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Deseada Parejo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and contributes to research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Cell Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The research topics explored by Deseada Parejo include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation

Several publications demonstrate their engagement with the study of birds, behavior, and pigmentation. Selected recent papers by Deseada Parejo or involving their contributions are:

  • "Precise cache detection by olfaction in a scatter-hoarder bird," 2020, Animal Behaviour
  • "Phaeomelanin matters: Redness associates with inter-individual differences in behaviour and feather corticosterone in male scops owls (Otus scops)," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Moonlight influence on quality of nestlings of scops owls depends on paternal coloration," 2021, Behavioral Ecology
  • "Melanism influences the use of social information in a polymorphic owl," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Geographical variation in pace-of-life in a long-distance migratory bird: implications for population management," 2021, Oecologia

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Oecologia and Scientific Reports, each with two publications, and also appears in Animal Behaviour, PLoS ONE, and Behavioral Ecology.

Collaborations feature prominently in Deseada Parejo's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jesús M. Avilés
  • Ángel Cruz-Miralles
  • Mercedes Molina-Morales
  • Jorge Castro
  • Gonzalo Albaladejo-Robles

Best Publications

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Public versus personal information for mate copying in an invertebrate.

    Frédéric Mery;Frédéric Mery;Susana A.M. Varela;Susana A.M. Varela;Étienne Danchin;Étienne Danchin;Simon Blanchet

  • The heterospecific habitat copying hypothesis: can competitors indicate habitat quality?

    Deseada Parejo;Etienne Danchin;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Sex recognition by odour and variation in the uropygial gland secretion in starlings.

    Luisa Amo;Jesús M. Avilés;Deseada Parejo;Aránzazu Peña

  • BLUE TITS USE FLEDGLING QUANTITY AND QUALITY AS PUBLIC INFORMATION IN BREEDING SITE CHOICE

    Deseada Parejo;Joel White;Jean Clobert;Amelie Dreiss

  • Brood size manipulation affects frequency of second clutches in the blue tit

    D. Parejo;D. Parejo;E. Danchin

  • Do avian brood parasites eavesdrop on heterospecific sexual signals revealing host quality? A review of the evidence

    Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Testing habitat copying in breeding habitat selection in a species adapted to variable environments

    Deseada Parejo;Daniel Oro;Etienne Danchin

  • Immunity and fitness in a wild population of Eurasian kestrels Falco tinnunculus.

    Deseada Parejo;Nadia Silva

  • Alarm calls modulate the spatial structure of a breeding owl community

    Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés;Juan Rodríguez

  • Predation risk determines breeding territory choice in a Mediterranean cavity-nesting bird community

    Deseada Parejo;Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Does avian conspicuous colouration increase or reduce predation risk

    M. Ruiz-Rodríguez;J. M. Avilés;J. J. Cuervo;D. Parejo

  • Spotless starlings rely on public information while visiting conspecific nests: an experiment

    Deseada Parejo;Tomás Pérez-Contreras;Carlos Navarro;Juan J. Soler

  • Visual cues and parental favouritism in a nocturnal bird

    Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés;Juan Rodríguez

  • Within‐brood size differences affect innate and acquired immunity in roller Coracias garrulus nestlings

    Deseada Parejo;Nadia Silva;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Colour polymorphism in owls is linked to light variability.

    Arianna Passarotto;Deseada Parejo;Vincenzo Penteriani;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Host personalities and the evolution of behavioural adaptations in brood parasitic–host systems

    Jesús M. Avilés;Deseada Parejo

  • Informative content of multiple plumage coloured traits in female and male European Rollers.

    Nadia Silva;Jesús M. Avilés;Etiénne Danchin;Deseada Parejo

  • Food selection of wintering common cranes (Grus grus) in holm oak (Quercus ilex) dehesas in south-west Spain in a rainy season

    Jesús M. Avilés;Jesús M. Avilés;Juan M. Sánchez;Deseada Parejo;Deseada Parejo

  • Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) Do not Rely on Indicators of Parental Abilities When Searching for Host Nests: The Importance of Host Defenses

    Jesús M. Avilés;Jesús M. Avilés;Csaba Moskát;Miklós Bán;Rita Hargitai

  • Social information use by competitors: Resolving the enigma of species coexistence in animals?

    Deseada Parejo;Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Breeding biology of the Roller Coracias garrulus in farming areas of the southwest Iberian Peninsula

    J.M. Avilés;J.M. Sánchez;A. Sánchez;D. Parejo

  • Natural Cross Chlamydial Infection between Livestock and Free-Living Bird Species

    Jesús A. Lemus;Juan A. Fargallo;Pablo Vergara;Deseada Parejo

  • Informative content of melanin-based plumage colour in adult Eurasian kestrels

    Deseada Parejo;Nadia Silva;Étienne Danchin;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Rollers smell the fear of nestlings

    Deseada Parejo;Luisa Amo;Juan Rodríguez;Jesús M. Avilés

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús M. Avilés
Jesús M. Avilés Spanish National Research Council
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Olivier Chastel
Olivier Chastel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Juan A. Fargallo
Juan A. Fargallo Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Valera
Francisco Valera Spanish National Research Council
Tomás Pérez-Contreras
Tomás Pérez-Contreras University of Granada
Manuel Martín-Vivaldi
Manuel Martín-Vivaldi University of Granada
Gustavo Tomás
Gustavo Tomás Spanish National Research Council
François Mougeot
François Mougeot Spanish National Research Council
Juan José Soler
Juan José Soler Spanish National Research Council

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