Beate Anna Apfelbeck

Research output

Research output per year 2008 2011 2013 2017 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 24 Article
• 1 Chapter in Book
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 Other contribution
• 1 More
  • 1 Preprint

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Urban biodiversity is affected by human-designed features of public squares

  Fairbairn, A., Meyer, S. T., Mühlbauer, M., Jung, K., Apfelbeck, B., Berthon, K., Frank, A., Guthmann, L., Jokisch, J., Kerler, K., Müller, N., Obster, C., Unterbichler, M., Webersberger, J., Matejka, J., Depner, P. & Weisser, W., 11 Sept 2024, In: Nature Cities.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation

  Apfelbeck, B., Cousseau, L., Kung'u, G. N., Canoine, V., Heiskanen, J., Korir, D. K., Lala, F., Pellikka, P., Githiru, M. & Lens, L., 19 Jan 2024, In: iScience. 27, 1, 108717.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  Anthropogenic activities affect forest structure and arthropod abundance in a Kenyan biodiversity hotspot

  Kung’u, G. N., Cousseau, L., Githiru, M., Habel, J. C., Kinyanjui, M., Matheka, K., Schmitt, C. B., Seifert, T., Teucher, M., Lens, L. & Apfelbeck, B., Aug 2023, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 32, 10, p. 3255-3282 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings

  Van de Loock, D., Cousseau, L., Apfelbeck, B., Githiru, M., Lens, L. & Matthysen, E., Jan 2023, In: Animal Behaviour. 198, p. 107-116 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2022

  Data from public and governmental databases show that a large proportion of the regional animal species pool occur in cities in Germany

  Sweet, F. S. T., Apfelbeck, B., Hanusch, M., Monteagudo, C. G. & Weisser, W. W., 13 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Urban Ecology. 8, 1, juac002.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Kin do not always help: testing multiple hypotheses on nest feeding in a cooperatively breeding bird

  Cousseau, L., Van de Loock, D., Apfelbeck, B., Githiru, M., Matthysen, E. & Lens, L., 2022, In: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2020

  Habitat fragmentation shapes natal dispersal and sociality in an Afrotropical cooperative breeder

  Cousseau, L., Hammers, M., Van de Loock, D., Apfelbeck, B., Githiru, M., Matthysen, E. & Lens, L., 23 Dec 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1941, p. 20202428

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Designing wildlife-inclusive cities that support human-animal co-existence

  Apfelbeck, B., Snep, R. P. H., Hauck, T. E., Ferguson, J., Holy, M., Jakoby, C., Scott MacIvor, J., Schär, L., Taylor, M. & Weisser, W. W., 1 Aug 2020, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 200, 103817.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Behind the fog: Forest degradation despite logging bans in an East African cloud forest

  Teucher, M., Schmitt, C. B., Wiese, A., Apfelbeck, B., Maghenda, M., Pellikka, P., Lens, L. & Habel, J. C., Jun 2020, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 22, 13 p., e01024.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2019

  Wildtiere im Wohnumfeld – wie werden sie von Wohnungsunternehmen bewertet?

  Jakoby, C., Apfelbeck, B. A., Rogers, R., Hauck, T. E. & Weisser, W. W., 14 Feb 2019, In: Natur und Landschaft. 2019, 94, p. 181 187 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Divergent patterns of telomere shortening in tropical compared to temperate stonechats

  Apfelbeck, B., Haussmann, M. F., Boner, W., Flinks, H., Griffiths, K., Illera, J. C., Mortega, K. G., Sisson, Z., Smiddy, P. & Helm, B., 1 Jan 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 1, p. 511-521 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• A Conceptual Framework for Choosing Target Species for Wildlife-Inclusive Urban Design

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Jakoby, C., Hanusch, M., Steffani, E. B., Hauck, T. E. & Weisser, W. W., 2019, In: Sustainability.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2017

  Baseline and stress-induced levels of corticosterone in male and female Afrotropical and European temperate stonechats during breeding

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Dec 2017, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Testosterone, territorial response, and song in seasonally breeding tropical and temperate stonechats

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Dec 2017, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Territorial aggression does not feed back on testosterone in a multiple-brooded songbird species with breeding and non-breeding season territoriality, the European stonechat

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Jan 2017, In: Hormones and Behavior.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2016

  Variation in Circulating Testosterone during Mating Predicts Reproductive Success in a Wild Songbird

  Apfelbeck, B. A., 31 Aug 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2015

  Does a short-term increase in testosterone affect the intensity or persistence of territorial aggression? — An approach using an individual's hormonal reactive scope to study hormonal effects on behavior

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Oct 2015, In: Physiology & Behavior .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2013

  Experimental induction of social instability during early breeding does not alter testosterone levels in male black redstarts, a socially monogamous songbird

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Aug 2013, In: Hormones and Behavior.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Associated and disassociated patterns in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Apr 2013, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Life-history and hormonal control of aggression in black redstarts: Blocking testosterone does not decrease territorial aggression, but changes the emphasis of vocal behaviours during simulated territorial intrusions

  Apfelbeck, B. A., 2013, In: Frontiers in Zoology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2012

  Testosterone Affects Song Modulation during Simulated Territorial Intrusions in Male Black Redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros)

  Apfelbeck, B. A., 17 Dec 2012, In: PLOS one.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2011

  Simulating winning in the wild — The behavioral and hormonal response of black redstarts to single and repeated territorial challenges of high and low intensity

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Nov 2011, In: Hormones and Behavior.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Ignoring the challenge? Male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) do not increase testosterone levels during territorial conflicts but they do so in response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone

  Apfelbeck, B. & Goymann, W., 2011, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278, 1722, p. 3233-3242 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2008

  Behavioural and hormonal effects of social isolation and neophobia in a gregarious bird species, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

  Apfelbeck, B. A., Aug 2008, In: Hormones and Behavior.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review