Publications 2019
Watve, M., Taborsky, B. (2019). Presence of parents during early rearing affects offspring responses towards predators. Anim. Behav. 158: 239-247
Watve, M., Prati, S., Taborsky, B. (2019) Simulating more realistic predation threat using attack playbacks. PeerJ 7: e8149
Kasper, C., Schreier, T. & Taborsky B. (2019) Heritabilities, social environment effects and genetic correlations of social behaviours in a cooperatively breeding vertebrate. J. Evol. Biol. 32, 955-973
Nuotclà, J. A., Biedermann P. H. W., Taborsky, M. (2019) Pathogen defence is a potential driver of social evolution in ambrosia beetles. Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20192332.
Range F., Kassis A., Taborsky M., Boada M. & Marshall-Pescini S. (2019) Wolves and dogs recruit human partners in the cooperative stringpulling task. Sci. Rep. 9: 17591
Frommen J.G. (2019) Aggressive communication in aquatic environments. Func. Ecol., publ.online
Thünken T., Baldauf S.A., Bersau N., Frommen J.G. & Bakker T.C.M. (2019) Parasite-induced colour alteration of intermediate hosts increases ingestion by suitable final host species. Behaviour 156: 1329–1348
Taborsky M., Koblmüller S., Sefc K.M., McGee M., Kohda M., Awata S., Hori M. & Frommen J.G. (2019) Insufficient data render comparative analyses of the evolution of cooperative breeding mere speculation: A reply to Dey et al. Ethology 125: 851-854
Reyes-Contreras M., Glauser G., Rennison D.J. & Taborsky B. (2019). Early-life manipulation of cortisol and its receptor alters stress axis programming and social competence. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 374: 20180119
Schweinfurth, M.K., Aeschbacher, J., Santi, M. & Taborsky, M. (2019). Male Norway rats cooperate according to direct but not generalized reciprocity rules. Anim. Behav. 152: 93-101
Jungwirth A., Balzarini V., Zöttl M., Salzmann A., Taborsky M. & Frommen J.G. (2019) Long-term individual marking of small freshwater fish: the utility of Visual Implant Elastomer tags. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 73: 49
Fischer S. & Frommen J.G. (2019): Predator detection. in: Vonk J., Shackelford T. K. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
Engelhardt, S.C., Bergeron, P., Gagnon, A., Dillon, L., Pelletier, F. (2019) Using geographic distance as a potential proxy for help in the assessment of the grandmother hypothesis. Curr. Biol. 29: 651–656
Taborsky, M. (2019) From Ethology to Behavioral Biology. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. 99-102
Frommen J.G. (2019) Book Review: Paz‐y‐Mino‐C, G. & Espinosa, A. (2018) Kin recognition in protists and other microbes – Genetics, Evolution, Behavior and Health. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 66: 857–858
Kohda M., Hotta T., , Takeyama T., Awata S., Tanaka H., Asai J-y. & Jordan A.L. (2019) If a fish can pass the mark test, what are the implications for consciousness and selfawareness testing in animals? PLoS Biol. 17: e3000021
Josi D., Taborsky M. & Frommen J.G. (2019) First field evidence for alloparental egg care in cooperatively breeding fish. Ethology 125: 164-169
Raveh S., Langen K., Bakker T.C.M., Josephs C. & Frommen J.G. (2019) Oddity, predation risk and social decisions in aquatic invertebrates. Ethology 125: 106-113
Gfrerer, N., Taborsky, M. & Würbel, H. (2019) No evidence for detrimental effect of chemical castration on working ability in Swiss military dogs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 211: 84-87.
Publications 2018
Thünken T., Rick I.P. & Frommen J.G. (2018) Contributions in honor of Professor Theo C. M. Bakker: Testing, not guessing. Evol. Ecol. Res. 19: 477-486
Josi D., Taborsky M. & Frommen J.G. (2018) Habitat preferences depend on substrate quality in a cooperative breeder. Evol. Ecol. Res. 19: 517-527
Thünken T., Vitt S., Baldauf S.A., Jung T. & Frommen J.G. (2018) Individual behavioral responses of an intermediate host to a manipulative acanthocephalan parasite and effects of intra.specific parasitic competition. Evol. Ecol. Res. 19: 503-516
Engelhardt, S.C., Kingma, S.A., Taborsky, M. (2018) No evidence for a heritable altruism polymorphism in Tibetan ground tits. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 115: E11208-E11209
Kasper, C., François-Olivier Hébert, F.-O., Aubin-Horth, N. & Taborsky, B. (2018) Divergent brain gene expression profiles between alternative behavioural helper types in a cooperative breeder. Mol. Ecol. 27: 4136–4151
Tanaka H., Frommen J.G., Koblmüller S., Sefc K.M., McGee M., Kohda M., Awata S., Hori M. & Taborsky M. (2018) Evolutionary transitions to cooperative societies in fishes revisited. Ethology 124: 777–789.
Tanaka H., Kohda M. & Frommen J.G. (2018) Helpers increase the reproductive success of breeders in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus obscurus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 72:152
Kasper, C., Aubin-Horth, N. & Taborsky, B. (2018) Brain activation patterns following a cooperation opportunity in a highly social cichlid fish. Physiol. Behav. 195: 37-47
Taborsky, B., Heino, M. and Dieckmann, U. (2018) Life-history multistability caused by size-dependent mortality. Am. Nat. 192: 62-71
Fischer S. & Frommen J.G. (2018) Predation risk. in: Vonk J., Shackelford T. K. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
Taborsky, M., Schütz, D., Goffinet, O. & van Doorn, G.S (2018) Alternative male morphs solve sperm performance/longevity trade-off in opposite directions. Sci. Adv. 4(5) eaap8563
Schweinfurth M.K. & Taborsky M. (2018) Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) communicate need which elicits donation of food. J. Comp. Psychol. 132, 119–129
Engqvist L. & Reinhold, K. (2018) Adaptive parental effects and how to estimate them: A comment to Bonduriansky and Crean. Methods Ecol. Evol. 9: 457–459
Schweinfurth M.K. & Taborsky M. (2018) Relatedness decreases and reciprocity increases cooperation in Norway rats. Proc. R. Soc. B 285: 20180035
Tanaka H., Frommen J. G. & Kohda M. (2018) Helpers increase food abundance in the territory of a cooperatively breeding fish. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 72: 51
Gfrerer, N. &Taborsky, M. (2018) Working dogs transfer different tasks in reciprocal cooperation. Biol. Lett. 14(2), 20170460
Nyman, C., Fischer, S., Aubin-Horth, N. & Taborsky, B. (2018).Evolutionary conserved neural signature of early life stress affects animal social competence. Proc. R. Soc. B 285: 20172344
Schweinfurth, M.K. & Taborsky, M., (2018) Reciprocal trading of different commodities in Norway rats. Curr. Biol. 28, 594–599
Tanaka H., Frommen J.G., Engqvist L. & Kohda M. (2018) Task-dependent workload adjustment of female breeders in a cooperatively breeding fish. Behav. Ecol. 29: 221–229
Publications 2017
Stieger, B., Schweinfurth, M.K. & Taborsky, M. (2017): Reciprocal allogrooming among unrelated Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) is affected by previously received cooperative, affiliative and aggressive behaviours. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 71(12),182
Gfrerer, N., Taborsky, M. and Würbel, H. (2017) Benefits of intraspecific social exposure in adult Swiss military dogs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.201,54-60
Engqvist, L. and Ramm, S. A. (2017) Promiscuity punishes sexual deviants. Mol. Ecol. 26: 5359-5361
Fischer, S., Bohn, L., Oberhummer, E., Wikström, C. & Taborsky, B. (2017) Divergence of developmental trajectories is triggered interactively by early social and ecological experience in a cooperative breeder. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 114: E9300-9307
Fischer, S., Oberhummer, E., Cunha Saraiva, F., Gerber, N. & Taborsky, B. (2017) Smell or vision? The use of different sensory modalities in predator discrimination. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71: 143
Bannier, F. Tebbich, S. & Taborsky, B. (2017): Early experience affects learning performance and neophobia in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Ethology 123: 712-723
Schweinfurth, M.K., Taborsky, M. (2017): The transfer of alternative tasks in reciprocal cooperation. Anim. Behav. 131: 35-41
Frommen, J.G. (2017): Kin recognition and filial cannibalism in an amphibious fish. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71: 141
Bakker, T.C.M., Frommen, J.G., Thünken, T. (2017): Adaptive parasitic manipulation as exemplified by acanthocephalans. Ethology 123: 779–784
Kulkarni, S., Sharda, S., Watve, M. (2017): Bi-stability in type 2 diabetes mellitus multiorgan signalling network. Plos One 12: e0181536
Schmid, R., Schneeberger, K., Taborsky, M. (2017): Feel good, do good? Disentangling reciprocity from unconditional prosociality. Ethology: 123(9), 640-647
Kasper, C., Kölliker, M., Postma, E., Taborsky, B. (2017): Consistent cooperation in a cichlid fish is caused by maternal and developmental effects rather than heritable genetic variation. Proc. R. Soc. B. 284: 20170369
Kasper, C., Vierbuchen, M., Ernst, U., Fischer, S., Radersma, R., Raulo, A., Cunha-Saraiva, F., Wu, M., Mobley, K., Taborsky, B. (2017): Genetics and developmental biology of cooperation. Mol. Ecol. 26: 4364-4377
Schweinfurth, M. K., Stieger, B. Taborsky, M. (2017): Experimental evidence for reciprocity in allogrooming among wild-type Norway rats. Sci. Rep. 7: 4010
Schweinfurth, M. K., Neuenschwander, J., Engqvist, L., Schneeberger, K., Rentsch, A. K., Gygax, M., Taborsky, M. (2017): Do female Norway rats form social bonds? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71: 98
Dolivo, V., Taborsky, M. (2017): Environmental enrichment of young adult rats (Rattus norvegicus) in different sensory modalities has long-lasting effects on their ability to learn via specific sensory channels. J. Comp. Psychol. 131(2), 79
Bakker, T.C.M., Giger, T., Frommen, J.G., Largiadèr C.R. (2017): Rapid molecular sexing of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., based on large Y-chromosomal insertions. J. Appl. Genet. 58: 401-407
Nyman, C., Fischer, S., Aubin-Horth, N., Taborsky, B. (2017): Effect of the early social environment on behavioural and genomic responses to a social challenge in a cooperatively breeding vertebrate. Mol. Ecol. 26: 3186–3203
Engqvist, L., Taborsky, M. (2017): The evolution of strategic male mating effort in an information transfer framework. J. Evol. Biol. 30(6), 1143-1152
Odermatt, J., Frommen, J.G., Menz, M.H.M. (2017): Consistent behavioural differences between migratory and resident hoverflies. Anim. Behav. 127: 187-195
Gfrerer, N., Taborsky, M. (2017): Working dogs cooperate among one another by generalised reciprocity. Sci. Rep. 7: 43867
Taborsky, B. (2017): Developmental plasticity: Preparing for life in a complex world. In: M. Naguib, J. Podos, L. W. Simmons, L. Barrett, S. Healy, & M. Zuk (Eds.), Adv. Stud. Behav. (pp. 49–99)
Schütz, D., Tschirren, L., Pachler, G., Grubbauer, P., Taborsky, M. (2017): Sperm-limited males save ejaculates for future matings when competing with superior rivals. Anim. Behav. 125: 3-12
Chouinard-Thuly, L., Gierszewski, S., Rosenthal, G., Reader, S., Rieucau, G., Woo, K.L., Gerlai, R., Tedore, C., Ingley, S.J., Stowers, J.R., Frommen, J.G., Dolins, F.L., Witte K. (2017): Technical and conceptual considerations for using animated stimuli in studies of animal behavior. Curr. Zool. 63: 5-19
Balzarini, V., Taborsky, M., Villa F., Frommen J.G. (2017): Computer animations of color markings reveal the function of visual threat signals in Neolamprologus pulcher. Curr. Zool. 63: 45–54
Bayani, D.-M., Taborsky, M., Frommen, J.G. (2017): To pee or not to pee: urine signals mediate aggressive interactions in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71: 37
Publications 2016
Taborsky, M. (2016)Taborsky, M. (2016) Cooperative breeding. In: VA Weekes-Shackleford, TK Shackleford (eds) Encyclopaedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer
Schneeberger K. (2016) Cooperative grooming. In: V. A. Weekes-Shackleford, T. K. Shackleford (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer
Schneeberger, K. (2016): Food sharing and nonhuman reciprocal altruism. In: V. A. Weekes-Shackleford, T. K. Shackleford (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer
Soudi, S., Reinhold, K., Engqvist, L. (2016): Strong cryptic prezygotic isolation despite lack of behavioural isolation between sympatric host races of the leaf beetle Lochmaea capreae. Evolution 70:2889-2898
Engqvist, L. and Reinhold, K. (2016): Adaptive trans-generational phenotypic plasticity and the lack of an experimental control in reciprocal match/mismatch-experiments. Methods Ecol. Evol. 17:1482-1488
Abila R., Akoll P., Albertson C., Antunes D., Banda T., Bills R., Bulirani A., Chocha Manda A., Cohen A.S., Cunha-Saraiva F., Derycke S., Donohue I., Du M., Dudu A.M., Egger B., Fritzsche K., Frommen J.G., Gante H.F., Genner M.J., Härer A., Hata H., Irvine K., Isumbisho Mwapu P., Janssens de Bisthoven L., Jungwirth A., Kaleme P., Katongo C., Kéver L., Koblmüller S., Konings A., Lamboj A., Lemmel-Schaedelin F., Machado Schiaffino G., Martens K., Masilya Mulungula P., Meyer A., More H.L., Musilova Z., Muterezi Bukinga F., Muzumani R., Ntakimazi G., Okello W., Phiri H., Pialek L., Plisnier P. D., Raeymaekers J.A.M., Rajkov J., Rican O., Roberts R., Salzburger W., Schoen I., Sefc K.M., Singh P., Skelton P., Snoeks J., Schneider K., Sturmbauer C., Svardal H., Svensson O., Torres Dowdall J., Turner G.F., Tyers A., van Rijssel J.C., Van Steenberge M., Vanhove M.P.M., Verheyen E., Weber A-T., Weyl O., Ziegelbecker A. & Zimmermann H. (2016): Oil extraction imperils Africa's Great Lakes. Science 354: 561-562
von Kuerthy, C., Ros, A.F., Taborsky, M. (2016): Androgen responses to reproductive competition of males pursuing either fixed or plastic alternative reproductive tactics. J. Exp. Biol. 219: 3544-3553
Dolivo, V., Rutte, C., Taborsky, M. (2016): Ultimate and proximate mechanisms of reciprocal altruism in rats. Learn. Behav. 44(3): 223-226
Schneeberger, K., Voigt, C.C., Müller, C., Caspers, B. (2016): Multidimensionality of chemical information in male greater sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata). Front. Ecol. Evol. 4: 83
Tanaka, H., Frommen, J.G., Takahashi, T. and Kohda M. (2016): Predation risk promotes delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus obscurus. Anim. Behav. 117: 51-58
Schweinfurth, M. and Taborsky, M. (2016): No evidence for audience effects in reciprocal cooperation of Norway rats Ethology 122: 513–521
Groenewoud, F., Frommen, J.G., Josi, D., Tanaka, H., Jungwirth, A. and Taborsky, M. (2016): Predation risk drives social complexity in cooperative breeders. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 113(15): 4104-4019
Engqvist, L. and Taborsky, M. (2016): The evolution of genetic and conditional alternative reproductive tactics. Proc. R. Soc. B. 283:20152945
Taborsky, B. (2016): Opening the black box of developmental experiments: behavioural mechanisms underlying long-term effects of early social experience. Ethology 122: 267–283
Hess, S., Fischer, S., Taborsky, B. (2016): Territorial aggression reduces vigilance but increases aggression towards predators in a cooperatively breeding fish. Anim. Behav. 113: 229-235
Soudi, S., Reinhold, K., Engqvist, L. (2016): Genetic architecture underlying host choice differentiation in the sympatric host races of Lochmaea capreae leaf beetles. Genetica 144:147-156
von Kuerthy, C., Taborsky, M. (2016): Contest versus scramble competition among males pursuing fixed or plastic alternative reproductive tactics. Anim. Behav. 113: 203-212
Soudi, S., Reinhold, K. and Engqvist, L. (2016): Ecologically dependent and intrinsic genetic signatures of postzygotic isolation between sympatric host races of the leaf beetle Lochmaea capreae. Evolution 70:471-479
Taborsky, M. (2016) Cichlid fishes: A model for the integrative study of social behavior. In: Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates: Studies of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Edited by Walter D. Koenig and Janis L. Dickinson; pp. 272-293. Cambridge University Press.
Schuetz, D., Wirtz Ocana, S., Maan, M.E., Taborsky, M. (2016): Sexual selection promotes colonial breeding in shell-brooding cichlid fish. Anim. Behav. 112: 153-161.
Radwan, J., Engqvist, L. and Reinhold, K. (2016): A paradox of genetic variance in epigamic traits: beyond „good genes” view of sexual selection. Evol. Biol. 43:267-275
Quiñones, A.E., van Doorn, S., Pen, I., Weissing, F.J., Taborsky, M. (2016): Negotiation and appeasement can be more effective drivers of sociality than kin selection. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 371: 20150089.
Taborsky, M., Frommen, J.G., Riehl C. (2016): Correlated pay-offs are key to cooperation. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 371: 20150084.
Taborsky, M., Frommen, J.G., Riehl C. (2016): The evolution of cooperation based on direct fitness benefits. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 317: 20150472.
Taborsky, M., Frommen, J.G., Riehl C., eds. (2016): The evolution of cooperation based on direct fitness benefits. Special issue of Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 371: 20150472
Publications 2015
Groothuis, T.G.G., Taborsky, B. (2015): Introducing biological realism into the study of developmental plasticity in behaviour. Front. Zool. 12:S6
Taborsky, M., Taborsky, B. (2015): Evolution of genetic and physiological mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Curr. Opin. Behav. Sci. 6, 132-138
Jungwirth, A., Taborsky, M. (2015): First- and second-order sociality determine survival and reproduction in cooperative cichlids. Proc. R. Soc. B 282: 20151971
Jungwirth, A., Brena, P.F., Keller, I., Taborsky, M. (2015): Polygyny affects paternal care, but not survival, pair stability, and group tenure in a cooperative cichlid. Behav. Ecol. 27: 592-600
Hesse, S., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Frommen, J.G. & Thünken, T. (2015): Kinship reinforces cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish. J. Evol. Biol. 28: 2088-2096
Dolivo, V. & Taborsky, M. (2015): Cooperation among Norway rats: The importance of visual cues for reciprocal cooperation, and the role of coercion.Ethology 121(11), 1071 1080
Reinhold, K., Engqvist, L., Consul, A. and Ramm, S. A. (2015): Male birch catkin bugs vary copula duration to invest more in matings with novel females. Anim. Behav. 109:161-166
Hendrickx F., Vanthournout B., Taborsky M. (2015): Selection for costly sexual traits results in a vacant mating niche and male dimorphism. Evolution 69(8), 2105-2117
Voelkl B. (2015): The evolution of generalized reciprocity in social interaction networks. Theor. Pop. Biol. 104: 17-25
Soudi, Sh., Reinhold, K. and Engqvist, L. (2015): Host-associated divergence in sympatric host races of the leaf beetle Lochmaea capreae: implications for local adaptation and reproductive isolation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 116: 169-182
Frommen J.G., Hanak, S., Schmidl, C.A., & Thünken, T. (2015): Visible Implant Elastomer tagging influences social preferences of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behaviour 152: 1765-1777
Hettyey, A., Tóth, Z., Thonhauser, K.E., Frommen, J.G., Penn, D.J., & Van Buskirk, J. (2015): The relative importance of prey‑borne and predator‑borne chemical cues for inducible antipredator responses in tadpoles. Oecologia 179: 699-710
Mehlis, M., Thünken, T., Bakker, T.C.M., & Frommen J.G. (2015): Quantification acuity in spontaneous shoaling decisions of three-spined sticklebacks. Anim. Cogn. 18: 1125-1131
Jungwirth A., Walker J., Taborsky M. (2015): Prospecting precedes dispersal and increases survival chances in cooperatively breeding cichlids. Anim. Behav. 106: 107-114
Fischer, S., Bessert-Nettelbeck, M., Kotrschal, A & Taborsky, B. (2015): Rearing group size determines social competence and brain structure in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Am. Nat. 186:123–140
Voelkl, B., Portugal, S.J., Unsöld, M., Usherwood, J.R., Wilson, A.M. & Fritz, J. (2015): Matching times of leading and following suggest cooperation through direct reciprocity during V-formation flight in ibis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 2115-2120
von Kuerthy, C., Tschirren, L. & Taborsky, M. (2015): Alternative reproductive tactics in snail shell-brooding cichlids diverge in energy reserve allocation. Ecol. Evol. 5: 2060–2069
Hesse, S., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Frommen, J.G. & Thünken, T. (2015): Social deprivation affects cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish. R. Soc. Open Sci. 2: 140451
Engqvist, L., Cordes, N., Reinhold, K. (2015): Evolution of risk-taking during conspicuous mating displays. Evolution 69-2:395–406
Jungwirth, A., Josi, D., Walker, J. & Taborsky, M. (2015): Benefits of coloniality: communal defence saves anti-predator effort in cooperative breeders. Funct. Ecol.29: 1218-1224
Taborsky, M., Hofmann, H.A., Beery, A.K., Blumstein, D.T., Hayes, L.D., Lacey, E.A., Martins, E.P., Phelps, S.M., Solomon, N.G. & Rubenstein, D.R. (2015): Taxon matters: promoting integrative studies of social behavior. Trends Neurosci.38:189-191
Dolivo, V. & Taborsky, M. (2015): Norway rats reciprocate help according to the quality of help they received. Biol. Lett. 11:20140959
Publications 2014
Engqvist, L., Cordes, N., Schwenniger, J., Bakhtina, S. & Schmoll, T. (2014): Female remating behavior in a lekking moth. Ethology 120:662–671
Lewis, S.M., Vahed, K., Koene, J.M., Engqvist, L., Bussière, L.F., Perry, J.C., Gwynne, D. & Lehmann, G.U.C. (2014): Emerging issues in the evolution of animal nuptial gifts. Biol. Lett. 10:20140336
Nuotclà, J.A.,Taborsky, M. & Biedermann, P.H.W. (2014): The importance of blocking the gallery entrance in the ambrosia beetle Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Coleoptera; Scolytinae). Mitt. Dtsch. Ges. Allg. Angew. Ent. 19: 203-207
Mitchell, J.S., Wirtz Ocana, S. & Taborsky, M. (2014: Male and female shell-brooding cichlids prefer different shell characteristics. Anim. Behav. 98:131-137
Wirtz Ocana, S., Meidl, P., Bonfils, D. & Taborsky, M. (2014): Y-linked Mendelian inheritance of giant and dwarf male morphs in shell-brooding cichlids. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 281: 20140253
Fischer, S., Taborsky, B., Burlaud, R., Fernandez, A.A., Hess, S., Oberhummer, E. & Frommen, J.G. (2014): Animated images as a tool to study visual communication - a case study in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behaviour 151:1921-1942
Hofmann, H.A., Beery, A.K., Blumstein, D.T., Couzin, I.D., Earley, R.L., Hayes, L.D., Hurd, P.L., Lacey, E.A., Phelps, S.M., Solomon, N.G., Taborsky, M., Young, L.J. & Rubenstein D.R. (2014): An evolutionary framework for studying mechanisms of social behavior. Trends Ecol. Evol. 29:581-589
Fischer, S., Zöttl, M., Groenewoud, F. & Taborsky, B. (2014): Group-size-dependent punishment of idle subordinates in a cooperative breeder where helpers pay to stay. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 281:20140184
Kingma SA, Santema P, Taborsky M & Komdeur J (2014): Group augmentation and the evolution of cooperation. Trends Ecol. Evol. 29:476-484
Taborsky, B., Guyer, L. & Demus, P. (2014): ‘Prudent habitat choice’: a novel mechanism of size-assortative mating. J. Evol. Biol. 27:1217-1228
Van Doorn, G.S., Riebli, T. & Taborsky, M. (2014): Coaction versus reciprocity in continuous-time models of cooperation. J. Theor. Biol. 356:1-10
Taborsky, M. (2014): Tribute to Tinbergen: The Four Problems of Biology. A Critical Appraisal. Ethology 120:224–227
Balzarini, V., Taborsky, M., Wanner, S., Koch, F., & Frommen J.G. (2014): Mirror, mirror on the wall: the predictive value of mirror tests for measuring aggression in fish. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68:871-878
Thünken, T., Eigster, M., & Frommen J.G. (2014): Context-dependent group size preferences in large shoals of three-spined sticklebacks. Anim. Behav. 90:205-210
Stratmann, A. & Taborsky, B. (2014): Antipredator defences of young are independently determined by genetic inheritance, maternal effects and own early experience in mouthbrooding cichlids. Funct. Ecol. 28:944-953
Kotrschal, A., Szidat, S. & Taborsky, B. (2014): Developmental plasticity of growth and digestive efficiency in dependence of early-life food availability. Funct. Ecol. 28: 878-885
Fischer B., van Doorn G. S., Dieckmann U. & Taborsky B. (2014) The evolution of age-dependent plasticity. Am. Nat. 183:108-125
Publications 2013
Taborsky M. (2013): Social evolution: Reciprocity there is. Curr. Biol. 23:R486-R488
Wolf M., Van Doorn G.S., Leimar O. & Weissing F.J. (2013): The evolution of animal personalities. in: Animal Personalities (Eds. C. Carere & D. Maestripieri) University of Chicago Press
Bruintjes R., Heg-Bachar Z. & Heg D. (2013): Subordinate removal affects parental investment, but not offspring survival in a cooperative cichlid. Funct. Ecol. 27:730-738
Frommen J.G., Zala S.M., Raveh S., Schaedelin F.C., Wernisch B. & Hettyey A. (2013): Investigating the effect of familiarity on kin recognition of three-spined stickelback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ethology 119:531-539
Zöttl M., Fischer S., & Taborsky M. (2013): Partial brood care compensation by female breeders in response to experimental manipulation of alloparental care. Anim. Behav. 85:1471-1478
Wirtz-Ocaña S., Schütz D., Pachler G. & Taborsky M. (2013): Paternal inheritance of growth in fish pusuing alternative reproductive tactics. Ecol. Evol. 3:1614-1625
Taborsky B. & Oliveira R. F. (2013): Social competence vs responsiveness: similar but not same. A reply to Wolf and McNamara Trends Ecol. Evol. 28:254-255
Zöttl M., Frommen J.G. & Taborsky M. (2013): Group size adjustment to ecological demand in a cooperative breeder. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 280:20122772
Taborsky B., Tschirren L., Meunier C. & Aubin-Horth N. (2013): Stable reprogramming of brain transcription profiles by the early social environment in a cooperatively breeding fish. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 280:20122605
Zöttl M., Heg D., Chervet N. & Taborsky M. (2013): Kinship reduces alloparental care in cooperative cichlids where helpers pay-to-stay. Nature Commun. 4:1341
Zöttl M., Chapuis L., Freiburghaus M. & Taborsky M. (2013): Strategic reduction of help before dispersal in a cooperative breeder. Biol. Lett. 9:20120878
Fischer S. & Frommen J.G. (2013): Eutrophication alters social preferences in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 67:293-299
Biedermann P.H.W., Klepzig K.D., Taborsky M. & Six D.L. (2013): Abundance and dynamics of filamentous fungi in the complex ambrosia gardens of the primitively eusocial beetle Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 83:711-723
Publications 2012
Frommen J.G., Bakker T.C.M., Proscurcin L.C. & Mehlis M. (2012): Gravidity-associated shoaling decisions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ethology 118:1149–1156
Taborsky B. & Oliveira R.F. (2012): Social competence: an evolutionary approach. Trends Ecol. Evol. 27:679-688
Taborsky M. (2012): Das Kernproblem der Evolutionstheorie: Kooperation und Altruismus. Evolution wohin? Die Folgen der darwinschen Theorie (Hrsg. M. Dubach) Vdf Hochschulverlag, ETH Zuerich 115-125
Riebli T., Taborsky M., Chervet N., Apolloni N., Zürcher Y. & Heg D. (2012): Behavioural type, status and social context affect behaviour and resource allocation in cooperatively breeding cichlids. Anim. Behav. 84:925-936
Biedermann P.H.W., Peer K. & Taborsky M. (2012): Female dispersal and reproduction in the ambrosia beetle Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Coleoptera; Scolytinae). Mitt. Dtsch. Ges. allg. angew. Entomol. 18:231-235
Schuetz D., Heg-Bachar Z., Taborsky M. & Heg D. (2012): Spawning coordination of mates in a shell brooding cichlid Int. J. Evol. Biol. ID:517849
De Fine Licht H.H. & Biedermann P.H.W. (2012): Patterns of functional enzyme activity in fungus farming ambrosia beetles. Front. Zool. 9:13
Schädelin F.C., Fischer S. & Wagner R.H. (2012): Reduction in predator defense in the presence of neighbors in a colonial fish. PLoS ONE. 7:e35833
Mehlis M., Frommen J.G., Rahn A.K., & Bakker T.C.M. (2012): Inbreeding in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): effects on testis and sperm traits. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 107:510-520
Taborsky B., Heino M. & Dieckmann U. (2012): Size-dependent mortality and competition interactively shape community diversity. Evolution 66:3524-3544
Robinson M.R., Van Doorn G.S., Gustafsson L. & Qvarnström A. (2012): Environment-dependent selection on mate choice in a natural population of birds. Ecol. Lett. 15:611-618
Servedio M.R., Van Doorn G.S., Kopp M., Frame A.M. & Nosil P. (2012): Magic traits, pleiotropy and effect sizes: a response to Haller et al. Trends Ecol. Evol. 27:5-6
Segers F.H.I.D. & Taborsky B. (2012): Competition level determines compensatory growth abilities. Behav. Ecol. 23:665-671
Sefc K.M., Hermann C.M., Taborsky B. & Koblmüller S. (2012): Brood mixing and reduced polyandry in a maternally mouthbrooding cichlid with elevated among-breeder relatedness. Mol. Ecol. 21:2805-2815
Taborsky B., Arnold C., Junker J. & Tschopp A. (2012): The early social environment affects social competence in a cooperative breeder. Anim. Behav. 83:1067-1074
Schneeberger K., Dietz M. & Taborsky M. (2012): Reciprocal cooperation between unrelated rats depends on cost to donor and benefit to recipient. BMC Evol. Biol. 12:41
Kotrschal A., Heckel G., Bonfils D. & Taborsky B. (2012): Life-stage specific environments in a ciclid fish: implications for inducible maternal effects. Evol. Ecol. 26:123-137
Segers F.H.I.D. & Taborsky B. (2012): Juvenile exposure to predator cues induces a large egg size in fish. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 279:1241-1248
Segers F.H.I.D., Berishvili G. & Taborsky B. (2012): Egg size-dependent expression of growth hormone receptor accompanies compensatory growth in fish. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 279:592-600
Van Doorn G.S. & Taborsky M. (2012): The evolution of generalized reciprocity on social interaction networks. Evolution 66:651-664
Publications 2011
Servedio M.R., van Doorn G.S., Kopp M., Frame A.M. & Nosil P. (2011): Magic traits in speciation: 'magic' but not rare? Trends Ecol. Evol. 26:389-397
Weissing F.J., Edelaar P. & van Doorn G.S. (2011): Adaptive speciation theory: a conceptual review. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:461-480
Keller L., Peer K., Bernasconi C., Taborsky M. & Shuker D.M. (2011): Inbreeding and selection on sex ratio in the bark beetle Xylosandrus germanus. BMC Evol. Biol. 11:359
Schütz D. & Taborsky M. (2011): Sexual selection in the water spider: female choice and male-male competition. Ethology 117:1101-1110
Rutte C. (2011): The sacred commons: Conflicts and solutions of resource management in sacred natural sites. Biol. Cons. 144:2387-2394
Bruintjes R., Bonfils D., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2011): Paternity of subordinates raises cooperative effort in cichlids. PLoS ONE 6:e25673
Biedermann P.H.W. & Taborsky M. (2011): Larval helpers and age polyethism in ambrosia beetles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:17064-17069
Riebli T., Avgan B., Bottini A.M., Duc C., Taborsky M. & Heg D. (2011): Behavioural type affects dominance and growth in staged encounters of cooperatively breeding cichlids. Anim. Behav. 81:313-323
Barta Z., McNamara J.M., Huszár D.B. & Taborsky M. (2011): Cooperation among non-relatives evolves by state-dependent generalized reciprocity. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 278:843-848
Lehner S.R., Rutte C. & Taborsky M. (2011): Rats benefit from winner and loser effects. Ethology 117: 1-12.
Le Vin A.L., Mable B.K., Taborsky M., Heg D. & Arnold K.E. (2011): Individual variation in helping in a cooperative breeder: relatedness versus behavioural type. Anim. Behav. 82:467-477
Kotrschal A., Fischer B. & Taborsky B. (2011): A noninvasive method to determine fat content in small fish based on swim bladder size estimation. J. Exp. Zool. 315:408-415
Heg D., Schürch R. & Rothenberger S. (2011): Behavioral type and growth rate in a ciclid fish. Behav. Ecol. 22:1227-1233
Frommen J.G. (2011): Book review: Tinbergen`s legacy in Behaviour (von Hippel 2010). J. Fish Biol. 79:310-311
Segers F.H.I.D., Gerber B. & Taborsky B. (2011): Do maternal food deprivation and offspring predator cues interactively affect maternal effort in fish? Ethology 117:708-721
Mersmann D., Tomasello M., Call J., Kaminski J. & Taborsky M. (2011): Simple mechanisms can explain social learning in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Ethology 117:675-690
Häsler M.P., Lindeyer C.M., Otti O., Bonfils D., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2011): Female mouthbrooders in control of pre- and postmating sexual selection. Behav. Ecol. 22:1033-1041
Townsend S.W., Zöttl M. & Manser M.B. (2011): All clear? Meerkats attend to contextual information in close calls to coordinate vigilance. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:1927-1934
Bhagwat S.A., Ormsby A.A. & Rutte C. (2011): Role of religion in linking conservation and development: challenges and opportunities. J. Stud. Rel. Nat. Cult. 5:39-60
Chervet N., Zöttl M., Schürch R., Taborsky M. & Heg D. (2011): Repeatability and heritability of behavioural types in a social cichlid. Int. J. Evol. Biol. ID:321729
Fischer B., Dieckmann U. & Taborsky B. (2011): When to store energy in a stochastic environment. Evolution 65:1221-1232
Segers F.H.I.D. & Taborsky B. (2011): Egg size and food abundance interactively affect juvenile growth and behaviour. Funct. Ecol. 25:166-176
Biedermann P.H.W., Klepzig K.D. & Taborsky M. (2011): Costs of delayed dispersal and alloparental care in the fungus-cultivating ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (Scolytinae: Curculionidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:1753–1761
Abbot P., et al. (2011): Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471:E1-E4
Bruintjes R. & Taborsky M. (2011): Size-dependent task specialization in a cooperative cichlid in response to experimental variation of demand. Anim. Behav. 81:387-394
Grubbs K.J. et al. (2011): Complete genome sequence of Streptomyces griseus strain XylebKG-1, an Ambrosia beetle-sssociated actinomycete. J. Bacteriol. 193:2890-2891
Heg D., Rothenberger S. & Schürch R. (2011): Habitat saturation, benefits of philopatry, relatedness and the extent of co-operative breeding in a cichlid. Behav. Ecol. 22:82-92
Fischer B., Taborsky B. & Kokko H. (2011): How to balance the offspring quality-quantity tradeoff when environmental cues are unreliable. Oikos 120:258-270
Wolf M., Van Doorn G.S. & Weising F.J. (2011): On the coevolution of social responsiveness and behavioural consistency. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 278:440-448
Publications 2010
van Doorn G.S. & Kirkpatrick M. (2010): Transitions between male and female heterogamety caused by sex-antagonistic selection. Genetics 186:629-645
Taborsky M. (2010): Anonymous (and other) social experience and the evolution of cooperation by reciprocity. In: Social behaviour: genes, ecology and evolution (Eds. Szekely T., Moore A.J. & Komdeur J.). Cambridge University Press. 470-473
Ota K., Heg D., Hori M. & Kohda M. (2010): Sperm phenotypic plasticity in a shell-brooding cichlid: a territorial male's counterstrategy to spawning takeover. Behav. Ecol. 21:1293-1300
Schürch R., Rothenberger S. & Heg D. (2010): The building-up of social relationships: behavioural types, social networks and cooperative breeding in a cichlid. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 365:4089-4098
Witsenburg F., Schürch R., Otti O. & Heg D. (2010): Behavioural types and ecological effects in a natural population of the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Anim. Behav. 80:757-767
Van de Pol M. et al. (2010): Do changes in the frequency, magnitude and timing of extreme climatic events threaten the population viability of coastal birds? J. Appl. Ecol. 47:720-730
Kotrschal A. & Taborsky B. (2010): Resource Defence or Exploded Lek? – A Question of Perspective. Ethology 116:1189–1198
Awata S., Kohda M., Shibata J., Hori M. & Heg D. (2010): Group structure, nest size and reproductive success in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Julidochromis ornatus: a correlation study. Ethology 116:316-328
Raveh S., Heg D., Dobson F.S., Coltman D.W., Gorrell J.C., Balmer A. & Neuhaus P. (2010): Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus). Behav. Ecol. 21:537-547
Heg D. (2010): Status-dependent and strategic growth adjustments in female cooperative cichlids. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64:1309-1316
Bergmüller R. & Taborsky M. (2010): Animal personality due to social niche specialisation. Trends Ecol. Evol. 25:504-511
Taborsky M. (2010): Ethology in Europe. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 1 (Eds. Breed M.D. & Moore J.) Elsevier. 649-651
Taborsky M. & Neat F.C. (2010): Fertilization mode, sperm competition, and cryptic female choice shape primary sexual characters in fish. In: The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals (Eds. Leonard J. & Cordoba-Aguilar A.) Oxford University Press. 379-408
Biedermann P.H.W. (2010): Observations on sex ratio and behavior of males in Xyleborinus saxesenii Ratzeburg (Scolytinae, Coleoptera). In: Sixty years of discovering scolytine and platypodine diversity: A tribute to Stephen L. Wood (Eds. Cognato A.I. & Knížek M.). ZooKeys 56:253-267
Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2010): Helper response to experimentally manipulated predation risk in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. PLoS ONE 5:e10784
Schürch R. & Heg D. (2010): Variation in helper type affects group stability and reproductive decisions in a cooperative breeder. Ethology 116:257–269
Schürch R. & Heg D. (2010): Life history and behavioral type in the highly social cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Behav. Ecol. 21:588-598
Voigt-Heucke S.L., Taborsky M. & Dechmann D.K.N. (2010): A dual function of echolocation: bats use echolocation calls to identify familiar and unfamiliar individuals. Anim. Behav. 80:59-67, Highlighted by Science.
Schaedelin F.C. & Taborsky M. (2010): Female choice of a non-bodily ornament: an experimental study of cichlid sand craters in Cyathopharynx furcifer. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64:1437-1447
Bruintjes R., Hekman R. & Taborsky M. (2010): Experimental global food reduction raises resource acquisition costs of brood care helpers and reduces their helping effort. Funct. Ecol. 24:1054-1063
Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J. (2010): Alternative reproductive tactics and life history phenotypes. In: Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms (Ed. Kappeler P.) Springer, Berlin. 537-586
Kotrschal A. & Taborsky B. (2010): Environmental change enhances cognitive abilities in fish. PLoS Biol. 8:e1000351
Kotrschal A. (2010): Telomere: Spuren die das Leben schrieb. Gehirn & Geist 3:64-67
Schütz D., Pachler G., Ripmeester E., Goffinet O. & Taborsky M. (2010): Reproductive investment of giants and dwarfs: specialized tactics in a cichlid fish with alternative male morphs. Funct. Ecol. 24:131-140
Arnold C. & Taborsky B. (2010): Social experience in early ontogeny has lasting effects on social skills in cooperatively breeding cichlids. Anim. Behav. 79:621–630
Taborsky M. (2010): Sample size in the study of behaviour. Ethology 116:185–202
Publications 2009
Haesler M.P., Lindeyer C.M. & Taborsky M. (2009): Reproductive parasitism: male and female responses to conspecific and heterospecific intrusions at spawning in a mouth-brooding cichlid Ophthalmotilapia ventralis. J. Fish Biol. 75:1845–1856
Kohda M., Heg D., Makino Y., Takeyama T., Shibata J., Watanabe K., Munehara H., Hori M. & Awata S. (2009): Living on the wedge: female control of paternity in a cooperatively polyandrous cichlid. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 276:4207-4214
Heg D., Jutzeler E., Mitchell J.S. & Hamilton I.M. (2009): Helpful female subordinate cichlids are more likely to reproduce. PLoS ONE 4:e5458
Van Doorn G.S., Edelaar P. & Weising F.J. (2009): On the origin of species by natural and sexual selection. Science 326:1704-1707
Rutte C. & Pfeiffer T. (2009): Evolution of reciprocal altruism by copying observed behaviour. Curr. Sci. 97:1573-1578
Mitchell J.S., Jutzeler E., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2009): Gender differences in the costs that subordinate group members impose on dominant males in a cooperative breeder. Ethology 115:1162-1174
Mitchell J.S., Jutzeler E., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2009): Dominant members of cooperatively-breeding groups adjust their behaviour in response to the sexes of subordinates. Behaviour 146:1665-1686
Taborsky M (2009): Reproductive skew in cooperative fish groups: virtue and limitations of alternative modeling approaches. In: Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes (Eds. Hager R. & Jones C.B.). Cambridge University Press. 265-304
Biedermann P.H.W., Klepzig K.R. & Taborsky M. (2009): Fungus cultivation by ambrosia beetles: Behavior and laboratory breeding success in three Xyleborine species. Environ. Entomol. 38:1096-1105
Schaedelin F.C. & Taborsky M. (2009): Extended phenotypes as signals. Biological Reviews 84:293–313
Immler S. & Taborsky M. (2009): Sequential polyandry affords post-mating sexual selection in the mouths of cichlid females. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63:1219-1230
Rankin D.J. & Eggimann F. (2009): The evolution of judgement bias in indirect reciprocity. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 276:1339–1345
Biedermann P.H.W. & Kärcher M.H. (2009): Weather-dependent activity and flying height of Barn Swallows, Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758, and House Martins, Delichon urbicum (Linnaeus 1758). Egretta 50:76-81
Taborsky B., Guyer L. & Taborsky M. (2009): Size-assortative mating in the absence of mate choice. Anim. Behav. 77:439–448
Fischer B., Taborsky B. & Dieckmann U. (2009): Unexpected patterns of plastic energy allocation in stochastic environments. Am. Nat. 173:E108-E120
Rankin D.J. & Taborsky M. (2009): Assortment and the evolution of generalized reciprocity. Evolution 63:1913-1922
Taborsky M. (2009): Biased citation practice and taxonomic parochialism. Ethology 115:105–111
Publications 2008
Bender N., Taborsky M., & Power D.M. (2008): The role of prolactin in the regulation of brood care in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher. J. Exp. Zool. 309A:515–524
Ilmonen P., Kotrschal A. & Penn D.J. (2008): Telomere Attrition Due to Infection. PLoS ONE 3:e2143
Delhey K., Peters A., Biedermann P.H.W. & Kempenaers, B. (2008): Optical properties of the uropygial gland secretion: no evidence for UV cosmetics in birds. Naturwissenschaften 95:939-946
Kärcher M.H., Biedermann P.H.W., Hrassnigg N. & Crailsheim K. (2008): Predator-prey interaction between drones of Apis mellifera carnica and insectivorous birds. Apidology 39:302-309
Hirschenhauser K., Canario A.V.M., Ros A.F.H., Taborsky M. & Oliveira R.F. (2008): Social context may affect urinary excretion of 11-ketotestosterone in African cichlids. Behaviour 145:1367-1388
Bruintjes R. & Taborsky M. (2008): Helpers in a cooperative breeder pay a high price to stay: effects of demand, helper size and sex. Anim. Behav. 75:1843-1850
Hochberg M.E., Rankin D.J. & Taborsky M. (2008): The coevolution of cooperation and dispersal in social groups and its implications for the emergence of multicellularity. BMC Evol. Biol. 8:238
Heg D., Heg-Bachar Z., Brouwer L. & Taborsky M. (2008): Experimentally induced helper dispersal in colonially breeding cooperative cichlids. Environ. Biol. Fish. 83:191-206
Dierkes P., Taborsky M. & Achmann R. (2008): Multiple paternity in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:1581–1589
Maan M.E. & Taborsky M. (2008): Sexual conflict over breeding substrate causes female expulsion and offspring loss in a cichlid fish. Behav. Ecol. 19:302-308
Bender N., Heg-Bachar Z., Oliveira R.F., Canario A.V.M., & Michael Taborsky (2008): Hormonal control of brood care and social status in a cichlid fish with brood care helpers. Physiol. Behav. 94:349-358
Oliveira R., Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J. (2008): "Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach". Cambridge University Press. 507pp.
Taborsky M., Oliviera R.F. & Brockmann H.J. (2008): The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions. In: Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach (Eds. Oliveira R., Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J.). Cambridge University Press. 1-21
Brockmann H.J. & Taborsky M. (2008): Alternative reproductive tactics and the evolution of alternative allocation phenotypes. In: Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach (Eds. Oliveira R., Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J.). Cambridge University Press. 25-51
Taborsky M. (2008): Alternative reproductive tactics in fish. In: Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach (Eds. Oliveira R., Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J.). Cambridge University Press. 251-299
Brockmann H.J., Oliveira R.F., & Taborsky M. (2008): Integrating mechanisms and function:prospects for future research. In: Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach (Eds. Oliveira R., Taborsky M. & Brockmann H.J.). Cambridge University Press. 471-489
Taborsky M. (2008): The use of theory in behavioural research. Ethology 114:1-6
Moksnes A. et al. (2008): Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females. J. Avian Biol. 39:238-241
Rutte C. & Taborsky M. (2008): The influence of social experience on cooperative behaviour of rats (Rattus norvegicus): direct vs generalised reciprocity. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:499–505
Kohda M., Shibata J., Awata S., Gomagano D., Takeyama T., Hori M. & Heg D. (2008): Niche differentiation depends on body size in a cichlid fish: a model system of a community structured according to size regularities. J. Anim. Ecol. 77:859-868
Heg D. & Hamilton I.M. (2008): Tug-of-war over reproduction in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:1249-1257
Hamilton I.M. & Heg D. (2008): Sex differences in the effect of social status on the growth of subordinates in a co-operatively breeding cichlid. J. Fish Biol. 72:1079-1088
Heg D. (2008): Reproductive suppression in female cooperatively breeding cichlids. Biol. Lett. 4:606-609
Heg D., Jutzeler E., Bonfils D. & Mitchell J. S. (2008): Group composition affects male reproductive partitioning in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Mol. Ecol. 17:4359-4370
Konovalov D.A. & Heg D. (2008): Estimation of population allele frequencies from small samples containing multiple generations. Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference 14–17 January 2008, Kyoto, Japan, Imperial College Press, London 321–331
Konovalov D.A. & Heg D. (2008): Technical advances: A maximum-likelihood relatedness estimator allowing for negative relatedness values. Mol. Ecol. Notes 8:256-263
Rankin D.J. (2008): Can punishment maintain sex? Oikos 117:173-176
Kokko H., Heubel K.U. & Rankin D.J. (2008): How populations persist when asexuality requires sex: the spatial dynamics of coping with sperm parasites. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 275:817-825
Rankin, D.J. & Arnqvist, G. (2008): Sexual dimorphism is associated with population fitness in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Evolution 62:622-630
Publications 2007
Kotrschal A., Ilmonen P. & Penn D.J. (2007): Stress impacts telomere dynamics. Biol. Lett. 3:128-130
Rankin D.J., Bargum K. & Kokko H. (2007): The tragedy of the commons in evolutionary biology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 22:643-651
Rankin, D.J. (2007): Simple maths for a perplexing world. Science 318:919
Vande Pol M.,Pen I., Heg D. & Weissing F.J. (2007): Variation in habitat choice and delayed reproduction: Adaptive queuing strategies or individual quality differences? Am. Nat. 170:530-541
Hamilton I.M. & Heg D. (2007): Clutch-size adjustments and skew models: effects on reproductive partitioning and group stability. Behav. Ecol. 18:467-476
Skubic E. (2007): Cooperation theory of cooperative breeding. Behav. Process. 76:90-94
Diaz P.C., Grüter C. & Farina W.M. (2007): Floral scents affect the distribution of hive bees around dancers. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61:1589-1597
Grüter C. & Farina W.M. (2007): Nectar distribution and its relation to food quality in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Insect. Soc. 54:87-94
Farina W.M., Grüter C., Acosta L. & Mc Cabe S. (2007): Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive. Naturwissenschaften 94:55-60
Duftner N., Sefc K.M., Koblmüller S., Salzburger W., Taborsky M. & Sturmbauer C. (2007): Parallel evolution of facial stripe patterns in the Neolamprologus brichardi/pulcher species complex endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45:706-715
Taborsky M. (2007): Cooperation built the Tower of Babel. Behav. Process. 76:95-99
Schütz D., Taborsky M. & Drapela T. (2007): Air bells of water spiders are an extended phenotype modified in response to gas composition. J. Exp. Zool. 307A:549-555
Steinegger M. & Taborsky B. (2007): Asymmetric sexual conflict over parental care in a biparental cichlid. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61:933-941
Taborsky B., Skubic E. & Bruintjes R. (2007): Mothers adjust egg size to helper number in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behav. Ecol. 18:652-657
Rutte C. & Taborsky M. (2007): Generalized reciprocity in rats. PLoS Biol. 5:1421-1425
Taborsky M. (2007): Impact factor statistics and publication practice: What can we learn? Ethology 113:1-8
Bergmueller R. & Taborsky M. (2007): Adaptive behavioural syndromes due to strategic niche specialization. BMC Ecol. 7:12
Peer K. & Taborsky M. (2007): Delayed dispersal as a potential route to cooperative breeding in ambrosia beetles. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61:729-730
Publications 2006
Grüter C., Acosta L.E. & Farina W.M. (2006): Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive. Behav. Ecol. Sociobio. 60:707-713
Schütz D., Parker G.A., Taborsky M. & Sato T. (2006): An optimality approach to male and female body sizes in an extremely size-dimorphic cichlid fish. Evol. Ecol. Res. 8:1393-1408.
Dalbeck L. & Heg D. (2006): Reproductive success of a reintroduced population of eagle owls Bubo bubo in relation to habitat characteristics in the Eifel, Germany. Ardea 94:3-21
Heg D. & Bachar Z. (2006): Cooperative breeding in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Julidochromis ornatus. Environ. Biol. Fish. 76:265-281
Biedermann P.H.W. (2006): Hidden leks in the Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus? - Investigations from the Khan Khentey reserve (Mongolia). Acrocephalus 27(128-129):21-35
Wirtz S. & Steinmann P. (2006): Sperm characteristics in perch Perca fluviatilis L. J. Fish Biol. 68:1896-1902
Heg D., Bergmüller R., Bonfils D., Otti O., Bachar Z., Burri R., Heckel G. & Taborsky M. (2006): Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options. Behav.l Ecol. 17:419-429
Van de Pol M., Bruinzeel L.W., Heg D., van der Jeugd H.P. & Verhulst S. (2006): A silver spoon for a golden future: long-term effects of natal origin on fitness prospects of oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus). J. Anim. Ecol. 75:616-626
Bender N., Heg D., Hamilton I.M., Bachar Z., Taborsky M. & Oliveira R.F. (2006): The relationship between social status, behaviour, growth and steroids in male helpers and breeders of a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Horm. Behav. 50:173-182
Taborsky M. (2006): Ethology into a new era. Ethology 112:1-6
Awata S., Heg D., Munehara H. & Kohda M. (2006): Testis size depends on social status and the presence of male helpers in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Julidochromis ornatus. Behav. Ecol. 17:372-379
Schaedelin F.C. & Taborsky M. (2006): Mating craters of Cyathopharynx furcifer (Cichlidae) are individually specific, extended phenotypes. Anim. Behav. 72:753-761
Heg D., Heyl S., Rasa O.A.E. & Peschke K. (2006): Reproductive skew and communal breeding in the subsocial beetle Parastizopus armaticeps. Anim. Behav. 71:427-437
Taborsky B. (2006): Mothers determine offspring size in response to own juvenile growth conditions. Biol. Lett. 2:225-228
Rutte C., Taborsky M. & Brinkhof M.W.G. (2006): What sets the odds of winning and losing? Trends Ecol. Evol. 21:16-21
Taborsky M. (2006): Of gulls, geese and two men. (Book review) Trends Ecol. Evol. 21:119-120
Taborsky B. (2006): The influence of juvenile and adult environments on life-history trajectories. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 273:741-750
Hamilton I.M., Haesler M.P. & Taborsky M. (2006): Predators, reproductive parasites, and the persistence of poor males on leks. Behav. Ecol. 17:97-107
Heg D. (2006): Monogamy pays. Experimental liaisons and threesomes. In: Seeking Nature's Limits: Ecologists in the Field (Ed. Drent R.) KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.
Publications 2005
Farina W.M., Grüter C. & Diaz P.C. (2005): Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:1923-1928
Hamilton I.M. & Taborsky M. (2005): Contingent movement and cooperation evolve under generalized reciprocity. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:2259-2267
Hamilton I.M., Heg, D. & Bender, N. (2005): Size differences within a dominance hierarchy influence conflict and help in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behaviour 142:1591-1613
Komdeur J. & Heg D. (2005): Cooperation and conflict over investment strategies in animals. Behaviour 142:1433-1447
Dierkes P., Heg D., Taborsky M., Skubic E., & Achmann R. (2005): Genetic relatedness in groups is sex-specific and declines with age of helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Ecol. Lett. 8:968-975
Heg D., Bachar Z. & Taborsky M. (2005): Cooperative breeding and group structure in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Neolamprologus savoryi. Ethology 111:1017-1043
Stiver K.A., Dierkes P., Taborsky M., Gibbs H.L. & Balshine S. (2005): Relatedness and helping in fish: examining the theoretical predictions. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:1593-1599
Schütz D. & Taborsky M. (2005): The influence of sexual selection and ecological constraints on an extreme sexual size dimorphism in a cichlid. Anim. Behav. 70:539-549
Pfeiffer T., Rutte C., Killingback T., Taborsky M., & Bonhoeffer S. (2005): Evolution of cooperation by generalized reciprocity. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:1115-1120
Brouwer L., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2005): Experimental evidence for helper effects in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behav. Ecol. 16:667-673
Peer K. & Taborsky M. (2005): Outbreeding depression, but no inbreeding depression in haplodiploid ambrosia beetles with regular sibling mating. Evolution 59:317-323
Heg D., Brouwer L., Bachar Z. & Taborsky M. (2005): Large group size yields group stability in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Behaviour 142:1615-1641
Bergmüller R., Heg D. Peer K. & Taborsky M. (2005): Extended safe havens and between-group dispersal of helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Behaviour 142:1643-1667
Hamilton I.M. & Taborsky M. (2005): Unrelated helpers will not fully compensate for costs imposed on breeders when they pay to stay. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:445-454
Bergmüller R., Heg D. & Taborsky M. (2005): Helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid stay and pay or disperse and breed, depending on ecological constraints. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:325-331
Bergmüller R. & Taborsky M. (2005): Experimental manipulation of helping in a cooperative breeder: helpers 'pay to stay' by pre-emptive appeasement. Anim. Behav. 69:19-28
Haesler M.P., & Seehausen O. (2005): Inheritance of female mating preference in a sympatric sibling species pair of Lake Victoria cichlids: implications for speciation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272:237-245
Schürch R. & Taborsky B. (2005): The functional significance of buccal feeding in the mouthbrooding cichlid Tropheus moorii . Behaviour 142:265-281
Grüter C. & Taborsky B. (2005): Sex ratio and the sexual conflict about brood care in a biparental mouthbrooder. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 58:44-52
Schütz D. & Taborsky M. (2005): Mate choice and sexual conflict in the size dimorphic water spider, Argyroneta aquatica (Araneae: Argyronetidae). J. Arachnology 33:767-775
Publications 2004
Stiver K.A., Dierkes P., Taborsky M. & Balshine, S. (2004): Dispersal patterns and status change in a co-operatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher: evidence from microsatellite analyses and behavioural observations. J. Fish Biol. 65:91-105
Dubois F., Giraldeau L.A., Hamilton I.M., Grant J.W.A. & Lefebvre L. (2004): Distraction sneakers decrease the expected level of aggression within groups: A game-theoretic model. Am. Nat. 164:E32-E45
Grüter C. & Taborsky B. (2004): Mouthbrooding and biparental care: an unexpected combination, but male broodcare pays. Anim. Behav. 68:1283-1289
Hamilton I.M. (2004): A commitment model of reproductive inhibition in cooperatively breeding groups. Behav. Ecol. 15:585-591
Hamilton, I.M. (2004): Distance to neighbours influences the trade-off between hiding after disturbance and defending food patches in convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 56:530-538
Heg D. & Rasa O.A.E. (2004): Effects of parental body condition and size on reproductive success in a tenebrionid beetle with biparental care. Ecol. Entomol. 29:410-419
Heg D., Bender N. & Hamilton I. (2004): Strategic growth decisions in helper cichlids. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 271:5505-5508
Heg D., Bachar Z., Brouwer L. & Taborsky M. (2004): Predation risk is an ecological constraint for helper dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 271:2367-2374
Hirschenhauser K., Taborsky M., Oliveira T., Canario A.V.M. & Oliveira R. F. (2004): A test of the 'challenge hypothesis' in cichlid fish: simulated partner and territory intruder experiments. Anim. Behav. 68:741-750
Peer K. & Taborsky M. (2004): Female ambrosia beetles adjust their offspring sex ratio according to outbreeding opportunities for their sons. J. Evol. Biol. 17:257-264
Rasa O.A.E. & Heg D. (2004): Individual variation and prior experience affect the discrimination of a brood-parasite by its subsocial beetle host. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 57:155-163
Saether B.-E. et al. (2004). Life-history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population dynamics. Am. Nat. 164:793-802
Sato T., Hirose M., Taborsky M. & Kimura S. (2004): Size-dependent male alternative reproductive tactics in the shell-brooding cichlid fish Lamprologus callipterus in Lake Tanganyika. Ethology 110:49-62
Skjelseth S., Moksnes A., Roskaft E., Gibbs H.L., Taborsky M., Taborsky B., Honza M. & Kleven, O. (2004): Parentage and host in the common cockoo Cuculus canorus. J. Avian Biol. 35:21-24
Skubic E., Taborsky M. , McNamara J.M. & Houston A.I. (2004): When to parasitize? A dynamic optimization model of reproductive strategies in a cooperative breeder. J. Theor. Biol. 227:487-501
Taborsky B. & Foerster K. (2004): Female mouthbrooders adjust incubation duration to perceived risk of predation. Anim. Behav. 68:1275-1281
Tebbich S., Taborsky M., Fessl B., Dvorak M. & Winkler H. (2004): Feeding behavior of four arboreal Darwin's finches: Adaptations to spatial and seasonal variability. Condor 106:95-105
Vogl W., Taborsky B., Taborsky M., Teuschl, Y. & Honza M. (2004): Habitat and space use of European cuckoo females during the egg laying period. Behaviour 141:881-898
Publications 2003
Honza M., Taborsky B., Taborsky M., Teuschl Y., Vogl W., Moksnes A. & Roskaft E. (2003): Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study. Anim. Behav. 65:1057-1057
Hamilton I.M. & Dill L.M.(2003): The use of territorial gardening versus kleptoparasitism by a subtropical reef fish (Kyphosus cornelii) is influenced by territory defendability. Behav. Ecol. 14:561-568
Hamilton I.M. & Dill L.M. (2003): Group foraging by a kleptoparasitic fish: a strong inference test of social foraging models. Ecology 84:3349-3359.
Oliveira, R.F., Hirschenhauser, K., Canario, A.V.M. & Taborsky, M. (2003): Androgen levels of reproductive competitors in a co-operatively breeding cichlid. J. Fish Biol. 63:1615-1620
Heg, D., Bruinzeel, L.W. & Ens, B.J. (2003): Fitness consequences of divorce in the oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus. Anim. Behav. 66:175-184
Schütz D., Taborsky M. (2003): Adaptations to an aquatic life may be responsible for the reversed sexual size dimorphism in the water spider, Argyroneta aquatica. Evol. Ecol. Res. 5:105-117
Taborsky, B., Dieckmann, U. & Heino, M. (2003): Unexpected discontinuities in life-history evolution under size-dependent mortality. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 270:713-721
Publications 2002
Candolin U. & Reynolds J.D. (2002): Why do males tolerate sneakers? Tests with the European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 51:146-152
Honza M., Taborsky B., Taborsky M., Teuschl Y., Vogl W., Moksnes A. & Roskaft E. (2002): Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study. Anim. Behav. 64:861-868
Vogl W., Taborsky M., Taborsky B., Teuschl Y. & Honza M. (2002): Cuckoo females preferentially use specific habitats when searching for host nests. Anim. Behav. 64:843-850
Tebbich S., Taborsky M., Fessl B. & Dvorak M. (2002): The ecology of tool-use in the woodpecker finch (Cactospiza callida): Ecol. Lett. 5:656-664
Schöfl G. & Taborsky M. (2002): Prolonged tandem formation in fire bugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) serves mate guarding, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52:426-433
Publications 2001
Tebbich S., Taborsky M., Fessel B. & Blomqvist D. (2001): Do woodpecker finches acquire tool-use by social learning? Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 268:2189-2193
Candolin U. & Reynolds J.D. (2001): Sexual signaling in the European bitterling: females learn the truth by direct inspection of the resource. Behav. Ecol. 12:407-411
Danchin E., Heg D. & Doligez B. (2001): Public information and breeding habitat selection. In: Dispersal (Eds. Clobert J., Danchin E., Dhondt A.A. & Nichols J.D.) Oxford University Press pp. 243-258
Huber, L., Rechberger, S. & Taborsky, M. (2001): Social learning affects object exploration and manipulation in keas, Nestor notabilis. Anim. Behav. 62:945-954
Taborsky, M. (2001): The evolution of bourgeois, parasitic and cooperative reproductive behaviors in fishes. J. Hered. 92:100-110
Balshine S., Leach B., Neat F., Reid H.,Taborsky M. & Werner, N. (2001): Correlates of group size in a cooperatively breeding cichlid Fish. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 50:134-140
Taborsky, B. (2001): Die Tricks des Parasiten? Wie der Kuckuck seine Wirtsvögel überlistet. Ornis 1:9-13
Publications 2000
Alonzo S.H., Taborsky M. & Wirtz P. (2000): Male alternative reproductive behaviours in a Mediterranean wrasse, Symphodus ocellatus: Evidence from otoliths for muliple life-history pathways. Evol. Ecol. Res. 2:997-1007
Schütz D. & Taborsky M. (2000): Giant males or dwarf females: what determines the extreme sexual size dimorphism in Lamprologus callipterus? J. Fish Biol. 57:1254-1265
