Plumage ornaments and reproductive investment in relation to oxidative status in the Iberian Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca iberiae)

Female-female competition is influenced by forehead patch expression in pied flycatcher females

(2014) J. Morales et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Experimental pyrethroid treatment underestimates the effects of ectoparasites in cavity-nesting birds due to toxicity

(2014) Jimena López-Arrabé et al.   IBIS

Oxidative stress as a cost of reproduction: Beyond the simplistic trade-off model

(2013) John R. Speakman et al.   BIOESSAYS

Females Paired with More Attractive Males Show Reduced Oxidative Damage: Possible Direct Benefits of Mate Choice in Pied Flycatchers

(2013) Juan Moreno et al.   ETHOLOGY

Forehead Patch Size Predicts the Outcome of Male-Male Competition in the Pied Flycatcher

(2013) Pauliina E. Järvistö et al.   ETHOLOGY

Behavioural responses to ectoparasites in pied flycatchersFicedula hypoleuca: an experimental study

(2013) Alejandro Cantarero et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Lifetime fitness and age-related female ornament signalling: evidence for survival and fecundity selection in the pied flycatcher

(2013) J. Potti et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Does reproduction cause oxidative stress? An open question

(2013) Neil B. Metcalfe et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Oxidative damage in relation to a female plumage badge: evidence for signalling costs

(2012) Juan Moreno et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Multiple achromatic plumage ornaments signal to multiple receivers

(2012) Sarah Guindre-Parker et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

An automated system to control and manipulate the flight activity of captive birds

(2012) David Costantini et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Bacterial degradability of an intrafeather unmelanized ornament: a role for feather-degrading bacteria in sexual selection?

(2012) RAFAEL RUIZ-DE-CASTAÑEDA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Constraint and cost of oxidative stress on reproduction: correlative evidence in laboratory mice and review of the literature

(2012) Antoine Stier et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

The proteomics of feather development in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) with different plumage coloration

(2012) Paula K. Leskinen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Coccidian Infection Causes Oxidative Damage in Greenfinches

(2012) Tuul Sepp et al.   PLoS One

What Does Carotenoid-Dependent Coloration Tell? Plasma Carotenoid Level Signals Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress State in Birds–A Meta-Analysis

(2012) Mirre J. P. Simons et al.   PLoS One

Oxidative damage, ageing, and life-history evolution: where now?

(2012) Colin Selman et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plasma Antioxidant Capacity and Oxidative Damage in Relation to Male Plumage Ornamental Traits in a Montane Iberian Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPopulation

(2011) Juan Moreno et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Female–female aggressiveness is influenced by female coloration in blue tits

(2011) Afiwa Midamegbe et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Intrasexual competition in females: evidence for sexual selection?

(2011) Kimberly A. Rosvall   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Spatial variation in the temporal change of male and female melanic ornamentation in the barn owl

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

Energy expenditure during egg laying is equal for early and late breeding free-living female great tits

(2011) Luc te Marvelde et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases

(2010) Marcel M. Lambrechts et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Colourful parrot feathers resist bacterial degradation

(2010) E. H. Burtt et al.   Biology Letters

Oxidative stress as a life-history constraint: the role of reactive oxygen species in shaping phenotypes from conception to death

(2010) Neil B. Metcalfe et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Arrival date and territorial behavior are associated with corticosterone metabolite levels in a migratory bird

(2010) Elisa Lobato et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Oxidative damage and plasma antioxidant capacity in relation to body size, age, male sexual traits and female reproductive performance in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

(2010) Gábor Markó et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Melanin coloration has temperature-dependent effects on breeding performance that may maintain phenotypic variation in a passerine bird

(2010) P. M. SIRKIÄ et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Nutritional correlates and mate acquisition role of multiple sexual traits in male collared flycatchers

(2010) Gergely Hegyi et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

On the measurement of circulating antioxidant capacity and the nightmare of uric acid

(2010) David Costantini   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Carotenoids in evolutionary ecology: re-evaluating the antioxidant role

(2009) Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez   BIOESSAYS

Does high antioxidant capacity indicate low oxidative stress?

(2009) David Costantini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variation in effects of male plumage ornaments: the case of Iberian Pied Flycatchers

(2009) ISMAEL GALVÁN et al.   IBIS

Honest sexual signalling mediated by parasite and testosterone effects on oxidative balance

(2009) F. Mougeot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reactive oxygen species as universal constraints in life-history evolution

(2009) D. K. Dowling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pigment allocation to eggs decreases plasma antioxidants in a songbird

(2008) Judith Morales et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Oxidative stress as a mediator of life history trade-offs: mechanisms, measurements and interpretation

(2008) Pat Monaghan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Cell-mediated immune activation rapidly decreases plasma carotenoids but does not affect oxidative stress in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)

(2008) L. Perez-Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Long flights and age affect oxidative status of homing pigeons (Columba livia)

(2008) D. Costantini et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

An Intracellular Antioxidant Determines the Expression of a Melanin-Based Signal in a Bird

(2008) Ismael Galván et al.   PLoS One

The timing of birds' breeding seasons: a review of experiments that manipulated timing of breeding

(2007) S. Verhulst et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES