publications

Tuliozi B, Mantovani R, Schoepf I, Tsuruta S, Mancin E, Guzzo N, Sartori C. 2023. Genetic correlations of direct and indirect genetic components of social dominance with fitness and morphology traits in cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution 55: 84.

Dunn PO, Ahmed I, Armstrong E, … Schoepf I, et al. 2023. Extensive Regional Variation in the Phenology of Insects and Their Response to Temperature across North America. Ecology 104: e4036. 

Schoepf I, Pillay N. 2023. Multiple interacting factors affect seed predation in an African savanna small mammal community. Journal of Mammalogy 104: 446–456. 

Schoepf I, Olson S, Moore IT, Bonier F. 2022. Experimental reduction of haemosporidian infection affects maternal reproductive investment, parental behaviour and offspring condition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 1978.

Tuliozi B, Tiezzi F, Schoepf I, Mancin E, Guzzo N, Mantovani R, Sartori C. 2022. Genetic correlations and causal effects of fighting ability on fitness traits in cattle reveal antagonistic trade-offs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 967.

Schoenle LA, Schoepf I, Weinstein NM, Moore IT, Bonier F. 2018. Higher plasma corticosterone is associated with reduced costs of infection in red-winged blackbirds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 256: 89-98.

Schoepf I, Pillay N, Schradin C. 2017. Trade-offs between reproduction and health in free ranging African striped mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187: 625-637.

Schoepf I, Pillay N, Schradin C. 2017. The pathophysiology of survival in harsh environments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187: 183-201.

Yuen CH, Schoepf I, Schradin C, Pillay N. 2017. Boldness: are open field and startle tests measuring the same personality trait? Animal Behaviour 128: 143-151.

Brunner P, Schoepf I, Yuen CH, König B, Schradin C. 2016. Does a mouse have a friend? Mixed evidence for individual recognition in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Zoology 299: 142-149.

Nater CR, Canale CI, Van Benthem KJ, Yuen CH, Schoepf I, Pillay N, Ozgul A, Schradin C. 2016. Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on demographic rates of an African rodent. Oikos 125: 1838-1848.

Rimbach R, Willigenburg R, Schoepf I, Yuen CH, Pillay N, Schradin C. 2016. Young but not old adult African striped mice reduce their activity in the dry season when food availability is low. Ethology 122: 828-840.

Yuen CH, Pillay N, Heinrichs M, Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2016. Personality traits are consistent when measured in the field and in the laboratory in African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 1235-1246.

Schoepf I, Kenkel W, Schradin C. 2015. Arginine vasopressin in brains of free ranging striped mouse males following alternative reproductive tactics. Journal of Ethology 33: 235–242.

Schoepf I, Schmohl G, König B, Pillay N, Schradin C. 2015. Manipulation of population density and food availability affects home range sizes of African striped mouse females. Animal Behaviour 99: 53-60.

Yuen CH, Pillay N, Heinrichs M, Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2015. Personality does not constrain social and behavioral flexibility in African striped mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1237–1249.

Schradin C, Pillay N, Kondratyeva A, Yuen CH, Schoepf I, Krackow S. 2015. Basal blood glucose levels in free living striped mice are influenced by food availability, ambient temperature and social tactic. Biology Letters 11: 20150208.

Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2014. Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not differ between alternative reproductive tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 204: 43-48.

Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2013. Endocrinology of sociality: comparisons between sociable and solitary individuals within the same population of African striped mice. Hormones and Behavior 64: 89-94.

Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2012. Better off alone! Reproductive competition and ecological constraints determine sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 649-656.

Schoepf I, Schradin C. 2012. Differences in social behaviour between group-living and solitary African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 84: 1159-1167.

Schradin C, Lindholm AK, Johannesen J, Schoepf I, Yuen CH, König B, Pillay N. 2012. Social flexibility and social evolution in mammals: a case study of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Molecular Ecology 21: 541-553.

Schradin C, Schmohl G, Rödel HG, Schoepf I, Treffler SM, Brenner J, Bleeker M, Schubert M, König B, Pillay N. 2010. Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a long-term field study. Animal Behaviour 79: 195-203.