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Verónica Méndez. Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Community Ecology in 2012/12/20 by University of East Anglia, Master in Biological Diversity in 2007/08/15 by University of Plymouth and Bachelor in Marine Biology in 2002/06/20 by Fairleigh Dickinson University. Published 14 articles in journals. Co-supervised 2 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Researcher in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Migration; population ecology; ornithology; shorebirds; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Verónica Méndez

Citation names

  • Mendez, Veronica

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DB19-B977-3439
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9476-4666

Email addresses

  • veronica@hi.is (Professional)

Addresses

  • South Iceland Research Centre, University of Iceland, Lindarbraut 4, IS-840, Laugarvatn, Laugarvatn, Iceland (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Catalan (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/01/01 - 2012/12/20
Concluded
 Community Ecology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
"Spatial and temporal variation in the functional diversity of non-breeding wader communities across British estuaries" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/09/01 - 2007/08/15
Concluded
 Biological Diversity (Master)
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
"Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction
1998/09/15 - 2002/06/20
Concluded
 Marine Biology (Bachelor)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, United States
"Effects of heavy metals on the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 72 %
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/03/01 - 2020/01/31 Researcher (Research) Háskóli Islands, Iceland
2015/03/01 - 2018/03/01 Researcher (Research) University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2014/05/01 - 2015/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Háskóli Islands, Iceland
2013/01/01 - 2014/04/30 Postdoc (Research) British Trust for Ornithology, United Kingdom
2012/06/01 - 2012/08/31 Research Assistant (Research) University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2008/01/01 - 2008/12/31 Coordinating Researcher (Research) FRONTIER, Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom
2006/02/01 - 2006/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) The Marine Biological Association, United Kingdom
2004/05/01 - 2005/10/31 Research Assistant (Research) Marine Turtle Conservation Project, Cyprus
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/03/01 - 2020/12/31 Demographic drivers of migratory behaviour in birds
NA
Researcher
Háskóli Islands, Iceland
 Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands
Concluded
2015/03/31 - 2018/03/31 Environmental and demographic drivers of migratory strategies in birds
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/NERC/NE2%FM0125492%F1/GB
Researcher
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
 UK Research and Innovation
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Þórisson, B.; Mendez, Veronica; Alves, J.A; Skarphéðinsson, K.H.; Auhauge, S.; Vignisson, S.R.; Brynjólfsso, B.; et al. "The wintering population of Oystercatchers in Iceland". Paper presented in 6th conference of the Ecological Society of Iceland, 2017.
  2. Méndez, V.; Laidlaw, R; Alves, J.A; Þórisson, B.; Gunnarsson, T.G.. "Understanding the drivers of migratory behaviour". Paper presented in British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, 2015.
  3. Méndez, V.; Laidlaw, R.A.; Alves, J.A.; Þórisson, B.; Gunnarsson, T.G.; Gill, J.A.. "To migrate or not to migrate, that is the question!". Paper presented in International Wader Study Group Conference, 2015.
  4. Laidlaw, R.A.; Méndez, V.; Alves, J.A; Gill, J.A.; Gunnarsson, T.G.. "Timing of Icelandic waders nesting and predation". Paper presented in International Wader Study Group Conference, 2015.
  5. Carneiro, C.; Méndez, V.; Dias, M.P.; Gunnarsson, T.G.; Alves, J.A.. "Do males overtake females? Migration schedules of Icelandic Whimbrel pairs". Paper presented in International Wader Study Group Conference, 2015.
  6. Méndez, V.; Gill, J.A.; Burton, N.H.K.; Davies, R.G.. "Which species are driving changes in wader communities on British estuaries?". Paper presented in International Wader Study Group Conference, 2011.
  7. Mendez, Veronica; Davies, R.G.. "Estuarine health and the diversity of wader life". Paper presented in Biodiversity 2010- Exhibition, 2010.
  8. Mendez, Veronica; Gill, J.A.; Burton, N.H.K.; Davies, R.G.. "Spatial and temporal patterns in wader community composition across British estuaries". Paper presented in Climate Change and birds, 2010.
