An age‐related decline in the expression of a red carotenoid‐based ornament in wild birds

Strong evidence supporting a relationship between colour pattern and apparent survival in common crossbills

(2021) Blanca Fernández-Eslava et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Full spectra coloration and condition-dependent signaling in a skin-based carotenoid sexual ornament

(2020) Sarah Harris et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Age-related increase in mitochondrial quantity may mitigate a decline in mitochondrial quality in red blood cells from zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2020) N.J. Dawson et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Genomic and plumage variation in Vermivora hybrids

(2020) Marcella D Baiz et al.   AUK

Testing the shared‐pathway hypothesis in the carotenoid‐based coloration of red crossbills

(2020) Alejandro Cantarero et al.   EVOLUTION

Intergenerational Transfer of Ageing: Parental Age and Offspring Lifespan

(2020) Pat Monaghan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Late‐life reproduction in an insect: terminal investment, reproductive restraint or senescence

(2020) Charly Jehan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Sexual selection and ageing: interplay between pre- and post-copulatory traits senescence in the guppy

(2019) Clelia Gasparini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plumage redness signals mitochondrial function in the house finch

(2019) Geoffrey E. Hill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Age-associated changes of cytochrome P450 and related phase-2 gene/proteins in livers of rats

(2019) Shang-Fu Xu et al.   PeerJ

The Handicap Principle: how an erroneous hypothesis became a scientific principle

(2019) Dustin J. Penn et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Beak morphology predicts apparent survival of crossbills: due to selective survival or selective dispersal?

(2019) David Gómez Blanco et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Estimation of moult duration in birds with suspended moults: the case of the Red Crossbill and its relation to reproduction

(2019) Blanca Fernández-Eslava et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

No evidence that carotenoid pigments boost either immune or antioxidant defenses in a songbird

(2018) Rebecca E. Koch et al.   Nature Communications

Carotenoid metabolism strengthens the link between feather coloration and individual quality

(2018) Ryan J. Weaver et al.   Nature Communications

Age and infection history are revealed by different ornaments in a warbler

(2018) Corey R. Freeman-Gallant et al.   OECOLOGIA

Age-dependent trajectories differ between within-pair and extra-pair paternity success

(2017) Y.-H. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The effect of growth rate and ageing on colour variation of European pond turtles

(2017) Alejandro Ibáñez et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

What maintains signal honesty in animal colour displays used in mate choice?

(2017) Ryan J. Weaver et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sexual signals reflect telomere dynamics in a wild bird

(2017) Conor Claverie Taff et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The effect of growth rate and ageing on colour variation of European pond turtles

(2017) Alejandro Ibáñez et al.   Science of Nature

Ageing and the cost of maintaining coloration in the Australian painted dragon

(2016) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   Biology Letters

Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds

(2016) Ricardo J. Lopes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

Stabilizing survival selection on presenescent expression of a sexual ornament followed by a terminal decline

(2016) M. J. P. Simons et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Mitochondrial Basis of Aging

(2016) Nuo Sun et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Specific carotenoid pigments in the diet and a bit of oxidative stress in the recipe for producing red carotenoid-based signals

(2016) Esther García-de Blas et al.   PeerJ

Life-History Differences in Age-Dependent Expressions of Multiple Ornaments and Behaviors in a Lekking Bird

(2015) Matti Kervinen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Taxonomy of true finches (Fringillidae, Passeriformes): A review of problems

(2015) V. A. Payevsky   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

A benign juvenile environment reduces the strength of antagonistic pleiotropy and genetic variation in the rate of senescence

(2015) Sin-Yeon Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Early-late life trade-offs and the evolution of ageing in the wild

(2015) J.-F. Lemaitre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Age-dependent relationships between multiple sexual pigments and condition in males and females

(2014) Andrea S. Grunst et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Animal signals

(2013) Mark E. Laidre et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology

(2012) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

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

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

Is carotenoid ornamentation linked to the inner mitochondria membrane potential? A hypothesis for the maintenance of signal honesty

(2012) James D. Johnson et al.   BIOCHIMIE

A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF AGEING (DNA DAMAGE) IS REFLECTED IN FADING BREEDING COLORS: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST USING INNATE ANTIOXIDANT MIMETICS IN PAINTED DRAGON LIZARDS

(2012) Mats Olsson et al.   EVOLUTION

Constraint and cost of oxidative stress on reproduction: correlative evidence in laboratory mice and review of the literature

(2012) Antoine Stier et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Pigments versus structure: examining the mechanism of age-dependent change in a carotenoid-based colour

(2012) Simon R. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Quantifying individual variation in behaviour: mixed-effect modelling approaches

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

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

A Mechanism of Extreme Growth and Reliable Signaling in Sexually Selected Ornaments and Weapons

(2012) D. J. Emlen et al.   SCIENCE

Condition-dependent traits as signals of the functionality of vital cellular processes

(2011) Geoffrey E. Hill   ECOLOGY LETTERS

DIVERGENT PATTERNS OF AGE-DEPENDENCE IN ORNAMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER

(2011) Simon R. Evans et al.   EVOLUTION

Age-related changes in hepatic expression and activity of cytochrome P450 in male rats

(2010) Kang Uk Yun et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Seasonal Changes in Colour: A Comparison of Structural, Melanin- and Carotenoid-Based Plumage Colours

(2010) Kaspar Delhey et al.   PLoS One

Optimization of Resource Allocation Can Explain the Temporal Dynamics and Honesty of Sexual Signals

(2009) Jan Lindström et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Hepatic conversion of red carotenoids in passerine birds

(2009) Esther del Val et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The liver but not the skin is the site for conversion of a red carotenoid in a passerine bird

(2009) Esther del Val et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Testosterone-mediated trade-offs in the old age: a new approach to the immunocompetence handicap and carotenoid-based sexual signalling

(2009) C. Alonso-Alvarez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Deterioration, death and the evolution of reproductive restraint in late life

(2009) J. M. McNamara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A simple method for distinguishing within- versus between-subject effects using mixed models

(2008) Martijn van de Pol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum

(2008) Owen R. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Measuring senescence in wild animal populations: towards a longitudinal approach

(2008) D. H. Nussey et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The oxidation handicap hypothesis and the carotenoid allocation trade-off

(2008) C. ALONSO-ALVAREZ et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY