Behavioural
Ecology Group


Publications by Marc




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2022- 2025



Speelman, F. J. D., Scheltens, E., Loning, H., Naguib, M., Griffith, S. C. (2025)

Function of duet coordination in a territorial socially monogamous bird,

Ethology e70004 [open access]


Noby, K., Heitkönig, I., Bulte, E., Naguib, M. (2025)

Sustainability and avian biodiversity tensions in wastewater management in arid zones.

Biological Conservation 305, 111046 [open access]


Mossad, H., Hof. A. R., Snijders, L., Naguib, M., de Boer, W. F. (2025)

Waterbird community responses to anthropogenic land cover at multiple spatial scales along the Nile in Egypt. Wildlife Biology e01178. [open access]


van Loon, S., Heitkönig, I. M. A., Goedmakers, A., Mundry, R., Naguib, M. (2025)

Stone assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission.

Biology Letters 21, 20250053 [open access]

also highlighted in Science [Science highlight on Chimpanzee drumming]


de Vries, L. J., van Langevelde, F., van Leeuwen, J. L., Naguib, M., Pieters, R. P. M., Muijres, F. T. (2025)


Follow the flower: approach-flight behaviour of bumblebees landing on a moving target.

Journal of Experimental Biology 228, jeb249380 [open access].


Kuspiel, M. Lindeman, A., Naguib. M., Kingma, S. A. (2025)

The duration of alarm- and territorial defence calls alters receiver response in Eurasian magpies

Animal Cognition, in press


Anttonen, Y., Loning, Hi., Felbo, F. M., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Griffith, S. C., Naguib, M., Elemans, C. P. H. (2025)

Zebra finches produce intralaryngeal laminar flow whistles during panting

bioRxiv 2025.02.14.638254; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.14.638254


Krasheninnikova, A., Smeele, S. Q., Snijders, M., Haldar, E., Carpenter, J., Zamora, R., Naguib, M., Wolf, J. B. W., Gahr, M., von Bayern, A. M. P. (2025)

Evolution of vocal production learning in parrots

bioRxiv 2024.11.05.622162; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.05.622162


Tyson, C., Loning, H., Griffith, S. C., Naguib, M. (2024)

Constant companions: Wild zebra finch pairs display extreme spatial cohesion.

Biology letters 20, 20240519. [open access]


Capilla-Lasheras, P., Bircher, N., Brown, A. M., Harrison, X., Reed, T., York, J. E., Cram, D. L., Rutz, C., Walker, L., Naguib, M., Young, A. J. (2024)

Evolution of sex differences in cooperation: the role of trade-offs with dispersal.

PloS Biology 22(10), e3002859. [open access]


Tyson, C., Fragueira, R., Sansano-Sansano, E., Yu. B., Naguib, M. (2024)

Range-free localization for fine-scale wildlife tracking using automated radio telemetry.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15, 2118-2128, [open access].


Loning, H., Griffith, S.C., Naguib, M. (2024)

The ecology of zebra finch song and its implications for vocal communication in multi-level societies.

In special volume: The power of sound: unravelling how acoustic communication shapes group dynamics.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 379, 20230191. [open access]


Naguib, M., ter Avest, E. , Tyson, C. , Whiting, M. J. , Griffith, S. C. , Loning, H. (2024)

High nest failure in a zebra finch population and persistent nest predation by a monitor lizard.

Ecology and Evolution 14, e11281. [open access]


Kuspiel, M., Bebbington, K., Kingma, S. A., Naguib, M. (2024)

Pair-coordinated calling: Eurasian magpies respond differently to simulated intruder pairs that overlap or alternate their calls.

Ethology 130, e13515. [open access]


Bottacini, D., Pollux, B. J. A., Nijland, R., Jansen, P. A., Naguib, M., Kotrschal, A. (2024)

Lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea: a review of the available knowledge with an update on the invasion front.

Neobiota 92, 233-257. [open access]


Yu, H., Amador, G. J., Cribellier, A., Klaassen, M., de Knegt, H. J., Naguib, M., Nijland, R., Nowak, L., Prins, H. H. T., Snijders, L., Tyson, C., Muijres, F. T. (2024)

Edge computing in wildlife behavior and ecology.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39, 128-130. [open access]


Naguib, M., Wagner, G., Snijders, L., Krause, E.T. (2023)

Methods in Animal Behaviour.

Textbook. Springer Verlag (link to publisher)


Loning, H. Fragueira, R., Naguib, M., Griffith, S. C. (2023)

Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches.

Journal of Avian Biology 11-12, e03140. [open access]


Loning, H., Verkade, L., Griffith, S. C., Naguib, M. (2023)

The social function of song in wild zebra finches.

Current Biology 33, 372-380. [open access]


Bircher, N., Mennill, D. J., van Oers, K, Naguib, M (2023)

Song overlapping and matching during low-arousal singing and their relation to visual ornaments, parental care, and breeding success in the great tit ( Parus major ).

Ethology 129, 322-333. [open access]


de Roo,N., Materia, V. C. ,Student, J., Nel, J., Fortuin, K., Bunders, J. and additional contributors (alphabetical order): Alemu, D., van den Burg, S., Demmers, I., van Dijk, M., Hengeveld, G., Lamain, C., Maas, J., McCampbell, M., Naguib, M., Noby, K., van Oel, P., Pulikkoottil, N. M. N. B., Schoustra, S., Slingerland, M., Speelman, E., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C., Walker, D., W. (2023)

From idealised transdisciplinary research to reality: reflections from research practitioners.

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research, Report WCDI-23-253, 27 pages, [open access]


Adrian, C., Griffith, S.C., Naguib, M., Schuett, W. (2022)

Wild zebra finches are attracted towards acoustic cues from conspecific social groups.

Behavioral Ecology 33, 556-564. [open acess]


Loning, H., Griffith, S. C., Naguib. M. (2022)

Zebra finch song is a very short-range signal in the wild: evidence from an integrated approach.

Behavioral Ecology 33, 37-46. [open access]


Naguib, M., Titulaer, M., Waas, J. R., van Oers, K., Sprau, P. Snijders, L. (2022)

Prior territorial responses and home range size predict territory defense in radio-tagged great tits.

Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 76, 35. [open access]





2020/2021



Tomotani, B., Muires, F., Johnston, B., van der Jeugd, H., Naguib, M. (2021)

Great tits do not compensate over time for a radio-tag-induced reduction in escape-flight performance.

Ecology and Evolution 11, 16600-16617. [open access]​


Bircher, N., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2021)

Anyone listening? No evidence for eavesdropping on male singing interactions in the great tit (Parus major).

Animal Behaviour 176, 67-76. [open access]


Bircher, N., van Oers, K., Hinde, C. A., Naguib, M. (2020)

Extra-territorial forays by great tits are associated with dawn song in unexpected ways.

Behavioral Ecology 31, 873-883. (also highlighted as editor's choice) [open access]


Bircher, N. , Naguib, M. (2020).

How songbird females sample male song: communication networks and mate choice.

In: Coding strategies in vertebrate acoustic communication. Thierry Aubin & Nicolas Mathevon, Eds. Springer-Verlag. P 272-285


de Vries, L. J., van Langevelde, F., van Dooremalen, C., Kornegoor, I. G., Lankheet, M. J., van Leeuwen, J. L., Naguib, M., Muijres, F. T. (2020)

Bumblebees land remarkably well in red-blue greenhouse LED light conditions.

Biology Open 9, bio046730. [open access]


van der Eijk, J., Rodenburg, B., de Vries, H., Kjaer, J., Smidt, H., Naguib, M., Kemp, B., Lammers, A. (2020) Early-life microbiota transplantation affects behavioural responses, serotonin and immune characteristics in chicken lines divergently selected on feather pecking.

Scientific Reports 10, 2750. [open access]


Naguib, M., Krause, E.T. (2020)

Methoden der Verhaltensbiologie. 2 Auflage,

Lehrbuch. Springer Verlag. Link






2018 / 2019



McDiarmid, C.S., Naguib, M., Griffith, S. C. (2019)

Zebra finch v-calls and the evidence for a signal: a response to comments on McDiarmid et al.

Behavioral Ecology 30, e4–e5. [open access]


Naguib M, Diehl J, van Oers K, Snijders L. (2019)

Repeatability of signalling traits in the avian dawn chorus.

Frontiers in Zoology 16, 27. [open access]


Herwijnen I. R. van , van der Borg J. A. M., Naguib M., Beerda, B. (2019)

Rein sensor leash tension measurements in owner-dog dyads navigating a course with distractions.

Journal of Veterinary Behavior 35, 45-46. [open access]


van der Eijk, J.A.J., de Vries, H., Kjaer, J. B., Naguib, M., Kemp, B., Smidt, H., Rodenburg, T. B., Lammers, A. (2018)

Differences in gut microbiota composition of laying hen lines divergently selected on feather pecking.

Poultry Science 98, 7009-7021. [open access]


McDiarmid, C.S., Naguib, M., Griffith, S. C. (2018)

Calling in the heat: the zebra finch ‘incubation call’ depends on heat but not reproductive stage.

Behavioural Ecology 29, 1245-1254. [open access]


Herwijnen I. R. van , van der Borg J. A. M., Naguib M., Beerda, B. (2018)

The existence of parenting styles in the owner-dog relationship.

PLoS ONE 13(2), e0193471. [open access]


Herwijnen I. R. van , van der Borg J. A. M., Naguib M., Beerda, B. (2018)

Dog ownership satisfaction determinants in the owner-dog relationship and the dog's behaviour.

PLoS ONE 13(9), e0204592. [open access]





2016 / 2017



Honarmand, M. Krause, E.T., Naguib, M. (2017)

Implications of nutritional stress as nestling or fledgling on subsequent attractiveness and fecundity in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

PeerJ 5, 33628. [open access]


Snijders, L., Naguib, M. (2017)

Communication in animal social networks: a missing link?

Advances in the Study of Behavior 49, 297-359.


Guillette, L. M., Naguib, M., Griffin, A. S. (2017)

Individual differences in cognition and personality.

Behavioural Processes 134, 1-3.


Griffith, S. C., Crino, O. L., Adkins-Regan, E., Alonso-Alvarez, C., Andrew, S. C., Bailey, I. E., Bittner, S. S., Bolton, P. E., Boner, W., Boogert, N., Boucaud, I. C. A., Briga, M., Buchanan, K. L., Caspers, B. A., Cichoń, M., Clayton, D. F., Derégnaucourt, S., Forstmeier, W., Guillette., L., Hartley, I. R., Healy, S. D., Hill, D. L., Holveck, M. J., Hurley, L. L., Ihle, M., Krause, E. T., Mainwaring, M. C., Marasco, V., Mariette, M. M., Martin-Wintle, M. S., McCowan, L. S. C., McMahon, M., Monaghan, P., Nager, R. G., Naguib, M., Nomano, F. Y., Nord, A., Potvin, D. A., Prior, N. H., Riebel, K., Romero-Haro, A. A., Royle, N. J., Rutkowska, J., chuett, W., Swaddle, J. P., Tobler, M., Trompf, L., Varian-Ramos, C. W., Verhulst, S., Vignal, C., Villain, A.S., Williams, T.D. (2017)

Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities.

Ethology 123, 1-29.


Zandberg, L., Quinn, J. L., Naguib, M., van Oers, K. (2017)

Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies.

Behavioural Processes 134, 95-102.


de Haas, E. N., Lee, C., Hernandez, C. E., Naguib, M. Rodenburg, T. B. (2017)

Individual differences in personality in laying hens are related to learning a colour cue association.

Behavioural Processes 134, 37-42.


Snijders, L., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2017)

Sex-specific responses to territory intrusions in a communication network: evidence from radio-tagged great tits.

Ecology and Evolution 7, 918–927. [open access]


Snijders, L., Nieuwe Weme, L. E, de Goede, P., Savage, J. L., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2017)

Context-dependent effects of radio transmitter attachment on a small passerine.

Journal of Avian Biology 48, 650–659.


Snijders, L. Naguib, M., van Oers, K. (2017)

Dominance rank and boldness predict social attraction in great tits.

Behavioural Ecology 28, 398-406.


Huang, Z., van Langevelde, F., Honer, K., Naguib, M., de Boer, F. (2017)

Regional level risk factors associated with the occurrence of African swine fever in West and East Africa.

Parasites & Vectors 10, 16. [open access]


Naguib M., Van Rooij E.P., Snijders L., van Oers K. (2016)

To sing or not to sing: seasonal changes in singing varies with personality in wild great tits.

Behavioral Ecology 27, 932-938.


Trillmich, F., Spiller, I.,Naguib, M., Krause, E.T. (2016)

Patient parents: Do offspring decide on the timing of fledging in zebra finches?

Ethology 122, 411-418 .





2014/2015



Honarmand, M., Riebel, K., Naguib, M. (2015)

Nutrition and peer group composition in early adolescence: impacts on male song and female preference in zebra finches.

Animal Behaviour 107, 147-158.


Snijders, L., van Rooij, E., Henskens, M., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2015)

Dawn song predicts behaviour during territory conflicts in personality-typed great tits.

Animal Behaviour 109, 45-52.


Naguib, M., Barrett, L., Healy, S., Simmons, L.W., Slater, P.J.B. Brockmann. H.J. (2015)

Editorial: 50 Years of Advances in the Study of Behavior.

Advances in the Study of Behaviour 47, Pages xi–xviii.


Krause, E. T., Naguib, M. (2015)

Zebra finch males compensate in plumage ornaments at sexual maturation for a bad start in life.

Frontiers in Zoology 12(Suppl 1), S11.


Kurvers, R.H.J. M., Wolf, M., Naguib, M., Krause, J. (2015)

Self-organized flexible leadership promotes collective intelligence in human groups.

Royal Society Open Science 2, 150222.


van Oers, K., Kohn, G. M., Hinde, C. A., Naguib, M. (2015)

Parental food provisioning is related to nestling stress response in wild great tit nestlings: implications for the development of personality.

Frontiers in Zoology 12(Suppl 1), S10.


Kölzsch, A., Alzate, A., Bartumeus, F., de Jager, M., Weerman, E. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Naguib, M., Nolet, B. A., van de Koppel, J. (2015)

Experimental evidence for inherent Lévy search behaviour in foraging animals.

Proceedings Royal Society B 282, 20150424.


Amy, M., Salvin, P., Naguib, M., Leboucher, G. (2015)

Female signalling to male song in the domestic canary, Serinus canaria.

Royal Society Open Science, 2, 140196.


Snijders, L., van der Eijk,, J., van Rooij, E.P., de Goede, P., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2015)

Song trait similarity in great tits varies with social structure.

PLoS one 10(2), e0116881.


Snijders, L., van Rooij, E. P., Burt, J., Hinde, C. A., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2014)

Social networking in territorial great tits: slow explorers have the least central social network positions.

Animal Behaviour 98, 95-102.


Reparaz, L.B., van Oers, K., Naguib, M., Doutrelant, C., Visser, M. E., Caro, S. P. (2014)

Mate preference of female blue tits varies with experimental photoperiod.

PloS one 9(3), e92527.


Brust, V., Krüger, O., Naguib, M., Krause, E. T. (2014)

Lifelong consequences of early nutritional conditions on learning performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

Behavioural Processes 103, 320–326.


Krause, E. T., Naguib, M. (2014)

Effects of parental and own early developmental conditions on the phenotype expression in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

Evolutionary Ecology 28, 263-275.


Rothenberg, D., Roeske, T. C., Voss, H. U., Naguib, M., Tchernichovski, O. (2014)

Investigation of musicality in birdsong.

Hearing Research 308, 71-83.


Sprau, P., Roth, T., Amrhrein, V., Naguib, M. (2014)

Effects of previous intrusion pressure on territorial responses in nightingales.

Journal of Ornithology 155, 111-119.


Naguib, M., Riebel, K. (2014)

Singing in space and time: the biology of birdsong.

In: Biocommunication of Animals (G. Witzany, Ed). pp 233-247. Springer Verlag.






2012 / 2013



Sprau, P., Roth, T., Amrhrein, V., Naguib, M., (2013)

The predictive value of trill performance in a large repertoire songbird, the nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos).

Journal of Avian Biology 44, 567-574


Naguib, M., Price, J.J. (2013)

The Evolution of Animal Communication.

Behaviour 150, 951–955.


Baugh, A.T., van Oers, K., Naguib M., Hau, M. (2013)

Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major).

General and Comparative Endocrinology 189, 96-104.


Naguib, M., van Oers, K., Braakhuis, A. Griffioen, M., de Goede, P., Waas, J.R. (2013)

Noise annoys: effects of noise on breeding great tits depend on personality but not on noise characteristics.

Animal Behaviour 85, 949-956.


Naguib, M. (2013)

Living in a noisy world: indirect effects of noise on animal communication.

Behaviour 150, 1069–1084.


van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2013)

Avian personality.

In: Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution (Carere C, Maestripieri D (Eds.).

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, p 66-95.


Amy, M., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2012)

Worms under cover: relationships between performance in learning tasks and personality in great tits (Parus major).

Animal Cognition 15, 763-770.


Titulaer, M., van Oers, K., Naguib, M. (2012)

Personality affects learning performance in difficult tasks in a sex-dependent way.

Animal Behaviour 83, 723-730.


Ritschard, M., van Oers, K., Naguib, M., Brumm, H. (2012)

Song amplitude of rival males modulates the territorial behaviour of great tits during the fertile period of their mates.

Ethology 118, 197-202.


Roth, T., Sprau, P., Naguib, M. Amrhein, V. (2012)

Sexually selected signaling in birds: a case for Bayesian change point analysis of behavioural routines.

The Auk 129, 660-669.


Sprau, P., Roth, T., Naguib, M., Amrhrein, V. (2012)

Communication in the third dimension: Song perch height of rivals affects singing response in nightingales.

PLoS one 7(3), e32194.


Sprau, P., Roth, T., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. (2012)

Distance-dependent responses by eavesdroppers on neighbour-stranger interactions in nightingales.

Animal Behaviour 84, 961-968.​






2010 / 2011



Naguib, M., Floercke, C., van Oers, K. (2011)

Effects of social conditions during early development on stress response and personality traits in great tits (Parus major).

Developmental Psychobiology 53, 592-600.


Naguib, M., Kunc, H. P., Sprau, P., Roth, T., Amrhein, V. (2011)

Communication networks and spatial ecology in nightingales.

Advances in the Study of Behavior 43, 239-271.


Krause, E.T., Honarmand, M., Naguib, M. (2011)

Zebra finch nestlings beg more under better nutritional conditions

Behaviour 148, 1239-1255.


Krause, E.T., Naguib, M. (2011)

Compensatory growth affects exploratory behaviour in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

Animal Behaviour 81, 1295-1300.


Amy, M., Sprau, P., de Goede, P., Naguib, M. (2010)

Effects of personality on territory defence in communication networks: a playback experiment with radio-tagged great tits.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277, 3685-3692.


Naguib, M. Kazek, A. Schaper, S. van Oers, K., Visser, M.E. (2010)

Singing activity reveals personality traits in great tits.

Ethology 116, 763-769.


Honarmand, M. Goymann, W., Naguib, M. (2010)

Stressful dieting: Nutritional conditions but not compensatory growth elevate corticosterone levels in zebra finch nestlings and fledglings.

PLoS one 5(9): e12390.


Naguib M, Mennill, D.J. (2010)

The signal value of bird song: empirical evidence suggests song overlapping is a signal.

Animal Behaviour 80, e11-e15.


Sprau, P., Roth, T., Schmidt, R., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. (2010)

Communication accross territory boundaries: distance dependent responses in nightingales.

Behavioral Ecology 21: 1011-1017.


Sprau, P., Schmidt, R., Roth, T., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. (2010)

Effects of rapid broadband trills on responses to song overlapping in nightingales.

Ethology 166, 300-308.


Naguib, M., Kober, M., Trillmich, F. (2010)

Mother is not like mother: concurrent pregnancy reduces lactating guinea pigs' responsiveness to pup calls.

Behavioural Processes 83, 79-81.






2009 and older



Riebel, K., Naguib, M. Gil, D. 2009

Experimental manipulation of the rearing environment influence adult female zebra finch song preferences.

Animal Behaviour 78, 1397-1404.


Brumm, H., Naguib, M. 2009

Environmental acoustics and the evolution of bird song.

Advances in the Study of Behavior 40, 1-33.


Naguib, M. Clayton, N., Zuberbühler, K. Janik, V. M. (Eds.) 2009

Acoustic communication in birds and mammals (Advances in the Study of Behavior; special volume).

Elsevier, Oxford, UK.


Krause, E.T., Honarmand, M., Wetzel, J., Naguib, M. 2009

Early fasting is long lasting: Differences in early nutritional conditions reappear under stressful conditions in adult female zebra finches.

PLoS one 4(3), e5015.


Roth, T., Sprau, P., Schmidt, R., Naguib, M., Amrhein, V. 2009

Sex-specific timing of mate searching and territory prospecting in the nightingale: nocturnal life of females.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 2045-2050; highlighted also in Nature 2009, Vol 458, p10.


Naguib, M., Schmidt, R., Sprau, P., Roth, T., Floercke, C., Amrhein, V., 2008

The ecology of vocal signaling: male spacing and communication distance of different song traits in nightingales.

Behavioral Ecology 19, 1034-1040.


Schmidt, R., Kunc, H., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2008

Aggressive responses to broadband trills are related to subsequent mating success in nightingales.

Behavioral Ecology 19, 635-641.


Naguib, M., Heim, C., Gil, D. 2008

Effects of early developmental conditions on male attractiveness in zebra finches.

Ethology 114, 255-261.


Kober, M., Trillmich, F., Naguib, M. 2008

Vocal mother-offspring communication in guinea pigs: females adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size.

Frontiers in Zoology 5, 13.


Krause, E. T., Naguib, M., Petow, S. 2008

Effects of intra-hippocampal D-AP5 injections on the one trial passive avoidance learning in adult laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis 68, 494-501.


Naguib, M., Nemitz, A. 2007

Living with the past: nutritional stress in juvenile males has immediate effects on their plumage ornaments and adult attractiveness in zebra finches.

PLoS ONE Vol. 2(9), e901.


Schmidt, R., Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2007

The day after: Effects of vocal interactions on territory defence in nightingales.

Journal of Animal Ecology 76, 168-173.


Amrhein, V., Kunc, H.P., Schmidt, R., Naguib, M. 2007

Temporal patterns of territory settlement and detectability in mated and unmated Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos.

Ibis 149, 237-244.


Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2007

Vocal interactions in common nightingales ( Luscinia megarhynchos ): males take it easy after pairing.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61, 557-563.


Kober, M., Trillmich, F., Naguib, M. 2007

Responses of guinea pig mothers to offspring vocalizations: effects of maternal reproductive state

Animal Behaviour 73, 917-925.


Gil, D., Naguib, M., Riebel, K., Rutstein, A., Gahr, M. 2006

Early condition, song learning and the volume of brain song nuclei in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

Journal of Neurobiology 66, 1602-1612.


Naguib, M., Nemitz, A., Gil, D. 2006

Maternal developmental stress reduces reproductive success of female offspring in zebra finches.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273, 1901-1905; highlighted in Current Biology 2006: 16(9)R309.


Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2006

Vocal interactions in nightingales ( Luscinia megarhynchos ): more aggressive males have higher pairing success

Animal Behaviour 72, 25-30.


Schmidt, R., Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2006

Responses to interactive playback predict future mating status in nightingales.

Animal Behaviour 72, 1355-1362.


Naguib, M., Kipper, S. 2006

Effects of different levels of song overlapping on singing behaviour in male territorial nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos).

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59:,419-426.


Krause, E.T., Naguib, M., Trillmich, F., Schrader, L. 2006

The effects of short term enrichment on learning in chickens from a laying strain (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science 101, 318-327.


Naguib, M. 2006

Methoden der Verhaltensbiologie Publisher: Springer Verlag

Full article: http://www.springer.com/life+sci/behavioural/book/978-3-540-33494-1


Naguib, M. (ed.: Brown, K.) 2006

Animal communication:dialogues

Encyclopaedia for Language and Linguistics, Second edition,

Vol. 1 p270-272 Publisher: Elsevier


Naguib, M. (ed.: Brown, K.) 2006

Animal Communication: Overview.

Encyclopedia for Language and Linguistics - Second edition,

Vol. 1 p276-284Publisher: Elsevier


Naguib, M., Riebel, K. (ed.: Brown, K.) 2006

Bird song: a key model in animal communication

Encyclopedia for Language and Linguistics - Second edition,

Vol. 2. p40-53 Publisher: Elsevier


Naguib, M., Gil, D. 2005

Transgenerational effects on body size caused by early developmental stress in zebra finches

Biology Letters 1, 95-97.


Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V.,Naguib, M. 2005

Seasonal variation of dawn song and its relation to mating success in the nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos)

Animal Behaviour 70, 1265-1271.


Kunc, H.P., Amrhein, V., Naguib, M. 2005

Acoustic features of song categories of the nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and its implications for communication

Behaviour 142, 1083-1097.


Naguib, M. 2005

Singing interactions in song birds: implications for social relations, territoriality and territorial settlement

In: Communication networks (ed.: McGregor, P.K.)

p300-319 Publisher: Cambridge University Press.


Naguib, M., Riebel, K., Marzal, A., Gil, D. 2004

Nestling immunocompetence and testosterone covary with brood size in a songbird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271, 833-838.


Gil, D., Heim, C., Bulmer, E., Rocha, M., Puerta, M., Naguib, M. 2004

Negative effects of early developmental stress on yolk testosterone levels in a passerine bird

Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 2215-2220.


Amrhein, V., Kunc, H.P., Naguib, M. 2004

Non-territorial nightingales prospect territories during the dawn chorus

Proceeding of the Royal Society B (Suppl.) 271, S167-S169.


Amrhein, V., Kunc, H.P., Naguib, M. 2004

Seasonal patterns of singing activity vary with time of day in the nightingale

The Auk 121, 110-117.


Naguib, M., Amrhein, V., Kunc, H.P. 2004

Effects of territorial intrusions on eavesdropping neighbors: communication networks in nightingales

Behavioral Ecology 6, 1011-1015.


Naguib, M. 2003

Reverberation of rapid and slow trills: implications for signal adaptations to long range communication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133, 1749-1756.


Amrhein, V., Korner, P., Naguib, M. 2002

Nocturnal and diurnal singing activity in the nightingale: correlations with mating status and breeding cycle

Animal Behaviour 64, 939-944.


Griessmann, B., Naguib, M. 2002

Song sharing in neighboring and non neighboring thrush nightingales (Luscinia luscinia) and its implications for communication

Ethology 108, 377-387.


Naguib, M., Mundry, R., Hultsch, H., Todt, D. 2002

Responses to playback of whistle songs and normal songs in male nightingales: effects of song category, whistle pitch, and distance.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, 216-223.


Naguib, M., Altenkamp, R., Griessmann, B. 2001

Nightingales in space: song and extra-territorial forays of radio tagged song birds
Journal of Ornithology 142, 306-312.


Naguib, M., Hammerschmidt, K., Wirth, J. 2001

Microgeographic variation, habitat effects, and individual signature cues in calls of chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita canarensis

Ethology 107, 341-355.

Naguib, M., Wiley, R.H. 2001
Estimating the distance to a source of sound : mechanisms and adaptations for long-range communication
Animal Behaviour 62, 825-837.

Naguib, M., Klump, G.M., Hillmann, E., Griessmann, B., Teige, T. 2000
Assessment of auditory distance in a territorial songbird: accurate feat or rule of thumb?
Animal Behaviour 59, 715-721.

Todt, D., Naguib, M. 2000
Vocal interactions in birds: The use of song as a model in communication.

Advances in the Study of Behaviour 29, 247-296.


Naguib, M. 1999

Effects of song overlapping and alternating on nocturnally singing nightingales

Animal Behaviour 58, 1061-1067.


Naguib, M., Fichtel, C., Todt, D. 1999

Nightingales respond more strongly to vocal leaders in simulated dyadic interactions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 265, 537-542.


Naguib, M., Mundry, R., Ostreiher, R., Hultsch, H., Schrader, L., Todt, D. 1999

Cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers call differently when mobbing in different predator-induced situations

Behavioral Ecology 10, 636-640.


Naguib, M. 1998

Perception of degradation in acoustic signals and its implications for ranging.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42, 139-142.


Naguib, M., Todt, D. 1998

Recognition of neighbors' song in a species with large and complex song repertoires: the thrush nightingale.

Journal of Avian Biology 29, 155-160.


Naguib, M. 1997

Ranging of songs in Carolina wrens: effects of familiarity with the song type on use of different cues.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 40,385-393; Erratum in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41, 203.


Naguib, M. 1997

Use of song amplitude for ranging in Carolina wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus.

Ethology 103 (9), 723-731.


Naguib, M., Todt, D. 1997

Effects of dyadic vocal interactions on other conspecific receivers in nightingales.

Animal Behaviour 54, 1535-1543.


Naguib, M. 1996

Ranging by song in Carolina wrens Thryothorus ludovicianus: Effects of environmental acoustics and strength of song degradation.

Behaviour 133, 541-559.


Naguib, M. 1996

Auditory distance estimation in song birds: Implications, methodologies and perspectives.

Behavioural Processes 38, 163-168.


Naguib, M. 1995

Auditory distance assessment of singing conspecifics in Carolina wrens: the role of reverberation and frequency- dependent attenuation.

Animal Behaviour 50, 1297-1307.


Naguib, M., Kolb, H. 1992

Vergleich des Strophenaufbaus und der Strophenabfolge an Gesängen von Sprosser (Luscinia luscinia) und Blaukehlchen (Luscinia svecica).

Journal für Ornithologie 133, 133-145.





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