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Publications

Selected publications 2010 - 1994:

2010
2009 - 2008
2007 - 2006
2005 - 2004
2003 - 2002
2001 - 2000
1999 - 1994
Doctoral dissertations

2010

J. Bakker, M.E.C. van Rijswijk, F.J. Weissing & R. Bijlsma (2010): Consequences of fragmentation for the ability to adapt to novel environments in experimental Drosophila metapopulations. Conserv. Genet. 11, in press.

M.A. Becher, H. Hildenbrandt, C.K. Hemelrijk & R.F.A. Moritz (2010): Brood temperature, task division and colony survival in honeybees: A model. Ecol. Mod. 221, 769-776. (PDF [PDF])

R. Bijlsma, M.D.D. Westerhof, L.P. Roekx & I. Pen (2010): Dynamics of genetic rescue in inbred Drosophila melanogaster populations. Conserv. Genet. 11, in press.

T.W. Fawcett & R.A. Johnstone (2010): Learning your own strength: winner and loser effects should change with age and experience. Proc. R. Soc. B, in press. (PDF [PDF], Supplement 1 [PDF], Supplement 2 [PDF], Supplement 3 [PDF])

M. Kozielska, F.J. Weissing, L.W. Beukeboom, & I. Pen (2010): Segragation distortion and the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms. Heredity 104, 100-112. (PDF [PDF])

B. Kuijper & I. Pen (2010): The evolution of haplodiploidy by male-killing endosymbionts: importance of population structure and endosymbiont mutualisms J. Evol. Biol 23, 40-52. (PDF [PDF], Supplement 1 [PDF], Supplement 2 [PDF])

N.J. Ouborg, C. Pertoldi, V. Loeschcke, R. Bijlsma & P.W. Hedrick (2010): Conservation genetics in transition to conservation genomics. Trends Genet., in press.

R. Raychoudhury, B.K. Grillenberger, J. Gadau, R. Bijlsma, L. van de Zande, J.H. Werren & L.W. Beukeboom (2010): Phylogeography of Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera) indicates a mitochondrial–Wolbachia sweep in North America. Heredity 104, 318-326. (PDF [PDF], Supplement [PDF])

L. Ross, M.B.W. Langenhof, I. Pen, L.W. Beukeboom, S.A. West & D.M. Shuker (2010): Sex allocation in a species with paternal genome elimination: the roles of crowding and female age in the mealybug Planococcus citri. Evol. Ecol. Res. 12, 89-104. (PDF [PDF])

L. Ross, I. Pen & D.M. Shuker (2010): Genomic conflict in scale insects: the causes and consequences of bizarre genetic systems. Biol. Reviews, in press.

Doctoral Dissertations

T.A. Revilla (2010): Multispecies resource competition. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2009

N.H. Barton & H.P. de Vladar (2009): Statistical mechanics and the evolution of polygenic quantitative traits. Genetics 181, 997-1011. (PDF [PDF])

C.A. Botero, R.J. Rossman, L.M. Caro, L.M. Stenzler, I.J. Lovette, S.R. de Kort & S.L. Vehrencamp (2009): Syllable type consistency is related to age, social status and reproductive success in the tropical mockingbird. Anim. Behav. 77, 701-706 (PDF [PDF])

V.S. Brauer, V.N. de Jonge, A.G.J. Buma & F.J. Weissing (2009): Does universal temperature dependence apply to communities? An experimental test using natural marine plankton assemblages. Oikos 118, 1102-1108. (PDF [PDF])

P.D. Dijkstra, C. Hemelrijk, O. Seehausen, & T.G.G. Groothuis (2009): Color polymorphism and intrasexual competition in assemblages of cichlid fish. Behav. Ecol. 20, 138-144. (PDF [PDF])

L. Engqvist (2009): Should I stay or should I go? condition and status dependent courtship decisions in the scorpionfly Panorpa cognata. Anim. Behav. 78, 491-497. (PDF [PDF])

T.W. Fawcett & C. Bleay (2009): Previous experiences shape adaptive mate preferences. Behav. Ecol. 20, 68-78. (PDF [PDF])

B.K. Grillenberger, J. Gadau, R. Bijlsma, L. van de Zande & L.W. Beukeboom (2009): Female dispersal and isolation-by-distance of Nasonia vitripennis populations in a local mate competition context. Entomo. Exp. Appl. 132, 147-154. (PDF [PDF])

B.K. Grillenberger, L. van de Zande, R. Bijlsma, J. Gadau & L.W. Beukeboom (2009): Reproductive strategies under multiparasitism in natural populations of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Hymenoptera). J. Evol. Biol. 22, 460-470. (PDF [PDF])

M.B. Hjernquist, T. Veen, L. Font & M. Klaassen (2009): High individual repeatability and population differentiation in stable isotope ratios in winter-grown collared flycatcher feathers. J. Avian Biol. 40, 1-7. (PDF [PDF])

A.B.F. Ivens, D.R. Nash, M. Poulsen, & J.J. Boomsma (2009): Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants. Behav. Ecol. 20, 378-384. (PDF [PDF])

