Scientific publications

Vansteelant et al. 2021 Adaptive drift and barrier-avoidance by a fly-forage migrant along a climate-driven flyway


Gangoso et al. 2010. Prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus in Eleonora’s falcons in the Canary Islands. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 1321-1324


Gangoso et al. 2011 MC1R-dependent melanin-based colour popymorphism is associated with cell-mediated response in the Eleonora’s falcon. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 2055-2063


Gangoso et al. 2012. Colonizing the world in spite of reduced MHC variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1438-1447 


Gangoso et al. 2013 Ecological specialization prevents long-distance migratory raptors from becoming sedentary on islands. PLoS ONE 8: e61615


Gangoso et al. 2015 Morph-specific genetic and environmental variation in innate and acquired immune response. Oecologia 178: 1113-1123


Gangoso et al. 2015 Socio-spatial structuration of alternative breeding strategies in a color polymorphic raptor. Behavioral Ecology 26: 1119-1130


Gutierrez_Lopez et al. 2015 Low prevalence of blood parasites in a long-distance migratory raptor, the importance of host habitat. Parasites & vectors 8: 189


Viana et al. 2016 Overseas seed dispersal by migratory birds. Proc. R. Soc. B  1822:  20152406


Touati et al. 2017 On the brink, status and breeding ecology of Eleonora’s falcon in Algeria. Bird Conservation International doi:10.1017/S0959270916000484


Gangoso et al. 2017 Genetic colour polymorphism is associated with avian malaria infections. Biology Letters 12: 20160839


Kassara et al. 2017 Current and future suitability of wintering grounds for a long-distance migratory raptor. Scientific Reports, 7(1),8798


Gangoso & Figuerola 2019. Breeding success but not mate choice is phenotype- and contex-dependent in a color polymorphic raptor. Behavioral Ecology, 30(3), pp.763-769.


Gangoso, L., Gutiérrez‐López, R., Martínez‐de la Puente, J. and Figuerola, J., 2019. Louse flies of Eleonora’s falcons that also feed on their prey are evolutionary dead‐end hosts for blood parasites. Molecular ecology, 28(7), pp.1812-1825.


Gangoso et al. 2020 Cascading effects of climate variability on the breeding success of an edge population of an apex predator. Journal of Animal Ecology


Vansteelant et al. 2023 A trans-African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females. Journal of Avian Biology, e03050.