Researcher
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
- Keywords:evolution and optics of nanostructures, vertebrate functional morphology, biomimicry, ornithology
- Disciplines:Animal biology, Phylogeny and comparative analysis, Behavioural biology, Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology, Biology of adaptation
Affiliations
- Biology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2016 → Today
Projects
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- Mechanisms and evolution of mammalian hair colorFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
1 - 10 of 56
- How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours(2023)
Authors: Deok-Jin Jeon, Seungmuk Ji, Eunok Lee, Jihun Kang, Jiyeong Kim, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Marie Manceau, Matthew Shawkey, Jong-Souk Yeo
- Body size and substrate use affect ventral, but not dorsal, brightness evolution in lizards(2023)
Authors: Jonathan Goldenberg, Federico Massetti, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Matthew Shawkey
Pages: 1341 - 1353 - Melanosome origins, diversity and functional relevance across animals(2023)
Authors: Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Guillermo Gosset
Pages: 45 - 66 - How woodcocks produce the most brilliant white plumage patches among the birds(2023)
Authors: Jamie Dunning, Anvay Patil, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Alexander L. Bond, Gerben Debruyn, Ali Dhinojwala, Matthew Shawkey, Lukas Jenni
- Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers(2022)
Authors: 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.
Pages: 684 - 688 - First observation of a brood patch on a male sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)(2022)
Authors: Svana Rogalla, Michaël Nicolaï, Viki Vandomme, Robin Teifel, Susana Clusella-Trullas, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Matthew Shawkey
Pages: 611 - 614 - Thermal effects of plumage coloration(2022)
Authors: Svana Rogalla, Matthew Shawkey, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Pages: 933 - 948 - How melanism affects the sensitivity of lizards to climate change(2022)
Authors: Sebastian Mader, Jonathan Goldenberg, Federico Massetti, Karen Bisschop, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Rampal S. Etienne, Susana ClusellaU+2010Trullas, Matthew Shawkey
Pages: 812 - 825 - How the Eurasian jay expands its color palette by optimizing multiple scattering(2022)
Authors: Deok‐Jin Jeon, Seungmuk Ji, Eunok Lee, Jihun Kang, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Matthew Shawkey, Jong‐Souk Yeo
- The evolution of darker wings in seabirds in relation to temperature-dependent flight efficiency(2021)
Authors: Svana Rogalla, Michaël Nicolaï, Sara Porchetta, Gertjan Glabeke, Claudia Battistella, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Jeroen van Beeck, Matthew Shawkey