Cynthia A. Ursino

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas — Argentina

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(15), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(9), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(6), Bird parasitology and diseases(6), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(5)

Publications18 total

Enemy of the invader: impact of the native ectoparasite Philornis spp. on an invasive bird species, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Biological Invasions·2024
Editorial: Evolution and Function of Acoustic and Visual Signals in Avian Brood Parasitism
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Acoustic discrimination by hosts favours vocal trickery in fledglings of the brood-parasitic screaming cowbird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Tricking Parents: A Review of Mechanisms and Signals of Host Manipulation by Brood-Parasitic Young
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Rapid and Low-Cost Molecular Sexing of a Corvid Songbird Using a Single Protocol with Two Universal Primer Sets
Ardeola·2021· 7 cited
Genetic patterns of repeat and multiple parasitism by screaming cowbirds, a specialist brood parasite
Animal Behaviour·2020· 9 cited
Brood parasitic nestlings benefit from unusual host defenses against botfly larvae (Philornis spp.)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2019· 11 cited
Coevolutionary arms race between a specialist brood parasite, the Screaming Cowbird, and its host, the Grayish Baywing
Journal für Ornithologie·2019· 10 cited
Obligate Brood Parasitism on Neotropical Birds
2019· 16 cited
Innate development of acoustic signals for host parent–offspring recognition in the brood‐parasitic Screaming Cowbird<i>Molothrus rufoaxillaris</i>
Ibis·2018· 12 cited
Host provisioning behavior favors mimetic begging calls in a brood-parasitic cowbird
Behavioral Ecology·2017· 17 citedOpen Access
Kinship and genetic mating system of the Grayish Baywing (<i>Agelaioides badius</i>), a cooperatively breeding Neotropical blackbird
The Auk·2017· 8 citedOpen Access
Parasite Adaptations During the Nestling and Fledgling Stages
Fascinating life sciences·2017· 11 cited
Efecto de dos parásitos de cría sobre el cuidado parental de una especie con cría cooperativa, el Músico (Agelaioides badius)
Repositorio Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires)·2016· 3 citedOpen Access
Experimental evidence for an antipredatory function of egg rejection behaviour in a common host of the brood-parasitic shiny cowbird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2016· 2 cited
A novel method of rejection of brood parasitic eggs reduces parasitism intensity in a cowbird host
Biology Letters·2013· 30 citedOpen Access
Preformative molt in brood parasitic screaming (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) and Shiny (M. bonariensis) Cowbirds
Americanae (AECID Library)·2012· 4 citedOpen Access
Brood parasitism disproportionately increases nest provisioning and helper recruitment in a cooperatively breeding bird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2011· 29 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Juan C. Reboreda(14), María C. De Mársico(12), Rosalyn Gloag(3), Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari(2), Vanina D. Fiorini(2), Christina Riehl(2), Mariela Sued(1), Andrés Farall(1), Vanina Dafne Fiorini(1), Diego T. Tuero(1), Romina C. Scardamaglia(1), Meghan J. Strong(1), Jimena Lois‐Milevicich(1), Raúl O. Gómez(1), Nicolás A. Lois(1), Alicia de la Colina(1), Florencia Lama(1), Carolina Facchinetti(1), Canchao Yang(1), Brian D. Peer(1)