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Anne Peters is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, with additional work in Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work spans several detailed topics within ecology and biology, including Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

Among Anne Peters' frequent publication venues are Behavioral Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, Royal Society Open Science, and Journal of Applied Ecology. These journals underscore a consistent focus on behavioral studies and ecological research across a range of species and environments.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Anne Peters include:

  • Cooperative breeding and the emergence of multilevel societies in birds, 2022, Ecology Letters
  • Ornaments are equally informative in male and female birds, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Hot and dry conditions predict shorter nestling telomeres in an endangered songbird: Implications for population persistence, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nest defence and offspring provisioning in a cooperative bird: individual subordinates vary in total contribution, but no division of tasks among breeders and subordinates, 2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Context-dependent social benefits drive cooperative predator defense in a bird, 2021, Current Biology

Anne Peters frequently collaborates with a number of other researchers, including Niki Teunissen, Sjouke A. Kingma, Kaspar Delhey, Michael J. Roast, and Marie Fan. These co-authorship patterns suggest ongoing collaborative research efforts in related ecological and behavioral topics.

Best Publications

  • Declining body size: a third universal response to warming?

    Janet L. Gardner;Anne Peters;Michael R. Kearney;Leo Joseph

  • Life history trade-offs are influenced by the diversity, availability and interactions of dietary antioxidants

    Carlo Catoni;Anne Peters;H. Martin Schaefer

  • Testosterone treatment is immunosuppressive in superb fairy-wrens, yet free-living males with high testosterone are more immunocompetent.

    Anne Peters

  • Carotenoid‐based bill colour as an indicator of immunocompetence and sperm performance in male mallards

    Anne Peters;Angelika Denk;Kaspar Delhey;Bart Kempenaers

  • Sources of individual variation in plasma testosterone levels

    Bart Kempenaers;Anne Peters;Katharina Foerster

  • Paternity analysis reveals opposing selection pressures on crown coloration in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

    Kaspar Delhey;Arild Johnsen;Anne Peters;Staffan Andersson

  • Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos

    Naomi E. Langmore;Martin Stevens;Golo Maurer;Robert Heinsohn

  • The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe

    N E Langmore;R M Kilner;S H M Butchart;G Maurer

  • Coordination between the sexes for territorial defence in a duetting fairy-wren

    Michelle L. Hall;Anne Peters

  • Trade-offs between immune investment and sexual signaling in male mallards.

    Anne Peters;Kaspar Delhey;Angelika G. Denk;Bart Kempenaers

  • Paternity in mallards: Effects of sperm quality and female sperm selection for inbreeding avoidance

    Angelika G. Denk;Alois Holzmann;Anne Peters;Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen

  • Early-life telomere length predicts lifespan and lifetime reproductive success in a wild bird.

    Justin Ross Eastwood;Michelle L Hall;Michelle L Hall;Niki Teunissen;Sjouke A Kingma;Sjouke A Kingma

  • Testosterone is involved in acquisition and maintenance of sexually selected male plumage in superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus

    Anne Peters;Lee B. Astheimer;Christopher R.J. Boland;Andrew Cockburn

  • Fruit for health: the effect of flavonoids on humoral immune response and food selection in a frugivorous bird

    Carlo Catoni;Carlo Catoni;H. Martin Schaefer;Anne Peters

  • Multiple benefits of cooperative breeding in purple-crowned fairy-wrens: a consequence of fidelity?

    Sjouke A. Kingma;Michelle L. Hall;Elena Arriero;Anne Peters

  • Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: Do they signal individual quality?

    Kaspar Delhey;Anne Peters;Arild Johnsen;Bart Kempenaers

  • Male sexual attractiveness and parental effort in blue tits: A test of the differential allocation hypothesis

    Arild Johnsen;Kaspar Delhey;Emmi Schlicht;Anne Peters

  • Cosmetic coloration in birds : Occurrence, function, and evolution

    Kaspar Delhey;Anne Peters;Bart Kempenaers

  • Testosterone treatment suppresses paternal care in superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, despite their concurrent investment in courtship

    Anne Peters;Andrew Cockburn;Ross Cunningham

  • The annual testosterone profile in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, reflects their extreme infidelity

    Anne Peters;Lee B. Astheimer;Andrew Cockburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaspar Delhey
Kaspar Delhey Max Planck Society
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Arild Johnsen
Arild Johnsen University of Oslo
Tatsuya Amano
Tatsuya Amano University of Queensland
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn Australian National University
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Leo Joseph
Leo Joseph Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Naomi E. Langmore
Naomi E. Langmore Australian National University
Brendan Mackey
Brendan Mackey Griffith University

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