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List of works by Diego Rubolini

A ptilochronological study of carry-over effects of conditions during wintering on breeding performance in the barn swallowHirundo rustica

article

A trade-off between reproduction and feather growth in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article

Across the deserts and sea: inter-individual variation in migration routes of south-central European barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published in 2022

Adcyap1 polymorphism covaries with breeding latitude in a Nearctic migratory songbird, the Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla).

scientific article published on 7 April 2016

Analysis of movement recursions to detect reproductive events and estimate their fate in central place foragers

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Analysis of sex sequences by means of generalized linear mixed models

scientific article published in 2014

Antioxidant defenses predict long-term survival in a passerine bird

scientific article

Antioxidants and embryo phenotype: is there experimental evidence for strong integration of the antioxidant system?

scientific article published in February 2017

Assessing Important Conservation Areas for Colonial Species From Individual Tracking Data: An Evaluation of the Effects of Colony Structure and Temporal Heterogeneity in Movement Patterns

scientific article published in 2022

Assessing costs of carrying geolocators using feather corticosterone in two species of aerial insectivore

scientific article

Assessing the distribution of invasive Asian mosquitoes in Northern Italy and modelling the potential spread of Aedes koreicus in Europe

scientific article published on 21 May 2022

Assessing the relative importance of managed crops and semi-natural grasslands as foraging habitats for breeding lesser kestrels Falco naumanni in southeastern Italy

scientific article published in 2021

Assortative mating for telomere length and antioxidant capacity in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published in 2017

Avian hind-limb digit length ratios measured from radiographs are sexually dimorphic

scientific article published on 06 August 2008

Barn swallow antipredator behavior covaries with melanic coloration and predicts survival

scientific article published in 2018

Better-surviving barn swallow mothers produce more and better-surviving sons

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Birds of a feather flock together: a dataset for Clock and Adcyap1 genes from migration genetics studies

scientific article published on 9 November 2023

Brood size, telomere length, and parent-offspring color signaling in barn swallows

article by Alessandra Costanzo et al published 6 October 2016 in Behavioral Ecology

Brothers and sisters are stabbing each other in the back: long-term effects of sex of siblings on barn swallow offspring

scientific article

Brownish, small and lousy barn swallows have greater natal dispersal propensity

Candidate genes have sex-specific effects on timing of spring migration and moult speed in a long-distance migratory bird

scientific article published on 27 October 2016

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

scientific article

Climate affects global patterns of COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics

scientific article (preprint)

Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts

scientific article

Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds

scientific article published on 22 September 2010

Cloacal microbiomes and ecology of individual barn swallows

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Clock gene polymorphism and scheduling of migration: a geolocator study of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Clock gene polymorphism, migratory behaviour and geographic distribution: a comparative study of trans-Saharan migratory birds.

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Clock gene variation is associated with breeding phenology and maybe under directional selection in the migratory barn swallow

scientific article

Colour polymorphism in birds: causes and functions.

scientific article published in July 2003

Consequences of prenatal androgen exposure for the reproductive performance of female pheasants (Phasianus colchicus).

scientific article published in January 2007

Containment measures limit environmental effects on COVID-19 early outbreak dynamics

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Contrasting effects of increased yolk testosterone content on development and oxidative status in gull embryos.

scientific article published in February 2017

Correction: Clock Gene Variation Is Associated with Breeding Phenology and Maybe under Directional Selection in the Migratory Barn Swallow

scientific article published on 31 May 2012

Delayed reproduction among Great Bitterns<i>Botaurus stellaris</i>breeding in ricefields

scientific article published in 2007

Dietary flavonoids advance timing of moult but do not affect redox status of juvenile blackbirds (Turdus merula).

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Early exposure to a bacterial endotoxin advances the onset of moult in the European starling

Early maternal effects mediated by immunity depend on sexual ornamentation of the male partner

scientific article published in 2002

Early maternal, genetic and environmental components of antioxidant protection, morphology and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Early-Life Telomere Dynamics Differ between the Sexes and Predict Growth in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Ecological barriers shaping fuel stores in barn swallows Hirundo rustica following the central and western Mediterranean flyways

Ecological conditions during winter predict arrival date at the breeding quarters in a trans-Saharan migratory bird

article

Effect of light-level geolocators on apparent survival of two highly aerial swift species

scientific article published in 2017

Effect of yolk corticosterone on begging in the yellow-legged gull.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Effects of Egg and Circulating Testosterone on Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Male Traits and Combat Outcome

article by Diego Rubolini et al published 27 October 2013 in Ethology

Effects of egg testosterone on female mate choice and male sexual behavior in the pheasant

scientific article published on 26 October 2010

Effects of elevated egg corticosterone levels on behavior, growth, and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

scientific article published in May 2005

Effects of elevated yolk androgens on perinatal begging behavior in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

scientific article published on 13 July 2006

Effects of elevated yolk testosterone levels on survival, growth and immunity of male and female yellow-legged gull chicks

article by Diego Rubolini et al published 7 October 2005 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Effects of female mating status on copulation behaviour and sperm expenditure in the freshwater crayfish Austropotamobius italicus

scientific article published in 2006

Effects of prenatal yolk androgens on armaments and ornaments of the ring-necked pheasant

article published in 2005

Egg Testosterone Differentially Affects Telomere Length in Somatic Tissues of Yellow-Legged Gull Embryos

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Egg antimicrobials, embryo sex and chick phenotype in the yellow-legged gull

article by Andrea Bonisoli Alquati et al published 3 February 2010 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Egg testosterone affects wattle color and trait covariation in the ring-necked pheasant

article by Andrea Bonisoli Alquati et al published 26 April 2011 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Environmental conditions at arrival to the wintering grounds and during spring migration affect population dynamics of barn swallows Hirundo rustica breeding in Northern Italy

article

Epidemic Preparedness—Leishmania tarentolae as an Easy-to-Handle Tool to Produce Antigens for Viral Diagnosis: Application to COVID-19

scientific article published on 13 December 2021

Experimental manipulation of yolk testosterone affects digit length ratios in the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).

scientific article published in September 2005

Factors affecting breeding habitat selection in a cliff-nesting peregrine Falco peregrinus population

Fear is the mother of invention: anuran embryos exposed to predator cues alter life-history traits, post-hatching behaviour and neuronal activity patterns

scientific article

Female freshwater crayfish adjust egg and clutch size in relation to multiple male traits.

scientific article published in May 2006

Flexible tuning of departure decisions in response to weather in black redstarts Phoenicurus ochruros migrating across the Mediterranean Sea

Food load manipulation ability shapes flight morphology in females of central-place foraging Hymenoptera

scientific article

Food supplementation affects egg albumen content and body size asymmetry among yellow-legged gull siblings

scientific article published in 2010

Geographical and seasonal variation in the intensity of sexual selection in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Global changes and animal phenotypic responses: melanin-based plumage redness of scops owls increased with temperature and rainfall during the last century

scientific article

Habitat management effects on Prealpine grassland bird communities

scientific article published in 2014

Head ornaments in owls: what are their functions?

Home, dirty home: effect of old nest material on nest-site selection and breeding performance in a cavity-nesting raptor

scientific article published on 02 February 2018

How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

Humoral immune response in relation to senescence, sex and sexual ornamentation in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article

Identifying climate refugia for high‐elevation Alpine birds under current climate warming predictions

scientific article published in 2022

Immune and Stress Responses Covary with Melanin-Based Coloration in the Barn Swallow

article

Impact of miniaturized geolocators on barn swallowHirundo rusticafitness traits

Increased egg estradiol concentration feminizes digit ratios of male pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)

scientific article published on 30 November 2006

Independent and combined effects of egg pro- and anti-oxidants on gull chick phenotype

scientific article published on 10 May 2018

Individual and population-level sex-dependent lateralization in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks.

scientific article

Inter-generational resemblance of methylation levels at circadian genes and associations with phenology in the barn swallow

article

Inter-individual differences in foraging tactics of a colonial raptor: consistency, weather effects, and fitness correlates

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Interindividual variation and consistency of migratory behavior in the Eurasian woodcock

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Intra-guild spatial niche overlap among three small falcon species in an area of recent sympatry

scientific article published in 2022

Lifetime reproductive success, selection on lifespan, and multiple sexual ornaments in male European barn swallows.

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Light-level geolocators reveal covariation between winter plumage molt and phenology in a trans-Saharan migratory bird

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Long-term trends in first arrival and first egg laying dates of some migrant and resident bird species in northern Italy

scientific article

Longevity and lifetime reproductive success of barn swallow offspring are predicted by their hatching date and phenotypic quality

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Male-male combats in a polymorphic lizard: residency and size, but not color, affect fighting rules and contest outcome.

scientific article

Matching geographical assignment by stable isotopes with African non-breeding sites of barn swallows Hirundo rustica tracked by geolocation

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Maternal allocation strategies and differential effects of yolk carotenoids on the phenotype and viability of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks in relation to sex and laying order

scientific article published on 18 August 2008

Maternal effects mediated by egg quality in the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis in relation to laying order and embryo sex

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Maternal immune factors and the evolution of secondary sexual characters

scientific article published in 2007

Methylation of the circadian Clock gene in the offspring of a free-living passerine bird increases with maternal and individual exposure to PM10.

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Migration phenology and breeding success are predicted by methylation of a photoperiodic gene in the barn swallow

scientific article

Migratory connectivity and effects of winter temperatures on migratory behaviour of the European robin Erithacus rubecula: a continent-wide analysis

scientific article

Modelling the progression of bird migration with conditional autoregressive models applied to ringing data

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Molt, feather growth rate and body condition of male and female Barn Swallows

article

Morph-specific immunity in male Podarcis muralis

Morphological constraints on changing avian migration phenology.

scientific article

Nestling rearing is antioxidant demanding in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article published on 3 June 2014

Nestling sex and plumage color predict food allocation by barn swallow parents

article by Andrea Romano et al published 2016 in Behavioral Ecology

Nestling telomere length does not predict longevity, but covaries with adult body size in wild barn swallows

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

No short-term effects of geolocators on flight performance of an aerial insectivorous bird, the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Parent-Absent Begging in Barn Swallow Broods: Causes of Individual Variation and Effects on Sibling Interactions and Food Allocation

Parent-absent signalling of need and its consequences for sibling competition in the barn swallow

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Past and future impact of climate change on foraging habitat suitability in a high-alpine bird species: Management options to buffer against global warming effects

scientific article published in 2018

Patterns of Midichloria infection in avian-borne African ticks and their trans-Saharan migratory hosts

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Perinatal variation and covariation of oxidative status and telomere length in yellow-legged gull chicks

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Phenotypic correlates of yolk and plasma carotenoid concentration in yellow-legged gull chicks

scientific article published on March 2008

Physiological increase of yolk testosterone level does not affect oxidative status and telomere length in gull hatchlings

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Polymorphism at the Clock gene predicts phenology of long-distance migration in birds

scientific article

Population and colony-level determinants of tertiary sex ratio in the declining barn swallow

scientific article

Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

scientific article

Potential toxicity of environmentally relevant perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) concentrations to yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis embryos

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Predation risk affects egg mass but not egg steroid hormone concentrations in yellow-legged gulls

scientific article published on 14 August 2018

Prenatal independent and combined effects of yolk vitamin E and corticosterone on embryo growth and oxidative status in the yellow-legged gull

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Presence of rivals reduces mating probability but does not affect ejaculate size in the freshwater crayfish Austropotamobius italicus

Protoporphyrin-based eggshell pigmentation predicts hatching success and offspring sex ratio in the barn swallow

scientific article published in 2018

Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds

scientific article

Rectal Administration of Cells Elicits a Specific, Th1-Associated IgG2a Response in Mice: New Perspectives for Mucosal Vaccination against Leishmaniasis, after the Repurposing of a Study on an Anti-Viral Vaccine Candidate

scientific article published on 9 August 2023

Representing migration routes from re-encounter data: a new method applied to ring recoveries of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) in Europe

article published in 2018

Seasonal decline of offspring quality in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris: an immune challenge experiment

scientific article published in 2012

Sequence variation in melanocortin-1-receptor and tyrosinase-related protein 1 genes and their relationship with melanin-based plumage trait expression in Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) males

scientific article published in 2018

Sex allocation according to multiple sexually dimorphic traits of both parents in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article

Sex allocation in yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) depends on nutritional constraints on production of large last eggs

scientific article published on 9 December 2009

Sex-, morph- and size-specific susceptibility to stress measured by haematological variables in captive common wall lizard Podarcis muralis

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Sex-dependent carry-over effects on timing of reproduction and fecundity of a migratory bird

scientific article

Sex-related effects of an immune challenge on growth and begging behavior of barn swallow nestlings

scientific article

Sex-related effects of reproduction on biomarkers of oxidative damage in free-living barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article

Sex-related variation in migration phenology in relation to sexual dimorphism: a test of competing hypotheses for the evolution of protandry.

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Sex-specific effects of albumen removal and nest environment manipulation on Barn Swallow nestlings.

scientific article published in August 2008

Sexual Dimorphism and Population Differences in Structural Properties of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Wing and Tail Feathers

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Sexual dimorphism in digit length ratios in two lizard species

scientific article published in May 2006

Sexual dimorphism in melanin pigmentation, feather coloration and its heritability in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article

Spatial segregation of home ranges between neighbouring colonies in a diurnal raptor

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Sperm allocation in relation to male traits, female size, and copulation behaviour in freshwater crayfish species

scientific article published on 06 February 2006

Sperm removal and ejaculate size correlate with chelae asymmetry in a freshwater crayfish species

scientific article published in 2008

Sperm traits negatively covary with size and asymmetry of a secondary sexual trait in a freshwater crayfish

scientific article

Spring migration decisions in relation to weather are predicted by wing morphology among trans-Mediterranean migratory birds

article

Telomere length is reflected by plumage coloration and predicts seasonal reproductive success in the barn swallow.

scientific article

Temporal shifts in avian phenology across the circannual cycle in a rapidly changing climate: A global meta‐analysis

scientific article published in 2022

The Effect of Moonlight on Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaColony Attendance Patterns and Nocturnal Foraging: A Test of the Foraging Efficiency Hypothesis

article

The Mitogenome Relationships and Phylogeography of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published on 01 June 2022

The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

scientific article published in March 2022

The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics

scientific article

Timing of migration and residence areas during the non-breeding period of barn swallowsHirundo rusticain relation to sex and population

Timing of molt of barn swallows is delayed in a rare Clock genotype

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Trace elements fingerprint of feathers differs between breeding and non-breeding areas in an Afro-Palearctic migratory bird, the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Using the BirdTree.org website to obtain robust phylogenies for avian comparative studies: A primer

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

Vegetation height and structure drive foraging habitat selection of the lesser kestrel (<i>Falco naumanni</i>) in intensive agricultural landscapes

scientific article published in 2022

Viability is associated with melanin-based coloration in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article

Vitamin E deficiency in last-laid eggs limits growth of yellow-legged gull chicks

article by Marco Parolini et al published 25 February 2015 in Functional Ecology

Weather conditions, brood size and hatching order affect Common SwiftApus apusnestlings’ survival and growth

White tail spots in breeding Barn SwallowsHirundo rusticasignal body condition during winter moult

article

Wing morphology, winter ecology, and fecundity selection: evidence for sex-dependence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Within- and Among-clutch Variation of Yolk Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) in a Seabird from the Northern Adriatic Sea

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Within-clutch egg size asymmetry covaries with embryo sex in the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis

article by Diego Rubolini et al published 16 June 2009 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Within‐colony segregation of foraging areas: from patterns to processes

scientific article published in 2023

Year-round variation in the isotopic niche of Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) breeding in contrasting sea regions of the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Yolk carotenoids have sex-dependent effects on redox status and influence the resolution of growth trade-offs in yellow-legged gull chicks

article by Nicola Saino et al published 2011 in Behavioral Ecology

Yolk testosterone affects growth and promotes individual-level consistency in behavioral lateralization of yellow-legged gull chicks

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Yolk vitamin E positively affects prenatal growth but not oxidative status in yellow-legged gull embryos

article by Marco Parolini et al published June 2018 in Current Zoology

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