Publications update:

 

2020: Mazza, V., Guenther, A. City mice and country mice: innovative problem-solving in rural and urban non-commensal rodents. Animal Behaviour, accepted.

 

Guenther, A., Eweleit, L., Trillmich, F. Fitness consequences of seasonally different life histories? A match-mismatch experiment. Behavioural Ecology, in press.

 

Hämäläinen, A., Guenther, A., Patrick, S. C., & Schuett, W. (2020). Environmental effects on the covariation among pace-of-life traits. Ethology, 127, 32-44.

 

Wahedi, A., Guenther, A., Weyrich, A., & Sondheimer, N. (2020). The mitochondrial genome of Cavia aperea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(3), 2147-2148.

 

Kniel, N., Guenther, A. Godin, J-G. (2020). Individual personality does not predict learning performance in a foraging context in female guppies, Poecilia reticulata. Animal Behaviour 167, 3-12.

 

Kraus, S., Krüger, O., Guenther, A. (2020). Zebra finches bi-directionally selected for personality differ in repeatability of corticosterone and testosterone. Hormones and Behavior, 122, 104747.

 

Trillmich, F., Guenther, A., Jäckel, M., Czirják, G.A. (2020). Reproduction affects immune defenses in the guinea pig even under ad libitum food. PlosOne 15(3): e0230081

 

Kraus, S., Trillmich, F., Guenther, A. (2020). Within-Family Environment and Cross-Fostering StressAffect Behavior and Physiology in Wild Cavies (Cavia aperea). Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 178.

 

2019: Krebs, R., Linnenbrink, M., Guenther, A. (2019) Validating standardised personality tests under semi‐natural conditions in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus). Ethology.

 

Kowalski, G. J., Grimm, V., Herde, A., Guenther, A., Eccard, J. A. (2019) Does Animal Personality Affect Movement in Habitat Corridors? Experiments with Common Voles (Microtus arvalis) using Different Corridor Widths. Animals9, 291.

 

Trillmich, F., Geißler, E., Guenther, A. (2019)Senescence and costs of reproduction in the life history of a small precocial species. Ecology and Evolution9 (12), S. 7069 - 7079

 

Wilson, V., Guenther, A., Øverli, Ø., Seltmann, M. W., Altschul, D. (2019) Future directions for personality research: contributing new insights to the understanding of animal behavior. Animals9 (5),203

 

2018: Tarka*, M. Guenther*, A., Niemelä, P., Nakagawa, S., Noble, DWA. (2018) Sex differences in life-history, behavior and physiology along a slow-fast continuum: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 132.

 

Guenther, A., Groothuis, A.G.G., Krüger, O., Goerlich-Jansson, V. (2018) Cortisol during adolescence organises personality traits and behavioural syndromes. Hormones and Behavior 103, 129-139.

 

Guenther, A., Trillmich, F., Czirják, G.A. (2018) Seasonal effects on behavior and immunity in a precocial rodent, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72, 115.

 

Hribal, R., Rübensam, K., Bernhardt, S., Jewgenow, K., Guenther, A. (2018). Effect of season on reproductive behaviors and fertilization success in cavies (Cavia aperea). Theriogenology 114, 185-190.

 

Guenther, A. (2018) Life history trade-offs: are they linked to personality in a precocial mammal? Biology Letters 14, 20180086.

 

2017: Guenther, A., Brust, V. (2017). Individual consistency in multiple cognitive performance: behavioural versus cognitive syndromes. Animal Behaviour 130, 119-131.

 

Brust, V., Guenther, A. (2017). Stability of the guinea pigs personality - cognition linkage over time. Behavioural Processes 134, 4-7. (invited contribution to Special Issue “Individual differences in cognition and personality”)

 

2016: Hribal, R., Guenther, A., Rübensam, K., Jewgenow, K. (2016). Blastocyst recovery and multifactorialgene expression analysis in the wild guinea pig (Cavia aperea). Theriogenology86,1299-1307.

 

Finkemeier, M.-A.+, Trillmich, F., Guenther, A. (2016). Match-Mismatch experiments using photoperiod expose developmental plasticity of personality traits.Ethology 122, 80-93.

 

2015: Trillmich, F., Guenther, A., Müller, C., Reinhold, K., Sachser, N. (2015). New perspectives in behavioural development: adaptive shaping of behaviour over a lifetime? Frontiers in Zoology 08/2015; 12(Suppl 1):S1

 

Von Engelhardt, N., Kowalski, G.J.+, Guenther, A. (2015). The maternal social environment shapes offspring growth, physiology and behavioural phenotype in guinea pigs. Frontiers in Zoology 08/2015; 12(Suppl 1):S13

 

Rübensam, K., Hribal, R., Jewgenow, K., Guenther, A. (2015). Seasonally reproductive investment ina medium sized rodent (Cavia aperea). Theriogenology 84, 639–644.

 

Brust, V. & Guenther, A. (2015). Domestication effects on behavioural traits and learningperformance: comparing wild cavies to guinea pigs. Animal Cognition 18, 99-109.

 

Guenther, A., Trillmich, F. (2015). Within-litter differences in personality and physiology relate to size differences among siblings in cavies. Physiology & Behavior 145, 22-28.

 

2014: Guenther, A., Kowalski, G.+; Von Engelhardt, N. (2014). Prenatal social conditions shape offspring adult phenotype and reproductive success. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 68, 1661–1667.

 

Guenther, A., Palme, R., Dersen, M.+, Kaiser, S., & Trillmich, F. (2014). Photoperiodic effects on reproductive development in male cavies (Cavia aperea). Physiology & Behavior 123, 142–147.

 

Guenther, A., Finkemeier, M.-A.+, Trillmich, F. (2014). The ontogeny of personality in the wild guinea pig. Animal Behaviour 90, 131-139. Guenther, A., Brust, V., Dersen, M.+, & Trillmich, F. (2014). Learning and Personality Types Are Related in Cavies (Cavia aperea). Journal of Comparative Psychology 128, 74-81.

 

Schumann, K., Guenther, A., Trillmich, F., Jewgenow, K. (2014). Animal housing and welfare:effects of housing conditions on body weight and cortisol in a medium sized rodent (Cavia aperea).Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 17, 111-124.

 

Schumann, K., Guenther, A., Göritz, F., Jewgenov, K. (2014). Characterisation of fetal growth byrepeated ultrasound measurements in the wild guinea pig (Cavia aperea). Theriogenology 82, 490-494.

 

2013: Jonker, R. M., Guenther, A., Engqvist, L., & Schmoll, T. (2013). Does systematic variation improve the reproducibility of animal experiments? Nature Methods 10, 373.

 

Guenther, A., & Trillmich, F. (2013). Photoperiod influences the behavioral and physiological phenotype during ontogeny. Behavioral Ecology 24, 402–41