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  1. Eco-Evolutionary Consequences of Dispersal Syndromes during Colonization in a Passerine Bird

    Article • The American Naturalist, April 2023, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  2. Mesocosm experiment reveals scale dependence of movement tendencies in sticklebacks

    Article • Biology Letters, April 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  3. Unravelling the causes and consequences of dispersal syndromes in a wild passerine

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  4. DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera‐recorded diets

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  5. Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  6. State dependence explains individual variation in nest defence behaviour in a long‐lived bird

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  7. Descriptive and experimental evidence for timing‐mediated polygyny risk in a pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca population

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  8. Effects of manipulated levels of predation threat on parental provisioning and nestling begging

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  9. Diet and provisioning rate differ predictably between dispersing and philopatric pied flycatchers

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  10. Comparing the consequences of natural selection, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, and matching habitat choice for phenotype-environment matching, population genetic structure, and reproductive isolation in meta-populations

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  11. Provisioning tactics of great tits (Parus major) in response to long-term brood size manipulations differ across years

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  12. Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major )

    Article • Evolution, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  13. Density fluctuations represent a key process maintaining personality variation in a wild passerine bird

    Article • Ecology Letters, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  14. Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  15. Does metabolic rate predict risk‐taking behaviour? A field experiment in a wild passerine bird

    Article • Functional Ecology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  16. Exploring patterns of variation in clutch size-density reaction norms in a wild passerine bird

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  17. Slow explorers take less risk: a problem of sampling bias in ecological studies

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  18. Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  19. Local offspring density and sex ratio affect sex allocation in the great tit

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  20. Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major)

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  21. Local sex ratio affects the cost of reproduction

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  22. Sex-specific effects of the local social environment on juvenile post-fledging dispersal in great tits

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  23. Do sex-specific densities affect local survival of free-ranging great tits?

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  24. Mutual Mate Choice for Colorful Traits in King Penguins

    Article • Ethology, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  25. No experimental evidence for local competition in the nestling phase as a driving force for density-dependent avian clutch size

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  26. Sex-specific effects of altered competition on nestling growth and survival: an experimental manipulation of brood size and sex ratio

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  27. Effect of PIT Tags on the Survival and Recruitment of Great Tits Parus major

    Article • Ardea, October 2008, Netherlands Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  28. Comparison of Color and Body Condition Between Early and Late Breeding King Penguins

    Article • Ethology, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  29. Coloured patches influence pairing rate in King Penguins

    Article • Ibis, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  30. Ornamental colors reveal age in the king penguin

    Article • Polar Biology, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marion Nicolaus

  31. Population biology of the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) in the Crozet and Kerguelen archipelagos, southern Indian Ocean, approached through genetic and demographic methods

    Article • Journal of Zoology, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Marion Nicolaus