Maja Tarka

Malmiga G, Alerstam T, Hansson B, Sjöberg S, Tarka M, Westerdahl H & Hasselquist D. 2026. Age and sex effects on spring migration timing in great reed warblers: early start allows older males to arrive first. Journal of Avian Biology e03530. (Publication nbr 211)

Sjöberg S, Andersson A, Bäckman J, Hansson B, Malmiga G, Tarka M, Hasselquist D, Lindström Å & Alerstam T. 2023. Solar heating may explain extreme diel flight altitude changes in migration birds. Current Biology 33:4232-4237. (Publication nbr 205)

Zhang H, Lundberg M, Tarka M, Hasselquist D & Hansson B. 2023. Evidence of site-specific and male-biased germline mutation rate in a wild songbird. Genome Biology and Evolution 15(11). (Publication nbr 206)

Sjöberg S, Malmiga G, Nord A, Andersson A, Bäckman J, Tarka M, Willemoes M, Thorup K, Hansson B, Alerstam T & Hasselquist D. 2021. Extreme altitudes during diurnal flights in a nocturnal songbird migrant. Science 372:646-648. (Publication nbr 197)

Sigeman H, Strandh M, Proux-Wéra E, Kutschera VE, Ponnikas S, Zhang H, Lundberg M, Soler L, Bunikis I, Tarka M, Hasselquist D, Nystedt B, Westerdahl H & Hansson B. 2021. Avian Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and W Degeneration. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(12):5275-5291. (Publication nbr 198)

Malmiga G, Tarka M, Alerstam T, Hansson B & Hasselquist D. 2021. Individual and sex‐related patterns of prolonged flights during both day and night by great reed warblers crossing the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert. Journal of Avian Biology 52(1). (Publication nbr 195)

Hansson B, Sigeman H, Stervander M, Tarka M, Ponnikas S, Strandh M, Westerdahl H & Hasselquist D. 2018. Contrasting results from GWAS and QTL mapping on wing length in great reed warblers. Molecular Ecology Resources 18(4):867-876. (Publication nbr 186)

Roved J, Hansson B, Tarka M, Hasselquist D & Westerdahl H. 2018. Evidence for sexual conflict over major histocompatibility complex diversity in a wild songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1884). (Publication nbr 184)

Hasselquist D, Montràs-Janer T, Tarka M & Hansson B. 2017. Individual consistency of long-distance migration in a songbird: significant repeatability of autumn route, stopovers and wintering sites but not in timing of migration. Journal of Avian Biology 48:91-102. (Publication nbr 182)

Große Ruse M, Hasselquist D, Hansson B, Tarka M & Sandsten M. 2016. Automated analysis of song structure in complex birdsongs. Animal Behaviour 112:39-51. (Publication nbr 177)

Koleček J, Procházka P, El-Arabany N, Tarka M, Ilieva M, Hahn S, Honza M, de la Puente J, Bermejo A, Gürsoy A, Bensch S, Zehtindjiev P, Hasselquist D & Hansson B. 2016. Cross-continental migratory connectivity and spatiotemporal migratory patterns in the great reed warbler. Journal of Avian Biology 47:756-767. (Publication nbr 179)

Asghar M, Bensch S, Tarka M, Hansson B & Hasselquist D. 2015. Maternal and genetic factors determine early life telomere length. Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B 282(1799). (Publication nbr 173)

Tarka M, Hansson B & Hasselquist D. 2015. Selection and evolutionary potential of spring arrival phenology in males and females of a migratory songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28(5):1024-1038. (Publication nbr 170)

Nielsen B & Tarka M. 2014. Trollsländorna i Fågelsjön. Fåglar i Kvismaren − årsskrift 2013 29(1):25–26. (Publication nbr 169)

Tarka M, Åkesson M, Hasselquist D & Hansson B. 2014. Intralocus Sexual Conflict over Wing Length in a Wild Migratory Bird. The American Naturalist 183(1):62-73. (Publication nbr 158)

Tarka M. 2013. Flyttrutter, en vinglängdskonflikt och vikten av att komma i tid – rapport från trastsångarprojektet i Kvismaren. Fåglar i Kvismaren − årsskrift 2012 28(1):2–7. (Publication nbr 168)

Tarka M, Åkesson M, Beraldi D, Hernández-Sánchez J, Hasselquist D, Bensch S & Hansson B. 2010. A strong quantitative trait locus for wing length on chromosome 2 in a wild population of great reed warblers. Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B 277:2361-2369. (Publication nbr 157)

Hansson B, Hasselquist D, Tarka M, Zehtindjiev P & Bensch S. 2008. Postglacial Colonisation Patterns and the Role of Isolation and Expansion in Driving Diversification in a Passerine Bird. PLoS ONE 3(7):e2794. (Publication nbr 150)

Åkesson M, Bensch S, Hasselquist D, Tarka M & Hansson B. 2008. Estimating heritabilities and genetic correlations: comparing the animal model with parent off-spring regression using data from a natural population. PLoS (Public Library of Science) ONE 3(3):e1739. (Publication nbr 148)

Tarka M, Hasselquist D & Hansson B. Sexual dimorphism and the process of intralocus sexual conflict. Manuskript (Publication nbr 171)