Social huddling and physiological thermoregulation are related to melanism in the nocturnal barn owl

Gloger's rule in North American Barn Owls

(2015) Alexandre Roulin et al.   AUK

Signalling value of maternal and paternal melanism in the barn owl: implication for the resolution of the lek paradox

(2015) Bettina Almasi et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Sex-linked inheritance, genetic correlations and sexual dimorphism in three melanin-based colour traits in the barn owl

(2015) A. Roulin et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Thermoregulation and microhabitat choice in the polymorphic asp viper ( Vipera aspis )

(2015) Daniele Muri et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Foster, but not genetic, father plumage coloration has a temperature-dependent effect on offspring quality

(2014) P. E. Järvistö et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Biphasic Effect of Melanocortin Agonists on Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature

(2014) Beth Lute et al.   Cell Metabolism

Barn owls do not interrupt their siblings

(2013) Amélie N. Dreiss et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

Corticosterone shifts reproductive behaviour towards self-maintenance in the barn owl and is linked to melanin-based coloration in females

(2013) Bettina Almasi et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Fluctuating selection and immigration as determinants of the phenotypic composition of a population

(2013) Päivi M. Sirkiä et al.   OECOLOGIA

The colours of extant mammals

(2013) Tim Caro   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dominant nestlings displaying female-like melanin coloration behave altruistically in the barn owl

(2012) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Spatial Proximity between Newborns Influences the Development of Social Relationships in Bats

(2012) Leonardo Ancillotto et al.   ETHOLOGY

Heritability of rectal temperature and genetic correlations with production and reproduction traits in dairy cattle

(2012) S. Dikmen et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

The effect of siblings on early development: A potential contributor to personality differences in mammals

(2011) Robyn Hudson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: A role for the melanocortin system

(2011) Alexandre Roulin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Matching habitat choice by experimentally mismatched phenotypes

(2011) Einat Karpestam et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration

(2011) A. N. DREISS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Possible contribution of position in the litter huddle to long-term differences in behavioral style in the domestic rabbit

(2011) Veronica Reyes-Meza et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird

(2011) Patrik Karell et al.   Nature Communications

Age-related change in melanin-based coloration of Barn owls (Tyto alba): females that become more female-like and males that become more male-like perform better

(2010) AMELIE N. DREISS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

(2010) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Is there an energetic-based trade-off between thermoregulation and the acute phase response in zebra finches?

(2010) G. Burness et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Darker eumelanic barn owls better withstand food depletion through resistance to food deprivation and lower appetite

(2010) Amélie Dreiss et al.   OECOLOGIA

Global changes and animal phenotypic responses: melanin-based plumage redness of scops owls increased with temperature and rainfall during the last century

(2009) P. Galeotti et al.   Biology Letters

Melanin-based skin spots reflect stress responsiveness in salmonid fish

(2009) S. Kittilsen et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Correlated changes in thermotolerance traits and body color phenotypes in montane populations ofDrosophila melanogaster: analysis of within- and between-population variations

(2009) R. Parkash et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer "cold-blooded" animals against climate warming

(2009) M. Kearney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Body temperature, thermoregulatory behaviour and pelt characteristics of three colour morphs of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)

(2008) Robyn S. Hetem et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis: a macrophysiological approach

(2008) S. Clusella-Trullas et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Selection on a eumelanic ornament is stronger in the tropics than in temperate zones in the worldwide-distributed barn owl

(2008) A. ROULIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2007) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR