A5048718615- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and animal studies
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Data Analysis with R
- Study of Mite Species
- Historical Art and Architecture Studies
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2019-2025
Universidade de Vigo
2021
Universidad de Alcalá
2018-2020
Universidade do Porto
2017-2019
University of Lisbon
2016-2019
Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal)
2017-2018
University of Castilla-La Mancha
2011-2017
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2017
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
2011-2017
Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas
2006-2014
Abstract Building trust in science and evidence-based decision-making depends heavily on the credibility of studies their findings. Researchers employ many different study designs that vary risk bias to evaluate true effect interventions or impacts. Here, we empirically quantify, a large scale, prevalence magnitude estimates. Randomised controlled observational with pre-intervention sampling were used by just 23% intervention biodiversity conservation, 36% social science. We demonstrate,...
The global road network is rapidly growing associated with human economic development. This growth also entails a high toll for biodiversity, several well-documented negative impacts on different species. However, there still great lack of knowledge about the effects roads persistence wildlife populations. Here, we aimed to summarize our current this topic, based systematic reviews. We found that only small proportion studies (8%) focused population persistence. Most these were large mammals...
Roadkill is widely recognized as one of the primary negative effects roads on many wildlife species and also has socioeconomic impacts when they result in accidents. A comprehensive dataset roadkill locations essential to evaluate factors contributing risk enhance our comprehension its impact populations dimensions. We undertook a compilation records, encompassing both published unpublished data gathered from road surveys or opportunistic sources. GLOBAL ROADKILL DATA includes 208,570...
Background Collision with electric power lines is a conservation problem for many bird species. Although the implementation of flight diverters rapidly increasing, few well-designed studies supporting effectiveness this costly measure have been published. Methodology/Principal Findings We provide information on largest worldwide marking experiment to date, including carcass searches at 35 (15 experimental, 20 control) totalling 72.5 km, both transmission (220 kV) and distribution kV–45...
Abstract Birds are hosts for several zoonotic pathogens. Because of their high mobility, especially longdistance migrants, birds can disperse these pathogens, affecting distribution and phylogeography. We focused on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which includes the causative agents Lyme borreliosis, as an example tick‐borne to address role propagation at a large geographical scale. collected ticks from passerine in 11 European countries. B . s.l. prevalence Ixodes spp. was 37% increased...
Linear infrastructures (e.g. roads, railways or power lines) promote a myriad of negative impacts on wildlife around the world, which direct mortality is most visible one. When high rates are found, mitigation measures often discussed and applied. On other hand, lack commonly interpreted as evidence low impact wildlife. We argue that may actually mask two pervasive effects linear animal populations: past massive mortality, causing local extinctions, strong barrier due to inability reluctance...
Abstract Aim Power lines can represent an important source of bird mortality through collision. The identification more susceptible species, in terms expected population‐level impacts, requires detailed biological and information that is often difficult to obtain. Here, we propose a species prioritization method based on relatively easily accessed information, aimed identify both areas with the potentially highest extinction risk due collision power lines. Location As case study, applied...
Abstract Roads threaten the conservation of many wildlife species. Carnivores are one most susceptible groups due to their habitat requirements. We explored roadkill patterns European polecats ( Mustela putorious ) on motorways and roads investigate if these depend road type, a research topic frequently neglected in literature. studied 85 roadkills 73 roads, corresponding number random points with no every type. characterized them 7 road-related variables. Roadkill sites were significantly...
Abstract Aim Roads impact wildlife in different ways, among which road mortality has been the most studied. Budgets conservation biology are usually small, and macroecological approaches have employed recent years as first steps towards guiding management. Carnivores particularly vulnerable to on roads due their elevated ecological needs (low population density, often low fecundity relatively large home ranges). Our aim was develop a ranking methodology prioritize specific areas for...
Roads have pervasive impacts on wildlife, including habitat loss and fragmentation, road mortality, pollution increased human use of habitats surrounding them. However, the effects roads interspecific interactions are less understood. Here we provide a synthesis existing literature how species may be disrupted by roads, identify knowledge gaps, suggest avenues for future research conservation management. We conducted systematic search using Web Science database each interaction (predation,...
Abstract Ontogeny is expected to be a determinant factor affecting production of colour patches in lizards, while immune challenges or sudden weight loss may impair the maintenance pigment-based coloration within breeding season. We translocated males lizard Psammodromus algirus between two sampling plots that differed distance road, vegetation structure, and predator abundance. analysed variation spectral reflectance their same following year. The change first season was explained by...
The frequency of extrapair paternity within populations has been hypothesized to be related ecological and social factors, which in turn can determine the impact on opportunity for sexual selection. Here, we use blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus as study species assess both issues. In particular, analyze patterns 12 nest-box plots that greatly vary local population size, level aggregation, breeding density. We found a significant positive relationship between rate size. Within plots, neither...
Abstract Aim We evaluated the transferability of variables previously found to have a significant effect on European polecat Mustela putorius road‐kills at local scale (i.e. 50 m around location points) when we extrapolate them large [Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) 100 km 2 ] in neighbouring area. Location Andalusia, south Spain. carried out our study 821 985 UTM cells included this region. Methods The units different were adapted new scale. used data from Spanish Atlas survey obtain...
Phylogeographical studies are common in boreal and temperate species from the Palaearctic, but scarce arid-adapted species. We used nuclear mitochondrial markers to investigate phylogeography estimate chronology of colonization events trumpeter finch Bucanetes githagineus, an bird. 271 samples 16 populations, most which were fresh including some museum specimens. Microsatellite data showed no clear grouping according sampling locations. clearest differentiation between Maghreb Canary Islands...