TY - JOUR AU - del Mar Labrador, María AU - Serrano, David AU - Doña, Jorge AU - Aguilera, Eduardo AU - Arroyo, José L. AU - Atiénzar, Francisco AU - Barba, Emilio AU - Bermejo, Ana AU - Blanco, Guillermo AU - Borràs, Antoni AU - Calleja, Juan A. AU - Cantó, José L. AU - Cortés, Verónica AU - De la Puente, Javier AU - De Palacio, Diana AU - Fernández‐González, Sofía AU - Figuerola, Jordi AU - Frías, Óscar AU - Fuertes‐Marcos, Benito AU - Garamszegi, László Zsolt AU - Gordo, Óscar AU - Gurpegui, Míriam AU - Kovács, István AU - Martínez, José L. AU - Meléndez, Leandro AU - Mestre, Alexandre AU - Møller, Anders P. AU - Monrós, Juan S. AU - Moreno‐Opo, Rubén AU - Navarro, Carlos AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Pérez‐Tris, Javier AU - Piculo, Rubén AU - Ponce, Carlos AU - Proctor, Heather C. AU - Rodríguez, Rubén AU - Sallent, Ángel AU - Senar, Juan Carlos AU - Tella, José L. AU - Vágási, Csongor I. AU - Vögeli, Matthias AU - Jovani, Roger TI - Host space, not energy or symbiont size, constrains feather mite abundance across passerine bird species JF - JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY J2 - J ANIM ECOL PY - 2024 SN - 0021-8790 DO - 10.1111/1365-2656.14032 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34439953 ID - 34439953 N1 - Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), Seville, Spain SEO-Monticola Ornithological Group, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States University of Granada, Granada, Spain UNED-Valencia, Valencia, Spain University of Valencia, Paterna, Spain National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), Madrid, Spain Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Font Roja Natural Park, Alcoi, Spain La Cova, 29, Parcent, Spain Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain Iberian Ringing Group, León, Spain University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (CSIC), Madrid, Spain ‘Milvus Group’ Bird and Nature Protection Association, Târgu Mureş, Romania Natura Parc Foundation, Santa Eugènia, Spain Biodiversity Research Institute (Univ. of Oviedo-CSIC-Princ. Asturias), Mieres, Spain Paris-Sud University (CNRS), Orsay Cedex, France Profesor Gonzalo Sánchez Vázquez, Seville, Spain Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Plaza Reina Fabiola 7-23, Valencia, Spain University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Naturalists Association of Southeast (ANSE), Murcia, Spain Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland Cited By :1 Export Date: 18 April 2024 CODEN: JAECA Correspondence Address: del Mar Labrador, M.; Doñana Biological Station (CSIC)Spain; email: marimar.labrador@gmail.com Correspondence Address: Jovani, R.; Doñana Biological Station (CSIC)Spain; email: jovani@ebd.csic.es AB - Comprehending symbiont abundance among host species is a major ecological endeavour, and the metabolic theory of ecology has been proposed to understand what constrains symbiont populations. We parameterized metabolic theory equations to investigate how bird species' body size and the body size of their feather mites relate to mite abundance according to four potential energy (uropygial gland size) and space constraints (wing area, total length of barbs and number of feather barbs). Predictions were compared with the empirical scaling of feather mite abundance across 106 passerine bird species (26,604 individual birds sampled), using phylogenetic modelling and quantile regression. Feather mite abundance was strongly constrained by host space (number of feather barbs) but not by energy. Moreover, feather mite species' body size was unrelated to the body size of their host species. We discuss the implications of our results for our understanding of the bird–feather mite system and for symbiont abundance in general. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Hornok, Sándor AU - Kontschán, Jenő AU - Takács, Nóra AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Sándor, Attila TI - First record of Ixodes (Scaphixodes) caledonicus in the Carpathian Basin and first time molecular-phylogenetic analysis of this tick species with updated host records and geographical range JF - TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES J2 - TICKS TICK BORNE DISEASES VL - 15 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 102280 SN - 1877-959X DO - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102280 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34421446 ID - 34421446 AB - Four Ixodes species represent the subgenus Scaphixodes Schulze, 1941 in Europe, but none of them were reported to be compared in a molecular-phylogenetic context. This study compensates for this lack of data. A tick larva, morphologically identified as Ixodes (Scaphixodes) caledonicus Nuttall, 1910, was collected from an Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) during its nesting period in Transylvania, Romania. Following DNA extraction, PCR analyses and sequencing in part with newly designed primers, three genetic markers of this specimen were amplified and compared to GenBank data, and two were analyzed phylogenetically. Based on sequence comparisons of its mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) and nuclear 28S rRNA genes I. caledonicus appeared to be closely related to members of the subgenus Pholeoixodes. However, the topology of the concatenated cox1 and 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic tree clearly showed its clustering with Ixodes (Scaphixodes) philipi. In conclusion, I. caledonicus is part of the tick fauna of Romania and is expected to occur also in other countries of the Carpathian Basin where rocky cliffs are available for nesting of swifts and other birds. This is the first species of the subgenus Scaphixodes in Europe, for which the traditional (morphology-based) taxonomic assignment is confirmed by molecular-phylogenetic analyses. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Sos, Tibor AU - Horváth, Gergely AU - Herczeg, Gábor AU - Pap, Péter László TI - Biztonság a bizonytalanságban: hőszabályozás és személyiség az elevenszülő gyíknál T2 - A Magyar Etológiai Társaság XXIV konferenciája kivonatfüzet PY - 2022 SP - 45 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33587130 ID - 33587130 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Sos, Tibor AU - Horváth, Gergely AU - Herczeg, Gábor AU - Pap, Péter László ED - Mirjana, Mihailović ED - Jelka, Crnobrnja-Isailović ED - Tanja, Vukov ED - Tijana, Vučić ED - Ljiljana, Tomović TI - Consistency on the cold-hot types continuum: thermoregulation and personality study in viviparous lizard T2 - 21st European Congress of Herpetology PY - 2022 SP - 113 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33587116 ID - 33587116 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - GEN AU - Andreas, Nord AU - Vidar, Holje AU - Benjamin, Judik AU - Lars, P. Folkow AU - Pap, Péter László TI - Seasonal changes in plumage density, plumage mass and feather morphology in the world’s northernmost land bird PY - 2022 SP - 1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33112972 ID - 33112972 N1 - RESEARCH SQUARE : PREPRINT PLATFORM LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Marton, Attila AU - Vágási, István Csongor AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Bókony, Veronika AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Pătraș, Laura AU - Pénzes, Janka AU - Bărbos, Lőrinc AU - Fülöp, Attila AU - Osváth, Gergely AU - Ducatez, Simon AU - Giraudeau, Mathieu TI - Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds JF - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - ECOL EVOL VL - 12 PY - 2022 IS - 8 PG - 12 SN - 2045-7758 DO - 10.1002/ece3.9177 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33075602 ID - 33075602 AB - The mechanistic link between avian oxidative physiology and plumage coloration has attracted considerable attention in past decades. Hence, multiple proximal hypotheses were proposed to explain how oxidative state might covary with the production of melanin and carotenoid pigments. Some hypotheses underscore that these pigments (or their precursors, e.g., glutathione) have antioxidant capacities or function as molecules storing the toxic excess of intracellular compounds, while others highlight that these pigments can act as pro-oxidants under specific conditions. Most studies addressing these associations are at the intraspecific level, while phylogenetic comparative studies are still scarce, though needed to assess the generality of these associations. Here, we tested whether plumage and bare part coloration were related to oxidative physiology at an interspecific level by measuring five oxidative physiology markers (three nonenzymatic antioxidants and two markers of lipid peroxidative damage) in 1387 individuals of 104 European bird species sampled during the breeding season, and by scoring plumage eumelanin, pheomelanin, and carotenoid content for each sex and species. Only the plasma level of reactive oxygen metabolites was related to melanin coloration, being positively associated with eumelanin score and negatively with pheomelanin score. Thus, our results do not support the role of antioxidant glutathione in driving variation in melanin synthesis across species. Furthermore, the carotenoid scores of feathers and bare parts were unrelated to the measured oxidative physiology parameters, further suggesting that the marked differences in pigmentation across birds does not influence their oxidative state. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kuschmierz, Paul AU - Beniermann, Anna AU - Bergmann, Alexander AU - Pinxten, Rianne AU - Aivelo, Tuomas AU - Berniak-Woźny, Justyna AU - Bohlin, Gustav AU - Bugallo-Rodriguez, Anxela AU - Cardia, Pedro AU - Cavadas, Bento Filipe Barreiras Pinto AU - Cebesoy, Umran Betul AU - Cvetković, Dragana D. AU - Demarsy, Emilie AU - Đorđević, Mirko S. AU - Drobniak, Szymon M. AU - Dubchak, Liudmyla AU - Dvořáková, Radka M. AU - Fančovičová, Jana AU - Fortin, Corinne AU - Futo, Momir AU - Geamănă, Nicoleta Adriana AU - Gericke, Niklas AU - Grasso, Donato A. AU - Korfiatis, Konstantinos AU - Lendvai, Ádám Zoltán AU - Mavrikaki, Evangelia AU - Meneganzin, Andra AU - Mogias, Athanasios AU - Möller, Andrea AU - Mota, Paulo G. AU - Naciri, Yamama AU - Németh, Zoltán AU - Ożańska-Ponikwia, Katarzyna AU - Paolucci, Silvia AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Petersson, Maria AU - Pietrzak, Barbara AU - Pievani, Telmo AU - Pobric, Alma AU - Porozovs, Juris AU - Realdon, Giulia AU - Sá-Pinto, Xana AU - Savković, Uroš B. AU - Sicard, Mathieu AU - Sofonea, Mircea T. AU - Sorgo, Andrej AU - Stermin, Alexandru N. AU - Tăușan, Ioan AU - Torkar, Gregor AU - Türkmen, Lütfullah AU - Tutnjević, Slavica AU - Uitto, Anna E. AU - Varga, Máté AU - Varga, Mirna AU - Vazquez-Ben, Lucia AU - Viguera, Enrique AU - Virtbauer, Lisa Christine AU - Vutsova, Albena AU - Yruela, Inmaculada AU - Zandveld, Jelle AU - Graf, Dittmar TI - Correction to: European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment. (Evolution: Education and Outreach, (2021), 14, 1, (17), 10.1186/s12052-021-00158-8) TS - (Evolution: Education and Outreach, (2021), 14, 1, (17), 10.1186/s12052-021-00158-8) JF - EVOLUTION: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH J2 - EVOL EDU OUTREACH VL - 15 PY - 2022 IS - 1 SN - 1936-6426 DO - 10.1186/s12052-022-00168-0 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33046108 ID - 33046108 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Vágási, István Csongor AU - Penzes, Janka AU - Szabó, Krisztián AU - Magonyi, Nóra Mária AU - Czirják, Gábor Árpád AU - Pap, Péter László TI - Sexual dimorphism in immune function and oxidative physiology across birds: the role of sexual selection JF - ECOLOGY LETTERS J2 - ECOL LETT VL - 25 PY - 2022 IS - 4 SP - 958 EP - 970 PG - 13 SN - 1461-023X DO - 10.1111/ele.13973 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32595556 ID - 32595556 AB - Sex-specific physiology is commonly reported in animals, often indicating lower immune indices and higher oxidative stress in males than in females. Sexual selection is argued to explain these differences, but empirical evidence is limited. Here, we explore sex differences in immunity, oxidative physiology and packed cell volume of wild, adult, breeding birds (97 species, 1997 individuals, 14 230 physiological measurements). We show that higher female immune indices are most common across birds (when bias is present), but oxidative physiology shows no general sex-bias and packed cell volume is generally male-biased. In contrast with predictions based on sexual selection, male-biased sexual size dimorphism is associated with male-biased immune measures. Sexual dichromatism, mating system and parental roles had no effect on sex-specificity in physiology. Importantly, female-biased immunity remained after accounting for sexual selection indices. We conclude that cross-species differences in physiological sex-bias are largely unrelated to sexual selection and alternative explanations should be explored. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vágási, István Csongor AU - Fülöp, Attila AU - Osváth, Gergely AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Pénzes, Janka AU - Benkő, Zoltán AU - Lendvai, Ádám Zoltán AU - Barta, Zoltán TI - Social groups with diverse personalities mitigate physiological stress in a songbird JF - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES J2 - P ROY SOC B-BIOL SCI VL - 288 PY - 2021 IS - 1943 SN - 0962-8452 DO - 10.1098/rspb.2020.3092 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31845169 ID - 31845169 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vágási, István Csongor AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Jean-François, Lemaître AU - Pap, Péter László AU - Victor, Ronget AU - Jean-Michel, Gaillard TI - Is degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals JF - PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES J2 - PHILOS T ROY SOC B VL - 376 PY - 2021 IS - 1823 SN - 0962-8436 DO - 10.1098/rstb.2019.0744 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31743623 ID - 31743623 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -