Does the tie fit the female? Melanin-based colouration, aggressive personality and reproductive investment in female great tits (Parus major)

Nest defence behavioural reaction norms: testing life-history and parental investment theory predictions

(2019) Bert Thys et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Behavioral, energetic, and color trait integration in male guppies: testing the melanocortin hypothesis

(2019) Francesca Santostefano et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Evolution of sex-specific pace-of-life syndromes: genetic architecture and physiological mechanisms

(2018) Elina Immonen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Repeatability, heritability, and age-dependence of seasonal plasticity in aggressiveness in a wild passerine bird

(2017) Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Evolution of a mating preference for a dual-utility trait used in intrasexual competition in genetically monogamous populations

(2017) Caitlin A. Stern et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The Female Perspective of Personality in a Wild Songbird: Repeatable Aggressiveness Relates to Exploration Behaviour

(2017) Bert Thys et al.   Scientific Reports

Female plumage coloration signals status to conspecifics

(2016) D. López-Idiáquez et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The correlation between coloration and exploration behaviour varies across hierarchical levels in a wild passerine bird

(2016) M. Nicolaus et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

(2015) Alexandre Roulin   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Light pollution disrupts sleep in free-living animals

(2015) Thomas Raap et al.   Scientific Reports

Female-female competition is influenced by forehead patch expression in pied flycatcher females

(2014) J. Morales et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Selection based on the size of the black tie of the great tit may be reversed in urban habitats

(2014) Juan Carlos Senar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Melanin-based colour polymorphism signals aggressive personality in nest and territory defence in the tawny owl (Strix aluco)

(2013) Arnaud Da Silva et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

More ornamented females produce higher-quality offspring in a socially monogamous bird: an experimental study in the great tit (Parus major)

(2013) Vladimír Remeš et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Characterizing behavioural 'characters': an evolutionary framework

(2013) Y. G. Araya-Ajoy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quantifying individual variation in behaviour: mixed-effect modelling approaches

(2012) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition

(2012) J. A. Tobias et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multiple signals for multiple messages: great tit, Parus major, song signals age and survival

(2010) Hector F. Rivera-Gutierrez et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female ornamentation, parental quality, and competitive ability in the rock sparrow

(2010) Matteo Griggio et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Great tits growing old: selective disappearance and the partitioning of senescence to stages within the breeding cycle

(2009) S. Bouwhuis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sexual selection in females

(2008) Tim Clutton-Brock   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Dual Utility of a Melanin-Based Ornament in Bearded Tits

(2008) Herbert Hoi et al.   ETHOLOGY

The effect of old age on the reproduction of Great Tits Parus major and Blue Tits P. caeruleus

(2008) ANDRÉ A. DHONDT   IBIS

Differences in reproductive success and parental qualities between habitats in the Great Tit Parus major

(2008) R. RIDDINGTON et al.   IBIS

The effect of age and pair bond on the breeding success of Great Tits Parus major

(2008) C. M. PERRINS et al.   IBIS

Female ornamentation and territorial conflicts in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis)

(2008) Gergely Hegyi et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

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