prof. dr. B. (Barbara) Helm
Associate Professor for Biological Rhythms of Natural Organisms

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Research
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- 2021
- Jarrett, C., Powell, L. L., Claire, T. T. R., Tchoumbou, M., & Helm, B. (Accepted/In press). Moult of overwintering Wood Warblers in an annual-cycle perspective. Journal of Ornithology.
- 2020
- Jarrett, C., Powell, L. L., McDevitt, H., Helm, B., & Welch, A. J. (Accepted/In press). Bitter fruits of hard labour: Diet metabarcoding and telemetry reveal that urban songbirds travel further for lower-quality food. Oecologia.
- Salmón, P., Jacobs, A., Ahrén, D., Biard, C., Dingemanse, N. J., Dominoni, D. M., Helm, B., Lundberg, M., Senar, J. C., Sprau, P., Visser, M. E., & Isaksson, C. (2020). Repeated genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.05.078568
- Winders, L. A., White, S. A., Helm, B., & McCafferty, D. J. (2020). Body surface temperature responses to food restriction in wild and captive great tits. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(8), [ jeb220046]. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.220046
- Akesson, S., & Helm, B. (Accepted/In press). Endogenous programs and flexibility in bird migration. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
- Huffeldt, N. P., Merkel, F. R., Jenni-Eiermann, S., Goymann, W., & Helm, B. (2020). Melatonin and corticosterone profiles under polar day in a seabird with sexually-opposite activity-rhythms. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 285, [113296]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113296
- Helm, B. (2020). Embodied time: A shared, ancient heritage. In N. Dess (Ed.), Embodiment: A Multidisciplinary Primer (pp. 59-64). (Advances in Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429352379
- 2019
- Helm, B., Van Doren, B. M., Hoffmann, D., & Hoffmann, U. (2019). Evolutionary response to climate change in migratory Pied flycatchers. Current Biology, 29(21), 3714-3719.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.072
- Modha, S., Hughes, J., Bianco, G., Ferguson, H. M., Helm, B., Tong, L., Wilkie, G. S., Kohl, A., & Schnettler, E. (2019). Metaviromics Reveals Unknown Viral Diversity in the Biting Midge Culicoides impunctatus. Viruses, 11(9), [865]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11090865
- Apfelbeck, B., Haussmann, M. F., Boner, W., Flinks, H., Griffiths, K., Carlos Illera, J., Mortega, K. G., Sisson, Z., Smiddy, P., & Helm, B. (2019). Divergent patterns of telomere shortening in tropical compared to temperate stonechats. Ecology and Evolution, 9(1), 511-521. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4769
- 2018
- Gwinner, H., Lasheras, P. C., Cooper, C., & Helm, B. (2018). 'Green incubation': avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 285(1880), [20180376]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0376
- Dominoni, D. M., de Jong, M., Bellingham, M., O'Shaughnessy, P., van Oers, K., Robinson, J., Smith, B., Visser, M. E., & Helm, B. (2018). Dose-response effects of light at night on the reproductive physiology of great tits (Parus major): Integrating morphological analyses with candidate gene expression. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329(8-9), 473-487. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2214
- Woodford, L., Bianco, G., Ivanova, Y., Dale, M., Elmer, K., Rae, F., Larcombe, S. D., Helm, B., Ferguson, H. M., & Baldini, F. (2018). Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 4188. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22550-z
- 2017
- Åkesson, S., Ilieva, M., Karagicheva, J., Rakhimberdiev, E., Tomotani, B., & Helm, B. (2017). Timing avian long-distance migration: From internal clock mechanisms to global flights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 372(1734), [20160252]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0252
- Van Doren, B. M., Campagna, L., Helm, B., Illera, J. C., Lovette, I. J., & Liedvogel, M. (2017). Correlated patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation across an avian family. Molecular Ecology, 26(15), 3982-3997. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14083
- Pollock, C. J., Capilla-Lasheras, P., McGill, R. AR., Helm, B., & Dominoni, D. M. (2017). Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports, 7(1), 5014. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y
- Capilla-Lasheras, P., Dominoni, D. M., Babayan, S. A., O'Shaughnessy, P. J., Mladenova, M., Woodford, L., Pollock, C. J., Barr, T., Baldini, F., & Helm, B. (2017). Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 64. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00064
- Apfelbeck, B., Helm, B., Illera, J. C., Mortega, K. G., Smiddy, P., & Evans, N. P. (2017). Baseline and stress-induced levels of corticosterone in male and female Afrotropical and European temperate stonechats during breeding. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17, [114]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0960-9
- Doren, B. M. V., Liedvogel, M., & Helm, B. (2017). Programmed and flexible: long-term Zugunruhe data highlight the many axes of variation in avian migratory behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(1), 155-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01348
- Helm, B., & Lincoln, G. A. (2017). Circannual rhythms anticipate the earth’s annual periodicity. In V. Kumar (Ed.), Biological timekeeping: Clocks, rhythms and behaviour (pp. 545-569). Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3688-7
- Helm, B., & Shavit, A. (2017). Dissecting and reconstructing time and space for replicable biological research. In A. Ellison, A. Shavit, & A. M. Ellison (Eds.), Stepping in the Same River Twice: Replication in Biological Research (pp. 233-249). Yale University Press.
- Jerem, P., Helm, B., & Jarrett, C. (2017). My family and other animals: Mixed broods of great and blue tits in the Loch Lomond woodlands. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(part 4).
- Jarrett, C., Maillard, F., & Helm, B. (2017). Seasonal trends in the temporal plasticity of breeding in blue tits and great tits in the Loch Lomond area. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(part 4).
- Apfelbeck, B., Mortega, K. G., Flinks, H., Illera, J. C., & Helm, B. (2017). Testosterone, territorial response, and song in seasonally breeding tropical and temperate stonechats. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0944-9
- 2016
- Nord, A., Lehmann, M., MacLeod, R., McCafferty, D. J., Nager, R. G., Nilsson, J-Å., & Helm, B. (2016). Evaluation of two methods for minimally invasive peripheral body temperature measurement in birds. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(3), 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00845
- Bakker, K. M., Martinez-Bakker, M. E., Helm, B., & Stevenson, T. J. (2016). Digital epidemiology reveals global childhood disease seasonality and the effects of immunization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(24), 6689-6694. https://doi.org//10.1073/pnas.1523941113
- 2015
- Malzer, I., & Helm, B. (2015). The seasonal dynamics of artificial nest predation rates along edges in a mosaic managed reedbed. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0140247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140247
- Martinez-Bakker, M., & Helm, B. (2015). The influence of biological rhythms on host--parasite interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30(6), 314-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.012
- Numata, H., & Helm, B. (Eds.) (2015). Annual, lunar, and tidal clocks: Patterns and mechanisms of nature's enigmatic rhythms. SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55261-1
- 2014
- Mortega, K. G., Flinks, H., & Helm, B. (2014). Behavioural response of a migratory songbird to geographic variation in song and morphology. Frontiers in Zoology, 11(1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-014-0085-6
- Helm, B., & Stevenson, T. J. (2014). Circannual rhythms: history, present challenges, future directions. In Annual, lunar, and tidal clocks (pp. 203-225). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55261-1_11
- Goymann, W., & Helm, B. (2014). Seasonality of life histories in tropical birds: Circannual rhythms and Zeitgeber. In Annual, lunar, and tidal clocks (pp. 247-275). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55261-1_13
- 2013
- Steiger, S. S., Valcu, M., Spoelstra, K., Helm, B., Wikelski, M., & Kempenaers, B. (2013). When the sun never sets: Diverse activity rhythms under continuous daylight in free-living arctic-breeding birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 280(1764), 20131016. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1016
- Dominoni, D. M., Helm, B., Lehmann, M., Dowse, H. B., & Partecke, J. (2013). Clocks for the city: Circadian differences between forest and city songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 280(1763), 20130593. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0593
- Dominoni, D. M., Goymann, W., Helm, B., & Partecke, J. (2013). Urban-like night illumination reduces melatonin release in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): Implications of city life for biological time-keeping of songbirds. Frontiers in Zoology, 10(1), 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-60
- 2012
- Goymann, W., Helm, B., Jensen, W., Schwabl, I., & Moore, I. T. (2012). A tropical bird can use the equatorial change in sunrise and sunset times to synchronize its circannual clock. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 279(1742), 3527-3534. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0743
- Ramenofsky, M., Cornelius, J. M., & Helm, B. (2012). Physiological and behavioral responses of migrants to environmental cues. Journal of Ornithology, 153(Suppl. 1), S181-S191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0817-3
- Helm, B., Gwinner, E., Koolhaas, A., Battley, P., Schwabl, I., Dekinga, A., & Piersma, T. (2012). Avian migration: Temporal multi-tasking and a case study of melatonin cycles in waders. Progress in brain research, 199, 457-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00026-5
- 2010
- Baldwin, M. W., Winkler, H., Organ, CL., & Helm, B. (2010). Wing pointedness associated with migratory distance in common-garden and comparative studies of stonechats (Saxicola torquata). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23(5), 1050-1063. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01975.x
- 2009
- Silverin, B., Gwinner, E., Van't Hof, T. J., Schwabl, I., Fusani, L., Hau, M., & Helm, B. (2009). Persistent diel melatonin rhythmicity during the Arctic summer in free-living willow warblers. Hormones and Behavior, 56(1), 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.04.002
- Mukhin, A., Grinkevich, V., & Helm, B. (2009). Under cover of darkness: Nocturnal life of diurnal birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 24(3), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730409335349
- Helm, B., Schwabl, I., & Gwinner, E. (2009). Circannual basis of geographically distinct bird schedules. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(9), 1259-1269. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.025411
- Buchmann, M., Helm, B., Rothery, P., & Flinks, H. (2009). Auswirkung von Spätbruten auf Mauser und Rückkehrrate bei einem Weitstreckenzieher, dem Steinschmätzer (Oenanthe oenanthe). Vogelwarte, 47, 125-133.
- Kalthoff, D., Breithaupt, A., Helm, B., Teifke, J. P., & Beer, M. (2009). Migratory status is not related to the susceptibility to HPAIV H5N1 in an insectivorous passerine species. PLoS ONE, 4(7), e6170. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006170
- 2008
- Flinks, H., Helm, B., & Rothery, P. (2008). Plasticity of moult and breeding schedules in migratory European Stonechats Saxicola rubicola. Ibis, 150(4), 687-697. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00833.x
- Woog, F., Wink, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Gonzalez, J., & Helm, B. (2008). Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Ornithology, 149(3), 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-008-0290-1
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