
Fernando ArceMississippi State University | MSU · Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Fernando Arce
PhD (Quantitative Antarctic Science) UTAS-AAD
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Quantitative Wildlife Ecologist
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April 2015 - July 2019
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Foraging behaviour of marine predators inferred from the analysis of horizontal or vertical movements commonly lack quantitative information about foraging success. Several marine mammal species are known to perform dives where they passively drift in the water column, termed “drift” dives. The drift rate is determined by the animal’s buoyancy, whi...
Partitioning resources is a key mechanism for avoiding intraspecific competition and maximizing individual energy gain. However, in sexually dimorphic species it is difficult to discern if partitioning is due to competition or the different resource needs of morphologically distinct individuals. In the highly dimorphic southern elephant seal, there...
Antarctic polynyas are persistent open water areas which enable early and large seasonal phytoplankton blooms. This high primary productivity, boosted by iron supply from coastal glaciers, attracts organisms from all trophic levels to form a rich and diverse community. How the ecological benefit of polynya productivity is translated to the highest...
Infectious diseases are a major threat for biodiversity conservation and can exert strong influence on wildlife population dynamics. Understanding the mechanisms driving infection rates and epidemic outcomes requires empirical data on the evolutionary trajectory of pathogens and host selective processes. Phylodynamics is a robust framework to under...
Micromammals have historically been recognized as highly contentious species in terms of maintenance and transmission of zoonotic pathogens to humans. Limited information is currently available on the epidemiology and potential public health significance of intestinal eukaryotes in wild micromammals. We examined 490 faecal samples, grouped in 155 p...
Coxiella burnetii, the causal agent of human Q fever and animal Coxiellosis, is a zoonotic infectious bacterium with a complex ecology that results from its ability to replicate in multiple (in)vertebrate host species. Spain notifies the highest number of Q fever cases to the ECDC annually and wildlife plays a relevant role in C. burnetii ecology i...
We studied the movements of little egrets Egretta garzetta from breeding colonies in northern Spanish Atlantic estuaries using sighting data of colour-ringed birds. Data on 304 resightings of 95 out of 457 little egrets ringed as chicks in two colonies on the southern Bay of Biscay were analysed. Most egrets (68.9%) were observed less than 50 km fr...
New records of amphibians and reptiles in the province of Leon, the impact of changes on agricultural uses on their conservation
Problematic of road-kills of amphibians and reptiles on the “Montseny Natural Park”
The importance of sampling design for endangered population assesment. The case of the Storm petrel in Cantabria
An update on the Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) status in Cantabria
Common tern (Sterna hirundo) breeding at Santander Bay. Published in the Ibearin Seabird Group bulletin.
First records of pond turtle reproduction in the Eastern gulf of Biscay
Sardinian warbler (Sylvia melanocephala). Chapter of the Spanish Breeding Bird Atlas (2003)
Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus). Chapter of the Spanish Breeding Bird Atlas (2003)
'Las Llamas' trough. A wetland inside the Town