C. Schradin

G. Anzenberger, C. Schradin, 1999, News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society.

The fast and the curious II: performance, personality, and metabolism in Karoo bush rats

V. Careau, C. Schradin, P. Agnani, 2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

The evolution of intraspecific variation in social organization

C. Bertelsmeier, N. Pillay, L. Hayes, 2018 .

Comparative studies need to rely both on sound natural history data and on excellent statistical analysis

C. Schradin, 2017, Royal Society Open Science.

The evolution of marsupial social organization

A. Jaeggi, C. Schradin, C. Olivier, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Chronic inflammatory systemic diseases

R. Straub, C. Schradin, 2016, Evolution, medicine, and public health.

Leptin levels in free ranging striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) increase when food decreases: the ecological leptin hypothesis.

S. Blanc, C. Schradin, M. Arrivé, 2014, General and comparative endocrinology.

Why do New World monkey fathers have enhanced prolactin levels?

G. Anzenberger, C. Schradin, 2003 .

Experimental increase of testosterone levels in free-ranging juvenile male African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) induces physiological, morphological, and behavioral changes.

C. Schradin, Karin Müller, J. Raynaud, 2012, General and comparative endocrinology.

Differential investment into testes and sperm production in alternative male reproductive tactics of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

C. Schradin, Karin Müller, S. Eder, 2012, Hormones and Behavior.

Regulation of male prolactin levels in an opportunistically breeding species, the African striped mouse

C. Schradin, J. Raynaud, 2013 .

Females of solitary- and group-living sister species of African striped mice show a similar social structure following experimentally imposed group-living

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2022, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Elevated basal corticosterone levels increase disappearance risk of light but not heavy individuals in a long-term monitored rodent population

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Pauline Vuarin, 2019, Hormones and Behavior.

Seasonal variation in energy expenditure in a rodent inhabiting a winter-rainfall desert

S. Blanc, A. Zahariev, N. Pillay, 2018, Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Pair bonding in monogamously and polygynously kept African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

Lorène Garnier, C. Schradin, 2019, Animal Behaviour.

Seasonal changes in problem-solving in wild African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Rochais, C. Schradin, 2021, Animal Cognition.

Skeletogenesis and sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution, with particular emphasis on the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Mammalia)

C. Mitgutsch, C. Schradin, M. Sánchez-Villagra, 2010, Organisms Diversity & Evolution.

Fat content of striped mice decreases during the breeding season but not during the food-restricted dry season

S. Blanc, A. Zahariev, N. Pillay, 2019, Journal of Experimental Biology.

Corona, Climate Change, and Evolved Human Behavior.

C. Schradin, 2021, Trends in ecology & evolution.

Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free‐living African Four‐Striped Grass Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

J. Speakman, N. Pillay, N. Bennett, 2006 .

Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2016, Journal of Experimental Biology.

The pathophysiology of survival in harsh environments

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2016, Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence.

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2003, Journal of comparative psychology.

Trade-offs between reproduction and health in free-ranging African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2017, Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Developmental mechanisms of stripe patterns in rodents

G. Barsh, H. Hoekstra, Marie Manceau, 2016, Nature.

Intra‐specific variation in social organization of Strepsirrhines

L. Hayes, C. Schradin, P. Agnani, 2018, American journal of primatology.

Prolactin levels in paternal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) fathers

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2004, Physiology & Behavior.

Basking is affected by season and influences oxygen consumption in desert‐living striped mice

N. Pillay, N. Bennett, M. Scantlebury, 2010 .

Experimental increase of testosterone increases boldness and decreases anxiety in male African striped mouse helpers

C. Schradin, J. Raynaud, 2014, Physiology & Behavior.

Differences in prolactin levels between three alternative male reproductive tactics in striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio)

C. Schradin, 2008, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Prolactin and paternal care: comparison of three species of monogamous new world monkeys (Callicebus cupreus, Callithrix jacchus, and Callimico goeldii).

D. Reeder, S. Mendoza, G. Anzenberger, 2003, Journal of comparative psychology.

Regulation of Activity in Desert-Living Striped Mice: The Importance of Basking

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, S. Krackow, 2007 .

The neoteny-helper hypothesis: When to expect and when not to expect endocrine mechanisms to regulate allo-parental care?

C. Schradin, Pauline Vuarin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2018, Physiology & Behavior.

Age at puberty in male African striped mice: the impact of food, population density and the presence of the father

C. Schradin, C. Yuen, Carola Schneider, 2009 .

Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between 1 alternative reproductive tactics 2 3 4

C. Schradin, C. Yuen, 2017 .

Arginine vasopressin plasma levels change seasonally in African striped mice but do not differ between alternative reproductive tactics.

C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2014, General and comparative endocrinology.

Extinction or Survival? Behavioral Flexibility in Response to Environmental Change in the African Striped Mouse Rhabdomys

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, T. Rymer, 2013 .

Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between alternative reproductive tactics

C. Schradin, C. Yuen, 2011, Hormones and Behavior.

Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a long-term field study

Heiko G. Rödel, N. Pillay, B. König, 2010, Animal Behaviour.

Comments to K.E. Wynne-Edwards and M.E. Timonin 2007. Paternal care in rodents: Weakening support of hormonal regulation of the transition to behavioral fatherhood in rodent animal models of biparental care, Horm & Behav 52: 114–121

C. Schradin, 2007, Hormones and Behavior.

Whole-day follows of striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio), a diurnal murid rodent

C. Schradin, 2005, Journal of Ethology.

The striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) from the succulent karoo, South Africa: a territorial group-living solitary forager with communal breeding and helpers at the nest.

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2004, Journal of comparative psychology.

Corticosterone Levels Correlate With Alloparental Care in a Sex-Dependent Manner in African Striped Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

C. Schradin, J. Raynaud, 2015 .

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: Solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Davina L. Hill, 2015, Hormones and Behavior.

Does a mouse have a friend? Mixed evidence for individual recognition in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

B. König, C. Schradin, P. Brunner, 2016 .

The nasty neighbour in the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) steals paternity and elicits aggression

A. Lindholm, C. Schradin, Carola Schneider, 2010, Frontiers in Zoology.

The influence of the father on offspring development in the striped mouse

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2005 .

Parental and Alloparental Care in a Polygynous Mammal

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, M. Schubert, 2009 .

Male mate guarding in a socially monogamous mammal, the round-eared sengi: on costs and trade-offs

Heiko G. Rödel, N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2009, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Highly asymmetric fine‐scale genetic structure between sexes of African striped mice and indication for condition dependent alternative male dispersal tactics

J. Johannesen, C. Schradin, N. Solmsen, 2011, Molecular ecology.

Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice.

N. Pillay, B. König, C. Schradin, 2010, The Journal of animal ecology.

Radiographic evaluation of neonatal skeletal development in Callimico goeldii reveals closer similarity to Callithrix jacchus than to Saguinus oedipus

T. Geissmann, C. Schradin, Maria Ines Hofmann, 2007, American journal of primatology.

Intraspecific variation in social organization by genetic variation, developmental plasticity, social flexibility or entirely extrinsic factors

C. Schradin, 2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Social transmission of information about novel food in two populations of the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, T. Rymer, 2008, Animal Behaviour.

Survival is linked with reaction time and spatial memory in African striped mice

C. Schradin, A. Maille, 2016, Biology Letters.

Seasonal variation in attention and spatial performance in a wild population of the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, A. Maille, 2015, Animal Cognition.

Basking African striped mice choose warmer locations to heat up: evidence from a field study

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, M. Zduniak, 2019, Journal of Zoology.

Seasonal changes in testosterone and corticosterone levels in four social classes of a desert dwelling sociable rodent

C. Schradin, 2008, Hormones and Behavior.

Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior

N. Pillay, M. Huck, E. Fernández‐Duque, 2021, Ethology.

Global Change and Conservation of Solitary Mammals

C. Schradin, C. Olivier, Lindelani Makuya, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Basal blood glucose concentration in free-living striped mice is influenced by food availability, ambient temperature and social tactic

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, S. Krackow, 2015, Biology Letters.

How does cognitive performance change in relation to seasonal and experimental changes in blood glucose levels?

N. Pillay, C. Rochais, C. Schradin, 2019, Animal Behaviour.

Boldness: are open field and startle tests measuring the same personality trait?

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2017, Animal Behaviour.

Active and explorative individuals are often restless and excluded from studies measuring resting metabolic rate: Do alternative metabolic rate measures offer a solution?

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2017, Physiology & Behavior.

Personality traits are consistent when measured in the field and in the laboratory in African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio)

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2016, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Personality does not constrain social and behavioural flexibility in African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2015, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Differences in social behaviour between group-living and solitary African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2012, Animal Behaviour.

Ecophysiology of cognition: How do environmentally induced changes in physiology affect cognitive performance?

C. Schradin, A. Maille, 2017, Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo

C. Schradin, L. Wolhuter, J. Thomson, 2021, Mammal Research.

Female striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) change their home ranges in response to seasonal variation in food availability

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2006 .

Causes of Female Emigration in the Group-Living Cichlid Fish Neolamprologus multifasciatus

C. Schradin, J. Lamprecht, Jürg Lamprecht, 2002 .

Female-biased immigration and male peace-keeping in groups of the shell-dwelling cichlid fish Neolamprologus multifasciatus

C. Schradin, J. Lamprecht, Jürg Lamprecht, 2000, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Resilience to Droughts in Mammals: A Conceptual Framework for Estimating Vulnerability of a Single Species

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, T. Rymer, 2016, The Quarterly Review of Biology.

Cooperative Breeding in Groups of Synchronously Mating Females and Evolution of Large Testes to Avoid Sperm Depletion in African Striped Mice1

N. Pillay, A. Kinahan, C. Schradin, 2009, Biology of reproduction.

Cognitive performance is linked to survival in free-living African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Rochais, C. Schradin, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Absence of reproductive suppression in young adult female striped mice living in their natal family

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2014, Animal Behaviour.

The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, D. Ribble, 2009 .

Territorial defense in a group-living solitary forager: who, where, against whom?

C. Schradin, 2004, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Mothers, not fathers, determine the delayed onset of male carrying in Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii).

G. Anzenberger, C. Schradin, 2003, Journal of human evolution.

Demography of the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the succulent karoo

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2005 .

Revisiting the components of Macroscelidea social systems: Evidence for variable social organization, including pair‐living, but not for a monogamous mating system

A. Jaeggi, L. Hayes, C. Schradin, 2022, Ethology.

Food Availability Is the Main Driver of Seasonal Changes in Resting Metabolic Rate in African Striped Mice (Rhabdomys pumilio)

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2018, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

Young But Not Old Adult African Striped Mice Reduce Their Activity in the Dry Season When Food Availability is Low

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2016 .

Solitary living species age too, and fast!

C. Schradin, Vincent A. Viblanc, F. Criscuolo, 2023, Trends in ecology & evolution.

A synopsis of long-term field studies of mammals: achievements, future directions, and some advice

L. Hayes, C. Schradin, 2017, Journal of Mammalogy.

Bachelor groups form due to individual choices or environmental disrupters in African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Sthandiwe Nomthandazo Kanyile, 2021, Animal Behaviour.

Correction: Both thyroid hormone levels and resting metabolic rate decrease in African striped mice when food availability decreases (doi: 10.1242/jeb.151449)

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2018, Journal of Experimental Biology.

African striped mice

H. Hoekstra, N. Pillay, C. Schradin, 2018, Current Biology.

Endocrinology of sociality: Comparisons between sociable and solitary individuals within the same population of African striped mice

C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2013, Hormones and Behavior.

Better off alone! Reproductive competition and ecological constraints determine sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio).

C. Schradin, I. Schoepf, 2012, The Journal of animal ecology.

Testosterone Levels in Dominant Sociable Males Are Lower than in Solitary Roamers: Physiological Differences between Three Male Reproductive Tactics in a Sociably Flexible Mammal

N. Pillay, B. König, M. Scantlebury, 2009, The American Naturalist.

Seasonal changes in problem-solving in wild African striped mice

N. Pillay, C. Rochais, C. Schradin, 2021, Animal Cognition.

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: heavier females are more likely to breed solitarily than communally.

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Davina L. Hill, 2015, The Journal of animal ecology.

Social organization in Eulipotyphla: evidence for a social shrew

L. Hayes, C. Schradin, M. Valomy, 2015, Biology Letters.

Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on demographic rates of an African rodent

A. Ozgul, N. Pillay, C. Canale, 2016 .

Confusion Effect in a Reptilian and a Primate Predator

C. Schradin, Carsten Schradin, 2000 .

Glucocorticoid levels predict subsequent social tactic in females of a facultatively social mammal

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Davina L. Hill, 2020, Functional Ecology.

Cooperative Breeding in Groups of Synchronously Mating Females and 1 evolution of Large Testes to avoid Sperm Depletion

N. Pillay, A. Kinahan, C. Schradin, 2009 .

15. Group report: Biobehavioral processes in attachment and bonding

E. Keverne, J. Leckman, D. Holst, 2005 .

Long-term field studies of mammals: what the short-term study cannot tell us

L. Hayes, C. Schradin, Loren D. Hayes, 2017, Journal of Mammalogy.

Geographic intra-specific variation in social organization is driven by population density

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, R. Askew, 2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Costs of infant carrying in common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus: an experimental analysis

G. Anzenberger, C. Schradin, 2001, Animal Behaviour.

Relative fitness of alternative male reproductive tactics in a mammal varies between years.

A. Lindholm, C. Schradin, 2011, The Journal of animal ecology.

Prolonged growth during the food-restricted dry season in a small African mammal

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Rebecca Rimbach, 2021, Journal of Mammalogy.

Confusion Effect

C. Schradin, 2019, Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior.

Winter huddling groups in the striped mouse

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, M. Schubert, 2006 .

Do alternative reproductive tactics predict problem-solving performance in African striped mice?

N. Pillay, C. Rochais, C. Schradin, 2021, Animal Cognition.

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: Solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, Davina L. Hill, 2015, Hormones and Behavior.

Daily energy expenditure of males following alternative reproductive tactics: Solitary roamers spend more energy than group-living males

S. Blanc, A. Zahariev, N. Pillay, 2019, Physiology & Behavior.

Testosterone Levels in Dominant Sociable Males Are Lower than in Solitary Roamers: Physiological Differences between Three Male Reproductive Tactics in a Sociably Flexible Mammal

N. Pillay, B. König, M. Scantlebury, 2009, The American Naturalist.

Plant and small mammal richness correlate positively in a biodiversity hotspot

C. Schradin, C. Keller, 2008, Biodiversity and Conservation.

The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female

N. Pillay, C. Schradin, D. Ribble, 2009 .

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

K. Bales, C. Schradin, Rebecca H Larke, 2014, Physiology & Behavior.

Field studies need to report essential information on social organisation – independent of the study focus

C. Schradin, C. Olivier, L. Makuya, 2021, Ethology.

Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between alternative reproductive tactics

C. Schradin, C. Yuen, 2011, Hormones and Behavior.