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D-Index
40
Citations
6962
World Ranking
6073
National Ranking
23

Overview

Flavio Quintana is affiliated with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specialization in Ecology. Subfields of particular interest include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Quintana's research topics cover various aspects of animal and environmental studies, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Their recent peer-reviewed publications include:

  • Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels, 2021, Science Advances
  • Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks, 2021, Animal Biotelemetry
  • Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants, 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • How often should dead-reckoned animal movement paths be corrected for drift?, 2021, Animal Biotelemetry
  • The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power, 2022, Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Frequent co-authors in Quintana's work include Agustina Gómez-Laich, Rory P. Wilson, Richard Gunner, Ken Yoda, and Mark D. Holton.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Biology, Animal Biotelemetry, Polar Biology, and Ibis.

Best Publications

  • Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: the case of the cormorant

    Rory P. Wilson;Craig R. White;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Lewis G. Halsey

  • Derivation of body motion via appropriate smoothing of acceleration data

    Emily L. C. Shepard;Rory P. Wilson;Lewis G. Halsey;Flavio Quintana

  • The relationship between oxygen consumption and body acceleration in a range of species.

    L.G. Halsey;E.L.C. Shepard;F. Quintana;F. Quintana;A. Gomez Laich

  • Estimates for energy expenditure in free-living animals using acceleration proxies: A reappraisal

    Rory P. Wilson;Luca Börger;Mark D. Holton;D. Michael Scantlebury

  • The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels

    Richard A. Phillips;R. Gales;G. B. Baker;M. C. Double

  • Construction of energy landscapes can clarify the movement and distribution of foraging animals

    Rory P. Wilson;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Victoria J. Hobson

  • All at sea with animal tracks; methodological and analytical solutions for the resolution of movement

    Rory P. Wilson;Nikolai Liebsch;Ian M. Davies;Flavio Quintana

  • HOW DO MAGELLANIC PENGUINS COPE WITH VARIABILITY IN THEIR ACCESS TO PREY

    Rory P. Wilson;Rory P. Wilson;J. Alejandro Scolaro;David Grémillet;Mandy A. M. Kierspel

  • Convergent evolution in locomotory patterns of flying and swimming animals

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Salvador J. Jorgensen;Nikolai Liebsch;Juan E. Sala

  • Identification of animal movement patterns using tri-axial magnetometry

    Hannah J. Williams;Mark D. Holton;Emily L. C. Shepard;Nicola Largey

  • Love thy neighbour: automatic animal behavioural classification of acceleration data using the K-nearest neighbour algorithm.

    Owen R. Bidder;Hamish A. Campbell;Agustina Gómez-Laich;Patricia Urgé

  • Group breeding in sea lions: pups survive better in colonies

    Claudio Campagna;Claudio Bisioli;Flavio Quintana;Fabian Perez

  • Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

    Katharine Keogan;Francis Daunt;Sarah Wanless;Richard A. Phillips

  • Identification of imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps behaviour using accelerometers

    Agustina Gómez Laich;Rory P. Wilson;Flavio Quintana;Emily L. C. Shepard

  • Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

    Steffen Oppel;Mark Bolton;Ana P.B. Carneiro;Maria P. Dias

  • Seabird mortality associated with ice trawlers in the Patagonian shelf: effect of discards on the occurrence of interactions with fishing gear

    M. Favero;G. Blanco;G. García;S. Copello

  • Cormoranes de la costa patagónica: estado poblacional, ecología y conservación

    Esteban Frere;Esteban Frere;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Patricia Alejandra Gandini;Patricia Alejandra Gandini

  • Diving behaviour and foraging location of female southern elephant seals from Patagonia

    C. Campagna;C. Campagna;B. J. Le Boeuf;S. B. Blackwell;D. E. Crocker

  • Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species – insights from predator-borne videos

    Jean-Baptiste Thiebot;John P. Y. Arnould;Agustina Gómez-Laich;Kentaro Ito

  • Women from Venus, men from Mars: inter-sex foraging differences in the imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps a colonial seabird

    Flavio Quintana;Rory Wilson;Patricia Dell'Arciprete;Emily Shepard

  • Pushed for time or saving on fuel: fine-scale energy budgets shed light on currencies in a diving bird.

    Emily L. C. Shepard;Rory P. Wilson;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Agustina Marta Gómez Laich

Frequent Co-Authors

Rory P. Wilson
Rory P. Wilson Swansea University
Pablo Yorio
Pablo Yorio National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Emily L. C. Shepard
Emily L. C. Shepard Swansea University
Claudio Campagna
Claudio Campagna Wildlife Conservation Society
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan University of Cape Town
Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research
Maria P. Dias
Maria P. Dias University of Lisbon

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