2011

Mateos, F., Quesada, J. & Senar, J.C. 2011. Sexy birds are superior at solving a foraging problem. Biology Letters. In press.

Clavero, M., Villero, D. & Brotons, L. 2011. Climate change or land use dynamics: do we know what climate change indicators indicate?. PLOS ONE. In press.

Zozaya, E. L., Brotons, Ll., Herrando, S., Pons, P., Rost, J. & Clavero, M. 2010. Monitoring bird community dynamics in Mediterranean landscapes affected by large wildfires. Ardeola. In press.

Quesada, J., Guallar, S., Pérez-Ruíz, N., Estrada, J. & Herrando, S. 2010. Observer error associated with band allocation is negligible in large scale bird monitoring schemes but, how precise is using bands at all?. Ardeola. In press.

Clavero, M., Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2011. Bird community specialization, bird conservation and disturbance: the role of wildfires. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80: 128-136.

Robson, D. & Barriocanal, C. 2010. Ecological conditions in wintering and passage areas as determinants of timing of spring migration in trans-Saharan migratory birds. Jourmal of Animal Ecology. In press.

2010

Del Val, E., Quesada, J. & Senar, J.C. 2010. Age-related differences in a carotenoid-based coloration trait are due to within-individual changes in Great Tits (Parus major). Ardea. 98: 179-184.

Cecere, J.G., Matricardi, C., Frank, B., Imperio, S., Spina, F., Gargallo, G., Barboutis., C. & Boitani, L. 2010. Nectar exploitation by songbirds at mediterranean stopover sites. Ardeola. 57: 143-157.

Clavero, M. & Brotons, L. 2010. Functional homogenization of birdcommunities along habitat gradients: accounting for niche multidimensionality. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19: 684-696.
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Quesada, J. & Macgregor-Fors, I. 2010. Avian community responses to the establishment of a small-size orchard garden ina Mediterranean mosaic. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 33: 53-61. Herrando, S., Brotons, L., Guallar, S. & Quesada, J. 2010. Assessing regional variation in conservation value using fine-grained bird atlas. Biodiversity and Conservation. 19:867-881.

MacGregor-Fors, I., Morales-Perez, L., Quesada, J. & Schondube, J.E. 2010. Relationship between the presence of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) and Neotropical bird community structure and diversity. Biological invasions. 12:87-96.

Herrando, S., Llimona, F., Brotons, L. & Quesada, J. 2010. A new exotic bird in Europe: recent spread and potential range of the Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Bird Study. 57: 226-235.

2009

Gil-Tena, A., Brotons, L. & Saura, S. 2009. Mediterranean forest dynamics and forest bird distribution changes in the late 20th century. Global Change Biology. 15: 474-485.

Vallecillo, S., Brotons, L., Thuiller, W. & Thuiller, W. 2009. Dangers of predicting bird species distributions in response to land-cover changes. Ecological Applications. 19: 538-549.

Herrando, S., Brotons, L., Guallar, G., Sales, S. & Pons, P. 2009. Postfire forest management and Mediterranean birds: the importance of the logging remnants. Biodiversity & Conservation 18: 2153–2164.
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Quesada, J. & Senar, J.C. 2009. Cross-fostering experiments to compare carotenoid- and melanin-based plumage patches and long-term parental effects in post-moulted great tits. Behaviour 146, 1235-1251.

2008

Robson, D. & Barriocanal, C. 2008. The influence of environmental conditions on the body mass of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) during spring migration. J. Ornithol. 149:473–478.
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Brotons, L., Herrando, S. & Pons, P. 2008. Wildfires and the expansion of threatened farmland birds: the ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana, in Mediterranean landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 5(4) 1059-1066.
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Brambilla, M.;Vitulano, S.; Spina, F.; Baccetti, N.; Gargallo, G.; Fabbri, E.; Guidali, F. & Randi, E. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the Sylvia cantillans complex: cryptic species within the Mediterranean basin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(2) 461-72.

Vallecillo, S., Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2008. Assessing the response of open-habitat bird species to landscape changes in Mediterranean mosaics. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 103-119.
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Sirami, C., Brotons, L., Burfielde, I., Fonderflickf, J. & Martin, J.L. 2008. Is land abandonment having an impact on biodiversity? A meta-analytical approach to bird distribution changes in the north-western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation. 141: 450-459
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Carnicer, J., Brotons, L., Sol, D. & Cáceres, M. 2008. Random sampling, abundance-extinction dynamics and niche-filtering immigration constraints explain the generation of species richness gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17: 352-362
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2007

Rodríguez, J.L., Brotons, L., Bustamante, J. & Seoane, J. 2007. The application of predictive modelling of species distribution to biodiversity conservation. Diversity and Distributions 13: 243–251.
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Brotons, L., Herrando, S. & Pla, M. 2007. Updating bird species distribution at large spatial scales: applications of habitat modelling to data from long term monitoring programs. Diversity and Distributions 13: 276-288.
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Gil-Tena, A., S. Saura & L. Brotons. 2007. Effects of forest composition and structure on bird species richness in a Mediterranean context: implications for forest ecosystem management. Forest Ecology and Management. 242: 470-476.
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2005

Brotons, L., Pons, P. & Herrando, S. 2005. Colonization of dynamic Mediterranean landscapes: where do birds come from after fire? J. Biogeo. 32: 789-798.
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2004

Brotons, L., Herrando, S. & Martín, J.L. 2004. Bird assemblages in forest fragments within Mediterranean mosaics created by wild fires. Landscape Ecology. 19(6) 663-675.
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Stefanescu, C., Herrando, S. & Páramo, F. 2004. Butterfly species richness in the north-west Mediterranean Basin: the role of natural and human-induced factors. J. Biogeo. 31: 905-915.

Brotons L., Thuiller W., Araújo M.B. & Hirzel A.H. 2004. Presence-absence versus presence-only habitat suitability models: the role of species ecology and prevalence. Ecography, 27: 165-172.
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Brotons, L., Mañosa, S. & Estrada, J. 2004. Modelling the effects of irrigation schemes on the distribution of steppe birds in Mediterranean farmland. Biodiversity and Conservation. 13: 1039-1058.
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2003

Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2003. Increased food abundance near forest edges affects flocking patterns of Coal tit (Parus ater) winter groups in mountain coniferous forests. Bird Study 50: 106-111.
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Herrando, S., Brotons, L. & Llacuna, S. 2003. Does fire increase the spatial heterogeneity of bird communities in Mediterranean landscapes? Ibis. 145: 307-317.
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2002

Herrando, S. & Brotons, L. 2002. Forest bird diversity in Mediterranean areas affected by wildfires: a multi-scale approach. Ecography. 25: 161-172.

Herrando, S., Brotons, L., Del Amo, R. & Llacuna, S. 2002. Bird community successsion after fire in a dry mediterranean shrubland. Ardea. 90: 303-310.
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Herrando, S., Brotons, L. & Llacuna, S. 2002. Does fire increase the seasonal variability of bird communities? A case in Mediterranean shrublands. Revue D Ecologie-La Terre Et La Vie. 57: 151-163.

2001

Herrando, S. & Brotons, L. 2001. Fluctuating asymmetry in Sardinian Warblers Sylvia melanocephala inhabiting two shrublands affected by fire. Bird Study. 48: 180-187.

Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2001. Reduced bird occurrence in pine forest fragments associated with road proximity in a Mediterranean agricultural area. Landscape and Urban Planning. 57: 77-89.
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Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2001. Factors affecting bird communities in fragments of secondary pine forests in the north-western Mediterranean basin. Acta Oecologica. 22: 21-31.

1996

Gargallo, G. 1996. Evidence for partial prenuptial moult in adult and first- year penduline tits Remiz pendulinus. Bird Study. 43: 157-163.

1994

Gargallo, G. 1994. Flight feather moult in the Red-necked Nighjar Caprimulgus ruficollis. J.Avian.Biol. 25:119-124.