Publications of Zitan Song

Zou, Y.; Song, Z.; Chen, J. N.; Sun, Y. H.; Griesser, M.: Female budgerigars prefer males with foraging skills that differ from their own. Animal Cognition 28 (1), 9 (2025)

van Schaik, C. P.; Jacobs, I.; Burkart, J. M.; Sauciuc, G.-A.; Schuppli, C.; Persson, T.; Song, Z.: Short-term memory, attentional control and brain size in primates. Royal Society Open Science 11 (5), 231541 (2024)

Zou, Y. Q.; Jiang, Y. T.; Song, Z.; Fang, X. B.; Ding, C. Q.: The Crested Ibises expanding to plain areas exhibit a higher tolerance of human proximity. Avian Research 15, 100165 (2024)

Chen, Y. Q.; Lin, X.; Song, Z.; Liu, Y.: Divorce rate in monogamous birds increases with male promiscuity and migration distance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2002), 20230450 (2023)

Ding, P.; Song, Z.; Liu, Y.; Halimubieke, N.; Székely, T.; Shi, L.: Nesting habitat suitability of the Kentish plover in the arid lands of Xinjiang, China. Animals 13 (21), 3369 (2023)

Gu, L. Y.; Yang, H. Y.; Xia, C. W.; Song, Z.; Cheng, Y. C.; Huang, C. J.; Liu, Y. L.; Liu, Y.: Comparisons of microstructure and elemental composition of eggshells among wild plover populations. Avian Research 14, 100146 (2023)

Song, Z.; Griesser, M.; Schuppli, C.; van Schaik, C. P.: Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles? BMC Ecology and Evolution 23 (1), 77 (2023)

van Schaik, C. P.; Song, Z.; Schuppli, C.; Drobniak, S. M.; Heldstab, S. A.; Griesser, M.: Extended parental provisioning and variation in vertebrate brain sizes. PLoS Biology 21 (2), e3002016 (2023)

Xu, X. L.; Ye, Y. X.; Briggs, E.; Wang, C.; Qing, B. P.; Song, Z.; Ding, C. Q.: Why do parents produce small broods of offspring that have lower body mass, survival, and lifetime reproductive success? A case study in a long-lived bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77 (3), 30 (2023)

Ye, Y. X.; Santoro, S.; Song, Z.; Hu, C. S.; Zhang, Z.; Qing, B. P.; Wang, C.; Ding, C. Q.: Dispersal patterns of the endangered Crested Ibis suggest high breeding densities drive natal dispersal. Ornithological Applications 125 (1), duac042 (2023)