1/1/2010
 Artículo de divulgación en Quercus: ¿Qué más le puede pasar al cormorán moñudo?
Varios factores adversos han situado a las poblaciones atlánticas de cormorán moñudo en una situación delicada. . Lee el artículo aqui
2/12/2009
Blue footed booby 'dancing' display

Abstaining Boobies Get "Sexier"
Male blue-footed boobies that take a yearlong sex sabbatical get a brighter shade of blue in their feet the following year, which makes them more attractive to females, a new study says.

The study, published in The Royal Society's Biology Letters, was highlighted  in National Geographic and Times.

You can see a National Geographic video here
24/11/2009

The blue-footed booby lays blue eggs.
Our study published in  Naturwissenschaften reveals that the more intense this blue colour, the more evenly parents share the responsibility of incubating. This suggests that egg colour is linked to the "reproductive quality" of the parent birds. This study is highlighted in BBC News
2/09/2009
red spot

Spot on Gulls' Beaks Can Indicate Poisons
Gulls exposed to oil pollution are found to have smaller red spots on their bills than their healthy counterparts, thanks to lower levels of a key enzyme in their blood.  Our paper published in Biology Letters  is highlighted in Discovery News and BBC News
8/04/2009

 Families on the spot: role of sexual signals on paren-offsping conflict.
 Sexual signals have been largely ignored in the context of intra-familial behavior and negotiations. Our results demonstrate that the red spot of adult birds is a signal that simultaneously affects both the sexual and the parent-offspring conflict.  Our paper published in Proceedings of Royal Society B  is highlighted in spektrumdirekt
3/10/2008
eggs

Female birds sacrifice health to create more colourful eggs
Our paper published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology is highlighted in Nature News. In this paper we show that blue eggs are costly to females in terms of antioxidant defenses.
1/10/2008
quercus

Artículo de divulgación en Quercus: ¿Fecundidad o atractivo sexual?
Los ornamentos femeninos pueden inducir a los machos a realizar un mayor esfuerzo parental. Pero mantener el atractivo sexual resulta muy costoso y puede llegar a comprometer la inversión de las hembras en fecundidad.  Para leer mas aquí
1/062008


Artículo de divulgación en Quercus: El cambio climático no siempre es el villano: El declive del arao en la península Ibérica
La población nidificante de arao, que hace cinco décadas contaban con miles de parejas reproductoras, ha sufrido un aparatoso desplome en las costas gallegas y portuguesas a partir del año 1960.  En este artículo se aportan algunas claves para desentrañar el enigma.

12/05/2008

Worms Triple Sperm Transfer When Paternity Is At Risk  
Earthworms are capable of telling whether another worm is a virgin or not, and triple the volume of sperm transferred during copulation if they detect a fertilisation competition risk. Our paper published in Proceedings of Royal Society B  is highlighted in ScienceDaily,, Discover and New York Times (among others).
16/01/2008


Gulls' blood records oil impacts
Seagull blood shows promise for monitoring pollutants from oil spills in marine environments. Our paper published in Environmental Science and Technology  is highlighted in BBCNews, New York Times and ScienceDaily (among others).
24/06/2006

Sick Dads Are the Best
When blue-footed boobies get old and sick, they double their efforts to raise offspring.  Our paper published in Proceedings of Royal Society B  is highlighted in Science
 

Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal  UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO E-36310 Vigo, Galicia- Spain