An experimental test of host's life history traits modulation in response to cuckoo parasitism risk.

Autor: Mónica Expósito-Granados, Deseada Parejo, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Marta Precioso, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Jesús M Avilés

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e0179206 (2017)

Hosts can counteract parasites through defences based on resistance and/or tolerance. The mechanistic basis of tolerance, which involve defensive mechanisms minimizing parasite damage after a successful parasitic attack, remains poorly explored in th

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Effects of long-term ethanol storage of blood samples on the estimation of telomere length

Autor: Marta Precioso, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Deborah A. Dawson, Terry A. Burke, Juan G. Martínez

Telomeres, DNA structures located at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes, shorten with each cellular cycle. The shortening rate is affected by factors associated with stress, and, thus telomere length has been used as a biomarker of ageing, disease, an

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http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76790

The Role of Intra-Clutch Variation of Magpie Clutches in Foreign Egg Rejection Depends on the Egg Trait Considered

Autor: Jesús Gómez, Marta Precioso, Jesús M. Avilés, Gustavo Liñán-Cembrano, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Mercedes Molina-Morales

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9 (2021)
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MM-M and JA conceived the idea and analyzed the data. MM-M led the writing of the manuscript. MP and JGM performed the experiment in the field work. JG and GL-C carried out the images processing and performed the analyzes related to fractal dimension

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http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71774

Age-Related Brood Parasitism and Egg Rejection in Magpie Hosts

Autor: Mercedes Molina-Morales, Jesús M. Avilés, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Marta Precioso

Publikováno v: The American naturalist. 195(5)

When the strength or nature of a host-parasite interaction changes over the host life cycle, the consequences of parasitism can depend on host population age structure. Avian brood parasites reduce hosts' breeding success, and host age may play a rol

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32364781

Host nest site choice depends on risk of cuckoo parasitism in magpie hosts

Autor: Naomi E. Langmore, Jesús M. Avilés, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Mónica Expósito-Granados, Marta Precioso, Deseada Parejo

Publikováno v: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Avian brood parasites impose large fitness costs on their hosts and, thus, brood parasitism has selected for an array of host defensive mechanisms to avoid them. So far most studies have focused on antiparasite defenses operating at the egg and chick

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https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx113