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Juan Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Auteur ; Laura Arco, Auteur ; Manuel Soler, AuteurThe existence of begging costs has recently been the focus of evolutionary studies on parent-offspring conflict. Indirect findings seem to support the existence of a nest predation cost of begging. However, empirical direct evidence of nestling [...]
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Juan Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Auteur ; Manuel Soler, AuteurThe effect of investigator perturbance has been traditionally considered detrimental for avian nesting success in terms of enhanced nest predation. This conclusion was however based on a taxonomically biased group of species and, thus, the study[...]
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Juan Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Auteur ; Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Auteur ; Juan Jose Soler, AuteurNestlings of many bird species produce fecal sacs, excrements encapsulated within a mucous covering. Although it facilitates parents' removal of feces from nests, which would improve hygienic conditions for developing nestlings, no functional (i[...]
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Manuel Soler, Auteur ; Francisco Ruiz-Raya, Auteur ; Gianluca Roncalli, Auteur ; Juan Diego Ibanez-Alamo, AuteurTwo main mechanisms of egg rejection, the main defence of hosts against brood parasites, have been described: ejection and desertion. Desertion of the parasitized nest is much more costly and is usually exhibited by small-sized host species unab[...]
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Juan Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Auteur ; Francisco Ruiz-Raya, Auteur ; Gianluca Roncalli, Auteur ; Manuel Soler, AuteurThe removal of nestling feces by adults is a common parental behavior in birds. However, this behavior is still poorly understood despite being an important component of parental care, especially in altricial bird species. The threat of nest pre[...]
