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Mathias Kölliker

Mathias Kölliker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5361
World Ranking
6881
National Ranking
132

Overview

Mathias Kölliker is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their work is connected to this institution, which is known for its research environment and academic contributions.

The data about Mathias Kölliker does not provide specific details on research papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or main and subfields of study.

Since no recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or awards have been documented, further detailed information about their scientific focus, output, or collaboration patterns is not currently available.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of parental care

    Nick J. Royle;Per T. Smiseth;Mathias Kölliker

  • Bird-ectoparasite interactions, nest humidity, and ectoparasite community structure.

    Philipp Heeb;Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • The evolution of parental care in insects: the roles of ecology, life history and the social environment

    Janine W. Y. Wong;Joël Meunier;Mathias Kölliker

  • Immunocompetence of nestling great tits in relation to rearing environment and parentage

    Martin W.G Brinkhof;Philipp Heeb;Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • What is parental care

    Per T. Smiseth;Mathias Kölliker;Nick J. Royle

  • Begging signals and biparental care: nestling choice between parental feeding locations ☆

    Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner;Isabelle Werner;Philipp Heeb

  • Benefits and costs of earwig ( Forficula auricularia ) family life

    Mathias Kölliker

  • Brood size, sibling competition and the cost of begging in great tits (Parus major)

    Samuel Neuenschwander;Martin W. G. Brinkhof;Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • The quantitative genetic basis of offspring solicitation and parental response in a passerine bird with biparental care.

    Mathias Kölliker;Martin W. G. Brinkhof;Philipp Heeb;Patrick S. Fitze

  • Parent-offspring conflict and co-adaptation: behavioural ecology meets quantitative genetics.

    Per T Smiseth;Jonathan Wright;Mathias Kölliker

  • Benefits of induced host responses against an ectoparasite

    Philipp Heeb;Isabelle Werner;Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • Offspring sex ratio is related to male body size in the great tit (Parus major)

    Mathias Kölliker;Philipp Heeb;Isabelle Werner;A. C. Mateman

  • Barn owl (Tyto alba) siblings vocally negotiate resources

    Alexandren Roulin;Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • The coadaptation of parental supply and offspring demand.

    Mathias Kölliker;Edmund D. Brodie;Allen J. Moore

  • Maternal care provides antifungal protection to eggs in the European earwig

    Stefan Boos;Joël Meunier;Samuel Pichon;Mathias Kölliker

  • Maternal care and offspring begging in social insects : chemical signalling, hormonal regulation and evolution

    Flore Mas;Mathias Kölliker

  • One clutch or two clutches? : Fitness correlates of coexisting alternative female life-histories in the European earwig

    Joël Meunier;Janine W. Y. Wong;Yamenah Gómez;Sabine Kuttler

  • A chemical signal of offspring quality affects maternal care in a social insect

    Flore Mas;Kenneth F. Haynes;Mathias Kölliker

  • Kin-selected siblicide and cannibalism in the European earwig

    Ralph Dobler;Mathias Kölliker

  • Parent-offspring conflict and the genetics of offspring solicitation and parental response

    Mathias Kölliker;Heinz Richner

  • Horizontal transmission and reproductive rates of hen fleas in great tit nests

    Philipp Heeb;Isabelle Werner;Heinz Richner;Mathias Kolliker

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Richner
Heinz Richner University of Bern
Nick J. Royle
Nick J. Royle University of Exeter
Per T. Smiseth
Per T. Smiseth University of Edinburgh
Patrick S. Fitze
Patrick S. Fitze Spanish National Research Council
Edmund D. Brodie
Edmund D. Brodie University of Virginia
Kenneth F. Haynes
Kenneth F. Haynes University of Kentucky
Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Alexandre Roulin
Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne
Barbara Taborsky
Barbara Taborsky University of Bern
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia

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