Scientific Articles (peer-reviewed)
2026
[96] Bartashevich P, Francisco FA, Escurra-Alegre A, Schäfer F, Wuertz S, Krause J, Kloas W, Bierbach D (2026) Air-breathing synchrony in juvenile Arapaima gigas reveals collective coordination under individual physiological constraints. Communications Biology, 9(1): 831.
[95] Gamberoni P, Bögner M, Kreuz E, Slater MJ, Bierbach D, Wuertz S (2026) Impact of different stocking densities on growth performance, welfare and physiology of Litopenaeus vannamei in RAS. Scientific Reports, 16(1): 9087.
[94] Pacher K, Bierbach D, Sevinchan Y, Doran C, Jiménez-Jiménez JE, Juárez-López A, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause S, Romanczuk P, Kurvers RH, Krause J (2026) Strategic choices of attack location allow predators to counter a collective prey defence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2070): 20260566.
[93] Scherer U, Ehlman SM, Bierbach D, Krause J, Wolf M (2026) Paternal effects without paternity? Testing non-genetic male influence on offspring size and brood size in a gynogenetic vertebrate, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). PLOS ONE, 21(2): e0328962.
[92] Van Havermaet S, Gerken A, Mazrekaj D, Bierbach D, Simoens P, Landgraf T, Khaluf Y (2026) Fish adapt and dynamically avoid an approaching robotic fish across repeated exposures. Scientific Reports, 16(1): 14248.
2025
[91] Ehlman SM, Scherer U, Bierbach D, Stärk L, Beese M, Wolf M (2025) Developmental arcs of plasticity in whole movement repertoires of a clonal fish. Iscience, 28(9).
[90] Pacher K*, Bierbach D*, Sevinchan Y, Vollmoeller C, Juarez-Lopez A, Jiménez-Jiménez JE, Krause S, Wolf M, Romanczuk P, Arias-Rodríguez L, Krause J (2025) Better and faster decisions by larger fish shoals in the wild. Science Advances, 11(31), eadt8600. *shared first authorship
[89] Gamberoni P, Wuertz S, Bierbach D, Boegner M, Slater MJ (2025) European perspectives on Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture: An expert’s survey. Aquaculture Reports, 42, 102732.
[88] Bierbach D, Lukas J, Gómez-Nava L, Francisco FA, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause S, Pacher K, Sevinchan Y, Romanczuk P, Krause J (2025) Collective escape waves provide a generic defence against different avian predators. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), 241055.
2024
[87] Bierbach D, Schutz C, Scherer U, Pacher K (2024) Standards for scientific fish keeping: Poeciliid fishes with special focus on the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and mollies (P. mexicana, P. latipinna, P. formosa, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology, 20, 71-85.
[86] Moritz T, Bierbach D, Schwarzer J, Grunow B (2024) Recommendations for scientific fish husbandry–a series for promoting animal welfare, reproducibility and transferability in ichthyologic research. Bulletin of Fish Biology, 20, 35-48.
[85] Scherer U, Laskowski KL, Kressler MM, Ehlman SM, Wolf M, Bierbach D (2024) Predator exposure early in life shapes behavioral development and individual variation in a clonal fish. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 21668.
[84] Sevinchan Y, Vollmoeller C, Pacher K, Bierbach D, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause J, Romanczuk P (2024) Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Social Contagion in Bio-inspired Interaction Networks. In: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior 133-144. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
[83] Escurra-Alegre A, Francisco FA, Schäfer F, Wuertz S, Kloas W, Bierbach D (2024) Behavioral repertoire of Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) reared in captivity and its implication for welfare protocols. Tropical Aquaculture 2(1).
[82] Musiolek L, Bierbach D, Weimar N, Hamon M, Krause J, Hafner VV (2024) Evolving artificial neural networks for simulating fish social interactions. In: International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation (Part of EvoStar) 146-161. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
[81] Pacher K, Hernandez-Roman N, Juarez-Lopez A, Jimenez-Jimenez JE, Lukas J, Sevinchan Y, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause J, Bierbach D (2024). Thermal tolerance in an extremophile fish from Mexico is not affected by environmental hypoxia. Royal Society: Biology Open, 13(2), bio060223.
2023
[80] Scherer U, Ehlman SM, Bierbach D, Krause J, Wolf M (2023) Reproductive individuality of clonal fish raised in near-identical environments and its link to early-life behavioral individuality. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7652.
[79] Wuertz S, Bierbach D, Bögner M (2023) Welfare of Decapod Crustaceans with Special Emphasis on Stress Physiology. Aquaculture Research, 2023.
[78] Maxeiner M, Hocke M, Moenck HJ, Gebhardt GH, Weimar N, Musiolek L, Bierbach D, Landgraf T (2023) Social competence improves the performance of biomimetic robots leading live fish. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 18 (4), 045001
[77] Lukas J, Krause J, Träger AS, Piotrowski JM, Romanczuk P, Sprekeler H, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause S, Schutz C, Bierbach D (2023) Multispecies collective waving behaviour in fish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378, 20220069
[76] Ehlman SM, Scherer U, Bierbach D, Francisco FA, Laskowski KL, Wolf M (2023) Leveraging big data to uncover the eco-evolutionary factors shaping behavioural development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290, 20222115
[75] Gómez-Nava L, Lange RT, Klamser PP, Lukas J, Arias-Rodriguez L, Bierbach D, Krause J, Sprekeler H, Romanczuk P (2023) Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations. Nature Physics, 1-7
2022
[74] Laskowski KL*, Bierbach D*, Jolles JW, Doran C, Wolf M (2022) The emergence and development of behavioral individuality in clonal fish. Nature Communications 13, 6419 *shared first authorship
[73] Bierbach D*, Gómez-Nava L*, Francisco FA, Lukas J, Musiolek L, Hafner VV, Landgraf T, Romanczuk P, Krause J (2022) Live fish learn to anticipate the movement of a fish-like robot. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 17, 065007 *shared first authorship
[72] Makowicz AM, Bierbach D, Richardson C, Hughes KA (2022) Cascading indirect genetic effects in a clonal vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289, 20220731
[71] Doran C*, Bierbach D*, Lukas J*, Klamser P, Landgraf T, Klenz H, Habedank M, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause S, Romanczuk P, Krause J (2022) Fish Waves as Emergent Collective Antipredator Behaviour. Current Biology 32, 708-714. e4, *shared first authorship
2021
[70] Demandt N, Bierbach D, Kurvers RH, Krause J, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP (2021). Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11), 1-13.
[69] Klamser PP, Gómez-Nava L, Landgraf T, Jolles JW, Bierbach D, Romanczuk P (2021). Impact of Variable Speed on Collective Movement of Animal Groups. Frontiers in Physics 715996
[68] Laskowski KL, Seebacher F, Habedank M, Meka J, Bierbach D (2021). Two Locomotor Traits Show Different Patterns of Developmental Plasticity Between Closely Related Clonal and Sexual Fish. Frontiers in Physiology, 1781.
[67] Bierbach D, Francisco F, Lukas J, Landgraf T, Maxeiner M, Romanczuk P, Musiolek L, Hafner VV, Krause J (2021). Biomimetic robots promote the 3Rs Principle in animal testing. ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life. isal_a_00375
[66] Lukas J, Romanczuk P, Klenz H, Klamser P, Arias Rodriguez L, Krause J, Bierbach D (2021). Acoustic and visual stimuli combined promote stronger responses to aerial predation in fish. Behavioral Ecology 32 (6), 1094-1102.
[65] Lu Y, Bierbach D, Ormanns J, Warren WC, Walter RB, Schartl M (2021) Fixation of allelic gene expression landscapes and expression bias pattern shape the transcriptome of the clonal Amazon molly. Genome research, 31(3), 372-379.
[64] Roy T, Fromm K, Sbragaglia V, Bierbach D, Arlinghaus R (2021) Size Selective Harvesting Does Not Result in Reproductive Isolation among Experimental Lines of Zebrafish, Danio rerio: Implications for Managing Harvest-Induced Evolution. Biology, 10(2), 113.
[63] Bierbach D, Wenchel R, Gehrig S, Wersing S, O’Connor OL, Krause J (2021) Male Sexual Preference for Female Swimming Activity in the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Biology, 10(2), 147.
[62] Lukas J, Auer F, Goldhammer T, Krause J, Romanczuk P, Klamser P, Arias-Rodriguez L, Bierbach D (2021) Diurnal Changes in Hypoxia Shape Predator-Prey Interaction in a Bird-Fish System. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:619193.
[61] Lukas J, Kalinkat G, Miesen FW, Landgraf T, Krause J, Bierbach D (2020). Consistent Behavioral Syndrome Across Seasons in an Invasive Freshwater Fish. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8:583670.
2020
[60] Landgraf T, Gebhardt GH, Bierbach D, Romanczuk P, Musiolek L, Hafner VV, Krause J (2020). Animal-in-the-Loop: Using Interactive Robotic Conspecifics to Study Social Behavior in Animal Groups. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 4.
[59] Jolles JW, Weimar N, Landgraf T, Romanczuk P, Krause J, Bierbach D (2020) Group-level patterns emerge from individual speed as revealed by an extremely social robotic fish. Biology Letters, 16(9), 20200436.
[58] Musiolek L, Hafner VV, Krause J, Landgraf T, Bierbach D (2020) Robofish as Social Partner for Live Guppies. In: Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp. 270-274). Springer, Cham.
[57] Bierbach D, Moenck HJ, Lukas J, Habedank M, Romanczuk P, Landgraf T, Krause J. (2020) Guppies prefer to follow large (robot) leaders irrespective of own size. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Bionics and Biomimetics 8, 441.
[56] Bierbach D, Krause S, Romanczuk P, Lukas J, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause J. 2020. An interaction mechanism for the maintenance of fission–fusion dynamics under different individual densities. PeerJ, 8:e8974.
2019
[55] Santi F, Bierbach D, Schartl M, Riesch R (2019) Life histories of guppies (Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1869; Poeciliidae) from the Pitch Lake in Trinidad. Caribbean Journal of Science, 49 (2-3), 255-262
[54] Sbragaglia V, Gliese C, Bierbach D, Honsey AE, Uusi-Heikkilä S, Arlinghaus R (2019) Size-selective harvesting fosters adaptations in mating behaviour and reproductive allocation, affecting sexual selection in fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88 (9), 1343-1354.
[53] Shivaramu S, Santo CE, Kašpar V, Bierbach D, Gessner J, Rodina M, Gela D, Flajšhans M, Wuertz S (2019) Critical swimming speed of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus): Does intraspecific hybridization affect swimming performance? Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 35(1): 217-225.
[52] Vivas Muñoz JC, Bierbach D, Knopf K (2019) Eye fluke (Tylodelphys clavata) infection impairs visual ability and hampers foraging success in European perch. Parasitology Research, 118(9): 2531-2541
[51] Laskowski KL, Doran C, Bierbach D, Krause J, Wolf M (2019) Naturally clonal vertebrates are an untapped resource in ecology and evolution research Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 161-169
[50] Doran C, Bierbach D, Laskowski KL (2018). Familiarity increases aggressiveness among clonal fish. Animal Behaviour, 148, 153-159
2018
[49] Kurvers R, Drägestein J, Hölker F, Jechow A, Krause J, Bierbach D (2018) Artificial light at night affects emergence from a refuge and space use in guppies. Scientific reports, 8 (1), 14131
[48] Uusi-Heikkilä S*, Bierbach D*, Alós J, Tscheligi P, Wolter C, Arlinghaus R (2018) Relatively large males lower reproductive success in female zebrafish. Environmental Biology of Fishes, (online first) *equal contribution
[47] Bierbach D, Landgraf T, Romanczuk P, Lukas J, Nguyen H, Wolf M, Krause J (2018) Using a robotic fish to investigate individual differences in social responsiveness in the guppy. Royal Society Open Science, 5:181026
[46] Zimmer C, Riesch R, Jourdan J, Bierbach D, Arias-Rodriguez L, Plath M (2018) Female Choice Undermines the Emergence of Strong Sexual Isolation between Locally Adapted Populations of Atlantic Mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Genes, 9(5):232
[45] Bierbach D, Lukas J, Bergmann A, Elsner K, Höhne L, Weber C, Weimar N, Arias-Rodriguez L, Mönck HJ, Nguyen H, Romanczuk P, Landgraf T, Krause J (2018) Insights into the social behavior of surface and cave-dwelling fish (Poecilia mexicana) in light and darkness through the use of a biomimetic robot. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5:3
2017
