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Functional integration of multiple sexual ornaments: signal coherence and sexual selection
The meaning of purely structural colour: white plumage reflectance indicates feather condition
Valproate exposure in ovo attenuates the acquisition of social preferences of young post-hatch domestic chicks
Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry
Climate change and plumage colouration

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A mouflon sheep in the nest-box plot

A mouflon sheep in the nest-box plot

A young brown hare in the nest-box plot

A brown hare in the nest-box plot

A newborn roe deer in the nest-box plot

An immature yellow-necked mouse after jumping out of a nest-box in the nest-box plot

A wild boar piglet around the nest-boxes

A slowworm male in the nest-box plot

An Aesculapian snake escaping from a nest-box

An Aesculapian snake in the nest-box plot

Copulating nine-spotted moths in the nest-box plot

A longhorn beetle (Morimus funereus)

A stag beetle in the nest-box plot

A yellowhammer female warming her nestlings

A female common chiffchaff incubating her eggs

eurasian treecreeper at the entrance of its nest in the nest-box plot

A black woodpecker in the nest-box plot

Great spotted woodpecker looking around at her nest site

Great spotted woodpecker nestling in the nest-box plot

A European nuthatch in the nest-box plot

An incubating common chaffinch in the nest-box plot

A view of the nest-box plot during Winter and Spring

Winter in the nest-box plot

Spring fog in the nest-box plot

Spring fog in the nest-box plot

Winter fog in the nest-box plot

Winter fog in the nest-box plot

Branches in the nest-box plot during winter

After freezing rain in the box-plot

Addersmeats in the nest-box plot

A martagon lily in the nest-box plot

Őrség, next to the lake where moore frogs courting

Őrség, next to the lake where moore frogs courting

Projects

Acoustic mirrors project
Cultural Evolution in Birdsong
Plumage colour signals: dynamic and static mechanisms
Sex ratio project

Papers

Functional integration of multiple sexual ornaments: signal coherence and sexual selection
The meaning of purely structural colour: white plumage reflectance indicates feather condition
Valproate exposure in ovo attenuates the acquisition of social preferences of young post-hatch domestic chicks
Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry
Climate change and plumage colouration
Unravelling the relationships between life history, behaviour and condition
Escape ability and risk-taking behaviour in the collared flycatcher
Variation in mate quality dependent sex ratio adjustment
Reflectance variation in the blue tit crown
Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats

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