Male zebra finches exposed to lead (Pb) during development have reduced volume of song nuclei, altered sexual traits, and received less attention from females as adults

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(2020) Christopher G. Goodchild et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Exposure to Pb impairs breeding success and is associated with longer lifespan in urban European blackbirds

(2019) Clémentine Fritsch et al.   Scientific Reports

Birdsong learning, avian cognition and the evolution of language

(2019) William A. Searcy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Systematic review and meta-analyses of lead (Pb) concentrations in environmental media (soil, dust, water, food, and air) reported in the United States from 1996 to 2016

(2019) Jessica J. Frank et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Carotenoid- but not melanin-based plumage coloration is negatively related to metal exposure and proximity to the road in an urban songbird

(2019) Melissa L. Grunst et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches

(2018) Sofia Jerónimo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Precopulatory sexual behavior of male mice is changed by the exposure to tannery effluent

(2018) Thales Chagas Quintão et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Attractiveness of male Zebra Finches is not affected by exposure to an environmental stressor, dietary mercury

(2018) Virginia W. Greene et al.   CONDOR

Early life conditions that impact song learning in male zebra finches also impact neural and behavioral responses to song in females

(2018) Kendra B. Sewall et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of a brominated flame retardant reduces the size of song-control nuclei in a songbird

(2018) Margaret L. Eng et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Reproduction impairments in metal-polluted environments and parental hormones: No evidence for a causal association in an experimental study in breeding feral pigeons exposed to lead and zinc

(2018) M. Chatelain et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Mate choice decision rules: Trait synergisms and preference shifts

(2018) Nancy Tyler Burley et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A subcortical circuit linking the cerebellum to the basal ganglia engaged in vocal learning

(2018) Ludivine Pidoux et al.   eLife

Sub-lethal exposure to lead is associated with heightened aggression in an urban songbird

(2018) Stephanie C. McClelland et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Asymmetrical positive assortative mating induced by developmental lead (Pb2+) exposure in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster

(2017) Elizabeth K. Peterson et al.   Current Zoology

Forensic Estimates of Lead Release from Lead Service Lines during the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan

(2017) Terese M. Olson et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Seasons and neighborhoods of high lead toxicity in New York City: The feral pigeon as a bioindicator

(2016) Fayme Cai et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Red Carotenoid Coloration in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster

(2016) Nicholas I. Mundy et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Health and Environmental Risks from Lead-based Ammunition: Science Versus Socio-Politics

(2016) Jon M. Arnemo et al.   EcoHealth

Implications of mercury and lead concentrations on breeding physiology and phenology in an Arctic bird

(2016) J.F. Provencher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Lead exposure reduces carotenoid-based coloration and constitutive immunity in wild mallards

(2016) Núria Vallverdú-Coll et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms underlying the social enhancement of vocal learning in songbirds

(2016) Yining Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BORIS: a free, versatile open-source event-logging software for video/audio coding and live observations

(2016) Olivier Friard et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Opposing effects of oxidative challenge and carotenoids on antioxidant status and condition-dependent sexual signalling

(2016) Oldřich Tomášek et al.   Scientific Reports

Sublethal Pb Exposure Produces Season-Dependent Effects on Immune Response, Oxidative Balance and Investment in Carotenoid-based Coloration in Red-Legged Partridges

(2015) Núria Vallverdú-Coll et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sources of variation in innate immunity in great tit nestlings living along a metal pollution gradient: An individual-based approach

(2015) Anke Vermeulen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Metal exposure influences the melanin and carotenoid-based colorations in great tits

(2015) M. Giraudeau et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2014) M. Chatelain et al.   Biology Letters

The persistent problem of lead poisoning in birds from ammunition and fishing tackle

(2014) Susan M. Haig et al.   CONDOR

Experimental manipulation of dietary lead levels in great tit nestlings: limited effects on growth, physiology and survival

(2014) Tapio Eeva et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Oxidative stress biomarkers in Eurasian eagle owls (Bubo bubo) in three different scenarios of heavy metal exposure

(2014) Silvia Espín et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effects of heavy metals on biomarkers for oxidative stress in Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

(2014) Silvia Espín et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

No delayed behavioral and phenotypic responses to experimental early-life lead exposure in great tits (Parus major)

(2014) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Developmental stress increases reproductive success in male zebra finches

(2014) O. L. Crino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mouse vocal communication system: Are ultrasounds learned or innate?

(2013) Gustavo Arriaga et al.   BRAIN AND LANGUAGE

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

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

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOESSAYS

Relationship between blood mercury levels and components of male song in Nelson’s sparrows (Ammodramus nelsoni)

(2012) Jennifer L. McKay et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Ornamental bill color rapidly signals changing condition

(2012) Malcolm F. Rosenthal et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Brain activation pattern depends on the strategy chosen by zebra finches to solve an orientation task

(2012) U. Mayer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lead mobilisation in the hyporheic zone and river bank sediments of a contaminated stream: contribution to diffuse pollution

(2012) Barbara Palumbo-Roe et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Bill Redness Is Positively Associated with Reproduction and Survival in Male and Female Zebra Finches

(2012) Mirre J. P. Simons et al.   PLoS One

What Does Carotenoid-Dependent Coloration Tell? Plasma Carotenoid Level Signals Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress State in Birds–A Meta-Analysis

(2012) Mirre J. P. Simons et al.   PLoS One

Indicators of development as sexually selected traits: the developmental stress hypothesis in context

(2011) K. A. Spencer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Zebra finch females prefer males with redder bills independent of song rate—a meta-analysis

(2011) Mirre J.P. Simons et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Metal pollution indirectly increases oxidative stress in great tit (Parus major) nestlings

(2011) Miia J. Koivula et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

When mothers make sons sexy: maternal effects contribute to the increased sexual attractiveness of extra-pair offspring

(2011) B. Tschirren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Birdsong Differs between Mercury-polluted and Reference Sites

(2010) Kelly K. Hallinger et al.   AUK

Cadmium accumulation, metallothionein and glutathione levels, and histopathological changes in the kidneys and liver of magpie (Pica pica) from a zinc smelter area

(2010) Tadeusz Włostowski et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Metal-related oxidative stress in birds

(2010) Miia J. Koivula et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Molecular Neurobiology of Lead (Pb2+): Effects on Synaptic Function

(2010) April P. Neal et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Recommending Calcium to Reduce Lead Toxicity in Children: A Critical Review

(2010) Carol Ballew et al.   NUTRITION REVIEWS

Altered pairing behaviour and reproductive success in white ibises exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of methylmercury

(2010) P. Frederick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Does anthropogenic metal pollution affect carotenoid colouration, antioxidative capacity and physiological condition of great tits (Parus major)?

(2009) Ann Geens et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Hippocampal lesions impair spatial memory performance, but not song-A developmental study of independent memory systems in the zebra finch

(2009) David J. Bailey et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Recovery of motor and cognitive function after cerebellar lesions in a songbird - role of estrogens

(2009) Rory D. Spence et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Lead Poisoning: Using Transdisciplinary Approaches to Solve an Ancient Problem

(2008) Mark A. Pokras et al.   EcoHealth

DEVELOPMENT OF A BRAIN NUCLEUS INVOLVED IN SONG PRODUCTION IN ZEBRA FINCHES (TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA) IS DISRUPTED BY AROCLOR 1248

(2008) Almira L. Hoogesteijn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Carotenoids are minor antioxidants for birds

(2008) D. Costantini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

AUDITORY EXPERIENCE AND SONG DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS

(2008) Fernando Nottebohm   IBIS

Melanin- and carotenoid-dependent signals of great tits (Parus major) relate differently to metal pollution

(2008) Tom Dauwe et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

An Intracellular Antioxidant Determines the Expression of a Melanin-Based Signal in a Bird

(2008) Ismael Galván et al.   PLoS One