José Javier Cuervo Osés
Escudo Ministerio
Estación Experimental
de Zonas Áridas
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José Javier Cuervo Osés

 

José Javier Cuervo

PhD, Associate Professor of Research


E-mail:   jcuervo@eeza.csic.es

 

Address:

Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Carretera de Sacramento s/n
E-04120 La Cañada de San Urbano
Almería, Spain

Phone: +34 950281045 (ext. 323)
Fax: +34 950277100

 

Education and employment

2008: Visiting Scholar, Evolutionary Parasitology Laboratory, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France

2005-2006: Visiting Scholar, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

1999-present: Associate Professor of Research, Arid Zones Experimental Station (Spanish National Research Council), Almería, Spain

1996-1999: Hired Research Staff, Doñana Biological Station (Spanish National Research Council), Seville, Spain

1994-1996: Post-doc, Zoological Institute, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

1993-1994: Post-doc, Department of Zoology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

1993: PhD, Department of Animal Biology I, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

1989-1992: PhD Student, Doñana Biological Station (Spanish National Research Council), Seville, Spain

1988: Degree in Biology, Navarra University, Pamplona, Spain

  

Current grants and projects

The function of lizard coloration: a case study with the spiny-footed lizard. 2009-2011 (PI: José Javier Cuervo, Arid Zones Experimental Station, CSIC, Spain).

The effects of climate change on population trends and geographic distribution of European birds. 2008 (In collaboration with Anders Møller, Laboratory of Ecology, Systematic and Evolution, CNRS - University Paris 11, France).

Aposematic coloration in birds: relationship between coloration and chemical defences against predators in Coraciiformes. 2007-2010 (PI: Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Granada University, Spain).

Health of Antarctic penguin populations: a contribution to the International Polar Year project “Health of arctic and Antarctic birds”. 2006-2009 (PI: Andrés Barbosa, Arid Zones Experimental Station, CSIC, Spain).

 

 

  

Publications

Year
2010
Palacios, M.J.,Barbosa, A.,Pedraza-Díaz, S.,Ortega-Mora, L. M.,Valera, F.,Cuervo, J.J.,Benzal, J.,De la Cruz, C. 2010. Apparent absence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Toxoplasma gondii in three species of penguins along Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, (in press).
Year
2009
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Møller, A.P.,Balbontín, J.,Cuervo, J.J.,Hermosell, I.G.,de Lope, F. 2009. Individual differences in protandry, sexual selection and fitness. Behavioral Ecology, 20: 433-440.
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Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J. 2009. Minisatellite mutation rates increase with extra-pair paternity among birds. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9: 100.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Palacios, M.J.,Barbosa, A. 2009. Beak colouration as a possible sexual ornament in gentoo penguins: sexual dichromatism and relationship to body condition. Polar Biology, 32: 1305-1314.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 2009. The allometric pattern of sexually size dimorphic feather ornaments and factors affecting allometry. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 1503-15015.
Year
2008
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Soler, J.J.,Navarro, C.,Pérez-Contreras, T.,Avilés, J.M.,Cuervo, J.J. 2008. Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings. American Naturalist, 171: 183-194.
Year
2007
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Cuervo, J.J.,Shine, R. 2007. Hues of a dragon's belly: morphological correlates of ventral coloration in water dragons. Journal of Zoology, 273: 298-304.
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Sánchez, S.,Cuervo, J.J.,Moreno, E. 2007. Does habitat structure affect body condition of nestlings? A case study with woodland great tits Parus major. Acta Ornithologica, 42: 200-204.
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Sánchez, S.,Cuervo, J.J.,Moreno, E. 2007. Suitable cavities as a scarce resource for both cavity and non-cavity nesting birds in managed temperate forests. A case study in the Iberian Peninsula. Ardeola, 54: 261-274.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P.,de Lope, F. 2007. Hematocrit is weakly related to condition in nestling barn swallows Hirundo rustica. Ibis, 149: 128-134.
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Radder, R.S.,Warner, D.A.,Cuervo, J.J.,Shine, R. 2007. The functional significance of residual yolk in hatchling lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus, Agamidae). Functional Ecology, 21: 302-309.
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Soler, J.J.,Avilés, J.M.,Cuervo, J.J.,Pérez-Contreras, T. 2007. Is the relation between colour and immune response mediated by nutritional condition in spotless starling nestlings?. Animal Behaviour, 74: 1139-1145.
Year
2006
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Møller, A.P.,Chabi, Y.,Cuervo, J.J.,de Lope, F.,Kilpimaa, J.,Kose, M.,Matyjasiak, P.,Pap, P.L.,Saino, N.,Sakraoui, R.,Schifferli, L.,von Hirschheydt, J. 2006. An analysis of continent-wide patterns of sexual selection in a passerine bird. Evolution, 60: 856-868.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 2006. Experimental tail elongation in male Barn Swallows reduces provisioning of young, but only in second broods. Ibis, 148: 449-458.
Year
2005
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Cuervo, J.J. 2005. La larga cola de las golondrinas. Quercus, 238: 46-49.
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Cuervo, J.J. 2005. Hatching success in avocet Recurvirostra avosetta and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus. Bird Study, 52:166-172.
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Cuervo, J.J.,de Ayala, R.M. 2005. Experimental tail shortening in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects haematocrit. Functional Ecology, 19: 828-835.
Year
2004
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Cuervo, J.J. 2004. Nest-site selection and characteristics in a mixed-species colony of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta and Black-winged Stilts Himantopus himantopus. Bird Study, 51: 20-24.
Year
2003
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Cuervo, J.J. 2003. Parental roles and mating system in the black-winged stilt. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81: 947-953.
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Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J. 2003. Sexual selection, germline mutation rate and sperm competition. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 3: 6.
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Barbosa, A.,Merino, S.,Cuervo, J.J.,De Lope, F.,Møller, A.P. 2003. Feather damage of long tails in barn swallows. Ardea, 91: 85-90.
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Cuervo, J.J. 2003. Cigüeñuela común – Himantopus himantopus. In: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. L. M. Carrascal, A. Salvador (eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org.
Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J. 2003. Asymmetry, size, and sexual selection: factors affecting heterogeneity in relationships between asymmetry and sexual selection. In: M. Polak (ed.). Developmental instability: causes and consequences (pp. 262-275). Oxford University Press, New York..
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P.,de Lope, F. 2003. Experimental manipulation of tail length in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects their future reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology, 14: 451-456.
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Møller, A.P.,Brohede, J.,Cuervo, J.J.,de Lope, F.,Primmer, C. 2003. Extrapair paternity in relation to sexual ornamentation, arrival date and condition in a migratory bird. Behavioral Ecology, 14: 707-712.
Year
2002
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Cuervo, J.J. 2002. Selección sexual versus selección natural: el ejemplo de la cola de la golondrina. In: M. Soler (ed.). Evolución: la base de la biología (pp. 463-469). Proyecto Sur de Ediciones, Granada..
Year
2001
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 2001. Components of phenotypic variation in avian ornamental and non-ornamental feathers. Evolutionary Ecology, 15: 53-72.
Year
2000
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Cuervo, J.J. 2000. El estudio de la asimetría fluctuante. EtoloGuía, 18: 27-60.
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Cuervo, J.J. 2000. Foraging cost of ornaments which are not ornaments: comment on Matyjasiak et al. (1999). Ethology, 106: 659-663.
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Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J. 2000. The evolution of paternity and paternal care in birds. Behavioral Ecology, 11: 472-485.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 2000. Sex limited expression of ornamental feathers in birds. Behavioral Ecology, 11:246-259.
Year
1999
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 1999. Evolutionary rates of secondary sexual and non-sexual characters among birds. Evolutionary Ecology, 13:283-303.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 1999. Phenotypic variation and fluctuating asymmetry in avian feather ornaments in relation to sex and mating system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68:505-529.
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Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P. 1999. Ecology and evolution of extravagant feather ornaments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 12:986-998.
Year
1998
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Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J. 1998. Speciation and feather ornamentation in birds. Evolution, 52:859-869.
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Soler, J.J.,Cuervo, J.J.,Møller, A.P.,de Lope, F. 1998. Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow. Animal Behaviour, 56:1435-1442.
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Møller, A.P.,Barbosa, A.,Cuervo, J.J.,de Lope, F.,Merino, S.,Saino, N. 1998. Sexual selection and tail streamers in the barn swallow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 265:409-414.
Year
1997
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Saino, N.,Cuervo, J.J.,Ninni, P.,de Lope, F.,Møller, A.P. 1997. Haematocrit correlates with tail ornament size in three populations of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Functional Ecology, 11:604-610.
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Saino, N.,Cuervo, J.J.,Krivacek, M.,de Lope, F.,Møller, A.P. 1997. Experimental manipulation of tail ornament size affects the haematocrit of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). Oecologia, 110:186-190.
Year
1996
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Cuervo, J.J.,de Lope, F.,Møller, A.P.,Moreno, J. 1996. Energetic cost of tail streamers in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Oecologia, 108:252-258.
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Cuervo, J.J.,de Lope, F.,Møller, A.P. 1996. The function of long tails in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): An experimental study. Behavioral Ecology, 7:132-136.
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Møller, A.P.,Cuervo, J.J.,Soler, J.J.,Zamora-Muñoz, C. 1996. Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok, Oryx g. Gazella. Behavioral Ecology, 7:247-253.
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Viñuela, J.,Moreno, J.,Carrascal, L.M.,Sanz, J.J.,Amat, J.A.,Ferrer, M.,Belliure, J.,Cuervo, J.J. 1996. The effect of hatching date on parental care, chick growth, and chick mortality in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica. Journal of Zoology, 240:51-58.
Year
1994
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Moreno, J.,Carrascal, L.M.,Sanz, J.J.,Amat, J.A.,Cuervo, J.J. 1994. Hatching asynchrony, sibling hierarchies and brood reduction in the Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica. Polar Biology, 14:21-30.
Year
1993
Cuervo, J.J. 1993. Biología reproductiva de la avoceta (Recurvirostra avosetta) y la cigüeñuela (Himantopus himantopus) (Recurvirostridae, Aves) en el sur de España. PhD Thesis. Complutense University, Madrid. CD-ROM format, ISBN: 84-669-0546-4.
Year
1992
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Bustamante, J.,Cuervo, J.J.,Moreno, J. 1992. The function of feeding chases in the chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica). Animal Behaviour, 44:753-759.

 

Links

Information on barn swallow research

Conservation of tropical environments in Panama

Online encyclopedia of Spanish vertebrates (in Spanish)

Information on Antarctic penguins (in Spanish)

 



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