Jacot, Romero-Diaz, Tschirren, Richner, Fitze (2010) Dissecting Carotenoid from Structural Components of Carotenoid-Based Coloration: A Field Experiment with Great Tits (Parus major). American Naturalist 176: 55-62.

Milá, Warren, Heeb & Thébaud (2010) The geographic scale of diversification on island: genetic and morphologicla divergence at a very small spatial scale in the Mascarene grey white-eye (Aves: Zosterops borbonicus). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:(158) 1-13.

Fitze, Cote, Clobert (2010) Mating order dependent female mate choice in the polygynandrous Common Lizard Lacerta vivipara. Oecologia 1625: 331-341. PDF

Milá, Carranza, Guillaume & Clobert (2010) Marked genetic structuring and extreme dispersal limitation in the Pyrenean brook newt Calotriton asper (Amphibia: Salamandridae) revealed by genome-wide AFLP but not mtDNA. Molecular Ecology 19: 108-120.

Thomassen, Buermann, Milá, Graham, Cameron, Schneider, Pollinger, Saatchi, Wayne & Smith (2010) Modeling environmentally associated morphological and genetic variation in a rainforest bird, and its application to conservation prioritization. Evolutionary Applications 3: 1-16.

Milá, Wayne, Fitze & Smith (2009) Divergence with gene flow and fine-scale phylogographic structure in the wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus), a neotropical rainforest bird. Molecular Ecology 18: 2979-2995. PDF

Fitze, Cote, San-Jose, Meylan, Isaksson, Andersson, Rossi & Clobert (2009) Carotenoid-based colours reflect the stress response in the Common Lizard. PLoSONE 4:e5111. PDF

San-Jose, Gonzalez-Jimenez & Fitze (2008) Frequency and phenotypic differences of a melanistic and normally coloured common lizard, Lacerta (Zootoca) vivipara, Jacquin, 1787 of the Southern Pyrenees (Spain). Herpetological Review 39: 422-425. PDF

Cote, Le Galliard, Rossi & Fitze (2008) Environmentally induced changes in carotenoid-based coloration of female lizards: a comment on Vercken et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1165-1172. PDF

Fitze & Le Galliard (2008) Operational sex ratio, sexual conflict, and the intensity of sexual selection. Ecology Letters 11: 1-8. PDF Cover page

Fitze, Cote, Martínez-Rica & Clobert (2008) Determinants of male fitness: disentangling intra- and inter-sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 246-255. PDF

Le Galliard, Cote & Fitze (2008) Lifetime and intergenerational fitness consequences of harmful male interactions for female lizards. Ecology 89: 56-64. PDF

Cote, Clobert & Fitze (2007) Mother-offspring competition promotes colonization success. Proccedings of the National American Society of the United States of America 104: 9703-9708 PDF

Fitze,Tschirren, Gasparini & Richner (2007) Carotenoid-based plumage colors and immune function: is there a trade-off for rare carotenoids? American Naturalist 169: S137-144. PDF

Tschirren, Fitze & Richner (2007) Maternal modulation of natal dispersal in a passerine bird: an adaptive strategy to cope with parasitism? American Naturalist 169: 87-93. PDF


Cote, Clobert, Meylan & Fitze (2006) Experimental enhan cement of corticosterone levels positively affects subsequent male survival. Hormones and Behavior 49: 320-327. PDF

Fitze & Tschirren (2006). No evidence for survival selection on carotenoid-based nestling coloration in great tits (Parus major). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 91-100. PDF

Le Galliard*, Fitze*, Ferrière & Clobert (2005) Sex ratio bias, male aggression, and population collapse in lizards. Proccedings of the National American Society of the United States of America 102: 18231-18236. PDF

Fitze* Le Galliard*, Federici, Richard & Clobert (2005) Conflict over multiple partner mating between males and females of the polygynandrous common lizards. Evolution 59: 2451-2459. PDF

Le Galliard*, Fitze*, Cote, Massot, & Clobert (2005) Female common lizards (Lacerta vivipara) do not adjust their sex-biased investment in relation to the adult sex ratio. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 1455-1463. PDF

Tschirren, Saladin, Fitze, Schwabl, & Richner (2005) Maternal yolk androgens and ectoparasites: effects on nestling morphology, plasma corticosterone and immune function in great tit nestlings. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 675-682. PDF

Tschirren, Fitze, & Richner (2005) Carotenoid-based nestling coloration and parental favouritism in the great tit (Parus major). Oecologia 143: 477-482. PDF

Fitze, Clobert & Richner (2004) Long-term life-history consequences of ectoparasite-modulated growth and development. Ecology 85: 2018-2026. PDF

Fitze, Tschirren & Richner (2004) Life history - and fitness consequences of ectoparasites in a natural bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 216-226. PDF

Fitze, Tschirren & Richner (2003) Carotenoid-based colour expression is determined early in nestling life. Oecologia 137:148-152. PDF

Tschirren, Fitze & Richner (2003) Sexual dimorphism in susceptibility to parasites and cell-mediated immunity in great tit nestlings. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 839-845. PDF

Tschirren, Fitze & Richner (2003) Proximate mechanisms of variation in the carotenoid-based plumage coloration of nestling Great tits (Parus major). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 91-100. PDF

Fitze, Köliker & Richner (2003) Effects of common origin and common environment on nestling plumage coloration in the Great tit (Parus major). Evolution 57: 144-150. PDF

Büchler, Fitze, Gottstein, Jacot & Richner (2002) Analysis of parasite-induced maternal responses in a natural bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 247-252. PDF

Fitze & Richner (2002) Differential effects of a parasite on ornamental structures based on melanins and carotenoids. Behavioral Ecology 13: 401-407. PDF

Kölliker, Brinkhof, Heeb, Fitze & Richner (2000). The quantitative genetic basis of offspring solicitation and parental response in a passerine bird with biparental care. Proccedings of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences 267: 2137-2132. PDF