Egg coloration is correlated with female condition in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 651-656

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Navara, Kristen J ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Biliverdin pigmentation; Egg coloration; Female condition

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLOR; EGG; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PIGMENT;

SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 32144449900     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0092-x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Alonso-Alverez C, Bertrand S, Devevey G, Prost J, Faivre B, Sorci G (2004) Increases susceptibility to oxidative stress as a proximate cost of reproduction. Ecol Lett 7:363-368
2. Andersson S (1994) Sexual selection in animals. Princeton University Press, New Jersey
3. Baird T, Solomon SE, Tedstone DR (1975) Localization and characterization of egg shell porphyrins in several avian species. Br Poult Sci 16:201-208
4. Brown ME (1996) Assessing body condition in birds. Curr Ornithol 13:67-135
5. Burley N (1986) Sexual selection for aesthetic traits in species with biparental care. Am Nat 127:415-445
6. Clark JE, Foresti R, Sarathchandra P, Kaur H, Green CJ, Motterlini R (2000) Heme oxygenase-1-derived bilirubin ameliorates postischemic myocardial dysfunction. Am J Physiol 278:H643-H651
7. Davies NB, Brooke M de L (1988) Cuckoos versus reed warblers: adaptation and counter adaptations. Anim Behav 36:262-284
8. Endler JA (1990) On the measurement and classification of color in studies of animal color patterns. Biol J Linn Soc 41:315-352
9. Falchuk KH, Contin JM, Dziedzic TS, Feng Z, French TC, Heffron GJ, Montorzi M. (2002) A role for biliverdin IXá in dorsal axis development of Xenopus laevis embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:251-256
10. Götmark F (1992) Blue eggs do not reduce nest predation in the song thrush, Turdus philomelos. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 30:245-252
11. Gowaty PA, Bridges WC (1991) Nestbox availability affects extrapair fertilizations and conspecific nest parasitism in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis. Anim Behav 41:661-675
12. Gowaty PA, Karlin AA (1984) Multiple paternity and paternity in single broods of monogamous eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 15:91-95
13. Gowaty PA, Plissner J (1998) Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis. In: Poole A, Gill F (eds) The birds of North America, No 381, The birds of North America, Inc. Philadelphia, pp1-32
14. Gowaty PA, Wagner SG (1988) Breeding season aggression of female and male eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) to models of potential conspecific and interspecific egg dumpers. Ethology 78:238-250
15. Hart NS (2001) The visual ecology of avian photoreceptors. Prog Retin Eye Res 20:675-703
16. Hayes JP, Shonkwiler JS (2001) Morphometeric indicators of body condition: worthwhile or wishful thinking? In: Speakman JR (ed) Body composition analysis in animals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp8-38
17. Hunt S, Kilner RM, Langmore NE, Bennett ADT (2003) Conspicuous, ultraviolet-rich mouth colours in begging chicks. Proc R Soc Lond B 270:S25-S28
18. Jakob EM, Marshall SD, Uetz GW (1996) Estimating fitness: a comparison of body condition indices. Oikos 77:61-67
19. Kennedy GY, Veevers HG (1976) A survey of avian eggshell pigments. Comp Biochem Physiol B 55:117-123
20. Kim C-H, Yamagishi S, Won P-O (1995) Egg-color dimorphism and breeding success in the crow tit (Paradoxornis webbiana). Auk 112:831-839
21. Lemberg R, Legge JW (1949) Haematin compounds and bile pigments. Interscience, London
22. Miksik I, Halan V, Deyl Z (1994) Quantification and variability of eggshell pigment content. Comp Biochem Physiol A 109:769-772
23. Miksik I, Halan V, Deyl Z (1996) Avian eggshell pigments and their variability. Comp Biochem Physiol B 113:607-612
24. Møller AP, Petrie M (1991) Evolution of intraspecific variability in bird's egg: is intraspecific nest parasitism the selective agent? Proc Int Ornithol Congr 20:1041-1048
25. Moreno J, Osorno JL (2003) Avian egg colour and sexual selection: does eggshell pigmentation reflect female condition and genetic quality. Ecol Lett 6:803-806
26. Moreno J, Osorno JL, Morales J, Merino S, Tomás G (2004) Egg colouration and male parental effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. J Avian Biol 35:300-304
27. Moreno J, Morales J, Lobato, E, Merino S, Tomás G, Martínez-de la Puente, J (2005) Evidence for the signaling function of egg color in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypleuca. Behav Ecol 16:931-937
28. Otterbein LE, Soares MP, Yamashita K, Back FH (2003) Heme oxygenase-1: unleasing the protective properties of heme. Trends Immunol 24:449-455
29. Phelan D, Winter GM Rogers WJ, Lam JC, Denison MS (1998) Activation of the Ah receptor signal transduction pathway by bilirunin and biliverdin. Arch Biochem Biophys 357:155-163
30. Pitts D (1985) Identification of second-year and after-second-year eastern bluebirds. J Field Ornithol 56:422-424
31. Polte T, Hemmerle A, Berndt G, Grosser N, Abate A, Schroder H (2002) Atrial natriuretic peptide reduces cyclosporine toxicity in renal cells: role of cGMP and heme oxygenase-1. Free Radic Biol Med 32:56-63
32. Robinson TJ, 2005. The seasonally variable influences of egg size and parental quality on chick performance in eastern bluebirds. Masters Thesis, Arkansas State University, Arkansas
33. Schluter D, Price T (1993) Honesty, perception and population divergence in sexually selected traits. Proc R Soc Lond B 253:117-122
34. Siefferman L, Hill GE (2005) Evidence for sexual selection on structural plumage coloration of female eastern bluebirds. Evolution 59(8):1819-1828
35. Slagsvold T, Sandvik J, Rofstad G, Lorentsen,O, Husby M (1984) On the adaptive value of intraclutch egg-size variation in birds. Auk 101:685-697
36. Soler JJ, Moreno J, Aviles JM, Møller AP (2005) Blue and green egg-color intensity is associated with parental effort and mating system in passerines: support for the sexual selection hypothesis. Evolution 59:636-644
37. Stocker R, Yamamaoto Y, McDonagh AF, Glazer AN, Ames, BN (1987) Bilirubin is an antioxidant of possible physiological importance. Science 235:1043-1046
38. Underwood TJ, Sealy SG (2002) Adaptive significant of egg coloration. In: Demming DC (ed) Avian incubation, behavior, environment and evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 280-298
39. von Schantz T, Bensch S, Grahn M, Hasselquist D, Wittzell H (1999) Good genes, oxidative stress and condition-dependent signals. Proc R Soc Lond B 266:1-12
40. Wang HD, Yamaya, M, Okinga S, Jia YX, Kamanaka M, Takahashi H, Guo L., Ohrui T, Sasaki H (2002) Bilirubin ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:406-411
41. Weidinger K (2001) Does egg colour affect predation rate of open passerine nests? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 49:456-464
42. Williams TD (1994) Intraspecific variation in egg size and egg composition in birds: effects on offspring fitness. Biol Rev 69:35-59