Differential effects of a parasite on ornamental structures based on melanins and carotenoids

By P. Fitze, H. Richner. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. K. McGraw
2. D. Mennill
3. L. Ratcliffe
4. K. Wakamatsu
5. A. Liker
6. T. Laaksonen
7. S. Doucet
8. V. Bókony

In Parasitology

1. Dennis Hasselquist
2. T. Laaksonen
3. E. Korpimäki
4. K. McGraw
5. A. Liker
6. K. Wakamatsu
7. T. Parker
8. J. Senar

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2009, unknown): “Much of this work has focused on endogenous parasites of the blood (Ho ¨glund et al. 1992, Ho ˜rak et al. 2001) or gastrointestinal tract (e.g., Ho ˜rak et al. 2004, Costa and Macedo 2005, Mougeot et al. 2005), or on exogenous parasites that feed on blood ( Fitze and Richner 2002, Doucet and Montgo”
• Dietary amino acids influence plumage traits and immune responses of male house sparrows, Passer domesticus, but not as expected (2005, background): “Gonzalez et al. 1999a) have shown little effect on such variation, although there is disagreement as to whether other factors linked to condition, such as parasite load, do affect melanin-based signals (Hill & Brawner 1998; McGraw & Hill 2000; Fitze & Richner 2002 ).”
• Carotenoid-derived ornaments reflect parental quality in male and female yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) (2003, background): “…of secondary sexual traits disagree about whether these ornamental traits signal the bearer’s physical condition (the handicap principle: Zahavi 1975; and the good-parent hypothesis, Hoelzer 1989) or simply the bearer’s ability to attract mates (the runaway model: Fisher 1930; Lande 1981).”
• The antioxidant function of many animal pigments: are there consistent health benefits of sexually selected colourants? (2005, background): “…physiological factors such as quantity or quality of food (Gonzalez et al. 1999; McGraw et al. 2002), incidence of parasitism (McGraw & Hill 2000; Fitze & Richner 2002), levels of hormones (Evans et al. 2000; Korzan et al. 2000; Buchanan et al. 2003), or social interactions (McGraw et al. 2003)…”
• The use of multiple cues in mate choice (2003, background): “…physical condition (Hill & Montgomerie, 1994; Linville & Breitwisch, 1997; Olson & Owens, 1998; McGraw & Hill, 2000), especially disease condition (reviewed by Møller et al., 2000), whereas melanin-based colours mostly reflect social status (reviewed in Senar, 1999; but see Fitze & Richner, 2002).”
• Dietary mineral content influences the expression of melanin-based ornamental coloration (2007, unknown): “Prior manipulations of exogenous factors, like reproductive effort (Griffith 2000) or ectoparasite load (Fitze and Richner 2002), demonstrate that some melanic colors can be sensitive to certain environmental perturbations, but it is difficult to discern from such coarse manipulations what specific ”
• Achromatic color variation in black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapilla: black and white signals of sex and rank (2003, background): “Evidence from some studies suggests that such environmental effects could influence the expression of melanin-based ornaments (Veiga and Puerta 1996; Griffith et al. 1999a; Fitze and Richner 2002 ).”
• Comparing plumage colour measurements obtained directly from live birds and from collected feathers: the case of the great tit Parus major (2006, methodology): “…and approaches have been developed: Munsell tables (Peiponen 1992, Zuk and Decruyenaere 1994), photographic analysis (Figuerola and Senar 2000, Fitze and Richner 2002, Kodric-Brown and Johnson 2002), digital colorimeters (Senar et al. 1998, Figuerola et al. 1999, Senar et al. 2003), or…”
• MELANIN ORNAMENTS, HONESTY, AND SEXUAL SELECTION (2003, background): “Fitze and Richner (2002) found that ectoparasites (hen fl eas [Ceratophyllus gallinae]) affected the area of melanin ornamentation in Great Tits, but the color of both melanin and carotenoid pigmentation was not affected.”
• What, if anything, is the adaptive function of countershading? (2004, background): “…(a commonly occurring dark pigment) has complex proximate functions; in addition to those already mentioned, melanin is used to generate intraspecific signals of quality (e.g. Fitze & Richner 2002) and in antiparasite defences (e.g. discussions and data in Mackintosh 2001; Wilson et al. 2001).”
• Melanin- versus carotenoid-based sexual signals : is the difference really so black and red? (2006, methodology): “…house finch, carotenoid expression was detrimentally affected by both avian pox and ectoparasitic mites (Thompson et al. 1997), and in the great tit a manipulation of the ectoparasitic hen flea, Ceratophyllus gallinae, affects expression of the melanin-based breast stripe (Fitze & Richner 2002).”
• Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: a comparative study (2008, background): “…any effect of nutrition or endoparasitism on melanization (Hill and Brawner 1998; McGraw and Hill 2000; McGraw et al. 2002; Poston et al. 2005), whereas resistance to ectoparasites was shown to be related to melanin-based coloration in some species (Roulin et al. 2001; Fitze and Richner 2002).”
• A melanin-based trait reflects environmental growth conditions of nestling male Eurasian kestrels (2007, background): “While some studies have found nutritional constraints (Veiga and Puerta 1996), parasite infestation effects (Fitze and Richner 2002), or other environmental sources of variation (Griffith et al. 1999) on the expression of melanin ornaments, some others have not found any obvious effect of the same…”