in press

B. Tschirren and E. Postma, In press. Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: Where we are and where to go. Emu - Austral Ornithology: Special issue in memory of Richard Zann.

R.C. Brooks and E. Postma, In press. 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

E. Postma, In press. 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

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

not peer-reviewed

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