| Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird KA Spencer, KL Buchanan, S Leitner, AR Goldsmith, CK Catchpole Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1576), 2037-2043, 2005 | 221 | 2005 |
| Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch KL Buchanan, S Leitner, KA Spencer, AR Goldsmith, CK Catchpole Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 221 | 2004 |
| Seasonal changes in the song pattern of the non-domesticated island canary (Serinus canaria) a field study S Leitner, C Voigt, M Gahr Behaviour 138 (7), 885-904, 2001 | 145 | 2001 |
| Pollutants increase song complexity and the volume of the brain area HVC in a songbird S Markman, S Leitner, C Catchpole, S Barnsley, CT Müller, D Pascoe, ... PloS one 3 (2), e1674, 2008 | 124 | 2008 |
| Immediate early gene (ZENK, Arc) expression in the auditory forebrain of female canaries varies in response to male song quality S Leitner, C Voigt, R Metzdorf, CK Catchpole Journal of neurobiology 64 (3), 275-284, 2005 | 92 | 2005 |
| Seasonal activation and inactivation of song motor memories in wild canaries is not reflected in neuroanatomical changes of forebrain song areas S Leitner, C Voigt, LM Garcia-Segura, T Van't Hof, M Gahr Hormones and behavior 40 (2), 160-168, 2001 | 92 | 2001 |
| Seasonality in song behaviour revisited: seasonal and annual variants and invariants in the song of the domesticated canary (Serinus canaria) C Voigt, S Leitner Hormones and behavior 54 (3), 373-378, 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds C Frankl-Vilches, H Kuhl, M Werber, S Klages, M Kerick, A Bakker, ... Genome biology 16, 1-25, 2015 | 70 | 2015 |
| Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch JL Woodgate, ATD Bennett, S Leitner, CK Catchpole, KL Buchanan Animal Behaviour 79 (6), 1381-1390, 2010 | 69 | 2010 |
| Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod S Leitner, TJ Van’t Hof, M Gahr General and comparative endocrinology 130 (2), 102-108, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| Syllable repertoire and the size of the song control system in captive canaries (Serinus canaria) S Leitner, CK Catchpole Journal of neurobiology 60 (1), 21-27, 2004 | 65 | 2004 |
| Female canaries that respond and discriminate more between male songs of different quality have a larger song control nucleus (HVC) in the brain S Leitner, CK Catchpole Journal of Neurobiology 52 (4), 294-301, 2002 | 65 | 2002 |
| Duets recorded in the wild reveal that interindividually coordinated motor control enables cooperative behavior S Hoffmann, L Trost, C Voigt, S Leitner, A Lemazina, H Sagunsky, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 2577, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Repertoire and structure of duet and solo songs in cooperatively breeding white-browed sparrow weavers C Voigt, S Leitner, M Gahr Behaviour 143 (2), 159-182, 2006 | 60 | 2006 |
| Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology LZ Garamszegi, TJS Balsby, BD Bell, M Borowiec, BE Byers, T Draganoiu, ... Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57, 305-317, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Male Song Quality, Egg Size and Offspring Sex in Captive Canaries (Serinus canaria) S Leitner, RC Marshall, B Leisler, CK Catchpole Ethology 112 (6), 554-563, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
| Song and the song control pathway in the brain can develop independently of exposure to song in the sedge warbler S Leitner, J Nicholson, B Leisler, TJ DeVoogd, CK Catchpole Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002 | 49 | 2002 |
| Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations C Dietzen, C Voigt, M Wink, M Gahr, S Leitner Journal of Ornithology 147, 485-494, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch JL Woodgate, S Leitner, CK Catchpole, ML Berg, ATD Bennett, ... Behavioral Ecology 22 (3), 566-573, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds? M Gahr, S Leitner, L Fusani, F Rybak Progress in brain research 138, 233-254, 2002 | 39 | 2002 |
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