Management-Related Traffic as a Stressor Eliciting Parental Care in a Roadside-Nesting Bird: The European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster

Julio Blas; Teresa Abaurrea; Marcello D’Amico; Francesca Barcellona; Eloy Revilla; Jacinto Román; Martina Carrete

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164371

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Management-Related Traffic as a Stressor Eliciting Parental Care in a Roadside-Nesting Bird: The European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster

Julio Blas,

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Teresa Abaurrea,

Current address: School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Mary’s Quad, KY16 9JP, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Marcello D’Amico ,

* E-mail: damico@ebd.csic.es

Current address: REN Biodiversity Chair, CIBIO/InBIO (University of Porto) and CEABN/InBIO (University of Lisbon), Tapada da Ajuda, 1349–017, Lisbon, Portugal

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Francesca Barcellona,

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Eloy Revilla,

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Jacinto Román,

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain
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Martina Carrete

Affiliations Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio, 41092, Seville, Spain, Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Pablo de Olavide University, Ctra. Utrera km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain
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Management-Related Traffic as a Stressor Eliciting Parental Care in a Roadside-Nesting Bird: The European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster

Julio Blas,
Teresa Abaurrea,
Marcello D’Amico,
Francesca Barcellona,
Eloy Revilla,
Jacinto Román,
Martina Carrete

Published: October 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164371

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