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Latest Publications

Díaz-Sánchez, S.,Mateo Moriones, A.,F. Casas,Höfle, U. 2012. Prevalence of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp and Campylobacter sp in the intestinal flora of farm-reared, restocked and wild red-legged partridges: is restocking using farm-reared birds a risk?. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58 (1): 99-105.

F. Casas,F. Mougeot,Sánchez-Barbudo, I,Dávila, J.A.,Viñuela, J. 2012. Fitness consequences of anthropogenic hybridization in wild red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae) populations. Biological Invasions, 14: 295–305.

M. Moussa,Solé-Benet,A.,Y.Cantón,M.Kouakbi,B.Chabani 2011. Conservation del eaux et des sols: cas des jessour de Braouka, Monts de Matmata, Tunisie. Revue des Régions Arides, 26: 81-115.

Paz A.,Jareño D.,Arroyo L.,Viñuela J.,Arroyo B.E.,F. Mougeot,Luque-Larena J.J.,Fargallo J.A. 2012. Avian predators as a biological control system of common vole (Microtus arvalis) populations in NW Spain: experimental set-up and preliminary results. Pest Management Science, online.

E. Rodríguez,Cantón,Y.,Chamizo, S.,Ashraf,Solé-Benet,A. 2012. Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion. Geomophology (en prensa).

Alonso-Alvarez C.,Perez-Rodriguez L.,Ferrero E.M.,Garcia de Blas E.,Casas F.,F. Mougeot 2012. Adjustment of female reproductive investment according to male carotenoid-based ornamentation in a gallinaceous bird . Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, en prensa.

Rey A.,Belelli-Marchesini, L.,Were, A,P. Serrano-Ortiz,Etiope, G.,Papale, D.,Domingo,F.,Pegoraro, E. 2012. Wind as a main driver of the net ecosystem carbon balance of a semiarid Mediterranean steppe in the South East of Spain. Global Change Biology, 18-2, 539-554 (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02534.x).

Muzylo, A.,Valente, F.,Domingo,F.,Llorens, P. 2012. Modelling rainfall partitioning with sparse Gash and Rutter models in a downy oak stand in leafed and leafless periods. Hydrological Processes, En prensa (DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8401).

Ruiz Reverter, B.,Carrara, A.,Fernández, A.,Gimeno, C.,Sanz, M.J.,P. Serrano-Ortiz,Sanchez-Canete, E.P,Were, A,Domingo,F.,Resco, V.,Burba, G.,Kowalski, A.S. 2011. Adjustment of annual NEE and ET for the open-path IRGA self-heating correction: Magnitude and approximation over a range of climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151-12, 1856-1861.

Muzylo, A.,Llorens, P.,Domingo,F. 2012. Rainfall partitioning in a deciduous forest plot in leafed and leafless periods. Ecohydrology, En prensa: DOI: 10.1002/eco.266.