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Bacteria and the evolution of honest signals. The case of ornamental throat feathers in spotless starlings
ArticleAbstract: Mechanisms guaranteeing reliability of messages are essential in understanding the underlying informPalabras claves:Bacterial load, Feather-degrading bacteria, Ornaments, Sexual selection, Sturnus unicolor, uropygial glandAutores:Martín-Gálvez D., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusAntimicrobial activity of nest-lining feathers is enhanced by breeding activity in avian nests
ArticleAbstract: The use of feathers as nest material has been proposed as a kind of self-medication strategy becausePalabras claves:antimicrobial activity, Eggshell bacterial load, Feather nest material, Incubation behavior, Keratinolytic bacteria, Spotless starlingAutores:Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusAntimicrobial capacity is related to body colouration and reproductive success in female spotless starlings
ArticleAbstract: Pathogenic microorganisms select for a plethora of defensive mechanisms on their hosts. In males ofPalabras claves:animal communication, antimicrobial capacity, antimicrobial defences, innate humoral immunity, sexual selection in females, Sturnus unicolorAutores:Azcárate-García M., Díaz-Lora S., Pérez-Contreras T., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusEctoparasite Activity During Incubation Increases Microbial Growth on Avian Eggs
ArticleAbstract: While direct detrimental effects of parasites on hosts are relatively well documented, other more suPalabras claves:ARISA, Bacterial community, Ectoparasite-host interactions, hatching success, Niche construction, Trans-shell transmissionAutores:Martín-Gálvez D., Martín-Vivaldi M., Peralta-Sánchez J.M., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusEgg colouration pbkp_redicts brood size, telomere length and body condition of spotless starling fledglings
ArticleAbstract: Understanding the impressive interspecific variation in avian eggshell colouration has attracted thePalabras claves:Brood size, Clutch size, female ornamentation, Sexual selection, sibling competitionAutores:Figuerola J., Martínez-De La Puente J., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusNest material preferences by spotless starlings
ArticleAbstract: The avian nest is an essential structure for offspring development. For adults, nest building entailPalabras claves:aromatic plants, feather pigmentation, nest building behavior, nest material preference, nest-lining feathersAutores:Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusNest material shapes eggs bacterial environment
ArticleAbstract: Selective pressures imposed by pathogenic microorganisms to embryos have selected in hosts for a batPalabras claves:Autores:Martín-Gálvez D., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:rraaescopusOrnamental Throat Feathers Pbkp_redict Telomere Dynamic and Hatching Success in Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) Males
ArticleAbstract: Sexually selected signals reliably reflect individual phenotypic or genetic quality and, thus, surviPalabras claves:hatching success, Sexual selection, sexual signaling, Sturnus unicolor, telomere dynamics, throat-feathers lengthAutores:Azcárate-García M., Díaz-Lora S., Figuerola J., Martín-Vivaldi M., Martínez-De La Puente J., Pérez-Contreras T., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusIntraspecific avian brood parasites avoid host nests infested by ectoparasites
ArticleAbstract: Intraspecific brood parasitism is widespread among birds and provides clues for elucidating the evolPalabras claves:Conspecific brood parasitism, Ectoparasitism risk, Eggshell spottiness, Host-parasite synchronization, Host-selection mechanisms, Intraspecific nest parasitismAutores:Martín-Gálvez D., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusLaying date, incubation and egg breakage as determinants of bacterial load on bird eggshells: experimental evidence
ArticleAbstract: Exploring factors guiding interactions of bacterial communities with animals has become of primary iPalabras claves:Brood parasitism, Climate Change, Life history traits, nest characteristics, Parental activityAutores:Martín-Vivaldi M., Peralta-Sánchez J.M., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopus