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'Nature Knows No Boundaries': The Role of Nature Conservation in Peacebuilding

scientific article

A female melanin ornament signals offspring fluctuating asymmetry in the barn owl.

scientific article published in January 2003

A link between eumelanism and calcium physiology in the barn owl.

scientific article published on 24 June 2006

A melanin-based trait is more strongly related to body size in the tropics than in temperate regions in the globally distributed barn owl family

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

A novel cell-based sensor detecting the activity of individual basic proprotein convertases

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

A proopiomelanocortin-derived peptide sequence enhances plasma stability of peptide drugs

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Adaptive divergence of ancient gene duplicates in the avian MHC class II beta.

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Adoption as an offspring strategy to reduce ectoparasite exposure

scientific article published in August 2003

Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the barn owl.

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Agricultural land use and human presence around breeding sites increase stress-hormone levels and decrease body mass in barn owl nestlings

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies

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Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: A role for the melanocortin system ⬇️

scientific article published on February 11, 2011

Barn owl feathers as biomonitors of mercury: sources of variation in sampling procedures

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Barn owls display larger black feather spots in cooler regions of the British Isles

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Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels are heritable and genetically correlated in a barn owl population

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Beyond mean allelic effects: A locus at the major color gene MC1R associates also with differing levels of phenotypic and genetic (co)variance for coloration in barn owls.

scientific article published in September 2017

Circulating testosterone and feather-gene expression of receptors and metabolic enzymes in relation to melanin-based colouration in the barn owl.

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of barn owls and relatives (Family: Tytonidae), and their six major Pleistocene radiations.

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Condition-dependence, pleiotropy and the handicap principle of sexual selection in melanin-based colouration

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Condition-dependent expression of melanin-based coloration in the Eurasian kestrel ⬇️

scientific article published on April 22, 2012

Conditional association between melanism and personality in Israeli Barn Owls

article published in 2014

Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration

Corticosterone shifts reproductive behaviour towards self-maintenance in the barn owl and is linked to melanin-based coloration in females ⬇️

scientific article published on April 11, 2013

Covariation between egg size and rearing condition determines offspring quality: an experiment with the alpine swift

scientific article published in July 2002

Covariation between eumelanic pigmentation and body mass only under specific conditions

scientific article published on 3 January 2009

Darker eumelanic barn owls better withstand food depletion through resistance to food deprivation and lower appetite.

scientific article published on 13 June 2010

Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl.

scientific article published on 28 April 2006

Demographic routes to variability and regulation in bird populations

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Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Effect of the MC1R gene on sexual dimorphism in melanin-based colorations

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Effects of corticosterone on innate and humoral immune functions and oxidative stress in barn owl nestlings.

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Effects of corticosterone pellets on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone and corticosteroid-binding-globulin

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Elder Barn Owl Nestlings Flexibly Redistribute Parental Food according to Siblings' Need or in Return for Allopreening

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Evolution of wing length and melanin‐based coloration in insular populations of a cosmopolitan raptor

scientific article published in 2021

Evolutionary and biomedical consequences of internal melanins

scientific article published on May 2014

Evolutionary patterns of MHC class II B in owls and their implications for the understanding of avian MHC evolution

scientific article published on 20 March 2008

Expression of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor genes co-varies with a stress-related colour signal in barn owls

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Expression of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor genes co-vary with a stress-related colour signal in barn owls

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Extra-pair paternity, testes size and testosterone level in relation to colour polymorphism in the barn owlTyto alba

article published in 2004

Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

article published in 2001

Female-biased dispersal and non-random gene flow of MC1R variants do not result in a migration load in barn owls

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CONDITION-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON FEMALE AND MALE ORNAMENTATION IN THE BARN OWL TYTO ALBA

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Generalized evidence for Bergmann’s rule: body size variation in a cosmopolitan owl genus

scientific article published in 2020

Genetics of colouration in birds ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 May 2013

Genomic basis of insularity and ecological divergence in barn owls (Tyto alba) of the Canary Islands

scientific article published in 2022

Genomic consequences of colonisation, migration and genetic drift in barn owl insular populations of the eastern Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2021

Genomics of coloration in natural animal populations

scientific article published in July 2017

Geographic and temporal variation in the consumption of bats by European Barn Owls

Geographic variation in body size and plumage colour according to diet composition in a nocturnal raptor

scientific article published on 07 May 2021

Geographical variation in bill size provides evidence for Allen’s rule in a cosmopolitan raptor

scientific article published in 2019

Global biogeographical patterns in the diet of a cosmopolitan avian predator

scientific article published in 2020

Gloger's rule in North American Barn Owls

scientific article published in 2015

Glucocorticoid levels are linked to lifetime reproductive success and survival of adult barn owls

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

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

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Interspecific correlation between red blood cell mitochondrial ROS production, cardiolipin content and longevity in birds

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Isolation and characterization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II B genes in the Barn owl (Aves: Tyto alba).

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

Just Google it: assessing the use of Google Images to describe geographical variation in visible traits of organisms

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Kittiwakes strategically reduce investment in replacement clutches

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Lack of evidence for selection favouring MHC haplotypes that combine high functional diversity

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Lack of statistical power as a major limitation in understanding MHC-mediated immunocompetence in wild vertebrate populations

scientific article published on 17 November 2019

Landscape and Climatic Variations Shaped Secondary Contacts amid Barn Owls of the Western Palearctic

scientific article published in 2021

Life span and reproductive cost explain interspecific variation in the optimal onset of reproduction

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

Linking melanism to brain development: expression of a melanism-related gene in barn owl feather follicles covaries with sleep ontogeny

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Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration.

scientific article published on 9 November 2011

Local adaptation maintains clinal variation in melanin-based coloration of European barn owls (Tyto alba).

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MC1R variants affect the expression of melanocortin and melanogenic genes and the association between melanocortin genes and coloration

scientific article published on 24 September 2016

Melanin-Based Coloration in Juvenile Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) Covaries with Anti-Predatory Personality Traits

Melanin-based coloration covaries with ovary size in an age-specific manner in the barn owl.

scientific article published on 3 July 2009

Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the alpine swift

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Melanin-based colour polymorphism responding to climate change

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Melanin-specific life-history strategies

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Melanism is related to behavioural lateralization in nestling barn owls.

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Molecular evolution of the proopiomelanocortin system in Barn owl species

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Morph-specific genetic and environmental variation in innate and acquired immune response in a color polymorphic raptor

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Multiple paternity in polyandrous barn owls (Tyto alba).

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Natural selection in a postglacial range expansion: the case of the colour cline in the European barn owl.

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

Nest box design for the study of diurnal raptors and owls is still an overlooked point in ecological, evolutionary and conservation studies: a review

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Nestling barn owls assess short-term variation in the amount of vocally competing siblings.

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

New genome assembly of the barn owl (Tyto alba alba)

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Non-Vocal Behaviors Are More Frequent During the Decisive Negotiation Phases in Barn Owl Siblings

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

On estimation and identifiability issues of sex-linked inheritance with a case study of pigmentation in Swiss barn owl (Tyto alba).

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Oxygen consumption in offspring tawny owls Strix aluco is associated with colour morph of foster mother

Pale and dark reddish melanic tawny owls differentially regulate the level of blood circulating POMC prohormone in relation to environmental conditions ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2011

Parasitism and developmental plasticity in Alpine swift nestlings

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls

scientific article published on 8 March 2008

Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism

scientific article published in October 2009

Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of barn owls (Aves: Strigiformes)

scholarly article by Mansour Aliabadian et al published 4 July 2016 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes.

scientific article published on 19 July 2008

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system: expression levels of this system are associated with melanogenesis and pigmentation in the tawny owl (Strix aluco).

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

Prosody Predicts Contest Outcome in Non-Verbal Dialogs

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Proximate basis of the covariation between a melanin-based female ornament and offspring quality.

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Quantitative genetic modeling and inference in the presence of nonignorable missing data

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Regulation of free corticosterone and CBG capacity under different environmental conditions in altricial nestlings

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Reply to: Lunar illuminated fraction is a poor proxy for moonlight exposure

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Selection on the Major Color Gene Melanocortin-1-Receptor Shaped the Evolution of the Melanocortin System Genes

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Sex- and melanism-specific variations in the oxidative status of adult tawny owls in response to manipulated reproductive effort

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Sex-specific allelic transmission bias suggests sexual conflict at MC1R.

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

Sexual maturity varies with melanic plumage traits in the barn owl

scientific article published in 2021

Social huddling and physiological thermoregulation are related to melanism in the nocturnal barn owl.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Solutions for Archiving Data in Long-Term Studies: A Reply to Whitlock et al.

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Sudden weather deterioration but not brood size affects baseline corticosterone levels in nestling Alpine swifts

scientific article published on 8 July 2010

The biology of color

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The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds

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The genetic basis of color-related local adaptation in a ring-like colonization around the Mediterranean.

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

The relationship between weather and reproduction of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in a semi-arid agricultural landscape in Israel

Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Multiple Phenotypes

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Ultradian Rhythmicity in Sleep-Wakefulness Is Related to Color in Nestling Barn Owls

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What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity

scientific article published in January 2008

Why do melanin ornaments signal individual quality? Insights from metal element analysis of barn owl feathers.

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