Publications
Béziers, P., Jenni, L., Roulin, A., & Almasi, B., 2025. Glucocorticoid correlation between barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding partners and its association with reproductive success. Hormones and Behavior, 176, 105842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105842
Becciu, P., Schalcher, K., Milliet, E., Savage, J.L., 2025. Real-time context-dependent cooperation in parental provisioning reveals fitness payoffs in barn owls. iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113533
Béziers, P., Legrand, E., Boulanger, E., Basu, N., Ewald, J., Crump, D., Karouna, N., Henry, P., Hecker, M., Xia, J., Head, J., 2024. Inconsistent Transcriptomic Responses to Hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese Quail: A Comparative Analysis of Results from Four Different Study Designs. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5955
Milliet, E., Schalcher, K., Grangier-Bijou, A., Almasi, B. 2024. The effects of land use changes on site occupancy and breeding success of the barn owl (Tyto alba) from 1993 to 2020. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02988
Schalcher, K., Milliet, E., Séchaud, R., Bühler, R., Almasi, B., Potier, S., 2024. Landing force reveals new form of motion-induced sound camouflage in a wild predator. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87775.3
Bühler, R., Schalcher, K., Séchaud, R., Michler, S., Apolloni, N., Roulin, A., 2023. Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey. Movement Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00376-3
Bühler, R., Schalcher, K., Séchaud, R., Michler, S., Apolloni, N., Roulin, A., 2023. Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey. Movement Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00376-3
Krishnan, K., Garde, B., Bennison, A., Cole, N.C., Cole, E.L., Darby, J., Elliott, K.H., 2022. The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0168
Séchaud, R., Schalcher, K., Almasi, B., Bühler, R., Safi, K., Romano, A., 2022. Home range size and habitat quality affect breeding success but not parental investment in barn owl males. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10324-7
Béziers, P. & Roulin, A., 2021. Sexual maturity varies with melanic plumage traits in the barn owl. Journal of Avian Biology 52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02715 Séchaud, R., Schalcher, K., Machado, A.P.,Almasi, B., Massa, C.; Safi, K., 2021. Behaviour-specific habitat selection patterns of breeding barn owls. Movement Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00258-6
Béziers, P., Korner-Nievergelt, F., Jenni, L., Roulin, A. & Almasi, B., 2020. Glucocorticoid levels are linked to lifetime reproductive success and survival of adult barn owls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 1689-1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13707.
Béziers, P., Boulanger, E. & Head, J. 2021. Effects of life stage and route of exposure on transcriptomic responses to hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese quail. SETAC North America Conference.
Béziers, P., Boulanger, E. & Head, J. 2021. Comparing early life effects of chlorpyrifos (CPF) in brain and liver tissues in Japanese quail. Chapitre Saint-Laurent (SETAC-SRA) – ECOTOQ Conference.
Béziers, P., Ducrest, A-L., San-José, L., Simon, C., Roulin, A., 2019. Expression of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor genes co-varies with a stress-related colour signal in barn owls. General and Comparative Endocrinology 283: 113224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113224
Séchaud, R., Machado, A-P., Schalcher, K., Simon, C., 2019. Communally breeding female Barn Owls Tyto alba are not related and do not invest similarly in the communal family. Bird Study. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2020.1732291
Béziers, P., San-José, L., Almasi, B., Jenni, L., Roulin, A., 2019. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels are heritable and genetically correlated in a barn owl population. Heredity 123: 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-019-0203-5.
Béziers, P., Ducrest, A.L., Céline, S., Roulin, A., 2017. Circulating testosterone and feather-gene expression of receptors and metabolic enzymes in relation to melanin-based coloration in the barn owl. General and Comparative Endocrinology 250, 34- 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.04.015
Béziers, P., Roulin, A., 2016. Double brooding and offspring desertion in the barn owl Tyto alba. Journal of Avian Biology 47(2), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00800
Cosandey, V., Séchaud, R., Béziers, P., Chittaro, Y., Sanchez, A. & Roulin, A., 2021. Nidicolous beetle species richness is driven by Barn Owl’s nests occupancy and landscape structure. Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01875
San-José, L. M., Séchaud, R., Schalcher, K., Judes, C., Questiaux, A., Oliveira-Xavier, A., Gémard, C., Almasi, B., Béziers, P., Amar, A., Roulin, A., 2019. Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1331–1340. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0967-2
Scriba, M., Dreiss, A., Henry, I., Béziers, P., Ruppli, C., Ifrid, E., Ducouret, P., Da Silva, A., des Monstiers, B., Vyssotski, A., Rattenborg, N.C., Roulin, A., 2017. Nocturnal, diurnal and bimodal patterns of locomotion, sibling interactions and sleep in nestling barn owls. Journal of Ornithology 158(4), 1001–1012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1458-3
Dreiss, A.N., Séchaud, R., Béziers, P., Villain, N., Genoud, M., Almasi, B., Jenni, L., Roulin, A., 2016. Social huddling and physiological thermoregulation are related to melanism in the nocturnal barn owl. Oecologia 180, 371-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442- 015-3491-3
Almasi, B., Béziers, P., Roulin, A., Jenni, L., 2015. Agricultural land use and human presence around breeding sites increase stress- hormone levels and decrease body mass in barn owl nestlings. Oecologia 179, 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015- 3318-2
San-Jose, L.M., Ducrest, A.L., Ducret, V., Béziers, P., Simon, C., Wakamatsu, K., Roulin, A., 2015. Effect of the MC1R gene on sexual dimorphism in melanin-based colorations. Molecular Ecology 24, 2794-2808. https://doi.org/10.1111/Mec.13193
Dufresnes, C., Brelsford, A., Béziers, P., Perrin, N., 2014. Stronger transferability but lower variability in transcriptomic than in anonymous microsatellites: evidence from Hylid frogs. Molecular Ecology Resources 14, 716-725. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755- 0998.12215