Antimicrobial capacity is related to body colouration and reproductive success in female spotless starlings

Smaller distance between nest contents and cavity entrance increases risk of ectoparasitism in cavity-nesting birds

Interspecific variation in deterioration and degradability of avian feathers: the evolutionary role of microorganisms

Ornamental Throat Feathers Predict Telomere Dynamic and Hatching Success in Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) Males

Experimentally broken faecal sacs affect nest bacterial environment, development and survival of spotless starling nestlings

Ectoparasite Activity During Incubation Increases Microbial Growth on Avian Eggs

Nest material preferences by spotless starlings

Intraspecific avian brood parasites avoid host nests infested by ectoparasites

Telomere length and dynamics of spotless starling nestlings depend on nest-building materials used by parents

Antimicrobial Capacity of Blood Plasma is Higher in Birds Breeding in Radioactively Contaminated Area

Multi-functional crest display in hoopoes Upupa epops

Defenses against keratinolytic bacteria in birds living in radioactively contaminated areas

The Microbiome of the Uropygial Secretion in Hoopoes Is Shaped Along the Nesting Phase

Nest material shapes eggs bacterial environment

Laying date, incubation and egg breakage as determinants of bacterial load on bird eggshells: experimental evidence

Environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors

The mucous covering of fecal sacs prevents birds from infection with enteric bacteria

The mucous covering of fecal sacs prevents birds from infection with enteric bacteria

Do climatic conditions affect host and parasite phenotypes differentially? A case study of magpies and great spotted cuckoos

Does avian conspicuous colouration increase or reduce predation risk?

Bacteriocins with a broader antimicrobial spectrum prevail in enterococcal symbionts isolated from the hoopoe's uropygial gland

Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: a comparative analysis

Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of Enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland

Female-biased size dimorphism in a diapausing caddisfly, Mesophylax aspersus. Effect of fecundity, natural and sexual selection

El color de las mariposas

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

Antibiotic-producing bacteria as a possible defence of birds against pathogenic microorganisms

Bacterial diversity at the cloaca relates to an immune response in magpie Pica pica and to body condition of great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius nestlings

Symbiotic bacteria living in hoopoes uropygial gland prevent feather degradation

Differences in intestinal microbiota between avian brood parasites and their hosts

Seasonal, sexual and developmental differences in hoopoe Upupa epops preen gland morphology and secretions: evidence for a role of bacteria

Bacterial diversity at the cloaca predicts immunocompetence and physical condition of magpies and great spotted cuckoo nestlings

Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic-producing bacteria that live in their uropigial gland

Climatic conditions, diapause and migration in a troglophile caddisfly

Habitat-specific effects of a food supplementation experiment on immunocompetence in Eurasian Magpie Pica pica nestlings

Relative importance of factors affecting nestling immune response differs between junior and senior nestlings within broods of hoopoes Upupa epops

Characterization of antimicrobial substances produced by Enterococcus faecalis MRR 10-3, Isolated from the uropygial gland of the hoopoe Upupa epops

Biological quality of the water from “Sierra de Huétor Natural Park” (Granada, España) rivers