Paulino FandosAgencia Medio Ambiente y Agua · Planificacion cinegética
Paulino Fandos
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Introduction
Researcher in topics related to the environment, wildlife and mammals with over 30 years of experience. Currently, Head of Hunting Planning on Environment and Water Agency of Andalusia.
Specialist in wildlife sampling, but I have developed my main activity in hunting planning and animal management in general. Besides working on genetic aspects, microbiological and parasitological as tools in the management control and management of game populations.
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June 2003 - present
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December 1973 - June 1978
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Publications (201)
Sarcoptic mange affects mammal host species worldwide and, particularly, wild Caprinae throughout much of Eurasia. In the Iberian Peninsula, several outbreaks of sarcoptic mange in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) have been reported since the 1980s. Using data from a period of long-term monitoring and a seasonal autoregressive integrated moving avera...
Sarcoptic mange is considered the main driver of demographic declines occurred in the last decades in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) populations. Mass treatment campaigns by administration of in-feed acaricides are used as a measure to mitigate the impact of mange in the affected populations. However, there are no data on ivermectin (IVM) pharmacok...
The necropsy made to two adult individuals of red deer shot in Sierra Nevada National Park revealed infestation by second- and third-instar larvae of the oestrid Pharyngomyia picta (Meigen 1824). The animals were shot in Dehesa de las Hoyas, about 2000 m above sea level. This is the first record of this parasite in Sierra Nevada National Park. Furt...
La distribución de una especie depende de sus características básicas y sus necesidades que pueden ser muy diferentes dependiendo de factores bióticos y abióticos o la disponibilidad de recursos, o la presencia de potenciales competidores, depredadores o parásitos. De forma sistemática se describen a los caprinos en general y a la cabra montes en p...
The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is an endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula that is expanding throughout the province of Granada (Andalucía). Historical records of this species in the Sierra Elvira massif, in the Vega de Granada, are missing. This recent permanent establishment of this species in the study area allows us to examine different...
Reconstructing the demographic history of endangered taxa is paramount to predict future fluctuations and disentangle the contribution factors. Extinct taxa or populations might also provide key insights in this respect from DNA extracted from museum specimens. Nevertheless, the degraded status of biological material and the limited number of recor...
We analysed the diversity of the cytochrome b gene in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula by sequencing a fragment (987 bp) of this gene in 347 ibex from 10 population nuclei in Andalusia. We found 25 different haplotypes, which account for 64.10% of all haplotypes thus far described for the species (n = 39)...
Sarcoptic mange is a cosmopolitan disease affecting the skin of domestic and wild mammalian species and humans as well. In Eurasia, sarcoptidosis (also known as sarcoptic mange or scabies) affects mountain ungulates (Caprinae) among other wild hosts, and epizootic outbreaks induce variable mortality rates. This fact, coupled with the important ecol...
this dataset provides long-term information on the presence of the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica Schimper, 1848) in Sierra Nevada (SE Iberian Peninsula). Data on the abundance and demographic structure of the Iberian ibex population were compiled over the last three decades. Transects were laid out to record different variables such as th...
Recomendaciones para el manejo de la sarna sarcóptica en poblaciones silvestres de cabra montés
En las últimas décadas, la sarna sarcóptica se ha convertido en la principal causa de los cambios demográficos en las poblaciones silvestres de cabra montés (Capra pyrenaica) de la península ibérica. Dada la importancia ecológica y económica de esta espe...
Size‐selective harvesting of wild ungulates can trigger a range of ecological and evolutionary consequences. It remains unclear how environmental conditions, including changes in habitat, climate, and local weather conditions, dilute or strengthen the effects of trophy hunting. We analyzed horn length measurements of 2,815 male ibex (Capra pyrenaic...
La sarna sarcóptica es una enfermedad producida por el ácaro Sarcoptes scabiei, que desde finales de la década de 1980 ha afectado a las poblaciones de cabra montés (Capra pyrenaica) del Sur y el este de la Península ibérica. Entre las estrategias que se han utilizado para combatirla, se encuentra la distribución en el medio de pienso medicado con...
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Intense and deregulated trophy hunting can trigger phenotypic and evolutionary trait changes in wild bovids (Coltman et al., 2003; Pigeon et al., 2016), however it remains largely unexplored how individual performance, population structure and composition, as well as a multitude of environmental factors, including climate and habitat changes, weake...
One of the main objectives of community ecology is identifying how co-occurring species use and share space and resources. Species of the same trophic level, such as large herbivores, are of fundamental interest in that context because competition for resources is likely. Segregation in space or on some axes of the ecological niche are processes al...
During last centuries the administrative boundaries and the level of protection of the Sierra Nevada mountain range (southern Spain) have drastically changed. On the other hand, methods used for ibex (Capra pyrenaica) monitoring in such space have also evolved. For the period XIXth century to first half XXth century, only data on ibex presence/abse...
Background:
Sarcoptic mange is a broadly distributed parasitic disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei that affects wild mammals from all over the world, including the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Selective culling of the scabietic individuals is the main management measure for disease control in Iberian ibex populations. Although visual identifica...
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...
Background:
Defining hidden genetic diversity within species is of great significance when attempting to maintain the evolutionary potential of natural populations and conduct appropriate management. Our hypothesis is that isolated (and eventually small) wild animal populations hide unexpected genetic diversity due to their maintenance of ancient...
La cabra montés (Capra pyrenaica) ha sido intensamente estudiada en los macizos montañosos más representativos de la Península Ibérica con poblaciones, pero apenas hay datos sobre la especie fuera de estas zonas y no conocemos estudios detallados que cuantifiquen la gestión cinegética que se está llevando a cabo con la misma. En el presente trabajo...
El estuche córneo es un elemento que presenta una plasticidad adaptativa muy importante, que puede variar con las características de las diferentes localidades y fijarse con la evolución. En poblaciones situadas en el sur de la Península Ibérica, la longitud del cuerno suele mostrar menor tamaño, alrededor de 24 cm, a los 3 años (Fandos, 1991; 1995...
A partir del año 2008 se ha venido desarrollando y consolidando el Observatorio de Cambio Global de Sierra Nevada, cuya principal finalidad es la detección precoz de las señales de cambio susceptibles de producirse a consecuencia de las variaciones del clima, los cambios de usos del suelo y otros motores de cambio de origen antropógeno. Sus hallazg...
During the course of parasitic disease infestations, parasite population sizes change at both individual host (infrapopulation) and host population (metapopulation) levels. However, most studies only report epidemiological values for specific locations and times. In this study we analysed the dynamics of several Sarcoptes scabiei infrapopulations f...
Background
Space use by animals is determined by the interplay between movement and the environment, and is thus mediated by habitat selection, biotic interactions and intrinsic factors of moving individuals. These processes ultimately determine home range size, but their relative contributions and dynamic nature remain less explored. We investigat...
Background
Sarcoptic mange has been identified as the most significant infectious disease affecting the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Despite several studies on the effects of mange on ibex, the pathological and clinical picture derived from sarcoptic mange infestation is still poorly understood. To further knowledge of sarcoptic mange pathology,...
Overexploitation, pollution, habitat loss or emerging diseases have led to a large number of species to extinction. This has made zoos and wildlife enclosures expand their goals beyond entertainment and fun; their participation in conservation and research programs is important for the recovery of multiple species. To ensure success, staff need to...
Las cuernas son elementos característicos de los cérvidos que en el corzo presentan una forma muy representativa de la especie, generalmente con tres puntas en el mismo plano, con variaciones en la longitud, volumen y peso. Generalmente se desprenden una vez al año, a finales de otoño, e inmediatamente vuelven a crecer a gran velocidad, hasta dos o...
Normal development of the ovarian cycle is a key factor in ensuring female reproductive success. Sarcoptes scabiei has been shown to induce changes in host physiology, although the effects of this mite on the female reproductive cycle are still unknown. In an attempt to clarify this issue, the number of ovarian structures (primary follicles, second...
Oxidative stress (OS) is an imbalance between radical-generating and radical scavenging activity, resulting in oxidation products and tissue damage. Although some studies have been done in other species, there is a lack of information about the oxidative/antioxidant status in the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) affected by sarcoptic mange. To clarif...
The description of horn growth patterns is of utmost importance for the sustainable management of wild ungulate populations subjected to intense trophy hunting. This is a topic of renewed interest because horn growth patterns seem to be contingent on region and population. We sampled 2145 male Iberian ibexes (Capra pyrenaica) evenly distributed acr...
The current magnitude of big-game hunting has outpaced the natural growth of populations, making artificial breeding necessary to rapidly boost hunted populations. In this study we evaluated if the rapid increase of red deer (Cervus elaphus) abundance, caused by the growing popularity of big-game hunting, has impacted the natural genetic diversity...
The susceptibility of the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) to Mycoplasma conjunctivae ocular infection and the changes in their interaction over time were studied in terms of clinical outcome, molecular detection, and IgG immune response in a captive population that underwent a severe infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) outbreak. Mycoplasma conjunc...
We have analysed five samples from the skin of 368 Iberian ibexes from Sierra Nevada Natural Space (southern Spain) in order to characterize the age structure of the Sarcoptes scabiei metapopulation affecting this host population and, particularly, to search for possible reproductive peaks of the parasite. Monthly mean mite density and number of la...
Background
Sarcoptic mange is a contagious skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, affecting different mammalian species worldwide including the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), in which mortalities over 90 % of the population have been reported. No efficient diagnostic methods are available for this disease, particularly when there are l...
De forma sistemática se describe a la cabra montes en particular como especie adaptada o que selecciona hábitats de montaña, donde maximizan donde pueden alcanzar las fuentes de alimento de forma satisfactoria o evitar la predación como requerimientos ecológicos mas importantes. Por lo que uno de los retos biológicos es conocer el funcionamiento o...
https://www.unex.es/organizacion/servicios-universitarios/servicios/siaa/archivo/2016/junio-2016/vii-reunion-de-ungulados-silvestres-ibericos
The aims of the present study were to investigate Pb and Cd levels in tissues of wild boar (Sus scrofa) from the Sierra Nevada Natural Space (SNNS) (southern Spain). Heavy metal concentrations in livers, kidneys and bones from 111 animals were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Bones and kidneys were t...
Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) blood samples from the Sierra Nevada Natural Park (Spain) were analyzed to establish concentrations of toxic and essential elements. Samples (whole blood from 32 males and 34 females) were taken from wild animals and the concentrations of inorganic elements considered as (1) non-essential and toxic (Pb, Cd and As), (2...
A complete and current work raises the answer to many questions of a specie that challenges evolution SUMMARY The book focuses on the knowledge of a small deer as the roe deer with innovative approaches in which differentiating and fundamental aspects of the specie are addressed from an original perspective. From the biological point of view the ro...
In this study, we analysed the Sarcoptes scabiei infrapopulations of 315 Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) by means of skin digestion and differential mite counts. Mean density reached 178.2 mites/cm2 (range: 0.71–4514.29). Although the most frequently affected zones were hosts’ extremities and withers, higher mite densities were obtained from lips an...
In sexually dimorphic species, male susceptibility to parasite infection and mortality is frequently higher than in females. The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a sexually dimorphic mountain ungulate endemic to the Iberian Peninsula commonly affected by sarcoptic mange, a chronic catabolic skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei. Since 1992, sar...
Background:
Both parasitic load and resource availability can impact individual fitness, yet little is known about the interplay between these parameters in shaping body condition, a key determinant of fitness in wild mammals inhabiting seasonal environments.
Methods:
Using partial least square regressions (PLSR), we explored how temporal variat...
A regulação bottom-up da condição corporal da cabra-montês (Capra pyrenaica) é influenciada pela severidade de infeção por sarna sarcóptica Introdução A condição corporal, i.e. estado energético e/ou reservas de energia de um animal, é o principal determinante da performance individual da maioria das espécies de vertebrados (Green 2001), incluind...
Sarcoptic mange is a contagious skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, affecting both domestic and wild mammals, including the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), a medium-sized mountain ungulate almost endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Acute phase proteins (APPs) could be an indicator of sarcoptic mange disease and severity in Iberian ibex. Serum s...
The Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) suffered a striking collapse of its populations during the first half of the 20th century due to excessive hunting. In Andalusia, southern Spain, re-colonization took place from a few relict populations through natural dispersal, and through artificial reintroductions for big-game hunting. How the po...
Abstract Our study focuses on the Iberian ibex from the Sierra Nevada Natural Space (southern Spain), where sarcoptic mange is an endemic disease and animals are affected by a highly seasonal environment. Our aim was to distinguish between disease and environmental influences on seasonal variation in body weight, hematology, and serum biochemistry...
One reintroduced population of Iberian ibex
was monitored between 2000 and 2007 in the Sierra de
Guadarrama National Park (Central Spain) using the
distance sampling method. The densities obtained from
three samplings show a significant increase between 2000
(6.57 ind./km 2 ) and 2007 (33.16 ind./km 2 ) despite a range
extension. After an initial p...
Wildlife radio tracking has gained popularity during the recent past. Ecologists and conservationists use radio-collars for different purposes: animal movement monitoring, home range, productivity, population estimation, behaviour, habitat use, survival, and predator-prey interaction, among others. The aim of our present study is to highlight the a...
http://www3.vetagro-sup.fr/ens/epid/documents/GEEFSM%202013/24-BRAVO.pdf
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causal agent of bluetongue (BT), a disease of wild and domestic ruminants. Even though control strategies have been used in livestock in Europe, BTV still persists in wild ruminant populations. Twenty-two out of 90 Spanish ibexes (Capra pyrenaica) received a single subcutaneous dose of inactivated vaccine against BTV s...
