
ESPERANZA MACARENA
CASTRO CASAS
Profesora Contratada Doctora
Publications (28) ESPERANZA MACARENA CASTRO CASAS publications
2025
2024
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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
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Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment
Avian Research, Vol. 15
2023
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No Evidence of Deliberate Egg Soiling in the Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta to Improve Camouflage
Ardeola, Vol. 70, Núm. 2, pp. 169-184
2021
2020
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A Comparative Assessment of Pigment Extraction from Avian Eggshells Using Two Analytical Protocols
Ardeola, Vol. 67, Núm. 1, pp. 85-92
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Association of insularity and body condition to cloacal bacteria prevalence in a small shorebird
PLoS ONE, Vol. 15, Núm. 8 August
2019
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@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
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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
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Guía visual de la fauna y flora marina del intermareal de La Caleta y roquedos intermareales asociados
Encumar
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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
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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
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A trade-off between overheating and camouflage on shorebird eggshell colouration
Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 47, Núm. 3, pp. 346-353
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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
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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
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Erratum to Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates. [Biological Review, 81, (2006), 501-529]
Biological Reviews
2012
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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
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Nuevos registros de orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet 1849 (Amphipoda, Talitridae), en la costa de Chile
Hidrobiologica, Vol. 20, Núm. 2, pp. 191-193
2009
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Diet selection of Sanderlings (Calidris alba) in Isla Guamblin National Park in the Chilean fjords
Ornitologia Neotropical, Vol. 20, Núm. 2, pp. 247-253