Wolfgang Forstmeier

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology — Germany

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(93), Avian ecology and behavior(49), Plant and animal studies(49), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(33), Genetic diversity and population structure(24)

Publications158 total

The germline-restricted chromosome orchestrates germ cell development in passerine birds
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolution of Large Polymorphic Inversions in a Panmictic Songbird
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Are our 95% CIs only worth 45% confidence?
2025Open Access
Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species
2025· 4 citedOpen Access
ECOSoundSet: a finely annotated dataset for the automated acoustic identification of Orthoptera and Cicadidae in North, Central and temperate Western Europe
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology
BMC Biology·2025· 37 citedOpen Access
Sex and Morph Variation in Activity From Early Ontogeny to Maturity in Ruffs ( <i>Calidris pugnax</i> )
Ethology·2024Open Access
Sperm swimming speed and morphology differ slightly among the three genetic morphs of ruff sandpiper (Calidris pugnax), but show no clear polymorphism
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2024Open Access
Variance partitioning of nest provisioning rates in blue tits: individual repeatability, heritability, and partner interactions
Evolution·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Sex and morph variation in activity from early ontogeny to maturity in ruffs ( <i>Calidris pugnax</i> )
2024Open Access
No support for honest signalling of male quality in zebra finch song
2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Experimental rapid and small-scale ecological population divergence in the absence of current natural selection
2024Open Access
Mutual mate guarding with limited sexual conflict in a sex-role-reversed shorebird
Behavioral Ecology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology
2023· 42 citedOpen Access
Differences in sperm swimming speed and morphology between the three genetic morphs in the ruff sandpiper
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Micro Germline-Restricted Chromosome in Blue Tits: Evidence for Meiotic Functions
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism
Molecular Ecology·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Mendelian nightmares: the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds
Chromosome Research·2022· 36 citedOpen Access
Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird
Nature Communications·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Review for "A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications"
2022
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Frequent Co-authors

Bart Kempenaers(19), Holger Schielzeth(11), Ulrich Knief(8), Elisabeth Bolund(6), Simon C. Griffith(5), Malika Ihle(4), Tomáš Albrecht(4), Timothy Parker(3), Jessica Gurevitch(3), Hans Ellegren(3), Katrin Martin(3), Shinichi Nakagawa(3), Jakob C. Mueller(3), André Franke(3), Melanie Schneider(2), Julia Koricheva(2), Fiona Fidler(2), Bernd Leisler(2), T. R. Birkhead(2), Mihai Vâlcu(2)