Publications, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, animal ecology, behavioral ecology, behavioural ecology, animal behavior, animal behaviour, models, conservation biology, wildlife management

Bennett, V.J, M. Beard, P.A. Zollner, E. Fernández-Juricic, L. Westphal & C.L. LeBlanc. In press. Understanding wildlife responses to human disturbance through simulation modelling: a management tool. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY.

Fernández-Juricic, E., A. del Nevo & R. Poston. In press. Identification of individual and population level variation in vocalizations of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus). AUK.

Fernández-Juricic, E. M.D. Gall, T. Dolan, V. Tisdale & G.R. Martin. In press. The visual fields of two ground foraging birds, House Finches and House Sparrows, allow for simultaneous foraging and anti-predator vigilance. IBIS.

Devereux, C.L., E. Fernández-Juricic, J.R. Krebs & M.J. Whittingham. 2008. Habitat affects escape behaviour and alarm calling in Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris. IBIS 150 (S1): 191-198. [pdf]

Rodríguez-Prieto, I. E. Fernández-Juricic & J. Martín. 2008. To run or to fly: low cost versus low risk escape strategies in blackbirds. BEHAVIOUR 145: 1125-1138. [pdf]

Rogers, B.L., C.G. Lowe, E. Fernández-Juricic & L.R. Frank. 2008. Utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the effects of angling-induced barotrauma on rockfish (Sebastes). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 65: 1245-1249. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E.& G. Beauchamp. 2008. An experimental analysis of spatial position effects on foraging and vigilance in Brown-headed Cowbird flocks. ETHOLOGY 114: 105-114. [pdf]

García, C., D. Renison, A. M. Cingolani & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2008. Avifaunal changes as a consequence of large scale livestock exclusion in the mountains of Central Argentina. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 45: 351-360. [pdf]

Morgan, T. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2007. The effects of predation risk, food abundance, and population size on group size of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater). ETHOLOGY 113: 1173-1184. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., P.A. Zollner, C. LeBlanc & L. M. Westphal. 2007. Responses of nestling black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) to aquatic and terrestrial recreational activities: a manipulative study. WATERBIRDS 30: 554-565. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & E. Tran. 2007. Changes in vigilance and foraging behaviour with light intensity and their effects on food intake and predator detection in house finches. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74: 1381-1390. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., G. Beauchamp & B. Bastain. 2007. Group-size and distance-to-neighbour effects on feeding and vigilance in Brown-headed Cowbirds. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 73: 771-778. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & M.H. Cassini. 2007. Intra-sexual female agonistic behaviour of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) in two colonies with different breeding substrates. ACTA ETHOLOGICA 10: 23-28. [pdf]

Snellen, C.L., P.J. Hodum & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2007. Assessing western gull predation on purple sea urchins in the rocky intertidal using optimal foraging theory. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 85: 221-231. [pdf]

Heil, L., E. Fernández-Juricic, D. Renison, A. Cingolani & D. T. Blumstein. 2007. Avian responses to tourism in the biogeographically isolated hig Córdoba Mountains, Argentina. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 16: 1009-1026. [pdf]

Devereux, C.L., J.A. Vickery, E. Fernández-Juricic, J.R. Krebs & M.J. Whittingham. 2006. Does sward density affect prey availability for grassland birds? AGRICULTURE, ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT 117: 57–62. [pdf]

Rodríguez-Prieto, I. E. Fernández-Juricic & J. Martín. 2006. Anti-predator behavioral responses of mosquito pupae to aerial predation risk. JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR 19: 373-381. [pdf]

Devereux, C.L., M.J. Whittingham, J.R. Krebs, E. Fernández-Juricic & J.A. Vickery. 2006. What attracts birds to newly mown pasture? Decoupling the action of mowing from the provision of short swards. IBIS 148: 302-306. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., D.T. Blumstein, G. Abrica, L. Manriquez, L. Bandy Adams, R. Adams, M. Daneshrad & I. Rodriguez-Prieto. 2006. Relationships of anti-predator escape and post-escape responses with body mass and morphology: a comparative avian study. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH 8: 731-752. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., N. Gilak, J.C. McDonald, P. Pithia & A. Valcarcel. 2006. A dynamic method to study the transmission of social foraging information in flocks using robots. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 71: 901-911. [pdf]

Devereux, C.L., M.J. Whittingham, E. Fernández-Juricic, J.A. Vickery& J.R. Krebs. 2006. Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY 17: 303-309. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., R. Poston, K. De Collibus, T. Morgan, B. Bastain, C. Martin, K. Jones & R. Treminio. 2005. Microhabitat Selection and Singing Behavior Patterns of Male House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) in Urban Parks in a Heavily Urbanized Landscape in the Western U.S. Urban Habitats 3 (2): ISSN 1541-7115. http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v03n01/finch_pdf.pdf

Fernández-Juricic, E., P. Venier, D. Renison& D.T. Blumstein. 2005. Sensitivity of wildlife to spatial patterns of recreationist behavior: a critical assessment of minimum approaching distances and buffer areas for grassland birds. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 125: 225-235. [pdf]

Blumstien, D.T., E. Fernandez-Juricic, P.A. Zollner & S.C. Garity. 2005. Inter-specific variation in avian responses to human disturbance. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 42: 943-953. [pdf]

Jokimäki, J., Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, M.-L., Sorace, A., Fernández-Juricic, E. Rodriguez-Prieto, I. & Jimenez, M.D. 2005. Evaluation of the “safe nesting zone” hypothesis across an urban gradient: a multi-scale study. ECOGRAPHY 28: 59-60. [pdf]

Beauchamp, G. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2005. The group size paradox: effects of learning and patch departure rules. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY 16: 352-357. [pdf]

Rodríguez-Prieto, I. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2005. Effects of direct human disturbance on the endemic Iberian frog Rana iberica at individual and population levels. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 123: 1-9. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., R. Smith & A. Kacelnik. 2005. Increasing the costs of conspecific scanning in socially foraging starlings affects vigilance and foraging behaviour. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 69: 73-81. [pdf]

Stephens, D.W., B. Kerr & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2004. Impulsiveness without discounting: the ecological rationality hypothesis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON B 271: 2459-2465. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., B. Kerr, P.A. Bednekoff & D.W. Stephens. 2004. When are two heads better than one? Visual perception and information transfer affect vigilance coordination in foraging groups. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY 15: 898-906. [pdf]

Blumstein, D.T. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2004. Emergence of conservation behavior. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 18: 1175-1177. [pdf]

Cassini, M.H., D. Szteren & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2004. Fence effects on the behavioural responses of South American fur seals towards tourist approaches. JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY 22: 127-133. [pdf]

Beauchamp, G. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2004. Is there a relationship between forebrain size and group size in birds? EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH 6: 833-842. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., J. Jokimäki, J. McDonald, F. Melado, A. Toledano, C. Mayo, B. Martín, I. Fresneda & V. Martín. 2004. Effects of opportunistic predation on anti-predator behavioural responses in a guild of ground foragers. OECOLOGIA 140: 183-190. [pdf]

Blumstein, D.T., E. Fernández-Juricic, O. LeDee, E. Larsen, I. Rodriguez-Prieto & C. Zugmeyer. 2004. Avian risk assessment: effects of perching height and detectability. ETHOLOGY 110: 273-285. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2004. Spatial and temporal analysis of the distribution of forest specialists in an urban-fragmented landscape (Madrid, Spain). Implications for local and regional bird conservation. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 69: 17-32. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., S. Siller & A. Kacelnik. 2004. Flock density, social foraging and scanning: an experiment with starlings. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY 15: 371-379. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & A. Kacelnik. 2004. Information transfer and gain in flocks: the effects of quantity and quality of social information at different neighbour distances. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 55: 502-511. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., R. Vaca & N. Schroeder. 2004. Spatial and temporal responses of forest birds to human approaches in a protected area and implications for two management strategies. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 117: 407-416. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., J.T. Erichsen & A. Kacelnik. 2004. Visual perception and social foraging in birds. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 19: 25-31. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & N. Schroeder. 2003. Do variations in scanning behavior affect tolerance to human disturbance? APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE 84: 219-234. [pdf]

Cassini, M.H. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2003. Costs and benefits of joining South American sea lion breeding groups: testing the assumptions of a model on female breeding dispersion. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 81:1154-1160. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., A. Sallent, R. Sanz & I. Rodríguez-Prieto. 2003. Testing the risk-disturbance hypothesis in a fragmented landscape: nonlinear responses of House Sparrows to humans. CONDOR 105: 316-326. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., C. Campagna & D. San Mauro. 2003. Variations in the arrangement of South American sea lion male vocalizations during the breeding season: patterns and contexts. AQUATIC MAMMALS 29:289-296. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., W.J. Alonso & C. Schuck-Paim. 2002. Peer review to select academic job applicants. NATURE 420:16. (Correspondence Section) [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2002. Nested patterns of species distribution and winter flock occurrence of insectivorous birds in a fragmented landscape. ECOSCIENCE 9: 450-458. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., M.D. Jimenez & E. Lucas. 2002. Factors affecting intra- and inter-specific variations in the difference between alert and flight distances in forested habitats. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 80: 1212-1220. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2002. Can human disturbance promote nestedness? A case study with birds in an urban fragmented landscape. OECOLOGIA 131:269-278. [pdf]

Alonso, W.J. & E. Fernández-Juricic. 2002. Regional network raises profile of local journals. NATURE 415:471-472. (Correspondence Section). [pdf] (See comments and an Editorial on this note in SciDev.Net)

Fernández-Juricic, E., M.D. Jimenez & E. Lucas. 2001. Alert distance as an alternative measure of bird tolerance to human disturbance. Implications for park design. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 28:263-269. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, R. Sanz & E.A. Sallent. 2001. Frequency-dependent predation by birds at edges and interiors of woodland. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 73:43-49. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2001. Avian spatial segregation at edges and interiors of urban parks in Madrid, Spain. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 10: 1303-1316. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & J. Jokimäki. 2001. A habitat island approach to conserving birds in urban landscapes: case studies from southern and northern Europe. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 10:2023-2043. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., C. Campagna, V. Enriquez, & C.L. Ortiz. 2001. Vocal rates and social context in male South American sea lions. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE 17:387-396. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2001. Density dependent habitat selection of corridors in a fragmented landscape. IBIS 143:278-287. [pdf]

Tellería, J.L., J. Pérez-Tris, A. Ramírez, E. Fernández-Juricic & R. Carbonell. 2001. Distribution of robins Erithacus rubecula in wintering grounds: effects of conspecific density, migratory status and age. ARDEA 89:363-373. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2000. Bird community composition patterns in urban parks of Madrid: the role of age, size and isolation. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH 15:373-383. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2000. Avifaunal use of linear strips in an urban landscape. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 14:513-521. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2000. Conservation education: the need for regional approaches supporting local initiatives. WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN 28:164-167. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2000. Local and regional effects of pedestrians on forest birds in a fragmented landscape. CONDOR 102:247-255. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. 2000. Fragmentation affects winter flock formation of an insectivorous guild. ARDEA 88: 235-242. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. & J.L. Tellería. 2000. Effects of human disturbance on blackbird (Turdus merula) spatial and temporal feeding patterns in urban parks of Madrid (Spain). BIRD STUDY 47:13-21. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E & M.B. Martella. 2000. Guttural calls of Blue-fronted Amazons: structure, context, and their possible role in short range communication. WILSON BULLETIN 112:35-43.

Fernández-Juricic, E. & J.L. Tellería. 1999. Recruitment patterns of blackbirds (Turdus merula) in urban fragmented populations. ARDEOLA 46:61-70. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., C. Campagna, V. Enriquez & C.L. Ortiz. 1999. Vocal communication and individual variation in breeding south american sea lions. BEHAVIOUR 136: 495-517. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., E.V. Alvarez & M.B. Martella. 1998. Current status of the Blue-fronted Amazon in the Chancaní Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina. ARDEOLA 45:77-82. (In Spanish with summary in English)

Fernández-Juricic, E., M.B. Martella & E.V. Alvarez. 1998. Vocalizations of the Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) in the Chancaní Reserve, Córdoba Argentina. WILSON BULLETIN 110: 352-361. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E., E.V. Alvarez & M.B. Martella. 1998. Vocalizations of the Blue-crowned Conure (Aratinga acuticaudata) in the Chancaní Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina. ORNITOLOGÍA NEOTROPICAL 9:31-40.

Fernández-Juricic, E., E.V. Alvarez & M.B. Martella. 1997. Seasonal variation in the abundance of the Blue-crowned Conure (Aratinga acuticaudata) in the Chancaní Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina. HORNERO 14:259-262. (In Spanish with summary in English)

Fernández, J.L., J.D. Perez Ávila, R. Pinkevicius, M. de la Colina, J. Gómez & E. Fernández-Juricic. 1997. Response to treatments with neoadjuvancy and surgery of patients with no-small lung cancer (stages IIIa and IIIb). REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIRUGÍA 73:6-8. (In Spanish with summary in English)

Fernández-Juricic, E., M.D. Jimenez & E. Lucas. 2001. Bird tolerance to human disturbance in urban parks of Madrid. Spain. Management Implications. Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World (eds J. M. Marzluff, R. Bowman & R. Donnelly), pp. 261-275. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, USA. [pdf]

Fernández-Juricic, E. In press. Urban Wildlife. In: The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour & Welfare. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.