A5100685628- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and soil sciences
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Forest Management and Policy
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
Estación Biológica de Doñana
2015-2024
Rochester General Hospital
2021
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
1997-2017
National University of Avellaneda
2017
Autonomous University of Tamaulipas
2016
CIUDAD
2015
National University of the Northeast
2015
National Research Council
2002-2010
Universitat Politècnica de València
2010
National University of Austral Patagonia
2009
Summary Wind power plants represent a risk of bird mortality, but the effects are still poorly quantified. We measured analysed factors that led birds to fly close turbines, and proposed mitigation measures at two wind farms installed in Straits Gibraltar, one most important migration bottlenecks between Europe Africa. Bird corpses were surveyed along turbine lines an associated line estimate mortality rates. The behaviour observed within 250 m turbines was also recorded as putative...
Seventeen culverts and pathway passages across a high speed railway were monitored for one year in order to determine factors influencing their use by terrestrial vertebrates. Carnivores, lagomorphs, small mammals reptiles used the passages. Crossing rates generally reflected spatiotemporal variation vertebrate abundance activity, suggesting that could be valuable allowing movement railway. Wild ungulates known present did not passages, probably due combination of unsuitable dimensions...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are being deployed in very diverse application scenarios, including rural and forest environments. In these particular contexts, specimen protection conservation is a challenge, especially natural reserves, dangerous locations or hot spots of reserves (i.e., roads, railways, other civil infrastructures). This paper proposes studies WSN based system for generic target (animal) tracking the surrounding area wildlife passages built to establish safe ways animals...
Anthropogenic hybridisation is widely perceived as a threat to the conservation of biodiversity. Nevertheless, date, relevant policy and management interventions are unresolved highly convoluted. While this due inherent complexity issue, we hereby hypothesise that lack agreement concerning goals approaches, within scientific community, may explain social awareness on phenomenon, absence effective pressure decision-makers. By focusing wolf x dog in Europe, (a) assess state art issues (b)...
Abstract In a conservation context, food supplementation is management tool used to reverse the decline of food‐limited populations by means positive changes in behaviour and fitness that may be reflected population parameters. The critically endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus has suffered dramatic primarily because severe drop its main prey, European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus . To this situation, programme been implemented Doñana, south‐west Spain, since 2002. study, we assess...
ABSTRACT Aim To relate the recent Iberian lynx decline to changes in distribution of European rabbit after haemorrhagic disease outbreak 1989. As rabbits evolved two geographically separated lineages, being range practically restricted southwestern lineage, we also test if differential dynamics exists for these with consequent implications conservation and reintroduction planning. Location The Peninsula. Methods We modelled environmental favourability based on its before 1989, using data...
Abstract Conservation agencies within the European Union promote restoration of traditional land uses as a cost‐effective way to preserve biodiversity outside reserves. Although pursues integration environment into strategic decision‐making, it also dictates sectoral policies that may damage farmland biodiversity. We illustrate this point by outlining socioeconomic factors allow persistence free‐ranging horse husbandry in Galicia, northwestern Spain. Free‐ranging Galician mountain ponies...
Abstract: Theory suggests that demographic and genetic traits deteriorate (i.e., fitness diversity decrease) when populations become small, such deterioration could precipitate positive feedback loops called extinction vortices. We examined whether attributes have changed over time in one of the 2 remaining small highly endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) Doñana, Spain. From 1983 to 2008, we recorded nontraumatic mortality rates, litter size, offspring survival, age at territory...
We use reports obtained in a field survey to characterize the internal structure, and reconstruct strong contraction geographic range of Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus during 35‐yr period. were distributed one large central population surrounded by smaller peripheral ones. Abundance was autocorrelated, attained high values only few scattered sites mostly within population, increased from west east along major mountain chains. occupancy positively related. The strength similar both small...
1. The loss of biodiversity caused by agricultural expansion can be countered adopting wildlife-friendly farming strategies and expanding the network nature reserves. potential benefits extensification, represented in Europe agri-environmental schemes, still remain unclear. In particular, effectiveness preserving linear woody vegetation to retain forest carnivores farmland has received limited attention. We document value hedgerows narrow strips riparian for Egyptian mongoose Herpestes...
As part of an epidemiological study in old focus American Visceral Leishmaniasis (AVL) Venezuela (Guayabita, Aragua State], a longitudinal entomological survey (January 1993-June 1994) was carried out. A total 3,239 males and 6,043 females belonging to 11 phlebotomine sandfly species were collected. The two recognised vectors AVL the New World, Lutzomyia evansi Lu. longipalpis found be sympatric. dominant (86.4 %), almost ten fold times more abundant than (10.6 %). alternated seasonally: Lu...
Summary 1. The occurrence of species vulnerable to habitat fragmentation is likely depend on the size and separation fragments. However, shape function that relates these landscape parameters may be affected by other factors are less easily measured, in which case relationships with one area predict elsewhere only poorly. 2. We explored how well distribution red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris fragmented woodlands was predicted simple logistic regression models empirically derived landscapes. 3....
SUMMARY The Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ) is the most endangered felid in world. Only about 160 individuals remain 2 separate metapopulations Southern Spain (Sierra Morena and Doñana). We obtained blood samples of 20 lynxes captured from 2004 to 2006, determined prevalence infection genetic diversity Cytauxzoon spp. using 18S rRNA PCR sequence analysis. Prevalence was 15% (3 20). sp. only detected Sierra Morena. For phylogenetic analysis, we used sequences reported present study those...