A melanin-based trait is more strongly related to body size in the tropics than in temperate regions in the globally distributed barn owl family

Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of barn owls and relatives (Family: Tytonidae), and their six major Pleistocene radiations

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Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of barn owls (Aves: Strigiformes)

(2016) Mansour Aliabadian et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Barn owls display larger black feather spots in cooler regions of the British Isles

(2016) Alexandre Roulin et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Worldwide patterns of bird colouration on islands

(2016) Claire Doutrelant et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Survival to independence in relation to pre-fledging development and latitude in songbirds across the globe

(2016) Vladimír Remeš et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Transcontinental latitudinal variation in song performance and complexity in house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)

(2016) Chinthaka Kaluthota et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gloger's rule in North American Barn Owls

(2015) Alexandre Roulin et al.   AUK

Birds, butterflies and flowers in the tropics are not more colourful than those at higher latitudes

(2015) Rhiannon L. Dalrymple et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Sex-linked inheritance, genetic correlations and sexual dimorphism in three melanin-based colour traits in the barn owl

(2015) A. Roulin et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

(2015) James Dale et al.   NATURE

Social huddling and physiological thermoregulation are related to melanism in the nocturnal barn owl

(2015) Amélie N. Dreiss et al.   OECOLOGIA

Conditional association between melanism and personality in Israeli Barn Owls

(2014) Ori Peleg et al.   BIRD STUDY

Territory Occupancy and Parental Quality as Proxies for Spatial Prioritization of Conservation Areas

(2014) Matthias Tschumi et al.   PLoS One

Genetic relationships among some subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinusL.), inferred from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences

(2013) Clayton M. White et al.   AUK

Similar patterns of local barn owl adaptation in the Middle East and Europe with respect to melanic coloration

(2012) MOTTI CHARTER et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular Phylogeny of Owls (Strigiformes) Inferred from DNA Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochromeband the NuclearRAG-1gene

(2011) Michael Wink et al.   ARDEA

The interspecific relationship between prevalence of blood parasites and sexual traits in birds when considering recent methodological advancements

(2011) László Zsolt Garamszegi et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: A role for the melanocortin system

(2011) Alexandre Roulin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

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(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

(2010) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Insularity and the evolution of melanism, sexual dichromatism and body size in the worldwide-distributed barn owl

(2010) A. ROULIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of Latitude on Avian Life Histories

(2008) John M. McNamara et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Selection on a eumelanic ornament is stronger in the tropics than in temperate zones in the worldwide-distributed barn owl

(2008) A. ROULIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space

(2008) Walter Jetz et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY