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2024
Makuya, L. & C. Schradin (2024) Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals. Journal of Zoology, n/a.
Olivier, C.-A., J. S. Martin, C. Pilisi, P. Agnani, C. Kauffmann, L. Hayes, A. V. Jaeggi & C. Schradin (2024) Primate social organization evolved from a flexible pair-living ancestor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2215401120.
2023
Mulvey, J., N. Pillay, L. Makuya, H. G. Rödel & C. Schradin (2023) African striped mice have relatively smaller brains in the food deprived dry season than in the wet season. Mammalian Biology.
Rochais, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2023. Cognitive performance is linked to survival in free-living African striped mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, 20230205.
Makuya, L., Pillay, N., Rimbach, R. & Schradin, C. 2023. Suppressing the physiological stress response is not stress. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 224-227.
Makuya, L. & Schradin, C. 2023. Measuring range sizes in a 100-g rodent: mini-GPS are more reliable than transmitters, but the location error reduces reliability. Mammalian Biology, 103, 455-465.
Schradin, C., Makuya, L., Pillay, N. & Rimbach, R. 2023. Harshness is not stress. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 224-227.
2022
Qiu, J., Olivier, C. A., Jaeggi, A. V. & Schradin, C. 2022. The evolution of marsupial social organization. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 20221589.
Olivier, C.-A., Schradin, C. & Makuya, L. 2022. Global Change and Conservation of Solitary Mammals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.
Rimbach, R., Hartman, K.-J., Currin, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2022. Females of solitary- and group-living sister species of African striped mice show a similar social structure following experimentally imposed group-living. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76, 29.
Olivier, C.-A., Jaeggi, A. V., Hayes, L. D. & Schradin, C. Revisiting the components of Macroscelidea social systems: Evidence for variable social organization, including pair-living, but not for a monogamous mating system. Ethology, n/a.
Makuya, L., Olivier, C.-A. & Schradin, C. 2022. Field studies need to report essential information on social organisation – independent of the study focus. Ethology, 128, 268-274.
2021
Kanyile, S. N., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Bachelor groups form due to individual choices or environmental disrupters in African striped mice. Animal Behaviour, 182, 135-143.
Wolhuter, L., Thomson, J., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2021. Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo Mammal Research.
Hill, D., Pillay, N, Schradin, C. 2021. Glucocorticoid levels predict subsequent social tactic in females of a facultatively social mammal. Functional Ecology. 35, 650-662.
Alexander, G. J., Tolley, K. A., Maritz, B., McKechnie, A., Manger, P., Thomson, R. L., Schradin, C., Fuller, A., Meyer, L., Hetem, R. S., Cherry, M., Conradie, W., Bauer, A. M., Maphisa, D., O'Riain, J., Parker, D. M., Mlambo, M. C., Bronner, G., Madikiza, K., Engelbrecht, A., Lee, A. T. K., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Mandiwana-Neudani, T. G., Pietersen, D., Venter, J. A., Somers, M. J., Slotow, R., Strauss, W. M., Humphries, M. S., Ryan, P. G. & Kerley, G. I. H. 2021. Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 117.
Hayes, L. D., Aviles, L., Fernandez-Duque, E., Huck, M., Lacey, E. A., Maldonado-Chaparro, A., Matchinske, M., Pillay, N., Solomon, N. G. & Schradin, C. 2021. Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior. Ethology, 127, 935-942.
Rimbach, R., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Prolonged growth during the food-restricted dry season in a small African mammal. Journal of Mammalogy. 102, 296-307.
Rochais, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2021. Seasonal changes in problem-solving in wild African striped mice. Animal Cognition.
Rochais, C., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Do alternative reproductive tactics predict problem-solving performance in African striped mice? Animal Cognition. 24, 703-716.
Schradin, C. 2021. Corona, climate change, and evolved human behavior. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.36, 569-572.
2020
Schradin, C., Drouard, F., Lemonnier, G., Askew, G., Olivier, C.A., Pillay, N. 2020. Geographic intra-specific variation in social organization is driven by population density. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 113.
Schradin, C. 2020. Successful reproduction of Trachemys scripta in the Altrhein of Kehl (Germany) and simultaneous increase in population estimate. The Herpetological Bulletin, 154, 1-7.
Agnani, P., Thomson, J., Schradin, C. & Careau, V. 2020. The fast and the curious II: performance, personality, and metabolism in Karoo bush rats. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 123.
Jaeggi, A. V., Miles, M.I., Festa-Bianchet, M., Schradin, C, Hayes, L.D. (2020). Variable social organization is ubiquitous in Artiodactyla and probably evolved from pair-living ancestors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287(1926): 20200035. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0035
2019
Garnier, L. & Schradin, C. 2019. Pair bonding in monogamously and polygynously kept African striped mice, (Rhabdomys pumilio). Animal Behaviour, 150, 69-76.
Rimbach, R., Blanc, S., Zahariev, A., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Daily energy expenditure of males following alternative reproductive tactics: Solitary roamers spend more energy than group-living males. Physiology & Behavior, 199, 359-365.
Rimbach, R., Blanc, S., Zahariev, A., Robin, J.-P., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Fat content of striped mice decreases during the breeding season but not during the food-restricted dry season. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb208504.
Rochais, C., Maille, A., Jäger, J., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. How does cognitive performance change in relation to seasonal and experimental changes in blood glucose levels? Animal Behaviour, 158, 149-159.
Schradin, C., Pillay, N. & Bertelsmeier, C. 2019. Social flexibility and environmental unpredictability in African striped mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73, 94.
Vuarin, P., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Elevated basal corticosterone levels increase disappearance risk of light but not heavy individuals in a long-term monitored rodent population. Hormones and Behavior, 113, 95-102.
Zduniak, M., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Basking African striped mice choose warmer locations to heat up: evidence from a field study. Journal of Zoology, 309, 133-139.
2018
Agnani, P., Hayes, L.D. & Schradin, C. 2018. Intra‐specific variation in social organization of Strepsirrhines. American Journal of Primatology 0(0): e22758.
Mallarino, R., N. Pillay, H. E. Hoekstra, and C. Schradin. 2018. African striped mice. Current Biology 28:R299-R301.
Nater, C. R., K. J. Benthem, C. I. Canale, C. Schradin, and A. Ozgul. 2018. Density feedbacks mediate effects of environmental change on population dynamics of a semidesert rodent. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:1534-1546.
Rimbach, R., J. Jäger, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2018. Food Availability Is the Main Driver of Seasonal Changes in Resting Metabolic Rate in African Striped Mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 91:826-833.
Rimbach, R., S. Blanc, A. Zahariev, M. Gatta, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2018. Seasonal variation in energy expenditure in a rodent inhabiting a winter-rainfall desert. Journal of Comparative Physiology B.
Schradin, C., L. D. Hayes, N. Pillay, and C. Bertelsmeier. 2018. The evolution of intraspecific variation in social organization. Ethology 124, 527-536, doi:10.1111/eth.12752.
Schradin, C., P. Vuarin, and R. Rimbach. 2018. The neoteny-helper hypothesis: When to expect and when not to expect endocrine mechanisms to regulate allo-parental care? Physiology & Behavior 193:127-134.
2017
Hayes, L.D., Ebensperger, L.A., Kelt, D.A., Meserve, P.L., Pillay, N., Viblanc, V.A. & Schradin, C. 2017. Long-term field studies in rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 642-651.
Hayes, L. D., & Schradin, C. 2017. Long-term field studies in mammals: what the short-term study cannot tell us. Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 600-602.
Jäger, J., C. Schradin, N. Pillay, and R. Rimbach. 2017. Active and explorative individuals are often restless and excluded from studies measuring resting metabolic rate: Do alternative metabolic rate measures offer a solution? Physiology & Behavior, 174,57-66.
Maille, A. & Schradin, C. 2017. Eco-physiology of cognition. Biological Reviews, 92, 1101-1112.
Rimbach, R., M. Wastavino, C. H. Yuen, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. Contrasting activity budgets of alternative reproductive tactics in male striped mice. Journal of Zoology 301:280-289.
Schoepf, I., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. Trade-offs between reproduction and health in free-ranging African striped mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187:625-637.
Schoepf, I., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. The pathophysiology of survival in harsh environments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 187,183-201.
Schradin C. 2017. Comparative studies need to rely both on sound natural history data and on excellent statistical analysis. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170346.
Schradin, C. & Hayes, L.D. 2017. A synopsis of long-term field studies in mammals: achievements, future directions, and some advice Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 670-677.
Yuen, C. H., I. Schoepf, C. Schradin, and N. Pillay. 2017. Boldness: are open field and startle tests measuring the same personality trait? Animal Behaviour 128:143-151.
2016
Maille, A. & Schradin, C. 2016. Survival is linked with reaction time and spatial memory in African striped mice. Biology Letters 12, 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0346.
Mallarino, R., Henegar, C., Mirasierra, Manceau, M., Schradin, C., Vallejo. M., Beronja, S., Barsh, G.S., Hoekstra, H.E: 2016. Alx3 regulates the spatial differences in hair pigment underlying stripe patterns in rodents. Nature, 539, 518-523.
Nater, C.R., Canale, C.I., van Benthem, K.J., Yuen, C.H., Schoepf, I., Pillay, N. Ozgul, A. & Schradin, C. (2016). Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on demographic rates of an African rodent. Oikos, 125, 1838-1848.
Rimbach, R., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2016. Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
Rimbach, R., R. Willigenburg, I. Schoepf, C. H. Yuen, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2016. Young But Not Old Adult African Striped Mice Reduce Their Activity in the Dry Season When Food Availability is Low. Ethology 122, 828-840.
Rymer, T. L., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2016. Resilience to droughts in mammals: a conceptual framework for estimating vulnerability of a single species. The Quarterly Reviews of Biology 91, 133-176.
Straub, R. & Schradin, C. 2016. Chronic inflammatory systemic diseases – an evolutionary trade-off between acutely beneficial but chronically harmful programs. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 37-51, 10.1093/emph/eow001
Schoepf, I., Brunner, P., Yuen, C.H., König. B. & Schradin, C. 2016. Does a mouse have a friend? Mixed evidence for individual recognition in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Zoology 299, 142-149.
Yuen, C. H., N. Pillay, M. Heinrichs, I. Schoepf, and C. Schradin. 2016. Personality traits are consistent when measured in the field and in the laboratory in African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1235-1246.
2015
Hill, D., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders. Hormones and Behavior 71, 1-9.
Hill, D., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: heavier females are more likely to breed solitary than communally. Journal of Animal Ecology 84, 1497-1508.
Maille, A., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Seasonal variation in attention and spatial performance in a wild population of the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Cognition 18, 1231-1242.
Raynaud, J. & Schradin, C. 2015. Corticosterone levels correlate with alloparental care in a sex-dependent manner in African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Ethology 121, 57-67.
Schoepf, I., Kenkel, W. & Schradin, C. 2015. Arginine vasopressin in brains of free ranging striped mouse males following alternative reproductive tactics, Journal of Ethology 33, 235-242.
Schoepf, I. Schmohl, G., König, B., Pillay, N., Schradin, C. 2015. Manipulation of population density and food availability affects home-range sizes of African striped mouse females. Animal Behavior 99, 53-60.
Schradin, C., Pillay, N., Kondratyeva, A., Chi-Hang, Y., Schoepf, I., Krackow, S. 2015. Basal blood glucose concentration in free living striped mice is influenced by food availability, ambient temperature and social tactic. Biology Letters.
Valomy, M., Hayes, L.D., Schradin, C. 2015. Social organization in Eulipotyphla: evidence for a social shrew. Biology Letters 11.
Yuen, C.H., Pillay, N., Heinrichs, M. Schoepf, I., Schradin, C. 2015. Personality does not constrain social and behavioural flexibility in African striped mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69, 1237-1249.
2014
Glaser, D., Schradin, C. 2014. The effects of compounds tasting sweet to humans in a malagasy gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis). ChemoSense, 16, 3-14.
Schoepf, I., Schradin, C. 2014. Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not depend on reproductive tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 204, 43-48.
Raynaud, J. & Schradin, C. 2014. Experimental increase of testosterone increase boldness and decrease anxiety in male African striped mouse helpers. Physiology & Behavior 129, 57-63.
Schradin, C., Larke, R. H. & Bales, K. L. 2014. Growing up in the family or growing up alone influences behavior and hormones, but not arginine vasopressin receptor 1a expression in male African striped mice. Physiology & Behavior, 129, 205-213.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2014. Absence of reproductive suppression in young adult female striped mice living in their natal family. Animal Behaviour, 90, 141-148.
Schradin, C., Raynaud, J., Arrive, M. & Blanc, S. 2014. Leptin levels in free ranging striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) increase when food decreases. General and Comparative Endocrinology 206, 139-145.
2013
Raynaud, J. Schradin, C. 2013. Regulation of male prolactin levels in an opportunistic breeding species, the African striped mouse. Journal of Zoology, 290: 287-292.
Rymer, T., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2013. Extinction or survival? Behavioural flexibility in response to environmental change in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys. Sustainability 5: 163-186.
Schoepf, I. & Schradin, C. 2013. Endocrinology of sociality: comparisons between sociable and solitary individuals within the same population of African striped mice. Hormones and Behavior, 64: 89-94.
Schradin, C. 2013. Intra-specific variation in social organisation by genetic variation, developmental plasticity, social flexibility or only extrinsic factors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Schradin, C., Kenkel. W., Krackow, S. & Carter, S. Staying put or leaving home: endocrine, neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences in male African striped mice. Hormones and Behavior 63: 136-143.
2012
Schoepf. I & Schradin C. 2012. Differences in social behaviour between group-living and solitary African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 84: 1159-1167.
Raynaud, J., Müller, K. & Schradin, C. 2012 Experimental increase of testosterone levels in free-ranging philopatric male striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) induces physiological, morphological, and behavioral changes. General and Comparative Endocrinology.178: 108-115.
Schoepf, I. & Schradin, C. 2012. Better off alone! Reproductive competition and ecological constraints determine sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 649-656
Schradin, C., Lindholm, A.K., Johannesen, J., Schoepf, I., Yuen, C.H., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2012. Social flexibility and social evolution in mammals: a case study of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Molecular Ecology 21: 541-553.
Schradin, C., Eder S. & Müller, K. 2012. Differential investment into testes and sperm production in alternative male reproductive tactics of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Hormones and Behavior 61: 686-695.
2011
Schradin, C. &Lindholm, A.K., 2011. Relative fitness of alternative male reproductive tactics in a mammal varies between years. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80: 908-917.
Schradin, C. & Yuen, C.H. 2011. Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between alternative reproductive tactics. Hormones and Behavior. 60: 676-680.
Solmsen, N., Johannesen, J. & Schradin C., 2011. Highly asymmetric fine-scale genetic structure between sexes of African striped mice indicate alternative male dispersal tactics. Molecular Ecology 20: 1624-1634.
2010
Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2010. Basking is affected by season and influences oxygen consumption in desert-living striped mice. Journal of Zoology 281: 132-139.
Schradin, C., Schmohl, G., Rödel, H.G., Schoepf, I., Treffler, S.M., Brenner, J., Bleeker, M., Schubert, M., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2010. Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a multi-faceted, long term field study on African striped mice. Animal Behaviour 79: 195-203.
Schradin, C., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2010. Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 515-521. (Cover article of this issue).
Schradin, C., Schneider, C. & Lindholm, A.K. 2010. The nasty neighbor in the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) steals paternity and elicits aggression. Frontiers in Zoology 7:19.
Wilson, L.A.B., Schradin, C., Mitgutsch, C., Galliari, F.C., Trillmich, F., Andrea Mess, A., Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2010. Skeletogenesis in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) and a study of sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 10: 243-258.
2009
Schradin, C., Kinahan, A.A. & Pillay, N. 2009. Cooperative breeding in groups of synchronously mating females demands large testes to avoid sperm depletion. Biology of Reproduction 81: 111-117.
Schradin, C., Scantlebury, M., Pillay, N. & König, B. 2009. Testosterone levels in dominant sociable males are lower than in solitary roamers: Physiological differences between three male reproductive tactics in a sociably flexible mammal. American Naturalist 173, 376-388.
Schradin, C., Schneider, C., Yuen, C.H. 2009. Age at puberty in male African striped mice: the impact of food, population density and the presence of the father. Functional Ecology 23: 1004-1013.
Schubert, M., Pillay N. & Schradin, C. 2009. Parental and allo-parental care in a polygynous mammal. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 724-731.
Schubert, M., Pillay, N., Ribble, D. & Schradin, C. 2009. The round-eared sengi and the evolution of social monogamy: Environmental parameters constrain males to live with a single female. Ethology 115: 972-985.
Schubert, M., Schradin, C., Pillay, N. & Ribble, D. 2009. Male mate guarding in a socially monogamous mammal: On costs and trade-offs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64: 257-264.
2008
Keller, C. & Schradin, C. 2008. Plant and small mammal richness correlate positively in a biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 911-923.
Rymer, T., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2008. Social transmission of information about novel food in two populations of the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 76, 1297-1304.
Schradin, C. 2008. Differences in prolactin levels between three alternative male reproductive tactics in striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275, 1047-1052.
Schradin, C. 2008. Seasonal changes in testosterone and corticosterone levels in four social categories of a desert dwelling sociable rodent. Hormones and Behavior 53, 573-579.
2007
Schradin, C. 2007. No information transfer of food sites in a group living solitary forager. Journal of Ethology 25, 83-86.
Schradin, C., Krackow, S., Schubert, M., Keller, C., Schradin, B. & Pillay, N. 2007. Regulation of activity pattern in desert-living striped mice: The importance of basking. Ethology 113, 606-614.
2006
Schradin, C. 2006. Whole day follows of the striped mouse. Journal of Ethology 24, 37-43.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2006. Female striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) change their home ranges in response to seasonal variation in food availability. Behavioral Ecology 17, 452-458.
Schradin, C., Schubert, M. & Pillay, N. 2006. Winter huddling groups in the striped mouse. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84, 693-698
Scantlebury, M., Pillay, N., Speakman, J.R., Bennett, N.C., & Schradin, C. 2006. Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free-living African four-striped grass mice Rhabdomys pumilio. Functional Ecology 20, 166-173.
2005
Schradin, C. 2005. Nest side competition in diurnal rodents from the succulent karoo of South Africa: The striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) against the bush Karoo rat (Otomys unisulcatus). Journal of Mammalogy 86, 757-765.
Schradin, C. 2005. When to live alone and when to live in groups: ecological determinants of sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio, Sparrman, 1784). Belgian Journal of Zoology 135, 77-82.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. The influence of the father on offspring development in the striped mouse. Behavioral Ecology 16, 450-455.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. Demography of the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the succulent karoo: a unique population in an extreme environment. Mammalian Biology. 70, 84-92.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. Intraspecific variation in the spatial and social organization of the African striped mouse. Journal of Mammalogy 86, 99-107.
2004
Schradin, C. 2004. Territorial defence in a group living solitary forager: who, where against whom? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 55, 439-446.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2004. Prolactin levels in paternal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) fathers. Physiology & Behavior 81, 43-50.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2004. The striped mouse from the succulent karoo of South Africa: A territorial group living solitary forager with communal breeding and helpers at the nest. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118, 37-47.
2003
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2003. Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence. Journal of Comparative Psychology 117, 317-324.
Makuya, L. & C. Schradin (2024) Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals. Journal of Zoology, n/a.
Olivier, C.-A., J. S. Martin, C. Pilisi, P. Agnani, C. Kauffmann, L. Hayes, A. V. Jaeggi & C. Schradin (2024) Primate social organization evolved from a flexible pair-living ancestor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2215401120.
2023
Mulvey, J., N. Pillay, L. Makuya, H. G. Rödel & C. Schradin (2023) African striped mice have relatively smaller brains in the food deprived dry season than in the wet season. Mammalian Biology.
Rochais, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2023. Cognitive performance is linked to survival in free-living African striped mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, 20230205.
Makuya, L., Pillay, N., Rimbach, R. & Schradin, C. 2023. Suppressing the physiological stress response is not stress. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 224-227.
Makuya, L. & Schradin, C. 2023. Measuring range sizes in a 100-g rodent: mini-GPS are more reliable than transmitters, but the location error reduces reliability. Mammalian Biology, 103, 455-465.
Schradin, C., Makuya, L., Pillay, N. & Rimbach, R. 2023. Harshness is not stress. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 224-227.
2022
Qiu, J., Olivier, C. A., Jaeggi, A. V. & Schradin, C. 2022. The evolution of marsupial social organization. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 20221589.
Olivier, C.-A., Schradin, C. & Makuya, L. 2022. Global Change and Conservation of Solitary Mammals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.
Rimbach, R., Hartman, K.-J., Currin, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2022. Females of solitary- and group-living sister species of African striped mice show a similar social structure following experimentally imposed group-living. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76, 29.
Olivier, C.-A., Jaeggi, A. V., Hayes, L. D. & Schradin, C. Revisiting the components of Macroscelidea social systems: Evidence for variable social organization, including pair-living, but not for a monogamous mating system. Ethology, n/a.
Makuya, L., Olivier, C.-A. & Schradin, C. 2022. Field studies need to report essential information on social organisation – independent of the study focus. Ethology, 128, 268-274.
2021
Kanyile, S. N., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Bachelor groups form due to individual choices or environmental disrupters in African striped mice. Animal Behaviour, 182, 135-143.
Wolhuter, L., Thomson, J., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2021. Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo Mammal Research.
Hill, D., Pillay, N, Schradin, C. 2021. Glucocorticoid levels predict subsequent social tactic in females of a facultatively social mammal. Functional Ecology. 35, 650-662.
Alexander, G. J., Tolley, K. A., Maritz, B., McKechnie, A., Manger, P., Thomson, R. L., Schradin, C., Fuller, A., Meyer, L., Hetem, R. S., Cherry, M., Conradie, W., Bauer, A. M., Maphisa, D., O'Riain, J., Parker, D. M., Mlambo, M. C., Bronner, G., Madikiza, K., Engelbrecht, A., Lee, A. T. K., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Mandiwana-Neudani, T. G., Pietersen, D., Venter, J. A., Somers, M. J., Slotow, R., Strauss, W. M., Humphries, M. S., Ryan, P. G. & Kerley, G. I. H. 2021. Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 117.
Hayes, L. D., Aviles, L., Fernandez-Duque, E., Huck, M., Lacey, E. A., Maldonado-Chaparro, A., Matchinske, M., Pillay, N., Solomon, N. G. & Schradin, C. 2021. Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior. Ethology, 127, 935-942.
Rimbach, R., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Prolonged growth during the food-restricted dry season in a small African mammal. Journal of Mammalogy. 102, 296-307.
Rochais, C., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2021. Seasonal changes in problem-solving in wild African striped mice. Animal Cognition.
Rochais, C., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2021. Do alternative reproductive tactics predict problem-solving performance in African striped mice? Animal Cognition. 24, 703-716.
Schradin, C. 2021. Corona, climate change, and evolved human behavior. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.36, 569-572.
2020
Schradin, C., Drouard, F., Lemonnier, G., Askew, G., Olivier, C.A., Pillay, N. 2020. Geographic intra-specific variation in social organization is driven by population density. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 113.
Schradin, C. 2020. Successful reproduction of Trachemys scripta in the Altrhein of Kehl (Germany) and simultaneous increase in population estimate. The Herpetological Bulletin, 154, 1-7.
Agnani, P., Thomson, J., Schradin, C. & Careau, V. 2020. The fast and the curious II: performance, personality, and metabolism in Karoo bush rats. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 123.
Jaeggi, A. V., Miles, M.I., Festa-Bianchet, M., Schradin, C, Hayes, L.D. (2020). Variable social organization is ubiquitous in Artiodactyla and probably evolved from pair-living ancestors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287(1926): 20200035. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0035
2019
Garnier, L. & Schradin, C. 2019. Pair bonding in monogamously and polygynously kept African striped mice, (Rhabdomys pumilio). Animal Behaviour, 150, 69-76.
Rimbach, R., Blanc, S., Zahariev, A., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Daily energy expenditure of males following alternative reproductive tactics: Solitary roamers spend more energy than group-living males. Physiology & Behavior, 199, 359-365.
Rimbach, R., Blanc, S., Zahariev, A., Robin, J.-P., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Fat content of striped mice decreases during the breeding season but not during the food-restricted dry season. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb208504.
Rochais, C., Maille, A., Jäger, J., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. How does cognitive performance change in relation to seasonal and experimental changes in blood glucose levels? Animal Behaviour, 158, 149-159.
Schradin, C., Pillay, N. & Bertelsmeier, C. 2019. Social flexibility and environmental unpredictability in African striped mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73, 94.
Vuarin, P., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Elevated basal corticosterone levels increase disappearance risk of light but not heavy individuals in a long-term monitored rodent population. Hormones and Behavior, 113, 95-102.
Zduniak, M., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2019. Basking African striped mice choose warmer locations to heat up: evidence from a field study. Journal of Zoology, 309, 133-139.
2018
Agnani, P., Hayes, L.D. & Schradin, C. 2018. Intra‐specific variation in social organization of Strepsirrhines. American Journal of Primatology 0(0): e22758.
Mallarino, R., N. Pillay, H. E. Hoekstra, and C. Schradin. 2018. African striped mice. Current Biology 28:R299-R301.
Nater, C. R., K. J. Benthem, C. I. Canale, C. Schradin, and A. Ozgul. 2018. Density feedbacks mediate effects of environmental change on population dynamics of a semidesert rodent. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:1534-1546.
Rimbach, R., J. Jäger, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2018. Food Availability Is the Main Driver of Seasonal Changes in Resting Metabolic Rate in African Striped Mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 91:826-833.
Rimbach, R., S. Blanc, A. Zahariev, M. Gatta, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2018. Seasonal variation in energy expenditure in a rodent inhabiting a winter-rainfall desert. Journal of Comparative Physiology B.
Schradin, C., L. D. Hayes, N. Pillay, and C. Bertelsmeier. 2018. The evolution of intraspecific variation in social organization. Ethology 124, 527-536, doi:10.1111/eth.12752.
Schradin, C., P. Vuarin, and R. Rimbach. 2018. The neoteny-helper hypothesis: When to expect and when not to expect endocrine mechanisms to regulate allo-parental care? Physiology & Behavior 193:127-134.
2017
Hayes, L.D., Ebensperger, L.A., Kelt, D.A., Meserve, P.L., Pillay, N., Viblanc, V.A. & Schradin, C. 2017. Long-term field studies in rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 642-651.
Hayes, L. D., & Schradin, C. 2017. Long-term field studies in mammals: what the short-term study cannot tell us. Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 600-602.
Jäger, J., C. Schradin, N. Pillay, and R. Rimbach. 2017. Active and explorative individuals are often restless and excluded from studies measuring resting metabolic rate: Do alternative metabolic rate measures offer a solution? Physiology & Behavior, 174,57-66.
Maille, A. & Schradin, C. 2017. Eco-physiology of cognition. Biological Reviews, 92, 1101-1112.
Rimbach, R., M. Wastavino, C. H. Yuen, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. Contrasting activity budgets of alternative reproductive tactics in male striped mice. Journal of Zoology 301:280-289.
Schoepf, I., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. Trade-offs between reproduction and health in free-ranging African striped mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187:625-637.
Schoepf, I., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2017. The pathophysiology of survival in harsh environments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 187,183-201.
Schradin C. 2017. Comparative studies need to rely both on sound natural history data and on excellent statistical analysis. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170346.
Schradin, C. & Hayes, L.D. 2017. A synopsis of long-term field studies in mammals: achievements, future directions, and some advice Journal of Mammalogy, 98, 670-677.
Yuen, C. H., I. Schoepf, C. Schradin, and N. Pillay. 2017. Boldness: are open field and startle tests measuring the same personality trait? Animal Behaviour 128:143-151.
2016
Maille, A. & Schradin, C. 2016. Survival is linked with reaction time and spatial memory in African striped mice. Biology Letters 12, 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0346.
Mallarino, R., Henegar, C., Mirasierra, Manceau, M., Schradin, C., Vallejo. M., Beronja, S., Barsh, G.S., Hoekstra, H.E: 2016. Alx3 regulates the spatial differences in hair pigment underlying stripe patterns in rodents. Nature, 539, 518-523.
Nater, C.R., Canale, C.I., van Benthem, K.J., Yuen, C.H., Schoepf, I., Pillay, N. Ozgul, A. & Schradin, C. (2016). Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on demographic rates of an African rodent. Oikos, 125, 1838-1848.
Rimbach, R., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2016. Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
Rimbach, R., R. Willigenburg, I. Schoepf, C. H. Yuen, N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2016. Young But Not Old Adult African Striped Mice Reduce Their Activity in the Dry Season When Food Availability is Low. Ethology 122, 828-840.
Rymer, T. L., N. Pillay, and C. Schradin. 2016. Resilience to droughts in mammals: a conceptual framework for estimating vulnerability of a single species. The Quarterly Reviews of Biology 91, 133-176.
Straub, R. & Schradin, C. 2016. Chronic inflammatory systemic diseases – an evolutionary trade-off between acutely beneficial but chronically harmful programs. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 37-51, 10.1093/emph/eow001
Schoepf, I., Brunner, P., Yuen, C.H., König. B. & Schradin, C. 2016. Does a mouse have a friend? Mixed evidence for individual recognition in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Zoology 299, 142-149.
Yuen, C. H., N. Pillay, M. Heinrichs, I. Schoepf, and C. Schradin. 2016. Personality traits are consistent when measured in the field and in the laboratory in African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1235-1246.
2015
Hill, D., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders. Hormones and Behavior 71, 1-9.
Hill, D., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: heavier females are more likely to breed solitary than communally. Journal of Animal Ecology 84, 1497-1508.
Maille, A., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2015. Seasonal variation in attention and spatial performance in a wild population of the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Cognition 18, 1231-1242.
Raynaud, J. & Schradin, C. 2015. Corticosterone levels correlate with alloparental care in a sex-dependent manner in African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Ethology 121, 57-67.
Schoepf, I., Kenkel, W. & Schradin, C. 2015. Arginine vasopressin in brains of free ranging striped mouse males following alternative reproductive tactics, Journal of Ethology 33, 235-242.
Schoepf, I. Schmohl, G., König, B., Pillay, N., Schradin, C. 2015. Manipulation of population density and food availability affects home-range sizes of African striped mouse females. Animal Behavior 99, 53-60.
Schradin, C., Pillay, N., Kondratyeva, A., Chi-Hang, Y., Schoepf, I., Krackow, S. 2015. Basal blood glucose concentration in free living striped mice is influenced by food availability, ambient temperature and social tactic. Biology Letters.
Valomy, M., Hayes, L.D., Schradin, C. 2015. Social organization in Eulipotyphla: evidence for a social shrew. Biology Letters 11.
Yuen, C.H., Pillay, N., Heinrichs, M. Schoepf, I., Schradin, C. 2015. Personality does not constrain social and behavioural flexibility in African striped mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69, 1237-1249.
2014
Glaser, D., Schradin, C. 2014. The effects of compounds tasting sweet to humans in a malagasy gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis). ChemoSense, 16, 3-14.
Schoepf, I., Schradin, C. 2014. Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not depend on reproductive tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 204, 43-48.
Raynaud, J. & Schradin, C. 2014. Experimental increase of testosterone increase boldness and decrease anxiety in male African striped mouse helpers. Physiology & Behavior 129, 57-63.
Schradin, C., Larke, R. H. & Bales, K. L. 2014. Growing up in the family or growing up alone influences behavior and hormones, but not arginine vasopressin receptor 1a expression in male African striped mice. Physiology & Behavior, 129, 205-213.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2014. Absence of reproductive suppression in young adult female striped mice living in their natal family. Animal Behaviour, 90, 141-148.
Schradin, C., Raynaud, J., Arrive, M. & Blanc, S. 2014. Leptin levels in free ranging striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) increase when food decreases. General and Comparative Endocrinology 206, 139-145.
2013
Raynaud, J. Schradin, C. 2013. Regulation of male prolactin levels in an opportunistic breeding species, the African striped mouse. Journal of Zoology, 290: 287-292.
Rymer, T., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2013. Extinction or survival? Behavioural flexibility in response to environmental change in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys. Sustainability 5: 163-186.
Schoepf, I. & Schradin, C. 2013. Endocrinology of sociality: comparisons between sociable and solitary individuals within the same population of African striped mice. Hormones and Behavior, 64: 89-94.
Schradin, C. 2013. Intra-specific variation in social organisation by genetic variation, developmental plasticity, social flexibility or only extrinsic factors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Schradin, C., Kenkel. W., Krackow, S. & Carter, S. Staying put or leaving home: endocrine, neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences in male African striped mice. Hormones and Behavior 63: 136-143.
2012
Schoepf. I & Schradin C. 2012. Differences in social behaviour between group-living and solitary African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 84: 1159-1167.
Raynaud, J., Müller, K. & Schradin, C. 2012 Experimental increase of testosterone levels in free-ranging philopatric male striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) induces physiological, morphological, and behavioral changes. General and Comparative Endocrinology.178: 108-115.
Schoepf, I. & Schradin, C. 2012. Better off alone! Reproductive competition and ecological constraints determine sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 649-656
Schradin, C., Lindholm, A.K., Johannesen, J., Schoepf, I., Yuen, C.H., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2012. Social flexibility and social evolution in mammals: a case study of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Molecular Ecology 21: 541-553.
Schradin, C., Eder S. & Müller, K. 2012. Differential investment into testes and sperm production in alternative male reproductive tactics of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Hormones and Behavior 61: 686-695.
2011
Schradin, C. &Lindholm, A.K., 2011. Relative fitness of alternative male reproductive tactics in a mammal varies between years. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80: 908-917.
Schradin, C. & Yuen, C.H. 2011. Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between alternative reproductive tactics. Hormones and Behavior. 60: 676-680.
Solmsen, N., Johannesen, J. & Schradin C., 2011. Highly asymmetric fine-scale genetic structure between sexes of African striped mice indicate alternative male dispersal tactics. Molecular Ecology 20: 1624-1634.
2010
Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. 2010. Basking is affected by season and influences oxygen consumption in desert-living striped mice. Journal of Zoology 281: 132-139.
Schradin, C., Schmohl, G., Rödel, H.G., Schoepf, I., Treffler, S.M., Brenner, J., Bleeker, M., Schubert, M., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2010. Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a multi-faceted, long term field study on African striped mice. Animal Behaviour 79: 195-203.
Schradin, C., König, B. & Pillay, N. 2010. Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 515-521. (Cover article of this issue).
Schradin, C., Schneider, C. & Lindholm, A.K. 2010. The nasty neighbor in the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) steals paternity and elicits aggression. Frontiers in Zoology 7:19.
Wilson, L.A.B., Schradin, C., Mitgutsch, C., Galliari, F.C., Trillmich, F., Andrea Mess, A., Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2010. Skeletogenesis in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) and a study of sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 10: 243-258.
2009
Schradin, C., Kinahan, A.A. & Pillay, N. 2009. Cooperative breeding in groups of synchronously mating females demands large testes to avoid sperm depletion. Biology of Reproduction 81: 111-117.
Schradin, C., Scantlebury, M., Pillay, N. & König, B. 2009. Testosterone levels in dominant sociable males are lower than in solitary roamers: Physiological differences between three male reproductive tactics in a sociably flexible mammal. American Naturalist 173, 376-388.
Schradin, C., Schneider, C., Yuen, C.H. 2009. Age at puberty in male African striped mice: the impact of food, population density and the presence of the father. Functional Ecology 23: 1004-1013.
Schubert, M., Pillay N. & Schradin, C. 2009. Parental and allo-parental care in a polygynous mammal. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 724-731.
Schubert, M., Pillay, N., Ribble, D. & Schradin, C. 2009. The round-eared sengi and the evolution of social monogamy: Environmental parameters constrain males to live with a single female. Ethology 115: 972-985.
Schubert, M., Schradin, C., Pillay, N. & Ribble, D. 2009. Male mate guarding in a socially monogamous mammal: On costs and trade-offs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64: 257-264.
2008
Keller, C. & Schradin, C. 2008. Plant and small mammal richness correlate positively in a biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 911-923.
Rymer, T., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2008. Social transmission of information about novel food in two populations of the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 76, 1297-1304.
Schradin, C. 2008. Differences in prolactin levels between three alternative male reproductive tactics in striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275, 1047-1052.
Schradin, C. 2008. Seasonal changes in testosterone and corticosterone levels in four social categories of a desert dwelling sociable rodent. Hormones and Behavior 53, 573-579.
2007
Schradin, C. 2007. No information transfer of food sites in a group living solitary forager. Journal of Ethology 25, 83-86.
Schradin, C., Krackow, S., Schubert, M., Keller, C., Schradin, B. & Pillay, N. 2007. Regulation of activity pattern in desert-living striped mice: The importance of basking. Ethology 113, 606-614.
2006
Schradin, C. 2006. Whole day follows of the striped mouse. Journal of Ethology 24, 37-43.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2006. Female striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) change their home ranges in response to seasonal variation in food availability. Behavioral Ecology 17, 452-458.
Schradin, C., Schubert, M. & Pillay, N. 2006. Winter huddling groups in the striped mouse. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84, 693-698
Scantlebury, M., Pillay, N., Speakman, J.R., Bennett, N.C., & Schradin, C. 2006. Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free-living African four-striped grass mice Rhabdomys pumilio. Functional Ecology 20, 166-173.
2005
Schradin, C. 2005. Nest side competition in diurnal rodents from the succulent karoo of South Africa: The striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) against the bush Karoo rat (Otomys unisulcatus). Journal of Mammalogy 86, 757-765.
Schradin, C. 2005. When to live alone and when to live in groups: ecological determinants of sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio, Sparrman, 1784). Belgian Journal of Zoology 135, 77-82.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. The influence of the father on offspring development in the striped mouse. Behavioral Ecology 16, 450-455.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. Demography of the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the succulent karoo: a unique population in an extreme environment. Mammalian Biology. 70, 84-92.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2005. Intraspecific variation in the spatial and social organization of the African striped mouse. Journal of Mammalogy 86, 99-107.
2004
Schradin, C. 2004. Territorial defence in a group living solitary forager: who, where against whom? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 55, 439-446.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2004. Prolactin levels in paternal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) fathers. Physiology & Behavior 81, 43-50.
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2004. The striped mouse from the succulent karoo of South Africa: A territorial group living solitary forager with communal breeding and helpers at the nest. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118, 37-47.
2003
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2003. Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence. Journal of Comparative Psychology 117, 317-324.