A.B.F. Ivens, D.M. Shuker, L.W. Beukeboom, & I. Pen (2009): Host acceptance and sex allocation of Nasonia wasps in response to conspecifics and heterospecifics. Proc. R. Soc. B 276, 3663-3669. (PDF [PDF])

T.V. Pollet, T.W. Fawcett, A.P. Buunk & D. Nettle (2009): Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in Rwanda. Biol. Letters 5, 765-768. (PDF [PDF])

I. Puga-Gonzalez, H. Hildenbrandt & C.K. Hemelrijk (2009): Emergent patterns of social affiliation in primates, a model. PLoS Comput. Biol. 5, e1000630, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000630 (PDF [PDF])

D.A.P. Reid, H. Hildenbrandt, J.T. Padding & C.K. Hemelrijk (2009): Flow around fishlike shapes studied using multiparticle collision dynamics. Physical Review E 79, 046313. (PDF [PDF])

M. Riba, M. Mayol, B.E. Giles, O. Ronce, E. Imbert, M. van der Velde, S. Chauvet, L. Ericson, R. Bijlsma, B.Vosman, M.J.M. Smulders & I. Olivieri (2009): Darwin’s wind hypothesis: does it work for plant dispersal in fragmented habitats? New Phytologist 183, 667-677. (PDF [PDF])

L. Ross & D.M. Shuker (2009): Scale insects. Current Biology 19, R184-R186. (PDF [PDF])

D.M. Shuker, A.M. Moynihan & L. Ross (2009): Sexual conflict, sex allocation and the genetic system. Biology Letters 5, 682-685. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, P. Edelaar & F.J. Weissing (2009): On the origin of species by natural and sexual selection Science 326, 1704-1707. (PDF [PDF], SOM [PDF], Perspectives [PDF], Science podcast)

E. van Velzen, L. Schärer & I. Pen (2009): The effect of cryptic female choice on sex allocation in simultaneous hermaphrodites Proc. R. Soc. B 276, 3123–3131. (PDF [PDF])

T. Veen, J. Träff, F.J. Weissing & B.C. Sheldon (2009): Reduced cost of mixed-species pairings in flycatchers: by-product or female strategy? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63, 329–337. (PDF [PDF], Supplement [PDF])

A. Vermeulen, S. Engels, L. Engqvist & K.P. Sauer (2009): Phenotypic plasticity in sperm traits in scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae): consequences of larval history and seasonality on sperm length and sperm transfer. Eur. J. Entomol. 106, 347-352. (PDF [PDF])

Refereed Articles in Proceedings

S. Slingerland, M. Mulder, E. van der Vaart & R. Verbrugge (2009): A multi-agent systems approach to gossip and the evolution of language. In: N.A. Taatgen & R. van Rijn (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 1609-1614. (PDF [PDF])

E. van der Vaart, C. Hemelrijk & R. Verbrugge (2009): Learning where (not) to cache: A cognitive model for corvids. In: N.A. Taatgen & R. van Rijn (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2420-2425. (PDF [PDF])

E. van der Vaart, R. Verbrugge & C. Hemelrijk (2009): Memory effects in the Clark's nutcracker: A cognitive model for corvids. In: A. Howes, D. Peebles & R. Cooper (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling., Manchester, UK. (PDF [PDF])

G. van Valkenhoef, E. van der Vaart & R. Verbrugge (2009): OOPS: An S5_n prover for educational settings. Methods for Modalities 6, Elsevier ENTCS. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

H.P. de Vladar (2009): Variability and stochasticity in the dynamics and genetics of populations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

B.V. Feldmeyer (2009): The effect of temperature on sex determination. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

B.K. Grillenberger (2009): Biogeography, population genetics and mating systems of natural Nasonia populations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

M. Wolf (2009): Adaptive individual differences: the evolution of animal personalities. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2008

U. Berger, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, T.W. Doyle, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, N.C. Duke, M.L. Fontalvo-Herazo, H. Hildenbrandt, N. Koedam, U. Mehlig, C. Piou & R.R. Twilley (2008): Advances and limitations of individual-based models to analyze and predict dynamics of mangrove forests: A review. Aquatic Botany 89, 260–274. (PDF [PDF])

C.A. Botero, A.E. Mudge, A.M. Koltz, W.M. Hochachka & S.L. Vehrencamp (2008): How reliable are the methods for estimating repertoire size? Ethology 114, 1227–1238. (PDF [PDF])

B. Feldmeyer, M. Kozielska, B. Kuijper, F.J. Weissing, L.W. Beukeboom & I. Pen (2008): Climatic variation and the geographical distribution of sex determining mechanisms in the housefly. Evol. Ecol. Res. 10, 797-809. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk & H. Hildenbrandt (2008): Self-organised shape and frontal density of fish schools. Ethology 114, 245-254. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk, J. Wantia & K. Isler (2008): Female dominance over males in primates: Self-organisation and sexual dimorphism. PLoS One 3, e2678. (PDF [PDF])

