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List of works by Neil B. Metcalfe

A benign juvenile environment reduces the strength of antagonistic pleiotropy and genetic variation in the rate of senescence.

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

A comparison of dynamic-state-dependent models of the trade-off between growth, damage, and reproduction.

scientific article

A poor start in life negatively affects dominance status in adulthood independent of body size in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri.

scientific article published in September 2005

A reassessment of the effect of body mass upon flight speed and predation risk in birds

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Aerobic scope explains individual variation in feeding capacity.

scientific article published in November 2015

Among-sibling differences in the phenotypes of juvenile fish depend on their location within the egg mass and maternal dominance rank.

scientific article published in January 2013

Biochemical integration of blood redox state in captive zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Can environmental conditions experienced in early life influence future generations?

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2014)

Carotenoid modulation of immune function and sexual attractiveness in zebra finches

scientific article

Carotenoids, oxidative stress and female mating preference for longer lived males.

scientific article published in July 2007

Climate change and ageing in ectotherms

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Compensation for a bad start: grow now, pay later?

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Correction to 'Differential effects of food availability on minimum and maximum rates of metabolism'.

scientific article published on November 2016

Costs of compensation: effect of early life conditions and reproduction on flight performance in zebra finches

scientific article published on 07 April 2011

Decreased mitochondrial metabolic requirements in fasting animals carry an oxidative cost

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Developmental plasticity and human health

scientific article published in July 2004

Dietary carotenoid availability, sexual signalling and functional fertility in sticklebacks.

scientific article

Differences in mitochondrial efficiency explain individual variation in growth performance

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Does darkening signal submission in territorial contests between juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar ?

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Does individual variation in metabolic phenotype predict fish behaviour and performance?

scientific article

Does practice shape the brain?

scientific article published in July 1998

Early growth trajectories affect sexual responsiveness

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Early life experience primes resistance to oxidative stress ⬇️

scientific article published on August 15, 2012

Early nutrition and phenotypic development: 'catch-up' growth leads to elevated metabolic rate in adulthood

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of metabolic rate plasticity in response to environmental change

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Ecological processes in a hormetic framework ⬇️

scientific article published on September 16, 2010

Effect of growth compensation on subsequent physical fitness in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri.

scientific article published on March 2006

Embryonic and postnatal telomere length decrease with ovulation order within clutches

scientific article

Environmental stressors alter relationships between physiology and behaviour ⬇️

scientific article published on June 5, 2013

Experimental demonstration of the growth rate--lifespan trade-off

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Experimental demonstration that offspring fathered by old males have shorter telomeres and reduced lifespans.

scientific article published in March 2018

Familiarity influences body darkening in territorial disputes between juvenile salmon

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Fishes in a changing world: learning from the past to promote sustainability of fish populations.

scientific article published in March 2018

Flexibility in metabolic rate and activity level determines individual variation in overwinter performance.

scientific article

Flexibility in metabolic rate confers a growth advantage under changing food availability.

scientific article

Frequency-dependent social dominance in a color polymorphic cichlid fish.

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Genome size and longevity.

scientific article published in August 2000

Green swordtails alter their age at maturation in response to the population level of male ornamentation.

scientific article

Growth versus lifespan: perspectives from evolutionary ecology.

scientific article

Habitat restoration weakens negative environmental effects on telomere dynamics

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

Implantation of cocoa butter reduces egg and hatchling size in Salmo trutta ⬇️

scientific article published on July 14, 2011

Inadequate food intake at high temperatures is related to depressed mitochondrial respiratory capacity.

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

Individuals exhibit consistent differences in their metabolic rates across changing thermal conditions

scientific article

Individuals with higher metabolic rates have lower levels of reactive oxygen species in vivo

scientific article published on September 2015

Interactions between parental traits, environmental harshness and growth rate in determining telomere length in wild juvenile salmon.

scientific article

Interactive effects of early and later nutritional conditions on the adult antioxidant defence system in zebra finches

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier

scholarly article by Christiaan Both et al published 22 August 2004 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Links between parental life histories of wild salmon and the telomere lengths of their offspring.

scientific article published on 23 December 2017

Loss of integration is associated with reduced resistance to oxidative stress ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2013

Maternal age at maturation underpins contrasting behavior in offspring

scientific article

Metabolic divergence between sibling species of cichlidsPundamilia nyerereiandPundamilia pundamilia ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

Metabolic rate evolves rapidly and in parallel with the pace of life history

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Multigenerational exposure to elevated temperatures leads to a reduction in standard metabolic rate in the wild

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Neonatal nutrition, adult antioxidant defences and sexual attractiveness in the zebra finch

scientific article published in 2003

Nutrients from salmon parents alter selection pressures on their offspring.

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Optimization of resource allocation can explain the temporal dynamics and honesty of sexual signals.

scientific article published in October 2009

Oxidative stress as a mediator of life history trade-offs: mechanisms, measurements and interpretation.

scientific article

Oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance: blurring ecology and physiology.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Patch choice and risk: relative competitive ability is context dependent

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Plasma cortisol concentrations before and after social stress in rainbow trout and brown trout.

scientific article

Postnatal nutrition influences male attractiveness and promotes plasticity in male mating preferences

scientific article

Presence of a conspecific causes divergent changes in resting metabolism, depending on its relative size

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Prior hormetic priming is costly under environmental mismatch.

scientific article

Relationship between oxidative stress and circulating testosterone and cortisol in pre-spawning female brown trout

scientific article

Repeatability of metabolic rate is lower for animals living under field versus laboratory conditions.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Resource availability and life-history origin affect competitive behavior in territorial disputes

scientific article published in 2015

Seasonal changes in sheltering: effect of light and temperature on diel activity in juvenile salmon

scientific article published on 01 December 1997

Sex-dependent effects of nutrition on telomere dynamics in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article

Solving the conundrum of intra‐specific variation in metabolic rate: A multidisciplinary conceptual and methodological toolkit

scientific article published in 2023

State-dependent shifts between nocturnal and diurnal activity in salmon.

scientific article published in August 1998

Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild.

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Telomere elongation during early development is independent of environmental temperatures in Atlantic salmon

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Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan.

scientific article

The association between parental life history and offspring phenotype in Atlantic salmon.

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

The effects of latitude and day length on fattening strategies of wintering coal tits Periparus ater (L.): a field study and aviary experiment

article

The impact of dietary restriction, intermittent feeding and compensatory growth on reproductive investment and lifespan in a short-lived fish

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

The performance advantage of a high resting metabolic rate in juvenile salmon is habitat dependent.

scientific article

The predictability and patterns of vigilant behaviour.

scientific article published in December 1990

The role of physiology in the divergence of two incipient cichlid species.

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

The trade-off between growth rate and locomotor performance varies with perceived time until breeding.

scientific article published in October 2010

Timing of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt migration predicts successful passage through a reservoir

scientific article published on 06 April 2018

Using the MitoB method to assess levels of reactive oxygen species in ecological studies of oxidative stress

scientific article (publication date: 24 January 2017)

Variation in the link between oxygen consumption and ATP production, and its relevance for animal performance

scientific article

What causes intraspecific variation in resting metabolic rate and what are its ecological consequences?

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

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