Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

Many of the world's 10 000 bird species lay coloured or patterned eggs. The large diversity
of eggshell patterning among birds, achieved through pigment, has been attributed to a few …

Colouration and patterning are widespread amongst organisms. Regarding avian eggs,
colouration (reflectances) has been previously measured using spectrometers whereas …

Brood parasitized and/or colonial birds use egg features as visual identity signals, which
allow parents to recognize their own eggs and avoid paying fitness costs of misdirecting …

Avian eggs exhibit a large variability in coloration and patterns, which are produced by blue-
green biliverdin and red-brown protoporphyrin pigments. Several hypotheses have been …

Variation in blue‐green and brown coloration of avian eggshells could be affected by
several factors, including environmental nutritional constraints. Better availability of nutrients …

Differences in avian eggshell pigmentation could be an honest signal of female quality that
males use to inform their nestling provisioning effort. We investigated whether among …

Spottiness is an important component of the morphology of bird eggs and a number of
methods have been developed for characterizing variation in spottiness. We developed a …

The striking variation in colour and maculation of bird eggs has fascinated biologists since
centuries, and many hypotheses based on mechanical, physiological or signalling functions …

Birds have evolved an astonishing diversity of egg pigmentation and this variation is driven
by a complex interplay of proximate and ultimate factors. In ecological research, egg …