Jan Komdeur

This study examines inbreeding depression in Seychelles warblers after a population bottleneck, finding a polygenic load reduces lifespan and offspring production by 17.9% and 15.1% per 10% inbreeding increase.

This study examines how sex-specific responses to seasonal phenology, mating opportunity, and reproductive success shape parental care strategies in Chinese penduline tits across three populations.

The paper develops a genomic toolkit for Seychelles warblers, enabling genetic pedigree assignment and correcting sample identity errors using high-quality genomic data.

This study examines how climate variables affect nestling development in two Patagonian bird populations, finding that climate impacts hatch weights but not growth rates or pre-fledging weights.

This study examines how climatic factors affect embryonic development in thorn-tailed Rayadito birds, finding that northern populations are more vulnerable to climate change than southern ones.

The paper uses genetic pedigree data from Seychelles warblers to assess how life-history traits predict individual genetic contributions 15 years later, finding that lifetime reproductive success is the strongest predictor.

The paper uses path analysis on Seychelles warbler data to examine factors influencing delayed offspring dispersal, finding territory quality and helper presence significantly affect dispersal decisions.

This study investigates how ecological and social factors influence sex-specific parental care in burying beetles, finding that females increase care on small carcasses and both sexes adjust care in response to competition.

This study examines how social conditions and temperature affect reproductive success and offspring performance in burying beetles under controlled experimental conditions.