Publications of James Dale

Delhey, K.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Migratory birds are lighter coloured. Current Biology 31 (23), pp. R1511 - R1512 (2021)

Delhey, K.; Dale, J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Reconciling ecogeographical rules: Rainfall and temperature predict global colour variation in the largest bird radiation. Ecology Letters 22 (4), pp. 726 - 736 (2019)

Webb, W. H.; Brunton, D. H.; Aguirre, J. D.; Thomas, D. B.; Valcu, M.; Dale, J.: Female song occurs in songbirds with more elaborate female coloration and reduced sexual dichromatism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4, 22 (2016)

Dale, J.; Dey, C. J.; Delhey, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Valcu, M.: The effects of life-history and sexual selection on male and female plumage coloration. Nature 527 (7578), pp. 367 - 370 (2015)

Dey, C. J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Dale, J.: Carotenoid-based bill coloration functions as a social, not sexual, signal in songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (1), pp. 250 - 258 (2015)

Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Griesser, M.; Nakagawa, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing. Ecography 37 (10), pp. 930 - 938 (2014)

Laucht, S.; Dale, J.: Correlations of condition, testosterone, and age with multiple ornaments in male house sparrows: Patterns and implications. The Condor 114 (4), pp. 865 - 873 (2012)

Laucht, S.; Dale, J.: Development of badges of status in captive male House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in relation to the relative ornamentation of flock-mates. Ethology 118 (7), pp. 644 - 653 (2012)

Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: rangeMapper: A platform for the study of macroecology of life-history traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21 (9), pp. 945 - 951 (2012)

Walsh, N.; Dale, J.; McGraw, K. J.; Pointer, M. A.; Mundy, N. I.: Candidate genes for carotenoid coloration in vertebrates and their expression profiles in the carotenoid-containing plumage and bill of a wild bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1726), pp. 58 - 66 (2012)

Laucht, S.; Dale, J.; Mutzel, A.; Kempenaers, B.: Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: It's a night-and-day difference. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170 (3), pp. 501 - 508 (2011)

Mutzel, A.; Kempenaers, B.; Laucht, S.; Dingemanse, N. J.; Dale, J.: Circulating testosterone levels do not affect exploration in house sparrows: Observational and experimental tests. Animal Behaviour 81 (4), pp. 731 - 739 (2011)

Ritschard, M.; Laucht, S.; Dale, J.; Brumm, H.: Enhanced testosterone levels affect singing motivation but not song structure and amplitude in Bengalese finches. Physiology & Behavior 102 (1), pp. 30 - 35 (2011)

Hipfner, J. M.; Dale, J.; McGraw, K. J.: Yolk carotenoids and stable isotopes reveal links among environment, foraging behavior and seabird breeding success. Oecologia 163 (2), pp. 351 - 360 (2010)

Hipfner, J. M.; Hobson, K. A.; Dale, J.; McGraw, K. J.: Stable isotopes link diet to avian yolk carotenoid allocation: A comparative study of five Auk species (Charadriiformes: Alcidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83 (3), pp. 481 - 489 (2010)

Laucht, S.; Kempenaers, B.; Dale, J.: Bill color, not badge size, indicates testosterone-related information in house sparrows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (9), pp. 1461 - 1471 (2010)

Dale, J.: Evolution der Lebenslaufvielfalt von Vögeln. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2009)

Tibbetts, E. A.; Sheehan, M. J.; Dale, J.: A testable definition of individual recognition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23 (7), p. 356 - 356 (2008)

Dale, J.; Dunn, P. O.; Figuerola, J.; Lislevand, T.; Szekely, T.; Whittingham, L. A.: Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of allometry for sexual size dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1628), pp. 2971 - 2979 (2007)

Tibbetts, E. A.; Dale, J.: Individual recognition: It is good to be different. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22 (10), pp. 529 - 537 (2007)