Trace metals, melanin-based pigmentation and their interaction influence immune parameters in feral pigeons (Columba livia)

The adaptive function of melanin-based plumage coloration to trace metals

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Darker female pigeons transmit more specific antibodies to their eggs than do paler ones

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Relationships Between Metals Exposure and Epidemiological Parameters of Two Pathogens in Urban Pigeons

(2013) J. Gasparini et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Pheomelanin-Based Plumage Coloration Predicts Survival Rates in Birds

(2013) Ismael Galván et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Melanin-based coloration reflects alternative strategies to cope with food limitation in pigeons

(2012) L. Jacquin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting levels of heavy metals in the feathers of urban pigeons from close habitats suggest limited movements at a restricted scale

(2012) Adrien Frantz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Temporal and spatial distribution of trace metals in sediments from the northern Yellow Sea coast, China: implications for regional anthropogenic processes

(2011) Qianli Sun et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Melanin-based coloration is related to parasite intensity and cellular immune response in an urban free living bird: the feral pigeon Columba livia

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Local to regional scale industrial heavy metal pollution recorded in sediments of large freshwater lakes in central Europe (lakes Geneva and Lucerne) over the last centuries

(2011) Florian Thevenon et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Subchronic lead exposure, immunotoxicology and increased disease resistance in Japanese quail (Corturnix coturnix japonica)

(2010) S. Nain et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Spatial distribution of heavy metal concentrations in urban, suburban and agricultural soils in a Mediterranean city of Algeria

(2010) S. Maas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Colour polymorphism and correlated characters: genetic mechanisms and evolution

(2010) JEFFREY S. MCKINNON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Zinc: role in immunity, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation

(2009) Ananda S Prasad   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls

(2009) Julien Gasparini et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Lead exposure and its impact on immune system: A review

(2009) K.P. Mishra   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

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