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"A failure to agree is a public advertisement of a failure to disprove" ~ John Platt (1964)

"Our truth is the intersection of independent lies" ~ Richard Levins (1966)

"The precise specification of our knowledge is the same as the precise specification of our ignorance" ~ Sir Ronald A. Fisher (1956)

"For most topics that concern ecology, I like poets more than lawyers" ~ Ramón Margalef (1997)

"Cuando canto seguiriyas la boca me sabe a sangre" ~ Tia Anica, La Periñaca

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Publications

 

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Peer-reviewed papers

Almaraz, P., Green, A.J., Aguilera, E., Rendón, M.A. & Bustamante, J. 2012. Estimating partial observability and nonlinear climate effects on stochastic community dynamics of migratory waterfowl. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01972.x

Almaraz, P. & Oro. D. 2011. Size-mediated non-trophic interactions and stochastic predation drive assembly and dynamics in a seabird community. Ecology, 92, 1948-1958.  --> Featured in the front cover

Cortés-Avizanda, A., Almaraz, P., Carrete, M., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Delgado, A., Hiraldo, F. & Donázar, J.A. 2011. Spatial heterogeneity in resource distribution promotes facultative sociality in two trans-Saharan migratory birds. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021016

Moleón, M., Almaraz, P. & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. 2008. An Emerging Infectious Disease Triggering Large-Scale Hyperpredation. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2307. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002307 PDF

Rendón, M. A., Green, A. J., Aguilera, E. & Almaraz, P. 2008. Status, distribution and long-term changes in the waterbird community wintering in Doñana, south–west Spain. Biological Conservation, 141, 1371-1388. PDF

Almaraz, P. 2005. Ecological time-series analysis through structural modelling with latent constructs: concepts, methods and applications. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 328, 301-316. PDF   Original offprints available! E-mail me

Contribution to a "Thematic issue on Mathematical Ecology"

Alcalá II International Conference on Mathematical Ecology

 

 

 

 

Almaraz, P. & Amat, J.A. 2004. Complex structural effects of two hemispheric climatic oscillators on the regional spatio-temporal expansion of a threatened bird. Ecology Letters, 7, 547-556. PDF  Supplementary Material

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Commented by the NASA and the UNESCO

Almaraz, P. & Amat, J.A. 2004. Multi-annual spatial and numeric dynamics of the White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) in southern Europe: seasonality, density dependence and climatic variability. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73, 1013-1023. PDF  Original offprints available! E-mail me

 

Book chapters

Almaraz, P. & Ferrer, X. 2011. Ànec cuallarg Anas acuta. In Atles dels ocells de Catalunya a l'Hivern 2006-2009 (Eds. Herrando, S., Brotons, Ll., Estrada, J., Guallar, S. & Anton, M.), pp. 136-137. Lynx Edicions and Institud Català d'Ornitologia, Barcelona. PDF

Ferrer, X. & Almaraz, P. 2011. Xibec Netta rufina. In Atles dels ocells de Catalunya a l'Hivern 2006-2009 (Eds. Herrando, S., Brotons, Ll., Estrada, J., Guallar, S. & Anton, M.), pp. 140-141. Lynx Edicions and Institud Català d'Ornitologia, Barcelona. PDF

 

Non peer-reviewed papers

Almaraz, P. 2001. Competition with carp may limit White-headed Duck populations in Spain. TWSG News, 13: 31-32.

Almaraz, P. 2000. Historia natural de la Malvasía Cabeciblanca (Oxyura leucocephala G.) en el Complejo Endorreico de El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz, SO de España) durante un período de 12 años: una revisión. Oxyura, 10: 53-67.

 

Presentations


Almaraz, P., Aguilera, E., Green, A. J. & Rendón, M. A. 2006. Exploring the density-dependent structure of waterfowl populations: new methods and evidence. XIVth Nordik Congress of Wildlife Research. 1-4 March, Fuglsøcentret, Fuglsø, Denmark.

Almaraz, P. & Amat, J. A. 2006. Transient climatic teleconnections translate to recruitment regime shifts in the Spanish population of White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala). XIVth Nordik Congress of Wildlife Research. 1-4 March, Fuglsøcentret, Fuglsø, Denmark.

Almaraz, P., Ferrer, X. & Martínez-Villalta, A. 2006. Common numeric trends of waterfowl populations in response to external and internal factors: the case of Delta de L’Ebre (NE Spain). XIVth Nordik Congress of Wildlife Research. 1-4 March, Fuglsøcentret, Fuglsø, Denmark.

Green, A. J., Rendón, M. A., Aguilera, E. & Almaraz, P. 2006. Wintering duck populations in Doñana: a review of status, trends and spatial patterns. XIVth Nordik Congress of Wildlife Research. 1-4 March, Fuglsøcentret, Fuglsø, Denmark.

Almaraz, P., Ferrer, X., Aguilera, E., Green, A. J. & Rendón, M. A. 2005. Population models in wader ecology: theory and data. Annual Conference of the International Wader Study Group, 6-10 October, 2005, Knockadoon Head Field Centre, Co. Cork, Ireland

Almaraz, P. 2003. Using structural modeling to unravel complex interactions between climatic oscillators, endogenous signals and stochastic noise in population dynamics. Proceedings of the Alcalá II International Conference on Mathematical Ecology (AICME II), Dpto. de Matematicas, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Almaraz, P. & Amat, J.A. 2003. The roles of error structure specification, parameter minimization and uncertainty estimation on model assessment: an information-theoretic approach with two endangered vertebrate species. Proceedings of the Alcalá II International Conference on Mathematical Ecology (AICME II), Dpto. de Matematicas, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Almaraz, P. & Gómez, JM. 2003. Herbivorismo, polinización y dinámica demográfica de una planta monográfica perenne. Actas del VII Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, AEET, Barcelona, Spain.

Almaraz, P. 2002. Composición y estructura de la ornitocenosis acuática del Complejo Endorreico de El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz, SO de España). En A. Sánchez (Ed.): Actas de las XV Jornadas Ornitológicas Españolas, pp. 157. SEO/BirdLife, Madrid.

Almaraz, P. 2002.  Factores que afectan al comportamiento reproductor de la Malvasía Cabeciblanca (Oxyura leucocephala): perspectiva temporal a una escala local. En A. Sánchez  En A. Sánchez (Ed.): Actas de las XV Jornadas Ornitológicas Españolas, pp. 157. SEO/BirdLife, Madrid.

Almaraz, P. 2000. Efecto de las precipitaciones y problemas de conservación en el complejo endorreico de El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz, SO de españa): incidencia funcional en su población de Malvasía Cabeciblanca (Oxyura leucocephala G.). Actas del III Congreso Ibérico de Biólogos Ambientalistas, Colegios de Biólogos & Ordem dos Biologos, Salamanca, Spain.

 

Invited talks


Almaraz, P. 2008. Redes Bayesianas Dinámicas: una visión alternativa de la variabilidad y la complejidad en ecología. Ciclo de seminarios del Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain.

Almaraz, P. 2006. Complejidad y dinámica de los sistemas ecológicos a largo plazo: Doñana y mas allá. Ciclo de seminarios de la Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.

 

 

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