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Isabel Lopez-Rull, Auteur ; Diego Gil, AuteurIn birds, female egg allocation patterns have a strong influence in offspring development and differential investment in egg size and composition has been shown to respond to male attractiveness. In this study we experimentally manipulated the p[...]
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Concepcion Salaberria, Auteur ; Patricia Celis, Auteur ; Isabel Lopez-Rull, Auteur ; Diego Gil, AuteurVariable environments impose constraints on adaptation by modifying selection gradients unpredictably. Optimal bird development requires an adequate thermal range, outside which temperatures can alter nestling physiology, condition and survival.[...]
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Rita Hargitai, Auteur ; Csaba Moskát, Auteur ; Miklós Bán, Auteur ; Diego Gil, Auteur ; Isabel Lopez-Rull, Auteur ; Emese Solymos, AuteurThe developmental rate of cuckoo embryos and their hatching size is greater than that of host species, which may require more nutrient resources in the egg and more intensive gas exchange during development. In the present study, we compared var[...]
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Juan Moreno, Auteur ; Diego Gil, Auteur ; Alejandro Cantarero, Auteur ; Jimena Lopez-Arrabe, AuteurIt is not clear at present if variation in testosterone (T) levels is associated with variation in plumage signal expression in female birds. In Iberian populations of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca, some females exhibit a distinctive white[...]
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Diego Gil, Auteur ; Peter J. B. Slater, Auteur ; Jeff A. Graves, AuteurComplexity in bird song is often argued to be advantageous in processes of sexual selection, and numerous studies show that characteristics of song are associated with increased success in territory defence or mate attraction. Less evidence exis[...]
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Alejandro Cantarero, Auteur ; Toni Laaksonen, Auteur ; Pauliina E. Jaervistoe, Auteur ; Jimena Lopez-Arrabe, Auteur ; Diego Gil, Auteur ; Juan Moreno, AuteurIn a substantial number of species, females show some development of secondary sexual characters. These traits can function as signals of individual phenotypic or genetic qualities and status to conspecifics. Individuals may benefit potentially [...]
