Size and material of model parasitic eggs affect the rejection response of Western Bonelli's Warbler : Phylloscopus bonelli
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DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12431
Abstract: Given the high costs of brood parasitism, avian hosts have adopted different defences to counteract parasites by ejecting the foreign egg or by deserting the parasitized nest. These responses depend mainly on the relative size… read more here.
Keywords: nest desertion; desertion; rejection; egg ... See more keywords
Copulatory behaviour in the Bonelli´s Eagle: Assessing the paternity assurance hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217175
Abstract: We examined copulatory behaviour in the Bonelli´s Eagle (Aquila fasciata) at nesting sites in the eastern zone of the Baetic Cordillera, southern Spain, between 2010 and 2012. We observed the copulatory behaviour of 15 pairs… read more here.
Keywords: copulation; behaviour; bonelli eagle; bonelli ... See more keywords
Radiographic Reference Values for the Cardiac Silhouette in Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
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DOI: 10.1647/2017-318
Abstract: Abstract: Radiographs are an important diagnostic tool available in wildlife hospitals to evaluate the size of the avian heart. Despite the large variety wild birds in the Iberian peninsula, clinical studies addressing these species are… read more here.
Keywords: width; silhouette; reference values; bonelli ... See more keywords