List of works - Juan José Soler

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

article

Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

article by Jesús M. Avilés et al published 20 December 2014 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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

scientific article

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

scientific article

Assessing the effects of climate on host-parasite interactions: a comparative study of European birds and their parasites.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Bacterial diversity at the cloaca relates to an immune response in magpiePica picaand to body condition of great spotted cuckooClamator glandariusnestlings

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

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

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

scientific article published in March 2005

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Communal Parental Care by Monogamous Magpie Hosts of Fledgling Great Spotted Cuckoos

scholarly article published in The Condor in August 1995

Correction: Ruiz-Rodríguez et al. Gut Microbiota of Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings Is a Mixture of Those of Their Foster Magpie Siblings and of Cuckoo Adults. Genes 2018, 9, 381

article

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

article

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

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

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

scientific article

Defenses against keratinolytic bacteria in birds living in radioactively contaminated areas

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Differential maternal investment counteracts for late breeding in magpiesPica pica: an experimental study

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

scientific article published in February 2014

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

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

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

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

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

Eggshell bacterial load is related to antimicrobial properties of feathers lining barn swallow nests.

scientific article published on 7 December 2013

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published in August 2003

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

scientific article published on 18 May 2012

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

article

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

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

scientific article

Goshawk prey have more bacteria than non-prey.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

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

scientific article

Gut Microbiota of Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings is a Mixture of Those of Their Foster Magpie Siblings and of Cuckoo Adults.

scientific article published on 27 July 2018

Hoopoes color their eggs with antimicrobial uropygial secretions

scientific article published on 11 July 2014

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

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: a comparative analysis

scientific article published on 03 August 2011

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

scientific article

Life history, immunity, Peto's paradox and tumours in birds

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

Made-up mouths with preen oil reveal genetic and phenotypic conditions of starling nestlings

scientific article published in 2022

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

Microbially Mediated Chemical Ecology of Animals: A Review of Its Role in Conspecific Communication, Parasitism and Predation

scientific article published on 29 March 2021

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

scientific article published on 23 May 2011

Nest Bacterial Environment Affects Microbiome of Hoopoe Eggshells, but Not That of the Uropygial Secretion.

scientific article

Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment

scientific article

Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow

article

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

scientific article published in 2004

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

article by Liesbeth De Neve & Juan José Soler published May 2002 in Animal Behaviour

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.

scientific article

Nestling colouration is adjusted to parent visual performance in altricial birds

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

Parasitism, host immune defence and dispersal.

scientific article published in May 2004

Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Preening as a Vehicle for Key Bacteria in Hoopoes

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Seasonal and Sexual Differences in the Microbiota of the Hoopoe Uropygial Secretion

article

Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings.

scientific article published in February 2008

Sibling competition and conspicuousness of nestling gapes in altricial birds: a comparative study

scientific article

Spatial heterogeneity in distribution and ecology of Western Palearctic birds.

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

article published in 2017

The Hoopoe's Uropygial Gland Hosts a Bacterial Community Influenced by the Living Conditions of the Bird

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

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.

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

The gut microbiota of brood parasite and host nestlings reared within the same environment: disentangling genetic and environmental effects

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

The vocal begging display of Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandariusnestlings in nests of its two main host species: genetic differences or developmental plasticity?

article

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

scientific article

List of works by Juan José Soler

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

Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

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

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

Assessing the effects of climate on host-parasite interactions: a comparative study of European birds and their parasites.

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

Bacterial diversity at the cloaca relates to an immune response in magpiePica picaand to body condition of great spotted cuckooClamator glandariusnestlings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Communal Parental Care by Monogamous Magpie Hosts of Fledgling Great Spotted Cuckoos

Correction: Ruiz-Rodríguez et al. Gut Microbiota of Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings Is a Mixture of Those of Their Foster Magpie Siblings and of Cuckoo Adults. Genes 2018, 9, 381

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

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

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

Defenses against keratinolytic bacteria in birds living in radioactively contaminated areas

Differential maternal investment counteracts for late breeding in magpiesPica pica: an experimental study

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

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

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

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

Eggshell bacterial load is related to antimicrobial properties of feathers lining barn swallow nests.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goshawk prey have more bacteria than non-prey.

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

Gut Microbiota of Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings is a Mixture of Those of Their Foster Magpie Siblings and of Cuckoo Adults.

Hoopoes color their eggs with antimicrobial uropygial secretions

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

Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: a comparative analysis

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

Life history, immunity, Peto's paradox and tumours in birds

Made-up mouths with preen oil reveal genetic and phenotypic conditions of starling nestlings

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

Microbially Mediated Chemical Ecology of Animals: A Review of Its Role in Conspecific Communication, Parasitism and Predation

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

Nest Bacterial Environment Affects Microbiome of Hoopoe Eggshells, but Not That of the Uropygial Secretion.

Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment

Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow

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

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

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.

Nestling colouration is adjusted to parent visual performance in altricial birds

Parasitism, host immune defence and dispersal.

Pathogenic bacteria and timing of laying

Preening as a Vehicle for Key Bacteria in Hoopoes

Seasonal and Sexual Differences in the Microbiota of the Hoopoe Uropygial Secretion

Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings.

Sibling competition and conspicuousness of nestling gapes in altricial birds: a comparative study

Spatial heterogeneity in distribution and ecology of Western Palearctic birds.

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

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

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

The Hoopoe's Uropygial Gland Hosts a Bacterial Community Influenced by the Living Conditions of the Bird

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

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.

The gut microbiota of brood parasite and host nestlings reared within the same environment: disentangling genetic and environmental effects

The vocal begging display of Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandariusnestlings in nests of its two main host species: genetic differences or developmental plasticity?

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