.; Vorneweg, B.; Koblitz, J. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Rogers, W.; Partecke, J. et al.; Linek, N.; Volkmer, T.; Gregersen, T.; Havmoller, R. W.; Morelle, K.; Daim, A.; Wiesner, M.; Wolter, K.; Fiedler, W.; Kays, R.; Ezenwa, V. O.; Meboldt, M.; Wikelski, M.: A multi-species evaluation of digital wildlife monitoring using the Sigfox IoT network. Animal Biotelemetry 11 (1), 13 (2023)

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Hurme, E.; Fahr, J.; Eric-Moise, B. F.; Hash, C. T.; O'Mara, M. T.; Richter, H.; Tanshi, I.; Webala, P. W.; Weber, N.; Wikelski, M. et al.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Eidolon Monitoring Network: Fruit bat migration matches green wave in seasonal landscapes. Functional Ecology 36 (8), pp. 2043 - 2055 (2022)

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Keicher, L.; Shipley, J. R.; Komar, E.; Ruczynski, I.; Schaeffer, P. J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Flexible energy-saving strategies in female temperate-zone bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 192, pp. 805 - 814 (2022)

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Kohles, J. E.; O'Mara, M. T.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements. Biological Reviews 97 (6), pp. 2039 - 2056 (2022)

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Komar, E.; Fasel, N. J.; Szafranska, P. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Zegarek, M.; Ruczynski, I.: Energy allocation shifts from sperm production to self-maintenance at low temperatures in male bats. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 2138 (2022)

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Nováková, L.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Dullin, C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Winter conditions, not resource availability alone, may drive reversible seasonal skull size changes in moles. Royal Society Open Science 9 (9), 220652 (2022)

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Page, R. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Roost making in bats. Current Biology 32 (22), pp. R1251 - R1259 (2022)

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Taylor, J. R. E.; Muturi, M.; Lazaro, J.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Fifty years of data show the effects of climate on overall skull size and the extent of seasonal reversible skull size changes (Dehnel's phenomenon) in the common shrew. Ecology and Evolution 12 (10), e9447 (2022)

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Wild, T. A.; Koblitz, J. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Dietz, C.; Meboldt, M.; Wikelski, M.: Micro-sized open-source and low-cost GPS loggers below 1 g minimise the impact on animals while collecting thousands of fixes. PLOS ONE 17 (6), e0267730 (2022)

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Lazaro, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Dehnel’s phenomenon. Current Biology 31 (10), pp. 463 - 465 (2021)

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Smaers, J. B.; Rothman, R. S.; Hudson, D. R.; Balanoff, A. M.; Beatty, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; de Vries, D.; Dunn, J. C.; Fleagle, J. G.; Gilbert, C. C. et al.; Goswami, A.; Iwaniuk, A. N.; Jungers, W. L.; Kerney, M.; Ksepka, D. T.; Manger, P. R.; Mongle, C. S.; Rohlf, F. J.; Smith, N. A.; Soligo, C.; Weisbecker, V.; Safi, K.: The evolution of mammalian brain size. Science Advances 7 (18), eabe2101 (2021)

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Puechmaille, S. J.; Gouilh, M. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fenton, B.; Geiselman, C.; Medellin, R.; Mittermeier, R.; Racey, P.; Reeder, D. M.; Schaer, J. et al.; Vicente-Santos, A.; Sechrest, W.; Viquez-R, L.; Weber, N.: Misconceptions and misinformation about bats and viruses. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 105, pp. 606 - 607 (2021)

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O'Mara, M. T.; Amorim, F.; Scacco, M.; McCracken, G. F.; Safi, K.; Mata, V.; Tome, R.; Swartz, S.; Wikelski, M.; Beja, P. et al.; Rebelo, H.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast. Current Biology 31 (6), pp. 1311 - 1316 (2021)

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Wilkinson, G. S.; Adams, D. M.; Haghani, A.; Lu, A. T.; Zoller, J.; Breeze, C. E.; Arnold, B. D.; Ball, H. C.; Carter, G. G.; Cooper, L. N. et al.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Devanna, P.; Fasel, N. J.; Galazyuk, A. V.; Gunther, L.; Hurme, E.; Jones, G.; Knornschild, M.; Lattenkamp, E. Z.; Li, C. Z.; Mayer, F.; Reinhardt, J. A.; Medellin, R. A.; Nagy, M.; Pope, B.; Power, M. L.; Ransome, R. D.; Teeling, E. C.; Vernes, S. C.; Zamora-Mejias, D.; Zhang, J.; Faure, P. A.; Greville, L. J.; Horvath, S.: DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats. Nature Communications 12, 1615 (2021)

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Lazaro, J.; Nováková, L.; Hertel, M.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Muturi, M.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews. Ecology and Evolution 11 (6), pp. 2431 - 2448 (2021)

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Costa, T. D.; Santos, C. D.; Rainho, A.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Fahr, J.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Assessing roost disturbance of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) through tri-axial acceleration. PLoS One 15 (11), e0242662 (2020)

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Halat, Z.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Zegarek, M.; Ruczynski, I.: Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production. Mammalian Biology 100 (6), pp. 611 - 620 (2020)

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Real, F. M.; Haas, S. A.; Franchini, P.; Xiong, P.; Simakov, O.; Kuhl, H.; Schopflin, R.; Heller, D.; Moeinzadeh, M. H.; Heinrich, V. et al.; Krannich, T.; Bressin, A.; Hartmann, M. F.; Wudy, S. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Hurtado, A.; Barrionuevo, F. J.; Schindler, M.; Harabula, I.; Osterwalder, M.; Hiller, M.; Wittler, L.; Visel, A.; Timmermann, B.; Meyer, A.; Vingron, M.; Jimenez, R.; Mundlos, S.; Lupianez, D. G.: The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality. Science 370 (6513), pp. 208 - 214 (2020)

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Huang, Z. X.; Whelan, C. V.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Teeling, E. C.: Genetic variation between long-lived versus short-lived bats illuminates the molecular signatures of longevity. Aging 12 (16), pp. 15962 - 15977 (2020)

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Kohles, J. E.; Carter, G. G.; Page, R. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Socially foraging bats discriminate between group members based on search-phase echolocation calls. Behavioral Ecology 31 (5), pp. 1103 - 1112 (2020)

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Jebb, D.; Huang, Z. X.; Pippel, M.; Hughes, G. M.; Lavrichenko, K.; Devanna, P.; Winkler, S.; Jermiin, L. S.; Skirmuntt, E. C.; Katzourakis, A. et al.; Burkitt-Gray, L.; Ray, D. A.; Sullivan, K. A. M.; Roscito, J. G.; Kirilenko, B. M.; D?valos, L. M.; Corthals, A. P.; Power, M. L.; Jones, G.; Ransome, R. D.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Locatelli, A. G.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Fedrigo, O.; Jarvis, E. D.; Hiller, M.; Vernes, S. C.; Myers, E. W.; Teeling, E. C.: Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations. Nature 583, pp. 578 - 584 (2020)

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Calderon-Capote, M. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fahr, J.; Wikelski, M.; Kays, R.; O'Mara, M. T.: Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-coloured fruit bats. Royal Society Open Science 7 (5), 200274 (2020)

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Komar, E.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fasel, N. J.; Zegarek, M.; Ruczynski, I.: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats. The Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (8), jeb214825 (2020)

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Schaeffer, P. J.; O'Mara, M. T.; Breiholz, J.; Keicher, L.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction. Royal Society Open Science 7 (4), 191989 (2020)

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Baldwin, J. W.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Thies, W.; Whitehead, S. R.: Defensive fruit metabolites obstruct seed dispersal by altering bat behavior and physiology at multiple temporal scales. Ecology 101 (2), e02937 (2020)

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Ruczynski, I.; Halat, Z.; Zegarek, M.; Borowik, T.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Camera transects as a method to monitor high temporal and spatial ephemerality of flying nocturnal insects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2), pp. 294 - 302 (2020)

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O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Kranstauber, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: First three‐dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility. Ecology 100 (9), e02762 (2019)

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O'Mara, M. T.; Scharf, A. K.; Fahr, J.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Safi, K.: Overall dynamic body acceleration in straw-colored fruit bats increases in headwinds but not with airspeed. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 200 (2019)

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van Toor, M. L.; O'Mara, M. T.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Wikelski, M.; Fahr, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Linking colony size with quantitative estimates of ecosystem services of African fruit bats. Current Biology 29 (7), pp. R225 - R240 (2019)

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Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Seasonal reversible size changes in the braincase and mass of common shrews are flexibly modified by environmental conditions. Scientific Reports 9, 2489 (2019)

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