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Alexandre Roulin
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Almasi B., Roulin A., Jenni L., In Press. Corticosterone shifts reproductive behaviour towards self-maintenance in the barn owl and is linked to melanin-based coloration in females.
Hormones and Behavior
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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
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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
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Dreiss A. N., Ruppli C. A., Faller C., Roulin A., In Press. Big Brother is watching you : eavesdropping to résolve family conflicts.
Behavioral Ecology
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Homberger B., Jenni-Eiermann S., Roulin A., Jenni L., In Press. The impact of pre- and postnatal contexts on immunity, glucocorticoids and oxidative stress résistance in wild and domesticated grey partridges.
Functional Ecology
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Roulin A, In Press. Ring recoveries of dead birds confirm that darker pheomelanic barn owls disperse longer distances.
Journal of Ornithology
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Roulin A., Mafli A., Wakamatsu K., In Press. Reptiles produce pheomelanin : evidence in the Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri).
Journal of Herpetology
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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
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Roulin A, Dubey S, 02-2013. Amphibians in the diet of European Barn Owls.
Bird Study
pp. 1-6. [DOI]
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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Emaresi G., 2012. The adaptive function of melanin-based coloration in the tawny owl (Strix aluco) ; the proximate role of the melanocortin system. 193 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Roulin, A. (dir.). [Document]
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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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., 06-2012. Personality and melanin-based colouration traits in barn owls, tawny owl and kestrels. 164 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Roulin, A. (dir.). [Document]
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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Roulin A., Emaresi G., Bize P., Gasparini J., Piault R., Ducrest A.L., 2011. Pale and dark reddish melanic tawny owls differentially regulate the level of blood circulating POMC prohormone in relation to environmental conditions.
Oecologia
166(4) pp. 913-921. [Document]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Dreiss A., Roulin A., 2010. Age-related change in melanin-based coloration of Barn owls (Tyto alba): females that become more female-like and males that become more male-like perform better.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
101(3) pp. 689-704. [Document]
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Roulin A., Almasi B., Jenni L., 2010. Temporal variation in glucocorticoid levels during the resting phase is associated in opposite way with maternal and paternal melanic coloration.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
23(10) pp. 2046-2053. [Document]
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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]
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Roulin A., Dreiss A., Kölliker M., 2010. Evolutionary perspective on the interplay between family life, and parent and offspring personality.
Ethology
116(9) pp. 787-796. [Document]
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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]
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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]
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Bize P., Roulin A., 2009. Effects of common origin and common rearing environment on variance in ectoparasite load and phenotype of nestling Alpine swifts.
Evolutionary Biology
36(3) pp. 301-310. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Roulin A., 2009. Covariation between eumelanic pigmentation and body mass only under specific conditions.
Die Naturwissenschaften
96(3) pp. 375-382. [DOI]
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Roulin A., 2009. Melanin-based coloration covaries with ovary size in an age-specific manner in the barn owl.
Die Naturwissenschaften
96(10) pp. 1177-1184. [DOI]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Jones O.R., Gaillard J.M., Tuljapurkar S., Alho J.S., Armitage K.B., Becker P.H., Bize P., Brommer J., Charmantier A., Charpentier M., Clutton-Brock T., Dobson F.S., Festa-Bianchet M., Gustafsson L., Jensen H., Jones C.G., Lillandt B.G., McCleery R., Merilä J., Neuhaus P., Nicoll M.A., Norris K., Oli M.K., Pemberton J., Pietiäinen H., Ringsby T.H., Roulin A., Saether B.E., Setchell J.M., Sheldon B.C., Thompson P.M., Weimerskirch H., Jean Wickings E., Coulson T., 2008. Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum.
Ecology Letters
11(7) pp. 664-673. [DOI]
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Piault R., 2008. The adaptative function of melanin-based colour variants. 192 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Roulin A. (dir.). [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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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]
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Bize P., Klopfenstein A, Jeanneret C., Roulin A., 2007. Intra-individual variation in body temperature and pectoral muscle size in nestling Alpine swifts Apus melba in response to an episode of inclement weather.
Journal of Ornithology
148(4) pp. 387-393. [DOI]
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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]
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Roulin A., 2007. Melanin pigmentation negatively correlates with plumage preening effort in barn owls.
Functional Ecology
21(2) pp. 264-271. [DOI]
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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]
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Roulin A., Bersier L. F., 2007. Nestling barn owls beg more intensely in the presence of their mother than in the presence of their father.
Animal Behaviour
74(4) pp. 1099-1106. [DOI]
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Roulin A., Bize P., 2007. Sexual selection in genetic colour-polymorphic species: a review of experimental studies and perspectives.
Journal of Ethology
25(2) pp. 99-105. [DOI]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Bize P, Roulin A, 2006. Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest.
Animal Behaviour
72(3) pp. 539-544. [DOI]
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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., Metcalfe N. B., Roulin A., 2006. Catch-up growth strategies differ between body structures: interactions between age and structure-specific growth in wild nestling Alpine swifts.
Functional Ecology
20(5) pp. 857-864. [Document]
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Bize P., Roulin A., 2006. No experimental evidence that sibling competition induces young to switch nests in the colonial Alpine swift, Apus melba.
Animal Behaviour
72(4) pp. 869-873. [DOI]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
Bize P., Roulin A., Richner H., 2004. Parasitism, developmental plasticity and bilateral asymmetry of wing feathers in alpine swift, Apus melba, nestlings.
Oikos
106(2) pp. 317-323. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
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. Covariation between plumage colour polymorphism and diet in the Barn Owl Tyto alba.
Ibis
146(3) pp. 509-517. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2004. Effects of hatching asynchrony on sibling negotiation, begging, jostling for position and within-brood food allocation in the barn owl Tyto alba.
Evolutionary Ecology Research
6(7) pp. 1083-1098. [Document]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2004. Proximate basis of the covariation between a melanin-based female ornament and offspring quality.
Oecologia
140(4) pp. 668-675. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
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., 2004. The function of food stores in bird nests: Observations and experiments in the Barn Owl Tyto alba.
Ardea
92(1) pp. 69-78. [Document]
[Web of Science]
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]
Roulin A., Wink M., 2004. Predator-prey relationships and the evolution of genetic colour polymorphism: a comparative analysis in diurnal raptors.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
81(4) pp. 565-578. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Altwegg R., Roulin A., Kestenholz M., Jenni L., 2003. Variation and covariation in survival, dispersal, and population size in barn owls.
Journal of Animal Ecology
72(3) pp. 391-399. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Bize P., Roulin A., Bersier L. F., Pflüger D., Richner H., 2003. Parasitism and developmental plasticity in Alpine swift nestlings.
Journal of Animal Ecology
72(4) pp. 633-639. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Bize P., Roulin A., Richner H., 2003. Adoption as an offspring strategy to reduce ectoparasite exposure.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences
270(Suppl. 1) pp. S114-S116. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Johnstone R. A., Roulin A., 2003. Sibling negotiation.
Behavioral Ecology
14(6) pp. 780-786. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
Niecke M., Rothlaender S., Roulin A., 2003. Why do melanin ornaments signal individual quality? Insights from metal element analysis of barn owl feathers.
Oecologia
137(1) pp. 153-158. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Roulin A., 2003. Geographic variation in sexually selected traits: a role for direct selection or genetic correlation?
Journal of Avian Biology
34(3) pp. 251-258. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2003. The neuroendocrine function of allosuckling.
Ethology
109(3) pp. 185-195. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Brinkhof M. W. G., Bize P., Richner H., Jungi T. W., Bavoux C., Boileau N., Burneleau G., 2003. Which chick is tasty to parasites? The importance of host immunology versus parasite life history.
Journal of Animal Ecology
72(1) pp. 75-81. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Dijkstra C., 2003. Genetic and environmental components of variation in eumelanin and phaeomelanin sex-traits in the barn owl.
Heredity
90(5) pp. 359-364. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Roulin A., Ducrest A.L., Balloux F., Dijkstra C., Riols C., 2003. A female melanin ornament signals offspring fluctuating asymmetry in the barn owl.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences
270(1511) pp. 167-171. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Roulin A., Ducret B., Ravussin P. A., Altwegg R., 2003. Female colour polymorphism covaries with reproductive strategies in the tawny owl Strix aluco.
Journal of Avian Biology
34(4) pp. 393-401. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Hager R., 2003. Indiscriminate nursing in communal breeders: a role for genomic imprinting.
Ecology Letters
6(3) pp. 165-166. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Bize P., Roulin A., Richner H., 2002. Covariation between egg size and rearing condition determine offspring quality: an experiment with the Alpine swift.
Oecologia
132(2) pp. 231-234. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Mátics R., Hoffmann G., Nagy T., Roulin A., 2002. Random pairing with respect to plumage coloration in Hungarian barn owls.
Journal für Ornithologie
143(4) pp. 493-495. [Document]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2002. Offspring desertion by double-brooded female barn owls (Tyto alba).
Auk
119(2) pp. 515-519. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2002. Short- and long-term fitness correlates of rearing conditions in Barn Owls Tyto alba.
Ardea
90(2) pp. 259-267. [Document]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2002. The Sibling Negotiation Hypothesis. pp. 107-127 in Wright J., Leonard M.L. (eds.) The evolution of begging: competition, cooperation and communication. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. [DOI]
Roulin A., 2002. Tyto alba Barn owl.
BWP Update
4(2) pp. 115-138. [Document]
Roulin A., 2002. Why do lactating females nurse alien offspring? A review of hypotheses and empirical evidence.
Animal Behaviour
63(2) pp. 201-208. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2001. Food supply differentially affects sibling negotiation and competition in the barn owl (Tyto alba).
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
49(6) pp. 514-519. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2001. On the cost of begging vocalization: implications of vigilance.
Behavioral Ecology
12(4) pp. 506-515. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 2001. Screaming as a strategy to reduce the predation risk incurred by begging?
Behaviour
138(5) pp. 615-627. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Riols C., Dijkstra C., Ducrest A. L., 2001. Female plumage spottiness and parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba).
Behavioral Ecology
12(1) pp. 103-110. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Riols C., Dijkstra C., Ducrest A. L., 2001. Female- and male-specific signals of quality in the barn owl.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
14(2) pp. 255-267. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Jungi T.W., Pfister H., Dijkstra C., 2000. Female barn owls (Tyto alba) advertise good genes.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences
267(1446) pp. 937-941. [Document]
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[Web of Science]
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Roulin A., Kölliker M., Richner H., 2000. Barn owl (Tyto alba) siblings vocally negotiate resources.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences
267(1442) pp. 459-463. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Literak I., Roulin A., Janda K., 1999. Close inbreeding and unusual melanin distribution in barn owls (Tyto alba).
Folia Zoologica
48(3) pp. 227-231. [Document]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 1999. Delayed maturation of plumage coloration and plumage spottiness in the barn owl Tyto alba.
Journal für Ornithologie
140(2) pp. 193-197. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., 1999. Natural and experimental nest-switchings in barn owl Tyto alba fledglings.
Ardea
87(2) pp. 237-245. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., 1999. Nonrandom pairing by male barn owls (Tyto alba) with respect to a female plumage trait.
Behavioral Ecology
10(6) pp. 688-695. [Document]
[DOI]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., 1999. Stealing of nest material in Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps : costs and benefits of coloniality.
Ostrich
70(2) p. 152. [Web of Science]
Roulin A., Ducrest A. L., Dijkstra C., 1999. Effect of brood size manipulations on parents and offspring in the barn owl Tyto alba.
Ardea
87(1) pp. 91-100. [Document]
[Web of Science]
Roulin A., Heeb P., 1999. The immunological function of allosuckling.
Ecology Letters
2(5) pp. 319-324. [DOI]
[Web of Science]
[Pubmed]
Roulin A., Richner H., Ducrest A. L., 1998. Genetic, environmental and condition-dependent effects on female and male plumage ornamentation.
Evolution
52(5) pp. 1451-1460. [Web of Science]


