Genetic basis and fitness correlates of dynamic carotenoid-based ornamental coloration in male and female common kestrelsFalco tinnunculus

Attractive males have faster sperm in three-spined sticklebacksGasterosteus aculeatus

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Contrasting patterns of selection on the size and coloration of a female plumage ornament in common yellowthroats

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Color expression in experimentally regrown feathers of an overwintering migratory bird: implications for signaling and seasonal interactions

(2014) Christopher M. Tonra et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Multivariate heredity of melanin-based coloration, body mass and immunity

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Feather Corticosterone Levels and Carotenoid-Based Coloration in Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Nestlings

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Carotenoids and Skin Coloration in a Social Raptor

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Genetics of colouration in birds

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Parasitized Mates Increase Infection Risk for Partners

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Female ornaments revisited - are they correlated with offspring quality?

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Testosterone treatment can increase circulating carotenoids but does not affect yellow carotenoid-based plumage colour in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

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Stabilizing sexual selection for female ornaments in a dance fly

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The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition

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Bill Redness Is Positively Associated with Reproduction and Survival in Male and Female Zebra Finches

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Quantitative Genetics of a Carotenoid-Based Color: Heritability and Persistent Natal Environmental Effects in the Great Tit

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Multiple coloured ornaments in male common kestrels: different mechanisms to convey quality

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Speeding Up Microevolution: The Effects of Increasing Temperature on Selection and Genetic Variance in a Wild Bird Population

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

(2010) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sperm of colourful males are better protected against oxidative stress

(2010) Fabrice Helfenstein et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Heritability and genetic correlation between the sexes in a songbird sexual ornament

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Physiological stress links parasites to carotenoid-based colour signals

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Testing the interactive effects of testosterone and parasites on carotenoid-based ornamentation in a wild bird

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Oxidative stress and the effect of parasites on a carotenoid-based ornament

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Does egg colouration reflect male condition in birds?

(2010) Jesús Martínez-Padilla et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Maternal investment of female mallards is influenced by male carotenoid-based coloration

(2010) M. Giraudeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Inter-annual variation and information content of melanin-based coloration in female Eurasian kestrels

(2009) PABLO VERGARA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Carotenoids in nestling Montagu’s harriers: variations according to age, sex, body condition and evidence for diet-related limitations

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Kestrel-Prey Dynamic in a Mediterranean Region: The Effect of Generalist Predation and Climatic Factors

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Sexual dimorphism and directional sexual selection on aposematic signals in a poison frog

(2009) Martine E. Maan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fecundity compromises attractiveness when pigments are scarce

(2008) Judith Morales et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Environmental Heterogeneity Generates Fluctuating Selection on a Secondary Sexual Trait

(2008) Matthew R. Robinson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phenotypic, genetic, and environmental causes of variation in yellow skin pigmentation and serum carotenoids in Eurasian kestrel nestlings

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