Publications
28. Wagner S, Merkling T, Girerd N, Bozec E, Van der Berghe L, Hoge A, Guillaume M, Kanbay M, Cakir-Kiefer C, Thornton SN, Boivin JM, Mercklé L, Laville M, Rossignol P & Nazare J. (2022) Quality of Beverage Intake and Cardiometabolic and Kidney Outcomes: Insights From the STANISLAS Cohort. Frontiers in Nutrition Link
27. Pineaux M, Merkling T, Danchin E, Hatch SA, Leclaire S & Blanchard P. (2021) MHC-II distance between parents predicts sex allocation decisions in a genetically monogamous bird. Behavioral Ecology Link
26. Immer A*, Merkling T*, Chastel O, Hatch SA, Danchin E, Blanchard P & Leclaire S. (2021) Spying on your neighbours? Social information affects timing of breeding and stress hormone levels in a colonial seabird . Evolutionary Ecology 35:463-481 Link (*both authors contributed equally)
25. Kimmoun A, Takagi K, Gall E, Ishihara S, Hammoum P, El Bèze N, Bourgeois A, Chassard G, Pegorer‐Sfes H, Gayat E, Solal AC, Hollinger A, Merkling T, Mebazaa A. (2021). Temporal trends in mortality and readmission after acute heart failure: A systematic review and meta‐regression in the past four decades. Eur J Heart Fail. 23(3):420-431 Link
24. Wagner S, Merkling T, Metzger M, Bankir L, Laville M, Frimat L, Combe C, Jacquelinet C, Fouque F, Massy ZA, Stengel B, for the CKD-REIN study group. (2021) Water intake and progression of chronic kidney disease: the CKD-REIN cohort study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Link
23. Pineaux M, Merkling T, Danchin E, Hatch SA, Duneau D, Blanchard P & Leclaire S. (2020). Sex and hatching order modulate the association between MHC-II diversity and fitness in early-life stages of a wild seabird. Molecular Ecology 29: 3316– 3329. Link
22. Defolie C, Merkling T & Fichtel C (2020). Patterns and variation in the mammal parasite-glucocorticoid relationship. Biological Reviews 95: 74-93 Link
21. Montero-Quintana AN, Vazquez-Haikin JA, Merkling T, Blanchard P & Osorio-Beristain M (2020). Eco-tourism impacts on the behavior of whale sharks: an experimental approach. Oryx 54(2):270-275 Link
20. Merkling T, Hatch SA, Leclaire L, Danchin E & Blanchard P (2019). Offspring sex‑ratio and environmental conditions in a seabird with sex‑specific rearing costs: a long‑term experimental approach. Evolutionary Ecology 33(3): 417-433 Link
19. Merkling T, Chandrosoma D, Rankin KJ & Whiting MJ (2018). Seeing red: pteridine-based colour and male quality in a dragon lizard. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 124(4): 677-689 Link
18. Satyanti A, Nicotra AB, Merkling T & Guja LK (2018). Seed mass and elevation explain variation in seed longevity of Australian alpine species. Seed Science Research 28(4):319-331 Link
17. Merkling T, Nakagawa S, Lagisz M & Schwanz LE (2017). Maternal testosterone and offspring sex-ratio in birds and mammals: a meta-analysis. Evolutionary Biology 45(1) 96-104 Link
16. Young RC, Welcker J, Barger CP, Hatch SA, Merkling T, Kitaiskaia EV, Haussmann MF & Kitaysky AS (2017). Effects of developmental conditions on growth, stress and telomeres in black-legged kittiwake chicks. Molecular Ecology 26(13):3572-3584 Link
15. Merkling T, Blanchard P, Chastel O, Vallat-Michel A, Hatch SA, Danchin E & Helfenstein F (2017). Reproductive effort and oxidative stress: effects of offspring sex and number on the physiological state of a long-lived bird. Functional Ecology 31(6):1201-1209 Link
14. Pepper M, Hamilton DG, Merkling T, Svedin N, Cser B, Catullo R, Pryke SR & JS Keogh (2017). Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannas: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia’s iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106:217-227 Link
13. Hoops D, Ullmann JFP, Janke AL, Vidal-Garcia M, Strait-Gardner T, Dwihapsari Y, Merkling T, Price WS, Endler JA, Whiting MJ & Keogh JS (2016). Sexual selection predicts brain structure in dragon lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (2):244-256. Link
12. Merkling T*, Perrot C*, Helfenstein F, Ferdy J-B, Gaillard L, Lefol E, Voisin E, Hatch SA, Danchin E & Blanchard P (2016). Does parent-offspring conflict shape the relationship between environmental conditions and maternal effects? An experimental test. Ecology & Evolution 6 (11):3699-3710 PDF (*both authors contributed equally)
11. Merkling T, Hamilton DG, Cser B, Svedin N & Pryke S (2016). Proximate mechanisms of colour variation: geographic differences in carotenoid and pteridine pigment content in a lizard ornament. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117 (3): 503-515. Link
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10. Vincenzi S, Hatch SA, Merkling T & Kitaysky AS (2015). Carry-over effects of food supplementation on recruitment and breeding performance of long lived seabirds. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 282 (1812) Link
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9. Leclaire S, Bourret V, Blanchard P, Defranceschi C, Merkling T, Hatch SA & Danchin E (2015). Carotenoids increase immunity and sex-specifically affect color and redox homeostasis in a monochromatic seabird. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1097-1111 Link
8. Merkling T, Welcker J, Hewison AJM, Hatch SA, Kitaysky AS, Speakman J, Danchin E & Blanchard P (2015). Identifying the selection pressures underlying offspring sex-ratio adjustments: a case study in a wild seabird. Behavioral Ecology 26 (3): 916-925 Link
7. Leclaire S, van Dongen WFD, Voccia S, Merkling T, Ducamp C, Hatch SA, Blanchard P, Danchin E & Wagner RH (2014). Preen secretions encode information on MHC similarity in a monogamous seabird. Scientific Reports 4:6920 Link
6. Merkling T, Chastel O, Blanchard P, Trouvé C, Hatch SA & Danchin E (2014). Physiological and fitness correlates of experimentally altered hatching asynchrony magnitude in chicks of a wild seabird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 198: 32-38 Link
5. Merkling T, Agdere L, Albert E, Durieux R, Hatch SA, Danchin E & Blanchard P (2014). Is natural hatching asynchrony optimal? An experimental investigation of sibling competition patterns in a facultatively siblicidal seabird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68 (2): 309-319 Link
4. van Dongen WFD, White J, Brandl HB, Moodley Y, Merkling T, Leclaire S, Blanchard P, Danchin E, Hatch SA & Wagner R (2013). Age-related differences in cloacal microbiota in a wild bird species. BMC Ecology 13 (1): 11 PDF
3. Merkling T, Leclaire S, Danchin E, Lhuillier E, Wagner RH, White J, Hatch SA & Blanchard P (2012). Food availability and offspring sex in a monogamous seabird: insights from an experimental approach. Behavioral Ecology 23 (4): 751-758 PDF
2. Leclaire S, Merkling T, Raynaud C, Lhuillier E, Mulard H, Bessière JM, Hatch S & Danchin E (2012). Semiochemicals of preen secretions signal genetic make-up in a seabird species. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 279: 1185-1193 PDF
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1. Leclaire S, Merkling T, Raynaud C, Giacinti G, Bessière JM, Hatch SA & Danchin E (2011). An individual and sex odor signature in kittiwakes? Study of the semiochemical composition of preen secretions and preen down feathers. Naturwissenschaften 98: 615 - 624 PDF
In revision, submitted or in preparation:
Merkling T, Danchin E, Hatch SA, Blanchard P. Pair-bond duration influences offspring sex-ratio: a multiyear study in a wild seabird with chick sex-dependent reproductive costs. In preparation.
Reports
PhD thesis: On sex-ratio and sibling competition: an insight into reproductive decisions in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) PDF
