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Heiko G. Rödel

Heiko G. Rödel

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3085
World Ranking
7970
National Ranking
361

Overview

Heiko G. Rödel is affiliated with Paris 13 University in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on areas such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology, Social Psychology, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Plant and animal studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Rödel has contributed to multiple scientific journals, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • Oecologia
  • Behavioural Processes
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Behavioral Ecology

Notable recent papers authored by Rödel include:

  • Dolphin Welfare Assessment under Professional Care: 'Willingness to Participate', an Indicator Significantly Associated with Six Potential 'Alerting Factors' (2020, Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens)
  • More exploratory house mice judge an ambiguous situation more negatively (2020, Animal Cognition)
  • Predictors of individual differences in play behavior in Eurasian lynx cubs (2020, Journal of Zoology)
  • Is there a bias in spatial maze judgment bias tests? Individual differences in subjects' novelty response can affect test results (2021, Behavioural Brain Research)
  • Contexts of emission of non-signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under human care (2020, Behavioural Processes)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Robyn Hudson
  • Christophe Féron
  • Nicolas Châline
  • Amando Bautista
  • Veridiana Jardim

Best Publications

  • Social rank, fecundity and lifetime reproductive success in wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

    Dietrich von Holst;Hans Hutzelmeyer;Paul Kaetzke;Martin Khaschei

  • Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a long-term field study

    Carsten Schradin;Carsten Schradin;Gabriela Schmohl;Heiko G. Rödel;Ivana Schoepf;Ivana Schoepf

  • Separating maternal and litter-size effects on early postnatal growth in two species of altricial small mammals.

    Heiko G. Rödel;Geraldine Prager;Volker Stefanski;Dietrich von Holst

  • Behavioural and physiological responses of naïve European rabbits to predator odour

    Raquel Monclús;Heiko G. Rödel;Dietrich Von Holst;Javier De Miguel

  • Over-winter survival in subadult European rabbits: weather effects, density dependence, and the impact of individual characteristics.

    H. G. Rödel;A. Bora;P. Kaetzke;M. Khaschei

  • Family legacies: short‐ and long‐term fitness consequences of early‐life conditions in female European rabbits

    Heiko G. Rödel;Dietrich Von Holst;Cornelia Kraus

  • Density‐dependent reproduction in the European rabbit: a consequence of individual response and age‐dependent reproductive performance

    Heiko G. Rödel;Agnes Bora;Jürgen Kaiser;Paul Kaetzke

  • Non-invasive measurement of the physiological stress response of wild rabbits to the odour of a predator

    Raquel Monclús;Heiko G. Rödel;Rupert Palme;Dietrich Von Holst

  • Infanticide and Maternal Offspring Defence in European Rabbits under Natural Breeding Conditions

    Heiko G. Rödel;Anett Starkloff;Amando Bautista;Anne-Christin Friedrich

  • Causes and predictors of nest mortality in a European rabbit population

    Heiko G. Rödel;Anett Starkloff;Martin W. Seltmann;Geraldine Prager

  • Looking forward to interacting with their caretakers: dolphins’ anticipatory behaviour indicates motivation to participate in specific events

    Isabella L.K. Clegg;Heiko G. Rödel;Xavier Boivin;Fabienne Delfour

  • Why do heavy littermates grow better than lighter ones? A study in wild and domestic European rabbits.

    Heiko G. Rödel;Amando Bautista;Esmeralda García-Torres;Margarita Martínez-Gómez;Margarita Martínez-Gómez

  • Bottlenose dolphins engaging in more social affiliative behaviour judge ambiguous cues more optimistically.

    Isabella L.K. Clegg;Heiko G. Rödel;Fabienne Delfour

  • Optimal litter size for individual growth of European rabbit pups depends on their thermal environment

    H. G. Rödel;R. Hudson;D. von Holst

  • Short‐ and long‐term effects of weed control on pastures infested with Pteridium arachnoideum and an attempt to regenerate abandoned pastures in South Ecuador

    Kristin Roos;Heiko G. Rödel;Erwin Beck

  • Behavioral styles in European rabbits: Social interactions and responses to experimental stressors

    Heiko G. Rödel;Raquel Monclús;Dietrich von Holst

  • Survival costs of fast exploration during juvenile life in a small mammal

    Heiko G. Rödel;Manuela Zapka;Stefan Talke;Tina Kornatz

  • Similarity of personalities speeds up reproduction in pairs of a monogamous rodent

    Marylin Rangassamy;Morgan Dalmas;Christophe Féron;Patrick Gouat

  • The influence of daylight regime on diurnal locomotor activity patterns of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) during summer

    Stéphanie C. Schai-Braun;Heiko G. Rödel;Klaus Hackländer

  • Timing of breeding and reproductive performance of female European rabbits in response to winter temperature and body mass

    Heiko G Rödel;Agnes Bora;Paul Kaetzke;Martin Khaschei

  • Family legacies: short- and long-term fitness consequences of early-life conditions in female

    Heiko G. Rodel;Dietrich von Holst;Cornelia Kraus

Frequent Co-Authors

Robyn Hudson
Robyn Hudson National Autonomous University of Mexico
Carsten Schradin
Carsten Schradin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Neville Pillay
Neville Pillay University of the Witwatersrand
Patrizia d'Ettorre
Patrizia d'Ettorre Paris 13 University
Daniel T. Blumstein
Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles
Laurence Fortun-Lamothe
Laurence Fortun-Lamothe INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Xavier Boivin
Xavier Boivin University of Clermont Auvergne
Grahame J Coleman
Grahame J Coleman University of Melbourne

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