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

Melanin plumage ornaments in both sexes of Northern Flicker are associated with body condition and predict reproductive output independent of age

(2015) Karen L. Wiebe et al.   AUK

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

(2015) Alexandre Roulin   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Northern Flickers increase provisioning rates to raise more but poorer quality offspring when given experimentally enlarged broods

(2014) Annessa B Musgrove et al.   AUK

Revisiting the condition-dependence of melanin-based plumage

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

Lack of diet segregation during breeding by male and female Northern Flickers foraging on ants

(2013) Elizabeth A. Gow et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Genetics of colouration in birds

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phenotypic variation in nestlings of a bird of prey under contrasting breeding and diet conditions

(2012) Audrey Sternalski et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

(2012) Romain Piault et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Dissecting Carotenoid from Structural Components of Carotenoid‐Based Coloration: A Field Experiment with Great Tits (Parus major)

(2010) Alain Jacot et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Dynamics of PHA-induced immune response and plasma carotenoids in birds: should we have a closer look?

(2009) C. Biard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Carotenoid maintenance handicap and the physiology of carotenoid-based signalisation of health

(2009) Michal Vinkler et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The social and genetic mating system in flickers linked to partially reversed sex roles

(2008) Karen L. Wiebe et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Multiple ways to become red: Pigment identification in red feathers using spectrometry

(2008) G.M. Toral et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls

(2008) Bettina Almasi et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Effects of Experimental Brood Size Manipulation and Gender on Carotenoid Levels of Eurasian Kestrels Falco tinnunculus

(2008) Toni Laaksonen et al.   PLoS One

Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration

(2007) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR