Structural and melanin coloration indicate parental effort and reproductive success in male eastern bluebirds

By L. Siefferman, G. E. Hill. 2003

243 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Ecology

1. S. Doucet
2. P. Boag
3. F. Stephen Dobson
4. L. Ratcliffe
5. D. Mennill
6. J. Uy
7. Adam C. Stein
8. L. Siefferman

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Doucet
2. P. Boag
3. D. Mennill
4. R. Montgomerie
5. L. Ratcliffe
6. J. Uy
7. Adam C. Stein
8. L. Siefferman

Citations in the corpus

• Comparing plumage colour measurements obtained directly from live birds and from collected feathers: the case of the great tit Parus major (2006, background): “A suitable alternative option is to collect some feathers and to measure them in the laboratory (Zuk and Decruyenaere 1994, Bennett et al. 1997, Keyser and Hill 1999, Perrier et al. 2002, Siefferman and Hill 2004).”
• UV-blue structural coloration and competition for nestboxes in male eastern bluebirds (2005, unknown): “One researcher (L.S.) recorded spectral data with an Ocean Optics S2000 spectrometer (range 250–880 nm: Dunedin, Florida, U.S.A.) using a micron fibre-optic probe at a 90 (cid:1) angle to the feather surface (see detailed methods in Siefferman & Hill 2003).”
• Diet quality affects an attractive white plumage pattern in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) (2007, background): “There is also growing evidence that nutrition may be related to melanin-based ornaments (Jawor and Breitwisch 2003; Veiga and Puerta 1996) as well as to structural coloration, which is produced by specialized nanostructure in feather keratin (Doucet 2002; Keyser and Hill 1999, 2000; McGraw et al. 20”
• Iridescent structurally based coloration of eyespots correlates with mating success in the peacock (2007, background): “Studies in other bird species revealed a relationship between male quality and the expression of structural colors, especially plumage brightness (Keyser and Hill 2000; Doucet 2002; Doucet and Montgomerie 2003; Siefferman and Hill 2003 ).”
• Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2009, unknown): “Male blue coloration is associated with success in competition for nest boxes (Siefferman and Hill 2005b) and, along with the chestnut-colored chest patch, predicts male parental effort and reproductive success (Siefferman and Hill 2003).”
• Ornamental plumage coloration and condition are dependent on age in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2005, methodology): “Expression of both color displays are related to parental effort and reproductive success (Siefferman and Hill 2003).”
• Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus (2006, background): “…quantification of variation among males in the specific spectral properties of their plumage and relating this variation to individual reproductive or mating success (e.g., Andersson et al., 1998; Doucet et al., 2004; Keyser and Hill, 2000; Safran and McGraw, 2004; Siefferman and Hill, 2003).”
• Achromatic plumage reflectance predicts reproductive success in male black-capped chickadees (2005, background): “…finding that plumage color correlated with various aspects of male quality, including parasite load (e.g., Doucet and Montgomerie, 2003b), viability (e.g., Sheldon et al., 1999), territory quality (e.g., Keyser and Hill, 2000), and parental effort (e.g., Siefferman and Hill, 2003; Hill, 2002).”