Publications in collaboration with researchers from Ghent University (22)

2022

  1. The Terrific Skink bite force suggests insularity as a likely driver to exceptional resource use

    Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, Núm. 1

2020

  1. Sexual dichromatism in the neotropical genus Mannophryne (Anura: Aromobatidae)

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 15, Núm. 7

2019

  1. 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

2017

  1. Complex feeding behaviour by magpies in nests with great spotted cuckoo nestlings

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 48, Núm. 11, pp. 1406-1413

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

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, Núm. 4

  3. 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. Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors

    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 69, Núm. 3, pp. 425-435

2014

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

    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 111, Núm. 2, pp. 280-289

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

    Oecologia, Vol. 174, Núm. 2, pp. 327-338

  3. Eavesdropping cuckoos: Further insights on great spotted cuckoo preference by magpie nests and egg colour

    Oecologia, Vol. 175, Núm. 1, pp. 105-115

  4. Great spotted cuckoo fledglings are disadvantaged by magpie host parents when reared together with magpie nestlings

    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 68, Núm. 2, pp. 333-342

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

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, Núm. 10

  6. Great spotted cuckoos frequently lay their eggs while their magpie host is incubating

    Ethology, Vol. 120, Núm. 10, pp. 965-972

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

    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 27, Núm. 6, pp. 1265-1270

2013

  1. Brood mate eviction or brood mate acceptance by brood parasitic nestlings? An experimental study with the non-evictor great spotted cuckoo and its magpie host

    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 67, Núm. 4, pp. 601-607

  2. Brood parasitism correlates with the strength of spatial autocorrelation of life history and defensive traits in Magpies

    Ecology, Vol. 94, Núm. 6, pp. 1338-1346

  3. Magpies do not desert after prolonging the parental care period: An experimental study

    Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 24, Núm. 6, pp. 1292-1298

2012

  1. Corticosterone levels in host and parasite nestlings: Is brood parasitism a hormonal stressor?

    Hormones and Behavior, Vol. 61, Núm. 4, pp. 590-597

  2. Do great spotted cuckoo nestlings beg dishonestly?

    Animal Behaviour, Vol. 83, Núm. 1, pp. 163-169

  3. Great Spotted Cuckoo Nestlings but not Magpie Nestlings Starve in Experimental Age-Matched Broods

    Ethology, Vol. 118, Núm. 11, pp. 1036-1044