Ana Luz Márquez

University of Malaga | UMA · Department of Animal Biology

El objetivo principal del presente proyecto de innovación educativa (PIE) versa sobre la mejora de la percepción que el estudiantado tiene sobre la enseñanza recibida, centrándonos concretamente en la mejora de la utilidad y aplicabilidad de las prácticas experimentales de las asignaturas.

La creación de espacios protegidos es una de las herramientas más utilizadas para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, a menudo se desconoce la composición y estado de conservación inicial de algunos de los grupos faunísticos que albergan. En 2018 se aprobó la creación de un nuevo Parque Nacional en Andalucía, el Parque Nacional Sierra...

Understanding the biogeography of species in space and time is essential for the development of evidence‐based conservation and management plans. In this paper we propose a biogeographical spatial modelling approach based on the favourability function, and developed under a fuzzy logic framework, to unravel the historical biogeography of the two Eu...

La Lista Roja Europea de la UICN ha evaluado 7334 especies presentes en España, de las que un 43 % están distribuidas en los territorios insulares. De esas especies, un 21 % son endemismos, encontrándose el 39 % de ellos amenazados. Estas presentan una distribución restringida, siendo más susceptibles a los efectos del cambio climático. A partir de...

Metapopulation theory considers that the populations of many species are fragmented into patches connected by the migration of individuals through an interterritorial matrix. We applied fuzzy set theory and environmental favorability (F) functions to reveal the metapopulational structure of the 222 butterfly species in the Iberian Peninsula. We use...

La distribución de las especies está condicionada por factores ambientales, geográficos, históricos y bióticos. Los modelos de distribución son una herramienta utilizada para establecer las relaciones entre estos factores y la distribución de las especies. La lógica difusa mediante la Función de Favorabilidad, aplicada a los modelos de distribución...

Las interacciones interespecíficas están condicionadas por el ambiente en el que se desarrollan. Los modelos de distribución de especies basados en la Función de Favorabilidad, aplicando operaciones de lógica difusa, permiten el estudio de las relaciones biogeográficas entre diferentes especies, y entre ellas y su entorno. Esta aproximación es una...

The trade of bushmeat from rural areas to supply burgeoning cities is a major conservation and livelihood concern. Using a whole-city sampling strategy we mapped the distribution and numbers of meat outlets in the Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area, two neighboring capital cities in Central Africa. We show that both cities differ in the number...

1. A significant link between forest loss and fragmentation and outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans has been documented. Deforestation may alter the natural circulation of viruses and change the composition, abundance, behaviour and possibly viral exposure of reservoir species. This in turn might increase contact between infected anima...

The Alcarria Honey (Spain) yield time series (2000-2013) ranged from ca. 60,000 kg in 2000 to almost three times higher in 2011, but with an erratic pattern throughout time. We hypothesized that these local fluctuations in honey yield may be explained by broad-scale climatic patterns. We found a significantly negative relationship between honey yie...

La Alcarria is one of the most significant regions for honey production in Spain. Times series data of the annual Alcarria honey production from 2000 to 2013 revealed that the total production was highly variable ranging from ca. 60,000 kg in 2000 to almost three times as much in 2011, but without a remarkable trend through time. We hypothesized th...

La Alcarria is one of the most significant regions for honey production in Spain. Times series data of the annual Alcarria honey production from 2000 to 2013 revealed that the total production was highly variable ranging from ca. 60,000 kg in 2000 to almost three times as much in 2011, but without a remarkable trend through time. We hypothesized th...

The Red squirrel is a species that came to populate historically the entire Iberian Peninsula. However, in Andalusia there are currently only two important populations: Sierra Nevada and Sierra de Cazorla y Segura. During the last decades these populations have naturally increased their distribution area without leaving the provincial limits. In th...

How to make the theory of source-sink dynamics operational at biogeographical scale? Applications to butterflies conservation biology

• The dynamic analysis of geographical distribution is relevant to identify the processes that underlie any changes of geographical ranges. This is an essential element of both biogeography and conservation biology. Fuzzy logic, in particular the fuzzy concept of favourability for species occurrence, helps to perform a dynamic interpretation of the...

Background: Numerous small and medium-sized mammal pests cause widespread and economically significant damage to crops all over the globe. However, most research on pest species has focused on accounts of the level of damage. There are fewer studies concentrating on the description of crop damage caused by pests at large geographical scales, or on...

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a contagious, severe and often lethal form of hemorrhagic fever in humans. The association of EVD outbreaks with forest clearance has been suggested previously but many aspects remained uncharacterized. We used remote sensing techniques to investigate the association between deforestation in time and space, with EVD out...

The Iberian Peninsula is inhabited by three viper species (genus Vipera) that show parapatric distributions: the Euro-Siberian V. seoanei in the North, and the two Mediterranean, V. aspis in the North-east, and V. latastei in most of Iberia. Environmental factors have strong influence in their distribution; however, interactions between species may...

The Iberian Peninsula is inhabited by three viper species (genus Vipera) that show parapatric distributions: the Euro-Siberian V. seoanei in the North, and the two Mediterranean, V. aspis in the North-east, and V. latastei in most of Iberia. Environmental factors have strong influence in their distribution; however, interactions between species may...

Species distribution models (SDMs) are basic tools in ecology, biogeography, and biodiversity. The usefulness of SDMs has expanded beyond the realm of ecological sciences, and their application in other research areas is currently frequent, e.g., spatial epidemiology. In any research area, the principal interest in these models resides in their cap...

Although the Griffon Vulture has long been considered a sedentary or partially migratory species, it was demonstrated that the majority of juvenile Griffon Vultures leave their breeding colonies during their first autumn of life, many of them crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. European ringed birds have been recovered in Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania...

We use data on game harvest from 60 Pygmy and non-Pygmy settlements in the Congo Basin forests to examine whether hunting patterns and prey profiles differ between the two hunter groups. For each group, we calculate hunted animal numbers and biomass available per inhabitant, P, per year (harvest rates) and killed per hunter, H, per year (extraction...

The present study uses the amphibian species of the Mediterranean basin to develop a consistent procedure based on fuzzy sets with which biogeographic regions and biotic transition zones can be objectively detected and reliably mapped. Biogeographical regionalizations are abstractions of the geographical organization of life on Earth that provide f...

ABSTRACT 1. Ebola virus is responsible for the fatal Ebola virus disease (EVD). 2. Identifying the distribution area of the Ebola virus is crucial for understand- ing the risk factors conditioning the emergence of new EVD cases. Existing distribution models have underrepresented the potential contribution that res- ervoir species and vulnerable spe...

ABSTRACT 1. Ebola virus is responsible for the fatal Ebola virus disease (EVD). 2. Identifying the distribution area of the Ebola virus is crucial for understand- ing the risk factors conditioning the emergence of new EVD cases. Existing distribution models have underrepresented the potential contribution that res- ervoir species and vulnerable spe...

AimThe way in which environmental conditions determine the distribution and abundance of species is a crucial topic in ecology, biogeography and conservation. It is especially important to understand the nature of this relationship regarding threatened species. The ability to forecast local densities over the geographic range of species provides a...

The rapid ecological shifts that are occurring due to climate change present major challenges for managers and policy makers and, therefore, are one of the main concerns for environmental modellers and evolutionary biologists. Species distribution models (SDM) are appropriate tools for assessing the relationship between species distribution and env...

We studied links between human malnutrition and wild meat availability within the Rainforest Biotic Zone in central Africa. We distinguished two distinct hunted mammalian diversity distributions, one in the rainforest areas (Deep Rainforest Diversity, DRD) containing taxa of lower hunting sustainability, the other in the northern rainforest-savanna...

We studied links between human malnutrition and wild meat availability within the Rainforest Biotic Zone in central Africa. We distinguished two distinct hunted mammalian diversity distributions, one in the rainforest areas (Deep Rainforest Diversity, DRD) containing taxa of lower hunting sustainability, the other in the northern rainforest-savanna...

We used data on number of carcasses of wildlife species sold in 79 bushmeat markets in a region of Nigeria and Cameroon to assess whether species composition of a market could be explained by anthropogenic pressures and environmental variables around each market. More than 45 mammal species from 9 orders were traded across all markets; mostly ungul...

We used data on carcass numbers of wildlife species sold in 79 bushmeat markets in a region of Nigeria and Cameroon to assess whether species composition of a market could be explained by anthropogenic pressures and environmental variables around each market. More than 45 mammal species from nine orders were traded across all markets; most were ung...

Wild animals are a primary source of protein (bushmeat) for people living in or near tropical forests. Ideally, the effect of bushmeat harvests should be monitored closely by making regular estimates of offtake rate and size of stock available for exploitation. However, in practice, this is possible in very few situations because it requires both o...

Global climatic change exerts a generalised impact on species ranges, which could be problematic if ecologically-related species differ in their geographical response to climate change. Therefore, a combination of distribution modelling protocols is required to predict the future impacts of global warming on sets of different ecologically-dependent...

Bushmeat markets exist in many countries in West and Central Africa, and data on species sold can be used to detect patterns of wildlife trade in a region. We surveyed 89 markets within the Cross–Sanaga rivers region, West Africa. In each market, we counted the number of carcasses of each taxon sold. During a 6‐month period (7594 market days), 44 m...

AimTo analyse a source of uncertainty when forecasting the possible effects of climate change on species distributions, which may appear when the species studied have doubtful taxonomy or are subdivided into subspecies with different environmental requirements. LocationMainland Spain. Methods Iberian newts (Triturus pygmaeus and Triturus marmoratus...

Globally, tropical forests provide renewable products (timber and other non-timber goods) to its many inhabitants. For many indigenous communities in the forests of South America, Africa and Asia, wildlife and more particularly the meat from mammals, is an important source of animal protein, but also a source of income derived from the sale of the...

To plan endangered species conservation and to design adequate management programmes, it is necessary to predict their distributional response to climate change, especially under the current situation of rapid change. However, these predictions are customarily done by relating de novo the distribution of the species with climatic conditions with no...

Climate is one of the main drivers of species distribution. However, as different environmental factors tend to co-vary, the effect of climate cannot be taken at face value, as it may be either inflated or obscured by other correlated factors. We used the favourability models of four species (Alytes dickhilleni, Vipera latasti, Aquila fasciata and...

Factors and variables. Explanatory factors and variables used to model the species distributions of Márquez et al 2011 [19]. (DOC)

Precipitations and temperatures. Annual precipitations and mean annual maximum temperatures for each period and combination of circulation model and scenario used. (TIF)

This study uses the amphibian species of the Mediterranean basin to develop a consistent procedure based on fuzzy sets with which biogeographic regions and biotic transition zones can be objectively detected and reliably mapped. Biogeographical regionalizations are abstractions of the geographical organization of life on Earth that provide framewor...

We analysed the main geographical trends of terrestrial mammal species richness (SR) in Argentina, assessing how broad-scale environmental variation (defined by climatic and topographic variables) and the spatial form of the country (defined by spatial filters based on spatial eigenvector mapping (SEVM)) influence the kinds and the numbers of mamma...

Aim Chorological relationships describe the patterns of distributional overlap among species. In addition to revealing biogeographical structure, the resulting clusters of species with similar geographical distributions can serve as natural units in conservation planning. Here, we assess the extent to which temporal, methodological and taxonomical...

In this paper we analysed the different types of distribution, or chorotypes, existing for the 70 species of micro-mammals distributed by the 12 mountain ranges surrounding the westernmost part of the Mediterranean basin. We also analysed the species richness’ trends in relation to the main environmental gradients. We identified five chorotypes inv...

In the present paper we analyse the biogeographical relationship between the 12 mountain ranges surrounding the western Mediterranean basin, according to their micromammal fauna (70 species belonging to the orders Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha and Rodentia). Using an area classification analysis, we performed a biogeographical regionalization of the...

In recent decades, Mediterranean landscapes have been experiencing more rapid changes in land use than usual, which have affected the ecology of the species inhabiting this biodiversity hotspot. Some studies have assessed the effect of such changes on biodiversity, but most of these were diachronic studies of population dynamics, or synchronic stud...

Chorotypes--statistically significant groups of coincident distribution areas--constitute biogeographic units that are fuzzy by nature. This quality has been referred to in the literature but has not been analyzed in depth or methodologically developed. The present work redefines chorotypes as fuzzy sets from a pragmatic perspective and basically f...

We tested two approaches to forecast species distributions while balancing the impact of climate change against the inertia promoted by other influential factors that have been forecast as not changing. Given that mountain species are presumed to be more at risk due to climate warming, we selected an amphibian, a reptile, a bird, and a mammal speci...

Bluetongue (BT) is still present in Europe and the introduction of new serotypes from endemic areas in the African continent is a possible threat. Culicoides imicola remains one of the most relevant BT vectors in Spain and research on the environmental determinants driving its life cycle is key to preventing and controlling BT. Our aim was to impro...

We modelled the distribution of Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus and hen harrier Circus cyaneus in Spain under current conditions. Current favourability for Montagu's harrier was highest throughout Western Spain, whilst for hen harrier it was concentrated in the Northern half of Spain. We also calculated their future climatic favourability accordi...

We aimed to identify the existence of age-classes groups that shared similar seasonal patterns in migration movements for the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus. The gull age-classes groups were defined as sets of age-classes that were present in the harbour of Malaga (South of Spain) simultaneously during the wintering season. We distinguished...

We compared the effect of general circulation models and greenhouse gas emission scenarios on the uncertainty associated with models predicting changes in areas favourable to animal species. Given that mountain species are particularly at risk due to climate warming, we selected one amphibian (Baetic midwife toad), one reptile (Lataste's viper), on...

Agricultural change has transformed large areas of traditional farming landscapes, leading to important changes in the species community assemblages in most European countries. We suspect that the drastic changes in land-use that have occurred in Andalusia (southern Spain) over recent decades, may have affected the distribution and abundance of gam...

Under the framework of a Joint FAO/IAEA Division Coordinated Research Project (CRP) a number of countries have carried out experiments specially in the application of the various trapping methodologies to survey fruit flies of economic importance. Spain collaborated through an "Agreement Contract" between 2000-2005. Spain is world's number one citr...

We investigated the existence of chorotypes – assemblages of species with similar geographical ranges – of invasive species in a host territory, and their potential use to advocate similar control or management strategies for species in the same chorotype. We analysed the distribution of 13 exotic terrestrial vertebrate species (six birds, six mamm...

We made an assay of trapping systems for Ceratitis capitata in two Navel-Late orange groves in Malaga province (Spain). The traps tested were Tephri-Trap, Multilure, Probodelt and Easy traps. All of them were lured with trimethylamine hydrochloride, ammonium acetate and putrescine (tri-pack), which were installed together with a DDVP (toxicant) str...