List of works - José L Tella

A 4 year follow-up analysis of genotoxic damage in birds of the Doñana area (south west Spain) in the wake of the 1998 mining waste spill

scientific article published on January 2004

A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal

A prioritised list of invasive alien species to assist the effective implementation of EU legislation

scientific article published in 2017

A protective nesting association with native species counteracts biotic resistance for the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban into rural habitats ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

A receiver bias for red predates the convergent evolution of red color in widowbirds and bishops

article

An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens

scientific article

An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens.

scientific article

An overlooked plant-parakeet mutualism counteracts human overharvesting on an endangered tree

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Annual Censuses and Citizen Science Data Show Rapid Population Increases and Range Expansion of Invasive Rose-Ringed and Monk Parakeets in Seville, Spain

scientific article published on 08 March 2022

Anthropogenic nesting sites and density of Burrowing Parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) in northern Argentinian Patagonia

scientific article published in 2023

Apparent Absence of Blood Parasites in the Patagonian Seabird Community: Is It Related to the Marine Environment?

Apparent Lack of Circovirus Transmission from Invasive Parakeets to Native Birds

scientific article published on 08 March 2022

Assessing the introduction of exotic raptors into the wild from falconry

scientific article published on 02 January 2021

Author Correction: Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Bio-logging shows a central trans-Saharan migration and unknown wintering grounds in Africa of a juvenile griffon vulture from Spain

scientific article published on 18 January 2024

Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat-physiology relationships?

scientific article

Cities favour the recent establishment and current spread of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) in Dominican Republic

scientific article published on 25 February 2018

Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions.

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Climate matching and anthropogenic factors contribute to the colonization and extinction of local populations during avian invasions

scientific article published in 2022

Climate matching drives spread rate but not establishment success in recent unintentional bird introductions. ⬇️

scientific article

Colony size selection determines adult survival and dispersal preferences: allee effects in a colonial bird

scientific article published on 10 May 2005

Combined impacts of multiple non-native mammals on two life stages of a critically endangered Neotropical tree

Combining trade data and niche modelling improves predictions of the origin and distribution of non-native European populations of a globally invasive species

article

Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density-dependence

scientific article

Conflicts between Lesser Kestrel Conservation and European Agricultural Policies as Identif ied by Habitat Use Analyses

Correction: Truncated Power Laws Reveal a Link between Low-Level Behavioral Processes and Grouping Patterns in a Colonial Bird.

scientific article published on 6 May 2008

Corticosterone implants produce stress-hyporesponsive birds

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Crowding in the city: losing and winning competitors of an invasive bird ⬇️

scientific article

Current status of the threatened Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti in Spain: overestimation, decline, and extinction of local populations

article

DISPERSAL AND SOCIAL ATTRACTION AFFECT COLONY SELECTION AND DYNAMICS OF LESSER KESTRELS

article

Dealing with non-native species: what makes the difference in South America?

article

Describing dispersal under habitat constraints: A randomization approach in lesser kestrels

article by David Serrano et al published October 2008 in Basic and Applied Ecology

Determining Sex of Magellanic Penguins Using Molecular Procedures and Discriminant Functions

Developmental exposure to a toxic spill compromises long-term reproductive performance in a wild, long-lived bird: the white stork (Ciconia ciconia).

scientific article

Differences in acute stress responses between wild-caught and captive-bred birds: a physiological mechanism contributing to current avian invasions?

article

Differences in adrenocortical responses between urban and rural burrowing owls: poorly-known underlying mechanisms and their implications for conservation

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Dispersal within a spatially structured population of lesser kestrels: the role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction

scientific article published in 2003

Disrupted bone metabolism in contaminant-exposed white storks (Ciconia ciconia) in southwestern Spain.

scientific article published on 12 June 2006

Distress calls may honestly signal bird quality to predators

scientific article published in 2004

Distress calls reflect poxvirus infection in lesser short-toed lark Calandrella rufescens

scientific article published in 2007

Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article

Does land irrigation actually reduce foraging habitat for breeding lesser kestrels? The role of crop types

Don’t neglect pre-establishment individual selection in deliberate introductions

scientific article published in 2012

Drivers of alien species composition in bird markets across the world ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 December 2021

Drivers of compositional dissimilarity for native and alien birds: the relative roles of human activity and environmental suitability

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Drivers of the Ectoparasite Community and Co-Infection Patterns in Rural and Urban Burrowing Owls

scientific article published on 29 July 2022

Effects of habitat degradation on the abundance, richness and diversity of raptors across Neotropical biomes

Effects of land use, nesting-site availability, and the presence of larger raptors on the abundance of Vulnerable lesser kestrels Falco naumanni in Kazakhstan

article published in 2004

Endangered plant-parrot mutualisms: seed tolerance to predation makes parrots pervasive dispersers of the Parana pine

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Epizoochory in Parrots as an Overlooked Yet Widespread Plant–Animal Mutualism

scientific article published on 13 April 2021

Evaluation of genotoxic effects of heavy metals and arsenic in wild nestling white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black kites (Milvus migrans) from southwestern Spain after a mining accident

article by Raquel Baos et al published 1 October 2006 in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Evolution of genomic variation in the burrowing owl in response to recent colonization of urban areas.

scientific article

Experimental removal of invasive Africanized honey bees increased breeding population size of the endangered Lear's macaw

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Expression of concern. An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens.

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni).

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Factors affecting breeding dispersal in the facultatively colonial lesser kestrel: individual experience vs. conspecific cues

scientific article published in 2001

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study

article

Feather mites on birds: costs of parasitism or conditional outcomes?

article

Fine-scale genetic structure in the critically endangered red-fronted macaw in the absence of geographic and ecological barriers

scientific article published on 12 January 2021

Fractal bird nest distribution produces scale-free colony sizes

scientific article published in October 2007

Genes acting in synapses and neuron projections are early targets of selection during urban colonization

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Goats, birds, and emergent diseases: apparent and hidden effects of exotic species in an island environment

scientific article published in June 2009

Habitat, human pressure, and social behavior: Partialling out factors affecting large-scale territory extinction in an endangered vulture

Heritability of fear of humans in urban and rural populations of a bird species

scientific article

High Prevalence of Novel Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Sympatric Invasive Parakeets Introduced to Spain From Asia and South America

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

High individual consistency in fear of humans throughout the adult lifespan of rural and urban burrowing owls

scientific article

High urban breeding densities do not disrupt genetic monogamy in a bird species

scientific article

How much does it cost to save a species from extinction? Costs and rewards of conserving the Lear's macaw

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Illegal and legal parrot trade shows a long-term, cross-cultural preference for the most attractive species increasing their risk of extinction

scientific article

Individual consistency in flight initiation distances in burrowing owls: a new hypothesis on disturbance-induced habitat selection.

scientific article

Inter-individual variability in fear of humans and relative brain size of the species are related to contemporary urban invasion in birds. ⬇️

scientific article

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

scientific article

Is assisted colonization feasible? Lessons from past introductions

scientific article published in 2012

Is cell-mediated immunity related to the evolution of life-history strategies in birds?

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Isolation and characterization of 15 new microsatellite markers for the globally endangered Lear's macaw Anodorhynchus leari

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Joint effects of population size and isolation on genetic erosion in fragmented populations: finding fragmentation thresholds for management

scientific article

Landscape bioacoustics allow detection of the effects of habitat patchiness on population structure.

scientific article

Large-scale impacts of multiple co-occurring invaders on monkey puzzle forest regeneration, native seed predators and their ecological interactions

Lifetime fitness correlates of natal dispersal distance in a colonial bird

scientific article

Links between fear of humans, stress and survival support a non-random distribution of birds among urban and rural habitats

scientific article

Morphological variation in the specialist Dupont’s Lark Chersophilus duponti: geographical clines vs. local ecological determinants

Multiple External Seed Dispersers Challenge the Megafaunal Syndrome Anachronism and the Surrogate Ecological Function of Livestock

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Nest-site competition and killing by invasive parakeets cause the decline of a threatened bat population. ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 May 2018

Network structure embracing mutualism-antagonism continuums increases community robustness

scientific article published on 02 October 2017

Non-adaptive adoptions of nestlings in the colonial lesser kestrel: proximate causes and fitness consequences

scientific article published in 1997

Non-random patterns and temporal trends (1912-2012) in the transport, introduction and establishment of exotic birds in Spain and Portugal

article

Overlooked Parrot Seed Dispersal in Australia and South America: Insights on the Evolution of Dispersal Syndromes and Seed Size in Araucaria Trees

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Parasite prevalence and sample size: misconceptions and solutions.

scientific article

Parrots as key multilinkers in ecosystem structure and functioning

scientific article

Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Predation of experimental nests is linked to local population dynamics in a fragmented bird population

scientific article

Proximate causes and fitness consequences of hatching failure in lesser kestrelsFalco naumanni

RETRACTED: MHC diversity and differential exposure to pathogens in kestrels (Aves: Falconidae).

retracted article; published on 14 January 2010

Rapid loss of antipredatory behaviour in captive-bred birds is linked to current avian invasions ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Recent Advances in Parrot Research and Conservation

scientific article published on 25 May 2022

Regional Bans on Wild-Bird Trade Modify Invasion Risks at a Global Scale

article by Laura Cardador et al published 30 March 2017 in Conservation Letters

Relationships between T-cell-mediated immune response and Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, and as concentrations in blood of nestling white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black kites (Milvus migrans) from Doñana (southwestern Spain) after the Aznalcóllar toxic spill

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds

scientific article

Rethinking megafauna

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL FEATURES AFFECTING NATAL DISPERSAL IN THE COLONIAL LESSER KESTREL

scientific article published in 2003

Seed dispersal by macaws shapes the landscape of an Amazonian ecosystem.

scientific article

Sex, personality and conspecific density influence natal dispersal with lifetime fitness consequences in urban and rural burrowing owls

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Sex- and age-dependent patterns of survival and breeding success in a long-lived endangered avian scavenger

scientific article

Shared genetic diversity across the global invasive range of the monk parakeet suggests a common restricted geographic origin and the possibility of convergent selection

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Song diversity predicts the viability of fragmented bird populations

scientific article

Strong philopatry derived from capture-recapture records does not lead to fine-scale genetic differentiation in lesser kestrels

scientific article published on 27 November 2008

Successful hybridization between non‐congeneric parrots in a small introduced population

scientific article published on 05 February 2021

Survival in a long-lived territorial migrant: effects of life-history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas

scientific article published in 2009

Survival in a long-lived territorial migrant: effects of life-history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas

Testing acoustic versus physical marking: two complementary methods for individual-based monitoring of elusive species

article

The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks

scientific article

The PHA test reflects acquired T-cell mediated immunocompetence in birds

scientific article

The Role of Monk Parakeets as Nest-Site Facilitators in Their Native and Invaded Areas

The authors reply

scientific article published in 2007

The empty temporal niche: breeding phenology differs between coexisting native and invasive birds

The extent, frequency and ecological functions of food wasting by parrots

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

The paradox of the long-term positive effects of a North American crayfish on a European community of predators.

scientific article

The relative importance of patch habitat quality and landscape attributes on a declining steppe-bird metapopulation

scholarly article by Matthias Vögeli et al published May 2010 in Biological Conservation

The role of despotism and heritability in determining settlement patterns in the colonial lesser kestrel

scientific article

The southernmost parakeet might be enhancing pollination of a dioecious conifer.

scientific article

Trends in legal and illegal trade of wild birds: a global assessment based on expert knowledge

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Truncated power laws reveal a link between low-level behavioral processes and grouping patterns in a colonial bird

scientific article

Uncoupled Evolution of Male and Female Cone Sizes in an Ancient Conifer Lineage

article published in 2019

Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

scientific article

Who are we sampling? Apparent survival differs between methods in a secretive species

article

List of works by José L Tella

A 4 year follow-up analysis of genotoxic damage in birds of the Doñana area (south west Spain) in the wake of the 1998 mining waste spill

A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal

A prioritised list of invasive alien species to assist the effective implementation of EU legislation

A protective nesting association with native species counteracts biotic resistance for the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban into rural habitats ⬇️

A receiver bias for red predates the convergent evolution of red color in widowbirds and bishops

An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens

An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens.

An overlooked plant-parakeet mutualism counteracts human overharvesting on an endangered tree

Annual Censuses and Citizen Science Data Show Rapid Population Increases and Range Expansion of Invasive Rose-Ringed and Monk Parakeets in Seville, Spain

Anthropogenic nesting sites and density of Burrowing Parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) in northern Argentinian Patagonia

Apparent Absence of Blood Parasites in the Patagonian Seabird Community: Is It Related to the Marine Environment?

Apparent Lack of Circovirus Transmission from Invasive Parakeets to Native Birds

Assessing the introduction of exotic raptors into the wild from falconry

Author Correction: Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls

Bio-logging shows a central trans-Saharan migration and unknown wintering grounds in Africa of a juvenile griffon vulture from Spain

Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat-physiology relationships?

Cities favour the recent establishment and current spread of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) in Dominican Republic

Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions.

Climate matching and anthropogenic factors contribute to the colonization and extinction of local populations during avian invasions

Climate matching drives spread rate but not establishment success in recent unintentional bird introductions. ⬇️

Colony size selection determines adult survival and dispersal preferences: allee effects in a colonial bird

Combined impacts of multiple non-native mammals on two life stages of a critically endangered Neotropical tree

Combining trade data and niche modelling improves predictions of the origin and distribution of non-native European populations of a globally invasive species

Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density-dependence

Conflicts between Lesser Kestrel Conservation and European Agricultural Policies as Identif ied by Habitat Use Analyses

Correction: Truncated Power Laws Reveal a Link between Low-Level Behavioral Processes and Grouping Patterns in a Colonial Bird.

Corticosterone implants produce stress-hyporesponsive birds

Crowding in the city: losing and winning competitors of an invasive bird ⬇️

Current status of the threatened Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti in Spain: overestimation, decline, and extinction of local populations

DISPERSAL AND SOCIAL ATTRACTION AFFECT COLONY SELECTION AND DYNAMICS OF LESSER KESTRELS

Dealing with non-native species: what makes the difference in South America?

Describing dispersal under habitat constraints: A randomization approach in lesser kestrels

Determining Sex of Magellanic Penguins Using Molecular Procedures and Discriminant Functions

Developmental exposure to a toxic spill compromises long-term reproductive performance in a wild, long-lived bird: the white stork (Ciconia ciconia).

Differences in acute stress responses between wild-caught and captive-bred birds: a physiological mechanism contributing to current avian invasions?

Differences in adrenocortical responses between urban and rural burrowing owls: poorly-known underlying mechanisms and their implications for conservation

Dispersal within a spatially structured population of lesser kestrels: the role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction

Disrupted bone metabolism in contaminant-exposed white storks (Ciconia ciconia) in southwestern Spain.

Distress calls may honestly signal bird quality to predators

Distress calls reflect poxvirus infection in lesser short-toed lark Calandrella rufescens

Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula

Does land irrigation actually reduce foraging habitat for breeding lesser kestrels? The role of crop types

Don’t neglect pre-establishment individual selection in deliberate introductions

Drivers of alien species composition in bird markets across the world ⬇️

Drivers of compositional dissimilarity for native and alien birds: the relative roles of human activity and environmental suitability

Drivers of the Ectoparasite Community and Co-Infection Patterns in Rural and Urban Burrowing Owls

Effects of habitat degradation on the abundance, richness and diversity of raptors across Neotropical biomes

Effects of land use, nesting-site availability, and the presence of larger raptors on the abundance of Vulnerable lesser kestrels Falco naumanni in Kazakhstan

Endangered plant-parrot mutualisms: seed tolerance to predation makes parrots pervasive dispersers of the Parana pine

Epizoochory in Parrots as an Overlooked Yet Widespread Plant–Animal Mutualism

Evaluation of genotoxic effects of heavy metals and arsenic in wild nestling white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black kites (Milvus migrans) from southwestern Spain after a mining accident

Evolution of genomic variation in the burrowing owl in response to recent colonization of urban areas.

Experimental removal of invasive Africanized honey bees increased breeding population size of the endangered Lear's macaw

Expression of concern. An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens.

Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni).

Factors affecting breeding dispersal in the facultatively colonial lesser kestrel: individual experience vs. conspecific cues

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study

Feather mites on birds: costs of parasitism or conditional outcomes?

Fine-scale genetic structure in the critically endangered red-fronted macaw in the absence of geographic and ecological barriers

Fractal bird nest distribution produces scale-free colony sizes

Genes acting in synapses and neuron projections are early targets of selection during urban colonization

Goats, birds, and emergent diseases: apparent and hidden effects of exotic species in an island environment

Habitat, human pressure, and social behavior: Partialling out factors affecting large-scale territory extinction in an endangered vulture

Heritability of fear of humans in urban and rural populations of a bird species

High Prevalence of Novel Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Sympatric Invasive Parakeets Introduced to Spain From Asia and South America

High individual consistency in fear of humans throughout the adult lifespan of rural and urban burrowing owls

High urban breeding densities do not disrupt genetic monogamy in a bird species

How much does it cost to save a species from extinction? Costs and rewards of conserving the Lear's macaw

Illegal and legal parrot trade shows a long-term, cross-cultural preference for the most attractive species increasing their risk of extinction

Individual consistency in flight initiation distances in burrowing owls: a new hypothesis on disturbance-induced habitat selection.

Inter-individual variability in fear of humans and relative brain size of the species are related to contemporary urban invasion in birds. ⬇️

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

Is assisted colonization feasible? Lessons from past introductions

Is cell-mediated immunity related to the evolution of life-history strategies in birds?

Isolation and characterization of 15 new microsatellite markers for the globally endangered Lear's macaw Anodorhynchus leari

Joint effects of population size and isolation on genetic erosion in fragmented populations: finding fragmentation thresholds for management

Landscape bioacoustics allow detection of the effects of habitat patchiness on population structure.

Large-scale impacts of multiple co-occurring invaders on monkey puzzle forest regeneration, native seed predators and their ecological interactions

Lifetime fitness correlates of natal dispersal distance in a colonial bird