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Researcher
Michaël Nicolaï
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25
Results
2026
A unique hollow melanosome morphology in the hairs of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Jessica Leigh Dobson
Frane Babarović
Wanjie Xie
Michaël Nicolaï
Gerben Debruyn
Karen De Clerck
Matthew Shawkey
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGY LETTERS
2026
2025
Global scale high-resolution habitat suitability modeling of avifauna providing pollination service (sunbirds, Nectariniidae)
Masoud Yousefi
Michaël Nicolaï
Luciano Bosso
Anooshe Kafash
Bagher Nezami
Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2025
Habitat openness and squamate color evolution over deep time
Jonathan Goldenberg
Karen Bisschop
Joshua W. Lambert
Michaël Nicolaï
Rampal S. Etienne
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2025
2024
A molecular mechanism for bright color variation in parrots
Roberto Arbore
Soraia Barbosa
Jindich Brejcha
Yohey Ogawa
Yu Liu
Michaël Nicolaï
Paulo Pereira
Stephen J. Sabatino
Alison Cloutier
Emily Shui Kei Poon
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE
2024
Ecological, genetic and geographical divergence explain differences in colouration among sunbird species (Nectariniidae)
Michaël Nicolaï
Svana Rogalla
M. Yousefi
R. C. K. Bowie
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2024
Hybridization constrains the evolution of mimicry complexes in woodpeckers
Jente Ottenburghs
Michaël Nicolaï
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
2024
Hydric environment and chemical composition shape non-avian reptile eggshell absorption
Gerben Debruyn
Jozefien Geltmeyer
Ella Schoolaert
Michaël Nicolaï
Wanjie Xie
Maarten Wynant
Matthew Shawkey
Karen De Clerck
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A1
Journal Article
in
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
2024
Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds
Michaël Nicolaï
Gerben Debruyn
Mieke Soenens
Matthew Shawkey
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A2
Journal Article
in
PNAS NEXUS
2024
The evolution of multiple color mechanisms is correlated with diversification in sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Michaël Nicolaï
Bert Van Hecke
Svana Rogalla
Gerben Debruyn
Rauri C K Bowie
Nicholas J Matzke
Shannon J Hackett
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY
2024
The function and consequences of fluorescence in tetrapods
Michaël Nicolaï
Michael J. Bok
Javier Abalos
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
Jonathan Goldenberg
A1
Journal Article
in
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2024
Thin‐film iridescence in the eggshell of a stick insect (Myronides glaucus)
Gerben Debruyn
Thies H. Büscher
Michaël Nicolaï
Jessica Leigh Dobson
Wanjie Xie
Karen De Clerck
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
2024
Transitions between colour mechanisms affect speciation dynamics and range distributions of birds
Chad M. Eliason
Michaël Nicolaï
Cynthia Bom
Eline Blom
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
2024
2023
Back in black : melanin-rich skin colour associated with increased net diversification rates in birds
Michaël Nicolaï
Raf Vanisterbecq
Matthew Shawkey
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGY LETTERS
2023
2022
Boost funds to make museum specimens available to all
Michaël Nicolaï
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE
2022
Chameleon biogeographic dispersal is associated with extreme life history strategies
Sarah‐Sophie Weil
Laure Gallien
Sébastien Lavergne
Luca Börger
Gabriel W. Hassler
Michaël Nicolaï
William L. Allen
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOGRAPHY
2022
First observation of a brood patch on a male sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
Svana Rogalla
Michaël Nicolaï
Viki Vandomme
Robin Teifel
Susana Clusella-Trullas
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
2022
Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers
Aude Cincotta
Michaël Nicolaï
Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos
Maria McNamara
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
Edio-Ernst Kischlat
Johan Yans
Robert Carleer
Francois Escuillie
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE
2022
Reptile richness and genetic divergence patterns were shaped by current and past climate in and around the Irano‐Anatolian global biodiversity hotspot : implications for conservation
Masoud Yousefi
Anooshe Kafash
Michaël Nicolaï
A1
Journal Article
in
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
2022
Supplementary morphological information for Cornufer manus (Kraus & Allison, 2009) and Cornufer vogti (Hediger, 1934), with information on colour in life
Michaël Nicolaï
Sara Porchetta
Jonathan R. Clegg
Peter N. Taylor
Merlijn M.T. Jocque
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY
2022
The evolution and function of integumentary melanin
Michaël Nicolaï
Matthew Shawkey
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Dissertation
2022
2021
The evolution of darker wings in seabirds in relation to temperature-dependent flight efficiency
Svana Rogalla
Michaël Nicolaï
Sara Porchetta
Gertjan Glabeke
Claudia Battistella
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Jeroen van Beeck
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
2021
Untangling the structural and molecular mechanisms underlying colour and rapid colour change in a lizard, Agama atra
Michaël Nicolaï
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Jonathan Goldenberg
Yannick Gansemans
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Susana Clusella‐Trullas
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
2021
2020
Exposure to UV radiance predicts repeated evolution of concealed black skin in birds
Michaël Nicolaï
Matthew Shawkey
Sara Porchetta
Ruben Claus
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2020
2019
Trait‐based range expansion aided in the global radiation of Crocodylidae
Michaël Nicolaï
Nicholas J. Matzke
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
2019
2018
Anomaloglossus meansi sp. n., a new Pantepui species of the Anomaloglossus beebei group (Anura, Aromobatidae)
Philippe J.R. Kok
Michaël Nicolaï
Amy Lathrop
Ross D. MacCulloch
A1
Journal Article
in
ZOOKEYS
2018