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J. A. Jones, W. E. Feeney, D. N. Jones, D. Nason, S. Ketaloya, J. Karubian
The paper compares female aggression and male phenotype in two fairywren species, finding interspecific differences but no intraspecific correlation between male quality and female aggression.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2023 · PreprintEcology
S. Y. W. Sin, F. Ke, G. Chen, P.-Y. Huang, E. Enbody, J. Karubian, M. Webster, S. V. Edwards
The paper investigates the genetic basis of melanism in white-winged fairywren subspecies, finding that the mainland blue subspecies re-evolved blue plumage from a black ancestor through genetic changes in ASIP and SCUBE2.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2023Evolutionary Biology
J. Boersma, E. D. Enbody, S. Ketaloya, H. E. Watts, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl
The paper investigates whether the ability to elevate androgens underlies differences in female ornamentation and territoriality between subspecies of White-shouldered Fairywren, finding no such association.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition
J. Boersma, J. A. Jones, E. D. Enbody, J. F. Welklin, S. Ketaloya, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl
The paper tests two versions of the challenge hypothesis in White-shouldered Fairywrens, finding testosterone elevation during courtship but not territorial challenges.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2021 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition
J. Boersma, E. D. Enbody, J. A. Jones, D. Nason, E. Lopez-Contreras, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl
Testosterone induces partial ornamentation in unornamented female birds, which is followed by increased territorial behavior, suggesting ornamentation drives aggression rather than testosterone alone.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition