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Hubert Schwabl is a researcher affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant contribution to Environmental Science as well.

Their research specializes in several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Agronomy and Crop Science. The main topics addressed in their publications encompass Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

Hubert Schwabl has authored multiple papers published in notable scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • Testosterone regulates CYP2J19-linked carotenoid signal expression in male red-backed fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus), 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Testosterone induces plumage ornamentation followed by enhanced territoriality in a female songbird, 2020, Behavioral Ecology
  • The evolutionary history and mechanistic basis of female ornamentation in a tropical songbird, 2022, Evolution
  • Testosterone Coordinates Gene Expression Across Different Tissues to Produce Carotenoid-Based Red Ornamentation, 2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • The tyranny of phylogeny-A plea for a less dogmatic stance on two-species comparisons, 2021, BioEssays

Their frequent coauthors include Jordan Boersma, Jordan Karubian, Erik D. Enbody, Joseph F. Welklin, and Michael S. Webster.

Hubert Schwabl's work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution

Best Publications

  • Yolk is a source of maternal testosterone for developing birds

    Hubert Schwabl

  • Maternal testosterone in the avian egg enhances postnatal growth

    Hubert Schwabl

  • Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?

    Ton. G.G Groothuis;Hubert Schwabl

  • Maternal androgens in black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) eggs: consequences for chick development

    Corine M. Eising;Cas Eikenaar;Hubert Schwabl;Ton G. G. Groothuis

  • A hormonal mechanism for parental favouritism

    Hubert Schwabl;Douglas W. Mock;Jennifer A. Gieg

  • Yolk androgens reduce offspring survival

    Keith W. Sockman;Hubert Schwabl

  • Environment modifies the testosterone levels of a female bird and its eggs

    Hubert Schwabl

  • Determinants of within- and among-clutch variation in levels of maternal hormones in Black-Headed Gull eggs

    T. G. Groothuis;Hubert Schwabl

  • Maternal testosterone in tree swallow eggs varies with female aggression

    Linda A. Whittingham;Hubert Schwabl

  • Yolk testosterone organizes behavior and male plumage coloration in house sparrows ( Passer domesticus )

    Rosemary Strasser;Rosemary Strasser;Hubert Schwabl

  • Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus Fuscus).

    Nanette Verboven;Pat Monaghan;Darren M. Evans;Hubert Schwabl

  • Plasma corticosterone in nestling american kestrels: effects of age, handling stress, yolk androgens, and body condition.

    Keith W Sockman;Hubert Schwabl

  • Regulation of protein breakdown and adrenocortical response to stress in birds during migratory flight.

    Lukas Jenni;Susanne Jenni-Eiermann;Fernando Spina;Hubert Schwabl

  • Glucocorticoid response to food availability in breeding barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

    Susanne Jenni-Eiermann;Esther Glaus;Martin Grüebler;Hubert Schwabl

  • Endocrine Mechanisms of Migration

    J. C. Wingfield;Hubert Schwabl;P. W. Mattocks Jr.

  • Maternal investment: Sex differences in avian yolk hormone levels

    Marion Petrie;Hubert Schwabl;Nanna Brande-Lavridsen;Terry Burke

  • THE CONTENTS OF MATERNAL TESTOSTERONE IN HOUSE SPARROW PASSER DOMESTICUS EGGS VARY WITH BREEDING CONDITIONS

    Hubert Schwabl

  • Interfemale variation in egg yolk androgen allocation in the European starling: do high-quality females invest more?

    Kevin M. Pilz;Henrik G. Smith;Maria I. Sandell;Hubert Schwabl

  • Orchestration of avian reproductive effort: an integration of the ultimate and proximate bases for flexibility in clutch size, incubation behaviour, and yolk androgen deposition.

    Keith W. Sockman;Peter J. Sharp;Hubert Schwabl

  • Territorial aggression and song of male European robins (Erithacus rubecula) in autumn and spring: effects of antiandrogen treatment.

    Hubert Schwabl;Eva Kriner

Frequent Co-Authors

M. S. Webster
M. S. Webster Vanderbilt University
Eberhard Gwinner
Eberhard Gwinner Max Planck Society
Jordan Karubian
Jordan Karubian Tulane University
Regina H. Macedo
Regina H. Macedo University of Brasília
Ton G. G. Groothuis
Ton G. G. Groothuis University of Groningen
Thomas E. Martin
Thomas E. Martin University of Montana
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Lukas Jenni
Lukas Jenni Swiss Ornithological Institute
Heinz Richner
Heinz Richner University of Bern

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