Population differences in the structure and coloration of great tit contour feathers

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

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

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

Chronic coccidian infestation compromises flight feather quality in house sparrowsPasser domesticus

(2013) Péter L. Pap et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Population dynamics of an expanding passerine at the distribution margin

(2012) Juhani Karvonen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Haste Makes Waste but Condition Matters: Molt Rate–Feather Quality Trade-Off in a Sedentary Songbird

(2012) Csongor I. Vágási et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Inexplicable Inefficiency of Avian Molt? Insights from an Opportunistically Breeding Arid-Zone Species, Lichenostomus penicillatus

(2011) Bethany J. Hoye et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Juli Broggi et al.   PLoS One

Age, sex and beauty: methodological dependence of age- and sex-dichromatism in the great tit Parus major

(2010) SIMON R. EVANS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Experimental test of a trade-off between moult and immune response in house sparrows Passer domesticus

(2010) G. MORENO-RUEDA   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

(2010) Tapio Eeva et al.   OECOLOGIA

Haste Makes Waste: Accelerated Molt Adversely Affects the Expression of Melanin-Based and Depigmented Plumage Ornaments in House Sparrows

(2010) Csongor I. Vágási et al.   PLoS One

Dark Color of the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens) May Be an Evolutionary Response to Occurrence and Abundance of Salt-tolerant Feather-degrading Bacilli in Its Plumage

(2009) Ashley M. Peele et al.   AUK

Carotenoids in evolutionary ecology: re-evaluating the antioxidant role

(2009) Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez   BIOESSAYS

Migratory behaviour affects the trade-off between feather growth rate and feather quality in a passerine bird

(2009) IVÁN DE LA HERA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A future with feather-degrading bacteria

(2009) Edward H. Burtt   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Moult speed affects structural feather ornaments in the blue tit

(2009) M. GRIGGIO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Effects of Small Increases in Corticosterone Levels on Morphology, Immune Function, and Feather Development

(2009) Michael W. Butler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Two pieces of information in a single trait? The yellow breast of the great tit (Parus major) reflects both pigment acquisition and body condition

(2008) Senar et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Sex and age differences in reflectance and biochemistry of carotenoid-based colour variation in the great tit Parus major

(2008) CAROLINE ISAKSSON et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

The effects of chronic psychological and physical stress on feather replacement in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

(2007) David E. Strochlic et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Control of the annual cycle in birds: endocrine constraints and plasticity in response to ecological variability

(2007) A. Dawson   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES