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Santiago Merino

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Clutch size and egg volume in great tits (Parus major) increase under low intensity electromagnetic fields: a long-term field study.

2012

Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can affect a wide range of biological processes, including reproduction, growth and development. Experiments aimed at investigating the biological effects of EMFs, focused on potential harmful effects on humans, have been mostly carried out in vitro or with animal models in laboratory conditions. By contrast, studies performed on wild animals are scarce. The effects of EMFs created by an electric power line on reproductive traits of a wild great tit (Parus major) population were explored by analysing data gathered during nine breeding seasons. EMF exposure significantly increased clutch size (7%) and egg volume (3%), implying a 10% increase in clutc…

ParusAvian clutch sizeeducation.field_of_studyanimal structuresbiologyReproductive successHatchingEcologymedia_common.quotation_subjectEggsPopulationFledgeZoologybiology.organism_classificationClutch SizeBiochemistryElectromagnetic FieldsAnimalsPasseriformesReproductioneducationParental investmentGeneral Environmental Sciencemedia_commonEnvironmental research
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Las cooperativas de viviendas de cesión de uso : experiencias emergentes en España

2018

La economía social y la vivienda no han sido conceptos muy bien avenidos en las décadas recientes en el contexto español. Si bien existen experiencias exitosas de unir ambos terrenos (Dinamarca, Canadá -Quebec-, Uruguay, entre otros), en España las tradicionales cooperativas de viviendas no han representado de manera adecuada los principios de la economía social en el ámbito de la vivienda. Este trabajo se centra en el estudio de unas iniciativas que recientemente están emergiendo en el contexto español y que vendrían a cubrir este hueco, como son las cooperativas de cesión de uso, vinculadas en la mayoría de los casos a experiencias de cohousing (tanto en el terreno senior como en el inter…

Economics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS:CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS [UNESCO]
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Pulchrosomapulchrosoma(Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) in Ringed kingfishers (Megaceryletorquatatorquata) from Iquitos, Peru: with inferences on life-cycl…

2007

In the winter of 2001, four Ringed kingfishers (Megaceryle torquata torquata) were imported from Iquitos, Peru for the zoological garden Faunia in Madrid. Two individuals were necropsied, and infections by the digenean trematode Pulchrosoma pulchrosoma were discovered inside granulomas located in the lung, trachea and coelomic cavity. The life cycle of this trematode species is unknown. In one case the host maintained the parasite infection for at least 5 months, which represents a relatively long prepatency period. Moreover, the body locations in the hosts may suggest that the parasite is able to actively cross the lungs from the coelomic cavity to propagate.

MaleLife Cycle StagesGeneral Immunology and MicrobiologybiologyBird DiseasesEcologyCathaemasiidaeTrematode Infectionsbiology.organism_classificationBirdsMegaceryle torquata torquataFood AnimalsPeruAnimalsCoelomParasite hostingAnimal Science and ZoologyTrematodaTrematodaAvian Pathology
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Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

2014

© 2014 The Authors. Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nes…

BREEDING SUCCESSAvian clutch sizeBiodiversité et EcologieSEXUAL SELECTIONPredationnatural holesNestTITS PARUS-MAJORBLUE TITSQL_671Original ResearchGEEcologyEcologyhole nestingSTURNUS-VULGARISFLYCATCHERS FICEDULAChemistryreaction normSexual selectioninternational1181 Ecology evolutionary biologyHole nestingHole nesting natural holes nest boxes reaction normnest boxeseducationta1172ZoologyBiologyIntraspecific competitionEcology and EnvironmentBiodiversity and EcologyClutchBiologyNest boxEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationEkologi[ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyInterspecific competitionPIED FLYCATCHERSPASSERINE BIRDSHole nesting;natural holes;nest boxes;reaction normSettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicatata1181[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyGREAT TITSZoologyTHERMAL CONDITIONSEcology and Evolution
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Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

2020

We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density-dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically…

BREEDING SUCCESS0106 biological sciencesAvian clutch sizeclutch sizeQ101 natural sciencesDEPENDENCEParus majorsinitiainenPOPULATIONQL_671[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmenteducation.field_of_studyGEbiologyEcologyBlue tittiaisetCyanistesblue titPlan_S-Compliant_NOtalitiainenSpatial heterogeneityChemistrygreat titinternational1181 Ecology evolutionary biologylämpötilalaying dateCLUTCH-SIZEintraspecific competitionPopulationHABITAT HETEROGENEITYPARUS-MAJOR010603 evolutionary biologyEcology and EnvironmentIntraspecific competitiontemperature anomalymunintaQH301BLUECyanistes caeruleuseducationBiologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsInterspecioc competitionFICEDULAParusQLpesintälisääntymiskäyttäytyminenBIRDS010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyinterspecific competitionFicedulaInterspecific competitionilmastonmuutoksetbiology.organism_classification13. Climate actionGREAT TITS
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Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design.

2014

Møller, A.P. [et al.]

0106 biological sciencesAvian clutch sizeNest box floor areahabitatNest boxmaterial010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciences010605 ornithology[ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmentNestbiology.animalnest box materialNest boxBiologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSGeographic locationParus[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment[ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyLatitudebiologyEcologyEcological Modeling[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biologylongitudeCyanistesFicedulanest box floor arealatitude15. Life on landbiology.organism_classificationBird nestPasserineHabitatChemistrySettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataLongitudegeographic locationinternational[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyHole nesting natural holes nest boxes reaction norm
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Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

2016

Marie Vaugoyeau [et al.]

0106 biological sciencesAvian clutch size010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesurban heat island effect01 natural sciencesFicedula hypoleucaorthophotographBreeding phenology orthophotograph passerine birds population dynamics urban heat island effect.Parus major11. Sustainabilitypopulation dynamicspasserine birdsQL_671Original Research[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmenteducation.field_of_studyEcologyPhenologyEcologyCyanistesbreeding phenology;orthophotograph;passerine birds;population dynamics;urban heat island effectoiseau nicheurChemistrydynamique des populationsFicedula albicolliseducationPopulationFicedula albicollisBiology010603 evolutionary biologyEcology and Environment[ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmentreproductionCyanistes caeruleusoiseaueducationBiologyNest boxEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesNature and Landscape ConservationBreeding phenologyEkologiParus[ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyurbanisationEnvironmental and SocietyFicedulabiology.organism_classificationpopulaatiodynamiikkaSettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata13. Climate actionta1181Environnement et Société[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyZoology
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Support for a colleague.

2004

As collaborators of Anders Pape Moller, we were shocked and surprised to read that he was accused of data fabrication (“Ecologists roiled by misconduct case,” G. Vogel, F. Proffitt, R. Stone, News of the Week, 30 Jan., p. [606][1]). We have never had cause to be concerned about any aspect of

PublishingMisconductMultidisciplinaryEcologyPhilosophyLawScientific MisconductScience (New York, N.Y.)
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Ardeola, a Scientific Journal of Ornithology: Cooperative Survivorship within the Red Queen Game

2016

Editorial.-- et al.

0106 biological sciencesHistoryImpact factormedia_common.quotation_subjectMathematicsofComputing_GENERALRelative termContext (language use)010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesGeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUSRigour010605 ornithologyTest (assessment)InformationSystems_GENERALAnimal Science and ZoologySocial scienceCitationOrnithologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsReputationmedia_commonArdeola
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