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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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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Verónica Méndez

Nomes de citação

  • Mendez, Veronica

Identificadores de autor

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

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • veronica@hi.is (Profissional)

Moradas

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

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Ecologia

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Espanhol; Castelhano (Idioma materno)
Catalão (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Português Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2009/01/01 - 2012/12/20
Concluído
 Community Ecology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of East Anglia, Reino Unido
"Spatial and temporal variation in the functional diversity of non-breeding wader communities across British estuaries" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2006/09/01 - 2007/08/15
Concluído
 Biological Diversity (Master)
University of Plymouth, Reino Unido
"Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Distinction
1998/09/15 - 2002/06/20
Concluído
 Marine Biology (Bachelor)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Estados Unidos
"Effects of heavy metals on the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus " (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 72 %
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2018/03/01 - 2020/01/31 Investigador (Investigação) Háskóli Islands, Islândia
2015/03/01 - 2018/03/01 Investigador (Investigação) University of East Anglia, Reino Unido
2014/05/01 - 2015/02/28 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Háskóli Islands, Islândia
2013/01/01 - 2014/04/30 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) British Trust for Ornithology, Reino Unido
2012/06/01 - 2012/08/31 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) University of East Anglia, Reino Unido
2008/01/01 - 2008/12/31 Investigador Coordenador (carreira) (Investigação) FRONTIER, Society for Environmental Exploration, Reino Unido
2006/02/01 - 2006/09/30 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) The Marine Biological Association, Reino Unido
2004/05/01 - 2005/10/31 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Marine Turtle Conservation Project, Chipre
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2018/03/01 - 2020/12/31 Demographic drivers of migratory behaviour in birds
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Investigador
Háskóli Islands, Islândia
 Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands
Concluído
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
Investigador
University of East Anglia, Reino Unido
 UK Research and Innovation
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  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):
    Submetido
  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):
    Em revisão
  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):
    No prelo
  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
Artigo em revista (magazine)
  1. Méndez, V.. "Wader diversity across British Estuaries", WeBS News, 2012
Poster em conferência
  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". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em 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!". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em 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?". Trabalho apresentado em International Wader Study Group Conference, 2011.
  7. Mendez, Veronica; Davies, R.G.. "Estuarine health and the diversity of wader life". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em Student Conference on Conservation Science, University of Cambridge, 2010.
Relatório
  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.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Mendez, Veronica. "Spatial and temporal variation in the functional diversity of non-breeding wader communities across British estuaries". Doutoramento, University of East Anglia, 2013. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42418/.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2019/12/09 Will millennials follow parental advice? Investigating variation in migratory behaviour in Eurasian oystercatchers breeding in Iceland
University of Iceland (Reykjavik, Islândia)
2019/09/21 Will millennials follow parental advice? International Waders Study Group Annual Conference
(Morecambe, Reino Unido)
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, Espanha)
2018/08/20 Phenological variation among individuals with different migratory strategies in a partial migrant population 27th International Ornithological Congress
(Vancouver, Canadá)
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, Bélgica)
2017/09/16 Linking migration strategy, breeding phenology and fitness consequences in a partial migrant system International Wader Study Group
(Prague, República Checa)
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, Reino Unido)
2017/03/01 Do residents outperform migrants in a warming world? CEEC Rebellion
University of East Anglia (Norwich, Reino Unido)
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, Irlanda)
2016/09/10 Survival of the fittest model: understanding variation in wader survival rates International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Trabolgan, Irlanda)
2012/09/22 Variation in wader community structure along environmental gradients International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Sene, França)
2011/11/01 Which species are driving changes in wader communities on British estuaries?
British Trust for Ornithology (Thetford, Reino Unido)
2011/02/19 Why do wader communities vary in space and time?” CEEC Rebellion
University of East Anglia (Norwich, Reino Unido)
2010/10/02 Spatial and temporal patterns in wader community composition across British estuaries International Wader Study Group Annual Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado 		Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2019/09/01 - Atual Drivers of maturity in a northern partial migrant
Coorientador de Solvi Runar Vignisson
Háskóli Islands, Islândia
2017/01/01 - 2021/01/01 Effects of forestry and housing developments on breeding wader populations
Coorientador
 Ecology (Doutoramento)
2019/03/01 - 2020/03/01 Effect of habitat on breeding success and fledging growth rates in Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) breeding in Isafjordur, Iceland
Orientador
 Coastal and Marine Management (Mestrado)
University Centre of the Westfjords, Islândia

Arbitragem científica em conferência

Nome da conferência Local da conferência
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

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2019/09/26 Interview to University of Iceland magazine about my research on oystercatchers
2019/09/26 Interview to national Icelandic newspaper (RUV)

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
2018/05/30 - Atual Fjársjóður framtíðar - Fuglar

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2017/01/01 - Atual Icelandic Ecological Society
2015/01/23 - Atual British Ecological Society
2010/01/01 - Atual British Ornithologists's Union
2010/01/01 - Atual International Wader Study Group

Membro de comissão

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de participação 		Instituição / Organização
2016/06/21 - Atual BES review college - review and score grant applications
Membro
 British Ecological Society, Reino Unido
Distinções

Prémio

2015 Best Poster Presentation
International Wader Study Group, Islândia
2011 Best Oral Presentation
University of East Anglia, Reino Unido