Seasonal male plumage as a multi-component sexual signal: insights and opportunities

Increased conspicuousness can explain the match between visual sensitivities and blue plumage colours in fairy-wrens

(2012) K. Delhey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Radical loss of an extreme extra-pair mating system

(2012) Sjouke A Kingma et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Bill coloration, a flexible signal in a tropical passerine bird, is regulated by social environment and androgens

(2011) Jordan Karubian et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Delayed plumage maturation and delayed reproductive investment in birds

(2011) Gerard L. Hawkins et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Condition-dependent traits as signals of the functionality of vital cellular processes

(2011) Geoffrey E. Hill   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fluctuations in population composition dampen the impact of phenotypic plasticity on trait dynamics in superb fairy-wrens

(2011) Martijn van de Pol et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

No evidence for general condition-dependence of structural plumage colour in blue tits: an experiment

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

Strategic promiscuity helps avoid inbreeding at multiple levels in a cooperative breeder where both sexes are philopatric

(2011) LYANNE BROUWER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves)

(2011) Amy C. Driskell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Sperm Competition Selects for Sperm Quantity and Quality in the Australian Maluridae

(2011) Melissah Rowe et al.   PLoS One

Sexually Selected Male Plumage Color Is Testosterone Dependent in a Tropical Passerine Bird, the Red-Backed Fairy-Wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

(2011) Willow R. Lindsay et al.   PLoS One

Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration

(2011) A. Odeen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Species Tree for the Australo-Papuan Fairy-wrens and Allies (Aves: Maluridae)

(2011) June Y. Lee et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Plumage coloration, ejaculate quality and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren

(2010) Melissah Rowe et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Offspring sex ratios reflect lack of repayment by auxiliary males in a cooperatively breeding passerine

(2010) Claire W. Varian-Ramos et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

THE LANDE-KIRKPATRICK MECHANISM IS THE NULL MODEL OF EVOLUTION BY INTERSEXUAL SELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEANING, HONESTY, AND DESIGN IN INTERSEXUAL SIGNALS

(2010) Richard O. Prum   EVOLUTION

The evolution of black plumage from blue in Australian fairy-wrens (Maluridae): genetic and structural evidence

(2010) Amy C. Driskell et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Plumage colour acquisition and behaviour are associated with androgens in a phenotypically plastic tropical bird

(2009) Willow R. Lindsay et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn

(2009) Andrew Cockburn et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

High levels of extra-pair paternity in Superb Fairy-wrens in South Australia despite low frequency of auxiliary males

(2009) Diane Colombelli-Négrel et al.   EMU

Video nest monitoring reveals male coloration-dependant nest predation and sex differences in prey size delivery in a bird under high sexual selection

(2009) Diane Colombelli-Négrel et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

The relative importance of male tail length and nuptial plumage on social dominance and mate choice in the red-backed fairy-wrenMalurus melanocephalus: evidence for the multiple receiver hypothesis

(2009) Jordan Karubian et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Sexual selection and condition-dependence

(2009) R. A. JOHNSTONE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dynamics of multiple signalling systems: animal communication in a world in flux

(2009) Jakob Bro-Jørgensen   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens

(2008) Jordan Karubian et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Plumage color and reproduction in the red-backed fairy-wren: Why be a dull breeder?

(2008) M. S. Webster et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Do male paternity guards ensure female fidelity in a duetting fairy-wren?

(2008) Michelle L. Hall et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A butterfly eye's view of birds

(2008) Francesca D. Frentiu et al.   BIOESSAYS

CAROTENOIDS IN THE SEMINAL FLUID OF WILD BIRDS: INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION IN FAIRY-WRENS

(2008) MELISSAH ROWE et al.   CONDOR

Splendid songs: the vocal behaviour of Splendid Fairy-wrens (Malurus splendens melanotus)

(2008) Emma Greig et al.   EMU

Condition-dependence of multiple carotenoid-based plumage traits: an experimental study

(2008) Anne Peters et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Can we measure the benefits of help in cooperatively breeding birds: the case of superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus?

(2008) Andrew Cockburn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Demography of male reproductive queues in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus

(2008) Andrew Cockburn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Changes in breeding status are associated with rapid bill darkening in male red-backed fairy-wrens Malurus melanocephalus

(2008) Jordan Karubian   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Quantifying Variability of Avian Colours: Are Signalling Traits More Variable?

(2008) Kaspar Delhey et al.   PLoS One

Swingin' in the rain: condition dependence and sexual selection in a capricious world

(2008) A. Cockburn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A review of the evolution of animal colour vision and visual communication signals

(2008) D. Osorio et al.   VISION RESEARCH