Effect of artificial sugar supply on ant-aphid interactions in protected horticulture

Uropygial secretion changes mouth colouration in starling nestlings

Nesting hoopoes cultivate in their uropygial gland the microbial symbionts with the highest antimicrobial capacity

Defensive tolerance to parasitism is correlated with sexual selection in swallows

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

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

Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.