Pierre Bize

Summary

Affiliation: University of Lausanne
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Experimental evidence that adult antipredator behaviour is heritable and not influenced by behavioural copying in a wild bird
    Pierre Bize
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Proc Biol Sci 279:1380-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Sudden weather deterioration but not brood size affects baseline corticosterone levels in nestling Alpine swifts
    Pierre Bize
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Horm Behav 58:591-8. 2010
  3. ncbi Fecundity and survival in relation to resistance to oxidative stress in a free-living bird
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Glasgow University, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G20 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Ecology 89:2584-93. 2008
  4. ncbi Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 276:1679-83. 2009
  5. ncbi Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism
    Romain Piault
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Am Nat 174:548-56. 2009
  6. ncbi Pale and dark reddish melanic tawny owls differentially regulate the level of blood circulating POMC prohormone in relation to environmental conditions
    Alexandre Roulin
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Oecologia 166:913-21. 2011
  7. ncbi Body girth as an alternative to body mass for establishing condition indexes in field studies: a validation in the king penguin
    Vincent A Viblanc
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Physiol Biochem Zool 85:533-42. 2012
  8. ncbi Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the alpine swift
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Evolution Int J Org Evolution 60:2370-80. 2006
  9. ncbi Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers
    Marie Voillemot
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Ecol 12:17. 2012
  10. ncbi What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity
    Pierre Bize
    1 Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 171:107-18. 2008

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Experimental evidence that adult antipredator behaviour is heritable and not influenced by behavioural copying in a wild bird
    Pierre Bize
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Proc Biol Sci 279:1380-8. 2012
    ..Those findings provide strong evidence that antipredator behaviour of adult Alpine swifts is shaped by genetics and/or pre-hatching maternal effects taking place at conception but not by behavioural copying...
  2. ncbi Sudden weather deterioration but not brood size affects baseline corticosterone levels in nestling Alpine swifts
    Pierre Bize
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Horm Behav 58:591-8. 2010
    ..Apparently, short-term elevations of baseline corticosterone have no negative effects on nestling immunocompetence...
  3. ncbi Fecundity and survival in relation to resistance to oxidative stress in a free-living bird
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Glasgow University, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G20 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Ecology 89:2584-93. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 276:1679-83. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism
    Romain Piault
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Am Nat 174:548-56. 2009
    ..This suggests that dark and pale pheomelanic owls reflect alternative adaptations to food availability and parasites, factors known to vary in space and time...
  6. ncbi Pale and dark reddish melanic tawny owls differentially regulate the level of blood circulating POMC prohormone in relation to environmental conditions
    Alexandre Roulin
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Oecologia 166:913-21. 2011
    ..Our findings support the hypothesis that the widespread links between melanin-based colouration and fitness components may be mediated, at least in part, by the melanocortin system...
  7. ncbi Body girth as an alternative to body mass for establishing condition indexes in field studies: a validation in the king penguin
    Vincent A Viblanc
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Physiol Biochem Zool 85:533-42. 2012
    ..Body girth may prove a useful proxy to body mass for estimating body condition in field investigations and could likely provide similar information in other penguins and large animals that may be complicated to weigh in the wild...
  8. ncbi Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the alpine swift
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Evolution Int J Org Evolution 60:2370-80. 2006
    ....
  9. ncbi Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers
    Marie Voillemot
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Ecol 12:17. 2012
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  10. ncbi What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity
    Pierre Bize
    1 Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 171:107-18. 2008
    ..These findings highlight the fact that giving host immunocompetence primary consideration can result in a biased appraisal of host-parasite interactions...
  11. ncbi A UV signal of offspring condition mediates context-dependent parental favouritism
    Pierre Bize
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 273:2063-8. 2006
    ..e. large stature). These results emphasize that parents use UV signals of offspring condition to adjust their feeding strategies depending on the ecological context...
  12. ncbi Female-biased infection and transmission of the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris arvicolae infecting the common vole, Microtus arvalis
    Andreas Sanchez
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Int J Parasitol 41:1397-402. 2011
    ..These findings indicate that in this female-biased infection system females play a more important role than males in driving the dynamics of parasite transmission...
  13. ncbi Adoption as an offspring strategy to reduce ectoparasite exposure
    Pierre Bize
    Institute of Zoology, Division of Evolutionary Ecology, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    Proc Biol Sci 270:S114-6. 2003
    ..Our findings emphasize what we believe to be a novel role for parasites in the evolution of adoption and, by extension, in the emergence of social interactions...