Skip to content

Home Search Authors Pakistan News Saved

SciRah

SciRah does not host or store research papers. Results come live from free, official scholarly APIs, and every paper links back to its original source.

Data sources

OpenAlex
Semantic Scholar
Crossref
CORE
arXiv
PubMed

Privacy policy Terms of service

M. Nicolaus · SciRah

Researcher profile · Semantic Scholar

M. Nicolaus

Share profile

M. Nicolaus — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 20
Works: 44
Citations: 1,263

Most-cited papers

Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird
M. Nicolaus, J. Tinbergen, K. Bouwman, Stephanie P. M. Michler +4 more
2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences115 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Slow explorers take less risk: a problem of sampling bias in ecological studies
E. Stuber, Y. Araya-Ajoy, Kimberley J. Mathot, Ariane Mutzel +4 more
2013113 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Density fluctuations represent a key process maintaining personality variation in a wild passerine bird.
M. Nicolaus, J. Tinbergen, R. Ubels, C. Both +1 more
2016Ecology Letters108 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Effect of PIT Tags on the Survival and Recruitment of Great Tits Parus major
M. Nicolaus, K. Bouwman, N. Dingemanse
200887 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Does metabolic rate predict risk-taking behaviour? : A field experiment in a wild passerine bird
Kimberley J. Mathot, M. Nicolaus, Y. Araya-Ajoy, N. Dingemanse +1 more
201574 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Comparing the consequences of natural selection, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, and matching habitat choice for phenotype–environment matching, population genetic structure, and reproductive isolation in meta‐populations
M. Nicolaus, P. Edelaar
2018Ecology and Evolution65 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Sex-specific effects of altered competition on nestling growth and survival: an experimental manipulation of brood size and sex ratio.
M. Nicolaus, Stephanie P. M. Michler, R. Ubels, M. van der Velde +3 more
2009Journal of Animal Ecology60 citations
Semantic Scholar
Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird
M. Nicolaus, Kimberley J. Mathot, Y. Araya-Ajoy, Ariane Mutzel +3 more
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences51 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera‐recorded diets
Y. Verkuil, M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, Maurine W. Dietz +5 more
2022Ecology and Evolution50 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Mutual Mate Choice for Colorful Traits in King Penguins
Paul M. Nolan, F. Dobson, M. Nicolaus, T. Karels +2 more
201047 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major)
Y. Araya-Ajoy, S. Kuhn, Kimberley J. Mathot, A. Mouchet +5 more
2016Evolution; international journal of organic evolution41 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Comparison of Color and Body Condition Between Early and Late Breeding King Penguins
F. Dobson, Paul M. Nolan, M. Nicolaus, C. Bajzak +2 more
200839 citations
Semantic Scholar
Exploring patterns of variation in clutch size–density reaction norms in a wild passerine bird
M. Nicolaus, J. Brommer, R. Ubels, J. Tinbergen +1 more
2013Journal of Evolutionary Biology33 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird
A. Mouchet, E. Cole, E. Matthysen, M. Nicolaus +6 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America31 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The correlation between coloration and exploration behaviour varies across hierarchical levels in a wild passerine bird
M. Nicolaus, R. Piault, R. Ubels, J. Tinbergen +1 more
2016Journal of Evolutionary Biology28 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Ornamental colors reveal age in the king penguin
M. Nicolaus, C. Le Bohec, Paul M. Nolan, M. Gauthier‐Clerc +3 more
2007Polar Biology28 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major).
M. Nicolaus, Stephanie P. M. Michler, Kirsten M. Jalvingh, R. Ubels +4 more
2012Journal of Animal Ecology26 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Coloured patches influence pairing rate in King Penguins
P. Jouventin, Paul M. Nolan, F. Dobson, M. Nicolaus
200726 citations
Semantic Scholar
Provisioning tactics of great tits (Parus major) in response to long-term brood size manipulations differ across years
Kimberley J. Mathot, Anne-Lise Olsen, Ariane Mutzel, Y. Araya-Ajoy +5 more
201723 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Local sex ratio affects the cost of reproduction.
M. Nicolaus, Stephanie P. M. Michler, R. Ubels, M. van der Velde +3 more
2012Journal of Animal Ecology21 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Adaptation to climate change through dispersal and inherited timing in an avian migrant
K. P. Lamers, J. Nilsson, M. Nicolaus, C. Both
2023Nature Ecology & Evolution19 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
No experimental evidence for local competition in the nestling phase as a driving force for density-dependent avian clutch size.
M. Nicolaus, C. Both, R. Ubels, P. Edelaar +1 more
2009Journal of Animal Ecology18 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Population biology of the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) in the Crozet and Kerguelen archipelagos, southern Indian Ocean, approached through genetic and demographic methods
J. Bried, M. Nicolaus, P. Jarne, M. Dubois +1 more
200718 citations
Semantic Scholar
Sex-specific effects of the local social environment on juvenile post-fledging dispersal in great tits
Stephanie P. M. Michler, M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, M. van der Velde +3 more
2011Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology16 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
State dependence explains individual variation in nest defence behaviour in a long‐lived bird
Margje E. de Jong, M. Nicolaus, R. Fokkema, M. Loonen
2020Journal of Animal Ecology14 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Local offspring density and sex ratio affect sex allocation in the great tit
Stephanie P. M. Michler, M. Nicolaus, M. van der Velde, Reinder Radersma +4 more
201314 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Do sex-specific densities affect local survival of free-ranging great tits?
Stephanie P. M. Michler, M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, M. van der Velde +3 more
201114 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Unravelling the causes and consequences of dispersal syndromes in a wild passerine
M. Nicolaus, Xuelai Wang, K. P. Lamers, R. Ubels +1 more
2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B13 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Diet and provisioning rate differ predictably between dispersing and philopatric pied flycatchers
M. Nicolaus, Solange C Y Barrault, C. Both
2018Behavioral Ecology13 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Effects of manipulated levels of predation threat on parental provisioning and nestling begging
Ariane Mutzel, Anne-Lise Olsen, Kimberley J. Mathot, Y. Araya-Ajoy +5 more
2019Behavioral Ecology11 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Habitat fragmentation induces rapid divergence of migratory and isolated sticklebacks
A. Ramesh, A. Groothuis, F. Weissing, M. Nicolaus
2021bioRxiv10 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Does genetic differentiation underlie behavioral divergence in response to migration barriers in sticklebacks? A common garden experiment
A. Ramesh, M. M. Domingues, E. Stamhuis, T. Groothuis +2 more
2021Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology9 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Descriptive and experimental evidence for timing‐mediated polygyny risk in a pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca population
K. P. Lamers, M. Nicolaus, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, J. Nilsson +1 more
20208 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Mesocosm experiment reveals scale dependence of movement tendencies in sticklebacks
A. Ramesh, J. Gismann, T. Groothuis, F. Weissing +1 more
2023Biology Letters7 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
DNA metabarcoding successfully quantifies relative abundances of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: a validation study using camera-recorded diets
Y. Verkuil, M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, Maurine M. Dietz +5 more
20204 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Does metabolic rate predict risk-taking behaviour?
Kimberley J. Mathot, M. Nicolaus, Y. Araya-Ajoy, N. Dingemanse +1 more
20153 citations
Semantic Scholar
Reproductive rates under competition
M. Nicolaus
20093 citations
Semantic Scholar
Eco-Evolutionary Consequences of Dispersal Syndromes during Colonization in a Passerine Bird
M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, C. Both
2022American Naturalist2 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
DNA metabarcoding quantifies relative abundances of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: validation with camera-recorded diets
Y. Verkuil, M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels, Maurine M. Dietz +5 more
20211 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Phenotype-dependent schooling behaviour across hierarchical levels in three-spined sticklebacks
A. Ramesh, E. Stamhuis, M. Nicolaus
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild Supplementary data tml
M. Nicolaus, J. Tinbergen, K. Bouwman, Stephanie P. M. Michler +4 more
20120 citations
Semantic Scholar
Review of: "The maintenance of variation in avian personality: The role of the social environment' by Eva Fucikova
M. Nicolaus
20110 citations
Semantic Scholar
Increasing density of same sex individuals improves local survival of juvenile great tits
M. Nicolaus, R. Ubels
20100 citations
Semantic Scholar
Samenvatting Themadag 'Mezenwerk'
J. Tinbergen, S. Schaper, M. Nicolaus, W. Halfwerk +2 more
20100 citations
Semantic Scholar

Frequent co-authors

Invite them to SciRah by sharing their profile.

C. Both×18
Invite
C. Both — researcher profile on SciRah
R. Ubels×16
Invite
R. Ubels — researcher profile on SciRah
J. Tinbergen×13
Invite
J. Tinbergen — researcher profile on SciRah
N. Dingemanse×13
Invite
N. Dingemanse — researcher profile on SciRah

Stephanie P. M. Michler

×8

Invite

Stephanie P. M. Michler — researcher profile on SciRah

B. Kempenaers×7

Invite

B. Kempenaers — researcher profile on SciRah

Y. Araya-Ajoy×7

Invite

Y. Araya-Ajoy — researcher profile on SciRah

Kimberley J. Mathot×6

Invite

Kimberley J. Mathot — researcher profile on SciRah

M. van der Velde×6

Invite

M. van der Velde — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

J. Komdeur — researcher profile on SciRah

Ariane Mutzel×5

Invite

Ariane Mutzel — researcher profile on SciRah

P. Jouventin×5

Invite

P. Jouventin — researcher profile on SciRah