Plaza, Mireia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7847-2081
Cantarero, Alejandro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5816-701X
Moreno, Juan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (CGL2017-83843-C2-1-P)
Article History
Received: 30 July 2019
Revised: 3 November 2019
Accepted: 4 November 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MP has received research FPI grant from ‘Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades’. AC declares that he has no conflict of interest. JM declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: We were legally authorized to capture and handle pied flycatchers by Consejería de Medio Ambiente de Castilla y León (competent regional authority, protocol number EP/SG/706/2016, according to Royal Decree 53/2013), and by J. Donés, director of “Centro Montes de Valsaín”, to work in the study area. All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. The experiments comply with current Spanish laws, and grant holder and field researchers were officially licensed for animal manipulation following current EU regulations on animal manipulation (authorization types C and D with reference numbers CAP-T-0123-15 and CAP-T-0121-15). The study was ethically approved by the Ethical Committee of the ‘Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas’ (CSIC).