M. Kozielska, B. Feldmeyer, I. Pen, F.J. Weissing & L.W. Beukeboom (2008): Are autosomal sex-determining factors of the housefly (Musca domestica) spreading north? Genet. Res. 90, 157-165. (PDF [PDF])

C. Piou, U. Berger, H. Hildenbrandt & I.C. Feller (2008): Testing the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in species-poor systems: A simulation experiment for mangrove forests. J. Veg. Sci. 19, 417-424. (PDF [PDF])

T.A. Revilla & F.J. Weissing (2008): Nonequilibrium coexistence in a competition model with nutrient storage. Ecology 89, 865-877. (PDF [PDF], Appendix [PDF], Source, Info)

N. Svedin, C. Wiley, T. Veen, L. Gustafsson & A. Qvarnström (2008): Natural and sexual selection against hybrid flycatchers. Proc. R. Soc. B 275, 735-744. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven, D. Klinkenberg, I. Pen, F.J. Weissing & H. Heesterbeek (2008): Self-interest versus group-interest in antiviral control. PLoS One 3, e1558; doi: 10.1372/journal.pone.0001558. (PDF [PDF])

J.W. Veening, E.J. Stewart, T.W. Berngruber, F. Taddei, O.P. Kuipers & L.W. Hamoen (2008): Bet-hedging and epigenetic inheritance in bacterial cell development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 4393-4398. (PDF [PDF])

M. Wolf, G.S. van Doorn, O. Leimar & F.J. Weissing (2008): Do animal personalities emerge? - Reply. Nature 451, E9-E10. (PDF [PDF])

M. Wolf, G.S. van Doorn & F.J. Weissing (2008): Evolutionary emergence of responsive and unresponsive personalities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 15825-15830. (PDF [PDF], Supplement [PDF])

Refereed Articles in Proceedings

E. van der Vaart & R. Verbrugge (2008): Agent-based models for animal cognition: A proposal and protoype. In: L. Padgham & D. Parkes (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. New York, ACM Press, 1145-1152. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

J. Bakker (2008): Genetic diversity in experimental metapopulations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

T.W. Berngruber (2008): How to be good at being a virus: biochemical constraints of viral life-history evolution. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

M. Kozielska (2008): Evolutionary dynamics of sex determination. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

T. Veen (2008): Mating decisions in a hybrid zone. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2007

V.S. Brauer, L. Schärer & N.K. Michiels (2007): Phenotypically flexible sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Evolution 61, 216-222. (PDF [PDF])

H.P. de Vladar & I. Pen (2007): Determinism, noise, and spurious estimations in a generalised model of population growth. Physica A - Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 373, 477-485. (PDF [PDF])

R.S. Etienne, M.E.F. Apol, H. Olff & F.J. Weissing (2007): Modes of speciation and the neutral theory of biodiversity. Oikos 116, 241-258. (PDF [PDF])

T.W. Fawcett, B. Kuijper, I. Pen, & F.J. Weissing (2007): Should attractive males have more sons? Behav. Ecol. 18, 71-80. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk & J. Steinhauser (2007): Cooperation, coalition and alliances. In: H. Rothe, I. Tattersal & W. Henke (eds.): Handbook of Paleoanthropology Vol. 2, Springer Verlag Berlin, 1321-1341. (PDF [PDF])

M.J.L. Magrath, E. van Lieshout, I. Pen, G.H. Visser & J. Komdeur (2007): Estimating expenditure on male and female offspring in a sexually size-dimorphic bird: a comparison of different methods. J. Anim. Ecol. 76, 1169-1180. (PDF [PDF])

C. Piou, U. Berger, H. Hildenbrandt, V. Grimm, K. Diele & C. D'Lima (2007): Simulating cryptic movements of a mangrove crab: Recovery phenomena after small scale fishery. Ecol. Mod. 205, 110-122. (PDF [PDF])

S.A. Sæther, G.-P. Sætre, T. Borge, C. Wiley, N. Svedin, G. Andersson, T. Veen et al. (2007): Sex chromosome–linked species recognition and evolution of reproductive isolation in flycatchers. Science 318, 95-97. (PDF [PDF], Supplement [PDF], Perspectives [PDF])

E.M. Sykes, T.M. Innocent, I. Pen, D.M. Shuker & S.A. West (2007): Asymmetric larval competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis: a role in sex allocation? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61, 1751-1758. (PDF [PDF])

T. Uller, I. Pen, E. Wapstra, L.W. Beukeboom & J. Komdeur (2007): The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems. Trends Ecol. Evol. 22, 292-297. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol, I. Pen, D. Heg & F.J. Weissing (2007): Variation in habitat choice and delayed reproduction: adaptive queuing strategies or individual quality differences? Am. Nat. 170, 530-541. (PDF [PDF], appendices A [PDF], B [PDF], C [PDF])

W.K. Vahl, J. van der Meer, K. Meijer, T. Piersma & F.J. Weissing (2007): Interference competition, the spatial distribution of food and free-living foragers. Anim. Behav. 74, 1493-1503. (PDF [PDF])

W.K. Vahl, & S.A. Kingma (2007): Food divisibility and interference competition among captive ruddy turnstones, Arenaria interpres. Anim. Behav. 74, 1391-1401. (PDF [PDF])

T. Veen, N. Svedin, J. Forsman, M.B. Hjernquist, A. Qvarnström, K.A. Thuman Hjernquist, J. Träff & M. Klaassen (2007): Does migration of hybrids contribute to post-zygotic isolation in flycatchers? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 274, 707-712. (PDF [PDF])

E. Wapstra, T. Uller, I. Pen, J. Komdeur, M. Olsson & R. Shine (2007): Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles? Oikos 116, 1051-1057. (PDF [PDF])

F.J. Weissing (2007): Review of the book "Nonequilibrium Ecology" by K. Rohde. Ecology 88, 1338-1339. (PDF [PDF])

C. Wiley, N. Fogelberg, S.A. Sæther, T. Veen, N. Svedin, J. Vogel Kehlenbeck & A. Qvarnström (2007): Direct benefits and costs for hybridizing Ficedula flycatchers. J. Evol. Biol. 20, 854-864. (PDF [PDF])

M. Wolf, G.S. van Doorn, O. Leimar & F.J. Weissing (2007): Life-history trade-offs favour the evolution of animal personalities. Nature 447, 581-584 (PDF [PDF], Supplementary Info PDF [PDF], News & Views PDF [PDF])

M. Wolf, G.S. van Doorn, O. Leimar & F.J. Weissing (2007): Evolution of animal personalities - Reply. Nature 450, E5-E6. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

J. Wantia (2007): Self-organised dominance relationships: a model and data of primates. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2006

M. Alleaume-Benharra, I. Pen & O. Ronce (2006): Geographical patterns of adaptation within a species' range: interactions between drift and gene flow. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 203-215. (PDF [PDF])

U. Berger, M. Adams, V. Grimm & H. Hildenbrandt (2006): Modelling secondary succession of neotropical mangroves: causes and consequences of growth reduction in pioneer species. Perspectives in Plant Ecoloy, Evolution and Systematics 7, 243-242. (PDF [PDF])

L.W. Bruinzeel, M. van de Pol & C. Trierweiler (2006): Competitive abilities of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) occupying territories of different quality. J. Ornith. 147, 457-463. (PDF [PDF])

V.N. de Jonge, M. Elliot & V.S. Brauer (2006): Marine monitoring: Its shortcomings and mismatch with the EU water framework directive's objectives. Mar. Poll. Bull. 53, 5-19. (PDF [PDF])

H.P. de Vladar (2006): Density-dependence as a size-independent regulatory mechanism. J. Theor. biol. 238, 245-256. (PDF [PDF])

H. Hildenbrandt, M.S. Mueller & V. Grimm (2006): How to detect and visualize extinction thresholds for structured PVA models. Ecol. Model. 191, 554-550. (PDF [PDF])

G. Kerth, C. Ebert & C. Schmidtke (2006): Group decision making in fission-fusion societies. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 273, 2785-2790. (pre-print version [PDF])

M. Kozielska, I. Pen, L.W. Beukeboom & F.J. Weissing (2006): Sex ratio selection and multi-factorial sex determination in the housefly: a dynamic model. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 879-888. (PDF [PDF])

B. Kuijper, A.D. Stewart & W.R. Rice (2006): The cost of mating rises nonlinearly with copulation frequency in a laboratory population of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 1795-1802. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen (2006): When boys want to be girls: effects of mating system and dispersal on parent-offspring sex ratio conflict. Evol. Ecol. Res. 8, 103-113. (PDF [PDF])

D.M. Shuker, I. Pen & S.A. West (2006): Sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Behav. Ecol. 17, 345-352. (pre-print version [PDF])

P. Snijders, E.D. de Jong, B. de Boer & F.J. Weissing (2006): Multi-objective diversity maintenance. GECCO 2006, 1429-1430. (PDF [PDF])

F. Trillmich & F.J. Weissing (2006): Lactation patterns of pinnipeds are not explained by optimization of maternal energy delivery rates. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 60, 137-49. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol, T. Bakker, D.J. Saaltink & S. Verhulst (2006): Rearing conditions determine offspring survival independent of egg quality: a cross-foster experiment with Oystercatchers. Ibis 148, 203-210. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol, L.W. Bruinzeel, D. Heg, B. Kuijper & S. Verhulst (2006): Experimental and observational evidence that reproductive performance improves with pair bond duration in oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus). Behav. Ecol. 17, 982-991. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol, L.W. Bruinzeel, D. Heg, H.P. van der Jeugd & S. Verhulst (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. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol & S. Verhulst (2006): Age-Dependent Traits: a new statistical model to separate within- and between-individual effects. Am. Nat. 167, 764-771. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn & U. Dieckmann (2006): The long-term evolution of multi-locus traits under frequency-dependent disruptive selection. Evolution 60, 2226–2238. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn & F.J. Weissing (2006): Sexual conflict and the evolution of female preferences for indicators of male quality. Am. Nat. 168, 742-757. (PDF [PDF])

