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Alexandre Roulin

Publications

In Press

Antoniazza S., Burri R., Fumagalli L., Goudet J., Roulin A., In Press. Local adaptation maintains clinal variation in melanin-based coloration of European barn owls (Tyto alba). Evolution .

Gasparini J., Bize P., Piault R., Kazumasa W., Blount J., Roulin A., In Press. Strength and cost of mouting an immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based color trait in female tawny owls. Journal of Animal Ecology . [Document]

Gasparini J., Piault R., Bize P., Roulin A., In Press. Pre-hatching maternal effects inhibit nestling humoral immune response in the tawny owl Strix aluco. Journal of Avian Biology 40(3), 271-278. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Roulin A., In Press. Covariation between eumelanic pigmentation and body mass only under specific conditions. Die Naturwissenschaften 96(3), 375-382. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

2009

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, 301-310. [Document]

Gasparini J., Piault R., Bize P., Roulin A., 10-2009. Synergetic 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), 2348-2353. [Document] [DOI]

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), 59-66. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Piault R., Gasparini J., Bize P., Jenni-Eiermann S., Roulin A., 10-2009. Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism. The American naturalist 174(4), 548-556. [Document] [DOI] [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, 717-725. [Document]

Roulin A., Wink M., Salamin N., 01-2009. 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), 345-354. [Document] [DOI] [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), 217-223. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Bize P., Jeanneret C., Klopfenstein A., Roulin A., 2008. What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity. The American Naturalist 171(1), 107-118. [Document] [DOI] [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), 977-979. [url editor site] [DOI]

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), 1180-1191. [DOI] [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), 543-550. [DOI] [Pubmed]

Ducrest A.L., Keller L., Roulin A., 2008. Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23(9), 502-510. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

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. ..., 2008. Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum. Ecology Letters 11(7), 664-673. [Document] [DOI] [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, 847-853. [Document]

Roulin A, Gasparini J, Bize P, Ritschard M, Richner H, 2008. Eumelanin- and pheomelanin-based colorations signal alternative strategies to cope with poor and rich environments. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 507-519.

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, 1351-1358. [Document]

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), 593-598. [Document] [DOI]

Roulin A., Gasparini J., Bize P., Ritschard M., Richner H., 2008. Melanin-based colorations signals strategies to cope with poor and rich environments. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 507-519. [Document]

Roulin A., Gasparini J., Froissart L., 2008. Pre-hatching maternal effects and the tasty chick hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10, 463-473.

2007

Altwegg R., Schaub M., Roulin A., 2007. Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the barn owl. The American Naturalist 169(1), 47-61. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Bize P., Klopfenstein A, Jeanneret C., Roulin A., 2007. Inter-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, 387-393. [Document]

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), 874-880. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Roulin A., 2007. Melanin pigmentation negatively correlates with plumage preening effort in barn owls. Functional Ecology 21, 264-271. [Document]

Roulin A., Altwegg R., 2007. Breeding rate is associated with pheomelanism in male and with eumelanism in female barn owls. Behavioral Ecology 18, 563-570. [Document]

Roulin A., Bersier L. F., 2007. Nestling barn owls beg more intensely in the presence of their mother than their father. Animal Behaviour 74(1099-1106). [Document]

Roulin A., Bize P., 2007. Sexual selection in genetic colour polymorphic species: a review of experimental studies and perspectives. Journal of Ethology 25, 99-105. [Document]

Roulin A., Christe P., Dijkstra C., Ducrest A. L., Jungi T. W., 04-2007. 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), 703-718. [Web of Science]

Saladin V., Ritschard M., Roulin A., Bize P., Richner H., 2007. Genetic parentage analysis in the tawny owl (Strix aluco) reveals low rate of extra-pair paternity. Journal of Ornithology 148, 113-116. [Document]

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. The Journal of Snimal Ecology 76(6), 1215-1223. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

2006

Altwegg R., Roulin A., Kestenholz M., Jenni L., 2006. Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl. Oecologia 149(1), 44-51. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Bize P., Gasparini J., Klopfenstein A., Altwegg R., Roulin A., 2006. Melanin-based coloration is a non-directionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the Alpine swift. Evolution 60, 2370-2380. [Document]

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, 857-864. [Document]

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, 869-873. [Document]

Bize P, Roulin A, 2006. Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest. Animal Behaviour 72, 539-544.

Christe P., Keller L., Roulin A., 08-2006. The predation cost of being a male: implications for sex-specific rates of ageing. Oikos 114(2), 381-394. [Document] [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, 457-463. [Document]

Gasparini J., Roulin A., Gill V.A., Hatch S.A., Boulinier T., 2006. Kittiwakes strategically reduce investment in replacement clutches. Proceedings. Biological Sciences 273(1593), 1551-1554. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

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), 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, 475-488. [Document]

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), 426-430. [Document] [DOI] [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, 405-413. [Document]

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, 142-148.

Roulin A., Bize P., Tzaud N., Bianchi M., Ravussin P. A., Christe P., 10-2005. Oxygen consumption in offspring tawny owls Strix aluco is associated with colour morph of foster mother. Journal of Ornithology 146(4), 390-394. [Web of Science]

2004

Bize P., Roulin A., Richner H., 2004. Parasitism, compensatory growth and bilateral asymmetry of wing feathers in Alpine swift (Apus melba) nestlings. Oikos 106, 317-323. [Document]

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, 1080-1088. [Document]

Roulin A., 2004. Covariation between plumage colour polymorphism and diet in the barn owl Tyto alba. Ibis 146, 509-517. [Document]

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, 1083-1098. [Document]

Roulin A., 2004. The function of food stores in bird nests: observations and experiments in the barn owl Tyto alba. Ardea 92. [Document]

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, 492-500. [Document]

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, 565-578. [Document]

Roulin A., 2004. Proximate basis of the covariation between a melanin-based female ornament and offspring quality. Oecologia 140(4), 668-675. [Document] [DOI] [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), 815-848. [Document] [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, 1253-1260. [Document]

2003

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, 391-399. [Document]

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, 633-639. [Document]

Bize P., Roulin A., Richner H., 2003. Adoption as an offspring strategy to reduce ectoparasite exposure. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society 270 Suppl 1, S114-S116. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Johnstone R. A., Roulin A., 2003. Sibling negotiation. Behavioral Ecology 14, 780-786. [Document]

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), 153-158. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Roulin A., 2003. Geographic variation in sexually selected traits: a role for direct selection or genetic correlation? Journal of Avian Biology 34, 251-258. [Document]

Roulin A., 2003. The neuroendocrine function of allosuckling. Ethology 109, 185-195. [Document]

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, 75-81. [Document]

Roulin A., Ducret B., Ravussin P. A., Altwegg R., 2003. Female plumage coloration covaries with reproductive strategies in the tawny owl. Journal of Avian Biology 34, 393-401. [Document]

Roulin A., Hager R., 2003. Indiscriminate nursing in communal breeders: a role for genomic imprinting. Ecology Letters 6, 165-166. [Document]

Roulin A., Dijkstra C., 2003. Genetic and environmental components of variation in eumelanin and phaeomelanin sex-traits in the barn owl. Heredity 90(5), 359-364. [Document] [DOI] [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. Biological Sciences 270(1511), 167-171. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

2002

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, 231-234. [Document]

Matics R., Hoffmann G., Nagy T., Roulin A., 2002. Random pairing with respect to plumage coloration in Hungarian barn owls. Journal für Ornithologie 143, 493-495. [Document]

Roulin A., 2002. Barn owl. Update of the Birds of the Western Paleartic, vol. 4 , 115-138.

Roulin A., 2002. Offspring desertion by double-brooded female barn owls Tyto alba. Auk 119, 515-519.

Roulin A., 2002. Short- and long-term fitness correlates of rearing conditions in the barn owl. Ardea. 90, 259-267. [Document]

Roulin A., 2002. Why do lactating females nurse alien offspring? A review of hypotheses and empirical evidence. Animal Behaviour 63, 201-208. [Document]

Roulin A., 2002. Sibling Negotiation Hypothesis. pp.107-127 in Wright J., Leonard M. (eds.) The evolution of begging: competition, cooperation and communication. Kluwer Academic Press. [Document]

2001

Roulin A., 2001. Food supply differentially affects sibling negotiation and competition in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49, 514-519. [Document]

Roulin A., 2001. On the cost of begging: implications of vigilance. Behavioral Ecology 12, 506-515. [Document]

Roulin A., 2001. Screaming as a strategy to reduce the predation risk incurred by begging? Behaviour 138, 615-627.

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, 255-267. [Document]

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, 103-110. [Document]

2000

Roulin A., Jungi T.W., Pfister H., Dijkstra C., 2000. Female barn owls (Tyto alba) advertise good genes. Proceedings. Biological Sciences 267(1446), 937-941. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Roulin A., Kölliker M., Richner H., 2000. Barn owl (Tyto alba) siblings vocally negotiate resources. Proceedings. Biological Sciences 267(1442), 459-463. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

1999

Literak I., Roulin A., Janda K., 1999. Close inbreeding and unusual melanin distribution in barn owls (Tyto alba). Folia Zoologica 48, 227-231. [Document]

Roulin A., 1999. Delayed maturation of plumage coloration and plumage spottiness in the barn owl Tyto alba. Journal für Ornithologie 140, 193-197.

Roulin A., 1999. Natural and experimental nest-switchings in barn owl Tyto alba fledglings. Ardea 87, 237-245.

Roulin A., 1999. Nonrandom pairing by male barn owls Tyto alba with respect to a female plumage trait. Behavioral Ecology 10, 688-695. [Document]

Roulin A., 1999. Stealing of nest material in Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps : costs and benefits of coloniality. Ostrich 70, 152.

Roulin A., Heeb P., 1999. The immunological function of allosuckling. Ecology Letters 2, 319-324. [Document]

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, 91-100. [Document]

1998

Roulin A., Richner H., Ducrest A. L., 1998. Genetic, environmental and condition-dependent effects on female and male plumage ornamentation. Evolution 52, 1451-1460. [Document]

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