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Overview

Jan Komdeur is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. The work frequently intersects with subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Insect Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in Komdeur's research include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Komdeur has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Some of Komdeur's recent papers are:

  • Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population (2021), Animal Microbiome
  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Immunogenetic variation shapes the gut microbiome in a natural vertebrate population (2022), Microbiome
  • Telomere heritability and parental age at conception effects in a wild avian population (2021), Molecular Ecology
  • Sex roles in birds: Phylogenetic analyses of the influence of climate, life histories and social environment (2022), Ecology Letters

Komdeur collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • David S. Richardson
  • Hannah L. Dugdale
  • Terry Burke
  • Martijn Hammers
  • Maaike A. Versteegh

In terms of authored books, Komdeur has contributed to titles published by Cambridge University Press. One notable book is The Evolution of Social Behaviour, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Importance of habitat saturation and territory quality for evolution of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler

    Jan Komdeur

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Extreme adaptive modification in sex ratio of the Seychelles warbler's eggs

    Jan Komdeur;Serge Daan;Joost Tinbergen;Christa Mateman

  • Ecological constraints, life history traits and the evolution of cooperative breeding.

    BJ Hatchwell;Jan Komdeur

  • Parentage assignment and extra-group paternity in a cooperative breeder: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

    DS Richardson;FL Jury;K Blaakmeer;K Blaakmeer;Jan Komdeur;Jan Komdeur

  • The evolution of mutual ornamentation

    Ken Kraaijeveld;Femmie J. L. Kraaijeveld-Smit;Jan Komdeur

  • Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions

    Wouter Halfwerk;Sander Bot;Jasper Buikx;Marco van der Velde

  • Is male care compromised by additional mating opportunity

    Michael J.L. Magrath;Jan Komdeur

  • Importance of habitat saturation and territory quality for evolution of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler

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  • Adult sex ratio variation: Implications for breeding system evolution

    T. Székely;T. Székely;F. J. Weissing;J. Komdeur

  • Experimental evidence for helping and hindering by previous offspring in the cooperative-breeding Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

    Jan Komdeur

  • Influence of age on reproductive performance in the Seychelles warbler

    Jan Komdeur

  • Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study

    Emma L. B. Barrett;Terry A. Burke;Martijn Hammers;Jan Komdeur

  • Kin recognition: function and mechanism in avian societies.

    J. Komdeur;B.J. Hatchwell

  • Adaptive sex allocation in birds: the complexities of linking theory and practice.

    Jan Komdeur;Ido Pen

  • Fifty Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) microsatellite loci polymorphic in Sylviidae species and their cross‐species amplification in other passerine birds

    DS Richardson;FL Jury;DA Dawson;P Salgueiro

  • MHC-based patterns of social and extra-pair mate choice in the Seychelles warbler

    David S Richardson;Jan Komdeur;Terry Burke;Torbjörn von Schantz

  • Facultative Sex Ratio Bias in the Offspring of Seychelles Warblers

    Jan Komdeur

  • Direct benefits and the evolution of female-biased cooperative breeding in Seychelles warblers

    David S. Richardson;Terry Burke;Jan Komdeur

  • Migratory connectivity and population-specific migration routes in a long-distance migratory bird

    Christiane Trierweiler;Raymond H.G. Klaassen;Rudi H. Drent;Klaus Michael Exo

  • Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia

    Julia Schroeder;Hannah L. Dugdale;R. Radersma;Martin Hinsch

  • The effect of kinship on helping in the cooperative breeding Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

    Jan Komdeur

  • Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

    Tamás Székely;Allen J. Moore;Jan Komdeur

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Michael J. L. Magrath
Michael J. L. Magrath University of Melbourne
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Joost M. Tinbergen
Joost M. Tinbergen University of Groningen
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both University of Groningen
Ton G. G. Groothuis
Ton G. G. Groothuis University of Groningen
Ben J. Hatchwell
Ben J. Hatchwell University of Sheffield
Franz Bairlein
Franz Bairlein Max Planck Society
Ido Pen
Ido Pen University of Groningen

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