M.C. Verweij, I. Nagelkerken, S.L.J. Wartenbergh, I.R. Pen & G. van der Velde (2006): Caribbean mangroves and seagrass beds as daytime feeding habitats for juvenile French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum. Mar. Biol. 149, 1291–1299. (PDF [PDF])

Refereed Articles in Proceedings

H. Kunz, T. Züblin & C.K. Hemelrijk (2006): On prey grouping an predator confusion in artificial fish schools. Proceedings of Tenth International Conference on Artificial Life, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 365-371. (PDF [PDF])

Other Scientific Publications

K.H. Oosterbeek, M. van de Pol, M.L. de Jong, C.J. Smit & B.J. Ens (2006): Scholekster populatie studies: een bijdrage aan de zoektocht naar de oorzaken van de sterke achteruitgang van scholeksters in de Waddenzee. Alterra Research report 1344. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

W.K. Vahl (2006): Interference competition. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

M. van de Pol (2006): State dependent life-history strategies: a long-term study on oystercatchers. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2005

G.R. Brown & T.W. Fawcett (2005): Sexual selection: copycat mating in birds. Current Biology 15, R626-R628. (PDF [PDF])

M.A. Cooper, I.S. Bernstein & C.K. Hemelrijk (2005): Reconciliation and relationship quality in Assamese Macaques (Macaca assamensis). Amer. J. Primatology 65, 269-282. (PDF [PDF])

L. Corporael, D.S. Wilson, C.K. Hemelrijk & K.M. Sheldon (2005): Small groups from an evolutionary perspective. In: M.S. Poole & A.B. Hollingshead (eds): Theories of Small Groups. Sage Publications, 369-396.

P. Edelaar, R.E. Phillips & P. Knops (2005): Sexually dimorphic body plumage in juvenile Crossbills. Wilson Bull. 117, 390-393. (PDF [PDF])

A.P. Grootjans, H. Hunneman, H. Verkiel & J. van Andel (2005): Long-term effects of drainage on species richness of a fen meadow at different spatial scales. Basic and Applied Ecology 6, 185-193. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk (ed.) (2005): Self-organisation and Evolution of Social Systems. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.

C.K. Hemelrijk & H. Kunz (2005): Density distribution and size sorting in fish schools: an individual-based model. Behav. Ecol. 16, 178-187. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk & J. Wantia (2005): Individual variation by self-organisation. Neurosci. Biobehav. Reviews 29, 125-136. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk, J. Wantia & L. Gygax (2005): The construction of dominance order: comparing performance of five methods using an individual-based model. Behaviour 142, 1043-1064. (PDF [PDF])

R.D. Martin, M. Genoud & C.K. Hemelrijk (2005): Problems of allometric scaling analysis: examples from mammalian reproductive biology. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 1731-1747. (PDF [PDF])

K. Meijer, I. Pen & L.W. Beukeboom (2005): How smart are Nasonia wasps? Limits to the sex allocation response of superparasitizing females. Proc. Neth. Entomol. Soc. Meet. 16, 17-25.

I. Pen & G. Kerth (2005): Mate choice: female relatives share sexual partners in bats. Current Biology 15, R927-R929. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & P.D. Taylor (2005): Modeling information exchange in the queen-worker conflict over sex allocation. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272, 2403-2408. (PDF [PDF])

A. Qvarnström, N. Svedin, C. Wiley, T. Veen & L. Gustafsson (2005): Cross-fostering reveals seasonal changes in the relative fitness of two competing species of flycatchers. Biology Letters 1, 1-4. (PDF [PDF])

D.M. Shuker, I. Pen, A.B. Duncan, S.E. Reece & S.A. West (2005): Sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition. I. Theory and a test with parasitoid wasps. Am. Nat. 166, 301-316. (PDF [PDF])

W.K. Vahl, T. Lok, J. van der Meer, T. Piersman & F.J. Weissing (2005): Spatial clumping of food and social dominance affect interference competition among ruddy turnstones. Behav. Ecol. 16, 834-844. (PDF [PDF])

W.K. Vahl, J. van der Meer, F.J. Weissing, D. van Dullemen & T. Piersma (2005): The mechanisms of interference competition: two experiments on foraging waders. Behav. Ecol. 16, 845-855. (PDF [PDF])

2004

D. Bos, J. van de Koppel & F.J. Weissing (2004): Dark-bellied Brent Geese aggregate to cope with increased levels of primary production. Oikos 107, 485-496. (PDF [PDF])

U. Berger, H. Hildenbrandt & V. Grimm (2004): Age-related decline in forest production: modelling the effects of growth limitation, neighbourhood competition and self-thinning J. Ecol. 92, 846-853. (PDF [PDF])

L.W. Bruinzeel & M. van de Pol (2004): Site attachment of floaters predicts success in territory acquisition. Behav. Ecol. 15, 290-296. (PDF [PDF])

R.J. de Boer, J.A.M. Borghans, M. van Boven, C. Kesmir & F.J. Weissing (2004): Heterozygote advantage fails to explain the high degree of polymorphism of the MHC. Immunogenetics 55, 725-731. (PDF [PDF])

S. Haikola, M.C. Singer & I. Pen (2004): Has inbreeding depression led to avoidance of sib mating in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia)? Evol. Ecol. 18, 113-120. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk (2004): The use of artificial-life models for the study of social organization. In: B. Thierry, M. Singh & W. Kaumanns (eds): Macaque Societies. A Model for the Study of Social Organization. Cambridge University Press, 295-313. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk & L. Gygax (2004): Dominance style, differences between the sexes and species: an agent-based model. Interaction Studies 5, 131-146.

S.E. Reece, D.M. Shuker, I. Pen, A.B. Duncan, A. Choudhary, C.M. Batchelor & S.A. West (2004): Kin discrimination and sex ratios in a parasitoid wasp. J. Evol. Biol. 17, 208-216. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing (2004): The evolutionary economics of immunity. Am. Nat. 163, 277-294. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, U. Dieckmann & F.J. Weissing (2004): Sympatric speciation by sexual selection: a critical re-evaluation. Am. Nat. 163, 709-725. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn & F.J. Weissing (2004): The evolution of female preferences for multiple indicators of quality. Am. Nat. 164, 173-186 (PDF [PDF])

J.A. van Gils, A. Dekinga, B. Spaans, W.K. Vahl & T. Piersma (2004): Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots Calidris canutus. II. Patch choice and length of working day. J. Anim. Ecol. 74, 120-130.

T. van Oijen, M.A. van Leeuwe, E. Granum, F.J. Weissing, R.G.J. Bellerby, W.W.C. Gieskes & H.J.W. de Baar (2004): Light rather than iron controls photosynthate production and allocation in Southern Ocean phytoplankton populations during austral autumn. J. Plankton Res. 26, 885-900. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

G.S. van Doorn (2004): Sexual selection and sympatric speciation. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

2003

L.W. Bruinzeel & M. van de Pol (2003): Populatie achteruitgang van scholeksters op Schiermonnikoog. Limosa 76, 25-26.

B.J. Ens, C. Berrevoets, L.W. Bruinzeel, T. Bult, L. Haanstra, J.B. Hulscher, B. Koks, M. van de Pol, C. Rappoldt, W. Teunissen & S. Verhulst (2003): Wat veroorzaakt de huidige achteruitgang van scholeksters in Nederland? Limosa 76, 34-38.

T.W. Fawcett & R.A. Johnstone (2003): Optimal assessment of multiple cues. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 270, 1637-1643. (PDF [PDF])

T.W. Fawcett & R.A. Johnstone (2003): Mate choice in the face of costly competition. Behav. Ecol. 14, 771-779. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk, J. Wantia & M. Dätwyler (2003): Female co-dominance in a virtual world: ecological, cognitive, social and sexual causes. Behaviour 140, 1247-1273. (PDF [PDF])

J. Henrich, S. Bowles, R.T. Boyd, A. Hopfensitz, P.J. Richerson, K. Sigmund, E.A. Smith, F.J. Weissing & H.P. Young (2003): The cultural and genetic evolution of human cooperation. In: P. Hammerstein (ed.): Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. New York, MIT Press, 445-468.

H. Kunz, & C.K. Hemelrijk (2003): Artificial fish schools: collective effects of school size, body size, and body form. Artificial Life 9, 237-253. (PDF [PDF])

M. Scheffer, S. Rinaldi, J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (2003): Why plankton communities have no equilibrium. Hydrobiologia 491, 9-18. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, G.M. Hengeveld & F.J. Weissing (2003): The evolution of social dominance. I. Two-player models. Behaviour 140, 1305-1332. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, G.M. Hengeveld & F.J. Weissing (2003): The evolution of social dominance. II. Multi-player models. Behaviour 140, 1333-1358. (PDF [PDF])

P.O. Waeber & C.K. Hemelrijk (2003): Female dominance and social structure in Alaotran gentle lemurs. Behaviour 140, 1235-1246. (PDF [PDF])

2002

T.W. Fawcett, A.M.J. Skinner & A.R. Goldsmith (2002): A test of imitative learning in starlings using a two-action method with an enhanced ghost control. Animal Behaviour 64, 547-556. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk (2002): Despotic societies, sexual attraction and the emergence of male ' tolerance': an agent-based model. Behaviour 139, 729-747. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk (2002): Self-organization and natural selection in the evolution of complex despotic societies. Biol. Bull. 202, 283-289. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk (2002): Understanding of social behaviour with the help of complexity science. Ethology 108, 655-671.

J. Huisman, H.C.P. Matthijs, P.M. Visser, H. Balke, C.A.M. Sigon, J. Passarge, F.J. Weissing & L.R. Mur (2002): Principles of the light-limited chemostat: theory and ecological applications. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 81, 117-133. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (2002): Oscillations and chaos generated by competition for interactively essential resources. Ecol. Res. 17, 175-181. (PDF [PDF])

J. Komdeur & I. Pen (2002): Adaptive sex allocation in birds: the complexities of linking theory and practice. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 357, 373-380. (PDF [PDF])

S.B.M. Kraak & I. Pen (2002): Sex determining mechanisms in vertebrates. In: I. Hardy (ed.): Sex Ratios - Concepts and Research Methods. Cambridge University Press, 158-177. (PDF [PDF])

P. Mayhew & I. Pen (2002): Comparative analysis of sex ratio data. In: I. Hardy (ed.): Sex Ratios - Concepts and Research Methods. Cambridge University Press, 132-156. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (2002): Optimal sex allocation: steps towards a mechanistic theory. In: I. Hardy (ed.): Sex Ratios - Concepts and Research Methods. Cambridge University Press, 26-45. (PDF [PDF])

M.C. Singer, C. Stefanescu & I. Pen (2002): When random sampling does not work: standard design falsely indicates maladaptive host preferences in a butterfly. Ecology Letters 5, 1-6. (PDF [PDF])

S.A. West, I. Pen & A.S. Griffin (2002): Cooperation and competition between relatives. Science 296, 72-75. (PDF [PDF])

S.A. West, E. Toby Kiers, I. Pen & R.F. Denison (2002): Sanctions and mutualism stability: when should less beneficial mutualists be tolerated? J. Evol. Biol. 15, 830-837. (PDF [PDF])

2001

L.W. Beukeboom, T.J. de Jong & I. Pen (2001): Why girls want to be boys. BioEssays 23, 477-480. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman, A.M. Johansson, E.O. Folmer & F.J. Weissing (2001): Towards a solution of the plankton paradox: The importance of physiology and life history. Ecology Letters 4, 408-411. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (2001): Biological conditions for oscillations and chaos generated by multispecies competition. Ecology 82, 2682-2695. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (2001): Fundamental unpredictability of multispecies competition. Am. Nat. 157, 488-494. (PDF [PDF])

F.A.M. Tuyttens, B. Long, T. Fawcett et al (2001): Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use. J. Appl. Ecol. 38, 1114-1121. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing (2001): Competition at the mouse t complex: Rare alleles are inherently favoured. Theor. Pop. Biol. 60, 343-358. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, P.C. Luttikhuizen & F.J. Weissing (2001): Sexual selection at the protein level drives the extraordinary divergence of sex related genes during sympatric speciation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 268, 2155-2161. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn & F.J. Weissing (2001): Ecological versus sexual selection models of sympatric speciation. Selection 2, 17-40. (PDF [PDF])

T. Veen, T. Borge, S.C. Griffith, G.P. Sætre, S. Bures, L. Gustasson & B.C. Sheldon (2001): Hybridization and adaptive mate choice in flycatchers. Nature 411, 45-50. (PDF [PDF])

F.J. Weissing & M. van Boven (2001): Selection and segregation distortion in a sex-differentiated population. Theor. Pop. Biol. 60, 327-341. (PDF [PDF])

2000

C. Gössmann, C.K. Hemelrijk & R. Huber (2000): The formation and maintenance of crayfish hierarchies: behavioral and self-organising properties. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 48, 418-428.

C.K. Hemelrijk (2000): Self-reinforcing dominance interactions between virtual males and females. Hypothesis generation for primate studies. Adapt. Behav. 8, 13-26.

C.K. Hemelrijk (2000): Towards the integration of social dominance and spatial structure. Anim. Behav. 59, 1035-1048. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (2000): Coexistence and resource competition. Nature 407, 694. (PDF [PDF])

J. Krause, D. Hoare, S. Krause, C.K. Hemelrijk & D.I. Rubenstein (2000): Leadership in fish shoals. Fish and Fisheries 1, 82-89.

C. Meier, C.K. Hemelrijk & R.D. Martin (2000): Paternity determination, genetic characterization and social correlates in a captive group of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Primates 41, 175-183.

I. Pen (2000): Reproductive effort in viscous populations. Evolution 54, 293-297. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (2000): Towards a unified theory of cooperative breeding: the role of ecology and life history re-examined. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267, 2411-2418. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (2000): Sex ratio optimization with helpers at the nest. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267, 539-544. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (2000): Sexual selection and the sex ratio: an ESS analysis. Selection 1, 111-121. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (2000): Optimal floating and queuing strategies: the logic of territory choice. Am. Nat. 155, 512-526. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing 2000): Evolution at the mouse t complex: Why is the t haplotype preserved as an integral unit? Evolution 54, 1795-1808. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

I. Pen (2000): Sex Allocation in a Life History Context. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

O. Velterop (2000): Effects of fragmentation on gene flow in insect-pollinated plant populations. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. (PDF [PDF])

1999

S. Cahan, E. Carloni, J. Liebig, I. Pen & B. Wimmer (1999): Causes and consequences of sociality. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 11, 85-87.

