Sexual selection, feather wear, and time constraints on the pre-basic molt explain the acquisition of the pre-alternate molt in European passerines

Functional explanation of extreme hatching asynchrony: Male Manipulation Hypothesis

Cosmetic coloration of cross-fostered eggs affects paternal investment in the hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Cosmetic coloration of cross-fostered eggs affects paternal investment in the hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Autoclaving Nest-Material Remains Influences the Probability of Ectoparasitism of Nestling Hoopoes (Upupa epops)

Effects of Chemical and Auditory Cues of Hoopoes (Upupa epops) in Repellence and Attraction of Blood-Feeding Flies

Extra-pair paternity and antiparasitic defence

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

Hoopoe Upupa epops male feeding effort is related to female cosmetic egg colouration

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

Experimental old nest material predicts hoopoe Upupa epops eggshell and uropygial gland microbiota

Juvenile plumage whiteness is associated with the evolution of clutch size in passerines

Antimicrobial activity of nest-lining feathers is enhanced by breeding activity in avian nests

Conspicuousness of passerine females is associated with the nest-building behaviour of males

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

Correction: Gut Microbiota of Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings Is a Mixture of Those of Their Foster Magpie Siblings and of Cuckoo Adults

Bacterial density rather than diversity correlates with hatching success across different avian species

Seasonal and sexual differences in the microbiota of the hoopoe uropygial secretion

Gut microbiota of great spotted cuckoo nestlings is a mixture of those of their foster magpie siblings and of cuckoo adults

Egg colouration predicts brood size, telomere length and body condition of spotless starling fledglings

Tolerance to brood parasitism: A comment on Avilés

Ectoparasite Activity During Incubation Increases Microbial Growth on Avian Eggs

Nest material preferences by spotless starlings

Great spotted cuckoo nestlings have no antipredatory effect on magpie or carrion crow host nests in southern Spain

Intraspecific avian brood parasites avoid host nests infested by ectoparasites

Evolutionary change: facultative virulence by brood parasites and tolerance and plastic resistance by hosts

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

Evolution of nestling faeces removal in avian phylogeny

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

Evolution of nestling faeces removal in avian phylogeny

Nest bacterial environment affects microbiome of hoopoe eggshells, but not that of the uropygial secretion

Defenses against keratinolytic bacteria in birds living in radioactively contaminated areas

Nest bacterial environment affects microbiome of hoopoe eggshells, but not that of the uropygial secretion

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

Context-dependent effects of an experimental increase of hunger level in house sparrow nestlings

Nest material shapes eggs bacterial environment

Nestedness of hoopoes' bacterial communities: Symbionts from the uropygial gland to the eggshell

Synchronization of laying by great spotted cuckoos and recognition ability of magpies

Begging and ectoparasite attraction

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

Preening as a Vehicle for Key Bacteria in Hoopoes

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

Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

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

Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

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

Special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont-carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success

Hoopoes color their eggs with antimicrobial uropygial secretions

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

Eavesdropping cuckoos: Further insights on great spotted cuckoo preference by magpie nests and egg colour

Recognizing odd smells and ejection of brood parasitic eggs. An experimental test in magpies of a novel defensive trait against brood parasitism

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

Eggshell Bacterial Load Is Related to Antimicrobial Properties of Feathers Lining Barn Swallow Nests

Eavesdropping cuckoos: further insights on great spotted cuckoo preference by magpie nests and egg colour

Host selection by the pine processionary moth enhances larval performance: An experiment

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

Eggshell Bacterial Load Is Related to Antimicrobial Properties of Feathers Lining Barn Swallow Nests

The vocal begging display of Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius nestlings in nests of its two main host species: Genetic differences or developmental plasticity?

The importance of nest-site and habitat in egg recognition ability of potential hosts of the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Host-parasite relationship between colonial terns and bacteria is modified by a mutualism with a plant with antibacterial defenses

Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?

Brood parasitism correlates with the strength of spatial autocorrelation of life history and defensive traits in Magpies

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

The evolution of size of the uropygial gland: Mutualistic feather mites and uropygial secretion reduce bacterial loads of eggshells and hatching failures of European birds

Evolution of sexual dichromatism in relation to nesting habits in European passerines: A test of Wallace's hypothesis

Cognitive skills and bacterial load: Comparative evidence of costs of cognitive proficiency in birds

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

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

Manipulation of hunger levels affects great spotted cuckoo and magpie host nestlings differently

Cognitive skills of birds and eggshell bacterial loads: Comparative evidence of costs associated with cognitive proficiency of birds

Attractive blue egg coloration and cuckoo-host coevolution

Goshawk prey have more bacteria than non-prey

Blue-green eggshell coloration reflects yolk antioxidant content in spotless starlings Sturnus unicolor

Sexual selection based on egg colour: physiological models and egg discrimination experiments in a cavity-nesting bird

Innate humoral immunity reduces eggshell bacterial load of European birds: A comparative analysis

Brood parasitism is associated with increased bacterial contamination of host eggs: bacterial loads of host and parasitic eggs

Migratory divides and their consequences for dispersal, population size and parasite-host interactions

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

Benefits associated with escalated begging behaviour of black-billed magpie nestlings overcompensate the associated energetic costs

Evolution of tolerance by magpies to brood parasitism by great spotted cuckoos

Sources of distinctness of juvenile plumage in Western Palearctic passerines

DNA sampling from eggshell swabbing is widely applicable for wild bird populations as demonstrated in 23 species

Colour composition of nest lining feathers affects hatching success of barn swallows, Hirundo rustica (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae)

Experimental feeding affects the relationship between hematocrit and body weight in spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

Spatial heterogeneity in distribution and ecology of western palearctic birds

Sibling competition and conspicuousness of nestling gapes in altricial birds. A comparative study

Beak colour reflects circulating carotenoid and vitamin A levels in spotless starlings (Sturnus unicolor)

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

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

Chelex-based DNA isolation procedure for the identification of microbial communities of eggshell surfaces

Do spotless starlings place feathers at their nests by ultraviolet colour?

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.

Number and color composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallows nests. An experimental study

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

Nestling coloration is adjusted to parent visual performance in altricial birds

Male spotless starlings adjust feeding effort based on egg spots revealing ecto-parasite load

Symbiotic bacteria living in the hoopoe’s uropygial gland prevent feather degradation

Geographic distribution of suitable hosts explains the evolution of specialized gentes in the European cuckoo Cuculus canorus

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

Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

Dark nests and conspicuousness in color patterns of nestlings of altricial birds

Dark nests and nestling conspicuousness in color patterns of altricial birds

Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings

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

Climatic conditions, diapause and migration in a troglophile caddisfly

Needle asymmetry, pine vigour and pine selection by the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa.

Spotless starlings rely on public information while visiting conspecific nests: an experiment

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

Intra- and interspecific relationships between nest size and immunity

Cuckoo parasitism and productivity in different magpies subpopulations predict frequencies of the 457bp allele. A mosaic of coevolution at a small geographic scale

Rules of food allocation between nestlings of the black billed magpie (Pica pica), a species showing brood reduction

Is the relation between colour and immune response mediated by nutritional condition in spotless starling nestlings?

Density-dependent and geographical variation in bird immune response

Dark nests and egg colour in birds: a possible functional role of ultraviolet reflectance in egg detectability

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

Experimental evidence that egg colour indicates female condition at laying in a songbird

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

Ultraviolet reflectance of great spotted cuckoo eggs and egg discrimination by magpies

A quantitative trait locus for recognition of foreign eggs in the host of a brood parasite.

Blue and green egg color intensity is associated with parental effort and mating system in passerines: support for the sexual selection hypothesis.

Food acquisition by common cuckoo nestlings in rufous bush robin nests and the advantage of the eviction behaviour

Egg parasitoids select for large clutch sizes and covering layers in pine processionary moths (Thaumetopoea pityocampa)

Differential maternal investment counteracts for late breeding in magpies. An experimental study.

Effects of a food supplementation experiment on reproductive investment and a post-mating sexually selected trait in magpies

Nest size predicts the effect of food supplementation to magpie nestlings on their immunocompetence: an experimental test of nest size indicating parental ability

Rejection of parasitic eggs in relation to egg appearance in magpies

Parasitism, host immune defense, and dispersal.

Genetic, environmental, and maternal effects on magpie nestling-fitness traits under different nutritional conditions: a new experimental approach.

Egg parasitoids enforce a selection pressure for large clutch sizes and covering layers in Pine Processionary moths (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae)

Críalo Europeo - Clamator glandarius. In: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.

Trade-off between immunocompetence and growth in magpies: An experimental study

Environmental, genetic and maternal components of immunocompetence of nestlings pied flycatchers from a cross-fostering study

Evolution of host egg mimicry in a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo

Differences in leaves of olive trees under organic, integrated, and conventional pest management.

Why do pine processionary caterpillars Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae) live in large groups? An experimental study

Selección natural y adaptación

La teoría evolutiva y la medicina

Differential reproductive success of great spotted cuckoos Clamator glandarius parasitising magpies Pica pica and carrion crows Corvus corone: the importance of parasitism costs and host defences

Nest-building activity and laying date influence female reproductive investment in magpies: an experimental study

Nest size affects clutch size and the start of incubation in magpies: An experimental study

Life history of magpie populations sympatric or allopatric with the brood parasitic great spotted cuckoo

Nest size affects clutch size and the start of incubation in magpies

Coevolutionary interactions in a host–parasite system

Host recognition of parasite eggs and physical appearance of host eggs: the magpie and its brood parasite the great spotted cuckoo

Lack of consistency in the response of rufous bush robins Cercotrichas galactotes towards parasitic cuckoo eggs

Effect of great spotted cuckoo presence on magpie rejection behaviour

High surface temperatures select for individual foraging in ants.

Brood-parasite interactions between great spotted cuckoos and magpies: a model system for studying coevolutionary relationships

Antagonistic antiparasite defenses: nest defense and egg rejection in the magpie host of the great spotted cuckoo.

Molecular phylogeny of cuckoo supports a polyphyletic origin of brood parasitism.

Brood parasites. Advantages of being a different species

Innate versus learned recognition of conspecifics in great spotted cuckoos Clamator glandarius

Do life history variables of European cuckoo hosts explain their egg-rejection behaviour?

Comparative population structure and gene flow of a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) and its primary host, the magpie (Pica pica)

A comparative study of host selection in the European cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Change in host rejection behaviour mediated by the predatory behaviour of its brood parasite

Nest defence by magpies and the brood parasitic great spotted cuckoo in parasitized and unparasitized nests

Genetic and geographic variation in rejection behavior of cuckoo eggs by European magpie populations: an experimental test of rejecter-gene flow.

The cuckoo chick tricks their reed warbler foster parents, but what about other host species

How should cuckoo chicks signal in different host nests? A reply to Kilner et al.

Host sexual selection and cuckoo parasitism: An analysis of nest size in sympatric and allopatric magpie Pica pica populations parasitized by the great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius.

Determinants of reproductive success in Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a hole-nesting non-passerine bird with asynchronous hatching

The cost of host egg damage caused by a brood parasite: experiments on great spotted cuckoos (Clamator glandarius) and magpies (Pica pica).

Begging behavior and its energetic cost in great spotted cuckoo and magpie host chicks

Interaction between a brood parasite and its host in relation to parasitism and immune defence

Micro-evolutionary change and population dynamics of a brood parasite and its primary host: the intermitent arms race hypothesis.

Sympatry and coevolution between the Great Spotted Cuckoo and its Magpie host. In: Parasitic birds and their hosts.

Nest building, sexual selection, and parental investment.

Microsatellite typing reveals mating patterns in the brood parasitic great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius).

Mafia behaviour and the evolution of facultative virulence

Females are responsible for ejection of cuckoo eggs in the rufous bush robin.

Spatial patterns of egg laying and multiple parasitism in a brood parasite: a non-territorial system in the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius).

Micro-evolutionary change and population dynamics of a brood parasite and its primary host: the intermittent arms race hypothesis

Functional significance of nest size variation in the rufous bush robin (Cercotrichas galactotes).

Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow

Reduced immunocompetence of nestlings of replacement clutches in the European Magpie (Pica pica )

Great spotted cuckoos improve their reproductive success by damaging magpie host eggs

The functional significance of sexual display: stone carrying in the Black Wheatear.

A comparative analysis of the evolution of variation in appearance of eggs of European passerines in relation to brood parasitism.

Effects of experimental food provisioning on reproduction in the jackdaw Corvus monedula, a semicolonial species.

Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok Oryx g. gazella.

The effect of magpie breeding density and synchrony on brood parasitism by great spotted cuckoos

Effects of brood parasitism by the great spotted cuckoo on the breeding success of the magpie host: An experimental study

Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok, Oryx g. Gazella

Does the Great Spotted Cuckoo choose Magpie hosts according to their parenting ability?

Determinants of reproductive success in a Mediterranean multi-brooded passerine: the Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura.

Preferential allocation of food by magpie Pica pica to the great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius chicks.

Magpie host manipulation by Great Spotted Cuckoos: Evidence for an avian mafia?.

Communal parental care by monogamous magpie hosts of fledgling great spotted cuckoos.

Chick recognition and acceptance: a weakness in Magpies exploited by the parasitic Great Spotted Cuckoo. Behavioural

Morphological adaptations to an extreme sexual display, stone-carrying in the Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura. Behavioural

Micro-evolutionary change in host response to a brood parasite.

Activity, survival, independence, and migration of fledgling Great Spotted Cuckoos.

Diet of the red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula.

Does the risk of nest predation affect clutch size in the Jackdaw?

Grit ingestion and cereal consumption in five corvid species.

Latitudinal trends in clutch size brooder hole nesting bird species: a new hypothesis.

Alimentación de los pollos de Urraca (Pica pica) en relación con la edad y disponibilidad de presas.

Análisis comparado del régimen alimenticio durante el período otoño-invierno de tres especies de córvidos en un área de simpatría.

Clutch size variation in the Jackdaw Corvus monedula according to replacement clutches, breeding season and female age in Southern Spain.

Growth and development of Great Spotted Cuckoos and their Magpie host.

Alimentación de la Tarabilla Común (Saxicola torquata) en el Sureste de la Península Ibérica durante el período otoño-invierno

Alimentación invernal del Acentor Común (Prunella modularis) en el Sureste de la Península Ibérica.

Fenología de puesta en Corvus monedula. Análisis de los factores que puedan afectarla.

Crecimiento de los pollos de Grajilla (Corvus monedula), relación entre desarrollo y comportamiento petitorio.