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2023

  • Oro,D., Ll Alsedà, A Hastings, M Genovart, J Sardanyés. Social copying drives a tipping point for nonlinear population collapse. PNAS 120 (11) e2214055120.

  • Oro,D., C. Waldrep, A. Bertolero, M Genovart. Drivers of resource allocation for breeding under variable environments in a bet hedger. Ecology and Evolution 13 (9) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10485

  • Oro, D., C. Stefanescu, M. Alba, J. Capitán, A. Ubach, M. Genovart. Factors affecting survival and dispersal of the comma butterfly in a high mountain deciduous forest habitat. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 46(1): 1-11.

2022

  • Genovart, M., K. Klementisová, D. Oro, P. Fernández-López, A. Bertolero, F. Bartumeus. Inferring the age of breeders from easily measurable variables. Scientific reports 12 (1): 1-9.      

  • Payo-Payo, A., JM Igual, A. Sanz-Aguilar, E. Real, M. Genovart, D. Oro, G. Tavecchia. Interspecific synchrony on breeding performance and the role of anthropogenic food subsidies. PloS one 17, 10, e0275569.    

  • Pons, M., R. De Stephanis, P. Verborgh, M. Genovart. Sharp decreases in survival probabilities in the long-finned pilot whales in Strait of Gibraltar. Marine Biology 169 (4): 1-9.

  • Cuevas-Caballé C., J. Ferrer Obiol, J. Vizueta, M. Genovart, J. Gonzalez-Solís, M. Riutort, J. Rozas. The first genome of the Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) provides a valuable resource for conservation genomics and sheds light on adaptation to a pelagic lifestyle. Genome Biology and Evolution 14, 5, evac067.

  • Real, E., D. Oro, A. Bertolero, JM Igual, A. Sanz-Aguilar, M. Genovart, M. Hidalgo, G. Tavecchia. It’s not all abundance: Detectability and accessibility of food also explain breeding investment in long-lived marine animals. PloS one 17, 9, e0273615.

 

2021

  • Rotger, A., J.M. Igual, M. Genovart, V. Rodríguez, M.M. Ramon, V. Pérez-Mellado, G. Bibiloni, J. Rita, G. Tavecchia. Contrasting Adult Body-Size in Sister Populations of the Balearic Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther 1874) Suggests Anthropogenic Selective Pressures. Herpetological Monographs, 35(1): 53-64.

  • Santidrián Tomillo, P., B. Wallace, F. Paladino, J. Spotila and M. Genovart. Short-term gain, long-term loss: how a widely-used conservation tool could further threaten sea turtles. Biological Conservation 261, 109260

 

2020

  • Genovart M., O. Gimenez, A. Bertolero, R., Choquet, D. Oro and R. Pradel. Decrease in social cohesion in a colonial seabird under a perturbation regime. Scientific Reports 10: 18720.

  • The Laúd OPO Network (41 authors). Enhanced, coordinated conservation efforts required to avoid extinction of critically endangered Eastern Pacific Leatherbacks. Scientific Reports 10: 4772.

 

2019

  • Genovart, M. and Pradel, R. Transience effect in capture-recapture studies: The importance of its biological meaning. PlosOne. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222241

  • Andueza, M., E. Barba, D. Cuenca, M. Laso, E. Unamuno, A. Unanue, T. Valkenburg, M. Genovart & J. Arizaga. Departure decisions of a migratory passerine, the Common reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, in relation to fuel load and geographical barrier proximity. Ardeola 67: 15-28.

  • Meier, R., R.B. Wynn, S.C. Votier, C. Trueman, M. McMinn, A. Rodríguez, L. Suberg, L. Maurice, J. Newton, M. Genovart, C. Péron, D. Grémillet, T. Guilford. Population differentiation in a critically endangered seabird: new evidence of hybridization from patterns of at-sea behaviour. Scientific Reports 9, 14720.

  • Rodríguez A., JM Arcos, V Bretagnolle, et al. Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters. Frontiers in Marine Science; doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00094.

2018

  • Genovart, M., D. Oro and S. Tenan. Immature survival, fertility and density-dependence drive global population dynamics in a long-lived species. Ecology 99(12):2823-2832

  • Real E., G. Tavecchia, M. Genovart, A. Sanz-Aguilar,An. Payo-Payo, D. Oro. Discard-ban policies can help improve our understanding of the ecological role of food availability to seabirds. Scientia Marina special volume 82S1.

  • Genovart, M., D. Doak, J. M Igual, S. Sponza, D. Oro. Differential adult survival at close seabird colonies: the importance of spatial foraging segregation and bycatch risk during the breeding season. Global Change Biology 24 (3): 1279-1290.

  • Payo-Payo, A., A. Sanz-Aguilar, M. Genovart, A. Bertolero, J. Piccardo, D.Camps, J. Ruiz-Olmo, D.Oro. Predator arrival elicits differential dispersal, change in age structure and reproductive performance in a prey population. Scientific Reports 8,1971.

  • Keogan, K., F.Daunt, S.Wanless, R. Phillips, C.A. Walling, ..., Sue Lewis. 2018. Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change 8: 313–318.

 

2017

  • Payo-Payo, A., Genovart, M., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Greño, J., García-Tarason, M, Bertolero, A., Piccardo, J., Oro, D. Colonisation in social species: the importance of breeding experience for dispersal in overcoming information barriers. Scientific Reports 7: 42866.

  • Genovart, M., D. Doak, J. M Igual, S. Sponza, D. Oro. Assessing bycatch demographic impact in three Mediterranean seabird species affected by different fishing gears. Global Change Biology 23 (8): 012-3029.

 

2016

  • Sanz-Aguilar, A., Igual, J. M., Oro, D., Genovart, M. and Tavecchia, G. 2016. Estimating recruitment and survival in partially monitored populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 53: 73–82. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12580

  • Genovart, M., Arcos, J. M., Álvarez, D., McMinn, M., Meier, R., B. Wynn, R., Guilford, T. and Oro, D. 2016. Demography of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater: the impact of fisheries and time to extinction. Journal of Applied Ecology 53: 1158–1168. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12622

  • Munilla I, Genovart M, Paiva VH, Velando A. 2016. Colony Foundation in an Oceanic Seabird. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0147222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147222

  • Pérez-Jorge, S., I. Gomes, K. Hayes, G. Corti, M. Louzao, M. Genovart, D. Oro. 2016. Effects of nature-based tourism and environmental drivers on the demography of a small dolphin population. Biological Conservation, 197: 200-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.006.

  • Tavecchia, G., Tenan, S., Pradel, R., Igual, J.-M., Genovart, M. and Oro, D. 2016. Climate-driven vital rates do not always mean climate-driven population. Global Change Biology 22: 3960–3966. doi:10.1111/gcb.13330

  • Tenan, S.*, Iemma, A., Bragalanti, N., Pedrini, P., De Barba, M., Randi, E., Groff, C. and Genovart, M.* 2016. Evaluating mortality rates with a novel integrated framework for nonmonogamous species. Conservation Biology, 30: 1307–1319. doi:10.1111/cobi.12736.*Equally contributed

  • Sanz-Aguilar, A., JM Igual, G. Tavecchia, M. Genovart, D. Oro. 2016. When immigration mask threats: The rescue effect of a Scopoli's shearwater colony in the Western Mediterranean as a case study. Biological Conservation, 198: 33-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.034.

  • Payo-Payo, A. and Genovart, M. and Bertolero, A. and Pradel, R. and Oro, D. 2016. Consecutive cohort effects driven by density-dependence and climate influence early-life survival in a long-lived bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 283. 20153042; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.3042

 

2015

  • Fernández-Chacón A, Genovart M, Álvarez D, Cano JM, Ojanguren AF, Rodriguez-Muñoz R, Nicieza AG. 2015. Neighbouring populations, opposite dynamics: survival and growth patterns of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in mountain streams. Oecologia, 178(2):379-89. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3222-9.

  • Santidrián Tomillo, P., Genovart, M., Paladino, F. V., Spotila, J. R. and Oro, D. 2015. Climate change overruns resilience conferred by temperature-dependent sex determination in sea turtles and threatens their survival. Global Change Biology, 21: 2980–2988. doi:10.1111/gcb.12918

 

2014

  • Fernández-Chacón, A., Stefanescu, C., Genovart, M., Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E., Páramo, F., Turco, M. and Oro, D. 2014. Determinants of extinction-colonization dynamics in Mediterranean butterflies: the role of landscape, climate and local habitat features. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83: 276–285. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12118

  • Oro D, Hernández N, Jover L, Genovart M. 2014. From recruitment to senescence: food shapes the age-dependent pattern of breeding performance in a long-lived bird. Ecology, 95(2): 446-57

  • Tenan, S., Pradel, R., Tavecchia, G., Igual, J. M., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Genovart, M. and Oro, D. 2014. Hierarchical modelling of population growth rate from individual capture–recapture data. Methods Ecology and Evolution, 5: 606–614. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12194.

 

2013

  • Genovart, M., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Fernández-Chacón, A., Igual, J. M., Pradel, R., Forero, M. G. and Oro, D. 2013. Contrasting effects of climatic variability on the demography of a trans-equatorial migratory seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82: 121–130. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02015.x

  • Genovart, M., G. Tavecchia, JJ Enseñat, P. Laiolo. 2013. Holding up a mirror to the society: children recognize exotic species much more than local ones. Biological Conservation, 159:  484-489

  • Carboneras, C., Tavecchia, G., Genovart, M. et al. 2013. Inferring geographic origin, population structure and migration routes of a wintering population of Mediterranean gulls from resightings data. Population Ecology 55: 343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-013-0362-9
  • Fernández-Chacón, A., Genovart, M., Pradel, R., Tavecchia, G., Bertolero, A., Piccardo, J., Forero, M. G., Afán, I., Muntaner, J. and Oro, D. 2013. When to stay, when to disperse and where to go: survival and dispersal patterns in a spatially structured seabird population. Ecography, 36: 1117–1126. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00246.x

  • Martínez-Abraín, A., C. Viedma, J. A Góm,ez, M.A. Bartolomé, J. Jiménez, M. Genovart, S. Tenan. 2013. Assessing the effectiveness of a hunting moratorium on target and non-target species. Biological Conservation 165: 171-178

  • Genovart M, Thibault J-C, Igual JM, Bauzà-Ribot MdM, Rabouam C, Bretagnolle V .2013. Population Structure and Dispersal Patterns within and between Atlantic and Mediterranean Populations of a Large-Range Pelagic Seabird. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70711. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070711

  • Ramirez,F. M. Garcia-Tarrasón, L. Rami, M. Genovart, L. Jover, C. Sanpera. The role of calcium in constraining egg synthesis in the audouin's gull Ichthyaetus audouinii. 2013. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91: 640-645, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2013-0016

  • Oro, D., Genovart, M., Tavecchia, G., Fowler, MS., Martínez-Abraín, A. 2013. Ecological and evolutionary implications of food subsidies from humans. Ecology Letters 16: 1501–1514

2012

  • Genovart, M., Pradel, R. and Oro, D. (2012), Exploiting uncertain ecological fieldwork data with multi-event capture–recapture modelling: an example with bird sex assignment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81: 970–977. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01991.x

  • Genovart M, Juste J, Contreras-Díaz H, Oro D. 2012. Genetic and phenotypic differentiation between the critically endangered Balearic shearwater and neighbouring colonies of its sibling species. Journal of Heredity 103(3):330-41. doi: 10.1093/jhered/ess010

  • Lewison, R.; Oro, D.; Godley, B.J.; Underhill, L.; Bearhop, S.; Wilson, R.P.; Ainley, D.; Arcos, J.M.; Boersma, P.D.; Borboroglu, P.G.; Boulinier, T.; Frederiksen, M.; Genovart, M.; Gonzalez-Solis, J.; Green, J.A.; Gremillet, D.; Hamer, K.C.; Hilton, G.M.; Hyrenbach, K.D.; Martinez-Abrain, A.; Montevecchi, W.A.; Phillips, R.A.; Ryan, P.G.; Sagar, P.; Sydeman, W.J.; Wanless, S.; Watanuki, Y.; Weimerskirch, H.; Yorio, P. 2012. Research Priorities for seabirds: Improving seabird conservation and management in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research 17: 93-12.

 

2011

  • Sanz-Aguilar A, Tavecchia G, Genovart M, Igual JM, Oro D, Rouan L, Pradel R. 2011. Studying the reproductive skipping behavior in long-lived birds by adding nest-inspection to individual-based data. Ecological Applications 21:555-564.

  • Oro D, Tavecchia G, Genovart M. Comparing demographic parameters for philopatric and immigrant individuals in a long-lived bird adapted to unstable habitats. Oecologia 165:935-45. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1773-3.

  • Oro,D., A. Martínez-Abraína, E. Villuendas, B. Sarzo, E. Mínguez, J. Carda, M. Genovart. 2011. Lessons from a failed translocation program with a seabird species: determinants of success and conservation value. Biological Conservation 144: 851-858.

  • Louzao M, Navarro J, Forero MG, Igual J M, Genovart M, Hobson K A.KA, Oro D. 2011. Exploiting the closest production area: geographical segregation of foraging grounds in a critically endangered seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 429:291-U650.

 

2010

  • Navarro J, Louzao M, Igual JM, Oro D, Delgado A, Arcos JM, Genovart M, Hobson KA, Forero MG. 2010. Age and sexual differences in the exploitation of two anthropogenic trophic resources for an opportunistic seabird. Marine Biology 156: 2571-2578.

  • Genovart, M., Negre N, Tavecchia G, Bistuer A, Parpal Ll, Oro D. 2010. The young, the weak and the sick: evidence of natural selection by predation. PlosOne 5(3).

  • Ramírez F, Hobson KA, Wassenaar LI, Wangensteen O, Genovart M, Viscor G, Sanpera C, Jover Ll. 2010. A physiological marker for quantifying differential reproductive investment between the sexes in Yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 396: 48-52.

2009

  • González, E. G., Genovart, M., Oro, D., Zardoya, R. and Juste, J. 2009. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 1044–1046. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02563.x

  • Genovart, M. 2009. Natural hybridization and Conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-008-9550-x

  • Oro, D.; Pérez-Rodríguez, A.; Martínez-Vilalta, A.; Bertolero, A.; Vidal, F.; Genovart, M. 2009. Interference competition in a threatened ecological community: a paradox for conservation. Biological Conservation 142: 1830-1835

  • Navarro, J., M. Louzao, J.M. Igual, D. Oro, A. Delgado, J.M. Arcos, M. Genovart, K.A. Hobson, M.G. Forero. 2009. Seasonal changes in the diet of a critically endangered seabird and the importance of trawling discards. Marine Biology 156: 2571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1281-3

2008

  •  Pradel, R., Maurin-Bernier, L., Gimenez, O., Genovart, M., Choquet, R. and Oro, D. 2008. Estimation of sex-specific survival with uncertainty in sex assessment. Canadian Journal of Statistics, 36: 29–42. doi:10.1002/cjs.5550360105

  • Genovart, M., M. Surroca, A. Martínez-Abraín, and J. Jiménez. 2008. Parity in fledging sex ratios in a dimorphic raptor, the Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus. Zoological Studies 47: 11-16

  • Louzao,M., J.M. Igual, M. Genovart, D. Oro. 2008. Spatial variation in egg size of a top predator: interplay of body size and environmental factors? Acta Oecologica 34(2):186-193.

  • Genovart M, Louzao M, Igual JM, Oro D. 2008. Digit length may reveal unusual breeding behaviour in a seabird. Biology Letters 23;4(5):461-4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0272.

2007

  • Tavecchia, G., Pradel, R., Genovart, M. and Oro, D. 2007. Density-dependent parameters and demographic equilibrium in open populations. Oikos, 116: 1481–1492. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15791.x

  • Genovart M., D. Oro, J. Juste, G. Bertorelle. 2007. What genetics tell us about the conservation of the critically endangered Balearic Shearwater? Biological Conservation 137: 283-293.

2006

  • Martinez-Abrain A, Velando A, Oro D, Genovart M, Gerique C, Bartolome M A, Villuendas E, Sarzo B. 2007. Sex-specific mortality of European shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis during the Prestige oil spill: demographic implications for the recovery of colonies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 271-276.

  • Oro D, Martínez-Abraín A, Paracuellos M, Nevado JC, Genovart M. 2006. Influence of density-dependence on predator-prey seabird interactions at large spatio-temporal scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 273(1584): 379-83.

2005

  • Genovart M., J. Juste, D. Oro.  2005. Two sibling species sympatrically breeding: a new conservation concern for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater. Conservation Genetics 6:  601–606.

  • Genovart M.,D. Oro, G. Forero, J. M. Igual, J. González-Solís and X. Ruiz. 2005. Parental body condition does not correlate with offspring sex ratio in Cory’s Shearwaters. The Condor 107:161-167.

2003

  • Genovart M.,M. McMinn, D. Bowler. 2003. A discriminant function for predicting sex in the endangered Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus). Waterbirds 26(1):72-76.

  • Martínez-Abraín A., González-Solis J., Pedrocchi V., Genovart M., Abella JC., Ruiz X. 2003. Kleptoparasitism, disturbance and predation of yellow-legged gulls on Audouin's gulls in three colonies of the western Mediterranean. Scientia Marina 67, N2.

  • Genovart, M., Oro, D. and Bonhomme, F. 2003. Genetic and morphological differentiation between the two largest breeding colonies of Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii. Ibis, 145: 448–456. doi:10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00187.x

  • Genovart M., D. Oro, X. Ruiz, R. Griffiths, P. Monaghan and R.G. Nager. 2003. Seasonal changes in brood sex composition in Audouin's Gull. The Condor 105(4):783-790.

  • Genovart, M., Ll. Jover, X. Ruiz and D. Oro. 2003. Offspring sex-ratio in sub-colonies of Audouin’s gull Larus audouinii with differential breeding performance. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81(5): 905-910, https://doi.org/10.1139/z03-069

Before 2003

  • Nager, R. G., P. Monaghan, D. C. Houston, M. Genovart. 2000. Parental condition, brood sex ratio and differential young survival: an experimental study in gulls (Larus fuscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48: 452–457.

  • Oro D. and M. Genovart. 1999. Testing the intergenerational conflict hypothesis: factors affecting adoptions in Audouin's Gull. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 433-439, https://doi.org/10.1139/z98-218.

  • Oro D., M. Genovart, X. Ruiz, J.Jiménez and J. García-Gans. 1996. Differences in diet, population increase and breeding performance between two colonies of Audouin's Gulls Larus audouinii affected by a trawler moratorium. Journal of Avian Biology 27: 245-251.

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