List of works - Jaime A. Ramos

A century of mercury: Ecosystem-wide changes drive increasing contamination of a tropical seabird species in the South Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published in April 2023

A non-lethal biopsy technique for sampling subcutaneous adipose tissue of small and medium-sized birds

A successful avian invasion occupies a marginal ecological niche

article by Helena R. Batalha et al published May 2013 in Acta Oecologica

Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment

scientific article published in 2022

An holistic ecological analysis of the diet of Cory's shearwaters using prey morphological characters and DNA barcoding

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

Analysis of stable isotope ratios in blood of tracked wandering albatrosses fails to distinguish a δ(13) C gradient within their winter foraging areas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published on December 2015

Are great tits (Parus major) inhabiting the vicinity of a pulp mill healthy? Impacts on physiology and breeding performance.

scientific article published on 2 April 2010

Avian malaria infections in western European mosquitoes

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal.

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment

scientific article

Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal

scientific article

Characterization of MHC class I in a long distance migratory wader, the Icelandic black-tailed godwit

scientific article

Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds

Climatological Effects on the Breeding of Terns

Coastal saltpans are a good alternative breeding habitat for Kentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinuswhen umbrella species are present

Coastal saltpans as foraging grounds for migrating shorebirds: an experimentally drained fish pond in Portugal

article

Core genome phylogenetic analysis of the avian associated Borrelia turdi indicates a close relationship to Borrelia garinii

scientific article published on 10 November 2018

Co‐developing guidance for conservation: An example for seabirds in the North‐East Atlantic in the face of climate change impacts

scientific article published in 2023

Dietary trends of yellow-legged gulls in Galicia, north-west Spain, over the last 30 years

scholarly article

Dispersal of fungi spores by non-specialized flower-visiting birds

Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal.

scientific article published on 6 June 2012

Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?

scientific article published on 22 February 2013

Drivers of niche partitioning in a community of mid-trophic level epipelagic species in the North Atlantic

scientific article published in 2023

Effect of exotic mammalian predators on parasites of Cory's shearwater: ecological effect on population health and breeding success ⬇️

scientific article published on May 25, 2013

Effects of alien plants on insect abundance and biomass: a food-web approach.

scientific article

Either taking it easy or feeling too tired: old Cory’s Shearwaters display reduced activity levels while at sea

article by Paulo Catry et al published 30 November 2010 in Journal of Ornithology

Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines

article

Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of great titParus majornestlings

Environmentally driven sexual segregation in a marine top predator

scientific article

Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

scientific article

Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

scientific article published on 22 December 2009

Experimental infection by microparasites affects the oxidative balance in their avian reservoir host the blackbird Turdus merula.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Flower visitation by European birds offers the first evidence of interaction release in continents

article

Flower visitation by birds in Europe

article published in 2014

Foraging by experienced and inexperienced Cory’s shearwater along a 3-year period of ameliorating foraging conditions

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Foraging niche segregation between juvenile and adult hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Príncipe island, West Africa

scientific article published in 2018

Genetic and morphometric diversity of the goldcrest (Regulus regulus) populations in the Azores

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

Habitat selection and ontogeny of habitat use by juvenile Eurasian Spoonbill <i>Platalea leucorodia</i> revealed by GPS tracking

scientific article published in 2022

Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population in Central Portugal: relationships with breeding effort and health

article

Hidden haemosporidian infections in Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) staging in Northwest Europe en route from Africa to Arctic Europe

scientific article published on 3 March 2013

High Resilience of Seed Dispersal Webs Highlighted by the Experimental Removal of the Dominant Disperser.

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recovery

article

Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Host-parasite associations and host-specificity in haemoparasites of reed bed passerines

scientific article published on 5 January 2012

How important are seabirds in the diet of black rats on islands with a superpredator?

scientific article published on 4 March 2014

Integration of exotic seeds into an Azorean seed dispersal network

Inter-sexual habitat and isotopic niche segregation of the endangered Monteiro's storm-petrel during breeding.

scientific article published on 30 December 2017

Local haemoparasites in introduced wetland passerines

scientific journal article

Long-term dietary shift and population decline of a pelagic seabird-A health check on the tropical Atlantic?

scientific article published on 03 February 2019

Metabolic plasticity for subcutaneous fat accumulation in a long-distance migratory bird traced by 2H2O.

scientific article

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessment

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 plant taxa in Portugal (1926–2013) ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 June 2024

Pelagic seabird flight patterns are consistent with a reliance on olfactory maps for oceanic navigation

scientific article

Physiological Condition and Breeding Performance of the Great TIT

scientific article published in 2010

Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Responses of Self-Feeding Precocial Chicks Copying with Contrasting Levels of Water Salinity during Development

scientific article

Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives

article

Population-Scale Foraging Segregation in an Apex Predator of the North Atlantic

scientific article

Provenance does matter: links between winter trophic segregation and the migratory origins of European robins.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Reed warblers migrating through Portugal: climatic influence on stopover ecology over the last decade.

scientific article

Repeatability and Method-Dependent Variation of Blood Parameters in Wild-Caught Great TitsParus major

Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enough

scientific article published in 2016

Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystem

Shorebird low spillover risk of mosquito-borne pathogens on Iberian wetlands

article published in 2013

Show your beaks and we tell you what you eat: Different ecology in sympatric Antarctic benthic octopods under a climate change context

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Spatial foraging segregation by close neighbours in a wide-ranging seabird

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Species activity promote the stability of fruit-frugivore interactions across a five-year multilayer network

Status assessment of the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina

The Foraging Ecology of the Endangered Cape Verde Shearwater, a Sentinel Species for Marine Conservation off West Africa

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

The Priolo Atlas: A citizen science-based census initiative for supporting Pyrrhula murina habitat conservation and restoration policies in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

article

The diet of the azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina and floristic variation within its range

article by Jaime A. Ramos published 1995 in Biological Conservation

The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis

scientific article published in May 2023

The impact and legislative framework of invasive mammals on Portuguese Macaronesian islands: A case study on Corvo, Azores

article

The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

The influence of diet on mercury intake by little tern chicks

scientific article published on 9 January 2008

The role of avian ‘seed predators’ as seed dispersers

scientific article published in 2010

The role of stable isotopes and mercury concentrations to describe seabird foraging ecology in tropical environments

article by Teresa Catry et al published 23 September 2008 in Marine Biology

The winter energetics of the Azores bullfinch and the implications for the restoration of its native laurel forest habitat

article

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: does laurel forest restoration remove a critical winter food supply for the critically endangered Azores bullfinch?

article

Tiptoeing between restoration and invasion: seed rain into natural gaps within a highly invaded relic forest in the Azores

article

Understanding how birds rebuild fat stores during migration: insights from an experimental study

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Using a multi-model ensemble forecasting approach to identify key marine protected areas for seabirds in the Portuguese coast

article

List of works by Jaime A. Ramos

A century of mercury: Ecosystem-wide changes drive increasing contamination of a tropical seabird species in the South Atlantic Ocean

A non-lethal biopsy technique for sampling subcutaneous adipose tissue of small and medium-sized birds

A successful avian invasion occupies a marginal ecological niche

Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment

An holistic ecological analysis of the diet of Cory's shearwaters using prey morphological characters and DNA barcoding

Analysis of stable isotope ratios in blood of tracked wandering albatrosses fails to distinguish a δ(13) C gradient within their winter foraging areas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

Are great tits (Parus major) inhabiting the vicinity of a pulp mill healthy? Impacts on physiology and breeding performance.

Avian malaria infections in western European mosquitoes

Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal.

Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment

Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal

Characterization of MHC class I in a long distance migratory wader, the Icelandic black-tailed godwit

Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds

Climatological Effects on the Breeding of Terns

Coastal saltpans are a good alternative breeding habitat for Kentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinuswhen umbrella species are present

Coastal saltpans as foraging grounds for migrating shorebirds: an experimentally drained fish pond in Portugal

Core genome phylogenetic analysis of the avian associated Borrelia turdi indicates a close relationship to Borrelia garinii

Co‐developing guidance for conservation: An example for seabirds in the North‐East Atlantic in the face of climate change impacts

Dietary trends of yellow-legged gulls in Galicia, north-west Spain, over the last 30 years

Dispersal of fungi spores by non-specialized flower-visiting birds

Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal.

Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms

Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?

Drivers of niche partitioning in a community of mid-trophic level epipelagic species in the North Atlantic

Effect of exotic mammalian predators on parasites of Cory's shearwater: ecological effect on population health and breeding success ⬇️

Effects of alien plants on insect abundance and biomass: a food-web approach.

Either taking it easy or feeling too tired: old Cory’s Shearwaters display reduced activity levels while at sea

Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines

Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of great titParus majornestlings

Environmentally driven sexual segregation in a marine top predator

Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

Experimental infection by microparasites affects the oxidative balance in their avian reservoir host the blackbird Turdus merula.

Flower visitation by European birds offers the first evidence of interaction release in continents

Flower visitation by birds in Europe

Foraging by experienced and inexperienced Cory’s shearwater along a 3-year period of ameliorating foraging conditions

Foraging niche segregation between juvenile and adult hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Príncipe island, West Africa

Genetic and morphometric diversity of the goldcrest (Regulus regulus) populations in the Azores

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

Habitat selection and ontogeny of habitat use by juvenile Eurasian Spoonbill <i>Platalea leucorodia</i> revealed by GPS tracking

Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population in Central Portugal: relationships with breeding effort and health

Hidden haemosporidian infections in Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) staging in Northwest Europe en route from Africa to Arctic Europe

High Resilience of Seed Dispersal Webs Highlighted by the Experimental Removal of the Dominant Disperser.

High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recovery

Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen

Host-parasite associations and host-specificity in haemoparasites of reed bed passerines

How important are seabirds in the diet of black rats on islands with a superpredator?

Integration of exotic seeds into an Azorean seed dispersal network

Inter-sexual habitat and isotopic niche segregation of the endangered Monteiro's storm-petrel during breeding.

Local haemoparasites in introduced wetland passerines

Long-term dietary shift and population decline of a pelagic seabird-A health check on the tropical Atlantic?

Metabolic plasticity for subcutaneous fat accumulation in a long-distance migratory bird traced by 2H2O.

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessment

O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 plant taxa in Portugal (1926–2013) ⬇️

Pelagic seabird flight patterns are consistent with a reliance on olfactory maps for oceanic navigation

Physiological Condition and Breeding Performance of the Great TIT

Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Responses of Self-Feeding Precocial Chicks Copying with Contrasting Levels of Water Salinity during Development

Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives

Population-Scale Foraging Segregation in an Apex Predator of the North Atlantic

Provenance does matter: links between winter trophic segregation and the migratory origins of European robins.

Reed warblers migrating through Portugal: climatic influence on stopover ecology over the last decade.

Repeatability and Method-Dependent Variation of Blood Parameters in Wild-Caught Great TitsParus major

Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enough

Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystem

Shorebird low spillover risk of mosquito-borne pathogens on Iberian wetlands

Show your beaks and we tell you what you eat: Different ecology in sympatric Antarctic benthic octopods under a climate change context

Spatial foraging segregation by close neighbours in a wide-ranging seabird

Species activity promote the stability of fruit-frugivore interactions across a five-year multilayer network

Status assessment of the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina

The Foraging Ecology of the Endangered Cape Verde Shearwater, a Sentinel Species for Marine Conservation off West Africa

The Priolo Atlas: A citizen science-based census initiative for supporting Pyrrhula murina habitat conservation and restoration policies in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

The diet of the azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina and floristic variation within its range

The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis

The impact and legislative framework of invasive mammals on Portuguese Macaronesian islands: A case study on Corvo, Azores

The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal

The influence of diet on mercury intake by little tern chicks

The role of avian ‘seed predators’ as seed dispersers