Egg colouration predicts brood size, telomere length and body condition of spotless starling fledglings

The relationship between telomere length and mortality risk in non-model vertebrate systems: a meta-analysis

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Telomere length is reflected by plumage coloration and predicts seasonal reproductive success in the barn swallow

(2017) Marco Parolini et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Telomere length measurement by qPCR in birds is affected by storage method of blood samples

(2017) Sophie Reichert et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of early-life competition and maternal nutrition on telomere lengths in wild meerkats

(2017) Dominic L. Cram et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes

(2017) Nicky Rollings et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Eggshell coloration and its importance in postmating sexual selection

(2017) Miroslav Poláček et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Sexual signals reflect telomere dynamics in a wild bird

(2017) Conor Claverie Taff et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Is telomere length associated with mate choice in a songbird with a high rate of extra-pair paternity?

(2017) Arild Johnsen et al.   PLoS One

Early-life adversity accelerates cellular ageing and affects adult inflammation: Experimental evidence from the European starling

(2017) Daniel Nettle et al.   Scientific Reports

Darker eggshell spotting indicates lower yolk antioxidant level and poorer female quality in the Eurasian Great Tit (Parus major)

(2016) Rita Hargitai et al.   AUK

Brood size, telomere length, and parent-offspring color signaling in barn swallows

(2016) Alessandra Costanzo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Biliverdin- and protoporphyrin-based eggshell pigmentation in relation to antioxidant supplementation, female characteristics and egg traits in the canary (Serinus canaria)

(2016) Rita Hargitai et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Urban environment shortens telomere length in nestling great tits,Parus major

(2016) P. Salmón et al.   Biology Letters

The relationship of telomere length to baseline corticosterone levels in nestlings of an altricial passerine bird in natural populations

(2016) Verónica Quirici et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Brood size moderates associations between relative size, telomere length, and immune development in European starling nestlings

(2016) Daniel Nettle et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Haematocrit, eggshell colouration and sexual signaling in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

(2016) Raime B. Fronstin et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment

(2016) Cristina Ruiz-Castellano et al.   PLoS One

Lifelong leukocyte telomere dynamics and survival in a free-living mammal

(2015) Jennifer Fairlie et al.   AGING CELL

Telomere dynamics in parasitic great spotted cuckoos and their magpie hosts

(2015) J. J. Soler et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ageing and reproduction: antioxidant supplementation alleviates telomere loss in wild birds

(2015) E. P. Badás et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Variation in early-life telomere dynamics in a long-lived bird: links to environmental conditions and survival

(2015) H. Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Starting with a handicap: effects of asynchronous hatching on growth rate, oxidative stress and telomere dynamics in free-living great tits

(2015) Antoine Stier et al.   OECOLOGIA

Preanalytical Conditions and DNA Isolation Methods Affect Telomere Length Quantification in Whole Blood

(2015) Alexander Tolios et al.   PLoS One

Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds

(2015) M. Asghar et al.   SCIENCE

Eggshell pigmentation has no evident effects on offspring viability in common kestrels

(2014) Juan A. Fargallo et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Hatching date vs laying date: what should we look at to study avian optimal timing of reproduction?

(2014) Gustavo Tomás   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

An experimental demonstration that early-life competitive disadvantage accelerates telomere loss

(2014) D. Nettle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nestling telomere shortening, but not telomere length, reflects developmental stress and predicts survival in wild birds

(2014) J. J. Boonekamp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

(2014) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Signals in family conflicts

(2013) Judith Morales et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Eggshell coloration reflects both yolk characteristics and dietary carotenoid history of female mallards

(2013) Michael W. Butler et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Organismal stress, telomeres and life histories

(2013) P. Monaghan   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

On the study of the transmission networks of blood parasites from SW Spain: diversity of avian haemosporidians in the biting midge Culicoides circumscriptus and wild birds

(2013) Martina Ferraguti et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Effects of Prenatal Testosterone Exposure on Antioxidant Status and Bill Color in Adult Zebra Finches

(2013) Michael Tobler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

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

(2012) Daniel Hanley et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: a comparative analysis

(2012) Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez et al.   IBIS

Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study

(2012) Emma L. B. Barrett et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers

(2012) Marie Voillemot et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Is UV and blue-green egg colouration a signal in cavity-nesting birds?

(2011) E. Węgrzyn et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Review: an embryo's eye view of avian eggshell pigmentation

(2011) Golo Maurer et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Blue-green eggshell coloration reflects yolk antioxidant content in spotless starlings Sturnus unicolor

(2011) Carlos Navarro et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild

(2011) MATS OLSSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Embryonic exposure to corticosterone modifies the juvenile stress response, oxidative stress and telomere length

(2011) M. F. Haussmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Robin’s egg blue: does egg color influence male parental care?

(2010) Philina A. English et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Avian eggshell coloration: new perspectives on adaptive explanations

(2010) MICHAEL I. CHERRY et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Yolk testosterone reduces oxidative damages during postnatal development

(2010) J. C. Noguera et al.   Biology Letters

Pigment limitation and female reproductive characteristics influence egg shell spottiness and ground colour variation in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2010) Maria Dolores G. López de Hierro et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Egg coloration in ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis): a test of the sexual signaling hypothesis

(2009) Daniel Hanley et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Photodynamic antimicrobial activity of avian eggshell pigments

(2009) Shin-ichi Ishikawa et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Real-time quantitative PCR assay for measurement of avian telomeres

(2009) François Criscuolo et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

Eggshell pigmentation pattern in relation to breeding performance of blue titsCyanistes caeruleus

(2008) Juan José Sanz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Sexually Selected Egg Coloration in Spotless Starlings

(2007) Juan J. Soler et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST