Female‐ and male‐specific signals of quality in the barn owl

By Alexandre Roulin, Cornelis Dijkstra, C. Riols, A. Ducrest. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration (2008, unknown): “The size of black spots covaries positively with humoral immunocompetence (Roulin et al. 2000), parasite resistance (Roulin et al. 2001a), developmental homeostasis (Roulin et al. 2003), calcium bone concentration (Roulin et al. 2006), age at maturity and survival prospects (Roulin & Altwegg 2007).”
Melanin-based colorations signal strategies to cope with poor and rich environments (2008, background): “…nestling growth and coloration of biological parents can be explained not only by pre-hatching effects (i.e., maternal and genetic effects) but also by posthatching parental care as shown in previous studies in the barn owl (Roulin et al. 2001; Roulin 2006) and tawny owl (Roulin et al. 2004a).”
Mutual ornamentation, age and reproductive performance in the European starling (2005, background): “Indeed, in birds at least, empirical evidence for this explanation is rare (e.g., Roulin et al., 2001), and the phylogenetic evidence suggests that evolutionary changes be-tween sexual monomorphism and dimorphism are relatively unconstrained (Amundsen, 2000a,b).”
Wildflower areas within revitalized agricultural matrices boost small mammal populations but not breeding Barn Owls (2010, background): “We tracked only males, since this sex is the main food provider to Barn Owl broods (Roulin et al. 2001).”
Mutual ornamentation, sexual selection, and social dominance in the black swan (2004, background): “However, empirical evidence in support of a genetic correlation in a plumage trait is limited to one study (Roulin et al., 2001).”