Carotenoids increase immunity and sex specifically affect color and redox homeostasis in a monochromatic seabird

The Level of an Intracellular Antioxidant during Development Determines the Adult Phenotype in a Bird Species: A Potential Organizer Role for Glutathione

(2015) Ana Angela Romero-Haro et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Differential effects of vitamins E and C and carotenoids on growth, resistance to oxidative stress, fledging success and plumage colouration in wild great tits

(2014) V. Marri et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The PHA Test as an Indicator of Phagocytic Activity in a Passerine Bird

(2014) Concepción Salaberria et al.   PLoS One

Blood parasite infection differentially relates to carotenoid-based plumage and bill color in the American goldfinch

(2014) David C. Lumpkin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Fiery frills: carotenoid-based coloration predicts contest success in frillneck lizards

(2013) David G. Hamilton et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Effects of carotenoid and vitamin E supplementation on oxidative stress and plumage coloration in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

(2013) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Cytokine expression in phytohaemagglutinin-induced skin inflammation in a galliform bird

(2013) Michal Vinkler et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Differential effects of specific carotenoids on oxidative damage and immune response of gull chicks

(2013) A. Lucas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)

(2013) Pierre Blévin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Vitamin A–Redox Hypothesis: A Biochemical Basis for Honest Signaling via Carotenoid Pigmentation

(2012) Geoffrey E. Hill et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Food availability and offspring sex in a monogamous seabird: insights from an experimental approach

(2012) T. Merkling et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Differential effects of testosterone metabolites oestradiol and dihydrotestosterone on oxidative stress and carotenoid-dependent colour expression in a bird

(2012) S. Casagrande et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Antioxidant supplementation during early development reduces parasite load but does not affect sexual ornament expression in adult ring-necked pheasants

(2012) Josephine M. Orledge et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dietary lipids reduce the expression of carotenoid-based coloration in Lacerta vivipara

(2012) Luis M. San-Jose et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Carotenoid supplementation and GnRH challenges influence female endocrine physiology, immune function, and egg-yolk characteristics in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

(2012) Susana I. Peluc et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Kittiwake diets and chick production signal a 2008 regime shift in the Northeast Pacific

(2012) SA Hatch   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Behavioral and physiological responses to male handicap in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes

(2011) Sarah Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Yolk carotenoids have sex-dependent effects on redox status and influence the resolution of growth trade-offs in yellow-legged gull chicks

(2011) Nicola Saino et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Carotenoid-based signals in behavioural ecology: a review

(2011) Svensson et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Carotenoids bolster immunity during moult in a wild songbird with sexually selected plumage coloration

(2011) KEVIN J. MCGRAW et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Proximate Correlates of Carotenoid-Based Mouth Coloration in Nestling House Sparrows

(2011) Matthew B. Dugas et al.   CONDOR

Beyond phytohaemagglutinin: assessing vertebrate immune function across ecological contexts

(2011) Gregory E. Demas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Integument coloration signals reproductive success, heterozygosity, and antioxidant levels in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes

(2011) Sarah Leclaire et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Family size and sex-specific parental effort in black-legged kittiwakes

(2010) Sarah Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Detrimental effects of carotenoid pigments: the dark side of bright coloration

(2010) Kristal A. Huggins et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Dietary antioxidants, lipid peroxidation and plumage colouration in nestling blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

(2010) Stephen D. Larcombe et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Carotenoids in evolutionary ecology: re-evaluating the antioxidant role

(2009) Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez   BIOESSAYS

Simple quantification of blood and plasma antimicrobial capacity using spectrophotometry

(2009) Andrea L. Liebl et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Carotenoid Accumulation in the Tissues of Zebra Finches: Predictors of Integumentary Pigmentation and Implications for Carotenoid Allocation Strategies

(2009) Kevin J. McGraw et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Availability of nonpigmentary antioxidant affects red coloration in gulls

(2008) Cristóbal Pérez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A quantitative comparison of the commonly used methods for extracting carotenoids from avian plasma

(2008) Kevin J. McGraw et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Carotenoid-based plumage coloration is not affected by vitamin E supplementation in male greenfinches

(2008) Ulvi Karu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Spectral mouth colour of nestlings changes with carotenoid availability

(2008) R. Thorogood et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Carotenoids are minor antioxidants for birds

(2008) D. Costantini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Environmental and hormonal correlates of immune activity in a cooperatively breeding tropical bird

(2008) Dustin R. Rubenstein et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Phenotypic Correlates of Yolk and Plasma Carotenoid Concentration in Yellow‐Legged Gull Chicks

(2008) Nicola Saino et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Carotenoid trade-off between parasitic resistance and sexual display: an experimental study in the blackbird (Turdus merula)

(2007) R Baeta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Oxidative stress does not influence carotenoid mobilization and plumage pigmentation

(2007) C. Isaksson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES