Not so colourful after all: eggshell pigments constrain avian eggshell colour space

A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

(2014) B. Igic et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Eggshell spot scoring methods cannot be used as a reliable proxy to determine pigment quantity

(2013) Kaat Brulez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Between additive and subtractive color mixings: intermediate mixing models

(2013) Lionel Simonot et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION

Why are birds' eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments co-vary with life-history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds

(2012) PHILLIP CASSEY et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Parents, predators, parasites, and the evolution of eggshell colour in open nesting birds

(2012) Daniel Hanley et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Avian eggshell pigments are not consistently correlated with colour measurements or egg constituents in twoTurdusthrushes

(2012) Phillip Cassey et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Conspicuous eggs and colourful hypotheses: testing the role of multiple influences on avian eggshell appearance

(2011) Phillip Cassey et al.   Avian Biology Research

How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Extraction and analysis of colourful eggshell pigments using HPLC and HPLC/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

(2009) A. Gorchein et al.   BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY

Egg pigmentation reflects female and egg quality in the spotless starling Sturnus unicolor

(2008) Isabel López-Rull et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY