Publications (66) TOMÁS PÉREZ CONTRERAS publications

2024

  1. Urban landscape organization is associated with species-specific traits in European birds

    Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 908

2023

  1. Multiparasitism and repeated parasitism by the great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius on its main host, the magpie Pica pica: effects on reproductive success, nest desertion and nest predation

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 2023, Núm. 11-12

  2. Survival, Dispersal and Initial Migratory Movements of Juvenile Great Spotted Cuckoos Clamator glandarius

    Ardeola, Vol. 70, Núm. 1, pp. 59-74

2022

  1. Occupancy-frequency distribution of birds in land-sharing and -sparing urban landscapes in Europe

    Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 226

2021

  1. Cosmetic coloration of cross-fostered eggs affects paternal investment in the hoopoe (Upupa epops)

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 288, Núm. 1950

  2. Great spotted cuckoos show dynamic patterns of host selection during the breeding season. The importance of laying stage and parasitism status of magpie nests

    Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 31, Núm. 2, pp. 467-474

2020

  1. Antimicrobial capacity is related to body colouration and reproductive success in female spotless starlings

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 51, Núm. 9

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

    Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 707

  3. Hoopoe Upupa epops male feeding effort is related to female cosmetic egg colouration

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 51, Núm. 8

  4. Insurance for the future? Potential avian community resilience in cities across Europe

    Climatic Change, Vol. 159, Núm. 2, pp. 195-214

  5. Land-sharing vs. land-sparing urban development modulate predator–prey interactions in Europe

    Ecological Applications, Vol. 30, Núm. 3

  6. Ornamental Throat Feathers Predict Telomere Dynamic and Hatching Success in Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) Males

    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 7

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

    Journal of Comparative Psychology, Vol. 134, Núm. 4, pp. 363-371

2019

  1. Great spotted cuckoo eggshell microstructure characteristics can make eggs stronger

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 50, Núm. 11

  2. Great spotted cuckoos respond earlier to the arrival of feeding foster parents and perform less erroneous begging when hungry than their magpie host nest-mates

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 50, Núm. 5

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

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, Núm. 1

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

    Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Núm. 1

2017

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

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, Núm. 4

  2. Intestinal digestibility of great spotted cuckoo nestlings is less efficient than that of magpie host nestlings

    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 122, Núm. 3, pp. 675-680

2015

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

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 46, Núm. 6, pp. 608-615