Longevity and lifetime reproductive success of barn swallow offspring are predicted by their hatching date and phenotypic quality N Saino, M Romano, R Ambrosini, D Rubolini, G Boncoraglio, M Caprioli, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (5), 1004-1012, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
Antioxidant defenses predict long-term survival in a passerine bird N Saino, M Caprioli, M Romano, G Boncoraglio, D Rubolini, R Ambrosini, ... PloS one 6 (5), e19593, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
Clock gene variation is associated with breeding phenology and maybe under directional selection in the migratory barn swallow M Caprioli, R Ambrosini, G Boncoraglio, E Gatti, A Romano, M Romano, ... PLoS One 7 (4), e35140, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
Geographical and seasonal variation in the intensity of sexual selection in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica: a meta‐analysis A Romano, A Costanzo, D Rubolini, N Saino, AP Møller Biological Reviews 92 (3), 1582-1600, 2017 | 73 | 2017 |
Timing of migration and residence areas during the non‐breeding period of barn swallows Hirundo rustica in relation to sex and population F Liechti, C Scandolara, D Rubolini, R Ambrosini, F Korner‐Nievergelt, ... Journal of Avian Biology 46 (3), 254-265, 2015 | 68 | 2015 |
Impact of miniaturized geolocators on barn swallow Hirundo rustica fitness traits C Scandolara, D Rubolini, R Ambrosini, M Caprioli, S Hahn, F Liechti, ... Journal of Avian Biology 45 (5), 417-423, 2014 | 65 | 2014 |
Sex‐dependent carry‐over effects on timing of reproduction and fecundity of a migratory bird N Saino, R Ambrosini, M Caprioli, A Romano, M Romano, D Rubolini, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 86 (2), 239-249, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
Sex-related effects of an immune challenge on growth and begging behavior of barn swallow nestlings A Romano, D Rubolini, M Caprioli, G Boncoraglio, R Ambrosini, N Saino PloS one 6 (7), e22805, 2011 | 50 | 2011 |
Migration phenology and breeding success are predicted by methylation of a photoperiodic gene in the barn swallow N Saino, R Ambrosini, B Albetti, M Caprioli, B De Giorgio, E Gatti, F Liechti, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 1-10, 2017 | 49 | 2017 |
Maintenance of livestock farming may buffer population decline of the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica R Ambrosini, D Rubolini, P Trovo, G Liberini, M Bandini, A Romano, ... Bird Conservation International 22 (4), 411-428, 2012 | 42 | 2012 |
Brownish, small and lousy barn swallows have greater natal dispersal propensity N Saino, M Romano, C Scandolara, D Rubolini, R Ambrosini, M Caprioli, ... Animal Behaviour 87, 137-146, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
Nestling telomere length does not predict longevity, but covaries with adult body size in wild barn swallows M Caprioli, M Romano, A Romano, D Rubolini, R Motta, M Folini, N Saino Biology Letters 9 (5), 20130340, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
Clock gene polymorphism and scheduling of migration: a geolocator study of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica G Bazzi, R Ambrosini, M Caprioli, A Costanzo, F Liechti, E Gatti, ... Scientific Reports 5 (1), 12443, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
Brood size, telomere length, and parent-offspring color signaling in barn swallows A Costanzo, M Parolini, G Bazzi, L Khoriauli, M Santagostino, ... Behavioral Ecology, arw147, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
Early-life telomere dynamics differ between the sexes and predict growth in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) M Parolini, A Romano, L Khoriauli, SG Nergadze, M Caprioli, D Rubolini, ... PLoS One 10 (11), e0142530, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
A ptilochronological study of carry‐over effects of conditions during wintering on breeding performance in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica N Saino, M Romano, M Caprioli, R Ambrosini, D Rubolini, C Scandolara, ... Journal of Avian Biology 43 (6), 513-524, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
Climate‐driven convergent evolution of plumage colour in a cosmopolitan bird A Romano, R Séchaud, AH Hirzel, A Roulin Global Ecology and Biogeography 28 (4), 496-507, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
Assessing costs of carrying geolocators using feather corticosterone in two species of aerial insectivore GD Fairhurst, LL Berzins, DW Bradley, AJ Laughlin, A Romano, ... Royal Society Open Science 2 (5), 150004, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
Seasonal decline of offspring quality in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris: an immune challenge experiment L Serra, S Pirrello, M Caprioli, M Griggio, A Andreotti, A Romano, ... Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66, 697-709, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
Global biogeographical patterns in the diet of a cosmopolitan avian predator A Romano, R Séchaud, A Roulin Journal of Biogeography 47 (7), 1467-1481, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |