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Dr Emilio Pagani-Nunez's Outputs (52)

Metal exposure influences the melanin and carotenoid-based colorations in great tits (2015)
Journal Article
Giraudeau, M., Mateos-Gonzalez, F., Cotín, J., Pagani-Nuñez, E., Torné-Noguera, A., & Senar, J. (2015). Metal exposure influences the melanin and carotenoid-based colorations in great tits. Science of the Total Environment, 532, 512-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.021

Metals are naturally found in the environment but are also emitted through anthropogenic activities, raising some concerns about the potential deleterious effects of these elements on wildlife. The potential effects of metals on bird coloration have... Read More about Metal exposure influences the melanin and carotenoid-based colorations in great tits.

Diet specialization in a generalist population: the case of breeding great tits Parus major in the Mediterranean area (2015)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Valls, M., & Senar, J. (2015). Diet specialization in a generalist population: the case of breeding great tits Parus major in the Mediterranean area. Oecologia, 179(3), 629-640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3334-2

The analysis of diet specialization provides key information on how different individuals deal with similar food and habitat constraints within populations. Characterizing parental diet specialization at the moment of breeding, and the consistency of... Read More about Diet specialization in a generalist population: the case of breeding great tits Parus major in the Mediterranean area.

Year-round preference for spiders by Mediterranean Great Tits Parus major (2014)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Hernández-Gómez, S., Riyahi, S., & Senar, J.-C. (2014). Year-round preference for spiders by Mediterranean Great Tits Parus major. Ardeola, 61(2), 257-267. https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.61.2.2014.257

A key topic in foraging ecology is whether a particular prey type is consumed because it is more abundant or easier to catch, or because there is a specific preference for it. The great tit Parus major is an ideal species for studying this topic. Alt... Read More about Year-round preference for spiders by Mediterranean Great Tits Parus major.

Habitat structure and prey composition generate contrasting effects on carotenoid-based coloration of great tit Parus major nestlings (2014)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Uribe, F., Hernández-Gómez, S., Muñoz, G., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Habitat structure and prey composition generate contrasting effects on carotenoid-based coloration of great tit Parus major nestlings. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113(2), 547-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12352

Carotenoid-based coloration of nestling plumage is generally considered a reliable signal of quality and has consistently been related to habitat structure. The main hypothesis proposed to explain this correlation is that high quality habitats contai... Read More about Habitat structure and prey composition generate contrasting effects on carotenoid-based coloration of great tit Parus major nestlings.

Wintering location and moult patterns of juvenile Common Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita (2014)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Fregenal, J., Hernández-Gómez, S., & Domínguez-Santaella, M. (2014). Wintering location and moult patterns of juvenile Common Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita. Bird Study, 61(2), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.907237

The pattern of moult of juvenile Common Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita wintering in two distant localities of the Iberian Peninsula, Málaga (south) and Barcelona (north) differed. Individuals wintering in the northern locality moulted more contou... Read More about Wintering location and moult patterns of juvenile Common Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita.

Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality (2013)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality. Acta oecologica, 55, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2013.11.001

Given the known influence of parental investment on breeding success of great tits Parus major, females should be expected to use male parental quality as an essential criterion in mate choice. Since parental quality cannot usually be observed direct... Read More about Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality.

Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ (2013)
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Torné-Noguera, A., Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ. Journal of Ornithology, 155(1), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1025-5

Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We measured breath rate, which has been suggested as a proxy of the stress... Read More about Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ.

One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time (2013)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2013). One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time. Acta Ornithologica, 48(2), 194-200. https://doi.org/10.3161/000164513X678847

Parental investment is a key topic in avian ecology, and many authors have focused on nestling-feeding behaviour to analyse this issue. Surprisingly, most studies have based their results on feeding patterns recorded over periods of only one or two h... Read More about One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time.

Red-billed Leiothrix sexing is a matter of colour (2012)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Senar, J. C., & Tella, J. L. (2013). Red-billed Leiothrix sexing is a matter of colour. Bird Study, 60(2), 285-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2012.753024

Capsule The Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) is a superficially sexually monochromatic colourful bird native to the Indian subcontinent, which has colonized many locations across the world as an introduced species. We investigated the best meth... Read More about Red-billed Leiothrix sexing is a matter of colour.

The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders (2011)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., Ruiz, Í., Quesada, J., Negro, J. J., & Senar, J. C. (2011). The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(2), 355-361. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2011.34.0355

The diet of the Great Tit Parus major when rearing chicks has been described in many studies. However, data from the Mediterranean area is scarce. Here we describe the diet of nestlings in a population of Great Tits in a Mediterranean forest in Barce... Read More about The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders.

Changes in carotenoid‐based plumage colour in relation to age in European Serins Serinus serinus (2011)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2012). Changes in carotenoid‐based plumage colour in relation to age in European Serins Serinus serinus. Ibis, 154(1), 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01197.x

Yearling birds generally display duller colours than adults. This may be due to selection favouring birds with more intensely coloured plumage or to an increase in colour after the first complete moult. Most research to date on the topic has been car... Read More about Changes in carotenoid‐based plumage colour in relation to age in European Serins Serinus serinus.