Reduced sexual dichromatism, mutual ornamentation, and individual quality in the monogamous Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita

Multiple sexual ornaments signal heterozygosity in male blue tits

(2015) Esperanza S. Ferrer et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

(2015) Alexandre Roulin   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Condition-dependent expression of carotenoid- and melanin-based plumage colour of northern flicker nestlings revealed by manipulation of brood size

(2015) Annessa B. Musgrove et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Sex-linked inheritance, genetic correlations and sexual dimorphism in three melanin-based colour traits in the barn owl

(2015) A. Roulin et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Different ornaments signal male health and MHC variation in two populations of a warbler

(2015) Linda A. Whittingham et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Adult survival selection in relation to multilocus heterozygosity and body size in a tropical bird species, the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita

(2015) Frank Cézilly et al.   OECOLOGIA

Viability selection affects black but not yellow plumage colour in greenfinches

(2015) Peeter Hõrak et al.   OECOLOGIA

Feather bacterial load affects plumage condition, iridescent color, and investment in preening in pigeons

(2014) S. Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Pairing patterns in relation to body size, genetic similarity and multilocus heterozygosity in a tropical monogamous bird species

(2014) Aurélie Quinard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Melanin-Based Color of Plumage: Role of Condition and of Feathers' Microstructure

(2014) L. D'Alba et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Inter-annual variation in American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) plumage colour is associated with rainfall and temperature during moult: an 11-year study

(2014) Matthew W. Reudink et al.   OECOLOGIA

Pathways to elaboration of sexual dimorphism in bird plumage patterns

(2013) Thanh-Lan Gluckman   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The phylogenetic distribution of ultraviolet sensitivity in birds

(2013) Anders Ödeen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Revisiting the condition-dependence of melanin-based plumage

(2013) Sarah Guindre-Parker et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Pheomelanin-Based Plumage Coloration Predicts Survival Rates in Birds

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

Condition and brightness of structural blue-green: motmot tail-racket brightness is related to speed of feather growth in males, but not in females

(2012) TROY G. MURPHY et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

What do we really know about the signalling role of plumage colour in blue tits? A case study of impediments to progress in evolutionary biology

(2012) Timothy H. Parker   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

MHC VARIATION IS RELATED TO A SEXUALLY SELECTED ORNAMENT, SURVIVAL, AND PARASITE RESISTANCE IN COMMON YELLOWTHROATS

(2012) Peter O. Dunn et al.   EVOLUTION

Dietary protein level affects iridescent coloration in Anna's hummingbirds, Calypte anna

(2012) M. G. Meadows et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Iridescence: a functional perspective

(2012) S. M Doucet et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Condition-dependent expression of melanin-based coloration in the Eurasian kestrel

(2012) Romain Piault et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Sex roles during conspecific territorial defence in the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita

(2011) Aurélie Quinard et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Territoriality Versus Flocking in the Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita): Resource Polymorphism Revisited Using Morphological and Genetic Analyses

(2011) Karine Monceau et al.   AUK

Sexing Birds Using Discriminant Function Analysis: A Critical Appraisal

(2011) François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont et al.   AUK

The effects of preen oils and soiling on the UV–visible reflectance of carotenoid-pigmented feathers

(2011) Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Quantifying iridescent coloration in animals: a method for improving repeatability

(2011) Melissa G. Meadows et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Vigilance and food intake rate in paired and solitary Zenaida DovesZenaida aurita

(2011) FRANK CEZILLY et al.   IBIS

Achieving luster: prenuptial molt pattern predicts iridescent structural coloration in Blue-black Grassquits

(2011) Rafael Maia et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Decreased hydrophobicity of iridescent feathers: a potential cost of shiny plumage

(2011) C. M. Eliason et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Inbreeding depression of sexually selected traits and attractiveness in the zebra finch

(2010) Elisabeth Bolund et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female mate choice based upon male motor performance

(2010) John Byers et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis

(2010) Joël Meunier et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Condition dependence of iridescent wing flash-marks in two species of dabbling ducks

(2010) Pierre Legagneux et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

(2010) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The contribution of structural-, psittacofulvin- and melanin-based colouration to sexual dichromatism in Australasian parrots

(2010) A. J. TAYSOM et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Carotenoid-based status signaling by females in the tropical streak-backed oriole

(2009) Troy G. Murphy et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Porphyrins and pheomelanins contribute to the reddish juvenal plumage of black-shouldered kites

(2009) Juan J. Negro et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Twenty-three polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Caribbean endemic Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita, and its conservation in related Zenaida species

(2009) Karine Monceau et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Do museum specimens accurately represent wild birds? A case study of carotenoid, melanin, and structural colours in long-tailed manakins Chiroxiphia linearis

(2009) Stéphanie M. Doucet et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

Heterozygosity-based assortative mating in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): implications for the evolution of mate choice

(2009) V. Garcia-Navas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The importance of white on black: unmelanized plumage proportion predicts display complexity in birds

(2008) Ismael Galván   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: a comparative study

(2008) Veronika Bókony et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

EVOLUTION OF MATE CHOICE FOR GENOME-WIDE HETEROZYGOSITY

(2008) Lutz Fromhage et al.   EVOLUTION

Condition-dependence of multiple carotenoid-based plumage traits: an experimental study

(2008) Anne Peters et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

An update on the honesty of melanin-based color signals in birds

(2008) Kevin J. McGraw   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research