Unfortunately many journals don't allow authors to post pdf's of their own publications on their website. Whenever possible I have therefore included links to the journal's website which should take you straight to paper. If you don't have access to one of them, or if you are interested in any of the papers that are currently in press, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
in press
B. Tschirren, E. Postma, A.N. Rutstein and S.C. Griffith, In Press. When mothers make sons sexy: maternal effects contribute to the increased sexual attractiveness of extra-pair offspring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B link
2011
E. Postma, 2011. Comment on "Additive Genetic Breeding Values Correlate with the Load of Partially Deleterious Mutations". Science 333: 1221 link
E. Postma, F. Heinrich, U. Koller, R.J. Sardell, J.M. Reid, P. Arcese and L.F. Keller, 2011. Disentangling the effect of genes, the environment and chance on sex ratio variation in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 2996-3002 link
E. Postma, N. Spyrou, L.A. Rollins and R.C. Brooks, 2011. Sex-dependent selection differentially shapes genetic variation on and off the guppy Y chromosome. Evolution 65: 2145-2156 link
R.C. Brooks and E. Postma, 2011. Genetics of Male Guppy Colour Patterns. In: J. P. Evans, A. Pilastro, and I. Schlupp (Eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes. Chicago, University of Chicago Press
K. Thüler, L.F. Bussière, E. Postma, P.I. Ward and W.U. Blanckenhorn, 2011. Genetic and environmental sources of covariance among internal reproductive traits in the yellow dung fly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1477-1486 link
2010
E. Postma, L. Martini and P. Martini, 2010. Inbred women in a small and isolated Swiss village have fewer children. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1468-1474 link
B. Tschirren and E. Postma, 2010. Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: Where we are and where to go. Emu - Austral Ornithology 110: 268-278 link
E. Postma, 2010. Using animal model methodology to infer and predict the evolutionary consequences of climate change. In: A.P. Møller, W. Fiedler and P. Berthold (Eds.), Effects of Climate Change on Birds. Oxford University Press link
2009
A.J. Wilson, D. Réale, M.N. Clements, M.M. Morrissey, E. Postma, C.A. Walling, L.E.B. Kruuk and D.H. Nussey, 2009. An ecologists' guide to the animal model. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 13-26 link
E. Postma, R.J. den Tex, A.J. van Noordwijk and A.C. Mateman, 2009. Neutral markers mirror small scale quantitative genetic differentiation in an avian island population. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 867-875 link
E. Postma and P. Gienapp, 2009. Origin-related differences in plumage coloration within an island population of great tits (Parus major). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 1-7 link
B. Tschirren, A.N. Rutstein, E. Postma, M. Mariette and S.C. Griffith, 2009. Short- and long-term consequences of early developmental conditions: a case study on wild and domesticated zebra finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 387-395 link
2007
E. Postma, 2007. Inflated impact factors? The true impact of evolutionary papers in non-evolutionary journals. PLoS ONE 2: e999 link
E. Postma and A. Charmantier, 2007. What "animal models" can and cannot tell ornithologists about the genetics of wild populations. Journal of Ornithology 148 (Suppl 2): S633-S642 link
E. Postma, J. Visser and A.J. van Noordwijk, 2007. Strong artificial selection in the wild results in predicted small evolutionary change. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1823-1832 link
2006
E. Postma, S.C. Griffith and R. Brooks, 2006. Brief Communication Arising: The Evolution of Mate Choice in the Wild. Nature 444: E16 link
P. Gienapp, E. Postma, M.E. Visser, 2006. Why breeding time has not responded to selection for earlier breeding in a songbird population. Evolution 60: 2381-2388 link
E. Postma, 2006. Implications of the difference between true and predicted breeding values for the study of natural selection and micro-evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 309-320 link
2005
E. Postma and A.J. van Noordwijk, 2005. Gene flow maintains a large genetic difference in clutch size at a small spatial scale. Nature 433: 65-68 link
D.H. Nussey, E. Postma, P. Gienapp and M.E. Visser, 2005. Selection on heritable phenotypic plasticity in a wild bird population. Science 310: 304-306 link
E. Postma and A.J. van Noordwijk, 2005. Genetic variation for clutch size in wild populations of birds from a reaction norm perspective. Ecology 86: 2344-2357 link
P. Edelaar, E. Postma, P. Knops and R. Phillips, 2005. No support for a genetic basis for mandible crossing direction in crossbills (Loxia spp.). The Auk 122: 1123-1129 link
P. Edelaar, T. Piersma and E. Postma, 2005. Retained non-adaptive plasticity: Gene flow or small inherent costs of plasticity. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 489-495 pdf
2001
E. Postma, W.F. van Hooft, S.E. van Wieren and L. van Breukelen, 2001. Microsatellite variation in Dutch roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 51: 85-95) link pdf
not peer-reviewed
E. Postma, 2011. Mäuse sparen nicht fürs Alter. VSAO Journal 3: 30-31 (in German) pdf
E. Postma, 2007. Review of "State-dependent life-history strategies: A long-term study on Oystercatchers" by Martijn van de Pol. Ardea 95: 169-171 pdf
E. Postma, L.E.B. Kruuk, J. Merilä, A.J. van Noordwijk and B.C. Sheldon, 2003. Old wine in a new but defective bottle. Comment on Quantitative genetic analysis of natural populations by A.J. Moore & P. F. Kukuk. Nature Reviews Genetics link