LF Publications

Selected publications

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Coccon, F., Schlinger, B. A. & Fusani, L. 2012. Male Golden-collared Manakins Manacus vitellinus do not adapt their courtship display to spatial alteration of their court. Ibis, 154, 173-176.

Frye, C., Bo, E., Calamandrei, G., Calzà, L., Dessì-Fulgheri, F., Fernández, M., Fusani, L., Kah, O., Kajta, M., Le Page, Y., Patisaul, H. B., Venerosi, A., Wojtowicz, A. K. & Panzica, G. C. 2012. Endocrine Disrupters: A Review of Some Sources, Effects, and Mechanisms of Actions on Behavior and Neuroendocrine Systems. J Neuroendocrinol, 24, 144-159.

Fusani, L. & Schlinger, B. 2012. Proximate and ultimate causes of male courtship behavior in Golden-collared Manakins. Journal of Ornithology, 153, 119-124.

Fuxjager, M. J., Schultz, J. D., Barske, J., Feng, N. Y., Fusani, L., Mirzatoni, A., Day, L. B., Hau, M. & Schlinger, B. A. 2012. Spinal Motor and Sensory Neurons Are Androgen Targets in an Acrobatic Bird. Endocrinology, 153, 3780-3791.

Barske, J., Schlinger, B. A., Wikelski, M. & Fusani, L. 2011. Female choice for male motor skills. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 278, 3523-3528.

Day, L. B., Fusani, L., Kim, C. & Schlinger, B. A. 2011. Sexually Dimorphic Neural Phenotypes in Golden-Collared Manakins (Manacus vitellinus). Brain Behav Evol, 77, 206-218.

Fusani, L., Cardinale, M., Schwabl, I. & Goymann, W. 2011. Food availability but not melatonin affects nocturnal restlessness in a wild migrating passerine. Hormones and Behavior, 59, 187–192.

Marasco, V., Fusani, L., Dessì-Fulgheri, F. & Canoine, V. 2011. Non-migratory stonechats show seasonal changes in the hormonal regulation of non-seasonal territorial aggression. Horm Behav, 60, 414-419.

Goymann, W., Spina, F., Ferri, A. & Fusani, L. 2010. Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: evidence from whole island telemetry. Biology Letters, 6, 478-481.

Soares, M. C., Bshary, R., Fusani, L., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Hirschenhauser, K. & Oliveira, R. F. 2010. Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 365, 2737-2750.

Fusani, L., Cardinale, M., Carere, C. & Goymann, W. 2009. Stopover decision during migration: physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters, 5, 302-305.

Lovari, S., Pellizzi, B., Boesi, R. & Fusani, L. 2009. Mating dominance amongst male Himalayan tahr: Blonds do better. Behavioural Processes, 81, 20-25.

Silverin, B., Gwinner, E., Van't Hof, T., Schwabl, I., Fusani, L., Hau, M. & Helm, B. 2009. Persistent diel melatonin rhythmicity during the Arctic summer in free-living willow warblers. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 163-168.

Della Seta, D., Farabollini, F., Dessi-Fulgheri, F. & Fusani, L. 2008. Environmental-Like Exposure to Low Levels of Estrogen Affects Sexual Behavior and Physiology of Female Rats. Endocrinology, 149, 5592-5598.

Fusani, L. 2008a. Testosterone control of male courtship in birds. Horm Behav, 54, 227-233.

Fusani, L. 2008b. Endocrinology in field studies: Problems and solutions for the experimental design. General And Comparative Endocrinology, 157, 249-253.

Goymann, W., Trappschuh, M. & Fusani, L. 2008. A Gentler method to raise melatonin levels in birds. J Biol Rhythms, 23, 274-277.

Schlinger, B. A., Day, L. B. & Fusani, L. 2008. Behavior, natural history and neuroendocrinology of a tropical bird. General And Comparative Endocrinology, 157, 254-258.

Canoine, V., Fusani, L., Schlinger, B. & Hau, M. 2007. Low Sex Steroids, High Steroid Receptors: Increasing the Sensitivity of the Non-Reproductive Brain. Journal of Neurobiology, 67, 57-67.

Corrieri, L., Della Seta, D., Canoine, V. & Fusani, L. 2007. Developmental exposure to xenoestrogen enhances spatial learning in male rats. Horm Behav, 51, 620-625.

Day, L. B., Fusani, L., Hernandez, E., Billo, T. J., Sheldon, K. S., Wise, P. M. & Schlinger, B. A. 2007. Testosterone and its effects on courtship in golden-collared manakins (Manacus vitellinus): Seasonal, sex, and age differences. Horm Behav, 51, 69-76.

Fusani, L., Day, L., Canoine, V., Reinemann, D., Hernandez, E. & Schlinger, B. 2007a. Androgen and the elaborate courtship behavior of a tropical lekking bird. Horm Behav, 51, 62-68.

Fusani, L., Della Seta, D., Dessi-Fulgheri, F. & Farabollini, F. 2007b. Altered reproductive success in rat pairs after environmental-like exposure to xenoestrogen. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 274, 1631-1636.

Fusani, L., Giordano, M., Day, L. & Schlinger, B. 2007c. High-speed video analysis reveals individual variability in the courtship displays of male golden-collared manakins. Ethology, 113, 964-972.

Fusani, L. & Gahr, M. 2006. Hormonal influence on song development: The role of oestrogen. Neuroscience, 138, 939-946.

Fusani, L., Canoine, V., Goymann, W., Wikelski, M. & Hau, M. 2005. Difficulties and special issues associated with field research in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Horm Behav, 48, 484-491.

Jansen, R., Metzdorf, R., van der Roest, M., Fusani, L., ter Maat, A. & Gahr, M. 2005. Melatonin affects the temporal organization of the song of the zebra finch. FASEB J, 19, 848-850.

Fusani, L. & Gwinner, E. 2004. Simulation of migratory flight and stopover affects night levels of melatonin in a nocturnal migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, 205-211.

Fusani, L., Metzdorf, R., Hutchison, J. B. & Gahr, M. 2003b. Aromatase inhibition affects testosterone-induced masculinization of song and the neural song system in female canaries. Journal of Neurobiology, 54, 370-379.

Fusani, L., Van't Hof, T. & Hutchison, J. B. 2003c. Season-related changes in circulating androgen, brain aromatase, and perch-calling in male ring doves. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 130, 142-147.