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Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Adelheid Studer-Thiersch, Auteur ; Christian Wenker, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, AuteurWe used measurements of tarsus length during the development of captive Greater Flamingo chicks (Phoenicopterus roseus) of known age to determine growth curves and derive functions to predict age. We analysed data from 40- to 196-day-old males a[...]
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Maria Cecilia Chiale, Auteur ; Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Sophie Labaude, Auteur ; Anne-Sophie Deville, Auteur ; Juan Garrido-Fernandez, Auteur ; Antonio Pérez-Gálvez, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Arnaud Béchet, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, AuteurGreater flamingos use cosmetic coloration by spreading uropygial secretions pigmented with carotenoids over their feathers, which makes the plumage redder. Because flamingos inhabit open environments that receive direct solar radiation during da[...]
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Juan A. Amat, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Francesca Portavia, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Antonio Pérez-Gálvez, Auteur ; Juan Garrido-Fernandez, Auteur ; Jesus Gomez, Auteur ; Arnaud Béchet, Auteur ; Miguel A. Rendon, AuteurColourful plumage is typical of males in species with conventional sex roles, in which females care for offspring and males compete for females, as well as in many monogamous species in which both sexes care for offspring. Reversed sexual dichro[...]
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Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, Auteur
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Juan A. Amat, Auteur ; Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Jose M. Ramirez, AuteurConnectivity among habitat patches has mainly been studied in relation to species-specific behaviours. However, the movements of animals among patches may have different functions, and tolerance to gaps between habitat patches may vary between t[...]
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Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Jose M. Ramirez, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, AuteurIn sexually dimorphic species, the parental effort of the smaller sex may be reduced due to competitive exclusion in the feeding areas by the larger sex or physiological constraints. However, to determine gender effects on provisioning patterns,[...]
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Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Jose C. Guerrero, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, AuteurAfter being fed by their parents, Greater Flamingo chicks store food in their crops, which protrude outwards. We allocated the crop profiles of chicks to four categories to assess the relationship between body mass and crop profile variation, an[...]
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Miguel A. Rendon, Auteur ; Manuel Rendón-Martos, Auteur ; Araceli Garrido, Auteur ; Juan A. Amat, AuteurCapital breeding refers to a strategy in which birds use body stores for egg formation, whereas income breeders obtain all resources for egg formation at breeding sites. Capital breeding should occur more in large-bodied species because the rela[...]
