PUBLICATIONS

Bellard, C., Leclerc, C., Marino, C., Butt, N., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Rigal, F., Robuchon, M., Lenoir, J., Irl, S.D.H., Benítez-López, A., Capdevila, P.,  Zhu, G., Caetano, G. H. O., Denelle, P., Philippe-Lesaffre, M., Foden, W. B.,  Schipper, A. M., Kissling, W. D. A framework to quantify the vulnerability of insular biota to global change. doi: https://hal.science/hal-04550966/ (preprint)

Pérez-Granados, C., Benítez-López, A., Díaz, M., Gameiro, J., Lenzner, B., Roura-Pascual, N., Gómez-Catasús, J., Tarjuelo, R., Barrero, A., Bolonio, L., Bota, G., Brambilla, M., Bravo, C., Brotons, L., Bustillo-de la Rosa, D., Cabodevilla, X., Búrdalo, A., Carricondo, A., Casas, F., Concepción, E.D., Constán-Nava, S., Crispim-Mendes, T., Giralt, D., Golivets, M., Latombe, G., Leiva, A., López-Iborra, G. M., López-Poveda, G., Mañosa, S., Martín, C. A., Morales, M. B.,  Moreira, F., Mougeot, F., Nikolov, B., Olea, P. P., Onrubia, A., Reverter, M., Revilla-Martín, N., Rigal, S., Ruiz Jiménez, G., Sáez-Gómez, P., Šálek, M., Salgado, I., Santangeli, A., Santos, C., Sanz-Pérez, A., Serrano, D., Silva, J. P., Torrijo, A., Traba, J., Tryjanowski, P. ,Václav, R., Valera, F., Vögeli, M., Zurdo, J., Marques, A.T. A strategic European roadmap for the effective implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in steppe ecosystems. ResearchSquare. doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3677639/v1  (preprint)

62. Brodie, J.F., Bello, C., Emer, C., Galetti, M., Luskin, M. S., Osuri, A., Peres, C. A., Stoll, A., Villar, N., Benítez-López, A. (2024) Defaunation impacts on the carbon balance of tropical forests. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14414

61. Cazalis, V., di Marco, M., Zizka, A., Butchart, S. H. M., González-Suárez, M., Böhm, M., Bachman, S. P., Hoffman, M., Rosati, I., de Leo, F.., Jung, M., Benítez-López, A., Clausnitzer, V., Cardoso, P., Brooks, T. M., Mancini, G., Lucas, P. M., Young, B. E., Akçakaya, H. R., Schipper, A. M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Pacifici, M., Meyer, C., Santini, L. (2024) Accelerating and standardising IUCN Red List assessments with sRedList. Biological Conservation 298, 110761. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.11076

60. Ferreiro-Arias, I., Santini, L., Sagar, H. S. S. C., Richard-Hansen, C., Guilbert, E., Forget, P-M, van Kuijk, M., Scabin, A. B., Peres, C. A., Revilla, E., Benítez-López, A. (2024) Drivers and spatial patterns of avian defaunation in tropical forests. Diversity and Distributions e13855. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13855

59. Mougeot, F., Fernández-Tizón, M., Tarjuelo, R., Benítez-López, A., Jiménez, J. (2024) Population declines of the black-bellied sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis in continental Spain, a main western European stronghold. Bird Conservation International. doi: 10.1017/S0959270924000066

58. Choo, J., Nghiem, L.T.P., Chng, S., Carrasco, L. R.*, Benítez-López, A.* (2024) Hotspots of zoonotic disease risk from wildlife hunting and trade in the tropics. Integrative Conservation. doi: 10.1002/inc3.34 *shared senior authorship.

57. Santini. L., Berzaghi, F., Benítez-López, A. (2024) Total population estimates are ill-suited for global biomass estimation of wild animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2308958121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308958121

56. Henry, E. G., Santini, L., Butchart, S. H. M., González-Suárez, M., Lucas, P. M., Benítez-López, A., Mancini, G., Jung, M., Cardoso, P., Zizka, A., Meyer, C., Akçakaya, H. R., Berryman, A. J., Cazalis, V., Di Marco, M. (2024) Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology 30:e17119. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17119

55. Choo, J., Nghiem, L.T.P., Benítez-López, A.*, Carrasco, L. R.* (2023) Range area and the fast-slow continuum predict pathogen richness in wild mammals. Scientific Reports 13, 20191. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47448-3 *shared senior authorship

54. Cazalis, V., Santini, L., Lucas, P. M., González-Suárez, M., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Pacifici, M., Meyer, C., Jung, M., Böhm, M., Schipper, A. M., Zizka, A., Clausnitzer, V., Butchart, S. H. M., Cardoso, P., Mancini, G., Akçakaya, H. R., Young, B. E., Patoine, G., di Marco, M. (2023) Prioritizing the reassessment of data deficient species on the IUCN Red List. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14139

53. Mancini, G., Benítez-López, A, Pacifici, M., Di Marco, M., Rondinini, C., Santini, L. (2023) Synergistic effects of habitat fragmentation and hunting on the extinction risk of neotropical primates. Biodiversity and Conservation 32, 2655–2669. doi: 10.1007/s10531-023-02623-w

52. Froidevaux, J. S. P., Toshkova, N., Barbaro, L., Benítez-López, A., Kerbiriou, C., Le Viol, I., Pacifici, M., Santini, L., Stawski, C., Russo, D., Dekker, J., Alberdi, A., Amorim, F., Ancillotto, L., Barré, K., Bas, Y., Cantú-Salazar, L., Dechmann, D. K. N., Devaux, T., Eldegard, K., Fereidouni, S., Furmankiewicz, J., Hamidovic, D., Hill, D. L., Ibáñez, C., Julien, J.-F., Juste, J., Kaňuch, P., Korine, C., Laforge, A., Legras, G., Leroux, C., Lesiński, G., Mariton, L., Marmet, J., Mata, V. A., Mifsud, C. M., Nistreanu, V., Novella-Fernandez, R., Rebelo, H., Roche, N., Roemer, C., Ruczyński, I., Sørås, R., Uhrin, M., Vella, A., Voigt, C. C., Razgour, O. (2023) A species-level trait database of bats in Europe and beyond. Scientific Data 10, 253. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02157-4

51. Jenkins, G. B., Beckerman, A. P., Bellard, C., Benítez-López, A., Ellison, A. M., Foote, C. G., Hufton, A. L., Lashley, M. A., Lortie, C. J., Ma, Z., Moore, A. J., Narum, S. R., Nilsson, J., O’ Boyle, B., Provete, D. B., Razgour, O., Rieseberg, L., Riginos, C., Santini, L., Sibbett, B., Peres-Neto, P. R. (2023) Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code. Ecology and Evolution 13, e9961. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9961

50. Santini L., Tobias, J. A., Callaghan, C. T., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Benítez-López, A. (2023) Global patterns and predictors of avian population density. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32, 1189– 1204. doi: 10.1111/geb.13688

49. Rozzi, R., Lomolino, M. V., van der Geer, A. A. E., Silvestro, D., Lyons, S. K., Bover, P., Alcover, J. A., Benítez-López, A., Cheng-Hsiu, T., Fujita, M., Kubo, M. O., Ochoa, J., Scarborough, M. E., Turvey, S. T., Zizka, A., Chase, J. M. (2023) Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands. Science 379, 1054-1059. doi: 10.1126/science.add8606

48. Wallach, A. D., Ramp, D., Benítez-López, A., Wooster, E., Carroll, S., Carthey, A., Rogers, E., Middleton, O., Zawada, K. J. A., Svenning, J-C, Avidor, E., Lundgren, E. (2023) Savviness of prey to introduced predators. Conservation Biology 37, e14012. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14012

47. Henry, E., Santini, L., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Benítez-López, A. (2023) Unveiling the environmental drivers of intraspecific body size variation in terrestrial vertebrates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32, 267– 280. doi: 10.1111/geb.13621

46. Festa F., Ancillotto, L., Santini, L., Pacifici M., Rocha R., Toshkova N., Amorim F., Benítez-López, A., Domer-Yechezkel, A., Hamidovic, D., Kramer-Schadt, S., Mathews, F., Radchuk, V., Rebelo, H. Ruczynski, I., Solem, E., Tsoar, A., Russo, D., Razgour, O. (2023) Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review. Biological Reviews 98, 19-33. doi: 10.1111/brv.12893

45. de Jonge, M. M. J., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Schipper, A. M., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Benítez-López, A. (2022) The impacts of linear infrastructure on terrestrial vertebrate populations: a trait-based approach. Global Change Biology 28, 7217-7233. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16450

44. Bellard, C., Benítez-López, A., Razgour, O., Santini, L., Zhan, A. (2022) Recent developments in Diversity and Distributions and trends in the field. Diversity and Distributions 28, 2038-2041 (Editorial). doi: 10.1111/ddi.13625

43. Broekman, M. J. E., Hilbers, J. P., Schipper, A. M., Benítez-López, A., Santini, L., Huijbregts M. A. J. (2022) Time-lagged effects of habitat fragmentation on terrestrial mammals in Madagascar. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13942

42. Plumptre, A. J., Baisero, D., Benítez-López, A., Faurby, S., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Kühl, H., Luna-Aranguré, C., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Voigt, M., Wich, S., Wint, G.R.W. (2022) Response: Where might we find ecologically intact communities? Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.880353

41. Santini L., Benítez-López, A., Dormann C., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2022) Predictive modelling of population density for terrestrial mammal species. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31, 978–994. doi:  10.1111/geb.13476

40. Cazalis, V., di Marco, M., Butchart, S.H.M., Akçakaya, H. R., González-Suárez, M., Meyer, C., Clausnitzer, V., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Cardoso, P., Schipper, A. M., Bachman, S. P., Young, B. E., Hoffman, M., Benítez-López, A., Lucas, P. M., Pettorelli, N., Patoine, G., Pacifici, M., Jörger-Hickfang, T., Brooks, T. M., Rondinini, C., Hill, S. L. L., Visconti, P., Santini, L. (2022) Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37, 359–370. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.002

39. Campo, M., Jordano, P. , Benítez-López, A., Gutiérrez-Expósito, C., Rabadán-González, J., Mendoza, I. (2022) Assessing short- and long-term variations in diversity, timing and body condition of migratory frugivorous birds. Oikos 2022: e08387. doi: 10.1111/oik.08387

38. Boonman, C. C. F., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Benítez-López, A., Schipper, A. M., Thuiller, W., Santini, L. (2022) Trait-based projections of climate change effects on global biome distributions. Diversity and Distributions 28, 25–37. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13431

37. Ferreiro-Arias, I., Isla, J., Jordano, P. , Benítez-López, A. (2021) Fine-scale coexistence between Mediterranean mesocarnivores is mediated by spatial, temporal and trophic resource partitioning. Ecology and Evolution 11, 15520–15533. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8077

36. Santini, L., Antão, L., Jung, M., Benítez-López, A., Rapacciuolo, G., Di Marco, M., Jones, F.,  Haghkerdar, J. M., Gonzalez-Suarez, M. (2021) The interface between Macroecology and Conservation: existing links and untapped opportunities. Frontiers of Biogeography 13.4, e53025. doi: 10.21425/F5FBG53025

35. Ingram, D. J., Coad, L., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Parry, L., Wilkie, D., Bakarr, M.I., Benítez-López, A., Bennett, E. L., Bodmer, R., Cowlishaw, G., El Bizri, H. R., Eves, H.E., Fa, J. E., Golden, C. D., Midoko Iponga, D., Văn Minh, N., Morcatty, T. Q., Mwinyihali, R., Nasi, R., Nijman, V., Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y., Pattiselano, F., Peres, C. A., Rao, M., Robinson, J. G., Rowcliffe, J. M., Stafford, C., Supuma, M., Nchembi Tarla, F., van Vliet, N., Wieland, M., Abernethy, K. (2021) Wild meat is still on the menu: Progress in wild meat research, policy and practice from 2002 to 2020. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 46, 19.1–19.34. doi: 10.1146/annurev-environ-041020-063132

34. de Jonge, M. M. J., Benítez-López, A., Hennekens, S., Santini, L., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Schipper, A. M. (2021) Conditional love? Evidence for the stress gradient hypothesis in dry grasslands across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30, 1609–1620. doi: 10.1111/geb.13323

33. Plumptre, A. J., Baisero, D., Belote, T., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Faurby, S, Jędrzejewske, W., Kiara, H., Kühl, H., Benítez-López, A., Luna-Aranguré, C., Voigt, M., Wich, S., Wint, W., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Boyd, C. (2021) Where might we find ecologically intact communities? Frontiers in Forest and Global Change 4: 626635. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.626635

32. Benítez-López, A., Santini, L., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Milá, B., Walkden, P., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Tobias, J. A. (2021) The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates. Nature, Ecology and Evolution 5, 768–786. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01426-y

31. Fuzessy, L., Benítez-López, A., Slade, E. M., Bufalo, F. S., de Souza, G. C. M., Pereira, L. A., Culot, L. (2021) Identifying the anthropogenic drivers of declines in tropical dung beetle communities and functions. Biological Conservation 256, 109063. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109063

30. Santini, L., Benítez-López, A., Čengić, M., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2021) Assessing the reliability of species distribution projections in climate change research. Diversity and Distributions 27, 1035–1050. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13252

29. Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C.N., Cooke, S.J., Haddaway, N.R., Jones, J.P.G., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J.C., Abrahams, M.I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J.A., Antwis, R.E., Arellano, E.C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez-López, A., Bennett, J.R., Berg, M.J., Bertolino, S., Biggs, D., Bolam, F.C., Bray, T., Brook, B.W., Bull, J.W., Burivalova, Z., Cabeza, M., Chauvenet, A.L.M., Christie, A.P., Cole, L., Cotton, A.J., Cotton, S., Cousins, S.A.O., Craven, D., Cresswell, W., Cusack, J.J., Dalrymple, S., Davies, Z.G., Diaz, A., Dodd, J.A., Felton, A., Fleishman, E., Gardner, C.J., Garside, R., Ghoddousi, A., Gilroy, J.J., Gill, D.A., Gill, J.A., Glew, L., Grainger, M.J., Grass, A.A., Greshon, S., Gundry, J., Hart, T., Hopkins, C.R., Howe, C., Johnson, A., Jones, K.W., Jordan, N.R., Kadoya, T., Kerhoas, D., Koricheva, J., Lee, T.M., Lengyel, S., Livingstone, S.W., Lyons, Ashley., McCabe, G., Millett, J., Montes Strevens, C., Moolna, A., Mossman, H.L., Mukherjee, N., Muñoz-Sáez, A., Negrões, N., Norfolk, O., Osawa, T., Papworth, S., Park, K.J., Pellet, J., Phillott, A.D., Plotnik, J.M., Priatna, D., Ramos, A.G., Randall, N., Richards, R.M., Ritchie, E.G., Roberts, D.L.., Rocha, R., Rodríguez, J.P., Sanderson, R., Sasaki, T., Savilaakso, S., Sayer, C., Sekercioglu, C., Senzaki, M., Smith, G., Smith, R.J., Soga, M., Soulsbury, C.D., Steer, M.D., Stewart, G., Strange, E.F., Suggitt, A.J.., Thompson, R.R.J., Thompson, S., Thornhill, I., Trevelyan, R.J., Usieta, H.O., Venter, O., Webber, A.D., White, R.L., Whittingham, M.J., Wilby, A., Yarnell, R.W., Zamora, V., Sutherland, W.J. (2021) Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2(1):e12032. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12032

28. Cimatti, M., Ranc, N., Benítez-López, A., Maiorano, L., Boitani, L., Cagnacci, F., Čengić, M., Ciucci, P., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Krofel, M., López-Bao, J.V., Selva, N., Andren, H., Bautista, C., Cirovic, D., Hemmingmoore. H., Reinhardt, I., Marenče, M., Mertzanis, Y., Pedrotti, L., Trbojević, I., Zetterberg, A., Zwijacz-Kozica, T., Santini, L. (2021) Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes. Diversity and Distributions 27, 602–617. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13219

27. Romero-Muñoz, A., Fandos, G., Benítez-López, A., Kuemmerle, T. (2021) Habitat destruction and overexploitation drive widespread declines in all facets of mammalian diversity in the Gran Chaco. Global Change Biology 27, 755–767. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15418

26. Tarjuelo, R., Benítez-López, A., Casas, F., Martín, C. A., García, J.T., Viñuela, J., Mougeot, F. (2020) Living in dynamic agrarian pseudo-steppes: the role of natural and semi-natural habitats in the movements and habitat selection of a declining farmland bird. Biological Conservation 251, 108794. doi: https://10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108794

25. Romero-Muñoz, A., Benítez-López, A., Zurell, D., Baumann, M., Camino, M., Decarre, J., Giordano, A. J., Gómez-Valencia, B., Levers, C., Noss, A. J., Quiroga, V., Thompson, J., Torres, R., Velilla, M., Weiler, A., Kuemmerle, T. (2020) Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco. Ecography 43, 954–966. doi: 10.1111/ecog.05053

24. Boonman, C. C. F., Benítez-López, A., Schipper, A. M., Thuiller, W., Anand, M., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Gonzalez-Melo, A., Hattingh, W. N., Higuchi, P., Laughlin, D. C., Onipchenko, V. G., Peñuelas, J., Poorter, L., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Santini, L. (2020) Assessing the reliability of predicted plant trait distributions at the global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29, 1034–1051. doi: 10.1111/geb.13086

23. Benítez-López, A., & Santini, L. (2020) Game of Tenure: the role of “hidden” citations on researchers’ ranking in Ecology. Frontiers of Biogeography 12.1, e45195. doi: 10.21425/F5FBG45195

22. Gallego-Zamorano J., Benítez-López A., Santini L, Hilbers J.P., Huijbregts M.A.J., Schipper A. M. (2020). Combined effects of land use and hunting on distributions of tropical mammals. Conservation Biology 34(5), 1271–1280. doi : 10.1111/cobi.13459 – “Rising Star award”

21. Schipper, A. M., Hilbers, J. P., Meijer, J. R., Antão, L. H., Benítez-López, A., de Jonge, M. J. M., Leemans, L. H., Scheper, E., Alkemade, R., Doelman, J. C., Mylius, S., van Zeist, W.-J., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2020) Projecting terrestrial biodiversity intactness with GLOBIO 4. Global Change Biology, 26(2), 760-771. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14848

20. Douziech, M., Benítez-López, A., Ernstoff, A., Askham, C., Hendriks, A. J., King, H., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2020). A regression-based model to predict chemical migration from packaging to food. Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology 30(3), 469-477. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0185-7

19. Benítez-López, A., Santini, L., Schipper, A. M., Busana, M., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2019). Intact but empty forests? Patterns of hunting-induced mammal defaunation in the tropics. PLoS Biology, 17(5), e3000247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000247

18. Midolo, G., Alkemade, R., Schipper, A. M., Benítez‐López, A., Perring, M. P., De Vries, W. (2019). Impacts of nitrogen addition on plant species richness and abundance: A global meta‐analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(3), 398-413. doi: 10.1111/geb.12856

17. Santini, L., Butchart, S. H., Rondinini, C., Benítez‐López, A., Hilbers, J. P., Schipper, A. M., Čengić, M., Tobias, J. A., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2019). Applying habitat and population‐density models to land‐cover time series to inform IUCN Red List assessments. Conservation Biology 33(5) 1084–1093. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13279 – Editor’s choice October 2019

16. Benítez-López, A. (2018). Animals feel safer from humans in the dark. Science, 360(6394), 1185-1186. doi: 10.1126/science.aau1311

15. Douziech, M., Conesa, I. R., Benítez-López, A., Franco, A., Huijbregts, M., van Zelm, R. (2018). Quantifying variability in removal efficiencies of chemicals in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants–a meta-analytical approach. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 20(1), 171-182. doi: 10.1039/c7em00493a

14. Santini, L., Benítez-López, A., Ficetola, G. F., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2018). Length–mass allometries in amphibians. Integrative zoology, 13(1), 36-45. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12268

13. Lam, W. Y., van Zelm, R., Benítez-López, A., Kulak, M., Sim, S., King, J. H., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2017). Variability of Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Field Tomatoes Grown for Processing: Interyear and Intercountry Assessment. Environmental science & technology, 52(1), 135-144. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04361

12. Benítez-López, A., Alkemade, R., Schipper, A. M., Ingram, D. J., Verweij, P. A., Eikelboom, J. A. J., Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2017). The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations. Science 356(6334), 180-183. doi: 10.1126/science.aaj1891

11. Benítez-López, A., Viñuela, J., Mougeot, F., García, J.T. (2017). A multi-scale approach for identifying conservation needs of two threatened sympatric steppe birds. Biodiversity and Conservation 26 (1), 63-83. doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1222-7

10. Casas, F., Benítez-López, A., Tarjuelo, R., Barja, I., Viñuela, J., García, J.T., Morales, M.B., Mougeot, F. (2016). Changes in behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels in response to increased human activities during weekends in the pin-tailed sandgrouse. The Science of Nature 103 (11-12), 91 doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1416-6

9. Benítez-López, A. & García-Egea, I. (2015). First record of an aberrantly colored Pin-tailed sandgrouse Pterocles alchata. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127, 755-759. doi: 10.1676/15-013

8. Benítez-López, A., Mougeot, F., García, J. T., Martín, C. A., Viñuela, J. (2015). Individual traits and extrinsic factors influence survival of the threatened pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) in Europe. Biological Conservation 187, 192-200. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.019 

7. Tarjuelo, R., Barja, I., Morales, M.B., Traba, J., Benítez-López, A., Casas, F., Arroyo, B., Delgado, P., Mougeot, F. (2015). Effects of human activity on physiological and behavioral responses of an endangered steppe bird. Behavioral Ecology 26, 828-838. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv016

6. Casas, F., Benítez-López, A., García, J. T., Martín, C. A., Viñuela, J., Mougeot, F. (2015). Assessing the short-term effects of capture, handling and tagging of sandgrouse. Ibis 157, 115-124. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12222

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