C.K. Hemelrijk (1999): An individual-oriented model on the emergence of despotic and egalitarian societies. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 266, 361-369. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk, C.M. Meier & R.D. Martin (1999): 'Friendship' for fitness in chimpanzees? Anim. Behav. 58, 1223-1229. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman (1999): Population dynamics of light-limited phytoplankton: microcosm experiments. Ecology 80, 52-60. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman, R.R. Jonker, C. Zonneveld, & F.J. Weissing (1999): Competition for light between phytoplankton species: experimental tests of mechanistic theory. Ecology 80, 211-222. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman, P. van Oostveen & F.J. Weissing (1999): Critical depth and critical turbulence: two different mechanisms for the development of phytoplankton blooms. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44, 1781-1787. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman, P. van Oostveen & F.J. Weissing (1999): Species dynamics in phytoplankton blooms: incomplete mixing and competition for light. Am. Nat. 154, 46-68. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (1999): Biodiversity of plankton by species oscillations and chaos. Nature 402, 407-410. (PDF [PDF], News&Views [PDF])

I. Pen & F.J. Weissing (1999): Sperm competition and sex allocation in simulataneous hermaphrodites: A new look at Charnov's invariance principle. Evol. Ecol. Res. 1, 517-525. (PDF [PDF])

I. Pen, F.J. Weissing & S. Daan (1999): Seasonal sex ratio trend in the European Kestrel: An ESS analysis. Am. Nat. 153, 384-397. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing (1999): Segregation distortion in a deme-structured population: Opposing demands of gene, individual, and group selection. J. Evol. Biol. 12, 80-93. (PDF [PDF])

J. Wiehn, E. Korpimaki & I. Pen (1999): Haematozoan infections in the Eurasian kestrel: effects of fluctuating food supply and experimental manipulation of parental effort. Oikos 84, 87-98.

1998

C. Dijkstra, S. Daan & I. Pen (1998): Fledgling sex ratios in relation to brood size in size-dimorphic altricial birds. Behav. Ecol. 9, 287-296. (PDF [PDF])

C.K. Hemelrijk & M. Luteijn (1998): Philopatry, male presence and grooming reciprocation among female primates: a comparative perspective. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 42, 207-215.

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing (1998): Evolution of segregation distortion: Potential for a high degree of polymorphism. J. Theor. Biol. 192, 131-142. (PDF [PDF])

G.S. van Doorn, A.J. Noest & P. Hogeweg (1998): Sympatric speciation and extinction driven by environment dependent sexual selection. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 265, 1915-1919. (PDF [PDF])

1997

J. van de Koppel, M. Rietkerk & F.J. Weissing (1997): Catastrophic vegetation shifts and soil degradation in terrestrial grazing systems. Trends Ecol. Evol. 12, 352-356. (PDF [PDF])

Doctoral Dissertations

J. Huisman (1997): The struggle for light. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

M. van Boven (1997): Evolutionary dynamics of a selfish gene. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

J. van de Koppel (1997): Trophic interactions in gradients of primary productivity. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

1996

S. Daan, C. Dijkstra & F.J. Weissing (1996): An evolutionary explanation for seasonal trends in avian sex ratios. Behav. Ecol. 7, 426-430. (PDF [PDF])

S.B.M. Kraak & F.J. Weissing (1996): Female preference for nests with many eggs: a cost-benefit analysis of female choice in fish with paternal care. Behav. Ecol. 7, 353-361. (PDF [PDF])

H. Kummer, G. Anzenberger & C.K. Hemelrijk (1996): Hiding and perspective taking in long-tailed macaques. J. Compar. Psychol. 110, 97-102.

M.J. Nauta & F.J. Weissing (1996): Constraints on allele size at microsatellite loci: Implications for genetic differentiation. Genetics 143, 1021-1032. (PDF [PDF])

M. van Boven & F.J. Weissing (1996): Segregation distortion in structured and unstructured populations: Competition between 'sterile' t haplotypes. Neth. J. Zool. 46, 216-226.

M. van Boven, F.J. Weissing, D. Heg & J. Huisman (1996): Competition between segregation distorters: Coexistence of 'superior' and 'inferior' haplotypes at the t complex. Evolution 50, 2488-2498. (PDF [PDF])

F.J. Weissing (1996): Genetic versus phenotypic models of selection: can genetics be neglected in a long-term perspective? J. Math. Biol. 34, 533-555. (PDF [PDF])

1995

B.J. Ens, F.J. Weissing & R.H. Drent (1995): The despotic distribution and deferred maturity: two sides of the same coin. Am. Nat. 146, 625-650. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (1995): Competition for nutrients and light in a mixed water column: a theoretical analysis. Am. Nat. 146, 536-564. (PDF [PDF])

S.D. Mylius & O. Diekmann (1995): On evolutionarily stable life histories, optimization and the need to be specific about density dependence. Oikos 74, 218-224. (PDF [PDF])

1994

C.K. Hemelrijk (1994): Support for being groomed in long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis. Anim. Behav. 48, 479-481. (PDF [PDF])

J. Huisman & F.J. Weissing (1994): Light-limited growth and competition for light in well-mixed aquatic environments: an elementary model. Ecology 75, 507-520. (PDF [PDF])

F.J. Weissing & J. Huisman (1994): Growth and competition in a light gradient. J. Theor. Biol. 168, 323-336. (PDF [PDF])