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Emilio Virgós is affiliated with King Juan Carlos University in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications in Ecology and its related subfields. Virgós' work includes contributions to Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, and studies on Small Animals.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Recent published papers by Virgós include:

  • Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes (2021, Nature)
  • Fragmentation and low density as major conservation challenges for the southernmost populations of the European wildcat (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Frugivore-mediated seed dispersal in fragmented landscapes: Compositional and functional turnover from forest to matrix (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: Implications of rewilding apex predators for plant-animal mutualisms (2022, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Promoting grazing or rewilding initiatives against rural exodus? The return of the wolf and other large carnivores must be considered (2020, Environmental Conservation)

Virgós frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tamara Burgos
  • José María Gil-Sánchez
  • Javier Hernández-Hernández
  • Gema Escribano-Ávila
  • Inmaculada Cancio

The majority of Virgós' work has been published in various scientific journals, with notable frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Galemys Spanish Journal of Mammalogy
  • Animal Conservation
  • Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods

    José Miguel Barea-Azcón;Emilio Virgós;Elena Ballesteros-Duperón;Marcos Moleón

  • Rats dying for mice: Modelling the competitor release effect

    Stéphane Caut;Jorge G. Casanovas;Emilio Virgos;Jorge Lozano

  • Biogeographical patterns in the diet of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, in Eurasia: factors affecting the trophic diversity

    Jorge Lozano;Marcos Moleón;Emilio Virgós

  • Dispersal of Spanish juniper Juniperus thurifera by birds and mammals in a fragmented landscape

    Tomás Santos;José L. Tellería;Emilio Virgós

  • Geographical variation in genet (Genetta genetta L.) diet: a literature review

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  • A comparison on the response to forest fragmentation by medium-sized Iberian carnivores in central Spain

    Emilio Virgós;José Luis Tellería;Tomás Santos

  • Assessment of game restocking contributions to anthropogenic hybridization: the case of the Iberian red‐legged partridge

    José Antonio Blanco-Aguiar;Pablo González-Jara;María Ester Ferrero;Inés S. Sánchez-Barbudo

  • A change of diet from rodents to rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Is the wildcat (Felis silvestris) a specialist predator

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  • The priority value of scrubland habitats for carnivore conservation in Mediterranean ecosystems

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  • Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a threatened species in spain? Sociological constraints in the conservation of species

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  • Relationship Between Small-game Hunting and Carnivore Diversity in Central Spain

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  • Importance of scrub–pastureland mosaics for wild-living cats occurrence in a Mediterranean area: implications for the conservation of the wildcat (Felis silvestris)

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  • Relative value of riparian woodlands in landscapes with different forest cover for medium-sized Iberian carnivores

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  • Reduction of potential food interference in two sympatric carnivores by sequential use of shared resources

    Rafael Barrientos;Emilio Virgós

  • Behavioural responses to changing landscapes: flock structure and anti‐predator strategies of tits wintering in fragmented forests

    José Luis Tellería;Emilio Virgós;Roberto Carbonell;Javier Pérez‐Tris

  • Wolf response to two kinds of barriers in an agricultural habitat in Spain

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  • Diverse guilds provide complementary dispersal services in a woodland expansion process after land abandonment

    Gema Escribano‐Avila;María Calviño‐Cancela;Beatriz Pías;Emilio Virgós

  • Role of isolation and habitat quality in shaping species abundance: a test with badgers (Meles meles L.) in a gradient of forest fragmentation

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  • Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes

    Juan P. González-Varo;Beatriz Rumeu;Jörg Albrecht;Juan M. Arroyo

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on the distribution of the lizard Psammodromus algirus

    José A. Díaz;Roberto Carbonell;Emilio Virgós;Tomás Santos

  • Spatial variation in helminth community structure in the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa L.): effects of definitive host density.

    C. Calvete;J. A. Blanco-Aguiar;E. Virgós;S. Cabezas-Díaz

  • Factors affecting wild boar (Sus scrofa) occurrence in highly fragmented Mediterranean landscapes

    Emilio Virgós

  • Food habits of European badgers (Meles meles) along an altitudinal gradient of Mediterranean environments: a field test of the earthworm specialization hypothesis

    Emilio Virgós;Julián G Mangas;José Antonio Blanco-Aguiar;Germán Garrote

  • Increase of large game species in Mediterranean areas: Is the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) facing a new threat?

    Jorge Lozano;Emilio Virgós;Sara Cabezas-Díaz;Julián G. Mangas

  • Distribution of an increasing roe deer population in a fragmented Mediterranean landscape

    José Luis Tellería;Emilio Virgós

  • Factors shaping European rabbit abundance

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  • Roe deer habitat selection in Spain: constraints on the distribution of a species

    E Virgós;J L Tellería

  • Testing Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation hypotheses in a habitat suitability gradient for roe deer

    Gema Escribano-Avila;Nathalie Pettorelli;Emilio Virgós;Carlos Lara-Romero

  • Body size clines in the European badger and the abundant centre hypothesis

    Emilio Virgós;Rafal Kowalczyk;Atalya Trua;Anna de Marinis

  • Scaling of species distribution models across spatial resolutions and extents along a biogeographic gradient. The case of the Iberian mole Talpa occidentalis

    Susana Suárez‐Seoane;Emilio Virgós;Olga Terroba;Xosé Pardavila

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Castro
Antonio Castro Spanish National Research Council
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University
Renaud Mathieu
Renaud Mathieu International Rice Research Institute
Marcos Moleón
Marcos Moleón University of Granada
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Clara Grilo
Clara Grilo University of Lisbon
Margarida Santos-Reis
Margarida Santos-Reis University of Lisbon
José A. Sánchez-Zapata
José A. Sánchez-Zapata Miguel Hernandez University

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