[44] Bierbach D, Arias-Rodriguez L, Plath M (2017) Intrasexual competition enhances reproductive isolation between locally adapted populations. Current Zoology, 64(1):125-133
[43] Lukas JAY, Kalinkat G, Bierbach D (2017) Populations of feral guppies in Germany – A Citizen Science approach. Bulletin of Fish Biology, 17(1/2):13-27
[42] Sommer-Trembo C, Plath M, Gismann J, Helfrich C, Bierbach D (2017) Context-dependent female mate choice maintains variation in male sexual activity. Royal Society Open Science, 4:170303
[41] Lukas JAY, Jourdan J, Kalinkat G, Emde S, Miesen FW, Jüngling H, Cocchiararo B, Bierbach D (2017) On the occurrence of three non-native cichlid species including the first record of a feral population of Pelmatolapia ("Tilapia") mariae (Boulenger, 1899) in Europe. Royal Society Open Science, 4:170160
[40] Bierbach D*, Laskowski KL*, Wolf M (2017) Individual differences in behaviour of clonal fish arise despite near-identical rearing conditions. Nature Communications, 8:15361 *equal contribution
2016
[39] Polverino G, Bierbach D, Killen SS, Uusi-Heikkilä S, Arlinghaus R. Body length rather than routine metabolic rate and body condition correlates with risk-taking behaviour in juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Fish Biology, 89:2251-2267
[38] Schulz-Mirbach T, Eifert C, Riesch R, Farnworth MS, Zimmer C, Bierbach D, Klaus S, Tobler M, Streit B, Indy JR, Arias-Rodriguez L, Plath M (2016) Toxic hydrogen sulphide shapes brain anatomy: a comparative study of sulphide-adapted ecotypes in the Poecilia mexicana complex. Journal of Zoology, 300:163-176
[37] Sommer-Trembo C, Bierbach D, Arias-Rodriguez L, Verel Y, Jourdan J, Zimmer C, Riesch R, Streit B, Plath M (2016) Does personality affect premating isolation between locally-adapted populations? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16:138
[36] Ziege M, Bierbach D, Bischoff S, Brandt A–L, Brix M, Greshake B, Merker S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M (2016) Importance of latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural–to–urban gradient. BMC Ecology 16:29
[35] Laskowski KL, Wolf M, Bierbach D (2016) The making of winners (and losers): how early dominance interactions determine adult social structure in a clonal fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283:1830
[34] Bierbach D, Laskowski KL, Brandt A-L, Chen W, Jourdan J, Streit B, Plath M. Highly variable, unpredictable behavior in invasive, but not native amphipod species. Aquatic Ecology, 50:261-271.
[33] Sommer-Trembo C, Zimmer C, Jourdan J, Bierbach D, Plath M. Predator experience homogenizes consistent individual differences in predator avoidance. Journal of Ethology, 34:155-165.
[32] Landgraf T, Bierbach D, Nguyen H, Muggelberg N, Romanczuk P, Krause J (2016) RoboFish: Increased acceptance of interactive robotic fish with realistic eyes and natural motion patterns by live Trinidadian guppies. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 11:015001.
2015
[31] Apio A, Umuntunundi P, Lerp H, Bierbach D, Plath M, Wronski T (2015) Persistence of two small antelope species in the degraded Mutura rangelands (Akagera Ecosystem) based on pastoralists' and farmers' perceptions. Human Ecology, 43:613-620.
[30] Bierbach D, Sommer-Trembo C, Hanisch J, Wolf M, Plath M, (2015) Personality affect mate choice: bolder males show stronger audience effects under high competition. Behavioral Ecology, 26:1314-1325.
[29] Uusi-Heikkilä S, Whiteley AR, KuparinenA, MatsumuraS, Venturelli PA, Wolter C, Slate J, Primmer CR, Meinelt T,Killen SS, Bierbach D, PolverinoG, Ludwig A, Arlinghaus R (2015) The evolutionary legacy of size-selective harvesting extends from genes to populations. Evolutionary Applications, 8:597-620.
[28] Eifert C, Farnworth M, Schulz–Mirbach T, Riesch R, Bierbach D, Klaus S, Wurster A, Tobler M, Streit B, Indy JR, Arias–Rodriguez L, Plath M (2014) Brain size variation in extremophile fish: local adaptation vs. phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Zoology, 295:143-153.
2014
[27] Jourdan J, Miesen FW, Zimmer C, Gasch K, Herder F, Schleucher E, Plath M, Bierbach D (2014) On the natural history of an introduced population of guppies (Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859) in Germany. BioInvasions Records,3:175–184
[26] Jourdan J, Bierbach D, Riesch R, Schießl A, Wigh A, Arias-Rodriguez L, Rimber Indy J, Klaus S, Zimmer C, Plath M (2014) Microhabitat use, population densities, and size distributions of sulfur cave–dwelling Poecilia mexicana. PeerJ, 2:e490
[25] Landgraf T, Nguyen H, Schroer J, Szengel A, Clément RJG, Bierbach D, Krause J (2014) Blending in with the shoal: Robotic fish swarms for investigating strategies of group formation in guppies. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 8608:178-189
[24] Bierbach D, Oster S, Jourdan J, Arias-Rodriguez L, Krause J, Wilson AM, Plath M (2014) Social network analysis resolves temporal dynamics of male dominance relationships. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 68:935–945
2013
[23] Bierbach D, Penshorn M, Hamfler S, Herbert D, Appel J, Meyer P, Slattery PA, Charaf S, Wolf RR, Völker J, Amberger E, Dröge J, Wolf K, Riesch R, Arias–Rodriguez L, Indy JR, Plath M (2013) Gradient evolution of body coloration in surface– and cave–dwelling Poecilia mexicana and the role of phenotype–assortative female mate choice. BioMed Research International, 2013:148348.
[22] Bierbach D, Makowicz AM, Schlupp I, Geupel H, Streit B, Plath M (2013) Casanovas are liars: Behavioral syndromes, sperm competition risk, and the evolution of deceptive male mating behavior in livebearing fishes [v3; indexed, http://f1000r.es/pc] F1000 Research, 2013, 2:75.
[21] Plath M, Pfenninger M, Lerp H, Riesch R, Eschenbrenner C, Slattery PA, Bierbach D, Herrmann N, Schulte M, Arias–Rodriguez L, Rimber Indy J, Passow C, Tobler M (2013)Genetic differentiation and selection against migrants in evolutionarily replicated extreme environments. Evolution, 67(9):2647-2661.
[19] F1000 recommended Bierbach D, Jung CT, Hornung S, Streit B, Plath M (2013) Homosexual behaviour increases male attractiveness to females. Biology Letters, 9(1): 20121038.
[18] Bierbach D, Sassmannshausen V, Streit B, Arias–Rodriguez L, Plath M (2013) Females prefer males with superior fighting abilities but avoid sexually harassing winners when eavesdropping on male fights. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67 (4): 675-683.
2012
[17] Plath M, Sarbu A, Erkoc K, Bierbach D, Jourdan J, Schleucher E (2012/2013) Energetic costs of group–living? A reversed “group effect” in shoaling minnows (Phoxinus phoxinus). Bulletin of Fish Biology, 14(1): 1-10.
[16] Bierbach D, Ziege M, Zimmer C, Riesch R, Schlupp I, Arias-Rodriguez L, Plath M (2012) Male Grijalva mosquitofish (Heterophallus milleri Radda, 1987) increase individual mating preferences in front of an audience. Aqua,18(4):199-208.
[15] Chen W, Bierbach D, Plath M, Streit B, Klaus S (2012) Distribution of amphipod communities in the Middle to Upper Rhine and five of its tributaries. BioInvasions Records, 1(4):263-271.
[14] Riesch R, Martin RA, Bierbach D, Plath M, Langerhans RB, Arias-Rodriguez L (2012) Natural history, diet, and life history of Priapella chamulae Schartl, Meyer & Wilde 2006 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Aqua, 18(2):95-102.
[13] Slattery P, Eschenbrenner C, Arias-Rodriguez L, Streit B, Bierbach D, Riesch R, Tobler M, Pfenninger M, Feldmeyer B, Plath M, Lerp H (2012) Twelve new microsatellite loci for the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria) and the related Atlantic molly (P. mexicana). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(4):935-937.
[12] Wronski T, Bierbach D, Czupalla LM, Lerp H, Ziege M, Cunningham PL, Plath M (2012) Rival presence leads to reversible changes in male mate choice of a desert dwelling ungulate. Behavioral Ecology, 23(3):551-558.
