Andreia Dias

University of Barcelona | UB · Department of Animal Biology

The correct affiliation of Sabrina Lo Brutto is shown in this paper.

Citation: Movalli, P., Ramello, G., Sbokos, J., Dekker, R., Vrezec, A., Shore, R.F., García-Fernández, A.J., Wernham, C., Krone, O., Alygizakis, N., Aradis, A., Badry, A., Barbagli, F., Berry, P., Biesmeijer, K., Boano, G., Bond, A.L., Choresh, Y., Kristensen, J.B., Cincinelli, A., Danielsson, S., Dias, A., Dietz, R., Eens, M., Espín, S., Eulaers,...

Understanding the levels and drivers of contamination in top predators is important for their conservation and eventual use as sentinels in environmental monitoring. Therefore, metals and trace elements were analyzed in feathers of Bonelli’s eagles (Aquila fasciata) from southern Portugal in 2007-2013, where they are believed to be exposed to a wid...

Ospreys bred along most of coastal Portugal until the beginning of the 20th century. Thereafter, a continuous decline due to persistent persecution and habitat loss led the species to extinction as a breeder in 2002, long after its disappearance from the rest of continental Iberia. Reintroduction by hacking was the only remaining option to restore...

Species ranges often change in relation to multiple environmental and demographic factors. Innovative behaviours may affect these changes by facilitating the use of novel habitats, though this idea has been little explored. Here we investigate the importance of behaviour during range change, using a 25-year population expansion of Bonelli’s eagle i...

Within the framework of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) reintroduction in Portugal, which began in 2011 in the Alqueva reservoir and aims at establishing a founder breeding population in the area, 12 nestlings were translocated in 2015, 6 from Sweden and 6 from Finland. These young finished their development in the hacking tower at the shore of the...

Tree-nesting is an uncommon breeding behaviour in European populations of Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata). As little is known about its nest site selection in forest habitats, we studied 52 trees used for nesting by 32 breeding pairs from the fast growing tree-nesting population of Southwest Portugal. Generalized Linear Mixed Models and General L...

Breeding Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) were common in Portugal at the beginning of the 20th century. Thereafter, a continuous decline led them to as few as 3 pairs in 1978 when the species was rediscovered in the Southwest coast. Against all odds, this relict population managed to survive for 25 more years until the last individual disappeared after...