This page lists the publications of the Kalahari Molerat Project in reverse chronological order.
2022
Bensch HM, Tolf C, Waldenström J, Lundin D, Zöttl M. 2022. Freeze-drying can replace cold-chains for transport and storage of fecal microbiome samples. PeerJ 10:e13095 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13095
Resheff, Y. S., Bensch, H. M., Zöttl, M., & Rotics, S. (2022). Correcting a bias in the computation of behavioural time budgets that are based on supervised learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13862
2021
Finn, K.T. (2021) Potential use of a magnetic compass during long-distance dispersal in a subterranean rodent. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 250-257. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa163
Johnston, R.A., Vuillioud, P., Thorley, J., Kirveslahti, H., Shen, L., Mukherjee, S., Karner, C., Clutton-Brock, T.H., and Tung, J. 2021. Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity. eLife 10: e65760.
Leedale, A. E., Thorley, J., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2021). Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Animal Behaviour, 179, 83–96. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.06.019
Siegmann, S., Feitsch, R., Hart, D. W., Bennett, N. C., Penn, D. J., & Zöttl, M. (2021). Naked mole-rats (<em>Heterocephalus glaber</em>) do not specialise on cooperative tasks. BioRxiv, 2021.03.22.436002. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.22.436002
Vullioud, P., Mendonça, R., Glauser, G., Bennett, N., Zöttl, M., Katlein, N., Leal, R., Fuerst, R., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2021). Increases in glucocorticoids are sufficient but not necessary to increase cooperative burrowing in Damaraland mole-rats. Hormones and Behavior, 135, 105034. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105034
2020
Francioli, Y., Thorley, J., Finn, K., Clutton-Brock, T. and Zottl, M. (2020). Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0475
Houslay, T.M., Vullioud, P., Zottl, M. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2020). Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Behavioral Ecology 31: 711-718. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa015
Johnston, R.A, Vullioud, P., Thorley, J., Kirveslahti, H., Shen, L., Mukherjee, S., Karner, C., Clutton-Brock, T., and Tung. J. (2020). Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.31.231266
Mendonça, R., Vullioud, P., Katlein, N., Vallat, A., Glauser, G., Bennett, N.C. and Helfenstein, F. (2020). Oxidative costs of cooperation in cooperatively breeding Damaraland mole-rats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 267: 20201023. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1023
2019
Thorley, J., & Clutton-Brock, T. H. (2019). A unified-models analysis of the development of sexual size dimorphism in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(4), 1374-1386.
Montoya-Sanhueza, G., Bennett, N. C., Sumbera, R., Clutton-Brock, T., & Chinsamy, A. (2019, June). Ontogenetic Endochondral Fore limb Growth Patterns in African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae). In JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY (Vol. 280, pp. S184-S184). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.
Montoya-Sanhueza, G., Bennett, N. C., Sumbera, R., Clutton-Brock, T., & Chinsamy, A. (2019, June). Ontogenetic Allometry of Periosteal Bone Formation in Forelimbs of African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae). In JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY (Vol. 280, pp. S184-S185). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.
2018
Torrents-Ticó, M., Bennett, N. C., Jarvis, J. U., & Zöttl, M. (2018). Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry. Biology letters, 14(2), 20180005.
Torrents‐Ticó, M., Bennett, N. C., Jarvis, J. U., & Zöttl, M. (2018). Sex differences in timing and context of dispersal in Damaraland mole‐rats (Fukomys damarensis). Journal of Zoology, 306(4), 252-257.
Thorley, J., Mendonça, R., Vullioud, P., Torrents-Ticó, M., Zöttl, M., Gaynor, D., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2018). No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats. Animal behaviour, 143, 9-24.
Zöttl, M., Vullioud, P., Goddard, K., Torrents-Ticó, M., Gaynor, D., Bennett, N. C., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2018). Allo-parental care in Damaraland mole-rats is female biased and age dependent, though independent of testosterone levels. Physiology & behavior.
Bennett, N. C., Ganswindt, A., Ganswindt, S. B., Jarvis, J. U. M., Zöttl, M., & Faulkes, C. G. (2018). Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Biology Letters, 14(5), 20180150.