[11] Bierbach D, Klein M, Sassmannshausen V, Schlupp I, Riesch R, Parzefall J, Plath M (2012) Divergent evolution of male aggressive behaviour: another reproductive isolation barrier in extremophile poeciliid fishes? International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, (Special edition Mechanisms of speciation) 2012:148745.
[10] Ziege M, Hennige-Schulz C, Muecksch F, Bierbach D, Tiedemann R, Streit B, Plath M (2012) A comparison of two methods to assess audience–induced changes in male mate choice. Current Zoology, (Special edition Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of fishes) 58:84-94.
2011
[9] Bierbach D, Schulte M, Herrmann N, Tobler M, Stadler S, Jung C, Kunke B, Ziege M, Riesch R, Klaus S, Indy SR, Arias-Rodriguez L, Plath M (2011) Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects. BMC Evolutionary Biology,2011 11:190
[8] Tobler M, Palacios M, Chapman L, Mitrofanov I, Bierbach D, Plath M, Arias–Rodriguez L, García de León FJ, Mateos M (2011) Evolution in extreme environments: replicated phenotypic differentiation in livebearing fish inhabiting sulfidic springs. Evolution, 65(8):2213-2228
[7] invited review Plath M, Bierbach D (2011) Sex and the public—social eavesdropping, sperm competition risk, and male mate choice. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 4:276-280.
[6] Bierbach D, Kronmarck C, Hennige–Schulz C, Stadler S, Plath M (2011) Sperm competition risk affects male mate choice copying. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65:1699-1707.
[5] Hauber ME, Bierbach D, Linsenmair KE (2011) The traditional Whedo aquaculture system in Northern Benin. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 23:67-84.
[4] Hauber ME, Bierbach D, Linsenmair KE (2011) A description of teleost fish diversity in floodplain pools (‘Whedos’) and the Middle-Niger at Malanville (North-eastern Benin). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27:1095-1099.
[3] Bierbach D, Girndt A, Hamfler S, Klein M, Müksch F, Penshorn M, Schwinn M, Zimmer C, Schlupp I, Streit B, Plath M (2011) Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice. Biology Letters, 7:349-351
2010
[2] Bierbach D, Schleucher E, Hildenbrand P, Köhler A, Arias–Rodriguez L, Riesch R, Plath M (2010) Thermal tolerances in mollies (Poecilia spp.): reduced physiological flexibility in stable environments? Bulletin of Fish Biology, 12:83-89
[1] Hauber ME, Bierbach D, Linsenmair KE (2010) New records of fish species in the River Niger at Malanville (North-East Benin). Bulletin of Fish Biology, 12:78-83
Edited Volumes
[1] Kempkes M, Lukas J, Bierbach D (eds) (2018) Tropische Neozoen in heimischen Fließgewässern: Guppys und andere Exoten in Gillbach und Erft - Ursachen, Folgen, Perspektiven. NeueBrehmBücherei, VerlagsKG Wolf. ISBN-13: 978-3894322878
Book chapters
[4] book chapter Wronski T, Bierbach D, Klein M, Sun P, Plath M (2016) Welfare of captive breeding stock for reintroductions into Saudi Arabian national parks: Assessment of aggressiveness and dominance hierarchies in True Gazelles (Gazella spp.) using social network analysis. In: Diaz J. (ed.) National Parks: Biodiversity, Management and Environmental Issues. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY
[3] book chapter Zimmer C, Gavalas A.S, Kunkel B, Hanisch J, Martin S, Bischoff S, Plath M, Bierbach D (2014) Mate choice copying in both sexes of the guppy: The role of sperm competition risk and sexual harassment. In: Geldani RM, Davin, MA (eds.) Sexual Selection: Evolutionary perspectives, mating strategies and long-term effects on genetic variation. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY
[2] book chapter Bierbach D, Konstantin, Y, Stadler S, Schenkel D, Makowicz ME, Nigl H,Geupel H, Riesch R, Schlupp I, Plath M (2013) Audience effects alters male mate choice in poecilids. In: Clark KB (ed.) Social learning theory: Phylogenetic considerations across animal, plant, and microbial taxa. pp. 95-112.Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY
[1] book chapter Bierbach D, Plath M (2012) Influence of the social environment on mating behavior in teleost fishes. In: Jenkins OP (ed.) Advances in Zoology Research. Volume 3. pp. 27-60. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY