Morphometric parameters and food preference in relation to sex and reference hematological values for Upupa epops from Pakistan [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2022 Objective: The study was conducted to investigate the gut content and record morphometric and hematological parameters in the common hoopoe (Upupa epops).
Rida Tahir +14 more
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Autoclaving Nest-Material Remains Influences the Probability of Ectoparasitism of Nestling Hoopoes (Upupa epops) [PDF]
Biology, 2020 Nest bacterial environment influences avian reproduction directly because it might include pathogenic- or antibiotic-producing bacteria or indirectly because predators or ectoparasites can use volatile compounds from nest bacterial metabolism to detect ...
Mónica Mazorra-Alonso +3 more
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Nesting hoopoes cultivate in their uropygial gland the microbial symbionts with the highest antimicrobial capacity [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe European hoopoe (Upupa epops) conforms a paradigmatic example of animals cultivating bacteria in their uropygial gland that protect them against pathogenic infections.
Juan José Soler +5 more
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The uropygial gland of the European hoopoe as a symbiotic organ [PDF]
Animal MicrobiomeBackground Animals rely on symbiotic bacteria living within/on their tissues for multiple functions, while simultaneously needing to protect themselves via immune functions or other defenses from potentially pathogenic microorganisms that could invade ...
Manuel Martín-Vivaldi +12 more
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Volatiles of symbiotic bacterial origin explain ectoparasitism and fledging success of hoopoes [PDF]
Animal MicrobiomeBackground Some parasites use olfactory cues to detect their hosts and, since bacterial symbionts are partially responsible for animal odours, they could influence host parasitism.
Mónica Mazorra-Alonso +5 more
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Disentangling the spatial and temporal causes of decline in a bird population [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The difficulties in understanding the underlying reasons of a population decline lie in the typical short duration of field studies, the often too small size already reached by a declining population or the multitude of environmental factors that may ...
Floriane Plard +3 more
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Reassessment of French breeding bird population sizes using citizen science and accounting for species detectability [PDF]
PeerJHigher efficiency in large-scale and long-term biodiversity monitoring can be obtained through the use of Essential Biodiversity Variables, among which species population sizes provide key data for conservation programs.
Jean Nabias +6 more
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First Genetically Differentiation between Upupa epops major and Upupa epops epops (Family: Upupidae)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022 Hoopoe has been traditionally treated as a single species within the order Coraciiformes. Presently, however, various authors have suggested separating the hoopoe into two or more species and even its order, Bucerotiformes. So, this work aimed to use the
Lamiaa Elsayed Mokhtar Deef +2 more
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Competition is a major limiting factor of refueling in migratory passerines during stopover
Journal of Avian Biology, 2023 For an avian migrant, refueling capacity attainable during stopovers governs the entire migration schedule and, ultimately, its fitness. Specifically, timely replenishing energy stores is critical when migration involves crossing ecological barriers ...
Sean V. Zimin +7 more
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Diet and foraging ecology of the Hoopoe Upupa epops in a Mediterranean area of Central Italy
Avocetta, 2022 During the breeding season, the Hoopoe Upupa epops inhabits traditional and diversified rural habitats with high availability of bare ground and short grass areas where it forages. Only a few studies addressed the breeding diet of this species.
Matteo Annessi +2 more
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