Markus Zöttl
Senior lecturer
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
My ongoing research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Finn, K.T., Van Vuuren, A.K.J., Suess, T., Hart, D.W., Bennett, N.C., et al. (2025). Reproductive females of a cooperatively breeding rodent are in better body condition when living in large groups. Journal of Zoology.
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Leedale, A.E., Vullioud, P., Seager, D., Zöttl, M., Glauser, G., et al. (2024). Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 291 (2033).
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Resheff, Y.S., Bensch, H., Zöttl, M., Harel, R., Matsumoto-Oda, A., et al. (2024). How to treat mixed behavior segments in supervised machine learning of behavioural modes from inertial measurement data. Movement Ecology. 12 (1).
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Bensch, H., Thorley, J., Finn, K., Zöttl, M. (2024). Within-group sex ratios predict growth of social mole-rats. Journal of Zoology. 324 (1). 63-70.
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Seager, D., Leedale, A.E., Thorley, J.B., Vullioud, P., Zöttl, M., et al. (2024). Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters. 20 (10).
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Todisco, V., Fridolfsson, E., Axen, C., Dahlgren, E., Ejsmond, M.J., et al. (2024). Thiamin dynamics during the adult life cycle of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Fish Biology. 104 (3). 807-824.
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Finn, K.T., Brede, O., Bennett, N.C., Zöttl, M. (2024). Ultradian rhythms of activity in a wild subterranean rodent. Biology Letters. 20 (10).
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Zöttl, M., Schreier, T., Taborsky, M. (2023). Coercion promotes alloparental care in cooperative breeders. Behavioral Ecology. 34 (3). 363-372.
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Thorley, J., Bensch, H., Finn, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Zöttl, M. (2023). Damaraland mole-rats do not rely on helpers for reproduction or survival. Evolution Letters. 7 (4). 203-215.
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Bensch, H., Tolf, C., Waldenström, J., Lundin, D., Zöttl, M. (2023). Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes : captivity changes the gut microbiota composition and diversity in a social subterranean rodent. Animal Microbiome. 5 (1).
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Bensch, H., Lundin, D., Tolf, C., Waldenström, J., Zöttl, M. (2023). Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36 (12). 1753-1760.
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Jungwirth, A., Zöttl, M., Bonfils, D., Josi, D., Frommen, J.G., et al. (2023). Philopatry yields higher fitness than dispersal in a cooperative breeder with sex-specific life history trajectories. Science Advances. 9 (9).
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Parey, E., Fernandez-Aroca, D., Frost, S., Uribarren, A., Park, T.J., et al. (2023). Phylogenetic modeling of enhancer shifts in African mole-rats reveals regulatory changes associated with tissue-specific traits. Genome Research. 33 (9). 1513-1526.
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Finn, K.T., Thorley, J., Bensch, H., Zöttl, M. (2022). Subterranean Life-Style Does Not Limit Long Distance Dispersal in African Mole-Rats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10.
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Finn, K.T., Janse Van Vuuren, A.K., Hart, D.W., Sueess, T., Zöttl, M., et al. (2022). Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Activity Patterns of Wild Social Natal Mole-Rats (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10.
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Bensch, H., 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.
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Zöttl, M., Bensch, H., Finn, K.T.W., Hart, D.W., Thorley, J.C., et al. (2022). Capture Order Across Social Bathyergids Indicates Similarities in Division of Labour and Spatial Organisation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10.
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Resheff, Y.S., Bensch, H., 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. 13 (7). 1488-1496.
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Vullioud, P., Mendonca, R., Glauser, G., Bennett, N., Zöttl, M., et al. (2021). Increases in glucocorticoids are sufficient but not necessary to increase cooperative burrowing in Damaraland mole-rats. Hormones and Behavior. 135.
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Siegmann, S., Feitsch, R., Hart, D.W., Bennett, N.C., Penn, D.J., et al. (2021). Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) do not specialise in cooperative tasks. Ethology. 127 (10). 850-864.
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Francioli, Y., Thorley, J., Finn, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Zöttl, M. (2020). Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters. 16 (10).
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Houslay, T.M., Vullioud, P., Zöttl, M., Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2020). Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Behavioral Ecology. 31 (3). 711-718.
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Jungwirth, A., Balzarini, V., Zöttl, M., Salzmann, A., Taborsky, M., et al. (2019). Long-term individual marking of small freshwater fish : the utility of Visual Implant Elastomer tags. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 73 (4). 1-11.
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Thorley, J., Mendonca, R., Vullioud, P., Torrents-Tico, M., Zöttl, M., et al. (2018). No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats. Animal Behaviour. 143. 9-24.
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Zöttl, M., Vullioud, P., Goddard, K., Torrents-Tico, M., Gaynor, D., et al. (2018). Allo-parental care in Damaraland mole-rats is female biased and age dependent, though independent of testosterone levels. Physiology and Behavior. 193. 149-153.
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Bennett, N.C., Ganswindt, A., Ganswindt, S.B., Jarvis, J.U.M., Zöttl, M., et al. (2018). Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Biology Letters. 14 (5).
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Finn, K.T., Parker, D.M., Bennett, N.C., Zöttl, M. (2018). Contrasts in body size and growth suggest that high population density results in faster pace of life in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96 (8). 920-927.
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Torrents-Tico, M., Bennett, N.C., Jarvis, J.U.M., Zöttl, M. (2018). Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry. Biology Letters. 14 (2).
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Thorley, J., Katlein, N., Goddard, K., Zöttl, M., Clutton-Brock, T. (2018). Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 285 (1880).
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Torrents-Tico, M., Bennett, N.C., Jarvis, J.U.M., Zöttl, M. (2018). Sex differences in timing and context of dispersal in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis). Journal of Zoology. 306 (4). 252-257.
Status: Published