Culture (behaviour based on socially transmitted information) is present in diverse animal
species, yet how it interacts with genetic evolution remains largely unexplored. Here, we …

Phenotypic differences among individuals can arise during any stage of life. Although
several distinct processes underlying individual differences have been defined and studied …

For vertebrates, annual cycles are organized into a series of breeding and non-breeding
periods that vary in duration and location but are inextricably linked biologically. Here, we …

Noninvasive genetics based on microsatellite markers has become an indispensable tool for
wildlife monitoring and conservation research over the past decades. However …

When and where to move is a fundamental decision to migratory birds, and the fitness‐
related costs and benefits of migratory choices make them subject to strong selective forces …

Many bird populations have recently changed their migratory behavior in response to
alterations of the environment. We collected data over 16 years on male Great Bustards (Otis …

All long‐distance migrants must cope with changing environments, but species differ greatly
in how they do so. In some species, individuals might be able to adjust by learning from …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies provide great resources to study bird
evolution and avian functional genomics. They also allow for the identification of suitable …

The inhomogeneous solar corona is continuously disturbed by transverse MHD waves. In
the inhomogeneous environment of coronal flux tubes, these waves are subject to resonant …

Phylogenetic incongruence can be caused by analytical shortcomings or can be the result of
biological processes, such as hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting and gene …