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Overview

Adolfo Marco is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and primarily works in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Parasitology, Ecology, and Pollution.

The main topics of Adolfo Marco's work center around Turtle Biology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Bird parasitology and diseases, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Avian ecology and behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species (2023, Endangered Species Research)
  • Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications (2022, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • Warmer incubation temperature influences sea turtle survival and nullifies the benefit of a female-biased sex ratio (2020, Climatic Change)
  • Potential impacts of sea level rise and beach flooding on reproduction of sea turtles (2022, Climate Change Ecology)
  • Hatchery efficiency as a conservation tool in threatened sea turtle rookeries with high embryonic mortality (2021, Ocean & Coastal Management)

Adolfo Marco frequently publishes in several academic venues, notably:

  • Endangered Species Research
  • Animal Conservation
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Climate Change Ecology

Collaboration is a significant component of their work, with frequent co-authors including Samir Martins, Elena Abella, Jesús Tomás, Diana Sousa-Guedes, and Filipa Bessa.

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity to nitrate and nitrite in pond-breeding amphibians from the Pacific Northwest, USA

    Adolfo Marco;Consuelo Quilchano;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Amphibians: Field Experiments

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Joseph M. Kiesecker;Douglas P. Chivers;D. Grant Hokit

  • Predator‐induced life history changes in amphibians: egg predation induces hatching

    Douglas P. Chivers;Joseph M. Kiesecker;Adolfo Marco;Jill Devito

  • Evidence from genetic and Lagrangian drifter data for transatlantic transport of small juvenile green turtles

    C. Monzón-Argüello;C. Monzón-Argüello;L. F. López-Jurado;C. Rico;A. Marco

  • Population structure and conservation implications for the loggerhead sea turtle of the Cape Verde Islands

    Catalina Monzón-Argüello;Ciro Rico;Eugenia Naro-Maciel;Nuria Varo-Cruz

  • Identification of a disturbance signal in larval red-legged frogs, Rana aurora

    Joseph M. Kiesecker;Douglas P. Chivers;Adolfo Marco;Consuelo Quilchano

  • The Effects of nitrite on behavior and metamorphosis in cascades frogs ( Rana cascadae)

    Adolfo Marco;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Impact of ammonium nitrate on growth and survival of six European amphibians.

    Manuel E. Ortiz;Adolfo Marco;Nelia Saiz;Miguel Lizana

  • A potential tool to mitigate the impacts of climate change to the caribbean leatherback sea turtle

    Juan Patino-Martinez;Adolfo Marco;Liliana Quiñones;Lucy Hawkes

  • Living Together but Remaining Apart: Atlantic and Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Shared Feeding Grounds

    Carlos Carreras;Marta Pascual;Luis Cardona;Adolfo Marco

  • Global distribution of two fungal pathogens threatening endangered sea turtles.

    Jullie M. Sarmiento-Ramírez;Elena Abella-Pérez;Andrea D. Phillott;Jolene Sim

  • Variation in spatial distribution of juvenile loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean Sea

    Catalina Monzón-Argüello;Ciro Rico;Carlos Carreras;Pascual Calabuig

  • Shifts in life history as a response to predation in Western Toads (Bufo boreas)

    Douglas P. Chivers;Douglas P. Chivers;Joseph M. Kiesecker;Adolfo Marco;Erica L. Wildy

  • Influence of developmental stage on sensitivity to ammonium nitrate of aquatic stages of amphibians

    Manuel E. Ortiz-Santaliestra;Adolfo Marco;María José Fernández;Miguel Lizana

  • Lost at sea: Genetic, oceanographic and meteorological evidence for storm-forced dispersal

    C. Monzón-Argüello;F. Dell'Amico;P. Morinière;A. Marco

  • Foraging dichotomy in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta off northwestern Africa

    E. Eder;A. Ceballos;S. Martins;H. Pérez-García

  • Evidence for an asymmetrical size exchange of loggerhead sea turtles between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic through the Straits of Gibraltar

    M. Revelles;C. Carreras;C. Carreras;L. Cardona;A. Marco

  • The absence of species and sex recognition during mate search by male common toads, Bufo bufo

    Adolfo Marco;Miguel Lizana

  • Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications

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  • Light pollution affects nesting behavior of loggerhead turtles and predation risk of nests and hatchlings.

    Elton Silva;Adolfo Marco;Jesemine da Graça;Héctor Pérez

  • Mate Choice by Chemical Cues in Western Redback (Plethodon vehiculum) and Dunn's (P. dunni) Salamanders

    Adolfo Marco;Douglas P. Chivers;Joseph M. Kiesecker;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Mitochondrial DNA reveals Pleistocenic colonisation of the Mediterranean by loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)

    Marcel Clusa;Carlos Carreras;Marta Pascual;Andreas Demetropoulos

  • DNA REPAIR AND RESISTANCE TO UV-B RADIATION IN WESTERN SPOTTED FROGS

    Andrew R. Blaustein;John B. Hays;Peter D. Hoffman;Douglas P. Chivers

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein Oregon State University
Douglas P. Chivers
Douglas P. Chivers University of Saskatchewan
Luis Cardona
Luis Cardona University of Barcelona
Joseph M. Kiesecker
Joseph M. Kiesecker The Nature Conservancy
Jesús Tomás
Jesús Tomás University of Valencia
Carmen Díaz-Paniagua
Carmen Díaz-Paniagua Estación Biológica de Doñana
Marta Pascual
Marta Pascual University of Barcelona
Lucy A. Hawkes
Lucy A. Hawkes University of Exeter
Valentín Pérez-Mellado
Valentín Pérez-Mellado University of Salamanca
María P. Martín
María P. Martín Spanish National Research Council

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