Publications



Published

15. Brandl, H.B., Pruessner J.C., Farine D.R. (2022) The social transmission of stress in animal collectives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 289:20212158. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2158


14. Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Farine, D.R., Schuett, W. (2021) Wild zebra finches that nest synchronously have long-term stable social ties. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90: 76– 86. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13082


13. Cantor, M., Maldonado‐Chaparro, A.A., Beck, K.B., Brandl, H.B., Carter, G.G., He, P., Hillemann, F., Klarevas-Irby, J.A., Ogino, M., Papageorgiou, D., Farine, D.R. (2021) The importance of individual‐to‐society feedbacks in animal ecology and evolution. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90: 27– 44. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13336


12. Ferreira, A.C., Silva L.R., Renna, F., Brandl, H.B., Renoult, J.P., Farine D.R., Covas R., Doutrelant C. (2020) Deep learning-based methods for individual recognition in small birds. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1072– 1085. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13436


11. Crino, O.L., Driscoll, S.C., Brandl, H.B., Buchanan, K.L., & Griffith, S.C. (2020). Under the weather: corticosterone levels in wild nestlings are associated with ambient temperature and wind. General and comparative endocrinology, 285, 113247. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article /pii/S0016648019302679


10. Engel, K., Pankoke, H., Jünemann, S., Brandl, H.B., Sauer, J., Griffith, S. C., Kalinowski, J., Caspers, B.A. (2020). Family matters: skin microbiome reflects the social group and spatial proximity in wild zebra finches. BMC Ecology, 20, 58. https://bmcecol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12898-020-00326-2


9. Brandl, H.B., & Farine, D.R., Funghi, C., Schuett, W., Griffith, S.C. (2019) Early-life social environment predicts social network position in wild zebra finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 286:20182579. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2018.2579


8. Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Schuett, W. (2019) Wild zebra finches choose neighbours for synchronized breeding. Animal Behaviour, 151, 21-28. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000334721930079X


7. Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Laaksonen, T., Schuett, W. (2019) Begging calls provide social cues for prospecting conspecifics in wild zebra finches. The Auk, 136 (2), ukz007. https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/136/2/ukz007/5434160


6. van Dongen, W.F.D., White, J., Brandl, H.B., Leclaire, S., Hatch, S.A., Danchin, E., Wagner, R.H. (2019) Experimental evidence of a sexually transmitted infection in a wild vertebrate, the black-legged kittiwake. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127 (2), 292-298. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/127/2/292/5370171


5. Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Schuett, W. (2018) Wild zebra finches do not use social information from conspecific reproductive success for nest site choice and clutch size decisions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, 114. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-018-2533-3


4. Lammertink, M., Kopuchian, C., Brandl, H.B., Tubaro, P.L., Winkler H. (2015) A striking case of deceptive woodpecker colouration: molecular evidence for reclassification of the Helmeted Woodpecker Dryocopus galeatus. Journal of Ornithology, 157, 109-116. https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/132/4/938/5149104


3. Brandl, H.B., van Dongen, W.F.D., Darolová, A., Krištofík, J., Majtan, J., Hoi, H. (2014) Composition of bacterial assemblages in different components of reed warbler nests and a possible role of egg incubation in pathogen regulation. PLoS ONE, 9(12):e114861. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114861


2. Pasukonis, A., Ringler, M., Brandl, H.B., Mangione, R., Ringler, E., Hödl, W. (2013) The Homing Frog: High homing performance in a territorial dendrobatid frog Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae). Ethology, 119:762-768. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.12116


1. van Dongen, W.F.D., White, J., Brandl, H.B., Moodley, Y., Merkling, T., Leclaire, S., Blanchard, P., Danchin, E., Hatch, S.A. & Wagner, R.H. (2013) Age-related differences in the cloacal microbiota of a wild bird species. BMC Ecology, 13:11. https://bmcecol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6785-13-11

Submitted/under review/in revision

Salamatu A., Chimento, M., Alarcón-Nieto, G., Zúñiga, D., Aplin, L.M., Farine, D.R., Brandl, H.B., (submitted) The effects of sampling strategies and laboratory techniques on parasite detection in a wild passerine. Ecology & Evolution.


Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Schuett, W. (under review) Nest prospecting in an opportunistic breeder – acquiring social information on reproduction in an unpredictable habitat. Journal of Avian Biology.


Hardenbicker, M.C., Brandl, H.B., Griffith, S.C., Schuett, W. (submitted) Wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) use artificial symbols as cues to optimise foraging. Ethology.