Tomas Perez-Contreras
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Recent Articles
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Ibanez-Alamo J, Izquierdo L, Mourocq E, Benedetti Y, Kaisanlahti-Jokimaki M, Jokimaki J, et al.
Sci Total Environ
. 2023 Oct;
908:167937.
PMID: 37871820
Urbanization is one of the main current drivers of the global biodiversity loss. Cities are usually developed in a gradient between land-sharing (low density housing with small and fragmented green...
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Diaz-Lora S, Perez-Contreras T, Azcarate-Garcia M, Peralta-Sanchez J, Martinez-Bueno M, Soler J, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2021 May;
288(1950):20203174.
PMID: 33947236
The signalling hypothesis suggests that avian eggshell coloration is a sexually selected female signal advertising her quality to its male partner, thereby stimulating his provisioning rate. This hypothesis has been...
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Soler M, Colmenero J, Perez-Contreras T, Peralta-Sanchez J
J Comp Psychol
. 2020 May;
PMID: 32406720
Self-recognition in animals is demonstrated when individuals pass the mark test. Formerly, it was thought that self-recognition was restricted to humans, great apes, and certain mammals with large brains and...
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Ibanez-Alamo J, Morelli F, Benedetti Y, Rubio E, Jokimaki J, Perez-Contreras T, et al.
Sci Total Environ
. 2019 Nov;
707:135477.
PMID: 31771847
Urbanization, one of the most extreme human-induced environmental changes, is negatively affecting biodiversity worldwide, strongly suggesting that we should reconcile urban development with conservation. Urbanization can follow two extreme types...
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Jokimaki J, Suhonen J, Benedetti Y, Diaz M, Kaisanlahti-Jokimaki M, Morelli F, et al.
Ecol Appl
. 2019 Nov;
30(3):e02049.
PMID: 31762100
Urban areas are expanding globally as a consequence of human population increases, with overall negative effects on biodiversity. To prevent the further loss of biodiversity, it is urgent to understand...
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Ruhmann J, Soler M, Perez-Contreras T, Ibanez-Alamo J
Sci Rep
. 2019 Apr;
9(1):6238.
PMID: 30996232
Variation in home range size throughout the year and its causes are not well understood yet. Migratory brood parasites offer a unique opportunity to incorporate this spatio-temporal dimension into the...
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Ibanez-Alamo J, Ruhmann J, Perez-Contreras T, Soler M
PLoS One
. 2019 Jan;
14(1):e0208436.
PMID: 30608941
The study of brood parasitism has traditionally been focused on the breeding period, but recent evidence suggests that it urgently needs a new spatio-temporal perspective to explore novel avenues on...
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Soler M, de Neve L, Roldan M, Perez-Contreras T, Soler J
PLoS One
. 2017 Apr;
12(4):e0173080.
PMID: 28422953
Host defences against cuckoo parasitism and cuckoo trickeries to overcome them are a classic example of antagonistic coevolution. Recently it has been reported that this relationship may turn to be...
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Soler M, Soler J, Martinez J, Perez-Contreras T, Moller A
Oecologia
. 2017 Mar;
117(3):381-390.
PMID: 28307917
A long-term study of the interactions between a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius, and its primary host the magpie Pica pica, demonstrated local changes in the distribution...
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Soler M, Perez-Contreras T, Ibanez-Alamo J, Roncalli G, Macias-Sanchez E, de Neve L
PLoS One
. 2014 Oct;
9(10):e107412.
PMID: 25272009
Natural selection penalizes individuals that provide costly parental care to non-relatives. However, feedings to brood-parasitic fledglings by individuals other than their foster parents, although anecdotic, have been commonly observed, also...