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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
TERESA AFONSO NETO MILITÃO

Citation names

  • MILITÃO, TERESA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6B10-839F-6245
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2862-1592
Researcher Id
AAA-6151-2019
Scopus Author Id
25930488200

Email addresses

  • tnetomilitao@ub.edu (Professional)
  • teresa.militao@uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Zoology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Catalan Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/11/27 - 2016/10/07
Concluded
 Doctorat en Biodiversitat (Doctorat)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
"Understanding migration of pelagic seabird with stable isotopes and geolocation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/10/01 - 2009/10/28
Concluded
 Master en Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
 8.8
2003/09/25 - 2008/06/27
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Stable isotope analysis in Balearic and Mediterranean shearwaters" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/04/17 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
2024/01/08 - 2024/04/16 Postdoc (Research) Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/11/28 - 2023/12/27 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Institut für Vogelforschung, Germany
Institut für Vogelforschung, Germany
2017/11/07 - 2019/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundació Bosch i Gimpera, Spain
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2009/06 - 2013/05 MIGRATION DYNAMICS OF PELAGIC SEABIRDS IN THE ATLANTIC
26639DFA
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/04/17 - 2027/03/31 REDUCE - Reducing Bycatch of threatened megafauna in the East Central Atlantic
1011355830
Researcher
Horizon Europe Food Bioeconomy Natural Resources Agriculture and Environment
Ongoing
2022/11/28 - 2023/12/27 Conservation and restoration of degraded insular biodiversity: impacts of the removal of introduced mammals on the dynamics of infectious diseases in seabirds across islands of the Southern Ocean
DivRestore/0012/2020
Post-doc
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09/15 - 2022/10/31 Alcyon Programme - promoting the conservation of seabirds in Cabo Verde – Sotavento Islands – 2nd phase
600217
Post-doc
MAVA Foundation
Concluded
2017/11/07 - 2019/12/31 Alcyon Programme - promoting the conservation of seabirds in Cabo Verde – Sotavento Islands
600041
Post-doc
MAVA Foundation
2010 - 2012 Ecología pelágica y estrategias migratorias de las aves marinas en el Atlántico
CGL2009-11278/BOS
PhD Student Fellow
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sarah Saldanha; Teresa Militão; S L Cox; Irene Llamas-Cano; Herculano Andrade Dinis; Ivandra S.G.C. Gomes; Artur Lopes; et al. "The effect of seasonality on the foraging behaviour and breeding success of a tropical marine top predator". Progress in Oceanography 231 (2025): 103413-103413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103413.
    10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103413
  2. Joanne M Morten; Ana; Martin Beal; Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun; Maria P. Dias; Marie-Morgane Rouyer; Autumn-Lynn Harrison; et al. "Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long-Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004.
    10.1111/geb.70004
  3. Genovart M; Ramos R; Igual JM; Sanz-Aguilar A; Tavecchia G; Rotger A; Militão T; et al. "Individual Choices of Wintering Areas Drive Adult Survival Heterogeneity in a Long-Lived Seabird.". Ecology and evolution (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/39678150.
    10.1002/ece3.70675
  4. Militão T; Clessin A; Gamble A; Granadeiro JP; Boulinier T; Catry P. "Experimental evidence of high tick infestation limiting chick growth and survival in a colonial seabird.". Scientific reports (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/39738264.
    10.1038/s41598-024-81608-3
  5. Lisovski S; Günther A; Dewar M; Ainley D; Aldunate F; Arce R; Ballard G; et al. "Unexpected Delayed Incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) Into the Antarctic Region.". Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2024): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/39420513.
    10.1111/irv.70010
  6. González-Solís, J.; Riera, J.L.; Dinis, H.A.; de Pina, A.; Militão, T.. "Life history, population dynamics and impacts of cat predation on an endemic gadfly petrel in Cabo Verde". Endangered Species Research 55 (2024): 187-203. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85213799088&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/ESR01369
  7. Navarro-Herrero L; Saldanha S; Militão T; Vicente-Sastre D; March D; González-Solís J. "Use of bird-borne radar to examine shearwater interactions with legal and illegal fisheries.". Conservation biology. (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38111961.
    10.1111/cobi.14224
  8. Bethany Louise Clark; Ana; E. J. Pearmain; Marie-Morgane Rouyer; Thomas Clay; Win Cowger; Phillips RA; et al. "Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds.". Nature communications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z.
    10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z
  9. Saldanha S; Cox SL; Militão T; González-Solís J. "Animal behaviour on the move: the use of auxiliary information and semi-supervision to improve behavioural inferences from Hidden Markov Models applied to GPS tracking datasets.". Movement ecology (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37488611.
    10.1186/s40462-023-00401-5
  10. Carreiro AR; Ramos JA; Mata VA; Almeida NM; Rodrigues I; Dos Santos I; Matos DM; et al. "DNA metabarcoding to assess prey overlap between tuna and seabirds in the Eastern tropical Atlantic: Implications for an ecosystem-based management.". Marine environmental research (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37003079.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105955
  11. Militão, T.; Kürten, N.; Bouwhuis, S.. "Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a long-lived seabird". Marine Biology 170 11 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85169934128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00227-023-04280-7
  12. Medrano, F.; Repullés, K.; Militão, T.; Leal, A.; González-Solís, J.. "Migratory Movements and Activity Patterns of White-Faced Storm-Petrels Pelagodroma marina Breeding in Cabo Verde". Ardeola 71 1 (2023): 101-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85181957890&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.13157/arla.71.1.2024.ra6
  13. Virginia Morera-Pujol; Paulo Catry; Maria Clara Magalhães; Clara Péron; José Manuel Reyes-González; José Pedro Granadeiro; Teresa Militão; et al. "Methods to detect spatial biases in tracking studies caused by differential representativeness of individuals, populations and time". Diversity and Distributions 29 (2022): 19-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13642.
    Open access • https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13642
  14. Cruz-Flores M; Pradel R; Bried J; Militão T; Neves VC; González-Solís J; Ramos R. "Will climate change affect the survival of tropical and subtropical species? Predictions based on Bulwer's petrel populations in the NE Atlantic Ocean.". The Science of the total environment (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35843319.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157352
  15. Medrano, F.; Militão, T.; Gomes, I.; Sardà-Serra, M.; de la Fuente, M.; Dinis, H.A.; González-Solís, J.. "Phenological divergence, population connectivity and ecological differentiation in two allochronic seabird populations". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85142156055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.975716
  16. Carreiro, A.R.; Ramos, J.A.; Mata, V.A.; Matos, D.M.; dos Santos, I.; Araújo, P.M.; Rodrigues, I.; et al. "High-throughput sequencing reveals prey diversity overlap between sympatric Sulids in the tropical Atlantic". Food Webs 33 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85139732784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00258
  17. Militão, T.; Sanz-Aguilar, A.; Rotger, A.; Ramos, R.. "Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)". Ibis 164 4 (2022): 1160-1179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129817678&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ibi.13068
  18. Torres L; Pante E; González-Solís J; Viricel A; Ribout C; Zino F; MacKin W; et al. "Sea surface temperature, rather than land mass or geographic distance, may drive genetic differentiation in a species complex of highly dispersive seabirds.". Ecology and evolution (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34765153.
    10.1002/ece3.8180
  19. "Double-tagging scores of seabirds reveals that light-level geolocator accuracy is limited by species idiosyncrasies and equatorial solar profiles". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13698.
    10.1111/2041-210x.13698
  20. "Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic". Conservation Letters (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12824.
    10.1111/conl.12824
  21. "Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels". Science Advances 7 10 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd7225.
    10.1126/sciadv.abd7225
  22. "Distribution, abundance, and on-land threats to Cabo Verde seabirds". Bird Conservation International 31 1 (2021): 53-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270920000428.
    10.1017/s0959270920000428
  23. Bonnet-Lebrun, Anne-Sophie; Dias, Maria P.; Phillips, Richard; Granadeiro, José P.; Brooke, M. de L.; Chastel, Olivier; Clay, Thomas A.; et al. "Seabird migration strategies: Flight budgets, diel activity patterns, and lunar influence". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8378.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.683071
  24. Ramos, R.; Reyes-González, J.M.; Morera-Pujol, V.; Zajková, Z.; Militão, T.; González-Solís, J.. "Disentangling environmental from individual factors in isotopic ecology: A 17-year longitudinal study in a long-lived seabird exploiting the Canary Current". Ecological Indicators 111 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076857376&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105963
  25. Diop, N.; Ba, C.T.; Ndiaye, P.I.; Militão, T.; González-Solís, J.. "Population Size and Breeding Phenology of Red-Billed Tropicbirds (Phaethon aethereus) on Iles de la Madeleine, Senegal". Waterbirds 42 1 (2019): 100-106. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063613100&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1675/063.042.0112
  26. De Felipe, F.; Reyes-González, J.M.; Militão, T.; Neves, V.C.; Bried, J.; Oro, D.; Ramos, R.; González-Solís, J.. "Does sexual segregation occur during the nonbreeding period? A comparative analysis in spatial and feeding ecology of three Calonectris shearwaters". Ecology and Evolution (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071627558&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.5501
  27. Zango, L.; Reyes-González, J.M.; Militão, T.; Zajková, Z.; Álvarez-Alonso, E.; Ramos, R.; González-Solís, J.. "Year-round individual specialization in the feeding ecology of a long-lived seabird". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070761761&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-019-48214-0
  28. Oppel, S.; Bolton, M.; Carneiro, A.P.B.; Dias, M.P.; Green, J.A.; Masello, J.F.; Phillips, R.A.; et al. "Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds". Marine Policy 98 (2018): 37-46. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053760426&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.024
  29. Cruz-Flores, M.; Militão, T.; Ramos, R.; Gonzalez-Solis, J.. "Using marine isoscapes to infer movements of oceanic migrants: The case of Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii, in the Atlantic Ocean". PLoS ONE 13 6 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048384651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0198667
  30. Zajková, Z.; Militão, T.; González-Solís, J.. "Year-round movements of a small seabird and oceanic isotopic gradient in the tropical Atlantic". Marine Ecology Progress Series 579 (2017): 169-183. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029485971&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps12269
  31. Krüger, L.; Ramos, J.A.; Xavier, J.C.; Grémillet, D.; González-Solís, J.; Kolbeinsson, Y.; Militão, T.; et al. "Identification of candidate pelagic marine protected areas through a seabird seasonal-, multispecific- and extinction risk-based approach". Animal Conservation 20 5 (2017): 409-424. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85012986120&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/acv.12339
  32. Militão, T.; Dinis, H.A.; Zango, L.; Calabuig, P.; Stefan, L.M.; González-Solís, J.. "Population size, breeding biology and on-land threats of Cape Verde petrel (Pterodroma feae) in Fogo Island, Cape Verde". PLoS ONE 12 4 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016946227&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0174803
  33. Ramos, R.; Ramírez, I.; Paiva, V.H.; Militão, T.; Biscoito, M.; Menezes, D.; Phillips, R.A.; Zino, F.; González-Solís, J.. "Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961626047&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep23447
  34. Ramos, R.; Sanz, V.; Militão, T.; Bried, J.; Neves, V.C.; Biscoito, M.; Phillips, R.A.; Zino, F.; González-Solís, J.. "Leapfrog migration and habitat preferences of a small oceanic seabird, Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)". Journal of Biogeography 42 9 (2015): 1651-1664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938751228&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jbi.12541
  35. Militão, T.; Gómez-Díaz, E.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; González-Solís, J.. "Comparing multiple criteria for species identification in two recently diverged seabirds". PLoS ONE 9 12 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919941406&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0115650
  36. Arizmendi-Mejía, R.; Militão, T.; Viscor, G.; González-Solís, J.. "Pre-breeding ecophysiology of a long-distance migratory seabird". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 443 (2013): 162-168. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875769550&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.047
  37. Codina-García, M.; Militão, T.; Moreno, J.; González-Solís, J.. "Plastic debris in Mediterranean seabirds". Marine Pollution Bulletin 77 1-2 (2013): 220-226. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888430355&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.002
  38. Militão, T.; Bourgeois, K.; Roscales, J.L.; González-Solís, J.. "Individual migratory patterns of two threatened seabirds revealed using stable isotope and geolocation analyses". Diversity and Distributions 19 3 (2013): 317-329. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874203812&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00916.x
  39. Garnier, R.; Ramos, R.; Staszewski, V.; Militão, T.; Lobato, E.; González-Solís, J.; Boulinier, T.. "Maternal antibody persistence: A neglected life-history trait with implications from albatross conservation to comparative immunology". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 1735 (2012): 2033-2041. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859390019&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rspb.2011.2277
  40. González-Solís, J.; Smyrli, M.; Militão, T.; Gremillet, D.; Tveraa, T.; Phillips, R.A.; Boulinier, T.. "Combining stable isotope analyses and geolocation to reveal kittiwake migration". Marine Ecology Progress Series 435 (2011): 251-261. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961066838&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps09233
  41. Ramos, R.; Militão, T.; González-Solís, J.; Ruiz, X.. "Moulting strategies of a long-distance migratory seabird, the Mediterranean Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea diomedea". Ibis 151 1 (2009): 151-159. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149096071&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00877.x
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11 The effect of tick infestation on the body condition, growth rate and survival of black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) chicks: an experimental demonstration XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia.
Sociedade Portuguesa do Estudo das Aves (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/11 The effect of tick infestation on the body condition, growth rate and survival of black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) chicks: an experimental demonstration XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa do Estudo das Aves (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2019/11 Population viability of the endemic gadfly petrel of Cabo Verde Islands. XXIV Congreso Español y VII Ibérico de Ornitología
(Cádiz, Spain)
2019/11 Population viability of the endemic gadfly petrel of Cabo Verde Islands. XXIV Congreso Español y VII Ibérico de Ornitología XXIV Congreso Español y VII Ibérico de Ornitología
(Cádiz, Spain)
2017/03 Consistency in the migratory behaviour of great shearwaters: implications for conservation BOU conference - From avian tracking to population processes
(Warwick, United Kingdom)
2016/09 On land threats and population viability of the endemic gadfly petrel of Cape Verde Islands The Sixth International Albatross and Petrel Conference
(Barcelona, Spain)
2016/09 Drivers of migratory patterns in shearwaters and petrels: a review The Sixth International Albatross and Petrel Conference
(Barcelona, Spain)
2016/04 Population dynamics, breeding biology and major threats of Fea's petrels (Pterodroma feae) in Fogo Island, Cape Verde IX congresso de ornitologia da SPEA e VI congresso ibérico de ornitologia
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2015/10 Stable isotope analyses as a tool to identify non-breeding areas of Atlantic shearwaters 2nd World Seabird Conference
(Cape Town, South Africa)
2014/03 Stable isotope analyses as a tool to trace the migration of Atlantic shearwaters VIII Ornithology congress of SPEA
(Almada, Portugal)
2013/07 Corticosterone variation in feathers of shearwaters Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
(Valencia, Spain)
2012/12 Stable isotope analyses as a tool to trace the migration of shearwaters in the Atlantic Ocean XXI Congreso Español y V Ibérico de Ornitologia
(Vitoria, Spain)
2012/08 Stable isotope analyses as a tool to trace the migration of shearwaters in the Atlantic Ocean The Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference
(Wellington, New Zealand)
2011/10 Can we identify the non-breeding areas of the Calonectris shearwaters from multiple colonies using stable isotopes? SPEA VII Ornithology Congress & I Macaronesia Ornithology Conference
(Machico, Portugal)
2011/09 Can we trace the migration of Atlantic seabirds using stable isotopes? 11th International Seabird Group Conference
(Plymouth, United Kingdom)
2011/04 Can we use stable isotope analyses to trace the migration of Atlantic seabirds? British Ornithologist Union Annual Conference
(Leicester, United Kingdom)
2010/12 Migration of Balearic and Mediterranean shearwaters inferred by stable isotopes and geolocation analysis XX Congreso Español de Ornitología
(Tremp, Spain)
2010/10 Understanding migration of kittiwakes using stable isotope analyses and geolocation VII Congreso del Grupo Ibérico de Aves Marinas
(Santurtzi, Spain)
2009/07 Geometric morphometry as a tool to discriminate between closely related endangered species: the case of the Mediterranean and Balearic shearwaters I Iberian symposium on geometric morphometrics
(Sabadell, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02/17 - 2025/09/30 Nesting habitat modelling of Cabo Verde petrel (Pterodroma feae)
Supervisor of Adrià Bellmunt Ribas
 Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2023/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Automatizar el monitoreo acústico para estimar el tamaño de la población del petrel gongon (Pterodroma feae) en Cabo Verde
Co-supervisor of Martín Reyes Calderon
 Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2024/10/01 - 2025/09/01 Foraging ecology of Gongon petrel
Supervisor of Maria Maina Terrasa
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/10/01 - 2022/07/31 Courtship behaviour of Gongon petrel using sound recorders
Supervisor of Elsa Bisbal Regidor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021 - 2022/07/15 Foraging strategies of a small seabird across an oceanic landscape
Co-supervisor of Kristin Piening
 Biology (Master)
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Variabilidad temporal y geográfica de la actividad de cortejo de un ave marina endémica de Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Manuel Rodriguez
 Ciencias Ambientales (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Influence of the moon in seabird activity at colony: differences between species and years
Supervisor of Marc Andreo Ciutat
 Ciencias del Mar (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2017/08/31 - 2021/02/01 Distribuição, abundância e conservação das aves marinhas de Cabo Verde
Co-supervisor of Gilson Manuel Lopes Semedo
 Biociências, especialização em Ecologia (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/10/01 Influence of the moon in seabird activity at the colony
Supervisor of Miquel Vallbona Vistós
 Ciencias del Mar (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2019/10/01 - 2020/09/30 Migratory strategies of Cabo Verde seabirds
Supervisor of Andreia Borges Leal
 Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2019/10/01 - 2020/09/30 The use of camera trapping to evaluate the presence and impact of predators and human disturbance on Pterodroma feae
Supervisor of Pere Sabio Saenz
 Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2019/10/01 - 2020/07/31 Diet variability of red-billed tropicbirds between colonies and seasons
Supervisor of Sergio Medina Maestro
 Ciencias Ambientales (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2019/10/01 - 2020/06/30 Passive acoustic as a tool to understand the influence of the moon cycle on the courtship behaviour of an endemic seabird species of Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Júlia Pujol Casado
 Ciencias Ambientales (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Trophic ecology of Cabo Verde seabird community
Co-supervisor of Catelene Rocha Monteiro
 Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Are domestic and feral cats a threat to Cabo Verde seabird
Co-supervisor of Rosiane Duarte Fortes
 Biodiversitat (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Diet of a little studied pantropical seabird, the red-billed tropicbird
Supervisor of Irene Llamas Cano
 Biologia (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/03/13 Demographic processes of a long–distant migratory waterbird facing global changes
(Thesis) Arguer
 Hugo Rafael Soares Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09/22 Should I stay or should I go? Fixed-individual phenology irrespective of breeding success in a tropical seabird
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nina da Rocha (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/09/20 Avaluació de l'abundància de brossa marina en les badies del Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre i la seva incidència en les aus i tortugues marines
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mireia Burzon i Estapé (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/09/20 Dieta i èxit reproductor del Mussol Pirinenc Aegolius funereus al Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu
(Thesis) Arguer
 Clàudia Lanzaco Borrell (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/09/20 Un conte de dues espècies als pilars d'Hèrcules: caracterització d’una zona de contacte d'aus marines migradores de llarga distància
(Thesis) Arguer
 Júlia Ortolà Elvira (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/09/12 Foraging strategies of a small seabird across an oceanic landscape
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Kristin Piening (Master)
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
2021/09/22 Estudi de la contaminació per pèl·lets de plàstic a Tarragona: documentació i caracterització química de la seva presència en rieres, platges i aigües marines.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Sugrañes Pàmies (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/09/22 Avaluació dels factors que influeixen les captures de la pesca recreativa al litoral català
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Pujol Baucells (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/09/22 Development of a Geographic Information System for fisheries management
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jordi Ribera Altimir (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/09/22 Resposta ecofisiològica de les gorgònies Mediterrànies a l’escalfament global: Efecte de l'alimentació en la resistència a l'estrès tèrmic per onades de calor en les espècies Eunicella singularis, Eunicella cavolini, Paramuricea clavata i Leptogorgia sarmentosa
(Thesis) Arguer
 Xenia Puigcerver Segarra (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/09/22 Atles del sistema nerviós de l’escamarlà Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ariadna Montemar Martinez (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04/23 - Current Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2024/03/23 - Current Bird Conservation International
2023/06/12 - Current Journal of Animal Ecology
2022/09/02 - Current Journal of Ornithology
2022/06/01 - Current Animal Behaviour
2022/01/11 - Current Movement Ecology
2022/01/04 - Current IBIS
2020/12/18 - Current Zoologia Caboverdiana
2019/10/14 - Current Royal Society Open Science
2019/08/22 - Current Plos One
2019/07/16 - Current Wader Study
2019/06/02 - Current Ecology and Evolution
2018/01/22 - Current Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
2017/06/15 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science
2017/04/16 - Current Journal of Avian Biology
2016/11/24 - Current Marine Biology
2015/06/23 - Current Marine Pollution Bulletin
2014/02/26 - Current Journal of Field Ornithology
2012/10/15 - Current Marine Ecology Progress Series

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/26 XI Congresso Ornitológico & II Jornadas Macaronésicas Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
2020/10/10 - 2020/10/12 2n Congrés d'Ornitologia de les Terres de Parla Catalana

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 Contributor to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species for the Calonectris edwardsii (Cape Verde shearwater) and Pterodroma feae (Cape Verde Petrel) species conservation status assessment Birdlife International, United Kingdom

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/06/09 - 2025/06/20 40h Specialization Course – Introduction to R for ecological data analysis at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (https://apps.uc.pt/courses/PT/course/12003). Curso Não conferente a Grau (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Two theoretical lectures of 1h each at Biology and Conservation of Seabirds and Marine Reptiles curricular unit Biologia Marinha e Conservação (Mestrado integrado) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Two theoretical lectures (2h each) on Biodiversity of Seabirds curricular unit Master in Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management (Master) Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021 - 2022 Two theoretical lectures of 2h each on Field techniques applied in biodiversity studies Biology (Bachelor) Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2021 - 2022 7 days of practice lectures (45h) at Biodiversity of Seabirds curricular unit Master on Oceanography and Marine Environment Management (Master) Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021 - 2022 3 pratice lectures of 3h each at Anthropogenic Impacts on the Marine Environment Marine Sciences (Graduado) Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021 - 2022 One practice lectures of 1h at the Field techniques applied in biodiversity studies curricular unit Biology (Bachelor) Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2015 - 2022 Lecture classes given during advanced seminars organized by the Seabird Ecology Lab of the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona: - 12h Advanced R Course 2022 on the analysis of geolocation data and population size estimation in R - 5h Advanced R Course 2019 on analysis of geolocation data in R and BAStrak and Migrate Technology software - 5h Advanced R Course 2015 on demographic analysis and population size estimation in R Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2017 - 2018 Lecture classes given during specialized workshops organized by me on the behalf of the Seabird Ecology Lab on Cabo Verde: - 7-day workshop to train Cabo Verdean biologists (Oct 2018) from different local NGOs in seabird identification, conservation, trophic and movement ecology, conservation ecology, census and breeding monitoring techniques - 3-day workshop to train Cabo Verdean biologists (Sep 2017) in seabird identification, conservation, trophic and conservation ecology

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023 - 2026 Member of the follow-up panel of PhD student Beñat García at University of Barcelona
Evaluator
 Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2024 - 2024 Member of an evaluation panel of a PhD proposal for FCRT research grant (Açores, Portugal)
Evaluator
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2020 - 2024 Member of the follow-up panel of PhD student Fernando Medrano University of Barcelona
Evaluator
 Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018 - 2018 Our Blue Planet Saving the red-billed tropicbird

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/10 - 2022/09 Retrospective analyses of penguin tracking data to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems Míriam Gimeno
2021/10 - 2022/09 Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the foraging ecology of an opportunistic predator inhabiting urban environments Marc Vez