Journal papers

2024

  • Benjaminsen SC, Dehnhard N, Herzke D, Johnsen A, Anker-Nilssen T, Bourgeon S, Collard F, Langset M, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Gabrielsen GW (2024) The challenges of opportunistic sampling when comparing prevalence of plastics in diving seabirds: A multi-species example from Norway. Marine Pollution Bulletin 199:116037. Open Access
  • Garlovsky MD, Whittington E, Albrecht T, Arenas-Castro H, Castillo DM, Keais GL, Larson EL, Moyle LC, Plakke M, Reifová R, Snook RR, Ålund M, Weber AA-T (2023) Synthesis and Scope of the Role of Postmating Prezygotic Isolation in Speciation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (in press). Abstract
  • Stankowski S, Zagrodzka ZB, Garlovsky MD, Pal A, Shipilina D, Castillo DG, Lifchitz H, Le Moan A, Leder E, Reeve J, Johannesson K, Westram AM, Butlin RK (2024) The genetic basis of a recent transition to live-bearing in marine snails. Science 383:114-119. Abstract
  • Viitaniemi HM, Leder EH, Kauzál O, Stopková R, Stopka P, Lifjeld JT, Albrecht T (2024) Impact of Z chromosome inversions on gene expression in testis and liver tissues in the zebra finch. Molecular Ecology (in press). Open Access
  • Whittington E, Ålund M (2024) Sperm, eggs, pollen, and gelato, oh my! Molecular Reproduction and Development (in press). Open Access

2023

  • Barth JMI, Handley SA, Kintzl D, Leonard G, Malinsky M, Matschiner M, Meyer BS, Salzburger W, Stefka J, Trucchi E (2023) The history and organization of the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics. Evolution: Education and Outreach 16:1-12. Open Access
  • Bista I, Wood JMD, Desvignes T, McCarthy SA, Matschiner M, Ning Z, Tracey A, Torrance J, Sims Y, Chow W, Smith M, Oliver K, Haggerty L, Salzburger W, Postlethwait JH, Howe K, Clark MS, Detrich III HW, Cheng CHC, Miska EA, Durbin R (2023) Genomics of cold adaptations in the Antarctic notothenioid fish radiation. Nature Communications 14:3412. Open Access
  • Böhme W, Koppetsch T (2023) Chamäleons in der Mythologie der Völker.  Koenigiana 17(1):39–50.
  • Burriel-Carranza B, Mazuch T, Estarellas M, Talavera A, Riaño G, Koppetsch T, Tamar K, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Al Saadi S, Busais S, Kratochvíl L, Shobrak M, Šmíd J, Carranza S (2023) Pristurus guweirensis Haas, 1943 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae): the most abundant and widely distributed species of Pristurus previously referred to as Pristurus sp. 1. Zootaxa 5297 (4):594–599. Abstract
  • Cramer ERA, Yilma ZB, Lifjeld JT (2023) Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:131-143. Open Access
  • Green L, Faust E, Hinchcliffe J, Brijs J, Holmes A, Englund Örn F, Svensson O, Roques JAC, Leder EH, Sandblom E, Kvarnemo C (2023) Invader at the edge — Genomic origins and physiological differences of round gobies across a steep urban salinity gradient. Evolutionary Applications 16:321-337. Open Access
  • Grønstøl G, Danielsen M, Cramer ERA, Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Whittington E, Lifjeld JT (2023) Effects of fixatives and storage duration on avian sperm morphology. Journal of Ornithology 164:171-181. Open Access
  • Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Koppetsch T, Lifjeld JT, Matschiner M, Søli GEE, Voje KL (2023). Arctic specimens in the zoological collections at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (NHMO). Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 19:380-399. Abstract
  • Johannesson K, Leder EH, André C, Dupont S, Eriksson SP, Harding K, Havenhand JN, Jahnke M, Jonsson PR, Kvarnemo C, Pavia H, Rafajlović M, Rödström EM, Thorndyke M, Blomberg A (2023) Ten years of marine evolutionary biology - challenges and achievements of a multidisciplinary research initiative. Evolutionary Applications 16:530-541. Open Access
  • Johnsen A, Wold-Dobbe K, Lo Cascio Sætre C, Eybert M-C, Marquet M, Bonnet P, Cramer ERA (2023) Genetic diversity and sperm characteristics are not associated in two bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) populations. Journal of Avian Biology 2023: e03125. Open Access
  • Kinmonth-Schultz H, Sønstebø JH, Croneberger AJ, Johnsen SS, Leder E, Lewandowska-Sabat A, Imaizumi T, Rognli OA, Vinje H, Ward JK, Fjellheim S (2023) Responsiveness to long days for flowering is reduced in Arabidopsis by yearly variation in growing season temperatures. Plant, Cell & Environment 46:3337-3352. Open Access
  • Koppetsch T, Pabijan M, Hutter CR, Köhler J, Gehring P-S, Rakotoarison A, Ratsoavina FM, Scherz MD, Vieites DR, Glaw F, Vences M (2023) An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 73:397–432. Open Access
  • Koppetsch T, Sánchez Romero G (2023) Gallotia galloti eisentrauti (Tenerife Lizard). Cranial abnormality. Herpetological Review 54(2):295–296.
  • Kvarnemo C, Green L, Svensson O, Lindström K, Schöld S, Griful-Dones M, Havenhand JN, Leder EH (2023) Molecular, behavioural and morphological comparisons of sperm adaptations in a fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Evolutionary Applications 16:338-353. Open Access
  • Lifjeld JT, de Gabriel Hernando M, Fuertes Marcos B, Grønstøl G, Anmarkrud JA, Matschiner M, Leder EH (2023) Rapid sperm length divergence in a polygynandrous passerine: a mechanism of cryptic speciation? Evolution 77:2352-2364. Open Access
  • Reinar WB, Tørresen OK, Nederbragt AJ, Matschiner M, Jentoft S, Jakobsen KJ (2023) Teleost genomic repeat landscapes in light of diversification rates and ecology. Mobile DNA 14:14. Open Access
  • Rekdal SL, Anmarkrud JA, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2023) Do female bluethroats without extra-pair offspring have more MHC-compatible social mates? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77:36. Open Access
  • Schiavon L, Negrisolo E, Battistotti A, Lucassen M, Damerau M, Harms L, Riginella E, Matschiner M, Zane L, La Mesa M, Papetti C (2023) Species identification and population genetics of the Antarctic fish genera Lepidonotothen and Nototheniops (Perciformes, Notothenioidei). Zoologica Scripta 52:136-153. Abstract
  • Theissinger K, Fernandes C, Formenti G, Bista I, Berg PR, Bleidorn C, Bombarely A, Crottini A, Gallo GR, Godoy JA, Jentoft S, Malukiewicz J, Mouton A, Oomen RA, Paez S, Palsbøll PJ, Pampoulie C, Ruiz-López MJ, Secomandi S, Svardal H, Theofanopoulou C, de Vries J, Waldvogel AM, Zhang G, Jarvis ED, Bálint M, Ciofi C, Waterhouse RM, Mazzoni CJ, Höglund J, Aghayan SA, Alioto TS, Almudi I, Alvarez N, Alves PC, Amorim do Rosario IR, Antunes A, Arribas P, Baldrian P, Bertorelle G, Böhne A, Bonisoli-Alquati A, Boštjančić LL, Boussau B, Breton CM, Buzan E, Campos PF, Carreras C, Castro LFC, Chueca LJ, Čiampor F, Conti E, Cook-Deegan R, Croll D, Cunha MV, Delsuc F, Dennis AB, Dimitrov D, Faria R, Favre A, Fedrigo OD, Fernández R, Ficetola GF, Flot JF, Gabaldón T, Agius DR, Giani AM, Gilbert MTP, Grebenc T, Guschanski K, Guyot R, Hausdorf B, Hawlitschek O, Heintzman PD, Heinze B, Hiller M, Husemann M, Iannucci A, Irisarri I, Jakobsen KS, Klinga P, Kloch A, Kratochwil CF, Kusche H, Layton KKS, Leonard JA, Lerat E,Liti G, Manousaki T, Marques-Bonet T, Matos-Maraví P, Matschiner M, Maumus F, Mc Cartney AM, Meiri S, Melo-Ferreira J, Mengual X, Monaghan MT, Montagna M, Mysłajek RW, Neiber MT, Nicolas V, Novo M, Ozretić P, Palero F, Pârvulescu L, Pascual M, Paulo OS, Pavlek M, Pegueroles C, Pellissier L, Pesole G, Primmer CR, Riesgo A, Rüber L, Rubolini D, Salvi D, Seehausen O, Seidel M, Studer B, Theodoridis S, Thines M, Urban L, Vasemägi A, Vella A, Vella N, Vernes SC, Vernesi C, Vieites DR, Wheat CW, Wörheide G, Wurm Y, Zammit G (2023) How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics 39:545-559. Open Access
  • Yu L, Khachaturyan M, Matschiner M, Healey A, Bauer D, Cameron B, Cusson M, Duffy JE, Fodrie FJ, Gill D, Grimwood J, Hori M, Hovel K, Hughes AR, Jahnke M, Jenkins J, Keymanesh K, Kruschel C, Mamidi S, Moksnes PO, Nakaoka M, Pennacchio C, Reiss K, Rossi F, Ruesink JL, Schultz S, Talbot S, Unsworth R, Dagan T, Schmutz J, Stachowicz JJ, Van de Peer Y, Olsen JL, Reusch TBH (2023) Ocean currents drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina). Nature Plants 9:1207-1220. Open Access

2022

  • Baumdicker F, Bisschop G, Goldstein D, Gower G, Ragsdale AP, Tsambos G, Zhu S, Eldon B, Ellerman CE, Galloway JG, Gladstein AL, Gorjanc G, Guo B, Jeffery B, Kretzschmar WW, Lohse K, Matschiner M, Nelson D, Pope NS, Quinto-Cortéz CD, Rodrigues MF, Saunack K, Sellinger T, Thornton K, van Kemenade H, Wohns AW, Wong HY, Gravel S, Kern AD, Koskela J, Ralph PL, Kelleher J (2022) Efficient ancestry and mutation simulation with msprime 1.0. Genetics 220:iyab229. Open Access
  • Böhme W, Koppetsch T, Rduch V (2022) Melanism in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae), with a first case in the Nile monitor, Varanus (Polydaedalusniloticus (Squamata: Varanidae). Herpetology Notes, 15:257-262. Open Access
  • Böhme, W., Schleich, H., Wipfler, B. & Koppetsch, T. (2022): On the dentition of the Cape Verdean endemic lizard genus Chioninia Gray, 1845, with a discussion of ecological implications in the giant species C. coctei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839). Spixiana 45(1): 131–144. PDF
  • Cramer ERA, Grønstøl G, Lifjeld JT (2022) Flagellum tapering and midpiece volume in songbird spermatozoa. Journal of Morphology 283:1577-1589. Open Access
  • Ineich I, Koppetsch T, Böhme W (2022) Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages − the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscisSALAMANDRA 58:123-138. Open Access
  • Johannessen LE, Lifjeld JT (2022) Type specimens of birds in the Natural History  Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. Zootaxa 5150(4):451-486. Abstract
  • Koppetsch T (2022) Solo spawning, egg guarding by a female and remarks on vocal signalling and colour change for the freshwater puffer Pao suvattii in captivity. Tropical Natural History 22(1):38-42. Open Access
  • Koppetsch T, Böhme W (2022) On the identity of west Saharan geckos of the Tarentola ephippiata complex (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae), with comments on an extreme case of syntopy with their close relative T. annularisAfrican Journal of Herpetology 71:139-159. Abstract
  • Koppetsch T, Böhme W (2022) Photospot: Juvenile rufous fishing owl Scotopelia ussheri in Guinea. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 29:97-98.
  • Koppetsch T, Kaiser H (2022): Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Nose-horned Vipers, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758), at the Danube’s Iron Gates, Serbia, with a brief review of tick infestations on European vipers. Herpetology Notes 15:781–784. Open Access
  • Leese BE, Johannessen LE, Schrøder-Nielsen A, Mlíkovský J, Gorney D, Schreffler L, Schreffler J (2022) Additions and updates to the list of specimens of Imperial Woodpecker Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832), including genetic analysis of a putative clutch of eggs. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142:491-508. Open Access
  • Lifjeld JT (2022) Experimental manipulation of sexual traits in barn swallow populations - no evidence for divergent sexual selection. Evolution 76(9):2199-2203. Open Access
  • Lifjeld JT, Kleven O, Fossøy F, Jacobsen F, Laskemoen T, Rudolfsen G, Robertson RJ (2022) When older males sire more offspring - increased attractiveness or higher fertility? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76:61. Open Access
  • Lifjeld JT, Slagsvold T (2022) Female extra-pair copulation for direct fitness benefits: A cautionary note. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119:e2207108119. Open Access
  • Magnussen T, Johnsen A, Kjærandsen J, Struck TH, Søli GEE (2022) Molecular phylogeny of Allodia (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) constructed using genome skimming. Systematic Entomology 47:267-281. Open Access
  • Matschiner M (2022) Species Tree Inference with SNP Data. In:  Pereira-Santana A, Gamboa-Tuz SD, Rodríguez-Zapata LC (eds) Plant Comparative Genomics. Humana, New York, USA, pp. 23-44. Abstract
  • Matschiner M, Barth JMI, Tørresen OK, Star B, Baalsrud HT, Brieuc MSO, Pampoulie C, Bradbury I, Jakobsen KS, Jentoft S (2022) Supergenes origin and maintenance in Atlantic cod. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6:469-481. Open Access
  • Muschick M, Nikolaeva E, Rüber L, Matschiner M (2022) The mitochondrial genome of the red icefish (Channichthys rugosus) casts doubt on its species status. Polar Biology 45: 1541-1552. Open Access
  • Poignet M, Baránková L, Reif J, Stopka P, Stopková R, Frolikova M, Cramer ERA, Johnsen A, Kverek P, Osiejuk TS, Komrskova K, Albrecht T, Reifová R (2022) Sperm morphology and performance in relation to postmating prezygotic isolation in two recently diverged passerine species. Scientific Reports 12:22275. Open Access
  • Rowe M, van Oort A, Brouwer L, Lifjeld JT, Webster MS, Welklin JF, Baldassarre DT (2022) Sperm numbers as a paternity guard in a wild bird. Cells 11:231. Open Access
  • Viitaniemi HM, Leder EH, Suhonen J (2022) Influence of Interspecific Interference Competition on the Genetic Structure of Calopteryx splendens Populations. Annales Zoologici Fennici 59:35-45. Abstract

2021

  • Böhme W, Koppetsch T (2021) Snake names in the Greek-Roman antiquity: old characterizations, identity in current zoology, and change of their original meaning in post-Linnean herpetology. SALAMANDRA 57:475-501. Open Access
  • Cramer ERA (2021) Measuring Pre- and Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection and Their Interaction in Socially Monogamous Species with Extra-Pair Paternity. Cells 10:620. Open Access
  • Cramer ERA, Garcia-del-Rey E, Johannessen LE, Laskemoen T, Marthinsen G, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT (2021) Longer sperm swim more slowly in the Canary Islands chiffchaff. Cells 10:1358. Open Access
  • Cramer ERA, Grønstøl G, Maxwell L, Kovach AI, Lifjeld JT (2021). Sperm length divergence as a potential pre-zygotic barrier in a passerine hybrid zone. Ecology and Evolution 11:9489-9497. Open Access
  • Green L, Apostolou A, Faust E, Palmqvist K, Behrens JW, Havenhand JN, Leder EH, Kvarnemo C (2021) Ancestral Sperm Ecotypes Reveal Multiple Invasions of a Non-Native Fish in Northern Europe. Cells 10:1743. Open Access
  • Green L, Niemax J, Herrmann J-P, Temming A, Behrens JW, Havenhand JN, Leder E, Kvarnemo C (2021) Sperm performance limits the reproduction of an invasive fish in novel salinities. Diversity and Distributions 27:1091-1105. Open Access
  • Koppetsch T (2021) The Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Testudines: Trionychidae) near the High and Upper Rhine in Germany and Switzerland. Herpetology Notes 14:1263-1267. Open Access

  • Koppetsch T (2021) The Herpetological Collection of the Naturhistorisk Museum in Oslo. Sekretär 21:139-144.

  • Lindström K, Havenhand J, Leder E, Schöld S, Svensson O, Kvarnemo C (2021). Sperm adaptation in relation to salinity in three goby species. Journal of Fish Biology 99:607-613. Open Access
  • Matschiner M (2021) Museum specimens tell the history of rhinoceroses. Cell 184:4841-4842. Open Access
  • Rekdal S, Anmarkrud JA, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2021). Elevated phytohaemagglutinin-induced skin-swelling response at an intermediate number of MHC class II alleles in bluethroat nestlings. Journal of Avian Biology 52:e02734. Open Access
  • Vilaça ST, Piccinno R, Rota-Stabelli O, Gabrielli M, Benazzo A, Matschiner M, Soares LS, Bolten AB, Bjorndal KA, Bertorelle G (2021) Divergence and hybridization in sea turtles: inferences from genome data show evidence of ancient gene flow between species. Molecular Ecology 30:6178-6192. Open Access

2020

  • Bodawatta K, Synek P, Bos N, Garcia-del-Rey E, Koane B, Marki PZ, Albrecht T, Lifjeld JT, Poulsen M, Munclinger P, Sam K, Jønsson K (2020) Spatiotemporal patterns of avian host-parasite interactions in the face of biogeographical range expansions. Molecular Ecology 29:2431-2448. Abstract
  • Carneiro D, Czirják GÁ, Rowe M (2020) Innate and adaptive immune proteins in the preen gland secretions of male house sparrows. Journal of Avian Biology 51:e02556. Open Access
  • Hurley LL, Rowe M, Griffith SC (2020) Reproductive coordination breeds success: the importance of the partnership in avian sperm biology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:3. Abstract
  • Leder EH, André C, Le Moan A, Töpel M, Blomberg A, Havenhand JN, Lindström k, Volckaert FAM, Kvarnemo C, Johannesson K, Svensson O (2020) Post-glacial establishment of locally adapted fish populations over a steep salinity gradient. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34:138-156. Open Access
  • Omotoriogun TC, Albrecht T, Gohli J, Hořák D, Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Kreisinger J, Marki PZ, Ottosson U, Rowe M, Sedláček O, Lifjeld JT (2020) Sperm length variation among Afrotropical songbirds reflects phylogeny rather than adaptations to the tropical environment. Zoology 140:125770. Open Access
  • Rowe M, Veerus L, Trosvik P, Buckling A, Pizzari T (2020) The Reproductive Microbiome: An Emerging Driver of Sexual Selection, Sexual Conflict, Mating Systems, and Reproductive Isolation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35:220-234. Open Access
  • Rowe M, Whittington E, Borziak K, Ravinet M, Eroukhmanoff F, Sætre G-P, Dorus S (2020) Molecular Diversification of the Seminal Fluid Proteome in a Recently Diverged Passerine Species Pair. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37:488-506. Open Access
  • Sävilammi T, Papakostas S, Leder EH, Vøllestad LA, Debes PV, Primmer CR (2020) Cytosine methylation patterns suggest a role in methylation in plastic and adaptive responses to temperature in European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) populations. Epigenetics 16:271-288. Abstract

2019

  • Albrecht T, Opletalová K, Reif J, Janoušek V, Piálek L, Cramer ERA, Johnsen A, Reifová R (2019) Sperm divergence in a passerine contact zone: indication of reinforcement at the gametic level. Evolution 73:202-213. Abstract

  • Calhim S, Pruett-Jones S, Webster MS, Rowe M (2019) Asymmetries in reproductive anatomy: insights from promiscuous songbirds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:569-582. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA, Rowe M, Eroukhmanoff F, Lifjeld JT, Sætre G-P, Johnsen A (2019) Measuring sperm swimming performance in birds: effects of dilution, suspension medium, mechanical agitation, and sperm number. Journal of Ornithology (in press). Abstract

  • Lifjeld JT (2019) The avian sperm collection in the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. Alauda 87: 93-101. pdf

  • Lifjeld JT, Gohli J, Albrecht T, Garcia-del-Rey E, Johannessen LE, Kleven O, Marki PZ, Omotoriogun TC, Rowe M, Johnsen A (2019) Evolution of female promiscuity in Passerides songbirds. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:169. Open Access.

  • Lindsay WR, Andersson S, Bererhi B, Höglund J, Johnsen A, Kvarnemo C, Leder EH, Lifjeld JT, Ninnes CE, Olsson M, Parker GA, Pizzari T, Qvarnström A, Safran RJ, Svensson O, Edwards S (2019) Endless forms of sexual selection. PeerJ 7:e7988. Open Access

  • Marki PZ, Kennedy JD, Cooney CR, Rahbek C, Fjeldså J (2019) Adaptive radiation and the evolution of nectarivory in a large songbird clade. Evolution 73:1226-1240. Abstract

  • Mohr AE, Girard M, Rowe M, McGraw KJ, Sweazea KL (2019) Varied effects of dietary carotenoid supplementation on oxidative damage in tissues of two waterfowl species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 231:67-74. Abstract

  • Rekdal SL, Anmarkrud JA, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2019) Extra-pair mating in a passerine bird with highly duplicated MHC class II: Preference for the golden mean. Molecular Ecology 28:1533-1544. Open Access

  • Rowe M, Skerget S, Rosenow MA, Karr TL (2019) Identification and characterisation of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) sperm proteome. Journal of Proteomics 193: 192-204. Abstract 

  • Støstad HN, Rowe M, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT (2019) Sperm head abnormalities are more frequent in songbirds with more helical sperm. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32:666-674. Abstract

  • Støstad HN, Rowe M, Johnsen A, Tomášek O, Albrecht T, Lifjeld JT (2019) Sperm head abnormalities are associated with excessive omega-6 fatty acids in two finch species feeding on sunflower seeds. Journal of Avian Biology 50:e02056. Abstract

  • Supriya K, Price TD, Rowe M (2019) Resource variation generates positive correlations between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits. Behavioral Ecology 30: 341-347. Abstract

  • Thomas JE, Carvalho GR, Haile J, Rawlence NJ, Martin MD, Ho SYW, Sigfússon A, Jósefsson VA, Frederiksen M, Linnebjerg JF, Samaniego Castruita JA, Niemann J, Sinding M-HS, Sandoval-Velasco M, Soares AER, Lacy RC, Barilaro C, Best J, Brandis D, Cavallo C, Elorza M, Garrett KL, Groot M, Johansson F, Lifjeld JT, Nilson G, Serjeanston D, Sweet P, Fuller E, Hufthammer AK, Meldgaard M, Fjeldså J, Shapiro B, Hofreiter M, Stewart JR, Gilbert MTP, Knapp M (2019) Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the Great Auk. eLIFE 9: e47509. (Open Access)

2018

  • García-Navas V, Rodríguez-Rey M, Marki PZ, Christidis L (2018) Environmental determinism, and not interspecific competition, drives morphological variability in Australasian warblers (Acanthizidae). Ecology and Evolution 8:3871-3882. Open Access

  • Hurley LL, McDiarmid CS, Friesen CR, Griffith SC, Rowe M (2018) Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285:20172547. Abstract

  • Hurley LL, Rowe M, Griffith SC (2018) Differential sperm-egg interactions in experimental pairings between two subspecies and their hybrids in a passerine bird. Ecology and Evolution 8: 11725-11732. Open Access

  • Kearns AM, Restani M, Szabo I, Schrøder-Nielsen A, Kim JA, Richardson HM, Marzluff JM, Fleischer RC, Johnsen A, Omland KE (2018) Genomic evidence of speciation reversal in ravens. Nature Communications 9:906. Open Access

  • Kennedy Jonathan D, Borregaard Michael K, Marki Petter Z, Machac A, Fjeldså J, Rahbek C (2018) Expansion in geographical and morphological space drives continued lineage diversification in a global passerine radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285:20182181. Abstract

  • Králová T, Albrecht T, Bryja J, Hořák D, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT, Novotný M, Sedláček O, Velová H, Vinkler M (2018) Signatures of diversifying selection and convergence acting on passerine Toll-like receptor 4 in an evolutionary context. Molecular Ecology 27:2871-2883. Abstract

  • Mäkinen H, Sävilammi T, Papakostas S, Leder E, Vøllestad LA, Primmer CR (2018) Modularity facilitates flexible tuning of plastic and evolutionary gene expression responses during early divergence. Genome Biology and Evolution 10:77-93. Open Access

  • Marki PZ, Fjeldså J, Irestedt M, Jønsson KA (2018) Molecular phylogenetics and species limits in a cryptically coloured radiation of Australo-Papuan passerine birds (Pachycephalidae: Colluricincla) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124:100-105. Abstract

  • Prokkola JM, Nikinmaa M, Lewis M, Anttila K, Kanerva M, Ikkala K, Seppänen E, Kolari I, Leder EH (2018) Cold temperature represses daily rhythms in the liver transcriptome of a stenothermal teleost under decreasing day length. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb170670. Abstract

  • Rekdal SL, Anmarkrud JA, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT (2018) Genotyping strategy matters when analyzing hypervariable MHC - Experience from a passerine bird. Ecology and Evolution 8: 1680-1692. Open Access.

  • Sætre CLC, Johnsen A, Stensrud E, Cramer ERA (2018) Sperm morphology, sperm motility and paternity success in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). PLOS ONE 13:e0192644. Open Access.

  • Støstad HN, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT, Rowe M (2018) Sperm head morphology is associated with sperm swimming speed: A comparative study of songbirds using electron microscopy. Evolution 72: 1918-1932. Abstract

  • Supriya K, Price TD, Rowe M (2018) Positive correlations between pre- and post-copulatory sexual traits in warblers. Journal of Avian Biology 49:e01694. Abstract

2017

  • Anmarkrud JA, Lifjeld JT (2017) Complete mitochondrial genomes of eleven extinct or possibly extinct bird species. Molecular Ecology Resources 17:334-341. Abstract
  • Boumans L, Hogner S, Brittain J, Johnsen A (2017) Ecological speciation by temporal isolation in a populationof the stonefly Leuctra hippopus (Plecoptera, Leuctridae). Ecology and Evolution 7: 1635-1649. Open Access
  • Grønstøl G (2017) Polygyny Threshold Model. In: Vonk J, Shackelford T (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 1-8. Open Access.
  • Johnsen A, Kearns AM, Omland KE, Anmarkrud JA (2017) Sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the common raven Corvus corax (Aves: Corvidae) confirms mitogenome-wide deep lineages and a paraphyletic relationship with the Chihuahuan raven C. cryptoleucus. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0187316. Open Access.
  • Johnsen A, Pauliny A, Lifjeld JT, Blomqvist D (2017) Is telomere length associated with mate choice in a songbird with a high rate of extra-pair paternity? PLoS ONE 12(8): e0182446. Open Access.
  • Marki PZ, Jønsson KA, Irestedt M, Nguyen JMT, Rahbek C, Fjeldså J (2017) Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107:516-529. Abstract
  • Pritchard VL, Viitaniemi HM, McCairns RJS, Merilä J, Nikinmaa M, Primmer CR, Leder EH (2017) Regulatory architecture of gene expression variation in the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7:165-178. Open Access
  • Støstad HN, Aldwinckle P, Allan A, Arnold KE (2017) Foraging on human-derived foods by urban bird species. Bird Study 64: 178-186. Abstract
  • Svensson O, Gräns J, Celander MC, Havenhand J, Leder EH, Lindström K, Schöld S, van Oosterhout C, Kvarnemo C (2017) Immigrant reproductive dysfunction facilitates ecological speciation. Evolution 71: 2510-2521. Abstract
  • Taugbøl A, Mazzarella AB, Cramer ERA, Laskemoen T (2017) Salinity-induced phenotypic plasticity in threespine stickleback sperm activation. Biology Letters 13: 20170516. Abstract
  • Uusi-Heikkilä S, Sävilammi T, Leder E, Arlinghaus R, Primmer CR (2017) Rapid, broad-scale gene expression evolution in experimentally harvested fish populations. Molecular Ecology 26: 3954-3967. Abstract

2016

  • Akbarzadeh A, Leder EH (2016) Acclimation of killifish to thermal extremes of hot spring: Transcription of gonadal and liver heat shock genes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 191:89-97. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA, Ålund M, McFarlane SE, Johnsen A, Qvarnström A (2016) Females discriminate against heterospecific sperm in a natural hybrid zone. Evolution 70: 1844-1855. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA, Stensrud E, Marthinsen G, Hogner S, Johannessen LE, Laskemoen T, Eybert MC, Slagsvold T, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2016) Sperm performance in conspecific and heterospecific female fluid. Ecology and Evolution 6: 1363-1377. Open Access.

  • Eroukhmanoff F, Rowe M, Cramer ERA, Haas F, Hermansen JS, Runemark A, Johnsen A, Sætre G-P (2016) Experimental evidence for ovarian hypofunction in sparrow hybrids. Avian Research 7:3. Open Access.

  • Gohli J, Lifjeld JT, Albrecht T (2016) Migration distance is positively associated with sex-linked genetic diversity in passerine birds. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 28: 42-52. Abstract

  • Kennedy JD, Borregaard MK, Jønsson KA, Marki PZ, Fjeldså J, Rahbek C (2016) The influence of wing morphology upon the dispersal, geographical distributions and diversification of the Corvides (Aves; Passeriformes). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283:20161922. Abstract

  • Lemoine M, Lucek K, Perrier C, Saladin V, Adriaensen F, Barba E, Belda EJ, Charmantier A, Cichoń M, Eeva T, Grégoire A, Hinde CA, Johnsen A, Komdeur J, Mänd R, Matthysen E, Norte AC, Pitala N, Sheldon BC, Slagsvold T, Tinbergen JM, Török J, Ubels R, van Oers K, Visser ME, Doligez B, Richner H (2016) Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118: 668-685. Abstract

  • Lifjeld JT, Anmarkrud JA, Calabuig P, Cooper JEJ, Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Kearns AM, Lachlan RF, Laskemoen T, Marthinsen G, Stensrud E, Garcia-del-Rey E (2016) Species-level divergences in multiple functional traits between the two endemic subspecies of Blue Chaffinches Fringilla teydea in Canary Islands. BMC Zoology 1: 4. Open Access.

  • Marki PZ, Sam K, Koane B, Kristensen JB, Kennedy JD, Jønsson KA (2016) New and noteworthy bird records from the Mt. Wilhelm elevational gradient, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 136:263-271

  • Mutanen M, Kivelä SM, Vos RA, Doorenweerd C, Ratnasingham S, Hausmann A, Huemer P, Dincă V, van Nieukerken EJ, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Vila R, Aarvik L, Decaëns T, Efetov KA, Hebert PDN, Johnsen A, Karsholt O, Pentinsaari M, Rougerie R, Segerer A, Tarmann G, Zahiri R, Godfray HCJ (2016) Species-Level Para- and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera. Systematic Biology 65:1024-1040. Abstract.

  • Omotoriogun TC, Albrecht T, Horak D, Laskemoen T, Ottosson U, Rowe M, Sedlacek O, Lifjeld JT (2016) Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117: 337-349. Abstract

  • Omotoriogun, TC, Laskemoen T, Rowe M, Albrecht T, Bowie RCK, Sedlacek O, Horak D, Ottosson U, Lifjeld JT (2016) Variation in sperm morphology among Afrotropical sunbirds. Ibis 158: 155-166. Abstract

  • Prokkola JM, Katsiadaki I, Sebire M, Elphinstone-Davis J, Pausio S, Nikinmaa M, Leder EH (2016) Microarray analysis of di-n-butyl phthalate and 17α ethinyl-oestradiol responses in three-spined stickleback testes reveals novel candidate genes for endocrine disruption. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 124:96-104. Abstract

  • Sinding M-HS, Tervo OM, Grønnow B, Gulløv HC, Toft PA, Bachmann L, Fietz K, Rekdal SL, Christoffersen MF, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Olsen MT, Foote AD (2016) Sex determination of baleen whale artefacts: Implications for ancient DNA use in zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 10:345-349. Abstract

  • Støstad HN, Rekdal SL, Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Marthinsen G, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT (2016) Weak geographical structure in sperm morphology across the range of two willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus subspecies in Scandinavia. Journal of Avian Biology 47: 731-741. Abstract

  • Supriya K, Rowe M, Laskemoen T, Mohan D, Price TD, Lifjeld JT (2016) Early diversification of sperm size in the evolutionary history of old world leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 777-789. Abstract

2015

  • Boumans L, Johnsen A (2015) Stonefly duets: vibrational sexual mimicry can explain complex patterns. Journal of Ethology 33: 87-107. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA, Laskemoen T, Stensrud E, Rowe M, Haas F, Lifjeld JT, Sætre GP, Johnsen A  (2015) Morphology-function relationships and repeatability in the sperm of Passer sparrows. Journal of Morphology 276: 370-377. Abstract

  • Dale S, Lifjeld JT, Rowe M (2015) Commonness and ecology, but not bigger brains, predict urban living in birds. BMC Ecology 15:12. Open access.

  • Hogner S, Riera AB, Wold M, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2015) Intergeneric hybridization between Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus and Whinchat Saxicola rubetra revealed by molecular analyses. Journal of Ornithology 156: 829-836. Abstract

  • Gohli J, Leder EH, Garcia-del-Rey E, Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Laskemoen T, Popp M, Lifjeld JT (2015) The evolutionary history of Afrocanarian blue tits inferred from genomewide SNPs. Molecular Ecology 24: 180-191. Abstract

  • Kearns AM, White LC, Austin JJ, Omland KE (2015) Distinctiveness of Pacific Robin subspecies in Vanuatu revealed from disparate patterns of sexual dichromatism, plumage colouration, morphometrics and ancient DNA. Emu 115: 89-98. Abstract

  • Lifjeld JT (2015) When taxonomy meets genomics: lessons from a common songbird. Molecular Ecology 24: 2901-2903. Abstract

  • Rowe M, Albrecht T, Cramer ERA, Johnsen A, Laskemoen T, Weir JT, Lifjeld JT (2015) Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology. Evolution 69: 1044-1052. Abstract

  • Rowe M, Griffith SC, Hofgaard A, Lifjeld JT (2015) Subspecific variation in sperm morphology and performance in the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda). Avian Research 6:23. Open Access.

  • Rowe M, Pierson KL, McGraw KJ (2015) Exploratory behavior is associated with plasma carotenoid accumulation in two congeneric species of waterfowl. Behavioral Processes 115: 181-190. Abstract

  • Svoboda A, Marthinsen G, Pavel V, Chutny B, Turčoková L, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2015) Blood parasite prevalence in the Bluethroat is associated with subspecies and breeding habitat. Journal of Ornithology 156: 371-380. Abstract 

2014

  • Anttila K, Couturier CS, Øverli Ø, Johnsen A, Marthinsen G, Nilsson GE, Farrell AP (2014) Atlantic salmon show capability for cardiac acclimation to warm temperatures. Nature Communications 5: 4252. Abstract

  • Boumans L, Johnsen A (2014) Species-specific communication bars interspecific mating between syntopic species of Zwicknia stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 969-980. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA, Laskemoen T, Eroukhmanoff F, Haas F, Hermansen JS, Lifjeld JT, Rowe M, Sætre G-P, Johnsen A (2014) Testing a post-copulatory pre-zygotic reproductive barrier in a passerine species pair. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1133-1144. Abstract

  • Johnsen A, Brabrand Å, Anmarkrud JA, Bjørnstad G, Pavels H, Saltveit SJ (2014) Impact of human-induced environmental changes on genetic structure and variability in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salarFisheries Management and Ecology 21: 32-41. Abstract

  • Kearns AM, Joseph L, Toon A, Cook LG (2014) Australia's arid-adapted butcherbirds experienced range expansions during Pleistocene glacial maxima. Nature Communications 5: 3994. Abstract

  • Larson KW, Liedvogel M, Addison B, Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Lifjeld JT, Lundberg M, Åkesson S, Bensch S (2014) Allelic variation in a willow warbler genomic region is associated with climate clines. PLoS ONE 9(5): e95252. Open Access

  • Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Kilikowska A, Harding AMA, Jakubas D, Karnovsky NJ, Steen H, Strøm H, Welcker J, Gavrilo M, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2014) Weak population genetic differentiation in the most numerous Arctic seabird, the little auk. Polar Biology 37: 621-630. Open Access

2013

  • Adeyanju TA, Adeyanju TE, Omotoriogun TC (2013) Extended breeding in a nest of Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus on residential premises. Malimbus 35: 131-138. 

  • Albrecht T, Kleven O, Kreisinger J, Laskemoen T, Omotoriogun TC, Ottosson U, Reif J, Sedlacek O, Horak D, Robertson RJ, Lifjeld JT (2013) Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 280: 20122434. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA (2013) Measuring consistency: spectrogram cross correlation versus targeted acoustic parameters. Bioacoustics 22: 247-257.​ Abstract
  • Cramer ERA (2013) Vocal deviation and trill consistency do not affect male response to playback in house wrens. Behavioral Ecology 24: 412-420. Abstract

  • Cramer ERA (2013) Physically challenging song traits, male quality, and reproductive success in house wrens. PLoS ONE 8:e59208. Open Access

  • Cramer ERA, Laskemoen T, Kleven O, LaBarbera K, Lovette IJ, Lifjeld JT (2013) No evidence that sperm morphology predicts paternity success in wild house wrens. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1845-1853. Abstract
  • Cramer ERA, Laskemoen T, Kleven O, Lifjeld JT (2013) Sperm length variation in House Wrens Troglodytes aedonJournal of Ornithology 154: 129-138. Abstract

  • Garcia-del-Rey E, Marthinsen G, Calabuig P, Estévez L, Johannessen LE, Johnsen A, Laskemoen T, Lifjeld JT (2013) Reduced genetic diversity and sperm motility in the endangered Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea polatzekiJournal of Ornithology 154: 761-768. Abstract

  • Gohli J, Anmarkrud JA, Johnsen A, Kleven O, Borge T, Lifjeld JT (2013) Female promiscuity is positively associated with neutral and selected genetic diversity in passerine birds. Evolution 67: 1406-1419. Abstract

  • Hermosell IG, Laskemoen T, Rowe M, Møller AP, Mousseau TA, Albrecht T, Lifjeld JT (2013) Patterns of sperm damage in Chernobyl passerine birds suggest a trade-off between sperm length and integrity. Biology Letters 9: 20130530. Abstract
  • Hogner S, Laskemoen T, Lifjeld JT, Pavel V, Chutny B, Garcia J, Eybert MC, Matsyna E, Johnsen A (2013) Rapid sperm evolution in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1205-1217. Abstract

  • Kvie KS, Hogner S, Aarvik L, Lifjeld JT, Johnsen A (2013) Deep sympatric mtDNA divergence in the autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata). Ecology and Evolution 3: 126-144. Open Access

  • Laskemoen T, Albrecht T, Bonisoli-Alquati A, Cepak J, de Lope F, Hermosell IG, Johannessen LE, Kleven O, Marzal A, Mousseau TA, Møller AP, Robertson RJ, Rudolfsen G, Saino N, Vortman Y, Lifjeld JT (2013) Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 301-309. Abstract

  • Laskemoen T, Kleven O, Johannessen LE, Fossøy F, Robertson RJ, Lifjeld JT (2013) Repeatability of sperm size and motility within and between seasons in Barn Swallows Hirundo rusticaJournal of Ornithology 154: 955-963. Abstract
  • Lifjeld JT, Gohli J, Johnsen A (2013) Promiscuity, sexual selection and genetic diversity: a reply to Spurgin. Evolution 67: 3073-3074. Abstract

  • Lifjeld JT, Hoenen A, Johannessen LE, Laskemoen T, Lopes RJ, Rodrigues P, Rowe M (2013) The Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) has the same unusual and size-variable sperm morphology as the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 677-687. Abstract

  • Mettler R, Schaefer HM, Chernetsov N, Fiedler W, Hobson KA, Ilieva M, Imhof E, Johnsen A, Renner SC, Rolshausen G, Serrano D, Wesołowski T, Segelbacher G (2013) Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation among blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with divergent migratory orientations in Europe. PLoS ONE 8:e81365. Open Access.

  • Øigarden T, Lifjeld JT (2013) Primary sex ratios vary with clutch size in the size-dimorphic White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclusJournal of Ornithology 154: 91-97. Abstract

  • Omotoriogun TC, Temidayo O, Adeyanju TA, Ottosson U, Lifjeld JT (2013) First photographs of Grey Ground Thrush Zoothera princei for Nigeria, from Omo Forest Reserve. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 20: 208-209. 
  • Otterbeck A, Dale S, Lindén A, Marthinsen G (2013) A male Reed Warbler and Marsh Warbler hybrid (Acrocephalus scirpaceus x A. palustris) in Norway documented with molecular methods. Ornis Norvegica 36: 6-13. Open Access

  • Rowe M, Czirják GA, Lifjeld JT, Giraudeau M (2013) Lysozyme-associated bactericidal activity in the ejaculate of a wild passerine. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 92-100. Abstract

  • Rowe M, Laskemoen T, Johnsen A, Lifjeld JT (2013) Evolution of sperm structure and energetics in passerine birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 280: 20122616. Abstract

  • Rowe M, Pruett-Jones S (2013) Extra-pair paternity, sperm competition and their evolutionary consequences in the Maluridae. Emu 113:218-231. Abstract

  • Slagsvold T, Kleiven KW, Eriksen A, Johannessen LE (2013) Vertical and horizontal transmission of nest site preferences in titmice. Animal Behaviour 85: 323-328. Abstract

  • Tourmente M, Rowe M, Gonzalez-Barroso MM, Rial E, Gomendio M, Roldan, ERS (2013) Postcopulatory sexual selection enhances ATP content in rodent spermatozoa. Evolution 67: 1838-1846. Abstract

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