Phenotypic correlates of melanization in two Sceloporus occidentalis (Phrynosomatidae) populations: Behavior, androgens, stress reactivity, and ectoparasites

Authors: Ryan J. Seddon, Diana K. Hews

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, ectoparasites, elevation, melanin, population differences, sceloporus, testosterone

2016

Ectoparasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) affect behavior and brain serotonergic activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Perspectives on animal welfare

Authors: Øyvind Øverli, Janicke Nordgreen, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Andrew M. Janczak, Silje Kittilsen, Ida B. Johansen, Tor E. Horsberg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, experimental infestation, neurochemistry, parasites, sea lice

2014

Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Authors: Brittany R. Jenkins, Maren N. Vitousek, Rebecca J. Safran

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, eumelanin, hirundo rustica, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (hpa) axis, melanocortins, phaeomelanin, plumage color, sexual selection, stress response

2013

Dominant nestlings displaying female-like melanin coloration behave altruistically in the barn owl

Authors: Alexandre Roulin, Arnaud Da Silva, Charlène A. Ruppli

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, barn owl, cooperation, egoism, food sharing, food stealing, melanin, selfish, sibling competition, tyto alba

2012

Incubation Feeding and Nest Attentiveness in a Socially Monogamous Songbird: Role of Feather Colouration, Territory Quality and Ambient Environment

Authors: B. Matysioková, V. Remeš

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: ambient environment, feather coloration, feather colouration, feeding, incubation, monogamous, nest attentiveness, songbird, territory quality

2010

Melanin- versus carotenoid-based sexual signals: is the difference really so black and red?

Authors: Simon C. Griffith, Timothy H. Parker, Valérie A. Olson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: carotenoid, melanin, ornamental traits, pigment, sexual signal

2006

Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage

Authors: Kevin J. McGraw, Emiko A. Mackillop, James Dale, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, condition dependent, house sparrow, molothrus ater, ornamental trait, passer domesticus, plumage

2002

The effects of ultraviolet radiation on the biology of amphibians

Authors: L.E. Licht, K.P. Grant

Publication/Journal: American Zoologist

Keywords: amphibian, biology, ultraviolet radiation

1997