Structural- and carotenoid-based throat colour patches in males of Lacerta schreiberi reflect different parasitic diseases

The evolution of colour pattern complexity: selection for conspicuousness favours contrasting within-body colour combinations in lizards

(2016) G. Pérez i de Lanuza et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A structural colour ornament correlates positively with parasite load and body condition in an insular lizard species

(2016) Rodrigo Megía-Palma et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

A structural colour ornament correlates positively with parasite load and body condition in an insular lizard species

(2016) Rodrigo Megía-Palma et al.   Science of Nature

Condition-dependence, pleiotropy and the handicap principle of sexual selection in melanin-based colouration

(2015) Alexandre Roulin   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Environment, but not genetic divergence, influences geographic variation in colour morph frequencies in a lizard

(2015) Claire A. McLean et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Cellular Basis of Polymorphic Coloration in Common Side-Blotched Lizards,Uta stansburiana

(2015) David C. Haisten et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Nest-dwelling ectoparasites reduce antioxidant defences in females and nestlings of a passerine: a field experiment

(2015) Jimena López-Arrabé et al.   OECOLOGIA

Colours of quality: structural (but not pigment) coloration informs about male quality in a polychromatic lizard

(2014) Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Now you see me, now you don’t: iridescence increases the efficacy of lizard chromatic signals

(2014) Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Iridophores and Not Carotenoids Account for Chromatic Variation of Carotenoid-Based Coloration in Common Lizards (Lacerta vivipara)

(2013) Luis M. San-Jose et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Precise colocalization of interacting structural and pigmentary elements generates extensive color pattern variation in Phelsuma lizards

(2013) Suzanne V Saenko et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Reptiles Produce Pheomelanin: Evidence in the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri)

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Negative correlation between nuptial throat colour and blood parasite load in male European green lizards supports the Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis

(2013) Orsolya Molnár et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA gene sequences of Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae) reveals their close relationship to the genus Eimeria

(2013) R. MEGÍA-PALMA et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles

(2013) Mats Olsson et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Coloration signals the ability to cope with elevated stress hormones: effects of corticosterone on growth of barn owls are associated with melanism

(2012) B. ALMASI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Individual quality and nuptial throat colour in male European green lizards

(2012) O. Molnár et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Temperature, but Not Available Energy, Affects the Expression of a Sexually Selected Ultraviolet (UV) Colour Trait in Male European Green Lizards

(2012) Katalin Bajer et al.   PLoS One

Coccidian Infection Causes Oxidative Damage in Greenfinches

(2012) Tuul Sepp et al.   PLoS One

Ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis)

(2011) K. Bajer et al.   Biology Letters

Dissecting Carotenoid from Structural Components of Carotenoid‐Based Coloration: A Field Experiment with Great Tits (Parus major)

(2010) Alain Jacot et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance

(2010) Katalin Bajer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Carotenoid-based coloration, oxidative stress and corticosterone in common lizards

(2010) J. Cote et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multiple color signals may reveal multiple messages in male Schreiber’s green lizards, Lacerta schreiberi

(2009) José Martín et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The evolution of eu- and pheomelanic traits may respond to an economy of pigments related to environmental oxidative stress

(2009) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Variation in Phenotype, Parasite Load and Male Competitive Ability across a Cryptic Hybrid Zone

(2009) Devi Stuart-Fox et al.   PLoS One

Carotenoid-Based Colours Reflect the Stress Response in the Common Lizard

(2009) Patrick S. Fitze et al.   PLoS One

Honest sexual signalling mediated by parasite and testosterone effects on oxidative balance

(2009) F. Mougeot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The expression of melanin-based plumage is separately modulated by exogenous oxidative stress and a melanocortin

(2009) I. Galvan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Testosterone stimulates the expression of a social color signal in Yarrow's Spiny Lizard,Sceloporus jarrovii

(2008) Robert M. Cox et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Immune challenge affects sexual coloration of male Iberian wall lizards

(2008) Pilar López et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION