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Latest Publications

Arroyo, B.,Delibes-Mateos, M.,Caro, J.,Estrada, A.,F. Mougeot,Díaz-Fernández, S.,F. Casas,Viñuela, J. 2013. Efecto de la gestión para las especies de caza menor sobre la fauna no cinegética. Ecosistemas, en prensa.

Viñuela, J.,F. Casas,Díaz-Fernández, S.,Delibes-Mateos, M.,F. Mougeot,Arroyo, B. 2013. La perdiz roja (Alectoris rufa) en España: especie cinegética y amenazada. Ecosistemas, en prensa.

Díaz-Fernández, S.,Arroyo, B.,F. Casas,Martínez-Haro, M.,Viñuela, J. 2013. Effect of game management on wild red-legged partridge abundance. Plos One, in press.

M. Amat,Calero-Torralbo, M.A.,Valera, F. 2013. Temperature during the free living phase of an ectoparasite influences the emergence pattern of the infective phase. Parasitology, (in press).

S. Hortal,Bastida F,M.Y. Lozano,Armas, C.,Moreno JL,,Pugnaire, F.I. 2013. Soil microbial community under a nurse-plant species changes in composition, biomass and activity as the nurse grows. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, (in press).

Albornoz FE,Gaxiola, A,Seaman BJ,Pugnaire, F.I.,Armesto JJ 2013. Nucleation-driven regeneration promotes post-fire recovery in a Chilean temperate forest. Plant Ecology, in press.

Jerez, S.,Motas, M.,Benzal, J.,Díaz, J.,Barbosa, A. 2013. Monitoring trace elements in Antarctic penguin chicks from South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 69: 67-75.

Luque-Larena JJ .,F. Mougeot,Viñuela J,Jareño D,Arroyo L,Lambin X,Arroyo BE 2013. Recent large-scale range expansion and outbreaks of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain. Basic and Applied Ecology, online.

Martinez-Padilla J,Redapth S.,Zeineddine M .,F. Mougeot 2013. Insights into population ecology from long-term studies of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Journal of Animal Ecology, online.

F. Casas,F. Mougeot,Ferrero, M.E.,Sánchez-Barbudo, I.,Dávila, J.A.,Viñuela, J. 2013. Phenotypic differences in body size, body condition and circulating carotenoids between hybrid and “pure” red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) in the wild. Journal of Ornithology, online.

Latest news in the media

December - 2012. La Noticia al Instante
CSIC y Parque de las Ciencias juntos por la conservación de especies amenazadas en el Norte de África

December - 2012. Parque de las Ciencias
El Parque de las Ciencias y el CSIC abren una ventana a la ciencia de la conservación de especies amenazadas en el Norte de África