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List of works by Branislav Igic

A comparison of egg yolk lipid constituents between parasitic Common Cuckoos and their hosts

scientific article published in October 2015

A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

scientific article

A shared chemical basis of avian host-parasite egg colour mimicry

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Alternative mechanisms of increased eggshell hardness of avian brood parasites relative to host species

scientific article

Avian vocal mimicry: a unified conceptual framework.

scientific article published on 30 July 2014

Beyond colour: consistent variation in near infrared and solar reflectivity in sunbirds (Nectariniidae).

scientific article

Comparison of micrometer- and scanning electron microscope-based measurements of avian eggshell thickness

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

Crying wolf to a predator: deceptive vocal mimicry by a bird protecting young

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2015)

Detecting pigments from colourful eggshells of extinct birds

scientific article (publication date: 29 December 2009)

Eavesdropping magpies respond to the number of heterospecifics giving alarm calls but not the number of species calling

scientific article published in February 2019

Egg discrimination along a gradient of natural variation in eggshell coloration.

scientific article published in February 2017

Experimental shifts in egg-nest contrasts do not alter egg rejection responses in an avian host-brood parasite system

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Fifty shades of white: how white feather brightness differs among species

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Manakins can produce iridescent and bright feather colours without melanosomes.

scientific article published in June 2016

Sexual plumage dichromatism in a size monomorphic seabird

scientific article published in September 2014

Size dimorphism and avian-perceived sexual dichromatism in a New Zealand endemic bird, the whitehead Mohoua albicilla

scientific article published in June 2010

The cuticle modulates ultraviolet reflectance of avian eggshells.

scientific article

The microstructure of white feathers predicts their visible and near-infrared reflectance properties

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Which egg features predict egg rejection responses in American robins? Replicating Rothstein's (1982) study

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Wild birds learn to eavesdrop on heterospecific alarm calls.

scientific article