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Overview

Jesús M. Avilés is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields, including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Developmental Biology, and Parasitology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Jesús M. Avilés has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Age-Related Brood Parasitism and Egg Rejection in Magpie Hosts," 2020, The American Naturalist
  • "Ecogeographical patterns in owl plumage colouration: Climate and vegetation cover predict global colour variation," 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Past and future climate-driven shifts in the distribution of a warm-adapted bird species, the European RollerCoracias garrulus," 2020, Bird Study
  • "Avian egg and nestling detection in the wild: should we rely on visual models or behavioural experiments?," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Iris Yellowness Relates to Age and Individual Quality in Two Owl Species," 2020, Journal of Raptor Research

The most frequent publication venues where Jesús M. Avilés has published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Raptor Research
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Oecologia
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

Throughout their career, Jesús M. Avilés has collaborated with a number of researchers, including:

  • Ángel Cruz-Miralles
  • Deseada Parejo
  • Mercedes Molina-Morales
  • Juan Gabriel Martínez
  • Marta Precioso

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings.

    Juan José Soler;Carlos Navarro;Tomás Pérez Contreras;Jesús M. Avilés

  • Rapid increase in cuckoo egg matching in a recently parasitized reed warbler population

    J. M. Avilés;B. G. Stokke;A. Moksnes;E. Røskaft

  • Egg colour mimicry in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus as revealed by modelling host retinal function.

    Jesús M Avilés

  • Dark nests and egg colour in birds: a possible functional role of ultraviolet reflectance in egg detectability.

    Jesús M Avilés;Juan J Soler;Tomás Pérez-Contreras

  • Blue and green egg-color intensity is associated with parental effort and mating system in passerines: support for the sexual selection hypothesis.

    Juan J Soler;Juan Moreno;Jesús M Avilés;Anders P Møller

  • Environmental conditions influence egg color of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and their parasite, the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

    Jesús M. Avilés;Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft

  • Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches

    J. M. Avilés;J. M. Avilés;J. R. Vikan;F. FOSSøY;A. Antonov

  • Dark nests and conspicuousness in color patterns of nestlings of altricial birds.

    Jesús M. Avilés;Tomás Pérez‐Contreras;Carlos Navarro;Juan J. Soler

  • Experimental support for the use of egg uniformity in parasite egg discrimination by cuckoo hosts

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

  • The value of nestboxes in the conservation of Eurasian Rollers Coracias garrulus in southern Spain: Nestboxes and Roller conservation

    Juan Rodríguez;Jesús M. Avilés;Deseada Parejo

  • Rejection of parasitic eggs in relation to egg appearance in magpies

    Jesus M. Avilés;Juan J. Soler;Manuel Soler;Anders P. Møller

  • Should the redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus accept or reject cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs

    Jesús M. Avilés;Jesús M. Avilés;Jarkko Rutila;Anders Pape Møller

  • A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird

    Tom Finch;Philip Saunders;Jesús Miguel Avilés;Ana Bermejo

  • Criterios para la selección de condiciones de referencia en los ríos mediterráneos. Resultados del proyecto GUADALMED

    Núria Bonada i Caparrós;Narcís Prat i Fornells;Toni Munné i Torras;Maria Rieradevall i Sant

  • Evolution of host egg mimicry in a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo

    Juan J. Soler;Jesus M. Aviles;Manuel Soler;Anders P. Møller

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

    Deseada Parejo;Jesús M. Avilés

  • How do vigilance and feeding by common cranes Grus grus depend on age, habitat, and flock size?

    Jesús M. Avilés;Peter A. Bednekoff

  • Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite

    Csaba Moskát;Márk E. Hauber;Jesús M. Avilés;Miklós Bán

  • Meadow pipit ( Anthus pratensis ) egg appearance in cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus ) sympatric and allopatric populations

    Jesus M. Aviles;Anders P. Møller

Frequent Co-Authors

Deseada Parejo
Deseada Parejo Spanish National Research Council
Juan José Soler
Juan José Soler Spanish National Research Council
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Tomás Pérez-Contreras
Tomás Pérez-Contreras University of Granada
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Manuel Soler
Manuel Soler University of Granada
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José Javier Cuervo
José Javier Cuervo Spanish National Research Council

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