Developmental immune history affects adult immune function but not carotenoid-based ornamentation in mallard ducks

Indicators of development as sexually selected traits: the developmental stress hypothesis in context

(2011) K. A. Spencer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Relationships between dietary carotenoids, body tissue carotenoids, parasite burden, and health state in wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings

(2010) Michael W. Butler et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

How many color metrics do we need? Evaluating how different color-scoring procedures explain carotenoid pigment content in avian bare-part and plumage ornaments

(2010) Michael W. Butler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Role of male spatial distribution and condition-dependent colouration on female spawning behaviour and reproductive success in bluegills

(2010) Karen Cogliati et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Astaxanthin addition improves human neutrophils function: in vitro study

(2010) Rita C. Macedo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Do maternally derived antibodies and early immune experience shape the adult immune response?

(2010) BriAnne Addison et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Functional analysis of the skin-swelling response to phytohaemagglutinin

(2010) Michal Vinkler et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fitness consequences of immune responses: strengthening the empirical framework for ecoimmunology

(2010) Andrea L. Graham et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Lutein exposure, in ovo or in the diet, reduces parameters of inflammation in the liver and spleen laying-type chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)

(2010) L. S. Meriwether et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Effects of immune supplementation and immune challenge on oxidative status and physiology in a model bird: implications for ecologists

(2010) J. van de Crommenacker et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The metabolic cost of fever in Pekin ducks

(2010) Manette Marais et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary bet-hedging in the real world: empirical evidence and challenges revealed by plants

(2010) D. Z. Childs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimization of Resource Allocation Can Explain the Temporal Dynamics and Honesty of Sexual Signals

(2009) Jan Lindström et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Ambient Temperature, but Not Paternity, Is Associated with Immune Response in Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)

(2009) Michael W. Butler et al.   AUK

Indoor housing during development affects moult, carotenoid circulation and beak colouration of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

(2009) Michael W. Butler et al.   Avian Biology Research

Nitric oxide production: an easily measurable condition index for vertebrates

(2009) Elin Sild et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Neonatal exposure to estradiol induces resistance to helminth infection and changes in the expression of sex steroid hormone receptors in the brain and spleen in adult mice of both sexes

(2009) Carolina Guzmán et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Carotenoids provide the major antioxidant defence in the globally significant N2-fixing marine cyanobacteriumTrichodesmium

(2009) Dovi Kelman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Postnatal programming of the innate immune response

(2009) M. A. Galic et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Is the peacock’s train an honest signal of genetic quality at the major histocompatibility complex?

(2009) M. L. HALE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

Hormonal Correlates and Thermoregulatory Consequences of Molting on Metabolic Rate in a Northerly Wintering Shorebird

(2009) François Vézina et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Carotenoid Accumulation in the Tissues of Zebra Finches: Predictors of Integumentary Pigmentation and Implications for Carotenoid Allocation Strategies

(2009) Kevin J. McGraw et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Does influenza A affect body condition of wild mallard ducks, or vice versa? A reply to Flint and Franson

(2009) N. Latorre-Margalef et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Avian colour vision: Effects of variation in receptor sensitivity and noise data on model predictions as compared to behavioural results

(2009) Olle Lind et al.   VISION RESEARCH

Sex‐Specific Variability in the Immune System across Life‐History Stages

(2008) Oliver P. Love et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Horns honestly advertise parasite infection in male and female African buffalo

(2008) Vanessa O. Ezenwa et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The presence of females modulates the expression of a carotenoid-based sexual signal

(2008) Patrick Gautier et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A quantitative comparison of the commonly used methods for extracting carotenoids from avian plasma

(2008) Kevin J. McGraw et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Maternal effects on offspring Igs and egg size in relation to natural and experimentally improved food supply

(2008) P. Karell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Proximate and ultimate mechanisms underlying immunosuppression during the incubation fast in female eiders: Roles of triiodothyronine and corticosterone

(2008) Sophie Bourgeon et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Maternal effects and β-carotene assimilation in Canary chicks

(2008) Aurélie Tanvez et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Developmental plasticity of mating calls enables acoustic communication in diverse environments

(2008) O. M Beckers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES