aktuelle Publikationen/recent publications

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2008
Begall, S., Červený, J., Neef, J., Vojtěch, O. Burda, H. (2008): Magnetic alignment in grazing and resting cattle and deer. PNAS, 105:13451-13455.

2007
Lange, S., Burda, H., Wegner, R. E., Dammann, P., Begall, S., Kawalika, M. (2007): Living in a stethoscope: Burrow-acoustics promotes auditory specializations in subterranean rodents. Naturwissenschaften. 94:134–138.

Begall, S., Lange, S., Schleich, C., Burda, H. (2007): Acoustics, Audition and Auditory System. In: Subterranean rodents: News from underground (Begall S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E., eds.). Springer Heidelberg.

Burda, H., ŠSumbera, R., Begall, S. (2007): Microclimate in burrows of subterranean rodents – revisited. In: Subterranean rodents: News from underground (Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E., eds.). Springer Heidelberg.

Schleich, C. E., Veitl, S., Knotková, E., Begall, S.: Vocal communication in subterranean rodents. In: Subterranean rodents: News from underground (Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E., eds.). Springer Heidelberg.

Wegner, R.E., Burda, H., Begall, S., Nemec, P.: Magnetic compass: A useful tool underground. In: Subterranean rodents: News from underground (Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E., eds.). Springer Heidelberg.

2006
Wegner, R. E., Begall, S., Burda, H. (2006): Light perception in “blind” subterranean Zambian mole-rats. Animal Behaviour. 72: 1021-1024.

Schleich, C. E., Begall, S., Burda, H. (2006): Morpho-functional parameters of the inner ear in Ctenomys talarum; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae. Folia Zoologica. 55(3): 264-272.

Begall, S. (2006): Coruro. In: Faszination Natur – Tiere: Säugetiere I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. S. 402-403.

Begall, S. (2006): Nacktmull. In: Faszination Natur – Tiere: Säugetiere I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. S. 360.

Begall, S., Burda, H. (2006): Ear morphology of Spalacopus cyanus (Octodontidae): Relationships to communication and the subterranean habitat. Journal of Morphology 267: 382-390.

Hagemeyer, P., Begall, S. (2006): Individual odour similarity and discrimination in the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus, Octodontidae). Ethology. 112:529-536.

2005
Begall, S. (2005): The relationship of foraging habitat to the diet of barn owls (Tyto alba) from central Chile . Journal of Raptor Research 39: 97-101.

2004
Begall, S., Burda, H., Schneider, B. (2004): Hearing in Coruros (Spalacopus cyanus): special audiogram features of a subterranean rodent. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 190: 963-969.

Heth, G., Todrank, J., Begall, S., Wegner, R. E., Burda, H. (2004): Genetic relatedness discrimination in eusocial Cryptomys anselli mole-rats, Bathyergidae, Rodentia. Folia Zoologica 53: 269-278.

2002
Heth, G., Todrank, J., Begall, S., Braude, S., Koch, R., Zilbiger, Y., Nevo, E., Burda, H. (2002): Odour-guided foraging: “Blind” subterranean rodents do not search “blindly”. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 53-58.

Begall, S., Daan, S., Burda, H., Overkamp, G.J.F. (2002): Activity patterns in a subterranean social rodent Spalacopus cyanus (Octodontidae). Journal of Mammalogy 83(1): 153-158.

Burda, H., Begall, S. (2002): Sinnesökologie subterraner Säugetiere. Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Biologie in der Schule, 51(1): 16-20.

2000
Begall, S., Gallardo, M.H.(2000): Spalacopus cyanus: an extremist in tunnel constructing and food storing among subterranean mammals. Journal of Zoology, London 251: 53-60.

Burda, H., Honeycutt, R. L., Begall, S., Scharff, A., Grütjen, O. (2000): Are naked and common mole-rats eusocial, and if so why? Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 47: 293-303.

Schroeder, J. W., Honeycutt, R. L., Rooney, A. P., Han, G., Begall, S., Gallardo, M. H. (2000): Microsatellites from the South American coruro, Spalacopus cyanus. Molecular Ecology 9: 1447-1449.

Veitl, S., Begall, S., Burda, H. (2000): Ecological determinants of vocalization parameters: The case of the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus, Octodontidae), a fossorial social rodent. Bioacoustics 11: 1-20.

1999
Begall, S., Burda, H., Gallardo, M.H. (1999): Reproduction, postnatal development and growth of social coruros, Spalacopus cyanus (Octodontidae, Rodentia) from Chile. Journal of Mammalogy 80: 210-217.

Burda, H., Begall, S., Grütjen, O., Scharff, A., Nevo, E., Beiles, A., Cerveny, J. & Prucha, K. (1999): How to eat a carrot? Convergence in feeding behaviour among subterranean mammals. Naturwissenschaften 86: 325-327.

Scharff, A., Begall, S., Grütjen, O., Burda, H. (1999): Reproductive characteristics and growth of Zambian giant mole-rats, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Mammalia 63: 217-230.

1998
Begall, S., Burda, H. (1998): Reproductive characteristics and growth in the eusocial Zambian common mole-rat (Cryptomys sp., Bathyergidae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 63: 297-306.

1997
Begall, S. (1997): The application of the Gompertz model to describe body growth. Growth, Development & Aging 61: 61-67.