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Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Auteur ; Manuel Martin-Vivaldi, Auteur ; Jesus M. Aviles, AuteurAnimals can engage in visual displays, which may target conspecifics, heterospecifics or both. Here we studied the function of the flamboyant crest-raising display of hoopoes Upupa epops in experiments performed with males in captivity. Males we[...]
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Juan Manuel Peralta-Sanchez, Auteur ; Manuel Martin-Vivaldi, Auteur ; Antonio Manuel Martin-Platero, Auteur ; Manuel Martinez-Bueno, Auteur ; Marta Onate, Auteur ; Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Auteur ; Juan Jose Soler, AuteurSelection pressures due to parasitism play an important role in driving the evolution of life history traits of birds in general and of behaviour at the nest in particular. Eggshell bacterial load has been shown to predict hatching failure (i.e.[...]
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Manuel Martin-Vivaldi, Auteur ; Juan Jose Soler, Auteur ; Anders Pape Moller, Auteur ; Tomas Perez-Contreras, Auteur ; Manuel Soler, AuteurThe intensity of selection exerted by brood parasites on their hosts depends on the proportion of nests that are parasitized and the fitness costs of parasitism. Nest detection by brood parasites influences the probability of parasitism, and we [...]
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Manuel Martin-Vivaldi, Auteur ; Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Auteur ; María Méndez, Auteur ; Juan J. Soler, AuteurAnimals should invest in the immune system to protect themselves from parasites, but the cost of immune responses may limit investment depending on resource availability. In birds' broods, senior and junior chicks in size hierarchies face differ[...]
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Manuel Martin-Vivaldi, Auteur ; Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Auteur ; Juan Jose Soler, Auteur ; Juan Manuel Peralta-Sanchez, Auteur ; María Méndez, Auteur ; Eva Valdivia, Auteur ; Antonio Manuel Martin-Platero, Auteur ; Manuel Martinez-Bueno, AuteurThe uropygial glands of birds serve multiple functions, and there is great interspecific variability in the composition and properties of their secretions. A special case is the secretion in the hoopoes Upupa epops, and green woodhoopoes Phoenic[...]
