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In Press
Bokma F., Van den Brink V., Stadler T., In Press. Unexpectedly many extinct hominins. Evolution . [DOI]
Da Silva A., van den Brink V., Emaresi G., Luzio E., Bize P., Dreiss A.N., Roulin A., In Press. Melanin-based colour polymorphism signals agressive personality in nest and territory defence in the tawny owl (Strix aluco). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology .
Dreiss A. N., Calcagno M., Van den Brink V., Laurent A., Almasi. B., Jenni L., Roulin A., In Press. The vigilance components of begging and sibling competition. Journal of Avian Biology .
Dreiss A. N., Ruppli C. A., Faller C., Roulin A., In Press. Big Brother is watching you : eavesdropping to résolve family conflicts. Behavioral Ecology .
Roulin A., Mafli A., Wakamatsu K., In Press. Reptiles produce pheomelanin : evidence in the Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri). Journal of Herpetology .
Roulin A., Mangel J., Wakamatsu K., Bachmann T., In Press. Sexually dimorphic melanin-based color polymorphism, Feather melanin content and wing feather structure in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society .
2013
Scriba M.F., Harmening W.M., Mettke-Hofmann C., Vyssotski A.L., Roulin A., Wagner H., Rattenborg N.C., 2013. Evaluation of two minimally invasive techniques for electroencephalogram recording in wild or freely behaving animals. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 199(3) pp. 183-189. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
2012
Almasi B., Roulin A., Korner-Nievergelt F., Jenni-Eiermann S., Jenni L., 2012. Coloration signals the ability to cope with elevated stress hormones: effects of corticosterone on growth of barn owls are associated with melanism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(6) pp. 1189-1199. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Charter M., Izhaki I., Leshem Y., Roulin A., 2012. Diet and breeding success of long-eared owls in a semi-arid environment. Journal of Arid Environments 85 pp. 142-144. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Charter M., Leshem Y., Meyrom K., Peleg O., Roulin A., 2012. The importance of micro-habitat in the breeding of Barn Owls Tyto alba. Bird Study 59(3) pp. 368-371. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Charter M., Peleg O., Leshem Y., Roulin A., 2012. Similar patterns of local barn owl adaptation in the Middle East and Europe with respect to melanic coloration. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106(2) pp. 447-454. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Dreiss A.N., Antoniazza S., Burri R., Fumagalli L., Sonnay C., Frey C., Goudet J., Roulin A., 2012. Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(1) pp. 103-114. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Lambrechts M.M., Wiebe K.L., Sunde P., Solonen T., Sergio F., Roulin A., Moller A.P., Lopez B.C., Fargallo J.A., Exo K.-M., Dell'Omo G., Costantini D., Charter M., Butler M.W., Bortolotti G.R, Arlettaz R., Korpimäki E., 2012. Nest-box design for the study of diurnal raptors and owls is still an overlooked point in ecological, evolutionary and conservation studies: a review. Journal of Ornithology 153(1) pp. 23-34. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Piault R., van den Brink V., Roulin A., 2012. Condition-dependent expression of melanin-based coloration in the Eurasian kestrel. Naturwissenschaften 99(5) pp. 391-396. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., 2012. Zero inflated GLMM applied to barn owl data. pp. 25-66 in Zuur A F, Saveliev A.A., Ieno E.N. (eds.) Zero inflated models and generalized linear mixed models with R. Highlands Statistics, Newburgh.
Roulin A., Da Silva A., Ruppli C.A., 2012. Dominant nestlings displaying female-like melanin coloration behave altruistically in the barn owl. Animal Behaviour 84(5) pp. 1229-1236. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Dreiss A.N., 2012. Sibling competition and cooperation over parental care. pp. 133-147 in Royle N.J., Smiseth P.T., Kölliker M. (eds.) The evolution of parental care. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Roulin A., Dubey S., 2012. The occurrence of reptiles in Barn Owl diet in Europe. Bird Study 59(4) pp. 504-508. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Ruppli A.C., Almasi B., Dreiss A.N., Battesti M., Jenni L., Roulin A., 2012. Corticosterone promotes scramble competition over sibling negotiation in Barn Owl nestlings (Tyto alba). Evolutionary Biology 39(3) pp. 348-358. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Van den Brink V., Dolivo V., Falourd X., Dreiss A.N., Roulin A., 2012. Melanic color-dependent anti-predator behavior strategies in barn owl nestlings. Behavioral Ecology 23(3) pp. 473-480. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Van den Brink V., Dreiss A.N., Roulin A., 2012. Melanin-based colouration predicts natal dispersal in the barn owl, Tyto alba. Animal Behaviour 84(4) pp. 805-812. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Van den Brink V., Henry I., Wakamatsu K., Roulin A., 2012. Melanin-based coloration in juvenile kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) covaries with anti-predatory personality traits. Ethology 18(7) pp. 673-682. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
2011
Emaresi G., Bize P., Gasparini J., Piault R., Roulin A., 2011. Plumage polymorphism in melanin-based coloration: a case study in the tawny owl Strix aluco. pp. 242-252 in Zuberogoitia I., Martinez J.E. (eds.) Ecology and conservation of european forest-dwelling raptors. Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia. [Document]
Frey C., Sonnay C., Dreiss A., Roulin A., 2011. Habitat, breeding performance, diet and individual age in Swiss barn owls (Tyto alba). Journal of Ornithology 152(2) pp. 279-290. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Gangoso L., Grande J.M., Ducrest A.L., Figuerola J., Bortolotti G.R., Andrés J.A., Roulin A., 2011. MC1R-dependent, melanin-based colour polymorphism is associated with cell-mediated response in the Eleonora's falcon. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(9) pp. 2055-2063. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Mafli A., Wakamatsu K., Roulin A., 2011. Melanin-based colouration predicts aggressiveness and boldness in captive eastern Hermann's tortoises. Animal Behaviour 81(4) pp. 859-863. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Meunier J., Figueiredo Pinto S., Burri R., Roulin A., 2011. Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(4) pp. 559-567. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Almasi B., Meichtry-Stier K.S., Jenni L., 2011. Eumelanin- and pheomelanin-based colour advertise resistance to oxidative stress in opposite ways. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(10) pp. 2241-2247. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Antoniazza S., Burri R., 2011. Spatial variation in the temporal change of male and female melanic ornamentation in the barn owl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(7) pp. 1403-1409. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Burri R., Antoniazza S., 2011. Owl melanin-based plumage redness is more frequent near than away from the equator: implications on the effect of climate change on biodiversity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102(3) pp. 573-582. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Ducrest A.L., 2011. Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: a role for the melanocortin system. European Journal of Pharmacology 660(1) pp. 226-233. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
2010
Almasi B., Jenni L., Jenni-Eiermann S., Roulin A., 04-2010. Regulation of stress response is heritable and functionally linked to melanin-based coloration. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(5) pp. 987-996. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]
Antoniazza S., Burri R., Fumagalli L., Goudet J., Roulin A., 2010. Local adaptation maintains clinal variation in melanin-based coloration of European barn owls (Tyto alba). Evolution 64(7) pp. 1944-1954. [embargo indéterminé] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Arlettaz R., Krähenbühl M., Almasi B., Roulin A., Schaub M., 2010. Wildflower areas within revitalized agricultural matrices boost small mammal populations but not breeding Barn Owls. Journal of Ornithology 151(3) pp. 553-564. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Bize P., Piault R., Gasparini J., Roulin A., 2010. Indirect costs of parasitism are shaped by variation in the type of immune challenge and food availability. Evolutionary Biology 37(4) pp. 169-176. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Bize P., Stocker A., Jenni-Eiermann S., Gasparini J., Roulin A., 2010. Sudden weather deterioration but not brood size affects baseline corticosterone levels in nestling Alpine swifts. Hormones and Behavior 58(4) pp. 591-598. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Burri R., Salamin N., Studer R.A., Roulin A., Fumagalli L., 2010. Adaptive divergence of ancient gene duplicates in the avian MHC class II beta. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(10) pp. 2360-2374. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Dreiss A., Henry I., Ruppli C., Almasi B., Roulin A., 2010. Darker eumelanic barn owls better withstand food depletion through resistance to food deprivation and lower appetite. Oecologia 164(1) pp. 65-71. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Dreiss A., Lahlah N., Roulin A., 2010. How siblings adjust sib-sib communication and begging signals to each other. Animal Behaviour 80(6) pp. 1049-1055. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Altwegg R., Jensen H., Steinsland I., Schaub M., 05-2010. Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias. Ecology Letters 13(5) pp. 616-626. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Salamin N., 2010. Insularity and the evolution of melanism, sexual dichromatism and body size in the worldwide-distributed barn owl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(5) pp. 925-934. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]
2009
Almasi B., Roulin A., Jenni-Eiermann S., Breuner C.W., Jenni L., 2009. Regulation of free corticosterone and CBG capacity under different environmental conditions in altricial nestlings. General and Comparative Endocrinology 164(2-3) pp. 117-124. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Dreiss A.N., Guillaume O., Clobert J., 2009. Diverging Cave- and River-Dwelling Newts Exert the Same Mate Preference in their Native Light Conditions. Ethology 115(11) pp. 1036-1045. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Gasparini J., Bize P., Piault R., Wakamatsu K., Blount J.D., Ducrest A.L., Roulin A., 2009. Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls. Journal of Animal Ecology 78(3) pp. 608-616. [DOI] [Pubmed]
Gasparini J., Piault R., Bize P., Roulin A., 2009. Pre-hatching maternal effects inhibit nestling humoral immune response in the tawny owl Strix aluco. Journal of Avian Biology 40(3) pp. 271-278. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Gasparini J., Piault R., Bize P., Roulin A., 2009. Synergistic and antagonistic interaction between different branches of the immune system is related to melanin-based coloration in nestling tawny owls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(11) pp. 2348-2353. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]
Müller C., Almasi B., Roulin A., Breuner C.W., Jenni-Eiermann S., Jenni L., 01-2009. Effects of corticosterone pellets on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone and corticosteroid-binding-globulin. General and Comparative Endocrinology 160(1) pp. 59-66. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Piault R., Gasparini J., Bize P., Jenni-Eiermann S., Roulin A., 2009. Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism. American Naturalist 174(4) pp. 548-556. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Dreiss A., Fioravanti C., Bize P., 2009. Vocal sib-sib interactions: how siblings adjust signaling level to each other. Animal Behaviour 77(3) pp. 717-725. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Wink M., Salamin N., 2009. Selection on a eumelanic ornament is stronger in the tropics than in temperate zones in the worldwide-distributed barn owl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(2) pp. 345-354. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Stier K.S., Almasi B., Gasparini J., Piault R., Roulin A., Jenni L., 2009. Effects of corticosterone on innate and humoral immune functions and oxidative stress in barn owl nestlings. Journal of Experimental Biology 212(Pt 13) pp. 2085-2091. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
2008
Almasi B., Roulin A., Jenni-Eiermann S., Jenni L., 2008. Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls. Hormones and Behavior 54(1) pp. 217-223. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Bize P., Jeanneret C., Klopfenstein A., Roulin A., 2008. What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity. American Naturalist 171(1) pp. 107-118. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Burri R., Antoniazza S., Siverio F., Klein A., Roulin A., Fumagalli L., 2008. Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Molecular Ecology Resources 8(5) pp. 977-979. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Burri R., Hirzel H.N., Salamin N., Roulin A., Fumagalli L., 2008. Evolutionary patterns of MHC class II B in owls and their implications for the understanding of avian MHC evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25(6) pp. 1180-1191. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Burri R., Niculita-Hirzel H., Roulin A., Fumagalli L., 2008. Isolation and characterization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II B genes in the Barn owl (Aves: Tyto alba). Immunogenetics 60(9) pp. 543-550. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Cote J., Dreiss A., Clobert J., 2008. Social personality trait and fitness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 275(1653) pp. 2851-2858. [DOI] [Pubmed]
Dreiss A.N., Silva N., Richard M., Moyen F., Théry M., Møller A.P., Danchin E., 2008. Condition-dependent genetic benefits of extrapair fertilization in female blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21(6) pp. 1814-1822. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Ducrest A.L., Keller L., Roulin A., 2008. Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(9) pp. 502-510. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Piault R., Gasparini J., Bize P., Paulet M., McGraw K., Roulin A., 2008. Experimental support for the make-up hypothesis in nestling tawny owls (Strix aluco). Behavioral Ecology 19(4) pp. 703-709. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Almasi B., Rossi-Pedruzzi A., Ducrest A. L., Wakamatsu K., Miksik I., Blount J. D., Jenni-Eiermann S., Jenni L., 2008. Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration. Animal Behaviour 75(4) pp. 1351-1358. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Colliard C., Russier F., Fleury M., Grandjean V., 2008. Sib-sib communication and the risk of prey theft in the barn owl Tyto alba. Journal of Avian Biology 39(6) pp. 593-598. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Gasparini J., Bize P., Ritschard M., Richner H., 2008. Melanin-based colorations signal strategies to cope with poor and rich environments. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62(4) pp. 507-519. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Gasparini J., Froissart L., 2008. Pre-hatching maternal effects and the tasty chick hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10(3) pp. 463-473. [Web of Science]
2007
Altwegg R., Schaub M., Roulin A., 2007. Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the barn owl. American Naturalist 169(1) pp. 47-61. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Gasparini J., Boulinier T., Gill V.A., Gil D., Hatch S.A., Roulin A., 2007. Food availability affects the maternal transfer of androgens and antibodies into eggs of a colonial seabird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20(3) pp. 874-880. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Altwegg R., 2007. Breeding rate is associated with pheomelanism in male and with eumelanism in female barn owls. Behavioral Ecology 18(3) pp. 563-570. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Christe P., Dijkstra C., Ducrest A. L., Jungi T. W., 2007. Origin-related, environmental, sex, and age determinants of immunocompetence, susceptibility to ectoparasites, and disease symptoms in the barn owl. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90(4) pp. 703-718. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Saladin V., Ritschard M., Roulin A., Bize P., Richner H., 2007. Analysis of genetic parentage in the tawny owl (Strix aluco) reveals extra-pair paternity is low. Journal of Ornithology 148(1) pp. 113-116. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Staszewski V., Gasparini J., McCoy K.D., Tveraa T., Boulinier T., 2007. Evidence of an interannual effect of maternal immunization on the immune response of juveniles in a long-lived colonial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 76(6) pp. 1215-1223. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
2006
Altwegg R., Roulin A., Kestenholz M., Jenni L., 2006. Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl. Oecologia 149(1) pp. 44-51. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Bize P, Roulin A, 2006. Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest. Animal Behaviour 72(3) pp. 539-544. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Bize P., Gasparini J., Klopfenstein A., Altwegg R., Roulin A., 2006. Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the Alpine swift. Evolution 60(11) pp. 2370-2380. [Web of Science]
Bize P., Piault R., Moureau B., Heeb P., 2006. A UV signal of offspring condition mediates context-dependent parental favouritism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 273(1597) pp. 2063-2068. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Christe P., Keller L., Roulin A., 2006. The predation cost of being a male: implications for sex-specific rates of ageing. Oikos 114(2) pp. 381-394. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]
Gasparini J., Roulin A., Gill V. A., Hatch S., Boulinier T., 2006. In kittiwakes food availability partially explains the seasonal decline in immunocompetence. Functional Ecology 20(3) pp. 457-463. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Gasparini J., Roulin A., Gill V.A., Hatch S.A., Boulinier T., 2006. Kittiwakes strategically reduce investment in replacement clutches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 273(1593) pp. 1551-1554. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Heg D. Bergmüller R. Bonfils D. Otti O. Bachar Z. Burri R. Heckel G. Taborsky M., 2006. Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options. Behavioral Ecology 17 pp. 419-429. [url editor site] [Web of Science]
Py I., Ducrest A. L., Duvoisin N., Fumagalli L., Roulin A., 2006. Ultraviolet reflectance in a melanin-based plumage trait is heritable. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8(3) pp. 483-491. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2006. Linkage disequilibrium between a melanin-based colour polymorphism and tail length in the barn owl. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(3) pp. 475-488. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Dauwe T., Blust R., Eens M., Beaud M., 2006. A link between eumelanism and calcium physiology in the barn owl. Die Naturwissenschaften 93(9) pp. 426-430. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
2005
Bize P., Roulin A., Tella J. L., Richner H., 2005. Female-biased mortality in experimentally parasitized Alpine Swift Apus melba nestlings. Functional Ecology 19(3) pp. 405-413. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Mátics R., Varga S., Opper B., Roulin A., Horváth G., Putnoky P., Hoffmann G., 2005. Partitioning of genetic (Rapd) variability among sexes and populations of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in Europe. Journal of Raptor Research. 39(2) pp. 142-148. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Bize P., Tzaud N., Bianchi M., Ravussin P. A., Christe P., 2005. Oxygen consumption in offspring tawny owls Strix aluco is associated with colour morph of foster mother. Journal of Ornithology 146(4) pp. 390-394. [DOI] [Web of Science]
2004
Bize P., Roulin A., Tella J. L., Bersier L. F., Richner H., 2004. Additive effects of ectoparasites over reproductive attempts in the long-lived Alpine swift. Journal of Animal Ecology 73(6) pp. 1080-1088. [DOI] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2004. The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 79(4) pp. 815-848. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Bize P., Ravussin P.A., Broch L., 2004. Genetic and environmental effects on the covariation betweencolour polymorphism and a life history trait. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6(8) pp. 1253-1260. [Document] [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Müller W., Sasvari L., Dijkstra C., Ducrest A. L., Riols C., Wink M., 2004. Extra-pair paternity, testes size and testosterone level in relation to colour polymorphism in the barn owl Tyto alba. Journal of Avian Biology 35(6) pp. 492-500. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

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