Lars Gustafsson
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Animal Ecology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 26 42
- Mobile phone:
- +46 76 581 08 35
- E-mail:
- lars.gustafsson@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
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Publications
Recent publications
- Temperature variability is associated with the occurrence of extrapair paternity in blue tits (2024)
- Age- and trait-dependent breeding responses to environmental variation in a short-lived songbird (2023)
- The interactive effect of ambient temperature and brood size manipulation on nestling body mass in blue tits (2022)
- Extra-pair paternity in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) depends on the combination of social partners' age (2022)
- Effects of elevated nest box temperature on incubation behaviour and offspring fitness-related traits in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (2022)
All publications
Articles
- Temperature variability is associated with the occurrence of extrapair paternity in blue tits (2024)
- Age- and trait-dependent breeding responses to environmental variation in a short-lived songbird (2023)
- The interactive effect of ambient temperature and brood size manipulation on nestling body mass in blue tits (2022)
- Extra-pair paternity in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) depends on the combination of social partners' age (2022)
- Effects of elevated nest box temperature on incubation behaviour and offspring fitness-related traits in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (2022)
- Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals (2022)
- Habitat shapes diversity of gut microbiomes in a wild population of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus (2022)
- Differential effects of steroid hormones on levels of broad-sense heritability in a wild bird (2022)
- Sexual dichromatism, size dimorphism, and microscale anatomy of white wing stripe in blue tits (2021)
- Genomic inference of contemporary effective population size in a large island population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) (2021)
- Density-Dependent Adaptive Topography in a Small Passerine Bird, the Collared Flycatcher (2021)
- Broad-scale patterns of the Afro-Palaearctic landbird migration (2020)
- Differential effects of early growth conditions on colour-producing nanostructures revealed through small angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy (2020)
- Carotenoid-based coloration correlates with the hatching date of Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusnestlings (2020)
- Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction (2020)
- Silver-spoon upbringing improves early-life fitness but promotes reproductive ageing in a wild bird (2020)
- Born to be young? (2020)
- Quantitative genetics of the use of conspecific and heterospecific social cues for breeding site choice (2020)
- Parental genetic similarity and offspring performance in blue tits in relation to brood size manipulation (2019)
- A full annual perspective on sex-biased migration timing in long-distance migratory birds (2019)
- Importance of infection of haemosporidia blood parasites during different life history stages for long-term reproductive fitness of collared flycatchers (2019)
- Transient growth-enhancing effects of elevated maternal thyroid hormones at no apparent oxidative cost during early postnatal period (2019)
- No evidence for behavioural syndrome and genetic basis for three personality traits in a wild bird population (2019)
- Birds with high lifetime reproductive success experience increased telomere loss (2019)
- Sex-specific effects of parasites on telomere dynamics in a short-lived passerinethe blue tit (2019)
- Sex-biased gene expression, sexual antagonism and levels of genetic diversity in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) genome (2018)
- Glucocorticoid response to both predictable and unpredictable challenges detected as corticosterone metabolites in collared flycatcher droppings (2018)
- Influence of haemosporidian infection status on structural and carotenoid-based colouration in the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus (2018)
- Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds (2018)
- Heterospecific nest site copying behavior in a wild bird (2018)
- Breeding consequences of flavivirus infection in the collared flycatcher (2018)
- Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in blue tit nestlings (Cyanistis caeruleus) under contrasting rearing conditions (2017)
- Subtle but ubiquitous selection on body size in a natural population of collared flycatchers over 33years (2017)
- Intra-individual changes in haemosporidian infections over the nesting period in great tit females (2017)
- Climate change upends selection on ornamentation in a wild bird (2017)
- Natal dispersers pay a lifetime cost to increased reproductive effort in a wild bird population (2017)
- Effect of haemosporidian infections on host survival and recapture rate in the blue tit (2017)
- Barrier crossing in small avian migrants (2016)
- Breeding latitude leads to different temporal but not spatial organization of the annual cycle in a long-distance migrant (2016)
- Differential prevalence and diversity of haemosporidian parasites in two sympatric closely related nonmigratory passerines (2016)
- Solutions for Archiving Data in Long-Term Studies (2016)
- Demographic routes to variability and regulation in bird populations (2016)
- Longitudinal studies confirm faster telomere erosion in short-lived bird species (2016)
- Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds (2016)
- The stability of the G-matrix (2015)
- Maternal Age-Related Depletion of Offspring Genetic Variance in Immune Response to Phytohaemagglutinin in the Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) (2015)
- Archiving Primary Data (2015)
- Malaria infection status predicts extra-pair paternity in the blue tit (2015)
- Avoiding perceived past resource use of potential competitors affects niche dynamics in a bird community (2014)
- The past and the present in decision-making (2014)
- Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds (2014)
- Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design (2014)
- Avian malaria is associated with increased reproductive investment in the blue tit (2014)
- Determinants of prevalence and intensity of infection with malaria parasites in the Blue Tit (2014)
- Experimentally increased reproductive effort alters telomere length in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) (2014)
- Assessing Multivariate Constraints to Evolution across Ten Long-Term Avian Studies (2014)
- Natural selection acts in opposite ways on correlated hormonal mediators of prenatal maternal effects in a wild bird population (2014)
- Benefits of extra-pair mating may depend on environmental conditions-an experimental study in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) (2013)
- The importance of selection at the level of the pair over 25 years in a natural population of birds (2013)
- Rapid and unpredictable changes of the G-matrix in a natural bird population over 25 years (2013)
- Estimating demographic parameters from capturerecapture data with dependence among individuals within clusters (2013)
- Low Cross-Sex Genetic Correlation in Carotenoid-Based Plumage Traits in the Blue Tit Nestlings (Cyanistes caeruleus) (2013)
- Sex chromosome linked genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism of quantitative traits (2013)
- Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden (2013)
- Estimation and comparison of heritability and parent-offspring resemblance in dispersal probability from capture-recapture data using different methods (2012)
- Low Genetic Variance in the Duration of the Incubation Period in a Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) Population (2012)
- MHC diversity, malaria and lifetime reproductive success in collared flycatchers (2012)
- Environment-dependent selection on mate choice in a natural population of birds (2012)
- Long-term effects of yolk androgens on phenotype and parental feeding behavior in a wild passerine (2012)
- Long-term fitness consequences of high yolk androgen levels (2012)
- Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers (2012)
- Body size and immune defense of nestling blue tits (Cyanistes Caeruleus) in response to manipulation of ectoparasites and food supply (2011)
- Experimental manipulation shows that the white wing patch in collared flycatchers is a male sexual ornament (2011)
- Divergent Patterns of Age-dependence in Ornamental and Reproductive Traits in the Collared Flycatcher (2011)
- Sex-specific heritability of cell-mediated immune response in the blue tit nestlings (Cyanistes caeruleus) (2010)
- The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds (2010)
- Costs and Benefits of Experimentally Induced Changes in the Allocation of Growth versus Immune Function under Differential Exposure to Ectoparasites (2010)
- 454 sequencing reveals extreme complexity of the class II Major Histocompatibility Complex in the collared flycatcher (2010)
- 'Heritability' of dispersal propensity in a patchy population (2009)
- Experimental evidence for the use of density based interspecific social information in forest birds (2009)
- Sex allocation in response to local resource competition over breeding territories (2009)
- The effects of experimentally manipulated yolk androgens on growth and immune function of male and female nestling collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis (2009)
- Ectoparasites help to maintain variation in cell-mediated immunity in the blue tit-hen flea system (2009)
- Yolk androgens do not appear to mediate sexual conflict over parental investment in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (2009)
- Heritable Variation in Maternal Yolk Hormone Transfer in a Wild Bird Population (2009)
- Effects of hybridization on the immunity of collared Ficedula albicollis and pied flycatchers F-hypoleuca, and their infection by haemosporidians (2009)
- A Gene-Based Genetic Linkage Map of the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) Reveals Extensive Synteny and Gene-Order Conservation During 100 Million Years of Avian Evolution (2008)
- Competitor density cues for habitat quality facilitating habitat selection and investment decisions (2008)
- Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum (2008)
- Natural and sexual selection against hybrid flycatchers (2008)
- Exploring the genetics of aging in a wild passerine bird (2007)
- The intersexual genetic correlation for lifetime fitness in the wild and its implications for sexual selection (2007)
- Nestling immune response to phytohaemagglutinin is not heritable in collared flycatchers (2007)
- Sex chromosome-linked species recognition and evolution of reproductive isolation in flycatchers (2007)
- Age-dependent reproductive costs and the role of breeding skills in the Collared flycatcher (2007)
- Genetic mapping in a natural population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) (2006)
- Levels of linkage disequilibrium in a wild bird population (2006)
- Genetic and environmental variation in immune response of collared flycatcher nestlings (2006)
- A test of the "sexy son" hypothesis: sons of polygynous collared flycatchers do not inherit their fathers' mating status (2006)
- Evolutionary genetics - Evolution of mate choice in the wild - Reply (2006)
- Testing the genetics underlying the co-evolution of mate choice and ornament in the wild (2006)
- Natural selection and genetic variation for reproductive reaction norms in a wild bird population (2005)
- Natural selection and genetic variation for reproductive reaction norms in a wild bird population (2005)
- Male-biased sex ratio among unhatched eggs in the great tit Parus major, blue tit P. caeruleus and collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (2005)
- Corss-fostering reveals seasonal changes in the relative fitness of two competring species of flycatchers (2005)
- Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier (2004)
- Single-generation estimates of individual fitness as proxies for long-term genetic contribution (2004)
- Availability and use of public information and conspecific density for settlement decisions in the collared flycatcher (2004)
- Climatic and temporal effects on the expression of secondary sexual characters: genetic and environmental components (2004)
- Age-related decline in humoral immune function in Collared Flycatchers (2003)
- Age-related decline in humoral immune function in Collared Flycatchers (2003)
- Costs of reproduction (2002)
- Hybridization and adaptive mate choice in flycatchers (2001)
- Male-male competition and parental care in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) (2000)
- Tbe use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding habitat selection in a non-colonial, hole-nesting species, the collared flycatcher (1999)
- Density dependence in resource exploitation (1999)
- The effect of body condition on the cost of reproduction in female collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis (1998)
- The effect of body condition on the cost of reproduction in female Collared Flycatchers Ficedula Albicollis (1998)
- Reproductive effort reduces specific immune response and parasite resistance (1998)
- Timing of breeding and reproductive costs in collared flycatchers (1998)
- Balanced dispersal between spatially varying local populations (1997)
- Heritability and selection of a secondary sexual trait in the collared flycatcher (1997)
- Paternal genetic contribution to offspring condition predicted by size of male secondary sexual character (1997)
- Sex ratio adjustment in relation to paternal attractiveness in a wild bird population (1996)
- Temporal stability and microgeographic homogeneity of heritability estimates in a natural bird population (1996)
- Temporal stability and microgeographic homogeneity of heritability estimates in a natural bird population (1996)
- GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN - A NEW MEASURE OF CONDITION IN BIRDS (1995)
- TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS AND A SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTER IN MALE COLLARED FLYCATCHERS (1995)
- MALE COLORATION AND SPECIES RECOGNITION IN SYMPATRIC FLYCATCHERS (1994)
- TRYPANOSOMES OF SOME FENNOSCANDIAN BIRDS (1994)
- Foster parent experiment reveals no genotype-environment correlation int he external morphology of Ficedula albicollis, the collared flycatcher (1994)
- FOSTER PARENT EXPERIMENT REVEALS NO GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION IN THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY OF FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS, THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (1994)
- INFECTIOUS-DISEASES, REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT AND THE COST OF REPRODUCTION IN BIRDS (1994)
- Infectious diseases, reproductive effort and the cost of reproduction in birds (1994)
- Infectious diseases, reproductive effort and the cost of reproduction in birds (1994)
- EVOLUTION OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES WITH MODERATE GENETIC CORRELATIONS AMONG TRAITS AS EXEMPLIFIED BY 2 FLYCATCHER SPECIES (FICEDULA, MUSCICAPIDAE) (1994)
- Evolution of morphological differences with moderate genetic correlations among traits as exemplified by 2 flycatcher species (Ficedula, Muscicapidae) (1994)
- EVOLUTION OF FORAGING ECOLOGY IN FENNOSCANDIAN TITS (PARUS SPP) (1994)
- SEASONAL DECLINE IN COLLARED FLYCATCHER FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS - AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH (1994)
- Seasonal decline in collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis reproductive success (1994)
- CORRELATES OF CLUTCH DESERTION BY FEMALE COLLARED FLYCATCHERS FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS (1994)
- Correlates of clutch desertion by female collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis (1994)
- Inheritance of size and shape in a natural population of collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis (1993)
- INHERITANCE OF SIZE AND SHAPE IN A NATURAL-POPULATION OF COLLARED FLYCATCHERS, FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS (1993)
- MATERNAL INHERITANCE OF CONDITION AND CLUTCH SIZE IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (1993)
- Maternal inheritance of condition and clutch size in the collared flycatcher (1993)
- Evidence from hatching success and DNA fingerprinting for the fertility of hybrid piedÃcollared flycatchers Ficedula hypoleucaÃalbicollis (1992)
- EVIDENCE FROM HATCHING SUCCESS AND DNA FINGERPRINTING FOR THE FERTILITY OF HYBRID PIED X COLLARED FLYCATCHERS FICEDULA-HYPOLEUCA X ALBICOLLIS (1992)
- Terminal investment’ and a sexual conflict in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) (1992)
- SELECTION ON FLEDGING MASS IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER AND THE GREAT TIT (1992)
- Selection of fledging mass in the collared flycatcher and the great tit (1992)
- TERMINAL INVESTMENT AND A SEXUAL CONFLICT IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS) (1992)
- THE COST OF INCUBATION IN RELATION TO CLUTCH-SIZE IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS (1991)
- HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN PIED AND COLLARED FLYCATCHERS - SEXUAL SELECTION AND SPECIATION THEORY (1990)
- PHENOTYPIC SELECTION ON HERITABLE SIZE TRAITS - ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE AND GENETIC RESPONSE (1990)
- Life-history trade-offs and optimal clutch size in relation to age in the collared flycatcher (1990)
- ACCELERATION OF SENESCENCE IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS BY REPRODUCTIVE COSTS (1990)
- EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY AND HERITABILITY ESTIMATES OF TARSUS LENGTH IN PIED AND COLLARED FLYCATCHERS (1989)
- Extra-pair paternity and heritability estimates of tarsus length in pied and collared flycatchers (1989)
- BREEDING DISPERSAL IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS) - POSSIBLE CAUSES AND REPRODUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES (1989)
- GENETIC COMPONENT OF MORPHOLOGICAL-DIFFERENTIATION IN COAL TITS UNDER COMPETITIVE RELEASE (1988)
- INTERSPECIFIC AND INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION FOR NEST HOLES IN A POPULATION OF THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS (1988)
- Foraging behaviour of individual coal tits, Parus ater, in relation to their age, sex and morphology (1988)
- FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL COAL TITS, PARUS-ATER, IN RELATION TO THEIR AGE, SEX AND MORPHOLOGY (1988)
- THE COSTS OF REPRODUCTION IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS (1988)
- From the high Arctic to the Baltic (1988)
- FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC TO THE BALTIC - THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF A BARNACLE GOOSE BRANTA-LEUCOPSIS POPULATION ON GOTLAND, SWEDEN (1988)
- EXPLOITATION COMPETITION INFLUENCES THE USE OF FORAGING SITES BY TITS - EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE (1987)
- Exploitation competition influences the use of foraging sites by tits (1987)
- INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION LOWERS FITNESS IN COLLARED FLYCATCHERS FICEDULA-ALBICOLLIS - AN EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION (1987)
- Interspecific competition lowers fitness in collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis (1987)
- Interspecific competition and niche changes in tits ( Parus spp.) (1986)
- INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND NICHE CHANGES IN TITS (PARUS SPP) - EVALUATION OF NONEXPERIMENTAL DATA (1986)
- DO FEMALES PREFER OLDER MALES IN POLYGYNOUS BIRD SPECIES (1986)
- LIFETIME REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND HERITABILITY - EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR FISHER FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM (1986)
- Fitness factors in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Temm (1986)
- INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND NICHE SHIFTS IN TITS AND THE GOLDCREST - AN EXPERIMENT (1985)
- Interspecific competition and niche shifts in tits and the goldcrest (1985)
- HABITAT SHIFT OF THE WILLOW TIT PARUS MONTANUS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MARSH TIT PARUS PALUSTRIS (1985)
- Habitat shift of the willow tit Parus montanus in the absence of the marsh tit Parus palustris. (1985)
- Fitness factors in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Temm (1985)
- CLUTCH SIZE AND BREEDING SUCCESS OF PIED AND COLLARED FLYCATCHERS FICEDULA SPP IN NEST-BOXES OF DIFFERENT SIZES (1985)
- High frequency of cuckoldry in pied and collared flycatchers. (1984)
- WHY DO YOUNG PASSERINE BIRDS HAVE SHORTER WINGS THAN OLDER BIRDS (1984)
- Breeding success and hybridization of collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis, and pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca on Oland 1981 (1982)
- Hybridization and breeding success of collared and pied flycatchers on the island of Gotland. (1982)
- HYBRIDIZATION AND BREEDING SUCCESS OF COLLARED AND PIED FLYCATCHERS ON THE ISLAND OF GOTLAND (1982)
- ( Breeding success and hybridization of collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, and pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca, on Oland 1981). | Hackningsframgang och forekomst av halsbandsflugsnappare Ficedula albicollis, svartvit flugsnappare Ficedula hypoleuca samt blandpar pa Oland 1981. (1982)
- How many birds breed on Gotland? (1982)
- Intraspecific Variation: Its Adaptive Value and Consequences (1981)
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