Slow explorers take less risk: a problem of sampling bias in ecological studies EF Stuber, YG Araya-Ajoy, KJ Mathot, A Mutzel, M Nicolaus, JJ Wijmenga, ... Behavioral Ecology 24 (5), 1092-1098, 2013 | 141 | 2013 |
Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird M Nicolaus, JM Tinbergen, KM Bouwman, SPM Michler, R Ubels, C Both, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1749), 4885-4892, 2012 | 132 | 2012 |
Density fluctuations represent a key process maintaining personality variation in a wild passerine bird M Nicolaus, JM Tinbergen, R Ubels, C Both, NJ Dingemanse Ecology Letters 19 (4), 478-486, 2016 | 126 | 2016 |
Effect of PIT tags on the survival and recruitment of great tits Parus major M Nicolaus, KM Bouwman, NJ Dingemanse Ardea 96 (2), 286-292, 2008 | 85 | 2008 |
Does metabolic rate predict risk‐taking behaviour? A field experiment in a wild passerine bird KJ Mathot, M Nicolaus, YG Araya‐Ajoy, NJ Dingemanse, B Kempenaers Functional Ecology 29 (2), 239-249, 2015 | 83 | 2015 |
Sex‐specific effects of altered competition on nestling growth and survival: an experimental manipulation of brood size and sex ratio M Nicolaus, SPM Michler, R Ubels, M Van Der Velde, J Komdeur, C Both, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 78 (2), 414-426, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
Comparing the consequences of natural selection, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, and matching habitat choice for phenotype–environment matching, population genetic structure … M Nicolaus, P Edelaar Ecology and evolution 8 (8), 3815-3827, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird M Nicolaus, KJ Mathot, YG Araya-Ajoy, A Mutzel, JJ Wijmenga, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1799), 20142405, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
Mutual mate choice for colorful traits in king penguins PM Nolan, F Stephen Dobson, M Nicolaus, TJ Karels, KJ McGraw, ... Ethology 116 (7), 635-644, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
Comparison of color and body condition between early and late breeding king penguins F Stephen Dobson, PM Nolan, M Nicolaus, C Bajzak, AS Coquel, ... Ethology 114 (9), 925-933, 2008 | 45 | 2008 |
Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major) YG Araya‐Ajoy, S Kuhn, KJ Mathot, A Mouchet, A Mutzel, M Nicolaus, ... Evolution 70 (10), 2308-2321, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
Exploring patterns of variation in clutch size–density reaction norms in a wild passerine bird M Nicolaus, JE Brommer, R Ubels, JM Tinbergen, NJ Dingemanse Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26 (9), 2031-2043, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera‐recorded diets YI Verkuil, M Nicolaus, R Ubels, MW Dietz, JM Samplonius, A Galema, ... Ecology and Evolution 12 (5), e8881, 2022 | 37 | 2022 |
Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major) M Nicolaus, SPM Michler, KM Jalvingh, R Ubels, M van der Velde, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (4), 827-837, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird A Mouchet, EF Cole, E Matthysen, M Nicolaus, JL Quinn, AM Roth, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (28), e2024994118, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
The correlation between coloration and exploration behaviour varies across hierarchical levels in a wild passerine bird M Nicolaus, R Piault, R Ubels, JM Tinbergen, NJ Dingemanse Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29 (9), 1780-1792, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
Coloured patches influence pairing rate in King Penguins. P Jouventin, PM Nolan, FS Dobson, M Nicolaus Ibis 150 (1), 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
Local sex ratio affects the cost of reproduction M Nicolaus, SPM Michler, R Ubels, M van der Velde, KM Bouwman, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (3), 564-572, 2012 | 28 | 2012 |
Ornamental colors reveal age in the king penguin M Nicolaus, C Le Bohec, PM Nolan, M Gauthier-Clerc, Y Le Maho, ... Polar Biology 31, 53-61, 2007 | 27 | 2007 |
Provisioning tactics of great tits (Parus major) in response to long-term brood size manipulations differ across years KJ Mathot, AL Olsen, A Mutzel, YG Araya-Ajoy, M Nicolaus, DF Westneat, ... Behavioral Ecology 28 (6), 1402-1413, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |