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Modelling the distribution of Bonelli’s eagle in Spain: implications for conservation planning.
(2005-11-07)Bonelli’s eagle, Hieraaetus fasciatus , has recently suffered a severe population decline and is currently endangered. Spain supports about 70% of the European population. We used stepwise logistic regression on a set of ... -
Nest light environment and potential risk of cuckoo parasitism.
(2007-04-01)Brood parasitism represents a significant cost in reproduction; thus, natural selection should favor the evolution of host defenses, which in turn may favor evolution of more sophisticated techniques by the parasite to ... -
Modelling chorotypes of invasive vertebrates in mainland Spain.
(Wiley, 2007-09-24)We investigated the existence of chorotypes – assemblages of species with similar geographical ranges – of invasive species in a host territory, and their potential use to advocate similar control or management strategies ... -
First Record of a comunal roost of Short-toed Eagles Circaetus gallicus during migration at the Strait of Gibraltar
(2010)Communal roosting and its adaptive function for birds have been widely studied. Both juveniles and adults of social bird species normally concentrate in communal roosts, and the protection of these sites may be of conservation ... -
Finessing atlas data for species distribution models
(Wiley Open Access, 2011)Aim The spatial resolution of species atlases and therefore resulting model predictions are often too coarse for local applications. Collecting distribution data at a finer resolution for large numbers of species requires ... -
Fuzzy chorotypes as a conceptual tool to improve insight into biogeographic patterns.
(Oxford Academic, 2011-10-05)Chorotypes—statistically significant groups of coincident distribution areas—constitute biogeographic units that are fuzzy by nature. This quality has been referred to in the literature but has not been analyzed in depth ... -
Weak relationship between risk assessment studies and recorded mortality in wind farms
(Wiley. British Ecological Society, 2012)Wind farms generate little or no pollution. However, one of their main adverse impacts is bird mortality through collisions with turbine rotors. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies have been based on observations ... -
Integrating fuzzy logic and statistics to improve the reliable delimitation of biogeographic regions and transition zones
(2013)This study uses the amphibian species of the Mediterranean basin to develop a consistent procedure based on fuzzy sets with which biogeographic regions and biotic transition zones can be objectively detected and reliably ... -
Estimating how inflated or obscured effects of climate affect forecasted species distribution
(San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, 2013-01-11)Climate is one of the main drivers of species distribution. However, as different environmental factors tend to co-vary, the effect of climate cannot be taken at face value, as it may be either inflated or obscured by ... -
Combined Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation on Sea Surface Temperature in the Alborán Sea
(San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, 2013-04-18)We explored the possible effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Arctic Oscillation (AO) on interannual sea surface temperature (SST) variations in the Albora´n Sea, both separately and combined. The probability ... -
New measures for assessing model equilibrium and prediction mismatch in species distribution models.
(Wiley, 2013-06-19)Models based on species distributions are widely used and serve important purposes in ecology, biogeography and conservation. Their continuous predictions of environmental suitability are commonly converted into a binary ... -
Updating known distribution models for forecasting climate change impact on endangered species
(San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, 2013-06-28)To plan endangered species conservation and to design adequate management programmes, it is necessary to predict their distributional response to climate change, especially under the current situation of rapid change. ... -
Environmental favourability as a cost-efficient tool to estimate carrying capacity.
(Wiley, 2015-08-11)The way in which environmental conditions determine the distribution and abundance of species is a crucial topic in ecology, biogeography and conservation. It is especially important to understand the nature of this ... -
Environmental factors determining the establishment of the African Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus cirtensis in Western Europe
(Wiley, 2017)Winters have become warmer under the impact of climate change, which has modified the phenology as well as the distribution ranges of birds. The African Longlegged Buzzard Buteo rufinus cirtensis has recently colonized ... -
Unrelenting spread of the alien monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus in Israel. Is it time to sound the alarm?
(Wiley, Society of Chemical Industry, 2017)Monk parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus Boddaert, are native to South America but have established populations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. They are claimed to act as agricultural pests in their native range, and ... -
Testing for errors in estimating bird mortality rates at wind farms and power lines
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2017)Wind power, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is increasingly common, and is expanding worldwide. Wind farms cause mortality of flying animals through collision with moving rotor blades, and from electrocution on associated ... -
Differential recovery of habitat use by birds after wind farm installation: A multi-year comparison.
(Elsevier, 2017-02-06)Onshore wind farms remain one of the most widely used technologies for the production of renewable energy. These are known to affect birds through disturbance or collision. Most research focus on the impact of wind farms ... -
Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks
(Springer Nature, 2017-10)Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a contagious, severe and often lethal form of hemorrhagic fever in humans. The association of EVD outbreaks with forest clearance has been suggested previously but many aspects remained ... -
Pathogeography: leveraging the biogeography of human infectious diseases for global health management
(2018)Biogeography is an implicit and fundamental component of almost every dimension of modern biology, from natural selection and speciation to invasive species and biodiversity management. However, biogeography has rarely ... -
The anatomical components of the cardiac outflow tract of chondrichthyans and actinopterygians
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)The outflow tract (OF) of the fish heart is the segment interposed between the ventricle and the ventral aorta. It holds the valves that prevent blood backflow from the gill vasculature to the ventricle. This paper offers ...