Journal articles

• Labutin A & Heckel G (2024) Genome-wide support for incipient Tula hantavirus species within a single rodent host lineage. Virus Evolution 10: 1-14 [Abstract and pdf]
• Mehl C, Adeyemi OA, Wylezich C, Höper D, Beer M, Triebenbacher C, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2024) Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis virus lineage V in wood mice, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases 30: 399-401 [Abstract and pdf]
• Mehl C, Wylezich C, Geiger C, Schauerte N, Mätz-Rensing K, Nesseler A, Höper D, Linnenbrink M, Beer M, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2024) Use of zoo mice in study of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Mammarenavirus, Germany (Response). Emerging Infectious Diseases 30: 205-206 [pdf]
• Heuser E, Drewes S, Trimpert J, Kunec D, Mehl C, de Cock MP, de Vries A, Klier C, Oskamp M, Tenhaken P, Hashemi F, Heinz D, Nascimento M, Boelhauve M, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Raafat D, Maas M, Krüger DH, Latz A, Hofmann J, Heckel G, Dreesman J & Ulrich RG (2023) Pet rats as the likely reservoir for human Seoul orthohantavirus infection. Viruses 15: 467 [Abstract and pdf]
• Dafalla M, Orłowska A, Keleş SK, Straková P, Schlottau K, Jeske K, Hoffmann B, Wibbelt G, Smreczak M, Müller T, Freuling CM, Wang X, Rola J, Drewes S, Fereidouni S, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2023) Hantavirus Brno loanvirus is highly specific to the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) and widespread in Central Europe. Virus Genes 59: 323-332 [Abstract and pdf]
• Nippert S, Rubbenstroth D, Geers JA, Ebinger A, Hoffmann D, Breithaupt A, Wylezich C, Wang X, Haring V, Starcky P, Fruci P, Langner C, Trapp T, Schulz H, Stubbe W, Imholt C, Heckel G, Beer M, Pfaff F & Ulrich RG (2023) Continuous presence of genetically diverse rustrela virus lineages in yellow-necked field mouse reservoir populations in northeastern Germany. Virus Evolution 9: 1-13 [Abstract and pdf]
• Wang X, Peischl S & Heckel G (2023) Demographic history and genomic consequences of 10,000 generations of isolation in a wild mammal. Current Biology 33: 2051-2062 [Abstract and pdf]
• Baca M, Popović D, Lemanik A, Bañuls-Cardona S, Conard NJ, Cuenca-Bescós G, Desclaux E, Fewlass H, Garcia JT, Hadravova T, Heckel G & et al. (2023) Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period. Journal of Biogeography 50: 183-196 [Abstract and pdf]
• Mehl C, Wylezich C, Geiger C, Schauerte N, Mätz-Rensing K, Nesseler A, Höper D, Linnenbrink M, Beer M, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2023) Re-emergence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus in Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases: 631-634 [Abstract and pdf]
• Jeske K, Schulz J, Tekemen D, Balciauskas L, Balciauskiene L, Hiltbrunner M, Drewes S, Mayer-Scholl A, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2022) Cocirculation of Leptospira spp. and multiple orthohantaviruses in rodents, Lithuania, Northern Europe. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69: e3196-e3201 [Abstract and pdf]
• Saxenhofer M, Labutin A, White TA & Heckel G (2022) Host genetic factors associated with the range limit of a European hantavirus. Molecular Ecology 31: 252-265 [Abstract and pdf]
• Somoano A, Bastos-Silveira C, Ventura J, Minarro M & Heckel G (2022) A bocage landscape restricts the gene flow of pest vole populations. Life 12: e800 [Abstract and pdf]
• Jeske K, Herzig-Straschil B, Răileanu C, Kunec D, Tauchmann O, Emirhar D, Schmidt S, Trimpert J, Silaghi C, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Drewes S (2022) Zoonotic pathogen screening of striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius) from Austria. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69: 886-890 [Abstract and pdf]
• Falkenhagen A, Tausch SH, Labutin A, Grützke J, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Johne R (2022) Genetic and biological characteristics of species A rotaviruses from common shrews suggest a distinct evolutionary trajectory. Virus Evolution 8: 1-13 [Abstract and pdf]
• Eccard J, Herde A, Schuster A, Liesenjohann T, Knopp T, Heckel G & Dammhahn M (2022) Fitness, risk taking and spatial behaviour covary with animal personality in experimental vole populations. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8521 [Abstract and pdf]
• Tang Q, Burri R, Liu Y, Suh A, Sundev G, Heckel G & Schweizer M (2022) Seasonal migration patterns and the maintenance of evolutionary diversity in a cryptic bird radiation. Molecular Ecology 31: 632-645 [Abstract and pdf]
• Drewes S, Jeske K, Straková P, Balčiauskas L, Ryll R, Balčiauskienė L, Kohlhause D, Schnidrig G-A, Hiltbrunner M, Špakova A, Insodaitė R, Petraitytė-Burneikienė R, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Identification of a novel hantavirus strain in the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Lithuania, Eastern Europe. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 90: e104520 [Abstract and pdf]
• Li HS, Huang YH, Chen ML, Ren Z, Qiu BY, De Clercq P, Heckel G & Pang H (2021) Genomic insight into diet adaptation in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. BMC Genomics 22: e135 [Abstract and pdf]
• Jeske K, Jacob J, Drewes S, Pfeffer M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Imholt C (2021) Hantavirus - Leptospira coinfections in small mammals from central Germany. Epidemiology & Infection 149: e97 [Abstract and pdf]
• Cierniak F, von Arnim F, Heckel G, Ulrich RG, Groschup MH & Eiden M (2021) A putative novel hepatitis E virus genotype 3 subtype identified in rabbit, Germany 2016. Viruses 13: e1065 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmidt S, Reil D, Jeske K, Drewes S, Rosenfeld UM, Fischer S, Spierling NG, Labutin A, Heckel G, Jacob J, Ulrich RG & Imholt C (2021) Spatial and temporal dynamics and molecular evolution of Tula orthohantavirus in German vole populations. Viruses 13: e1132 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schneider J, Hoffmann B, Fevola C, Schmidt ML, Imholt C, Fischer S, Ecke F, Hörnfeldt B, Magnusson M, Olsson GE, Rizzoli A, Tagliapetra V, Chiari M, Reusken C, Bužan E, Kazimirova M, Stanko M, White TA, Reil D, Obiegala A, Meredith A, Drexler JF, Essbauer S, Henttonen H, Jacob J, Hauffe HC, Beer M, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Geographical distribution and genetic diversity of bank vole hepaciviruses in Europe. Viruses 13: e1258 [Abstract and pdf]
• Jeske K, Emirhar D, Garcia JT, Gonzalez-Barrio D, Olea PP, Ruiz Fons F, Schulz J, Mayer-Scholl A, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Frequent Leptospira spp. detection, but absence of Tula orthohantavirus in Microtus voles, Northwestern Spain. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57: 733-742 [Abstract and pdf]
• Duarte MA, Rodriguez Fernandes C, Heckel G, Mathias MdL & Bastos-Silveira C (2021) Variation and selection in the putative sperm-binding region of ZP3 in muroid rodents: a comparison between Cricetids and Murines. Genes 12: 1450 [Abstract and pdf]
• Binder F, Ryll R, Drewes S, Jagdmann S, Reil D, Hiltbrunner M, Rosenfeld UM, Imholt C, Jacob J, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2020) Spatial and temporal evolutionary patterns in Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) S segment. Pathogens 9: 548 [Abstract and pdf]
• Hiltbrunner M & Heckel G (2020) Assessing genome-wide diversity in European hantaviruses through sequence capture from natural host samples. Viruses 12: 749 [Abstract and pdf]
• Saxenhofer M, Schmidt S, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2019) Secondary contact between diverged host lineages entails ecological speciation in a European hantavirus. PLOS Biology 17: 1-20. e3000142 [Abstract and pdf]
• Jeske K, Hiltbrunner M, Drewes S, Ryll R, Wenk M, Spakova A, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2019) Field vole-associated Traemmersee hantavirus from Germany represents a novel hantavirus species. Virus Genes 55: 848-853 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ryll R, Heckel G Corman VM & Drexler JF Ulrich RG (2019) Genomic and spatial variability of a European common vole hepevirus. Archives of Virology 164: 2671–2682 [Abstract and pdf]
• Wang X, Que P, Heckel G, Hu J, Zhang X, Chiang CY, Zhang N, Huang Q, Liu S, Martinez J, Pagani-Nunez E, Dingle C, Yan LY, Székely T, Zhang Z & Liu Y (2019) Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: e135 [Abstract and pdf]
• Li HS, Heckel G, Huang YH, Fan WJ, Slipinski A & Pang H (2019) Genomic changes in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri associated with introduction. Evolutionary Applications 12: 989-1000. [Abstract and pdf]
• Pedreschi DJ, Yannic G, Cantarello E, Diaz A, Golicher D, Korstjens A, Heckel G, Searle JB, Gillingham P, Hardouin E & Stewart JR (2019) Challenging the European southern refugium hypothesis: Species‐specific structures versus general patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation among small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 262-274 [Abstract and pdf]
• Zemanova MA, Broennimann O, Guisan A, Knop E & Heckel G (2018) Slimy invasion: Climatic niche and current and future biogeography of Arion slug invaders. Diversity and Distributions 24: 1627-1640 [Abstract and pdf]
• Bize P, Lowe I, Hurlimann ML & Heckel G (2018) Effects of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes on nonshivering thermogenesis in a wild derived rodent. Integrative & Comparative Biology 58: 532-543 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ryll R, Eiden M, Heuser E, Weinhardt M, Ziege M, Höper D, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Johne R & Ulrich RG (2018) Hepatitis E virus in feral rabbits along a rural-urban transect in Central Germany. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 61: 155-159 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmid S, Neuenschwander S, Pitteloud C, Heckel G, Pajkovic M, Arlettaz R & Alvarez N (2018) Spatial and temporal genetic dynamics of the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus revealed by museum genomics. Ecology and Evolution 8: 1480-1495 [Abstract and pdf]
• Saxenhofer M, Weber de Melo V, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2017) Revised time scales of RNA virus evolution based on spatial information. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170857 [Abstract and pdf]
• Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2017) Introgressive replacement of natives by invading Arion pest slugs. Scientific Reports 7: 14908 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ryll R, Bernstein S, Heuser E, Schlegel M, Dremsek P, Zumpe M, Wolf S, Pépin M, Bajomi D, Müller G, Heiberg AC, Spahr C, Lang J, Groschup MH, Ansorge H, Freise F, Guenther S, Baert K, Ruiz-Fonscisco F, Pikula J, Knap N, Tsakmakidis I, Dovas C, Zanet S, Imholt C, Heckel G, Johne R & Ulrich RG (2017) Detection of rat hepatitis E virus in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Black rats (R. rattus) from 11 European countries. Veterinary Microbiology 208: 58-68 [Abstract and pdf]
• Rosenfeld UM, Drewes S, Sheikh Ali H, Sadowska ET, Mikowska M, Heckel G, Koteja P & Ulrich RG (2017) A highly divergent Puumala virus lineage in southern Poland. Archives of Virology 162: 1177-1185 [Abstract and pdf]
• Resano-Mayor J, Fernández-Martín A, Hernández-Gómez S, Toranzo I, España A, Gil JA, de Gabriel M, Roa-Álvarez I, Strinella E, Hobson KA, Heckel G & Arlettaz R (2017) Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer the population structure of the White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis in Western Europe. Journal of Ornithology 158: 395-405 [Abstract and pdf]
• Drewes S, Sheikh Ali H, Saxenhofer M, Rosenfeld UM, Binder F, Cuypers F, Schlegel M, Röhrs S, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2017) Host-associated absence of human Puumala virus infections in northern and eastern Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23: 83-86 [Abstract and pdf]
• Duarte MA, Heckel G, Mathias MdL & Bastos-Silveira C (2016) Olfactory receptors and behavioural isolation: a study on Microtus voles. Mammal Research 4: 399–407 [Abstract and pdf]
• Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2016) Phylogeographic past and invasive presence of Arion pest slugs in Europe. Molecular Ecology 25: 5747–5764 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmidt S, Saxenhofer M, Drewes S, Schlegel M, Wanka KM, Frank R, Klimpel S, Blanckenhagen F, Maaz D, Herden C, Freise J, Wolf R, Stubbe M, Borkenhagen P, Ansorge H, Eccard JA, Lang J, Jourdain E, Jacob J, Marianneau P, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2016) High genetic structuring of Tula hantavirus. Archives of Virology 161: 1135-1149 [Abstract and pdf]
• Beysard M, Krebs-Wheaton R & Heckel G (2015) Tracing reinforcement through asymmetrical partner preference in the European common vole Microtus arvalis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 170 [Abstract and pdf]
• Weber de Melo V, Sheikh Ali H, Freise J, Kuhnert D, Essbauer SS, Mertens M, Wanka KM, Drewes S, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2015) Spatiotemporal dynamics of Puumala hantavirus associated with its rodent host, Myodes glareolus. Evolutionary Applications 8: 545-559 [Abstract and pdf]
• Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2015) Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arion slug species. Conservation Genetics Resources 7: 501-503 [Abstract and pdf]
• Sheikh Ali H, Drewes S, Weber de Melo V, Schlegel M, Freise J, Groschup MH, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2015) Complete genome of a Puumala virus strain from Central Europe. Virus Genes 50: 292-298 [Abstract and pdf]
• Cucchi T, Barnett R, Martinkova N, Renaud S, Renvoise E, Evin A, Sheridan A, Mainland I, Wickham-Jones C, Tougard C, Quere JP, Pascal M, Pascal M, Heckel G, OHiggins P, Searle JB & Dobney KM (2014) The changing pace of insular life: 5000 years of microevolution in the Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis). Evolution 68: 2804-2820 [Abstract and pdf]
• Fischer MC, Foll M, Heckel G & Excoffier L (2014) Continental-Scale Footprint of Balancing and Positive Selection in a Small Rodent (Microtus arvalis) PLoS One 9: e112332 [Abstract and pdf]
• Johne R, Dremsek P, Reetz J, Heckel G, Hess M & Ulrich RG (2014) Hepeviridae: an expanding family of vertebrate viruses. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 27: 212-229 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmidt S, Essbauer SS, Mayer-Scholl A, Poppert S, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Klempa B, Henning K, Schares G, Groschup MH, Spitzenberger F, Richter D, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2014) Multiple infections of rodents with zoonotic pathogens in Austria. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14: 467-475 [Abstract and pdf]
• Lischer HEL, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2014) Ignoring heterozygous sites biases phylogenomic estimates of divergence times: implications for the evolutionary history of Microtus voles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 817-831 [Abstract and pdf]
• Beysard M & Heckel G (2014) Structure and dynamics of hybrid zones at different stages of speciation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology 23: 673-687 [Abstract and pdf]
• SheikhAli H, Drewes S, Sadowska ET, Mikowska M, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Koteja P & Ulrich RG (2014) First molecular evidenve for Puumala hantavirus in Poland. Viruses 6: 340-353 [Abstract and pdf]
• Kittl S, Heckel G, Korcak BM & Kuhnert P (2013) Source attribution of human Campylobacter isolates by MLST and fla-typing and association of genotypes with quinolone resistance. PLoS ONE 8: e81796 [Abstract and pdf]
• Martinkova M, Barnett R, Cucchi T, Struchen R, Pascal M, Pascal M, Fischer MC, Higham T, Brace S, Ho SYW, Quere JP, OHiggins J, Excoffier L, Heckel G, Hoelzel AR, Dobney KM & Searle JB (2013) Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands. Molecular Ecology 22: 5205-5220 [Abstract and pdf]
• Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2013) Temporal genetic structure and relatedness in the Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula suggests limited kin association in winter. Ibis 155: 499-507 [Abstract and pdf]
• White TA, Perkins SE, Heckel G & Searle JB (2013) Adaptive evolution during an ongoing range expansion: the invasive bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Ireland. Molecular Ecology 22: 2971-2985 [Abstract and pdf]
• Dong L, Heckel G, Liang W & Zhang Y (2013) Phylogeography of silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera L.) across China: aggregate effects of refugia, introgression, and riverine barriers. Molecular Ecology 22: 3376-3390 [Abstract and pdf]
• Sutter A, Beysard M & Heckel G (2013) Sex-specific clines support incipient speciation in a common European mammal. Heredity 110: 398-404 [Abstract and pdf]
• Kindler E, Trojnar E, Otto P, Heckel G & Johne R (2013) Analysis of rotavirus species diversity and evolution including the newly determined full-length genome sequences of rotavirus F and G. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 14: 58-67 [Abstract and pdf]
• White TA, Lundy MG, Montgomery WI, Montgomery S, Perkins SE, Lawton C, Meehan JM, Hayden TJ, Heckel G, Reid N & Searle JB (2012) Range expansion in an invasive small mammal: influence of life-history and habitat quality. Biological Invasions 14: 2203-2215 [Abstract and pdf]
• Bastos-Silveira C, Santos SM, Monarca R, Mathias ML & Heckel G (2012) Deep mitochondrial introgression and hybridization between ecologically divergent vole species. Molecular Ecology 21: 5309-5323 [Abstract and pdf]
• Kindler E, Arlettaz R & Heckel G (2012) Deep phylogeographic divergence and cytonuclear discordance in the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 695-704 [Abstract and pdf]
• Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2012) Breeding site fidelity and winter admixture in a long-distance migrant, the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula). Heredity 109: 108-116 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schlegel M, Kindler E, Essbauer SS, Wolf R, Thiel J, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Oehme RM & Ulrich RG (2012) Tula virus infections in the Eurasian water vole, Central Europe. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12: 503-513 [Abstract and pdf]
• Johne R, Dremsek P, Kindler E, Schielke A, Plenge-Bonig A, Gregersen H, Wessels U, Schmidt K, Rietschel W, Groschup MH, Guenther S, Heckel G & Ulrich R (2012) Rat hepatitis E virus: Geographical clustering within Germany and serological detection in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12: 947-956 [Abstract and pdf]
• Beysard M, Perrin N, Jaarola M, Heckel G & Vogel P (2012) Asymmetric and differential gene introgression at a contact zone between two highly divergent lineages of field voles (Microtus agrestis). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 400-408 [Abstract and pdf]
• Kotrschal A, Heckel G, Bonfils D & Taborsky B (2012) Life-stage specific environments in a cichlid fish: implications for inducible maternal effects. Evolutionary Ecology 26: 123-137 [Abstract and pdf]
• Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2011) Range-wide genetic population structure in common pochard (Aythya ferina) a potentially important vector of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. Ecology and Evolution 1: 529-545 [Abstract and pdf]
• Johne R, Heckel G, Plenge-Bonig A, Kindler E, Maresch C, Reetz J, Schielke A & Ulrich RG (2011) Complete genome of a novel hepatitis E virus genotype in Norway rat, Germany [response]. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17: 1982-1983 [Abstract and pdf]
• Mertens M, Kindler E, Emmerich P, Esser J, Wagner-Wiening C, Wolfel R, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Zvirbliene A, Groschup MH, Dobler G, Pfeffer M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Essbauer SS (2011) Phylogenetic analysis of Puumala virus subtype Bavaria, characterization and diagnostic use of its recombinant nucleocapsid protein. Virus Genes 43: 177-191 [Abstract and pdf]
• Stovicek O, Cizkova D, Liu Y, Alrecht T, Heckel G, Vyscocilova M & Kresinger J (2011) Development of microsatellite markers for a diving duck, the common pochard (Aythya ferina). Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 573-576 [Abstract and pdf]
• Fischer MC, Foll M, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2011) Enhanced AFLP genome scans detect local adaptation in high-altitude populations of a small rodent (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology 20: 1450-1462 [Abstract and pdf]
• Hahne J, Jenkins T, Halle S & Heckel G (2011) Establishment success and resulting fitness consequences for vole dispersers. Oikos 120: 95-105 [Abstract and pdf]
• Halami MY, Dorrestein GM, Couteel P, Heckel G, Muller H & Johne R (2010) Whole genome characterization of a novel polyomavirus detected in fatally diseased canary birds. Journal of General Virology : 3016-3022 [Abstract and pdf]
• Foll M, Fischer MC, Heckel G & Excoffier L (2010) Estimating population structure from AFLP amplification intensity. Molecular Ecology 19: 4638-4647 [Abstract and pdf]
• Fink S, Fischer MC, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2010) Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. Systematic Biology 59: 548-572 [Abstract and pdf]
• Johne R, Heckel G, Plenge-Bonig A, Kindler E, Maresch C, Reetz J, Schielke A & Ulrich RG (2010) Novel hepatitis E virus genotype in Norway rats, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16: 1452-1455 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmidt-Chanasit J, Essbauer SS, Petraityte R, Yoshimatsu K, Tackmann K, Conraths FJ, Sasnauskas K, Arikawa J, Thomas A, Pfeffer M, Scharninghausen JJ, Splettstosser W, Wenk M, Heckel G & Ulrich R (2010) Extensive host sharing of Central European Tula virus. Journal of Virology 84: 459-474 [Abstract and pdf]
• Braaker S & Heckel G (2009) Transalpine colonisation and partial phylogeographic erosion by dispersal in the common vole Microtus arvalis. Molecular Ecology 18: 2518-2531 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ulrich RG, Heckel G, Pelz HJ, Wieler LH, Nordhoff M, Dobler G, Freise J, Matuschka FR, Jacob J, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Gerstengarbe FW, Jaekel T, Suess J, Ehlers B, Nitsche A, Kallies R, Johne R, Guenther S, Henning K, Grunow R, Wenk M, Maul LC, Hunfeld KP, Woelfel R, Schares G, Scholz HC, Brockmann SO, Pfeffer M & Essbauer SS (2009) Nagetiere und Nagetierassoziierte Krankheitserreger (Rodents and rodent associated disease pathogen). Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 52: 352-369 [Abstract and pdf]
• Soland-Reckeweg G, Heckel G, Neumann P & Fluri P & Excoffier L (2009) Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Insect Conservation 3: 317-328 [pdf]
• Schmidt-Chanasit J, Ohlschlaeger S, Guenther S, Jaeger G, Bleymehl K, Schaed S G, Heckel G, Ulrich R G & Doerr H W (2008) Molecular analysis of varicella-zoster (VZV) strains circulating in Tanzania demonstrates the presence of VZV genotype M1. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46: 3530-3533 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ulrich R, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Schlegel M, Jacob Jens, Pelz H J, Mertens M, Wenk M, Buechner T, Masur D, Sevke K, Groschup M H, Gerstengarbe F W, Pfeffer M, Oehme R, Wegener W, Bemmann M, Ohlmeyer L, Wolf R, Zoller H, Koch J, Brockmann S, Heckel G & Essbauer S S (2008) Network Rodent-borne pathogens in Germany: Longitudinal studies on the geographical distribution and prevalence of hantavirus infections. Parasitology Research 103: S121-129 [Abstract and pdf]
• Walser B & Heckel G (2008) Microsatellite markers for the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and their cross-species utility. Conservation Genetics 9: 479-481 [Abstract and pdf]
• Ruedi M, Walter S, Fischer MC, Scaravelli D, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2008) Italy as a major Ice Age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe. Molecular Ecology 17: 1801-1814 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schmidt-Chanasit J, Stuermer M, Hahn A, Schad S G, Gross G, Ulrich R G, Heckel G & Doerr H W (2007) A novel genotyping approach for Varicella-Zoster virus strains from Germany. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45: 3540-3545 [Abstract and pdf]
• Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2007) High variability and non-neutral evolution in the mammalian avpr1a gene. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 176 [Abstract and pdf]
• Schweizer M, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2007) Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal patterns in the common vole Microtus arvalis. Molecular Ecology 16: 2463-2473 [Abstract and pdf]
• Heg D, Bergmueller R, Bonfils D, Otti O, Bachar Z, Burri R, Heckel G & Taborsky M (2006) Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options. Behavioral Ecology 17: 419-429
• Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2006) Mammalian monogamy is not controlled by a single gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103: 10956-10960 [Abstract and pdf]
• Excoffier L & Heckel G (2006) Computer programs for population genetics data analysis: a survival guide. Nature Reviews Genetics 7: 745-758 [Abstract]
• Behr O, von Helversen O, Heckel G, Nagy M, Voigt C C & Mayer F (2006) Territorial songs indicate male quality in the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae). Behavioral Ecology 17: 810-817 [Abstract]
• Heckel G, Burri R, Fink S, Desmet J-F & Excoffier L (2005) Genetic structure and colonization processes in European populations of the common vole Microtus arvalis. Evolution 59(10): 2231-2242 [pdf]
• Voigt CC, Heckel G & Mayer F (2005) Sexual selection favours small and symmetric males in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae, Chiroptera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 457-464
• Hamilton G, Currat M, Ray N, Heckel G, Beaumont M & Excoffier L (2005) Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics 170: 409-417 [Abstract and pdf]
• Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2004) Mitochondrial gene diversity in the common vole Microtus arvalis shaped by historical divergence and local adaptations. Molecular Ecology 13 (11): 3501-3514 [Abstract and pdf]
• Heckel G & von Helversen O (2003) Genetic mating system and the significance of harem associations in the bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Molecular Ecology 12: 219-227 [Abstract and pdf]
• Heckel G, Zbinden M, Mazzi D, Kohler A, Reckeweg G, Bakker T C M & Largiader C R (2002) Microsatellite markers for the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) and their applicability in a freshwater and an anadromous population. Conservation Genetics 3(1): 79-81
• Heckel G & von Helversen O (2002) Male tactics and reproductive success in the harempolygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Behavioral Ecology 13: 750-756
• Heckel G, Achmann R & Mayer F (2000) Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers in the white-lined bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). Molecular Ecology 9: 242-244
• Heckel G, Voigt C C, Mayer F & von Helversen O (1999) Extra-harem paternity in the white-lined bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae). Behaviour 136: 1173-1185

Book sections

• Heckel G & Fink S (2008) Evolution of the arginine vasopressin 1 a receptor and implications for mammalian social behavior. In 'Progress in Brain Research: Advances in vasopressin and oxytocin - from gene to behavior' edited by Neumann ID & Landgraf R. Elsevier B. V.. Pp. 321-330.
• Voigt CC, Heckel G & von Helversen O (2006) Conflicts and strategies in the harem polygynous mating system of the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata. In 'Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats ' edited by Zubaid A, McCracken GF & Kunz TH. Oxford University Press. Pp. 269-289.

PhD thesis

• Heckel Gerald (2000) Mating system and reproductive tactics in the white-lined bat, Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae). PhD Thesis. University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen.