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José Javier Cuervo

PhD, Associate Professor of Research

Address:

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2
E-28006 Madrid
Spain

Phone: (+34) 914 111 328 (ext. 1281)
Fax: (+34) 915 645 078

Education and employment:

2010-present: Associate Professor of Research, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

2008-2010: Associate Professor of Research, Arid Zones Experimental Station, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Almería, Spain

2008: Visiting Scholar, Evolutionary Parasitology Laboratory, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France

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

1999-2008: Tenured Scientist, Arid Zones Experimental Station, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Almería, Spain

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current grants and projects:

The function of lizard colouration: a case study with the spiny-footed lizard. 2009-2011. (PI: José Javier Cuervo, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC).

The function of nuptial coloration in lizards has been studied mainly in males, while very few studies have focused on females. In this project, the function of nuptial coloration in female spiny-footed lizards (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) will be investigated. Females of this species show red tail and hind legs during the reproductive season. Several hypotheses about the function of this coloration in the context of intra-specific communication will be tested using different approaches: field observations, laboratory experiments, and comparative studies on different populations. This third approach will require a genetic and phylogeographic study. Moreover, the influence of steroid hormones on female coloration will be also determined. Juveniles of this species show conspicuous red tails, and its possible function in predation avoidance will be studied.

Publications:

, 2019 Behavioural Ecology
Juvenile plumage whiteness is associated with the evolution of clutch size in passerines

, 2019 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Conspicuousness of passerine females is associated with the nest-building behaviour of males

2016 Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Mode of attachment and pathology caused by Parorchites zederi in three species of penguins: Pygoscelis papua, Pygoscelis adeliae, and Pygoscelis antarctica in Antarctica

2015 Polar Biology
Erythrocytic abnormalities in three Antarctic penguin species along the Antarctic Peninsula: biomonitoring of genomic damage

2014 Journal of Avian Biology
Effects of experimental tail shortening on the phenotypic condition of barn swallows Hirundo rustica: Implications for tail-length evolution

2014 Journal of Avian Biology
Effects of experimental tail shortening on the phenotypic condition of barn swallows Hirundo rustica: Implications for tail-length evolution

2013 Journal of Ornithology
Plasma carotenoid depletion during fasting in moulting penguins

2013 Oecologia
Does avian conspicuous colouration increase or reduce predation risk?

2012 Marine Ecology Progress Series
Population genetic structure and colonisation of the western Antarctic Peninsula by the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

2012 Rev. Écol. La Terre et al Vie
Vegetation structure in beech-fir forests:Effects on the avian community

2011 Environmental Pollution
Concentration of trace elements in feathers of three Antarctic penguins: Geographical and interspecific differences

2011 Polar Biology
Seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae) distribution along the Antarctic Peninsula.

2011 Mammalian Biology -pdf
Fluctuating asymmetry and blood parameters in three endangered gazelle species

2011 Journal of Ornithology -pdf
Experimental feeding affects the relationship between hematocrit and body weight in spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings

2010 Antarctic Science -pdf
Apparent absence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Toxoplasma gondii in three species of penguins along Antarctic Peninsula

2009 Journal of Evolutionary Biology -pdf
The allometric pattern of sexually size dimorphic feather ornaments and factors affecting allometry

2009 Polar Biology -pdf
Beak colouration as a possible sexual ornament in gentoo penguins: sexual dichromatism and relationship to body condition

2009 BMC Evolutionary Biology -pdf
Minisatellite mutation rates increase with extra-pair paternity among birds

2009 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Individual differences in protandry, sexual selection and fitness

2008 American Naturalist -pdf
Sexually selected egg coloration in spotless starlings

2007 Ardeola -pdf
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

2007 Acta Ornithologica -pdf
Does habitat structure affect body condition of nestlings? A case study with woodland great tits Parus major

2007 Journal of Zoology -pdf
Hues of a dragon's belly: morphological correlates of ventral coloration in water dragons

2007 Animal Behaviour -pdf
Is the relation between colour and immune response mediated by nutritional condition in spotless starling nestlings?

2007 Functional Ecology -pdf
The functional significance of residual yolk in hatchling lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus, Agamidae)

2007 Ibis -pdf
Hematocrit is weakly related to condition in nestling barn swallows Hirundo rustica

2006 Ibis
Experimental tail elongation in male Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica reduces provisioning of young, but only in second broods

2006 Ibis -pdf
Experimental tail elongation in male Barn Swallows reduces provisioning of young, but only in second broods

2006 Evolution -pdf
An analysis of continent-wide patterns of sexual selection in a passerine bird

2005 Quercus -pdf
La larga cola de las golondrinas

2005 Functional Ecology -pdf
Experimental tail shortening in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects haematocrit

2005 Bird Study -pdf
Hatching success in avocet Recurvirostra avosetta and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus

2004 Bird Study -pdf
Nest-site selection and characteristics in a mixed-species colony of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta and Black-winged Stilts Himantopus himantopus

2003 Ardea
Feather Damage of Long Tails in Barn Swallows Hirundo Rustica

2003 BMC Evolutionary Biology -pdf
Sexual selection, germline mutation rate and sperm competition

2003 Canadian Journal of Zoology -pdf
Parental roles and mating system in the black-winged stilt

2003 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Extrapair paternity in relation to sexual ornamentation, arrival date and condition in a migratory bird

2003 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Experimental manipulation of tail length in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects their future reproductive success

2003 -pdf
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.

2003 -pdf
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

2003 Ardea -pdf
Feather damage of long tails in barn swallows

2002 -pdf
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.

2001 Evolutionary Ecology -pdf
Components of phenotypic variation in avian ornamental and non-ornamental feathers

2000 EtoloGuía -pdf
El estudio de la asimetría fluctuante

2000 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Sex limited expression of ornamental feathers in birds

2000 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
The evolution of paternity and paternal care in birds

2000 Ethology -pdf
Foraging cost of ornaments which are not ornaments: comment on Matyjasiak et al. (1999)

1999 Journal of Evolutionary Biology -pdf
Ecology and evolution of extravagant feather ornaments

1999 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society -pdf
Phenotypic variation and fluctuating asymmetry in avian feather ornaments in relation to sex and mating system

1999 Evolutionary Ecology -pdf
Evolutionary rates of secondary sexual and non-sexual characters among birds

1998 Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences -pdf
Sexual selection and tail streamers in the barn swallow

1998 Animal Behaviour -pdf
Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow

1998 Evolution -pdf
Speciation and feather ornamentation in birds

1997 Oecologia -pdf
Experimental manipulation of tail ornament size affects the haematocrit of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

1997 Functional Ecology -pdf
Haematocrit correlates with tail ornament size in three populations of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

1996 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok Oryx g. gazella.

1996 Journal of Zoology -pdf
The effect of hatching date on parental care, chick growth, and chick mortality in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

1996 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok, Oryx g. Gazella

1996 Behavioral Ecology -pdf
The function of long tails in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): An experimental study

1996 Oecologia -pdf
Energetic cost of tail streamers in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

1994 Polar Biology -pdf
Hatching asynchrony, sibling hierarchies and brood reduction in the Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

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

1992 Animal Behaviour -pdf
The function of feeding chases in the chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

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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Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120, Almería (Spain)

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