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List of works by Melissah Rowe

A systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction

scientific article published in 2024

CAROTENOIDS IN THE SEMINAL FLUID OF WILD BIRDS: INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION IN FAIRY-WRENS

scientific article published in 2008

Carotenoids in bird testes: Links to body carotenoid supplies, plumage coloration, body mass and testes mass in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)

scientific article published on 05 July 2012

Commonness and ecology, but not bigger brains, predict urban living in birds

scientific article

Copulation, mating system and sexual dimorphism in an Australian millipede, Cladethosoma clarum

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Differential sperm-egg interactions in experimental pairings between two subspecies and their hybrids in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Early diversification of sperm size in the evolutionary history of the old world leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae).

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Evolution of sperm structure and energetics in passerine birds

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch.

scientific article published in January 2018

Exploratory behavior is associated with plasma carotenoid accumulation in two congeneric species of waterfowl

scientific article published on 18 April 2015

Extra-pair paternity, sperm competition and their evolutionary consequences in the Maluridae

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From molecules to living systems: historical and contemporary issues in oxidative stress and antioxidant ecology

scientific article published in 2010

Good vibrations? Structure and function of the cloacal tip of male Australian Maluridae

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Lysozyme-associated bactericidal activity in the ejaculate of a wild passerine

Molecular Diversification of the Seminal Fluid Proteome in a Recently Diverged Passerine Species Pair

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda:Polydesmida:Paradoxosomatidea:Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann

Morphology-function relationships and repeatability in the sperm of Passer sparrows

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Ontogenetic immune challenges shape adult personality in mallard ducks

scientific article published on 8 June 2011

Patterns of sperm damage in Chernobyl passerine birds suggest a trade-off between sperm length and integrity

scientific article published on 02 October 2013

Plumage coloration, ejaculate quality and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren

article by Melissah Rowe et al published June 2010 in Animal Behaviour

Postcopulatory sexual selection increases ATP content in rodent spermatozoa.

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology.

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Reproductive anatomy of male Southern Emu-wrens (Stipiturus malachurus) and Striated Grasswrens (Amytornis striatus)

Reproductive biology and sperm competition in Australian fairy-wrens

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Reproductive coordination breeds success: the importance of the partnership in avian sperm biology

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Sexual ornamentation reflects antibacterial activity of ejaculates in mallards

scientific article

Sperm competition selects for sperm quantity and quality in the Australian Maluridae

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Sperm head morphology is associated with sperm swimming speed: A comparative study of songbirds using electron microscopy

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae)

Subspecific variation in sperm morphology and performance in the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Systematic approaches to assessing high-temperature limits to fertility in animals

scientific article published in 2024

Testing a post-copulatory pre-zygotic reproductive barrier in a passerine species pair

scientific article published in 2014

The Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) has the same unusual and size-variable sperm morphology as the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

The Effects of Sex, Age, and Social Status on Annual Survival in the Splendid Fairy-Wren

scientific article published in 2010

The Reproductive Microbiome: An Emerging Driver of Sexual Selection, Sexual Conflict, Mating Systems, and Reproductive Isolation

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

The role of male body size in mating success and male–male competition in a false widow spider

scientific article published in December 2023

There and back again: A sperm's tale

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Variation in female reproductive tract morphology across the reproductive cycle in the zebra finch

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Variation in sperm morphology among Afrotropical sunbirds

scientific article published in 2015