Gamero, A., Brotons, L., Brunner, A., Foppen, R., Fornasari, L., Gregory, R. D., Herrando, S., Hořák, D., Jiguet, F., Kmecl, P., Lehikoinen, A., Lindström, Å., Paquet, J.-Y., Reif, J., Sirkiä, P. M., Škorpilová, J., van Strien, A., Szép, T., Telenský, T., Teufelbauer, N., Trautmann, S., van Turnhout, C. A.M., Vermouzek, Z., Vikstrøm, T. & Voříšek, P. 2017. Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds. CONSERVATION LETTERS, 10: 395–402. doi:10.1111/conl.12292
Aizpurua, O., Cantú-Salazar, L., Martin, G. S., Sardà-Palomera, F., Gargallo, G., Herrando, S., Brotons, L. & Titeux, N. 2017. Evaluating the reliability of species distribution models with an indirect measure of bird reproductive performance. Journal of Avian Biology. doi:10.1111/jav.01218
2016
Stephens, P.A., Mason, L.R., Green, R.E., Gregory, R.D., Sauer, J.R., Alison, J., Aunins, A., Brotons , L., Butchart, S.H., Campedelli, T., Chodkiewicz, T.,Chylarecki, P., Crowe, O., Elts, J., Escandell, V., Foppen, R.P., Heldbjerg, H., Herrando, S., Husby, M., Jiguet, F., Lehikoinen, A., Lindström, Å., Noble, D.G., Paquet, J.Y., Reif, J., Sattler, T., Szép, T., Teufelbauer, N., Trautmann, S., van Strien, A.J., van Turnhout, C.A., Vorisek, P. & Willis S.G. 2016. Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents. Science 352 (6281): 84-87.
Herrando, S., Brotons, L., Anton, M., Paramo, F., Villero, D., Titeux, N., Quesada, J. & Stefanescu, C. 2016. Assessing impacts of land abandonment on Mediterranean biodiversity using indicators based on bird and butterfly monitoring data. Environmental Conservation 43 (1), 69-78. (fitxer PDF, 333Kb)
Johnston, A., Robinson, R.A., Gargallo, G., Julliard, R., van der Jeugd, H. & Baillie, S.R. 2016. Survival of Afro-Palaearctic passerine migrants in western Europe and the impacts of seasonal weather variables. Ibis, 158: 465–480.
Regos, A., D'Amen, M., Titeux, N., Herrando, S., Guisan, A. & Brotons, L. 2016. Predicting the future effectiveness of protected areas for bird conservation in Mediterranean ecosystems under climate change and novel fire regime scenarios. Diversity & Distributions 22: 83–96.
2015
Herrando, S, Anton, M., Sardà-Palomera, F., Bota, G., Gregory, R.G. & Brotons, L. 2015. Indicators of the impact of land use changes using large-scale bird surveys: Land abandonment in a Mediterranean region. Ecological Indicators 45: 235-244.
Regos, A., D’Amen, M., Herrando, S., Guisan, A. & Brotons, L. 2015. Fire management, climate change and their interacting effects on birds in complex Mediterranean landscapes: dynamic distribution modelling of an early-successional species—the near-threatened Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata). Journal of Ornithology 156 (1): 275–286
2014
Santos X., Mateos E., Bros V., Brotons L., De Mas E., Herraiz J.A., Herrando, S., Miño, A., Olmo-Vidal J.M., Quesada, J., Ribes, J., Sabaté, S., Sauras-Yera, T., Serra, A., Vallejo & V.R, Viñolas, A. 2014. Is Response to Fire Influenced by Dietary Specialization and Mobility? A Comparative Study with Multiple Animal Assemblages. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88224.
2013
Carnicer, J., Brotons, L., Herrando, H. & Sol, D. 2013. Improved empirical tests of area-heterogeneity tradeoffs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (31): E2858–E2860.
2012
Devictor, V. van Swaay, C. Brereton, T. Brotons, L. Chamberlain, D. Heliölä, J. Herrando, S. Julliard, R. Kuussaari, M. Lindström, Å. Reif, J. Roy, D.B. Schweiger, O. Settele, J. Stefanescu, C. Van Strien, A. Van Turnhout, C. Vermouzek, Z. DeVries, M.W. Wynhoff, I. Jiguet, F. 2012. Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale.Nature Climate Change. Published online: 10.1038/nclimate1347. PDF
Devictor, V. van Swaay, C. Brereton, T. Brotons, L. Chamberlain, D. Heliölä, J. Herrando, S. Julliard, R. Kuussaari, M. Lindström, Å. Reif, J. Roy, D.B. Schweiger, O. Settele, J. Stefanescu, C. Van Strien, A. Van Turnhout, C. Vermouzek, Z. DeVries, M.W. Wynhoff, I. Jiguet, F. 2012. Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt. Nature Climate Change 2 (9), 638.
Le Viol, I., Jiguet, I., Brotons, L., Herrando, S., Lindström, Å., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Reif, J., van Turnhout, C. & Devictor, V. 2012. More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna. Biology letters 8 (5), 780-782.
Herrando, S., Weiserbs, A., Quesada, J., Ferrer, X. Paquet, JY. 2012. Development of urban bird indicators using data from monitoring schemes in two large European cities. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 35 (1), 141-150.
Zozaya, E.L., Brotons, L., Saura, S., Pons, P. & Herrando, S. 2012. Connectivity determines post-fire colonisation by open-habitat bird species: The case of the Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana. Ardeola 59 (1), 57-74.
2011
Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. 2011. Population estimates: towards standardised protocols as a basis for comparability. Ardeola 58(2): 365-370.
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. I6(4): e18581.
Robson, D. & Barriocanal, C. 2011. Ecological conditions in wintering and passage areas as determinants of timing of spring migration in trans-Saharan migratory birds. Jourmal of Animal Ecology. 80:320-331.
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.
2010
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. 57(Especial).23-32.
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. 57(Especial).33-50.
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. PDF (680Kb).
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. PDF (412Kb).
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.PDF (220Kb).
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.PDF (392Kb).
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.PDF (398Kb).
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. PDF (458Kb).
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. PDF (225Kb).
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.PDF (164Kb).
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. PDF (487Kb).
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. PDF (265Kb).
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. PDF (367Kb).
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. PDF (1823Kb).
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.PDF (458Kb).
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. PDF (73Kb).
Herrando, S., Brotons, L. & Llacuna, S. 2003. Does fire increase the spatial heterogeneity of bird communities in Mediterranean landscapes? Ibis. 145: 307-317. PDF (145Kb).
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. PDF (55Kb).
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. PDF (349Kb).
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.