Owl melanin-based plumage redness is more frequent near than away from the equator: implications on the effect of climate change on biodiversity

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

Colour phases of the eastern screech owl: a comparison of biomechanical variables of body contour feathers

(2009) Evan L. Pannkuk et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls

(2009) Julien Gasparini et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Tracing the colonization history of the Indian Ocean scops-owls (Strigiformes: Otus) with further insight into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna

(2008) Jérôme Fuchs et al.   BMC 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