| Plumage color patterns of an extinct dinosaur Q Li, KQ Gao, J Vinther, MD Shawkey, JA Clarke, L D’alba, Q Meng, ... Science 327 (5971), 1369-1372, 2010 | 223 | 2010 |
| Fossil evidence for evolution of the shape and color of penguin feathers JA Clarke, DT Ksepka, R Salas-Gismondi, AJ Altamirano, MD Shawkey, ... Science 330 (6006), 954-957, 2010 | 157 | 2010 |
| Reconstruction of Microraptor and the evolution of iridescent plumage Q Li, KQ Gao, Q Meng, JA Clarke, MD Shawkey, L D’Alba, R Pei, ... Science 335 (6073), 1215-1219, 2012 | 143 | 2012 |
| Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs Q Li, JA Clarke, KQ Gao, CF Zhou, Q Meng, D Li, L D’Alba, MD Shawkey Nature 507 (7492), 350, 2014 | 80 | 2014 |
| New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather RM Carney, J Vinther, MD Shawkey, L D'alba, J Ackermann Nature Communications 3, 637, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
| For better or worse: reduced adult lifespan following early-life stress is transmitted to breeding partners P Monaghan, BJ Heidinger, L D'Alba, NP Evans, KA Spencer Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1729), 709-714, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
| Intra-specific interactions influence egg composition in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) N Verboven, NP Evans, L D’Alba, RG Nager, JD Blount, PF Surai, ... Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57 (4), 357-365, 2005 | 73 | 2005 |
| Relative contributions of pigments and biophotonic nanostructures to natural color production: a case study in budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) feathers L D’Alba, L Kieffer, MD Shawkey Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (8), 1272-1277, 2012 | 48 | 2012 |
| Thermal benefits of nest shelter for incubating female eiders L D’alba, P Monaghan, RG Nager Journal of Thermal Biology 34 (2), 93-99, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Advances in laying date and increasing population size suggest positive responses to climate change in Common Eiders Somateria mollissima in Iceland L D’ALBA, P Monaghan, RG Nager Ibis 152 (1), 19-28, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Marine habitat use of wintering spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata, and overlap with longline fishery L Bugoni, L D’Alba, RW Furness Marine Ecology Progress Series 374, 273-285, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| Differential deposition of antimicrobial proteins in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) clutches by laying order and male attractiveness L D’Alba, MD Shawkey, P Korsten, O Vedder, SA Kingma, J Komdeur, ... Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 64 (6), 1037-1045, 2010 | 44 | 2010 |
| Experimental evidence that keeping eggs dry is a mechanism for the antimicrobial effects of avian incubation L D’Alba, A Oborn, MD Shawkey Naturwissenschaften 97 (12), 1089-1095, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers L D'Alba, V Saranathan, JA Clarke, JA Vinther, RO Prum, MD Shawkey Biology letters 7 (4), 543-546, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| What makes a feather shine? A nanostructural basis for glossy black colours in feathers R Maia, L D'Alba, MD Shawkey Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1714), 1973-1980, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Antimicrobial properties of a nanostructured eggshell from a compost-nesting bird L D'Alba, DN Jones, HT Badawy, CM Eliason, MD Shawkey Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (7), 1116-1121, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Interactions between colour-producing mechanisms and their effects on the integumentary colour palette MD Shawkey, L D'Alba Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 …, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Ontogeny of an iridescent nanostructure composed of hollow melanosomes MD Shawkey, L D'Alba, M Xiao, M Schutte, R Buchholz Journal of morphology 276 (4), 378-384, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| Melanin-based color of plumage: role of condition and of feathers’ microstructure L D’Alba, C Van Hemert, KA Spencer, BJ Heidinger, L Gill, NP Evans, ... American Zoologist 54 (4), 633-644, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Then versus now: effect of developmental and current environmental conditions on incubation effort in birds KA Spencer, BJ Heidinger, LB D'Alba, NP Evans, P Monaghan Behavioral Ecology 21 (5), 999-1004, 2010 | 29 | 2010 |
Matthew D ShawkeyAssociate Professor of Biology, University of GentVerified email at ugent.be
