Publications (28) ESPERANZA MACARENA CASTRO CASAS publications

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2025

  1. Effects of Anthropogenic Introduction of Substrates on Egg Camouflage and Nesting Success in Ground-Nesting Birds

    Animal Conservation

2024

  1. Analysing citizen science data to address the demographic expansion of the Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) in southern Spain

    Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 165, Núm. 3, pp. 805-813

  2. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment

    Avian Research, Vol. 15

2023

  1. No Evidence of Deliberate Egg Soiling in the Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta to Improve Camouflage

    Ardeola, Vol. 70, Núm. 2, pp. 169-184

2021

  1. Nueva guía visual de la fauna y flora marina del intermareal de La Caleta y roquedos intermareales asociados

    Universidad de Cádiz

  2. Quail eggs in artificial nests change their coloration when exposed to ambient conditions: Implication for studies on nest predation

    PeerJ, Vol. 7

2020

  1. A Comparative Assessment of Pigment Extraction from Avian Eggshells Using Two Analytical Protocols

    Ardeola, Vol. 67, Núm. 1, pp. 85-92

  2. Association of insularity and body condition to cloacal bacteria prevalence in a small shorebird

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 15, Núm. 8 August

2019

  1. @UCA-Conserva: fomento del uso de redes sociales en la docencia y la difusión en los másteres de la Facultad de Ciencias del mar y ambientales.

    Innovación Docente e Investigación en Ciencias, Ingeniería y Arquitectura (Dykinson), pp. 375-384

  2. Does the use of nest materials in a ground-nesting bird result from a compromise between the risk of egg overheating and camouflage?

    Biology Open, Vol. 8, Núm. 12

  3. Guía visual de la fauna y flora marina del intermareal de La Caleta y roquedos intermareales asociados

    Encumar

  4. The protoporphyrin content of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus eggshells is better predicted by the fractal dimension of spottiness than by colour

    Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 160, Núm. 2, pp. 409-415

2018

  1. Individual egg camouflage is influenced by microhabitat selection and use of nest materials in ground-nesting birds

    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 72, Núm. 9

2016

  1. A trade-off between overheating and camouflage on shorebird eggshell colouration

    Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 47, Núm. 3, pp. 346-353

  2. Uso del humedal de Los Toruños (Puerto Real, Cádiz) como laboratorio natural para la enseñanza de Hidrogeología

    Jornada Hidrogeología y Humedales: 45 años del Convenio Ramsar: su importancia en la conservación y gestión de humedales

2015

  1. Does the gathering of shellfish affect the behavior of gastropod scavengers on sandy beaches? A field experiment

    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol. 467, pp. 1-6

  2. Erratum to Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates. [Biological Review, 81, (2006), 501-529]

    Biological Reviews

2012

  1. Notes on breeding biology and ecology of Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis) in sub-Antarctic archipelagos of western Patagonia

    Ornitologia Neotropical, Vol. 23, Núm. 2, pp. 235-242

2010

  1. Nuevos registros de orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet 1849 (Amphipoda, Talitridae), en la costa de Chile

    Hidrobiologica, Vol. 20, Núm. 2, pp. 191-193

2009

  1. Diet selection of Sanderlings (Calidris alba) in Isla Guamblin National Park in the Chilean fjords

    Ornitologia Neotropical, Vol. 20, Núm. 2, pp. 247-253