List of works - Ismael Galván

A Negative Association between Melanin-Based Plumage Color Heterogeneity and Intensity in Birds

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Age-related Spatial Segregation of Great Cormorants in a Roost

An intracellular antioxidant determines the expression of a melanin-based signal in a bird

scientific article

Antioxidant Machinery Differs between Melanic and Light Nestlings of Two Polymorphic Raptors ⬇️

scientific article published on October 14, 2010

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

scientific article published on 7 December 2010

Bird species in Mediterranean pine plantations exhibit different characteristics to those in natural reforested woodlands

scientific article

Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Buthionine sulfoximine diverts the melanogenesis pathway toward the production of more soluble and degradable pigments

article

Changes in melanocyte RNA and DNA methylation favour pheomelanin synthesis and may avoid systemic oxidative stress after dietary cysteine supplementation in birds

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favours adaptation to oxidative stress in birds

scientific article published in 2014

Complex Plumage Patterns Can Be Produced Only with the Contribution of Melanins

scientific article

Condition-dependence of pheomelanin-based coloration in nuthatches Sitta europaea suggests a detoxifying function: implications for the evolution of juvenile plumage patterns

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Contrasted effects of an oxidative challenge and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on cellular immune responsiveness: an experiment with red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa.

scientific article published on 11 December 2011

Correlated Evolution of White Spots on Ears and Closed Habitat Preferences in Felids

scientific article published in 2019

Dark pigmentation limits thermal niche position in birds

scientific article published in 2018

Detection of Porphyrins in Hair Using Capillary Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

scientific article published on 02 June 2022

Differential effects of vegetation restoration in Mediterranean abandoned cropland by secondary succession and pine plantations on bird assemblages

scientific article published in 2010

Differential influence of Slc7a11 expression and body condition on pheomelanin‐based pigmentation in two Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea populations with different predation risk

scientific article published in May 2020

Dispersal capacity explains the evolution of lifespan variability.

scientific article

Dispersive Raman spectroscopy allows the identification and quantification of melanin types

scientific article

Environmental constraints for plumage melanization in the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Evidence of evolutionary optimization of fatty acid length and unsaturation

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Exposure to a competitive social environment activates an epigenetic mechanism that limits pheomelanin synthesis in zebra finches

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Feather content of porphyrins in Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) fledglings depends on body condition and breeding site quality

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study

article

Feather mites and birds: an interaction mediated by uropygial gland size?

scientific article published on 17 November 2007

Genetic favouring of pheomelanin-based pigmentation limits physiological benefits of coloniality in lesser kestrels Falco naumanni.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus adjust CTNS expression to food abundance: a possible contribution to cysteine homeostasis.

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

High SLC7A11 expression in normal skin of melanoma patients

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

High levels of liver antioxidants are associated with life-history strategies characteristic of slow growth and high survival rates in birds

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

High prevalence of cataracts in birds with pheomelanin-based colouration

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

Individual quality via sensitivity to cysteine availability in a melanin-based honest signaling system.

scientific article

Intensity of Melanin-Based Color and Risk of Predation in the Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

article by Ismael Galván et al published June 2014 in Acta Ornithologica

Intraspecific Kleptoparasitism in Lesser Black-backed Gulls Wintering Inland in Spain

article

Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

scientific article

Mate-feeding has evolved as a compensatory energetic strategy that affects breeding success in birds

scientific article published in 2011

Melanin chemistry and the ecology of stress

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function

article by Antoni Margalida et al published January 2008 in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Melanin-based sexual dichromatism in the Western Palearctic avifauna implies darker males and lighter females

Migration Strategies of the Great Cormorant Wintering Inland in Spain

article

Models for human porphyrias: Have animals in the wild been overlooked?: Some birds and mammals accumulate significant amounts of porphyrins in the body without showing the injurious symptoms observed in human porphyrias

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Molecular vibration as a novel explanatory mechanism for the expression of animal colouration

On Showy Dwarfs and Sober Giants: Body Size as a Constraint for the Evolution of Bird Plumage Colouration

On silver wings: a fragile structural mechanism increases plumage conspicuousness

Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Pheomelanin molecular vibration is associated with mitochondrial ROS production in melanocytes and systemic oxidative stress and damage

scientific article

Pheomelanin synthesis varies with protein food abundance in developing goshawks

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Pheomelanin-based plumage coloration predicts survival rates in birds

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Pigment molecular composition reveals significant information for visual communication

scientific article published in 2022

Predation risk determines pigmentation phenotype in nuthatches by melanin-related gene expression effects

article

Predator odour recognition and avoidance in a songbird

scientific article published in 2008

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

scientific article

Raman spectroscopy quantification of eumelanin subunits in natural unaltered pigments

scholarly article by Ismael Galván et al published 24 May 2018 in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Regional distribution patterns predict bird occurrence in Mediterranean cropland afforestations

scientific article published in 2013

Relationships between hair melanization, glutathione levels, and senescence in wild boars.

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds

scientific article

Sexual dichromatism and condition-dependence in the skin of a bat

scientific article published in 2019

Solar and terrestrial radiations explain continental-scale variation in bird pigmentation

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Testicular melanization has evolved in birds with high mtDNA mutation rates.

scientific article published on 10 February 2011

The bare head of the Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) fulfills a thermoregulatory function.

scientific article published on March 2017

The cheek plumage patch is an amplifier of dominance in great tits

scientific article published on February 2008

The evolution of eu- and pheomelanic traits may respond to an economy of pigments related to environmental oxidative stress

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

The expression of melanin-based plumage is separately modulated by exogenous oxidative stress and a melanocortin.

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

Ultraviolet-blue reflectance of some nestling plumage patches mediates parental favouritism in great tits Parus major

Unique evolution of vitamin A as an external pigment in tropical starlings

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Unprecedented high catecholamine production causing hair pigmentation after urinary excretion in red deer

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Vibrational characterization of pheomelanin and trichochrome F by Raman spectroscopy

article

List of works by Ismael Galván

A Negative Association between Melanin-Based Plumage Color Heterogeneity and Intensity in Birds

Age-related Spatial Segregation of Great Cormorants in a Roost

An intracellular antioxidant determines the expression of a melanin-based signal in a bird

Antioxidant Machinery Differs between Melanic and Light Nestlings of Two Polymorphic Raptors ⬇️

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

Bird species in Mediterranean pine plantations exhibit different characteristics to those in natural reforested woodlands

Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

Buthionine sulfoximine diverts the melanogenesis pathway toward the production of more soluble and degradable pigments

Changes in melanocyte RNA and DNA methylation favour pheomelanin synthesis and may avoid systemic oxidative stress after dietary cysteine supplementation in birds

Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favours adaptation to oxidative stress in birds

Complex Plumage Patterns Can Be Produced Only with the Contribution of Melanins

Condition-dependence of pheomelanin-based coloration in nuthatches Sitta europaea suggests a detoxifying function: implications for the evolution of juvenile plumage patterns

Contrasted effects of an oxidative challenge and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on cellular immune responsiveness: an experiment with red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa.

Correlated Evolution of White Spots on Ears and Closed Habitat Preferences in Felids

Dark pigmentation limits thermal niche position in birds

Detection of Porphyrins in Hair Using Capillary Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Differential effects of vegetation restoration in Mediterranean abandoned cropland by secondary succession and pine plantations on bird assemblages

Differential influence of Slc7a11 expression and body condition on pheomelanin‐based pigmentation in two Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea populations with different predation risk

Dispersal capacity explains the evolution of lifespan variability.

Dispersive Raman spectroscopy allows the identification and quantification of melanin types

Environmental constraints for plumage melanization in the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Evidence of evolutionary optimization of fatty acid length and unsaturation

Exposure to a competitive social environment activates an epigenetic mechanism that limits pheomelanin synthesis in zebra finches

Feather content of porphyrins in Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) fledglings depends on body condition and breeding site quality

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study

Feather mites and birds: an interaction mediated by uropygial gland size?

Genetic favouring of pheomelanin-based pigmentation limits physiological benefits of coloniality in lesser kestrels Falco naumanni.

Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus adjust CTNS expression to food abundance: a possible contribution to cysteine homeostasis.

High SLC7A11 expression in normal skin of melanoma patients

High levels of liver antioxidants are associated with life-history strategies characteristic of slow growth and high survival rates in birds

High prevalence of cataracts in birds with pheomelanin-based colouration

Individual quality via sensitivity to cysteine availability in a melanin-based honest signaling system.

Intensity of Melanin-Based Color and Risk of Predation in the Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

Intraspecific Kleptoparasitism in Lesser Black-backed Gulls Wintering Inland in Spain

Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

Mate-feeding has evolved as a compensatory energetic strategy that affects breeding success in birds

Melanin chemistry and the ecology of stress

Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function

Melanin-based sexual dichromatism in the Western Palearctic avifauna implies darker males and lighter females

Migration Strategies of the Great Cormorant Wintering Inland in Spain

Models for human porphyrias: Have animals in the wild been overlooked?: Some birds and mammals accumulate significant amounts of porphyrins in the body without showing the injurious symptoms observed in human porphyrias

Molecular vibration as a novel explanatory mechanism for the expression of animal colouration

On Showy Dwarfs and Sober Giants: Body Size as a Constraint for the Evolution of Bird Plumage Colouration

On silver wings: a fragile structural mechanism increases plumage conspicuousness

Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

Pheomelanin molecular vibration is associated with mitochondrial ROS production in melanocytes and systemic oxidative stress and damage

Pheomelanin synthesis varies with protein food abundance in developing goshawks

Pheomelanin-based plumage coloration predicts survival rates in birds

Pigment molecular composition reveals significant information for visual communication

Predation risk determines pigmentation phenotype in nuthatches by melanin-related gene expression effects

Predator odour recognition and avoidance in a songbird

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

Raman spectroscopy quantification of eumelanin subunits in natural unaltered pigments

Regional distribution patterns predict bird occurrence in Mediterranean cropland afforestations

Relationships between hair melanization, glutathione levels, and senescence in wild boars.

Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds

Sexual dichromatism and condition-dependence in the skin of a bat

Solar and terrestrial radiations explain continental-scale variation in bird pigmentation

Testicular melanization has evolved in birds with high mtDNA mutation rates.

The bare head of the Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) fulfills a thermoregulatory function.

The cheek plumage patch is an amplifier of dominance in great tits

The evolution of eu- and pheomelanic traits may respond to an economy of pigments related to environmental oxidative stress

The expression of melanin-based plumage is separately modulated by exogenous oxidative stress and a melanocortin.

Ultraviolet-blue reflectance of some nestling plumage patches mediates parental favouritism in great tits Parus major

Unique evolution of vitamin A as an external pigment in tropical starlings

Unprecedented high catecholamine production causing hair pigmentation after urinary excretion in red deer

Vibrational characterization of pheomelanin and trichochrome F by Raman spectroscopy