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Global song divergence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): exploring the roles of genetic, geographic, and climatic distance in sympatry and allopatry


Author marked in boldface is EvolEcol member. Wilkins M.R., Scordato E.S.C., Semenov G.A., Karaardıç H., Shizuka D., Rubtsov A., Pap P.L., Shen S-F., Rebecca J. (2018). Global song divergence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): exploring the roles of genetic, geographic, … Continue reading →

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Experimental increase in baseline corticosterone level reduces oxidative damage and enhances innate immune response


Authors marked in boldface are EvolEcol members. Vágási CI, Pătraș L, Pap PL, Vincze O, Mureșan C, Németh J and Lendvai ÁZ 2018. Experimental increase in baseline corticosterone level reduces oxidative damage and enhances innate immune response. PLoS One 13: … Continue reading →

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Oxidative physiology of reproduction in a passerine bird: a field experiment


This paper got accepted in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. Authors marked in boldface are EvolEcol members. Pap PL, Vincze O, Fülöp A, Székely-Béres O*, Pătraș L, Pénzes J* and Vágási CI 2018. Oxidative physiology of reproduction in a passerine bird: … Continue reading →

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Orsolya Vincze – researcher portrait


Orsolya Vincze was EvolEcol group member during her BSc and MSc at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Then she moved to the University of Debrecen, Hungary for her PhD, but all that time she continued to remain close to the EvolEcol … Continue reading →

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Density-dependent sex ratio and sex-specific preference for host traits in parasitic bat flies


Authors marked in boldface are EvolEcol members. Szentiványi T, Vincze O and Estók P 2017. Density-dependent sex ratio and sex-specific preference for host traits in parasitic bat flies. Parasites & Vectors 10: 405. pdf DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2340-0 URL Abstract: Background Deviation of … Continue reading →

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New grant won & started


Our EvolEcol Group was recently financed by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation for a grant entitled: Sex differences in life-history traits in birds and mammals: the significance of physiological state. The grant will run for 30 months. The … Continue reading →

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Paper on breeding effort, cohabitation with farm animals & feather-associated bacteria accepted in Journal of Avian Biology


Authors marked in boldface are EvolEcol members. Fülöp A, Vágási CI and Pap PL 2017. Cohabitation with farm animals rather than breeding effort increases the infection with feather-associated bacteria in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica. Journal of Avian Biology (in press). … Continue reading →

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A phylogenetic comparative analysis reveals correlations between body feather structure and habitat


Our paper in Functional Ecology is now edited. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12820/abstract

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Our paper on body feather functional morphology is out in Functional Ecology


A phylogenetic comparative analysis reveals correlations between body feather structure and habitat. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12820/full

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Paper about parental cooperation in a changing climate accepted in Global Ecology and Biogeography


Authors marked in boldface are EvolEcol members. Vincze O, Kosztolányi A, Barta Z, Küpper C, Alrashidi M, Amat JA, Argüelles Ticó A, Burns F, Cavitt J, Conway WC, Cruz-López M, Desucre-Medrano AE, dos Remedios N, Figuerola J, Galindo-Espinosa D, García-Peña … Continue reading →

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