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List of works by Ismael Galván

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An intracellular antioxidant determines the expression of a melanin-based signal in a bird

scientific article

The expression of melanin-based plumage is separately modulated by exogenous oxidative stress and a melanocortin

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

Predator odour recognition and avoidance in a songbird

scientific article published in 2008

Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favours adaptation to oxidative stress in birds

scientific article published in 2014

The evolution of eu- and pheomelanic traits may respond to an economy of pigments related to environmental oxidative stress

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Free Radical Exposure Creates Paler Carotenoid-Based Ornaments: A Possible Interaction in the Expression of Black and Red Traits

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

scientific article published on March 22, 2012

Pheomelanin-based plumage coloration predicts survival rates in birds

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

scientific article published on 7 December 2010

Antioxidant Machinery Differs between Melanic and Light Nestlings of Two Polymorphic Raptors

scientific article published on October 14, 2010

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

scientific article

Feather mites and birds: an interaction mediated by uropygial gland size?

scientific article published on 17 November 2007

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study

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Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Melanin Chemistry and the Ecology of Stress

scientific article published on January 29, 2015

Differential effects of vegetation restoration in Mediterranean abandoned cropland by secondary succession and pine plantations on bird assemblages

scientific article published in 2010

Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

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Relationships between hair melanization, glutathione levels, and senescence in wild boars

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Dispersive Raman spectroscopy allows the identification and quantification of melanin types

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Vibrational characterization of pheomelanin and trichochrome F by Raman spectroscopy

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The cheek plumage patch is an amplifier of dominance in great tits

scientific article published on February 2008

High prevalence of cataracts in birds with pheomelanin-based colouration

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function

article by Antoni Margalida et al published January 2008 in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Ultraviolet-blue reflectance of some nestling plumage patches mediates parental favouritism in great tits Parus major

Mate-feeding has evolved as a compensatory energetic strategy that affects breeding success in birds

scientific article published in 2011

Testicular melanization has evolved in birds with high mtDNA mutation rates.

scientific article published on 10 February 2011

Environmental constraints for plumage melanization in the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds

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Bird species in Mediterranean pine plantations exhibit different characteristics to those in natural reforested woodlands

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Intensity of Melanin-Based Color and Risk of Predation in the Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

article by Ismael Galván et al published June 2014 in Acta Ornithologica

Buthionine sulfoximine diverts the melanogenesis pathway toward the production of more soluble and degradable pigments

scientific article published on March 21, 2014

Condition-dependence of pheomelanin-based coloration in nuthatches Sitta europaea suggests a detoxifying function: implications for the evolution of juvenile plumage patterns

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus adjust CTNS expression to food abundance: a possible contribution to cysteine homeostasis.

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

On silver wings: a fragile structural mechanism increases plumage conspicuousness

High levels of liver antioxidants are associated with life-history strategies characteristic of slow growth and high survival rates in birds

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Regional distribution patterns predict bird occurrence in Mediterranean cropland afforestations

scientific article published in 2013

Raman spectroscopy quantification of eumelanin subunits in natural unaltered pigments

scholarly article by Ismael Galván et al published 24 May 2018 in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Molecular vibration as a novel explanatory mechanism for the expression of animal colouration

On Showy Dwarfs and Sober Giants: Body Size as a Constraint for the Evolution of Bird Plumage Colouration

Individual quality via sensitivity to cysteine availability in a melanin-based honest signaling system.

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Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Dark pigmentation limits thermal niche position in birds

scientific article published in 2018

Age-related Spatial Segregation of Great Cormorants in a Roost

Unprecedented high catecholamine production causing hair pigmentation after urinary excretion in red deer

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Feather content of porphyrins in Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) fledglings depends on body condition and breeding site quality

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

The bare head of the Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) fulfills a thermoregulatory function.

scientific article published on March 2017

Pheomelanin molecular vibration is associated with mitochondrial ROS production in melanocytes and systemic oxidative stress and damage

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Complex Plumage Patterns Can Be Produced Only with the Contribution of Melanins

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Evidence of evolutionary optimization of fatty acid length and unsaturation

scientific article published on November 9, 2017

Detection of Porphyrins in Hair Using Capillary Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

scientific article published on 02 June 2022