Kinship reduces alloparental care in cooperative cichlids where helpers pay-to-stay M Zöttl, D Heg, N Chervet, M Taborsky Nature communications 4 (1), 1341, 2013 | 118 | 2013 |
Group-size-dependent punishment of idle subordinates in a cooperative breeder where helpers pay to stay S Fischer, M Zöttl, F Groenewoud, B Taborsky Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1789), 20140184, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
Differences in cooperative behavior among Damaraland mole rats are consequences of an age-related polyethism M Zöttl, P Vullioud, R Mendonça, M Torrents Ticó, D Gaynor, A Mitchell, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (37), 10382-10387, 2016 | 76 | 2016 |
All clear? Meerkats attend to contextual information in close calls to coordinate vigilance SW Townsend, M Zöttl, MB Manser Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 1927-1934, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
Invasive parasites, habitat change and heavy rainfall reduce breeding success in Darwin's finches A Cimadom, A Ulloa, P Meidl, M Zöttl, E Zöttl, B Fessl, E Nemeth, ... PLoS One 9 (9), e107518, 2014 | 61 | 2014 |
Group size adjustment to ecological demand in a cooperative breeder M Zöttl, JG Frommen, M Taborsky Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1756), 20122772, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
Strategic reduction of help before dispersal in a cooperative breeder M Zöttl, L Chapuis, M Freiburghaus, M Taborsky Biology letters 9 (1), 20120878, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
Repeatability and heritability of behavioural types in a social cichlid N Chervet, M Zöttl, R Schürch, M Taborsky, D Heg International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2011 (1), 321729, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats TM Houslay, P Vullioud, M Zöttl, TH Clutton-Brock Behavioral Ecology 31 (3), 711-718, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
Long-term individual marking of small freshwater fish: the utility of Visual Implant Elastomer tags A Jungwirth, V Balzarini, M Zöttl, A Salzmann, M Taborsky, JG Frommen Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73, 1-11, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats J Thorley, R Mendonça, P Vullioud, M Torrents-Ticó, M Zöttl, D Gaynor, ... Animal Behaviour 143, 9-24, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
Partial brood care compensation by female breeders in response to experimental manipulation of alloparental care M Zöttl, S Fischer, M Taborsky Animal behaviour 85 (6), 1471-1478, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
The effects of recruitment to direct predator cues on predator responses in meerkats M Zöttl, R Lienert, T Clutton-Brock, E Millesi, MB Manser Behavioral Ecology 24 (1), 198-204, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats Y Francioli, J Thorley, K Finn, T Clutton-Brock, M Zöttl Biology Letters 16 (10), 20200475, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis NC Bennett, A Ganswindt, SB Ganswindt, JUM Jarvis, M Zöttl, CG Faulkes Biology letters 14 (5), 20180150, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
Sex differences in timing and context of dispersal in Damaraland mole‐rats (Fukomys damarensis) M Torrents‐Ticó, NC Bennett, JUM Jarvis, M Zöttl Journal of Zoology 306 (4), 252-257, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Allo-parental care in Damaraland mole-rats is female biased and age dependent, though independent of testosterone levels M Zöttl, P Vullioud, K Goddard, M Torrents-Ticó, D Gaynor, NC Bennett, ... Physiology & behavior 193, 149-153, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats J Thorley, N Katlein, K Goddard, M Zöttl, T Clutton-Brock Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1880), 20180897, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks M Zöttl, J Thorley, D Gaynor, NC Bennett, T Clutton-Brock Biology letters 12 (12), 20160820, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) do not specialise in cooperative tasks S Siegmann, R Feitsch, DW Hart, NC Bennett, DJ Penn, M Zöttl Ethology 127 (10), 850-864, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |