Cuervo Osés José Javier

Investigación

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EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

December 2010 - present: Research Scientist, National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

December 1999 - November 2010: Tenured Scientist, Experimental Station of Arid Zones (EEZA-CSIC), Almería, Spain

November 1996 - August 1999: Postdoctoral Researcher, Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain

October 1994 - February 1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Zoological Institute, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

October 1993 - September 1994: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Zoology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

June 1993: Ph.D. in Biology, Department of Animal Biology I, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

January 1989 - December 1992: Ph.D. Student, Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain

June 1988: B.Sc. degree in Biology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROJECTS

Maternal programming of social behaviour. June 2020 - May 2023. PI: Judith Morales (National Museum of Natural Sciences, MNCN-CSIC) 

Underground sensory ecology in fossorial reptiles: function of chemoreception and consequences for social organization, reproductive success and health state. January 2019 - December 2021. PI: José Martín (National Museum of Natural Sciences, MNCN-CSIC)

Retrospective survey of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the amphibians of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. January 2017 - June 2017. In collaboration with Vance Vredenburg (San Francisco State University)

Evolution and variability of sexual chemical signals in reptiles: consequences for reproductive success and speciation. January 2015 - June 2019. PI: Pilar López (National Museum of Natural Sciences, MNCN-CSIC)

Multiple functions of social signals: sex, life stage and bacterial environment make the difference. January 2014 - December 2017. PI: Juan Moreno (National Museum of Natural Sciences, MNCN-CSIC)

The function of lizard coloration: a case study with the spiny-footed lizard. January 2009 - June 2013. In collaboration with Josabel Belliure (University of Alcalá)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2021 

Martín J., Ortega J., García-Roa R., Jiménez-Robles O., Rodríguez-Ruiz G., Recio P., Cuervo J. J. 2021. Going underground: short- and long-term movements may reveal the fossorial spatial ecology of an amphisbaenian. Movement Ecology 9: 4  pdf

2020

Cuervo J. J. 2020. Selección sexual después del apareamiento (y de la fecundación): recordando la hipótesis de la inversión diferencial. Etologuía 26: 47-58  pdf

Rodríguez-Ruiz G., Ortega J., Cuervo J. J. López P., Salvador A., Martín J. 2020. Male rock lizards may compensate reproductive costs of an immune challenge affecting sexual signals. Behavioral Ecology 31: 1017-1030  pdf

Cuervo J. J., Møller A. P. 2020. Demographic, ecological, and life-history traits associated with bird population response to landscape fragmentation in Europe. Landscape Ecology 35: 469-481  pdf

2019 

Fresnillo F., Belliure J., Gil D., Cuervo J. J. 2019. Hormonal control of seasonal color change in female spiny-footed lizards: an observational and experimental approach. Current Zoology 65: 633-642  pdf

Morales J., Cuervo J. J., Moreno J., Soler J. J. 2019. Juvenile plumage whiteness is associated with the evolution of clutch size in passerines. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1106-1112  pdf

Soler J. J., Morales J., Cuervo J. J., Moreno J. 2019. Conspicuousness of passerine females is associated with the nest-building behaviour of males. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 824-835  pdf

Harris D. J., Belliure J., Cuervo J. J. 2019. Melting pots and hotspots: genetic variation within Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Amphibia-Reptilia 40: 245-251  pdf 

2018

Megía-Palma R., Martínez J., Cuervo J. J., Belliure J., Jiménez-Robles O., Gomes V., Cabido C., Pausas J. G., Fitze P. S., Martín J., Merino S. 2018. Molecular evidence for host-parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 709-718  pdf 

Belliure J., Fresnillo B., Cuervo J. J. 2018. Male mate choice based on female coloration in a lizard: the role of a juvenile trait. Behavioral Ecology 29: 543-552  pdf

Plaza M., Cantarero A., Cuervo J. J., Moreno J. 2018. Female incubation attendance and nest vigilance reflect social signaling capacity: a field experiment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 24  pdf

2017

Cuervo J. J., Møller A. P. 2017. Colonial, more widely distributed and less abundant bird species undergo wider population fluctuations independent of their population trend. PLoS One 12(3): e0173220  pdf

2016

Fresnillo B., Belliure J., Cuervo J. J. 2016. Ontogenetic shifts in risk behaviours are related to body size and coloration in spiny-footed lizards. Animal Behaviour 119: 165-172  pdf

Ambrosini R., Cuervo J. J., du Feu C., Fiedler W., Musitelli F., Rubolini D., Sicurella B., Spina F., Saino N., Møller A. P. 2016. Migratory connectivity and effects of winter temperatures on migratory behaviour of the European robin Erithacus rubecula: a continent-wide analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 85: 749-760  pdf

Megía-Palma R., Martínez J., Nasri I., Cuervo J. J., Martín J., Acevedo I., Belliure J., Ortega J., García-Roa R., Selmi S., Merino S. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16: 275-288  pdf

Martín M. A., Ortiz J. M., Seva J., Vidal V., Valera F., Benzal J., Cuervo J. J., de la Cruz C., Belliure J., Martínez A. M., Díaz J. I., Motas M., Jerez S., D'Amico V. L., Barbosa A. 2016. Mode of attachment and pathology caused by Parorchites zederi in three species of penguins: Pygoscelis papua, Pygoscelis adeliae, and Pygoscelis antarctica in Antarctica. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52: 568-575  pdf

Cuervo, J. J., Belliure J., Negro J. J. 2016. Coloration reflects skin pterin concentration in a red-tailed lizard. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 193: 17-24  pdf

2015

De Mas E., Benzal J., Merino S., Valera F., Palacios M. J., Cuervo J. J., Barbosa A. 2015. Erythrocytic abnormalities in three Antarctic penguin species along the Antarctic Peninsula: biomonitoring of genomic damage. Polar Biology 38: 1067-1074  pdf

Fresnillo B., Belliure J., Cuervo J. J. 2015. Red coloration in juvenile spiny-footed lizards (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) reduces adult aggression. Animal Behaviour 102: 59-67  pdf

Fresnillo B., Belliure J., Cuervo J. J. 2015. Red tails are effective decoys for avian predators. Evolutionary Ecology 29: 123-135  pdf

Díaz M., Cuervo J. J., Grim T., Flensted-Jensen E., Ibáñez-Álamo J. D., Jokimäki J., Markó G., Tryjanowski P., Møller A. P. 2015. Interactive effects of fearfulness and geographical location on bird population trends. Behavioral Ecology 26: 716-721  pdf

2014

Cuervo J. J., de Ayala R. M. 2014. Effects of experimental tail shortening on the phenotypic condition of barn swallows Hirundo rustica: implications for tail-length evolution. Journal of Avian Biology 45: 345-353  pdf

2013

Cuervo J. J., Belliure J. 2013. Exploring the function of red colouration in female spiny-footed lizards (Acanthodactylus erythrurus): patterns of seasonal colour change. Amphibia-Reptilia 34: 525-538  pdf

Cuervo J. J., Møller A. P. 2013. Temporal variation in population size of European bird species: effects of latitude and marginality of distribution. PLoS One 8(10): e77654  pdf

Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Avilés J. M., Cuervo J. J., Parejo D., Ruano F., Zamora-Muñoz C., Sergio F., López-Jiménez L., Tanferna A., Martín-Vivaldi M. 2013. Does avian conspicuous colouration increase or reduce predation risk? Oecologia 173: 83-93  pdf

Barbosa A., Palacios, M. J., Negro J. J., Cuervo J. J. 2013. Plasma carotenoid depletion during fasting in moulting penguins. Journal of Ornithology 154: 559-562  pdf

2012

McCoy K. D., Beis P., Barbosa A., Cuervo J. J., Fraser W. R., González-Solís J., Jourdain E., Poisbleau M., Quillfeldt P., Léger E., Dietrich M. 2012. Population genetic structure and colonisation of the Western Antarctic Peninsula by the seabird tick Ixodes uriae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 459: 109-120  pdf

Sánchez S., Cuervo J. J., Moreno E. 2012. Vegetation structure in beech-fir forests: effects on the avian community. Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et la Vie) 67: 213-222  pdf

2011

Jerez S., Motas M., Palacios M. J., Valera F., Cuervo J. J., Barbosa A. 2011. Concentration of trace elements in feathers of three Antarctic penguins: geographical and inter-specific differences. Environmental Pollution 159: 2412-2419  pdf

Barbosa A., Benzal J., Vidal V., D'Amico V., Coria N., Díaz J., Motas M., Palacios M. J., Cuervo J. J., Ortiz J., Chitimia L. 2011. Seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae) distribution along the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 34: 1621-1624  pdf

Cuervo J. J., Dhaoui M., Espeso G. 2011. Fluctuating asymmetry and blood parameters in three endangered gazelle species. Mammalian Biology 76: 498-505  pdf

Cuervo J. J., Soler J. J., Avilés J. M., Pérez-Contreras T., Navarro C. 2011. Experimental feeding affects the relationship between hematocrit and body weight in spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings. Journal of Ornithology 152: 201-206  pdf