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Alexandre Roulin is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work includes substantial contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics addressed in Alexandre Roulin's research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Some recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Alexandre Roulin include:

  • "Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates," 2021, published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "A comprehensive framework for handling location error in animal tracking data," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis," 2023, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Home range size and habitat quality affect breeding success but not parental investment in barn owl males," 2022, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Contamination by neonicotinoid insecticides in barn owls (Tyto alba) and Alpine swifts (Tachymarptis melba)," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment

Alexandre Roulin regularly collaborates with several frequently co-authoring researchers, including:

  • Bettina Almasi
  • Jérôme Goudet
  • Tristan Cumer
  • Robin Séchaud
  • Kim Schalcher

The scientist has published extensively across various venues with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Movement Ecology
  • Journal of Avian Biology

Best Publications

  • Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes.

    Anne-Lyse Ducrest;Laurent Keller;Alexandre Roulin

  • The biology of color

    Innes C. Cuthill;William L. Allen;Kevin Arbuckle;Barbara Caspers

  • The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds

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  • Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum

    Owen R. Jones;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Jussi S. Alho

  • Female barn owls (Tyto alba) advertise good genes

    Alexandre Roulin;Thomas W. Jungi;Hedi Pfister;Cor Dijkstra

  • Genetics of colouration in birds

    Alexandre Roulin;Anne-Lyse Ducrest

  • Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

    Alexandre Roulin;Christian Riols;Cor Dijkstra;Anne-Lyse Ducrest

  • Nonrandom pairing by male barn owls (Tyto alba) with respect to a female plumage trait

    Alexandre Roulin

  • Melanin‐based colour polymorphism responding to climate change

    Alexandre Roulin

  • Why do lactating females nurse alien offspring? A review of hypotheses and empirical evidence

    Alexandre Roulin

  • Condition-dependence, pleiotropy and the handicap principle of sexual selection in melanin-based colouration.

    Alexandre Roulin

  • Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration

    Alexandre Roulin;Bettina Almasi;Bettina Almasi;Anya Rossi-Pedruzzi;Anne-Lyse Ducrest

  • Genetic and environmental components of variation in eumelanin and phaeomelanin sex-traits in the barn owl

    A Roulin;Cornelis Dijkstra

  • Female‐ and male‐specific signals of quality in the barn owl

    A. Roulin;C. Dijkstra;C. Riols;A.-L. Ducrest

  • Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl

    Res Altwegg;Res Altwegg;Alexandre Roulin;Matthias Kestenholz;Lukas Jenni

  • Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: a role for the melanocortin system.

    Alexandre Roulin;Anne-Lyse Ducrest

  • Local adaptation maintains clinal variation in melanin-based coloration of European barn owls (Tyto alba).

    Sylvain Antoniazza;Reto Burri;Luca Fumagalli;Jérôme Goudet

  • On the cost of begging vocalization: implications of vigilance

    Alexandre Roulin

  • Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls

    Bettina Almasi;Alexandre Roulin;Susanne Jenni-Eiermann;Lukas Jenni

  • Regulation of stress response is heritable and functionally linked to melanin‐based coloration

    B. Almasi;L. Jenni;S. Jenni-Eiermann;A. Roulin

  • Melanin-based coloration predicts aggressiveness and boldness in captive eastern Hermann’s tortoises

    Alia Mafli;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Alexandre Roulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Jenni
Lukas Jenni Swiss Ornithological Institute
Jérôme Goudet
Jérôme Goudet University of Lausanne
Luca Fumagalli
Luca Fumagalli University of Lausanne
Heinz Richner
Heinz Richner University of Bern
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Kazumasa Wakamatsu Fujita Health University
Res Altwegg
Res Altwegg University of Cape Town
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Ido Izhaki
Ido Izhaki University of Haifa
Niels Christian Rattenborg
Niels Christian Rattenborg Max Planck Society

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