List of works - Rebecca J Safran

A biologist's guide to model selection and causal inference

A multidimensional framework to quantify the effects of urbanization on avian breeding fitness

scientific article published in 2023

A robust new metric of phenotypic distance to estimate and compare multiple trait differences among populations

scientific article published in June 2012

Age before beauty? Relationships between fertilization success and age-dependent ornaments in barn swallows.

scientific article

An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population

scientific article published in September 2014

An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Behavioural ecology: promiscuous fathers sire young that recognize true family

scientific article published in September 2006

Cognitive Phenotypes and the Evolution of Animal Decisions.

scientific article

Contributions of natural and sexual selection to the evolution of premating reproductive isolation: a research agenda

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Demographic inference in barn swallows using whole-genome data shows signal for bottleneck and subspecies differentiation during the Holocene

scientific article published on 22 September 2018

Divergent sexual signals reflect costs of local parasites

scientific article published on 08 May 2020

Effects of assortative mate choice on the genomic and morphological structure of a hybrid zone between two bird subspecies

scientific article

Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds

scientific article

European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown

article

Evolutionary Genetics: Small Genomic Regions Make a Big Impact

scientific article published in November 2016

Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder

scientific article published in September 2008

Evolutionary biology: variation isn't always sexy

scientific article published in May 2007

Evolutionary divergence in acoustic signals: causes and consequences

scientific article

Experimental manipulation of a signal trait reveals complex phenotype-behaviour coordination

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Expression of multiple sexual signals by fathers and sons in the East-Mediterranean barn swallow: are advertising strategies heritable?

scientific article

Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

article

Genomic variation across two barn swallow hybrid zones reveals traits associated with divergence in sympatry and allopatry.

scientific article

Low variation in the polymorphic Clock gene poly-Q region despite population genetic structure across barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations

scientific article

Mechanisms of Assortative Mating in Speciation with Gene Flow: Connecting Theory and Empirical Research.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Microclimate and host body condition influence mite population growth in a wild bird-ectoparasite system

article

Migratory divides coincide with reproductive barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Multimodal signalling in the North American barn swallow: a phenotype network approach.

scientific article published in October 2015

Multiple sexual signals and behavioral reproductive isolation in a diverging population.

scientific article published on 7 August 2013

Performance of Encounternet Tags: Field Tests of Miniaturized Proximity Loggers for Use on Small Birds

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Phylogeny of the genus Hirundo and the Barn Swallow subspecies complex.

scientific article published on 10 February 2010

Population genetics and morphological comparisons of migratory European (Hirundo rustica rustica) and sedentary East-Mediterranean (Hirundo rustica transitiva) barn swallows.

scientific article published on 9 November 2011

Positive carotenoid balance correlates with greater reproductive performance in a wild bird

scientific article

Quantitative genetics of plumage color: lifetime effects of early nest environment on a colorful sexual signal

scientific article

Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

scientific article published on 6 May 2010

Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Sexual signaling: climatic carry-over.

scientific article

Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Stress and success: individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

The Role of Seasonal Migration in Population Divergence and Reproductive Isolation

scientific article

The impact of urbanization on body size of Barn Swallows <i>Hirundo rustica gutturalis</i>

scientific article published on 19 December 2020

The maintenance of phenotypic divergence through sexual selection: An experimental study in barn swallows Hirundo rustica.

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

The role of ecology in speciation by sexual selection: a systematic empirical review.

scientific article

Theory Meets Empiry: A Citation Network Analysis

Transitions from Single- to Multi-Locus Processes during Speciation with Gene Flow.

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Unifying Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Genomic Differentiation

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Using Networks to Connect Individual-Level Reproductive Behavior to Population Patterns

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Variation in the temporal and spatial use of signals and its implications for multimodal communication

article by J. Albert C. Uy & Rebecca J. Safran published 15 February 2013 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Ventral colour, not tail streamer length, is associated with seasonal reproductive performance in a Chinese population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica gutturalis)

Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function.

scientific article published on 08 April 2010

YOU CAN'T JUDGE A PIGMENT BY ITS COLOR: CAROTENOID AND MELANIN CONTENT OF YELLOW AND BROWN FEATHERS IN SWALLOWS, BLUEBIRDS, PENGUINS, AND DOMESTIC CHICKENS

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List of works by Rebecca J Safran

A biologist's guide to model selection and causal inference

A multidimensional framework to quantify the effects of urbanization on avian breeding fitness

A robust new metric of phenotypic distance to estimate and compare multiple trait differences among populations

Age before beauty? Relationships between fertilization success and age-dependent ornaments in barn swallows.

An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population

An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype

Behavioural ecology: promiscuous fathers sire young that recognize true family

Cognitive Phenotypes and the Evolution of Animal Decisions.

Contributions of natural and sexual selection to the evolution of premating reproductive isolation: a research agenda

Demographic inference in barn swallows using whole-genome data shows signal for bottleneck and subspecies differentiation during the Holocene

Divergent sexual signals reflect costs of local parasites

Effects of assortative mate choice on the genomic and morphological structure of a hybrid zone between two bird subspecies

Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds

European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown

Evolutionary Genetics: Small Genomic Regions Make a Big Impact

Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder

Evolutionary biology: variation isn't always sexy

Evolutionary divergence in acoustic signals: causes and consequences

Experimental manipulation of a signal trait reveals complex phenotype-behaviour coordination

Expression of multiple sexual signals by fathers and sons in the East-Mediterranean barn swallow: are advertising strategies heritable?

Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

Genomic variation across two barn swallow hybrid zones reveals traits associated with divergence in sympatry and allopatry.

Low variation in the polymorphic Clock gene poly-Q region despite population genetic structure across barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations

Mechanisms of Assortative Mating in Speciation with Gene Flow: Connecting Theory and Empirical Research.

Microclimate and host body condition influence mite population growth in a wild bird-ectoparasite system

Migratory divides coincide with reproductive barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau

Multimodal signalling in the North American barn swallow: a phenotype network approach.

Multiple sexual signals and behavioral reproductive isolation in a diverging population.

Performance of Encounternet Tags: Field Tests of Miniaturized Proximity Loggers for Use on Small Birds

Phylogeny of the genus Hirundo and the Barn Swallow subspecies complex.

Population genetics and morphological comparisons of migratory European (Hirundo rustica rustica) and sedentary East-Mediterranean (Hirundo rustica transitiva) barn swallows.

Positive carotenoid balance correlates with greater reproductive performance in a wild bird

Quantitative genetics of plumage color: lifetime effects of early nest environment on a colorful sexual signal

Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow

Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows

Sexual signaling: climatic carry-over.

Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Stress and success: individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk

The Role of Seasonal Migration in Population Divergence and Reproductive Isolation

The impact of urbanization on body size of Barn Swallows <i>Hirundo rustica gutturalis</i>

The maintenance of phenotypic divergence through sexual selection: An experimental study in barn swallows Hirundo rustica.

The role of ecology in speciation by sexual selection: a systematic empirical review.

Theory Meets Empiry: A Citation Network Analysis

Transitions from Single- to Multi-Locus Processes during Speciation with Gene Flow.

Unifying Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Genomic Differentiation

Using Networks to Connect Individual-Level Reproductive Behavior to Population Patterns

Variation in the temporal and spatial use of signals and its implications for multimodal communication

Ventral colour, not tail streamer length, is associated with seasonal reproductive performance in a Chinese population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica gutturalis)

Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function.

YOU CAN'T JUDGE A PIGMENT BY ITS COLOR: CAROTENOID AND MELANIN CONTENT OF YELLOW AND BROWN FEATHERS IN SWALLOWS, BLUEBIRDS, PENGUINS, AND DOMESTIC CHICKENS