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    45 anys d’ornitologia de muntanya i el Grup Bages d’Anellament 

    Borràs, Antoni; Senar, Juan Carlos (2019)

    En aquest article s’aporten dades històriques sobre l’origen i el tarannà del Grup Bages d’Anellament (GBA) i del paper que aquest ha jugat en l’estudi de l’ornitologia de muntanya. Alhora, completa alguns aspectes sobre ...

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    A comparison of the diet of urban and forest great tits in a Mediterranean habitat 

    Senar, Juan Carlos; Manzanilla, A.; Mazzoni, Daniele (2021-10-01)

    The low breeding performance and body condition of nestling passerine birds in urban environments has been attributed to the poor quality and low abundance of food in these settings. However, detailed data on prey provided ...

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    Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient 

    Radchuk, Viktoriia; Reed, Thomas; Borràs, Antoni; Senar, Juan Carlos; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie (2019-07-23)

    Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait ...

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    Age and sex differences in niche use at molt and its effect on plumage coloration characteristics in a bird 

    Pagani-Núnez, Emilio; Barnett, Craig R. A.; Senar, Juan Carlos (2018-07-27)

    Bird plumage is often very colorful and can communicate the quality of the bearer to conspecifics. These plumage-based signals of quality are composed of multiple pigments (e.g., melanin and carotenoids). Therefore, sex ...

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    Antipredator behavioural compensation of proactive personality trait in male Eurasian siskins 

    Pascual, Jordi; Senar, Juan Carlos (2014-04)

    Many animals show behavioural syndromes (i.e. suites of correlated behaviours across multiple situations). These behavioural correlations, however, imply limitations in the behavioural plasticity of individuals when facing ...

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    Are plumage colour and song redundant ornaments in great tits (Parus major)? It depends on the colour 

    Ferrer, Esperanza S.; Uribe, Francesc; Sanz, Juan José; Senar, Juan Carlos (2021-05-13)

    According to current theory, the development of different conspicuous ornaments may provide multiple, redundant or unreliable information. However, multiple visual and acoustic traits have not often been tested at the same ...

    Assessing the assessments: evaluation of four impact assessment protocols for invasive alien species 

    Turbé, Anne; Senar, Juan Carlos; Shwartz, Assaf (2017)

    ABSTRACTAimEffective policy and management responses to the multiple threats posedby invasive alien species (IAS) rely on the ability to assess their impacts beforeconclusive empirical evidence is available. A plethora of ...

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    Barcelona naturalista: descubriendo la ciudad más allá del cemento 

    Díaz-Acha, Yael; Díaz-Ontiveros, Iria; Garcia-Franquesa, Eulàlia; Senar, Juan Carlos; Montserrat, Josep Maria; Ibáñez Cortina, Neus; Navarro Codina, Montserrat (2019-09)

    Parada 1: La Estación de Campo de Can Catà del MCNB y los estudios de Ecología Evolutiva, por Joan Carles Senar Parada 2: Érase una vez… la historia geológica de Barcelona, por Iria Díaz-Ontiversos y Yael Díaz-Acha Parada ...

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    Beak morphology predicts apparent survival of crossbills: due to selective survival or selective dispersal? 

    Gómez-Blanco, David; Santoro, Simone; Borràs, Antoni; Cabrera, Josep; Senar, Juan Carlos; Edelaar, Pim (2019-10-21)

    Dozens of morphologically differentiated populations, subspecies and species of crossbills (genus Loxia) exist. It has been suggested that this divergence is due to variation in the conifer cones that each population ...

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    Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation 

    Bailey, Liam D.; Barba, Emilio; Senar, Juan Carlos (2022-04-19)

    The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific ...

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    Breeding great tit Parus Major individuals have moderately consistent foraging niches across years 

    Olivé-Muñiz, Marta; Pagani-Núñez, Emilio; Senar, Juan Carlos (2021-06)

    Diet specialisation during brood rearing has important consequences on parental reproductive success and on the recruitment rate of offspring. However, very little is known about the long-term consistency of parents when ...

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    Chromosome-level reference genome for the medically important Arabian horned viper (Cerastes gasperettii) 

    Mochales-Riaño, Gabriel; Burriel-Carranza, Bernat; Carranza, Salvador (2025-06-06)

    Venoms have traditionally been studied from a proteomic and/or transcriptomic perspective, often overlooking the true genetic com- plexity underlying venom production. The recent surge in genome-based venom resear c h ...

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    Citril finch wing length changes along >25 years: natural selection under climate 

    Senar, Juan Carlos (2023-04-06)

    In recent years, rapid changes in the wing length of several bird species, apparently due to climate change, have been reported. However, none of these studies has shown whether the changes detected are due to directional ...

    Clinging on the brink: whole genomes reveal human-induced population declines and severe inbreeding in the critically endangered emirati Leaf-toed Gecko (Asaccus caudivolvulus) 

    Burriel-Carranza, Bernat; Mochales-Riaño, Gabriel; Carranza, Salvador (2024-06-17)

    Human-mediated habitat destruction has had a profound impact on increased species extinction rates and population declines worldwide. The coastal development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the last two decades, ...

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    Coneguem les serps de Catalunya 

    Burriel-Carranza, Bernat (2025-06)

    De vegades, quan anem d’excursió podem veure alguna serp. Per això cal que sapiguem com hem d’actuar, tant per respectar-les com si, per inadvertència nostra, les molestem i ens mosseguen per defensar-se.

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    Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: the SPI‐Birds data hub 

    Culina, Antica; Senar, Juan Carlos; Visser, Marcel E. (2020-11-17)

    1. The integration and synthesis of the data in different areas of science is drastically slowed and hindered by a lack of standards and networking programmes. Long‐term studies of individually marked animals are not an ...

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    Continent-wide drivers of spatial synchrony in breeding demographic structure across wild great tit populations 

    Woodman, Joe P.; Senar, Juan Carlos; Sheldon, Ben C. (2025-02-18)

    Variation in age structure influences population dynamics, yet we have limited understanding of the spatial scale at which its fluctuations are synchronised between populations. Using 32 great tit populations, spanning ...

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    Continent-wide genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe 

    Salmon, Pablo; Senar, Juan Carlos; Isaksson, Caroline (2021-05-20)

    Urbanisation is increasing worldwide, and there is now ample evidence of phenotypic changes in wild organisms in response to this novel environment. Yet, the genetic changes and genomic architecture underlying these ...

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    Continental Patterns of Phenotypic Variation Along Replicated Urban Gradients: A Mega-Analysis 

    Thompson, M. J.; Senar, Juan Carlos; Charmantier, A. (2025-07-01)

    Individual variation among and within natural populations can have eco-evolutionary implications by, for example, affecting species interactions or evolutionary potential. Urban systems present a unique opportunity to ...

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    Contribución del anillamiento al conocimiento y conservación de las aves en España: pasado, presente y futuro 

    Arizaga, Juan; Aymí, Raül; Guallar, Santi; Senar, Juan Carlos (2021-11)