  9. Méndez, V.; Gill, J.A.; Burton, N.H.K.; Davies, R.G.. "Spatial and temporal patterns in wader community composition across British estuaries". Paper presented in Student Conference on Conservation Science, University of Cambridge, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Mendez, Veronica; Alves, J.A.; Gill, J.A.; Þórisson, B.; Carneiro, C.; Pálsdóttir, A.E.; Vignisson, S.R.; Gunnarsson, T.G.. "Effects of pair migratory behaviour on breeding phenology and -success in a partially migratory shorebird population". Journal of Animal Ecology (2020):
    Submitted
  2. Verónica Méndez; José A Alves; Böðvar Þórisson; Alina Marca; Tómas G Gunnarsson; Jennifer A Gill; Andrea Griffin. "Individual variation in migratory behavior in a subarctic partial migrant shorebird". Behavioral Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa010.
    10.1093/beheco/araa010
  3. Carneiro, Camilo; Gunnarsson, T.G.; Mendez, Veronica; Soares, A.M.V.M; Alves, J.A.. "Linking range wide energetic trade-offs to breeding performance in a long-distance migrant". Ecography (2020):
    Under revision
  4. Laidlaw, R.A.; Gunnarsson, T.G; Mendez, Veronica; Carneiro, C.; Þórisson, B.; Wentworth, A.; Gill, J.A.; Alves, J.A.. "Effects of vegetation structure on nest predation in subarctic breeding waders". Ibis (2020):
    In press
  5. Jóhannesdóttir, Lilja; Gill, Jennifer A.; Alves, José A.; Brink, Sigmundur H.; Arnalds, Ólafur; Méndez, Verónica; Gunnarsson, Tómas Grétar. "Interacting effects of agriculture and landscape on breeding wader populations". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 272 (2019): 246-253. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880918304869.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.024
  6. Þórisson, Böðvar; Méndez, Verónica; Alves, José A.; Gill, Jennifer A.; Skarphéðinsson, Kristinn H.; Auhage, Svenja N.V.; Vignisson, Sölvi R.; et al. "Population size of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus wintering in Iceland". Bird Study 65 2 (2018): 274-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2018.1478797.
    10.1080/00063657.2018.1478797
  7. Verónica Méndez; Jamie R. Wood; Simon J. Butler. "Resource diversity and provenance underpin spatial patterns in functional diversity across native and exotic species". Ecology and Evolution 8 9 (2018): 4409-4421. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fece3.3998.
    10.1002/ece3.3998
  8. Méndez, Verónica; Alves, José A.; Gill, Jennifer A.; Gunnarsson, Tómas G.. "Patterns and processes in shorebird survival rates: a global review". Ibis 160 4 (2018): 723-741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12586.
    10.1111/ibi.12586
  9. Verónica Méndez; Jennifer A. Gill; José A. Alves; Niall H. K. Burton; Richard G. Davies. "Consequences of population change for local abundance and site occupancy of wintering waterbirds". Diversity and Distributions (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12653.
    10.1111/ddi.12653
  10. Alves, José A.; Dias, Maria P.; Méndez, Verónica; Katrínardóttir, Borgný; Gunnarsson, Tómas G.. "Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird". Scientific Reports 6 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38154.
    10.1038/srep38154
  11. Méndez, Verónica; Austin, Graham E.; Musgrove, Andrew J.; Ross-Smith, Viola H.; Hearn, Richard D.; Stroud, David A.; Wotton, Simon R.; Holt, Chas A.. "Use of environmental stratification to derive non-breeding population estimates of dispersed waterbirds in Great Britain". Journal for Nature Conservation 28 (2015): 56-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2015.09.001.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2015.09.001
  12. Gunnarsson, T.G.; Arnalds, O.; Appleton, G.; Méndez, V.; Gill, J.A.. "Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance". Ecology and Evolution 5 12 (2015): 2386-2396. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931566846&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.1523
  13. Mendez, V.; Gill, J.A.; Burton, N.H.K.; Austin, G.E.; Petchey, O.L.; Davies, R.G.. "Functional diversity across space and time: Trends in wader communities on British estuaries". Diversity and Distributions 18 4 (2012): 356-365. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858079785&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00868.x
  14. Griffin, John N.; Méndez, Verónica; Johnson, Andrew F.; Jenkins, Stuart R.; Foggo, Andy. "Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity". Oikos 118 1 (2009): 37-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16960.x.
    10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16960.x
Magazine article
  1. Méndez, V.. "Wader diversity across British Estuaries", WeBS News, 2012
Report
  1. Henderson, I.G.; Noble, D.; Taylor, R.; Méndez, V.. 2015. Consultation to the Birds Directive Article 3 Birds of Conservation Concern and Delivery Mechanisms. https://www.bto.org/our-science/publications/research-reports/consultation-birds-directive-article-3-birds-conservation.
  2. Wright, L.J.; Méndez, V.; Burton, N.H.K.. 2014. Review of knowledge regarding the effect of major estuarine developments on bird populations with reference to proposals for an airport in the Thames Estuary. https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/shared_documents/publications/research-reports/2014/rr657.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mendez, Veronica. "Spatial and temporal variation in the functional diversity of non-breeding wader communities across British estuaries". PhD, University of East Anglia, 2013. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42418/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/12/09 Will millennials follow parental advice? Investigating variation in migratory behaviour in Eurasian oystercatchers breeding in Iceland
University of Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2019/09/21 Will millennials follow parental advice? International Waders Study Group Annual Conference
(Morecambe, United Kingdom)
2019/09/05 Phenological variation among individuals with different migratory strategies
University of Aveiro (Averiro, Portugal)
2018/09/23 Migración parcial en altas latitudes: consecuencias reproductivas de diferentes estrategias migratorias XII Festival de la Migración de las Aves
Parque Natural Marismas de Santoña (Santoña, Spain)
2018/08/20 Phenological variation among individuals with different migratory strategies in a partial migrant population 27th International Ornithological Congress
(Vancouver, Canada)
2017/12/12 Linking migration strategy, breeding phenology and fitness consequences in a partial migrant system The joint annual meeting of British Ecological Society, The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Netherlands-Flanders Ecology Society and European Ecological Federation
(Ghent, Belgium)
2017/09/16 Linking migration strategy, breeding phenology and fitness consequences in a partial migrant system International Wader Study Group
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2017/04/27 Do residents outperform migrants in a warming world? Implications of migratory strategy for individual fitness 6th conference of the Ecological Society of Iceland
(Holar)
2017/03/29 Do residents outperform migrants in a warming world? Implications of migratory strategy for individual fitness From avian tracking to population processes
British Ornithologists' Union (Warwick, United Kingdom)
2017/03/01 Do residents outperform migrants in a warming world? CEEC Rebellion
University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom)
2016/09/10 Northern lights, hot springs and 13 Santas: are there other benefits for Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus wintering in Iceland? International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Trabolgan, Ireland)
2016/09/10 Survival of the fittest model: understanding variation in wader survival rates International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Trabolgan, Ireland)
2012/09/22 Variation in wader community structure along environmental gradients International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Sene, France)
2011/11/01 Which species are driving changes in wader communities on British estuaries?
British Trust for Ornithology (Thetford, United Kingdom)
2011/02/19 Why do wader communities vary in space and time?” CEEC Rebellion
University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom)
2010/10/02 Spatial and temporal patterns in wader community composition across British estuaries International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - Current Drivers of maturity in a northern partial migrant
Co-supervisor of Solvi Runar Vignisson
Háskóli Islands, Iceland
2017/01/01 - 2021/01/01 Effects of forestry and housing developments on breeding wader populations
Co-supervisor
 Ecology (PhD)
2019/03/01 - 2020/03/01 Effect of habitat on breeding success and fledging growth rates in Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) breeding in Isafjordur, Iceland
Supervisor
 Coastal and Marine Management (Master)
University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/01/01 - Current Icelandic Ecological Society
2015/01/23 - Current British Ecological Society
2010/01/01 - Current British Ornithologists's Union
2010/01/01 - Current International Wader Study Group

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2016/06/21 - Current BES review college - review and score grant applications
Member
 British Ecological Society, United Kingdom

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2018/01/01 - 2019/03/31 Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements British Ornithologists' Union
2010/01/01 - 2011/04/15 CEEC Rebellion Conference University of East Anglia

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/09/26 Interview to University of Iceland magazine about my research on oystercatchers
2019/09/26 Interview to national Icelandic newspaper (RUV)

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/05/30 - Current Fjársjóður framtíðar - Fuglar
Distinctions

Award

2015 Best Poster Presentation
International Wader Study Group, Iceland
2011 Best Oral Presentation
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom