Feather melanin and microstructure variation in dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis across an elevational gradient in the Selkirk Mountains

The intensity of male-male interactions declines in highland songbird populations

(2015) Giulia Bastianelli et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2015) Alexandre Roulin   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Interspecific variation in the structural properties of flight feathers in birds indicates adaptation to flight requirements and habitat

(2015) Péter L. Pap et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Is the denser contour feather structure in pale grey than in pheomelanic brown tawny owls Strix aluco an adaptation to cold environments?

(2015) Katja Koskenpato 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

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

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

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

Evolutionary and biomedical consequences of internal melanins

(2014) Sylvain Dubey et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Climate-Driven Variation in the Intensity of a Host-Symbiont Animal Interaction along a Broad Elevation Gradient

(2014) Leandro Meléndez et al.   PLoS One

Sexually dimorphic melanin-based colour polymorphism, feather melanin content, and wing feather structure in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Melanism, body condition and elevational distribution in the asp viper

(2013) B. Castella et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Pheomelanin-Based Plumage Coloration Predicts Survival Rates in Birds

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

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Feather microstructure predicts size and colour intensity of a melanin-based plumage signal

(2011) Ismael Galván   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Testicular melanization has evolved in birds with high mtDNA mutation rates

(2011) I. GALVÁN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Eumelanin- and pheomelanin-based colour advertise resistance to oxidative stress in opposite ways

(2011) A. ROULIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

(2011) I. GALVÁN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Interpopulation Variation in Contour Feather Structure Is Environmentally Determined in Great Tits

(2011) Juli Broggi et al.   PLoS One

Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird

(2011) Patrik Karell et al.   Nature Communications

Variable reproductive effort for two ptarmigan species in response to spring weather in a northern alpine ecosystem

(2010) Scott Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

(2010) Ismael Galván et al.   OECOLOGIA

Pheomelanin‐Based Coloration and the Ability to Cope with Variation in Food Supply and Parasitism

(2009) Romain Piault et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New World Buntings

(2008) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Breeding in high-elevation habitat results in shift to slower life-history strategy within a single species

(2008) H. Bears et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Comparative morphology of dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis breeding at two elevations: a common aviary experiment

(2008) Heather Bears et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Quantifying structural variation in contour feathers to address functional variation and life history trade-offs

(2008) Luke K. Butler et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: is it really so black and white?

(2008) Alex R. Gunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Ecological gradient of sexual selection: elevation and song elaboration in finches

(2008) Emilie C. Snell-Rood et al.   OECOLOGIA

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function

(2007) Antoni Margalida et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY