List of works by Tomás Pérez-Contreras

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

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

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Biodiversity within the city: Effects of land sharing and land sparing urban development on avian diversity

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Comparison of digestive efficiency in the parasitic great spotted cuckoo and its magpie host nestlings

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

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

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

Great Spotted Cuckoos Frequently Lay Their Eggs While Their Magpie Host is Incubating

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Great spotted cuckoo fledglings often receive feedings from other magpie adults than their foster parents: which magpies accept to feed foreign cuckoo fledglings?

scientific article

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

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

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Migration behavior and performance of the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Mirror-mark tests performed on jackdaws reveal potential methodological problems in the use of stickers in avian mark-test studies

scientific 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

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

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Replication of the mirror mark test experiment in the magpie (Pica pica) does not provide evidence of self-recognition

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Territoriality and variation in home range size through the entire annual range of migratory great spotted cuckoos (Clamator glandarius)

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

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

scientific article