Body size as a mediator of climatic effects: Insights from a long-term study of social Iberian magpies
Nest-box provisioning as an offset or greenwashing practice in renewables projects
Size, not color, drives assortative mating and influences fledging survival, weight and immunity in a polymorphic owl
Functional redundancy in carrion decomposition by temperate forest ant communities
Grasshoppers do not flee from their alarmed predators but from non-alarmed ones
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The evolutionary ecology of bird-ant interactions: a pervasive but under-studied connection
Oikos
Early-life environmental conditions influence parasitism at adulthood and life-history of a cuckoo host
Avian egg and nestling detection in the wild: Should we rely on visual models or behavioural experiments?: Egg and nestling color detection
Ardeola
Redness variation in the Eurasian scops owl Otus scops is due to pheomelanin but is not associated with variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R).
Ardeola
Redness variation in the Eurasian scops owl Otus scops is due to pheomelanin but is not associated with variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R).
Forest Ecology and Management
Pruning promotes the formation of an insufficient number of cavities for hollow-dependent birds in Iberian Holm-oak dehesas
Ibis
The reliability of achromatic displays is island-dependent in nocturnal Storm Petrels
Journal of Ornithology
Apparent survival, growth rate and dispersal in a declining European Roller population
Bird Conservation International
Important areas for the conservation of the European Roller Coracias garrulus during the non-breeding season in southern Africa
Oikos
Inter-specific brood parasitism and the evolution of avian reproductive strategies
Ecosistemas
Papel de los estudios comportamentales en ecología
PLoS ONE
Disentangling migratory routes and wintering grounds of Iberian near-threatened European rollers Coracias garrulus
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors
Ibis
The value of nestboxes in the conservation of Eurasian Rollers Coracias garrulus in southern Spain
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host
Ethology
Egg Discrimination in an Open Nesting Passerine Under Dim Light Conditions
Journal of Avian Biology
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Blue-green eggshell coloration reflects yolk antioxidant content in spotless starlings Sturnus unicolor
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Sexual selection based on egg colour: physiological models and egg discrimination experiments in a cavity-nesting bird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Parental favouritism strategies in the asynchronously hatching European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Common cuckoos are not locally adapted to their reed warbler hosts
Journal of Avian Biology
Informative content of melanin-based plumage colour in adult Eurasian kestrels
Journal of Ornithology
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Experimental feeding affects the relationship between hematocrit and body weight in spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings
Oecologia
Predation risk determines breeding territory choice in a Mediterranean cavity-nesting bird community
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Developmental plasticity varied with sex and position in hatching hierarchy in nestlings of the asynchronous European roller, Coracias garrulus
PLoS ONE
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Sibling competition and conspicuousness of nestling gapes in altricial birds. A comparative study
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Beak colour reflects circulating carotenoid and vitamin A levels in spotless starlings (Sturnus unicolor)
Naturwinschaften
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Do spotless starlings place feathers at their nests by ultraviolet colour?
Biology Letters
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Visual cues and parental favouritism in a nocturnal bird
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Nestling coloration is adjusted to parent visual performance in altricial birds irrespective of assumptions on vision system for Laniidae and owls, a reply to Renoult et al.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches
Animal Behaviour
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Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of brood parasites
Animal Behaviour
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Male spotless starlings adjust feeding effort based on egg spots revealing ecto-parasite load
American Naturalist
Dark nests and conspicuousness in color patterns of nestlings of altricial birds
Journal of Avian Biology
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Female and male plumage brightness correlate with nesting failure in azure-winged magpies
American Naturalist
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Dark nests and nestling conspicuousness in color patterns of altricial birds
American Naturalist
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Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings
Behavioural Ecology
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Winter male plumage coloration correlates with breeding status in a cooperative breeding species
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Do great tits rely on inadvertent social information produced by blue tits? A habitat selection experiment
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Experimental support for the use of egg uniformity in parasite egg discrimination by cuckoo hosts
Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences
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Egg colour mimicry in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus as revealed by modelling host retinal function
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Informative content of multiple plumage coloured traits in female and male European Rollers
Animal Behaviour
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Spotless starlings rely on public information while visiting conspecific nests: an experiment
Do avian brood parasites eavesdrop on heterospecific sexual signals revealing host quality? A review of the evidence
Journal of Avian Biology
Within-brood size differences affect innate and acquired immunity in roller Coracias garrulus nestlings
Animal Cognition
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Do avian brood parasites eavesdrop on heterospecific sexual signals revealing host quality? A review of the evidence
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Environmental conditions influence egg colour of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and their parasite, the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Ethology
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Egg rejection and brain size among potential hosts of the common cuckoo
Journal of Avian Biology
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How do vigilance and feeding by common cranes depend on age, habitat, and flock size?
Journal of Avian Biology
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Within-brood size differences affect innate and acquired immunity in roller nestlings
Behavioural Ecology
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A comparative study of the function of heterospecific vocal mimicry in European passerines
Animal Behaviour
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Is the relation between colour and immune response mediated by nutritional condition in spotless starling nestlings?
Enciclopedia virtual de los vertebrados de españoles. (Ed. by L. M. Carrascal and A. Salvador). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/
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Carraca (Coracias garrulus)
Auk
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Responses of currently parasitized and unparasitized common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) populatons against artificial cuckoo parasitism.
Evolutionary Ecology Research
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Nest predation and the evolution of egg appearance in passerine birds in Europe and North America
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution
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Nest defense by Iberian azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyanus): do they recognize the threat of brood parasitism?
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Rapid increase in cuckoo egg matching in a recently parasitized reed warbler population
Evolutionary Ecology
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Relationship between nest predation suffered by hosts and brown-headed cowbird parasitism: a comparative study
Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences
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Dark nests and egg colour in birds: a possible functional role of ultraviolet reflectance in egg detectability
Behavioural Ecology
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Ultraviolet reflectance of great spotted cuckoo eggs and egg discrimination by magpies
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Should the redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus accept or reject cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs?
Conservación de la naturaleza en Extremadura.
Proporción de sexos en polladas de cernícalo primilla Falco naumanni: Reproductores más viejos prefieren producir hembras
Behavioural Ecology
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The hetero-specific habitat copying hypothesis: can competitors indicate habitat quality?
Oecologia
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Brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds and the expression of sexual characters in their hosts
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Should the redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) accept or reject cuckoo eggs?
Evolution
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Blue and green egg color intensity is associated with parental effort and mating system in passerines: support for the sexual selection hypothesis.
Journal of Avian Biology
Egg rejection by Iberian azure-winged magpies Cyanopica cyanus in the absence of brood parasitism
Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados de España.
La Carraca Coracias garrulus
Biodiversity and Conservation
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Common cranes Grus grus and habitat management in holm oak dehesas of Spain
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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How host egg mimicry is maintained in the cuckoo Cuculus canorus?
Bird Conservation International
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Farming practices and Roller Coracias garrulus conservation in south-west Spain
Journal of Avian Biology
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Egg rejection by Iberian azure-winged magpies in absence of brood parasitism
Animal Behaviour
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Rejection of parasitic eggs in relation to egg appearance in magpies
Anuario Ornitológico Extremeño
Dieta invernal del aguilucho pálido (Circus cyaneus) en una localidad extremeña
Anuario Ornitológico Extremeño
Biometría de los pollos de Carraca Coracias garrulus en la comarca de la Serena, Badajoz
Canadian Journal of Zoology
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Time budget and habitat use of the Common Crane Grus grus wintering in dehesas of southwest Spain
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Meadow pipits (Anthus pratensis) egg appearance in cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) sympatric and allopatric populations
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Evolution of host egg mimicry in a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo
Alauda
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Diet and prey type selection by rollers (Coracias garrulus) during the breeding season in southwestern Iberian Peninsula
Journal of Zoology
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Food selection of wintering common cranes (Grus Grus) in Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) dehesas of Southwest of Spain in a rainy season
Waterbirds
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Does temporal variability of winter common cranes in the dehesas depend on farming practices?
Ornis Fennica
Breeding biology of the Little Egret Egretta garzetta in the Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Ardeola
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Breeding biology of the Black-Crowned Nigh Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax in the Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Journal Raptor Research
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Breeding rates of the Eurasian kestrel Falco tinnunculus in relation to the habitat around nests in the southwest of Spain
Bird Study
Breeding biology of the Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis in the Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Journal Raptor Research
Communal roosting and diet of Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus wintering in the southwest of Spain
Folia Zoologica
Nest-boxes used by Eurasian kestrels Falco tinnunculus are preferred by rollers Coracias garrulus.
Avocetta
Avian responses to nest-box installation in steppes of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Extremadura)
Anuario Ornitológico Extremeño
Selección de presas aportadas a pollos de Carraca (Coracias garrulus) en una zona mediterránea
Anuario Ornitológico Extremeño
Importancia de las zonas húmedas extremeñas en la ruta de migración occidental de aves acuáticas
Avocetta
Differences in reproductive performance in two colonies of Egrets in two areas with different human influence
Alauda
Incubation period and weather conditions in a Roller Coracias garrulus population from south-west Iberian Peninsula
Journal of Raptor Research
Breeding biology of Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in steppes of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Journal für Ornithologie
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Nest-site selection and breeding success in the Roller Coracias garrulus in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Bird Study
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The Roller Coracias garrulus in Extremadura SW of Spain does not show a preference for breeding in clean nest-boxes
Miscelanea Zoologica
Descripción de las agrupaciones de aves limícolas (Charadrii) en un embalse del centro de la península ibérica durante un ciclo anual: zonas interiores vs. zonas litorales
Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española
Análisis mediante escuchas de la distribución de Pelodytes punctatus en la provincia de Badajoz
Avocetta
Egg dimensions of the Roller Coracias garrulus in farming areas of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Alauda
Uncommon helper behaviour in the Roller Coracias garrulus
Ardeola
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Distribución de la Carraca (Coracias garrulus) nidificante en España
Ardeola
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Factors affecting the nest location of three ardeidae species in heronries in the south west of Spain.
Bird Study
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Breeding biology of Roller Coracias garrulus l. 1758 in farming areas of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Holarctic Birds of Prey
Variaciones en la fecha de puesta de Falco tinnunculus en Extremadura
Miscelanea Zoologica
Influencia de la edad del nidal y la presencia de otras especies sobre la fecha de puesta de la Carraca (Coracias garrulus) en estepas de Extremadura (SO Península Ibérica)
Butlletí Del Grup Català D’anellament
Diferencias intraespecíficas en el uso de un basurero por parte de la cigüeña blanca (Ciconia ciconia) en el oeste de la Península Ibérica
Miscelanea Zoologica
Crecimiento de los pollos de Carraca (Coracias garrulus) en medios esteparios del sudoeste de la península ibérica: influencia de las precipitaciones
Butlletí Del Grup Català D’anellament
A Roller Coracias garrulus presumably nesting in a nest of white stork Ciconia ciconia
Butlletí Del Grup Català D’anellament
Evolución del número de parejas reproductoras de Carraca Coracias garrulus en cinco hábitats de Extremadura
Vogelwarte
Selection of breeding habitats by the Roller (Coracias garrulus) in farming areas of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Vogelwarte
Responses of the Crane (Grus grus) to potential predators in traditional wintering areas
Alauda
Détermination de l’age des poussins de Rollier d’Europe Coracias garrulus
Bird Conservation International
Status and trends of the Common Crane Grus grus in the western route
Atlas Ornitológico de España
Andarríos chico.
Ardeola
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Dieta de los pollos de carraca (Coracias garrulus) en una zona mediterránea (Extremadura, suroeste de España)
Butlletí Del Grup Català D’anellament
Depredación de rabilargo Cyanopica cyana sobre golondrina común Hirundo rustica