A5081702692- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Plant and animal studies
Universidad de Sevilla
2022-2025
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
2012-2024
University of Córdoba
2016-2023
Zero to Three
2017
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos
2008-2016
Estación Biológica de Doñana
2009-2016
Cadre Research
2013-2014
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2007-2014
Lagoviruses belong to the Caliciviridae family. They were first recognized as highly pathogenic viruses of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) that emerged in 1970–1980s, namely, haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) syndrome (EBHSV), according host species from which they had been detected. However, diversity lagoviruses has recently expanded include new related with varying pathogenicity, geographic distribution ranges. Together frequent recombination...
Satellite telemetry is an increasingly utilized technology in wildlife research, and current devices can track individual animal movements at unprecedented spatial temporal resolutions. However, as we enter the golden age of satellite telemetry, need in-depth understanding main technological, species-specific environmental factors that determine success failure tracking across species habitats. Here, assess relative influence such on ability units to provide expected amount quality data by...
We describe the extremely rapid worldwide spread of Lagovirus europaeus/GI.2/RHDV2/b (henceforth GI.2), causative infectious agent so-called 'novel' rabbit haemorrhagic disease European (Oryctolagus cuniculus). tracked down all novel confirmed detections GI.2 between May 2010 and November 2018 by carrying out a two-step in-depth review. suggest that such would not have been possible without anthropogenic involvement. Our results also point importance reviewing adapting protocols virus...
As the detection of first outbreak a novel aetiological agent rabbit haemorrhagic disease commonly called RHDV2 or RHDVb (Lagovirus europaeus/GI.2, henceforth GI.2) in France 2010, virus rapidly spread throughout continental Europe and nearby islands such as Great Britain, Sardinia, Sicily, Azores Canary Islands among others. The outbreaks this new lagovirus cause important economic losses rabbitries, ecological disruptions by affecting conservation rabbit-sensitive top predators. We...
Many translocation methods have been tested in southern Europe recent decades to increase the success of European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) for both conservation and game purposes. The main problem experienced during such translocations is high short-term (7 days) mortality attributed predation days immediately following release. In this study, we test effect exclusion terrestrial predators on survival translocated rabbits recovery Four plots (4 ha with 18 artificial warrens...
From the time since decline of wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus in southern Europe, various techniques and methods have been explored with a view to restoring populations or increasing resilience, for both conservation game purposes. Rabbit restocking habitat management are among measures most often applied. Some efforts made increase refuges rabbits, mainly through construction artificial warrens. The present study evaluates response population introduced warrens varying sizes. This...
Abstract Spatially explicit capture–recapture modeling is used to estimate population density enhance our ecological understanding and management of wildlife populations. The two primary parameters estimated in the capture process these models are σ g 0 . parameter standard deviation a bivariate normal home range kernel (indicating size), while probability by device placed at center. These being increasingly generalized simulation predict detection or rates invasive animals inform...
ABSTRACT Urbanization may significantly impact wild population dynamics, even in protected green spaces. From 2016 to 2018, we accessed an assemblage of freshwater turtles isolated urban remnant the Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil. We captured by active search, hookless fishing, and funnel trap, marked them individually. Using a capture-mark-recapture method, estimated density, movement, including home range size habitat selection. Home ranges were using 100% minimum convex polygon method...
Abstract Prey species develop anti-predatory strategies as a response to minimising the risk of being predated. However, how European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) adapts different predator pressure is not fully known. Here, we studied adaptive responses rabbits exposed terrestrial predation pressure. To do this, took advantage translocation programme in Sierra Norte Natural Park Sevilla (SW Spain), where from same donor population were translocated plots with and without exclusion fences...
Abstract The E uropean rabbit O ryctolagus cuniculus was designated as a protected species in S pain and P ortugal following sharp declines many populations. ongoing decline highlights the need to implement cost‐effective management strategies for this staple prey important small game of Iberian Mediterranean ecosystems. Habitat is one strategy general use, though little known about its true influence on main goal study assess frequency use cost‐effectiveness habitat techniques populations I...
Numerous small and medium-sized mammal pests cause widespread economically significant damage to crops all over the globe. However, most research on pest species has focused accounts of level damage. There are fewer studies concentrating description crop caused by at large geographical scales, or analysis ecological anthropogenic factors correlated with these observed patterns. We investigated relationship between agricultural European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) environmental variables...
Abstract Studies connecting microbiome composition and functional performance in wildlife have received little attention understanding their connections with physical condition are sorely needed. We studied the variation gut microbiota (hard fecal pellets) between allopatric subspecies of European wild rabbit populations captured individuals under captivity. evaluated influence environmental host-specific factors. The reduced its heterogeneity controlled conditions. None factors tested...
Abstract Biodiversity conflicts arise when the interests of different stakeholders over common resources compete. Typically, more parties involved, complex situations become. Resolution biodiversity requires an understanding ecological, social and economic factors in other words priorities each stakeholder. However, most conflicts, many these components remain poorly understood. As a case study, we analyse conflict involving conservationists, hunters farmers management native lagomorph, E...
Contrary to species occurrence, little is known about the determinants of spatial patterns intraspecific variation in abundance, particularly for parasitic organisms. In this study, we provide a multi‐faceted overview parasite abundance and examine several potential underlying processes. We first tested latitudinal gradient local regionally most common whether these achieve higher abundances at same localities (shared hot spots infection). Secondly, similarity between sites follows distance...
Introduced brushtail possums are controlled in New Zealand to mitigate their spread of bovine tuberculosis livestock. Given the low rainfall and extreme variation seasonal temperatures dryland areas South Island, habitats these differ many respects from those rest Zealand. We investigated movements habitat preferences at two sites identify where they aggregate following population control by using GPS collars cards chewed possums. At one site, possum numbers were reduced high levels 65%,...
Abstract Ecological nutrition aims to unravel the extensive web of nutritional links that drives animals in their interactions with ecological environments. Nutrition plays a key role success European wild rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) and could be affected by breeding status reflected metabolome this species. As needs are considerably increased during pregnancy lactation, main objective work was determine how (pregnant lactating) does affects requirements (using targeted untargeted...
Intercity roads potentially offer a high availability of easily accessible food and could therefore be expected to represent preferential area for synanthropic bird foraging. As consequence, road-network act as an invasion corridor non-native urban birds. This study is first approximation verify such pattern spread, by determining if foraging actually the main activity carried out along intercity roads. With this aim, during spring 2011 we surveyed 200 points New Zealand road-network,...