Carotenoids, immunity, and sexual selection

Here is a list of the a few potentially useful "foraging-antioxidant-immunity-sex signals" papers. You can download the papers in pdf format individually, or as zip files in 5 year groups, or all at once. There are also files with citations in groups or all together in txt. format. Maybe you have to change the extension to .ris and then you can upload it to Endnote and other such systems.

1994

Lozano, G.A. 1994. Carotenoids, parasites, and sexual selection. Oikos 70: 309-311. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3545643 (pdf file).

1995

Perrin, N. 1995. Signalling, mating success and paternal investment in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus): a theoretical model. Behaviour 132: 1037-1057. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4535319 (pdf file).

1996

Bortolotti, G.R., Negro, J.J., Tella, J.L., Marchant, T.A., and Bird, D.M. 1996. Sexual dichromatism in birds independent of diet, parasites and androgens. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 263: 1171-1176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0171 (pdf file)

Shykoff, J.A., and Widmer, A. 1996. Parasites and carotenoid-based signal intensity: how general should the relationship be? Naturwissenschaften 83: 113-121. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01142175 (pdf file)

Skarstein, F., and Folstad, I. 1996. Sexual dichromatism and the immunocompetence handicap: an observational approach using Arctic charr. Oikos 76: 359-367. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3546208 (pdf file).

Tella, J.L., Forero, M.G., Gajon, A., Hiraldo, F., and Donazar, J.A. 1996. Absence of blood-parasitization effects on Lesser Kestrel fitness. Auk 113: 253-256. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/4088959 (pdf file)

1997

Forero, M.G., Tella, J.L., and Gajon, A. 1997. Absence of blood parasites in the Red-Necked Nightjar. Journal of Field Ornithology 68: 575-579. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4514267 (pdf file).

Götmark, F., and Ahlström, M. 1997. Parental preference for red mouth of chicks in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 264: 959-962. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0132 (pdf file).

Houde, A.E. 1997. Sex, color, and mate choice in guppies. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

1998

Kodric-Brown, A. 1998. Sexual dichromatism and temporary color changes in the reproduction of fishes. American Zoologist 38:: 70-81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/38.1.70 (pdf file).

Lozano, G.A. 1998. Parasitic stress and self-medication in wild animals. In Stress and Behavior. Edited by A. P. Møller, M. Milinski, and P. J. B. Slater. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 291-317. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60367-8 (pdf file).

Negro, J.J., Bortolotti, G.R., Tella, J.L., Fernie, K.J., and Bird, D.M. 1998. Regulation of integumentary colour and plasma carotenoids in American kestrels consistent with sexual selection theory. Functional Ecology 12: 307-312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00176.x (pdf file).

Svensson, E., Råberg, L., Koch, C., and Hasselquist, D. 1998. Energetic stress, immunosuppression and the costs of an antibody response. Functional Ecology 12: 912-919. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00271.x (pdf file).

Wedekind, C., Meyer, P., Frischknecht, M., Niggili, U.A., and Pfander, H. 1998. Different carotenoids and potential information content of red coloration of male three-spined sticklebacks. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24(5): 787-801. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022365315836 (pdf file).

1999

Candolin, U. 1999a. Male-male competition facilitates female choice in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 785-789. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0706 (pdf file).

Candolin, U. 1999b. The relationship between signal quality and physical condition: is sexual signalling honest in the three-spined stickleback? Animal Behaviour 58: 1261-1267. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1259 (pdf file).

Gonzales, G., Sorci, G., Møller, A.P., Ninni, P., Haussy, C., and de Lope, F. 1999. Immunocompetence and condition-dependent sexual advertisement in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 1225-1234. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00364.x (pdf file).

Grahn, M. 1999. MHC genotype and ornamentation. In Animal Signals: signalling and signal design in animal communication. Edited by Y Espmark, T Amunndsen, and G. Rosenqvist. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim, Norway.

Grether, G.F., Hudon, J., and Millie, D.F. 1999. Carotenoid limitation of sexual coloration along an environmental gradient in guppies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 1317-1322. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0781 (pdf file).

Hill, G.E. 1999. Is there an immunological cost to carotenoid-based ornamental coloration? American Naturalist 154: 589-595. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/303264 (pdf file). (also, a rebuttal).

Saino, N., Stradi, R., Ninni, P., Pini, E., and Møller, A.P. 1999. Carotenoid plasma concentration, immune profile, and plumage ornamentation of f male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). American Naturalist 154(4): 441-448.

https://doi.org/10.1086/303246 (pdf file).

von Schantz, T., Bensch, S., Grahn, M., Hasselquist, D., and Wittzell, H. 1999. Good genes, oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0597 (pdf file).

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2000

Andersson, S. 2000. Efficacy and content in avian colour signals. In Animal Signals: signallling and signal design in animal communication. Edited by Y. Espmark, T. Amudsen, and G. Rosenqvist. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim, Norway. pp. 47-60.

Badyaev, A.V., and Hill, G.E. 2000. Evolution of sexual dichromatism: contribution of carotenoid- versus melanin-based coloration. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69(2): 153-172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/bij1.1999.0350 (pdf file).

Bortolotti, G.R., Tella, J.L., Forero, M.G., Dawson, R.D., and Negro, J.J. 2000. Genetics, local environment and health as factors influencing plasma carotenoids in wild American kestrels (Falco spaverious). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 1433-1438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1160 (pdf file).

Brawner, W.R., III, Hill, G.E., and Sundermann, C.A. 2000. Effects of coccidial and mycoplasm infections on carotenoid-based plumage pigmentation in male house finches. Auk 117: 952-963. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/117.4.952 (pdf file).

Candolin, U. 2000a. Changes in expression and honesty of sexual signalling over the reproductive lifetime of sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267(1460): 2425-2430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1301 (pdf file).

Candolin, U. 2000b. Male-male competition ensures honest signaling of male parental ability in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 57-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650000267 (pdf file).

Grether, G.F. 2000. Carotenoid limitation and mate preference evolution: a test of the indicator hypothesis in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Evolution 54(5): 1712-1724. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00715.x (pdf file).

Hõrak, P., Vellau, H., Ots, I., and Møller, A.P. 2000. Growth conditions affect carotenoid-based plumage coloration of great tit nestlings. Naturwissenschaften 87(10): 460-464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050759 (pdf file).

Møller, A.P., Biard, C., Blount, J.D., Houston, D.C., Ninni, P., Saino, N., and Surai, P.F. 2000. Carotenoid-dependent signals: indicators of foraging efficiency, immunocompetence or detoxification ability? Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews 11: 137-159 (pdf file).

Negro, J.J., and Garrido-Fernández, J. 2000. Astaxanthin is the major carotenoid in tissues of white storks (Ciconia ciconia) feeding in introduced crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 126: 347-352. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0491(00)00180-2 (pdf file).

Negro, J.J., Tella, J.L., Blanco, G., Forero, M.G., and Garrido-Fernández, J. 2000. Diet explains interpopulation variation of plasma carotenoids and skin pigmentation in nestling white storks. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73(1): 97-101. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/316724 (pdf file).

Poiani, A., Goldsmith, A.R., and Evans, M.R. 2000. Ectoparasites of house sparrows (Passer domesticus): an experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis and a new model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 230-242. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650050660 (pdf file).

Saino, N., Ninni, P., Incagli, M., Calza, S., Sacchi, R., and Møller, A.P. 2000. Begging and parental care in relation to offspring need and condition in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). American Naturalist 156(6): 637-649. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/316996 (pdf file).

2001

Candolin, U., and Voigt, H.R. 2001. No effect of a parasite on reproduction in stickleback males: a laboratory artefact ? Parasitology 122: 457-464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182001007600 (pdf file).

Faivre, M., Préault, M., Théry, M., Secondi, J., Patris, B., and Cézilly, F. 2001. Breeding strategy and morphological characters in an urban population of blackbirds, Turdus merula. Animal Behaviour 61: 969-974. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1669 (pdf file).

Grether, G.F., Hudon, J., and Endler, J.A. 2001. Carotenoid scarcity, synthetic pteridine pigments and the evolution of sexual coloration in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268(1473): 1245-1253. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1624 (pdf file).

Hill, G.E. 2001. A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colourful plumage in the house finch. Oxford University Press.

Hõrak, P., Ots, I., Vellau, H., Spottiswoode, C., and Møller, A.P. 2001. Carotenoid-based plumage coloration reflects hemoparasite infection and local survival in breeding great tits. Oecologia 123: 166-173. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420000513 (pdf file).

Lozano, G.A. 2001. Carotenoids, immunity, and sexual selection: comparing apples and oranges? American Naturalist 158(2): 200-203. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/321313 (pdf file).

Negro, J.J., Tella, J.L., Hiraldo, F., Bortolotti, G.R., and Prieto, P. 2001. Sex- and age-related variation in plasma carotenoids despite a constant diet in the red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa. Ardea 89(2): 275-280 (pdf file).

Pryke, S.R., Lawes, M.J., and Andersson, S. 2001. Agonistic carotenoid signalling in male red-collared widowbirds: aggression related to the colour signal of both the territory owner and model intruder. Animal Behaviour 62: 695-704. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2001.1804 (pdf file).

2002

Arlettaz, R., Christe, P., Surai, P.F., and Møller, A.P. 2002. Deliberate rusty staining of plumage in the bearded vulture: does function precede art? Animal Behaviour 64: F1-F3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2002.3097 (pdf file).

Bennett, P., and Owens, I. 2002. Evolutionary Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating systems, and Extinction. Oxford University Press.

Blount, J.D., Surai, P.F., Nager, R.G., Houston, D.C., Møller, A.P., Trewby, M.L., and Kennedy, M.W. 2002. Carotenoids and egg quality in the lesser blackbacked gull Larus fuscus: a supplemental feeding study of maternal effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 29-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1840 (pdf file).

Bouslama, Z., Lambrechts, M.M., Ziane, N., Djenidi, R.D., and Chabi, Y. 2002. The effect of nest ectoparasites on parental provisioning in a north-African population of the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus. Ibis 144: E73-E78. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00070_5.x (pdf file).

Hõrak, P., Surai, P.F., and Møller, A.P. 2002. Fat-soluble antioxidants in the eggs of great tits Parus major in relation to breeding habitat and laying sequence. Avian Science 2: 123-130 (pdf file).

Martín-Vivaldi, M., and Cabrero, J. 2002. Selección sexual. In Evolución: La base de la biología. Edited by M. Soler. Proyecto Sur. , España. pp. 235-259.

Moore, J. 2002. Parasites and the Behavior of Animals. Oxford University Press.

Wiebe, K.L., and Bortolotti, G.R. 2002. Variation in carotenoid-based color in Northern flickers in a hybrid zone. Wilson Bulletin 114(3): 393-400. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4164474 (pdf file).

Zuk, M., and Stoehr, A.M. 2002. Immune defense and host life history. American Naturalist 160: S9-S22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/342131 (pdf file).

2003

Blount, J.D., Metcalfe, N.B., Birkhead, T.R., and Surai, P.F. 2003. Carotenoid modulation of immune function and sexual attractiveness in zebra finches. Nature 300: 125-127. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1082142 (pdf file).

Faivre, M., Préault, M., Salvadori, F., Théry, M., Gaillard, M., and Cézilly, F. 2003. Bill colour and immunocompetence in the European blackbird. Animal Behaviour 65: 1125-1131. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2142 (pdf file).

Godin, J.-G., J., and McDonough, H.E. 2003. Predator preference for brightly colored males in the guppy: a viability cost for a sexually selected trait. Behavioral Ecology 14: 194-200. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/14.2.194 (pdf file).

Heindl, M., and WInkler, H. 2003. Female canaries (Serinus canaria) associate more with males that contrast strongly against the background. Ethology 109: 259-271. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00869.x (pdf file).

Hõrak, P., and Saks, L. 2003. Animal allure and health linked by plant pigments. BioEssays 25(8): 746-747. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.10325 (pdf file).

Hudon, J., Grether, G.F., and Millie, D.F. 2003. Marginal differentiation between the sexual and general carotenoid pigmentation of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and a possible visual explanation. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(6): 776-790. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/378138 (pdf file).

Jawor, J.M., and Breitwisch, R. 2003. Melanin ornamanents, honesty, and sexual selection. Auk 120(2): 249-265. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/120.2.249 (pdf file).

Kurtz, J. 2003. Sex, parasites and resistance - an evolutionary approach. Zoology 106: 327-339. doi: https://doi.org/10.1078/0944-2006-00126 (pdf file).

Mahler, B., Araujo, L.S., and Tubaru, P.L. 2003. Dietary and sexual correlates of carotenoid pigment expression in dove plumage. Condor 105: 258-267. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/105.2.258 (pdf file).

Massaro, M., Davis, L.S., and Darby, J.T. 2003. Carotenoid-derived ornaments reflect parental quality in male and female yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 169-175. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0683-3 (pdf file).

McGraw, K.J., and Ardia, D.R. 2003. Carotenoids, immunocompetence, and the information content of sexual colors: an experimental test. American Naturalist 162(6): 704-712. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/378904 (pdf file).

Moreno, J., and Osomo, J.L. 2003. Avian egg colour and sexual selection: does egg pigmentation reflect female condition and genetic quality. Ecology Letters 6: 803-806. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00505.x (pdf file).

Navarra, K.J., and Hill, R.W. 2003. Dietary carotenoid pigments and immune function in a songbird with extensive carotenoid-based plumage coloration. Behavioral Ecology 14: 909-919. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arg085 (pdf file).

Ohlsson, T., Smith, H.G., Råberg, L., and Hasselquist, D. 2003. Effects of nutrition on sexual ornaments and humoral immune responsiveness in adult male pheasants. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 15: 31-42 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2003.9522688 (pdf file).

Pryke, S.R., and Andersson, S. 2003a. Carotenoid-based epaulettes reveal male competitive ability: experiments with resident and floater red-shouldered widowbirds. Animal Behaviour 66: 217-224. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2193 (pdf file).

Pryke, S.R., and Andersson, S. 2003b. Carotenoid-based status signalling in red-shouldered widowbirds (Euplectes axillaris): epaulet size and redness affect captive and territorial competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53: 393-401. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0587-2 (pdf file).

Saino, N., Ambrosini, R., Martinelli, R., Ninni, P., and Møller, A.P. 2003. Gape coloration reliably reflects immunocopetence of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings. Behavioral Ecology 14(1): 16-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/14.1.16 (pdf file).

Saks, L., McGraw, K., and Hõrak, P. 2003a. How feather colour reflects its carotenoid content. Functional Ecology 17(4): 555-561. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00765.x (pdf file).

Saks, L., Ots, I., and Hõrak, P. 2003b. Carotenoid-based plumage coloration of male greenfinches reflects immunocompetence. Oecologia 134: 301-307. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-1125-z (pdf file).

Torres, R., and Velando, A. 2003. A dynamic trait affects continous pair assessment in the blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 65-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0669-1 (pdf file).

Tschirren, B., Fitze, P.S., and Richner, H. 2003. Proximate mechanisms of variation in the carotenoid-based plumage coloration of nestling great tits (Parus major L.). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 91-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00483.x (pdf file).

2004

Alonso-Alvarez, C., Bertrand, S., Devevey, G., Gaillard, M., Prost, J., Faivre, B., and Sorci, G. 2004. An experimental test of the dose-dependent effect of carotenoids and immune activation on sexual signals and antioxidant activity. American Naturalist 164: 651-659. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/424971 (pdf file).

Badyaev, A.V. 2004. Developmental perspective on the evolution of sexual ornaments. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6: 975-991 (pdf file).

Blount, J.D. 2004. Carotenoids and life-history evolution in animals. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 430: 10-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2004.03.039 (pdf file).

Bright, A., Waas, J.R., King, C.M., and Cunning, P.D. 2004. Bill colour and correlates of male quality in blackbirds: an analysis using canonical ordination. Behavioural Processes 65: 123-132. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2003.08.003 (pdf file).

Fenoglio, S., Cucco, M., Fracchia, L., Martinotti, M.G., and Malacarne, G. 2004. Shield colours of the Moorhen are differently related to bacterial presence and health parameters. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 16: 171-180. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2004.9522645 (pdf file).

Gaillard, M., Juillet, C., Cézilly, F., and Perrot-Minnot, M.-J. 2004. Carotenoids of two freshwater amphipod species (Gammarus pulex and G. roeseli) and their common acanthocephalan parasite Polymorphus minutus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 139: 129-136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.07.001 (pdf file).

Grande, J.M., Negro, J.J., and Torres, M.J. 2004. The evolution of bird plumage colouration: a role for feather-degrading bacteria? . Ardeola 51: 375-383. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30243902 (pdf file).

Gregoire, A., Préault, M., Cézilly, F., Wood, M.J., Pradel, R., and Faivre, B. 2004. Stabilizing natural selection on the early expression of a secondary sexual trait in a passerine bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 (5): 1152-1156. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00756.x (pdf file).

Grether, G.F., Kasahara, S., Kolluru, G.R., and Cooper, E.L. 2004a. Sex-specific effects of carotenoid intake on the immunological response to allografts in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1534): 45-49. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2526 (pdf file).

Grether, G.F., Kolluru, G.R., and Nersissian, K. 2004b. Individual colour patches as multicomponent signals. Biological Reviews 79: 583-610. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1464793103006390 (pdf file).

Hill, G.E., Farmer, K.L., and Beck, M.L. 2004. The effects of mycoplasmosis on carotenoid plumage coloration in male house finches. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 2095-2099. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00998 (pdf file).

Hõrak, P., Saks, L., Karu, U., Ots, I., Surai, P.F., and McGraw, K.J. 2004a. How coccidian parasites affect health and appearance of greenfinches. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 935-947. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00870.x (pdf file).

Hõrak, P., Surai, P.F., Ots, I., and Møller, A.P. 2004b. Fat soluble antioxidants in brood-rearing great tits Parus major: relations to health and appearance. Journal of Avian Biology 35(1): 63-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03167.x (pdf file).

Karino, K., and Haijima, Y. 2004. Algal-diet enhances sexual ornament, growth and reproduction in the guppy. Behaviour 141: 585-601. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539041166672 (pdf file).

Kurtz, J., Kalbe, M., Aeschlimann, P.B., Häberli, M.A., Wegner, K.M., Reusch, T.B.H., and Milinski, M. 2004. Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 197-204. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2567 (pdf file).

Lozano, G.A., and Lank, D. 2004. Immunocompetence and testosterone-induced condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Animal Biology 54(4): 315-329. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1570756042729555 (pdf file).

McGraw, K. 2004. Colorful songbirds metabolize carotenoids at the integument. Journal of Avian Biology 35: 471-476. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03405.x (pdf file).

McGraw, K., Safran, R.J., Evans, M.R., and Wakamatsu, K. 2004. European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown. Behavioral Ecology 15(5): 889-891. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arh109 (pdf file).

McGraw, K.J., and Ardia, D.R. 2004. Immunoregulatory activity of different dietary carotenoids in male zebra finches. Chemoecology 14: 25-29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-003-0255-z (pdf file).

McGraw, K.J., and Nogare, M.C. 2004. Carotenoid pigments and the selectivity of psittacofulvin-based coloration systems in parrots. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 138: 229-233. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.03.011 (pdf file).

McGraw, K.J., and Schuetz, J.G. 2004. The evolution of carotenoid coloration in estrilid finches: a biochemical analysis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 139: 45-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.06.006 (pdf file).

Moreno, J. 2004. Avian reproduction in a Mediterranean context: contribution of ornithological research in Spain. Ardeola 51: 51-70 (pdf file).

Ninni, P., de Lope, F., Saino, N., Haussy, C., and Møller, A.P. 2004. Antioxidants and condition-dependence of arrival date in a migratory passerine. Oikos 105: 55-64. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12516.x (pdf file).

Peters, A., Delhey, K., Denk, A.G., and Kempenaers, B. 2004a. Trade-offs between immune investment and sexual signalling in male mallards. American Naturalist 164: 51-59. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/421302 (pdf file).

Peters, A., Denk, A.G., Delhey, K., and Kempenaers, B. 2004b. Carotenoid-based bill colour as an indicator of immunocompetence and sperm performance in male mallards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(5): 1111-1120. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00743.x (pdf file).

Tella, J.L., Figuerola, J., Negro, J.J., Blanco, G., Rodríguez-Estrella, R., Forero, M.G., Green, A.J., and Hiraldo, F. 2004. Ecological, morphological and phylogenetic correlates of interspecific variation in plasma carotenoid concentration in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 156-164. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00634.x (pdf file).

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