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  1. Are brood sex ratios adaptive? – The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratios on parental feeding behaviour
  2. Prediction of individual differences in non-iridescent structural plumage colour from nanostructural periodicity and regularity
  3. Plumage color degradation indicates reproductive effort: an experiment
  4. The great tit abdominal stripe contains a sexually dichromatic colour patch hidden from the human eye
  5. The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis
  6. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines
  7. Are brood sex ratios adaptive?—The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratio on nestling growth, mortality and recruitment
  8. Estimating heritability of song considering within-individual variance in a wild songbird: The collared flycatcher
  9. Functional Integration of Multiple Sexual Ornaments: Signal Coherence and Sexual Selection
  10. White plumage color as an honest indicator: feather macrostructure links reflectance with reproductive effort and success
  11. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation
  12. Male and female identity and environmental contexts influence courtship behaviour in a songbird
  13. Triparental care in the collared flycatcher ( Ficedula albicollis ): Cooperation of two females with a cuckolded male in rearing a brood
  14. Sex-dependent risk-taking behaviour towards different predatory stimuli in the collared flycatcher
  15. A practical approach to measuring the acoustic diversity by community ecology methods
  16. Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: The SPI‐Birds data hub
  17. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction
  18. A behavioural trait displayed in an artificial novel environment correlates with dispersal in a wild bird
  19. The roles of temperature, nest predators and information parasites for geographical variation in egg covering behaviour of tits (Paridae)
  20. First Record of True Albinism in a Natural Population of Collared Flycatchers Ficedula albicollis
  21. Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick‐borne bacterial pathogen
  22. Teleconnections and local weather orchestrate the reproduction of tit species in the Carpathian Basin
  23. Relationship between oxidative stress and sexual coloration of lizards depends on thermal habitat
  24. Yellow plumage colour of Great Tits Parus major correlates with changing temperature and precipitation
  25. Ornaments and condition: plumage patch sizes, nutritional reserve state, reserve accumulation, and reserve depletion
  26. Nest-site defence aggression during courtship does not predict nestling provisioning in male collared flycatchers
  27. Transgenerational endocrine disruption: Does elemental pollution affect egg or nestling thyroid hormone levels in a wild songbird?
  28. Reflectance in relation to macro- and nanostructure in the crown feathers of the great tit (Parus major)
  29. Digit ratio predicts the number of lifetime recruits in female collared flycatchers
  30. Male territorial aggression and fitness in collared flycatchers: a long-term study
  31. When to measure plumage reflectance: a lesson from Collared Flycatchers Ficedula albicollis
  32. Experience during development triggers between-individual variation in behavioural plasticity
  33. Phenological sensitivity to climate change is higher in resident than in migrant bird populations among European cavity breeders
  34. Reflectance variation in the blue tit crown in relation to feather structure
  35. Mutual plumage ornamentation and biparental care: consequences for success in different environments
  36. Rearing conditions have long-term sex-specific fitness consequences in the collared flycatcher
  37. Space Use Strategies and Nuptial Color in European Green Lizards
  38. Effects of breeding habitat (woodland versus urban) and metal pollution on the egg characteristics of great tits (Parus major)
  39. Side-specific effect of yolk testosterone elevation on second-to-fourth digit ratio in a wild passerine
  40. A test on within-individual changes in risk-taking behaviour due to experience to predation in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
  41. A kulturális evolúció nyomai az örvös légykapó (Ficedula albicollis) énekében
  42. Among-year variation in the repeatability, within- and between-individual, and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in a natural population
  43. Linked selection and recombination rate variation drive the evolution of the genomic landscape of differentiation across the speciation continuum ofFicedulaflycatchers
  44. Evolutionary analysis of the female-specific avian W chromosome
  45. Behavioural consistency and life history of Rana dalmatina tadpoles
  46. European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) personalities: Linking behavioural types to ecologically relevant traits at different ontogenetic stages
  47. Malaria parasites, immune challenge, MHC variability, and predator avoidance in a passerine bird
  48. Stable correlation structure among multiple plumage colour traits: can they work as a single signal?
  49. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds
  50. Winter body condition in the Collared Flycatcher: Determinants and carryover effects on future breeding parameters
  51. Aggressive behavior of the male parent predicts brood sex ratio in a songbird
  52. The relationship between DRD 4 polymorphisms and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in the collared flycatcher
  53. Clutch‐size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole‐nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design
  54. Laying date and polygyny as determinants of annual reproductive success in male collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis): a long-term study
  55. Heterospecific female mimicry in Ficedula flycatchers
  56. Assessing the Effects of Climate on Host-Parasite Interactions: A Comparative Study of European Birds and Their Parasites
  57. Integrated plumage colour variation in relation to body condition, reproductive investment and laying date in the collared flycatcher
  58. Effects of experimental calcium availability, egg parameters and laying order on Great TitParus majoreggshell pigmentation patterns
  59. Negative correlation between nuptial throat colour and blood parasite load in male European green lizards supports the Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis
  60. Distribution and phenological data of some bird species of Uganda
  61. Behavioural responses to handling stress in the Great Tit: within-individual consistency and the effect of age, sex and body condition
  62. The relationship between maternal ornamentation and feeding rate is explained by intrinsic nestling quality
  63. Reduced compensatory growth capacity in mistimed broods of a migratory passerine
  64. Lifetime offspring production in relation to breeding lifespan, attractiveness, and mating status in male collared flycatchers
  65. Corticosterone, Avoidance of Novelty, Risk‐Taking and Aggression in a Wild Bird: No Evidence for Pleiotropic Effects
  66. Individual quality and nuptial throat colour in male E uropean green lizards
  67. Temperature, but Not Available Energy, Affects the Expression of a Sexually Selected Ultraviolet (UV) Colour Trait in Male European Green Lizards
  68. The relationship between syllable repertoire similarity and pairing success in a passerine bird species with complex song
  69. Winter body condition in relation to age, sex and plumage ornamentation in a migratory songbird
  70. Sources of variation in haematocrit in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
  71. Allocation in reproduction is not tailored to the probable number of matings in common toad (Bufo bufo) males
  72. Integration of Spectral Reflectance across the Plumage: Implications for Mating Patterns
  73. Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects
  74. Ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis)
  75. Context-dependent effects of nestling growth trajectories on recruitment probability in the collared flycatcher
  76. Erratum to: Shell thickness and pore density in relation to shell colouration, female characteristics, and environmental factors in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
  77. Shell thickness and pore density in relation to shell colouration, female characteristics, and environmental factors in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
  78. Breeding Experience and the Heritability of Female Mate Choice in Collared Flycatchers
  79. Yolk androstenedione, but not testosterone, predicts offspring fate and reflects parental quality
  80. Oxidative damage and plasma antioxidant capacity in relation to body size, age, male sexual traits and female reproductive performance in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
  81. Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance
  82. The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases
  83. Males are sensitive — sex-dependent effect of rearing conditions on nestling growth
  84. Nutritional correlates and mate acquisition role of multiple sexual traits in male collared flycatchers
  85. Mate Choice for Genetic Benefits: Time to Put the Pieces Together
  86. Behavioural syndromes and trappability in free-living collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis
  87. Effects of extrapair paternity and sex on nestling growth and condition in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
  88. Egg composition in relation to social environment and maternal physiological condition in the collared flycatcher
  89. Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool
  90. Changes in sperm stores, ejaculate size, fertilization success, and sexual motivation over repeated matings in the common toad, Bufo bufo (Anura: Bufonidae)
  91. The effect of parental quality and malaria infection on nestling performance in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
  92. Birds Reveal their Personality when Singing
  93. Female ornamentation and territorial conflicts in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis)
  94. Phenotypic plasticity in a conspicuous female plumage trait: information content and mating patterns
  95. Melanin, carotenoid and structural plumage ornaments: information content and role in great tits Parus major
  96. Phenotypic correlates of digit ratio in a wild bird: implications for the study of maternal effects
  97. A role for female ornamentation in the facultatively polygynous mating system of collared flycatchers
  98. Developmental plasticity in a passerine bird: an experiment with collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis
  99. Developmental plasticity in a passerine bird: an experiment with collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis
  100. Age-Dependent Expression of Song in the Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
  101. Is hatching asynchrony beneficial for the brood?
  102. Size-dependent heating rates determine the spatial and temporal distribution of small-bodied lizards
  103. Microhabitat use, seasonal activity and diet of the snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri) in comparison with sympatric lacertids in Hungary
  104. Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus
  105. Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus
  106. Carotenoids in the egg yolks of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) in relation to parental quality, environmental factors and laying order
  107. Maternal immunoglobulin concentration in Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) eggs in relation to parental quality and laying order
  108. Effects of environmental temperature on thyroid hormones in the barn owl (Tyto alba)
  109. Paternal age and offspring growth: separating the intrinsic quality of young from rearing effects
  110. Determinants of male territorial behavior in a Hungarian collared flycatcher population: plumage traits of residents and challengers
  111. Antioxidants in the egg yolk of a wild passerine: Differences between breeding seasons
  112. Indicators of physiological stress and the elaboration of sexual traits in the collared flycatcher
  113. Rapid temporal change in the expression and age-related information content of a sexually selected trait
  114. Maternal compensation for hatching asynchrony in the collared flycatcherFicedula albicollis
  115. Maternal compensation for hatching asynchrony in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
  116. Male Mate Choice Lacking in the Agile Frog, Rana dalmatina
  117. TIME TO EXTINCTION OF BIRD POPULATIONS
  118. FOOD ALLOCATION IN COLLARED FLYCATCHER (FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS) BROODS: DO RULES CHANGE WITH THE AGE OF NESTLINGS?
  119. EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND PARENTAL QUALITY ON INTER- AND INTRACLUTCH EGG-SIZE VARIATION IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER (FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS)
  120. Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology
  121. Life‐History Variation Predicts the Effects of Demographic Stochasticity on Avian Population Dynamics
  122. Female collared flycatchers adjust yolk testosterone to male age, but not to attractiveness
  123. Effect of timing and female quality on clutch size in the Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
  124. Tail loss and thermoregulation in the common lizard Zootoca vivipara
  125. Large–scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier
  126. Unpredictable food supply modifies costs of reproduction and hampers individual optimization
  127. Flycatcher song in allopatry and sympatry - convergence, divergence and reinforcement
  128. Immune challenge mediates vocal communication in a passerine bird: an experiment
  129. Female survival, lifetime reproductive success and mating status in a passerine bird
  130. Depigmented wing patch size is a condition-dependent indicator of viability in male collared flycatchers
  131. Repeated inseminations required for natural fertility in a wild bird population
  132. Qualitative population divergence in proximate determination of a sexually selected trait in the collared flycatcher
  133. Experimental analysis of sperm competition mechanisms in a wild bird population
  134. The estimation of size and change in composition of avian song repertoires
  135. Sex-dependent risk taking in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, when exposed to a predator at the nestling stage
  136. Asymmetric competition between two tit species: a reciprocal removal experiment
  137. Symposium: Food supply, foraging and reproduction in passerines
  138. The predator-prey size hypothesis in three assemblages of forest birds
  139. Resource partitioning among three woodpecker species Dendrocopos spp. during the breeding season
  140. Costs and Benefits of Reproduction of the Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula Albicolis
  141. Seasonal changes in foraging strategies of nesting blackbirds (Turdus merula L.)
  142. Density Dependence in Reproduction of the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) at High Population Levels
  143. Density dependent effects between three competitive bird species