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Animal Science and Veterinary

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9

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Overview

Juan C. Reboreda is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and focuses primarily on the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research prominently covers subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Parasitology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Marine animal studies overview

Reboreda has published research in several established venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Animal Cognition
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • El Hornero
  • Behavioural Processes
  • Ibis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Reboreda include:

  • "Female and male rufous horneros eject shiny cowbird eggs using a mental template of the size of their own eggs," 2020, Behavioural Processes
  • "Sex differences in the use of spatial cues in two avian brood parasites," 2020, Animal Cognition
  • "Brood parasitism leads to zero recruitment in the globally endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata," 2020, Bird Conservation International
  • "How to build a puncture- and breakage-resistant eggshell? Mechanical and structural analyses of avian brood parasites and their hosts," 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Genetic patterns of repeat and multiple parasitism by screaming cowbirds, a specialist brood parasite," 2020, Animal Behaviour

The scientist regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Vanina D. Fiorini
  • Bettina Mahler
  • María C. De Mársico
  • Laura Fasola
  • Ignacio Roesler

Reboreda's work encompasses ecological and evolutionary studies with a particular emphasis on avian brood parasitism and behavioral ecology. Their investigations often explore reproductive strategies and communication behaviors within avian species.

Best Publications

  • Species and sex differences in hippocampus size in parasitic and non-parasitic cowbirds.

    Juan C. Reboreda;Nicky S. Clayton;Alex Kacelnik

  • Seasonal changes of hippocampus volume in parasitic cowbirds

    Nicky S Clayton;Juan C Reboreda;Alex Kacelnik

  • Host–parasite coevolution beyond the nestling stage? Mimicry of host fledglings by the specialist screaming cowbird

    Maria Cecilia de Marsico;Mariela G. Gantchoff;Juan Carlos Reboreda

  • The wages of violence: mobbing by mockingbirds as a frontline defence against brood-parasitic cowbirds

    Ros Gloag;Vanina Dafne Fiorini;Juan Carlos Reboreda;Alex Kacelnik

  • Effects of Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis parasitism on different components of House Wren Troglodytes aedon reproductive success

    Diego T. Tuero;Vanina D. Fiorini;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Effect of Group Size on Individual and Collective Vigilance in Greater Rheas

    Gustavo J. Fernández;Gustavo J. Fernández;Angel F. Capurro;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Costs of brood parasitism and the lack of defenses on the yellow-winged blackbird - shiny cowbird system

    Viviana Massoni;Juan Carlos Reboreda

  • Sexual, seasonal and group size differences in the allocation of time between vigilance and feeding in the greater rhea, Rhea americana

    Juan C. Reboreda;Gustavo J. Fernandez

  • Cues used by shiny cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) to locate and parasitise chalk-browed mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) nests

    Vanina D. Fiorini;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Nesting success in Brown-and-yellow Marshbirds : Effects of timing, nest site, and brood parasitism

    Myriam E. Mermoz;Juan C. Reboreda

  • EFFECTS OF CLUTCH SIZE AND TIMING OF BREEDING ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF GREATER RHEAS

    Gustavo J. Fernandez;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Egg-laying behaviour by shiny cowbirds parasitizing brown-and-yellow marshbirds.

    Myriam E. Mermoz;Juan C. Reboreda;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Brood parasite eggs enhance egg survivorship in a multiply parasitized host

    Ros Gloag;Vanina Dafne Fiorini;Juan Carlos Reboreda;Alex Kacelnik

  • A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHINY COWBIRD PARASITISM OF TWO LARGE HOSTS, THE CHALK-BROWED MOCKINGBIRD AND THE RUFOUS-BELLIED THRUSH

    Paula Sackmann;Juan Carlos Reboreda

  • Nest‐site fidelity and cavity reoccupation by Blue‐fronted Parrots Amazona aestiva in the dry Chaco of Argentina

    Igor Berkunsky;Juan C. Reboreda

  • COSTS OF EGG PUNCTURES AND PARASITISM BY SHINY COWBIRDS (MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS) AT CREAMY-BELLIED THRUSH (TURDUS AMAUROCHALINUS) NESTS

    Andrea A. Astié;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite

    M. Alicia de la Colina;Lorena Pompilio;Mark Erno Hauber;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Brood parasitism of the shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, on the brown-and-yellow marshbird, Pseudoleistes virescens

    Myriam E. Mermoz;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Variation in multicomponent recognition cues alters egg rejection decisions: a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis.

    Daniel Hanley;Analía V. López;Vanina D. Fiorini;Juan C. Reboreda

  • Shiny cowbirds synchronize parasitism with host laying and puncture host eggs according to host characteristics

    Vanina D. Fiorini;Diego T. Tuero;Juan C. Reboreda

  • The economics of nestmate killing in avian brood parasites: a provisions trade-off

    Ros Gloag;Diego Tomas Tuero;Vanina Dafne Fiorini;Juan Carlos Reboreda

  • Sexual differences in memory in shiny cowbirds

    Andrea Alejandra Astié;Alejandro Kacelnik;Juan Carlos Reboreda

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Ralph Tiedemann
Ralph Tiedemann University of Potsdam
Alejandro Kacelnik
Alejandro Kacelnik University of Oxford
Tomáš Grim
Tomáš Grim Palacký University, Olomouc
David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
Russell D. Dawson
Russell D. Dawson University of Northern British Columbia
Dave Shutler
Dave Shutler Acadia University
Andrew G. Horn
Andrew G. Horn Dalhousie University
L. Scott Johnson
L. Scott Johnson Towson University

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