Maternal effects as drivers of sibling competition in a parent-offspring conflict context? An experimental test

Identifying the selective pressures underlying offspring sex-ratio adjustments: a case study in a wild seabird

(2015) Thomas Merkling et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Context-dependent effects of yolk androgens on nestling growth and immune function in a multibrooded passerine

(2015) J. Muriel et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Carry-over effects of food supplementation on recruitment and breeding performance of long-lived seabirds

(2015) Simone Vincenzi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Differential effects of vitamins E and C and carotenoids on growth, resistance to oxidative stress, fledging success and plumage colouration in wild great tits

(2014) V. Marri et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Yolk carotenoids increase fledging success in great tit nestlings

(2014) Viviana Marri et al.   OECOLOGIA

Testosterone increases siblicidal aggression in black-legged kittiwake chicks (Rissa tridactyla)

(2013) Martina S. Müller et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Is natural hatching asynchrony optimal? An experimental investigation of sibling competition patterns in a facultatively siblicidal seabird

(2013) Thomas Merkling et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Effects of Food Availability on Yolk Androgen Deposition in the Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), a Seabird with Facultative Brood Reduction

(2013) Z M. Benowitz-Fredericks et al.   PLoS One

Food availability affects onset of reproduction in a long-lived seabird

(2013) S. Vincenzi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Within-Clutch Variation in Yolk Testosterone as an Adaptive Maternal Effect to Modulate Avian Sibling Competition: Evidence from a Comparative Study

(2012) Martina Muller et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Food availability and offspring sex in a monogamous seabird: insights from an experimental approach

(2012) T. Merkling et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Long-term effects of yolk androgens on phenotype and parental feeding behavior in a wild passerine

(2012) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Food conditions affect yolk testosterone deposition but not incubation attendance

(2012) Jonas Vergauwen et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex-specific deposition and survival effects of maternal antibodies: a case study with the gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica

(2012) José M. Abad-Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Kittiwake diets and chick production signal a 2008 regime shift in the Northeast Pacific

(2012) SA Hatch   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Maternal Androgens Increase Sibling Aggression, Dominance, and Competitive Ability in the Siblicidal Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

(2012) Martina S. Müller et al.   PLoS One

Sibling rivalry: training effects, emergence of dominance and incomplete control

(2012) S. Benhaiem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behavioral and physiological responses to male handicap in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes

(2011) Sarah Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

(2011) C. E. GRUEBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sustained increase in food supplies reduces broodmate aggression in black-legged kittiwakes

(2010) Joël White et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

On the oxidative cost of begging: antioxidants enhance vocalizations in gull chicks

(2010) José C. Noguera et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Hatching Asynchrony and Growth Trade-Offs Within Barn Swallow Broods

(2009) Mark C. Mainwaring et al.   CONDOR

Yolk androgens and the development of avian immunity: an experiment in jackdaws (Corvus monedula)

(2009) M. I. Sandell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

What are maternal effects (and what are they not)?

(2009) J. B Wolf et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The Significance of Clutch-size

(2008) David Lack   IBIS

Maternal allocation strategies and differential effects of yolk carotenoids on the phenotype and viability of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks in relation to sex and laying order

(2008) M. ROMANO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex-specific effects of prenatal testosterone on nestling plasma antioxidant capacity in the zebra finch

(2008) M. Tobler et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Pre-laying nutrition mediates maternal effects on offspring immune capacity and growth in the pied flycatcher

(2008) Juan Moreno et al.   OECOLOGIA

Maternal transfer of antibodies in vertebrates: trans-generational effects on offspring immunity

(2008) D. Hasselquist et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Developmental plasticity and the evolution of parental effects

(2008) T ULLER   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?

(2007) Ton. G.G Groothuis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES