Francisco Carro- Doctor
- ESPN_EBD-CSIC at Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Carro
- Doctor
- ESPN_EBD-CSIC at Spanish National Research Council
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April 2005 - June 2020
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In this study we have compiled the information from official databases about Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica, hunting yields, hunting trophies and hunting licenses in the Spanish regions where the species is present and hunted. Such quotas showed an increasing trend between 2005–2021 and, on average, during this period, ≈ 6400 animals were yearly har...
Doñana (southern Spain), a region of notable biodiversity richness, is highly threatened by ongoing landscape transformation and climate change. We investigated the local effect of these anthropogenic factors on the temporal range dynamics of Lataste’s viper (Vipera latastei), an Iberian endemic Mediterranean reptile that has apparently become rare...
The European Observatory of Wildlife (EOW, https://wildlifeobservatory.org/) is an EFSA-funded (European Food and Safety Authority) initiative run by the ENETWILD project (www.enetwild.com). The EOW aims to improve harmonizing wildlife monitoring methods throughout the Europe and provide the possibilities to estimate the density of wildlife across...
Long-term studies of community composition and relative abundance are key tools in wildlife management and biodiversity conservation. However, few studies of this kind are available for Mediterranean carnivores, especially in the Iberian Peninsula , a hotspot of mammal biodiversity in Europe. We used 15 years of carnivore monitoring data from the D...
The European Observatory of Wildlife (EOW) as part of the ENETWILD project, aims to improve
the European capacity for monitoring wildlife populations, implementing international standards
for data collection, providing guidance on wildlife density estimation, and finally, to promote
collaborative, open data networks to develop wildlife monitorin...
This work reports for the first time the presence and molecular characterization of Eimeria myoxi in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) from the Doñana Natural Area (Andalusia, SW Spain). Fresh faecal samples were collected from a total of 28 garden dormice, which were caught following current guidelines for the ethical use of animals in resea...
En el contexto de proyectos de investigación nacionales (Madrigal et al. 2022a) y el proyecto INTERREG POCTEPCILIFO (www.cilifo.eu), se ha abordado el reto de utilizar fuegos experimentalespara gestionar ecosistemas RN2000 reduciendo el peligro de incendios. En este capítulo se presentan los resultados de dos tipos de ecosistemas contrastados, uno...
Introduction: More than 400 Eimeria species have been described in rodents. However, data on this protozoan parasite in members of the dormouse family, Gliridae, are very scarce. This work reports for the first time the presence and molecular characterization of Eimeria myoxi in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) from the Doñana Natural Area (...
Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial declines in their populations and, subsequently, in many of their predators. We examined activity and habitat-use patterns of sympatric European rabbits (Ory...
La nueva revolución en inteligencia artificial, liderada por los modelos de aprendizaje profundo, promete ayudar en multitud de tareas complejas que realizan los humanos. El fototrampeo es una de las herramientas no invasivas más utilizadas para el seguimiento de las especies animales, especialmente para los mamíferos terrestres. Debido a la elevad...
El jabalí y zorro son especies de carácter generalista-oportunista. Además, en el caso del jabalí, su reciente expansión ha generado escenarios ecológicos no conocidos, en áreas donde estaba ausente. Uno de los papeles que más preocupa en el mundo de la biología de la conservación es el efecto de estas, sobre otras especies, aunque rara vez se cuan...
Bluetongue is a vector-borne disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants, with a major socioeconomic impact. Endemic circulation of the bluetongue virus serotype 4 (BTV-4) and BTV-1 have occurred in Spain since 2004 and 2007, respectively. However, epidemiological studies have seldom been approached from a long-term perspective in wild ruminants....
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan which infects warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans, worldwide. In the present study, the epidemiology of T. gondii was studied in the wild ungulate host community (wild boar, red deer, and fallow deer) of Doñana National Park (DNP, south-western Spain) for 13 years (2005–2018). We asses...
Animal tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in wild boar (Sus scrofa), red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and cattle in south and central Spain. In order to clarify the processes that operate in the medium and long-term, we studied TB at the wildlife–livestock interface in Doñana National Park for 14 years (2006–2018) in relation to host de...
The Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica, is a highly valued big game species in the Iberian
Peninsula. Despite many studies have focused on its biology and ecology, very few have
addressed its exploitation through hunting, generally focusing on the temporal
evolution of trophy size only. The main goal of our study is to estimate the annual
collection quo...
The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is endemic to Mediterranean ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula, where it is a key species. In recent years its populations have declined due to several factors including habitat transformation and viral diseases. At the same time, corrective measures including population restocking in areas with low popu...
Controlling infections shared by wildlife and livestock requires the understanding and quantification of interspecific interactions between the species involved. This is particularly important in extensive multi-host systems, in which controlled domestic animals interact with uncontrolled, abundant and expanding wild species, such as wild ungulates...
Activity patterns (km/h) for cattle and wild boar in Doñana National Park, calculated from the locations obtained during the study period.
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GPS data collection and number of interspecific interactions per month for each collared individual (wild boar or cattle), throughout the study period in Doñana National Park.
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Relevant data concerning the number of recorded interspecific interaction and their date, time and coordinates.
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El muestreo de distancias (Distance Sampling, DS) es un método ampliamente usado para estimar la densidad de una población y actualmente es considerado uno de los métodos de referencia para el seguimiento poblacional de ungulados silvestres. El DS está basado en el concepto teórico de que la probabilidad de detectar un individuo disminuye según aum...
The Random Encounter Model (REM) allows for estimating wildlife population density based on camera-traps data without individual recognition. Day range (DR; i.e. daily distance traveled by an individual) is the most costly and time-consuming parameter for applying REM. Despite DR were traditionally estimated from telemetry data, several authors sho...
The Random Encounter Model (REM) is a method based on camera-traps data for estimating wildlife population densities without individual recognition. Although there are a plethora of methodologies to estimate wildlife population densities, for some relevant and elusive species, e.g. wild boar, there is not a feasible and reliable method able to deri...
Study area, material and methods Long-term patterns in Red-legged partridge population dynamics in a protected area (Nature Area Doñana) in the SW Iberian Peninsula Iberian Peninsula The Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufus) is a native species in Spain, the most important bird game species and also its role as important prey for a species of many...
Biota isleña, teorÍa de islas, ROEDORES, INSECTIVOROS
The Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) is a widely distributed endemic species in the Iberian Peninsula. To improve our knowledge of its population dynamics, the relative abundance and population trends of the Iberian hare were studied in the autumns of 1995–2012 in a protected area (Doñana National Park) by spotlighting in 2 different habitats: mars...
Doñana, as a whole, has definitely helped to consolidate ecological monitoring and long-term research in Spain. An integrated approach, combining the efforts of managers and researchers has led to scientific contributions improving the understanding of Doñana's biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This paper reviews the scientific contributions...
Controlling infectious diseases at the wildlife/livestock interface is often difficult because the ecological processes driving transmission between wildlife reservoirs and sympatric livestock populations are poorly understood. Thus, assessing how animals use their environment and how this affects interspecific interactions is an important factor i...
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/12/14-0517_article
During 2003 and 2004, rodents were sampled as part of an EVITAR Network project to search for hantavirus-caused infections in Spain. Seven locations were surveyed: Trevinca, Barco de Valdeorras, Courel, Vigo, Cabra, Grazalema and Capileira, resulting in a total of 11 trapping events. Three different live-trap models were assessed: Sherman, Ugglan,...
76 Invasive species are known as one of the main factors affecting worldwide biodiversity (Keller et al. 2011). Cultural and economical globalization, which have facilitated species movement between remote areas, are involving the incorporation of new exotic species at rates much higher than any other historical period. Currently, this is one of th...
The Iberian hare Lepus granatensis is a common and abundant species throughout the Iberian Peninsula; however, studies documenting its ecology are scarce. Between
August 1996 and September 1997, after a long drought, we studied the effects of a widespread flood on the Iberian hare ecology
in ecotone pastures of Doñana National Park. Hares were capt...
Noninvasive sampling is a potentially cost-effective and efficient means of monitoring wild animals that precludes the need
for captures and avoids undue disturbance. Nevertheless, it is generally difficult to separate faeces deposited by Microtus cabrerae from that of other sympatric rodents of similar body size on the basis of just morphological...
The aim of this study was to analyze the relation between physical condition, measured as the Kidney Fat Index (KFI), and some reproductive parameters of Lepusgranatensis in Navarra province, Spain. Samples were collected between October 2001 and January 2003, totaling 174 hares (87 males and 87 females). All the hares were sexed and classified in...
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INTRODUCCIÓN . . . . . . . . 5
CAPÍTULO I. ÁREA DE ESTUDIO . . . . 15
1. 1. ANTECEDENTES 16
1. 2. PARQUE NACIONAL DE DOÑANA . . . . . 17
1. 3. ALBENDÍN, CÓRDOBA . . . . 21
1. 4. NAVARRA . . . . 23
1. 5. BIBLIOGRAFÍA . 25
CAPÍTULO II. MÉTODOS...
INTRODUCCIÓN A escala mundial, es ampliamente conocido que las especies comensales del género Rattus, causan numerosos problemas tanto en el medio agrícola como en el medio natural (Atkinson 1977). En España, se conocen los daños ocasionados en los cultivos de naranjos (Faus, 1992) o sobre los nidos de aves coloniales en las vetas de la marisma del...
In this work we consider different methodologies available in order to increase our knowledge about the geographic distribution of the small mammal community in Eastern Andalusia (Spain). We gathered 215 observations, both from indirect signs of evidence of presence and from trapping surveys, which allowed us to draw the following conclusions: a) t...
Sequence differences observed between lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus strains and the new viruses by using complete nucleocapsid protein gene sequences, Spain, July 2003-June 2006*dagger
Sequence differences observed between lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus strains and new viruses in rodents by using complete glycoprotein precursor gene sequences, Spain, July 2003-June 2006*dagger
To clarify the presence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in Spain, we examined blood and tissue specimens from 866 small mammals. LCMV RNA was detected in 3 of 694 wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the strains constitute a new evolutionary lineage. LCMV antibodies were detected in 4 of 10 rodent species...
The microhabitat in which plants grow affects the outcome of their interactions with animals, particularly non-specialist consumers. Nevertheless, as most research on this topic has dealt with either mutualists or antagonists, little is known about the indirect effects of plant microhabitats on the outcome of tripartite interactions involving plant...
In order to provide a basis for the sustainable exploitation of the heavily hunted Iberian hare Lepus granatensis, we compared its reproductive parameters at the northern edge of its range, where it occurs at low densities, with those reported in other studies elsewhere within the species' range. Monthly samples totalling 212 Iberian hares (104 mal...
El topillo nival Chionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842) es una especie re!icta de la época glaciar que hoy en día presenta una distribución muy discontinua por la mitad septentrional de! paleártico occidental, donde ocupa hábitats de tipo rocoso, fundamentalmente en los principales maciros montañosos. En la Península Ibérica se distinguen cinco núcleos...
Se analizó la influencia de los procesos de manipulación y fijación en el estado de conservación y en el peso final del cristalino y su uso como criterio para calcular la edad de L. granatensis. A modo de conclusión se propone un protocolo metodológico para su aplicación. Se analizaron 341 cristalinos procedentes de 217 ejemplares recogidos en Nava...
The evolution of pollination and seed dispersal mutualisms is conditioned by the spatial and temporal co-occurrence of animals and plants. In the present study we explore the timing of seed release of a myrmecochorous plant (Helleborus foetidus) and ant activity in two populations in southern Spain during 2 consecutive years. The results indicate t...
Blood samples were analysed from 175 shot Iberian ibexes, and good-quality samples were obtained in more than 56% of cases.
Sixty-eight of these samples from healthy animals were then used to characterize standard values for the species. Values for
10 blood parameters [monocytes, cholesterol, creatinine, albumin, beta-globulin, gamma-globulin, albu...
. * Dedicamos este trabajo a la memoria de nuestro inolvidable amigo y compañero Isidoro cuyo entrañable recuerdo e inmensurable sapiencia perdurará para siempre entre nosotros RESUMEN En este trabajo se pretende analizar la situación biogeográfica de los mi-cromamíferos (Roedores, Insectívoros y Lagomorfos) de la Península Ibérica desde dos puntos...
Survival of mediterranean hare (Lepus granatensis Rosenhauert, 1856) in Doñana National Park during a wet year A total of 29 hares (14 in the marshland and 15 in the ecotone zone) were tagged and marked with radiocollar during the summer of 1996. The periodic study finish in September 1997. An unusually hight rainfall, during the fall of 1996, prod...
Abundance trends of the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis Rosenhauert, 1856) in Doñana National Park The density and relative abundance index (IKA: hares/km) of the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) was studied in Doñana National Park (DNP) in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 in the main 4 plant communities of DNP (ecotone zone -Vera-, lowland marshland, hig...
Alimentación de lirón gris en Galicia
