Latitudinal variation in biophysical characteristics of avian eggshells to cope with differential effects of solar radiation

Polygamy slows down population divergence in shorebirds

(2017) Josephine D'Urban Jackson et al.   EVOLUTION

Host egg pigmentation protects developing parasitoids from ultraviolet radiation

(2017) Mathilde Gaudreau et al.   OIKOS

Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage

(2016) Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Shedding Light on Bird Egg Color: Pigment as Parasol and the Dark Car Effect

(2016) David C. Lahti et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Barn owls display larger black feather spots in cooler regions of the British Isles

(2016) Alexandre Roulin et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Long incubation bouts and biparental incubation in the nomadic Banded Stilt

(2016) Reece D. Pedler et al.   EMU

Parental cooperation in a changing climate: fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division

(2016) Orsolya Vincze et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ant assemblages have darker and larger members in cold environments

(2016) Tom R. Bishop et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

SpotEgg: an image-processing tool for automatised analysis of colouration and spottiness

(2016) Jesús Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Phenotypic variation contrasts with genetic homogeneity across scattered sea snake colonies

(2016) N. Bech et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The functional requirements of mammalian hair: a compromise between crypsis and thermoregulation?

(2016) Chris B. Wacker et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The functional requirements of mammalian hair: a compromise between crypsis and thermoregulation?

(2016) Chris B. Wacker et al.   Science of Nature

A scenario for the evolution of selective egg coloration: the roles of enemy-free space, camouflage, thermoregulation and pigment limitation

(2016) Inmaculada Torres-Campos et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds

(2016) Jolyon Troscianko et al.   Scientific Reports

An Insect with Selective Control of Egg Coloration

(2015) Paul K. Abram et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Size dependency in colour patterns of Western Palearctic carabids

(2015) Andreas H. Schweiger et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The influence of climate on avian nest construction across large geographical gradients

(2015) C. B. Heenan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A trade-off between overheating and camouflage on shorebird eggshell colouration

(2015) Jesús Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Image calibration and analysis toolbox - a free software suite for objectively measuring reflectance, colour and pattern

(2015) Jolyon Troscianko et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Lack of genetic structure in Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus from the Iberian coast. What’s wrong with the endangered north-western population?

(2014) MARÍA VIDAL et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster reaches its maximum in Ethiopia and correlates most strongly with ultra-violet radiation in sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Héloïse Bastide et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

First light for avian embryos: eggshell thickness and pigmentation mediate variation in development and UV exposure in wild bird eggs

(2014) Golo Maurer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variation in body size and degree of melanism within a lizards clade: is it driven by latitudinal and climatic gradients?

(2014) D. L. Moreno Azócar et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Light Dulls and Darkens Bird Eggs

(2014) Johanna Y. Navarro et al.   PLoS One

Camouflaged or tanned: plasticity in freshwater snail pigmentation

(2013) J. Ahlgren et al.   Biology Letters

Egg crypsis in a ground-nesting shorebird influences nest survival

(2013) P. D. B. Skrade et al.   Ecosphere

Relative Consistency in Size, Shape, and Coloration of Savannah Sparrow Eggs within and between Breeding Seasons

(2012)   CONDOR

Colour in insect thermoregulation: Empirical and theoretical tests in the colour-changing grasshopper, Kosciuscola tristis

(2012) K.D.L. Umbers et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

High gene flow on a continental scale in the polyandrous Kentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinus

(2012) Clemens Küpper et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Why is pollen yellow? And why are there so many species in the tropical rain forest?

(2011) John R. Flenley   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Uninformative Parameters and Model Selection Using Akaike's Information Criterion

(2011) TODD W. ARNOLD   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Variation in the Structure of Bird Nests between Northern Manitoba and Southeastern Ontario

(2011) Carla A. Crossman et al.   PLoS One

Impact of time since collection on avian eggshell color: a comparison of museum and fresh egg specimens

(2010) Phillip Cassey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

(2010) Kenneth P. Burnham et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Increasing melanism along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian: local adaptation, ontogenic or environmental plasticity?

(2010) Jussi S Alho et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Temperature-induced plasticity in egg size and resistance of eggs to temperature stress in a soil arthropod

(2010) Maartje Liefting et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Local selection modifies phenotypic divergence amongRana temporariapopulations in the presence of gene flow

(2010) ALEX RICHTER-BOIX et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOLAR RADIATION

(2008) DAVID C. LAHTI   AUK

POPULATION STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAIN PLOVER AS DETERMINED USING NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITES

(2008) SARA J. OYLER-MCCANCE et al.   CONDOR

THERMOREGULATION CONSTRAINS EFFECTIVE WARNING SIGNAL EXPRESSION

(2008) Carita Lindstedt et al.   EVOLUTION

Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis: a macrophysiological approach

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