This study investigates the genetic and environmental influences on body temperature during endothermy development in house sparrows using cross-fostered individuals.

Journal of Evolutionary Biology · Nov 12, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Examining the genetic and phenotypic correlation between survival and fecundity in a wild bird

Lucy A. Winder, Joel L. Pick, Julia Schroeder, Mirre J. P. Simons, Terry A. Burke

The paper examines genetic and phenotypic correlations between survival and fecundity in house sparrows using long-term breeding data and multivariate animal models, finding no evidence of a trade-off.

bioRxiv · May 14, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

YOLO-Behaviour: A simple, flexible framework to automatically quantify animal behaviours from videos

Alex Hoi Hang Chan, Prasetia Utama Putra, Harald Thomas Schupp, Johanna Köchling, Jana Straßheim, Britta Renner, Julia Schroeder, William D. Pearse, Shinichi Nakagawa, Terry A. Burke, Michael Griesser, Andrea Meltzer, Saverio Lubrano, Fumihiro Kano

YOLOv8 detection with SORT event grouping and grid-search tuning quantifies visually distinct behaviours from video across 5 case studies, reaching f1-scores of 0.62 to 0.94.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution · Feb 12, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition✦ In-depth digest

Mature sperm small RNA profile in the sparrow: implications for transgenerational effects of age on fitness

Wayo Matsushima, Kristiana Brink, Julia Schroeder, Eric Alexander Miska, Katharina Gapp

This study examines the small RNA profile of house sparrow sperm to explore how paternal age affects offspring fitness, finding no significant differences in miRNA and tRNA fragments between aged and prime sperm.

Current Zoology · Apr 1, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology