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Overview

Jaime A. Ramos is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal and focuses research primarily in Environmental Science. Their scholarly output encompasses a substantial number of publications, with notable contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Pollution.

The main topics explored in Jaime A. Ramos's work include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Jaime's published research appears frequently in certain specialized scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Marine Biology

Some recent papers authored by or associated with Jaime A. Ramos are as follows:

  • "Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic," 2021, Conservation Letters
  • "The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Ingestion of anthropogenic materials by yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in natural, urban, and landfill sites along Portugal in relation to diet composition," 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Seasonal variation in habitat use, daily routines and interactions with humans by urban-dwelling gulls," 2021, Urban Ecosystems

Frequent collaborators in Jaime's research projects include:

  • Vítor H. Paiva
  • Filipe R. Ceia
  • Jorge M. Pereira
  • Ana Cláudia Norte
  • Ivo dos Santos

Best Publications

  • Individual specialization in the foraging and feeding strategies of seabirds: a review

    Filipe R. Ceia;Jaime A. Ramos

  • Past and present status and conservation of the seabirds breeding in the Azores Archipelago

    L.R. Monteiro;L.R. Monteiro;J.A. Ramos;R.W. Furness

  • Movements, Morphology, Breeding, Molt, Diet and Feeding of Seabirds in the Azores

    L. R. Monteiro;J. A. Ramos;R. W. Furness;A. J. del Nevo

  • Tracking seabirds to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in the tropical western Indian Ocean

    Matthieu Le Corre;Audrey Jaeger;Patrick Pinet;Michelle A. Kappes

  • Foraging plasticity in a pelagic seabird species along a marine productivity gradient

    Vitor H. Paiva;Pedro Geraldes;Iván Ramírez;Ana Meirinho

  • Effects of Alien Plants on Insect Abundance and Biomass: a Food‐Web Approach

    Rúben H. Heleno;Ricardo S. Ceia;Jaime A. Ramos;Jane Memmott

  • Characteristics and competition for nest cavities in burrowing procellariiformes

    Jaime A. Ramos;Luis R. Monteiro;Encarnacion Sola;Zita Moniz

  • The role of avian 'seed predators' as seed dispersers

    Ruben H. Heleno;Ruben H. Heleno;Georgina Ross;Amy Everard;Jane Memmott

  • Oceanographic characteristics of areas used by Cory's shearwaters during short and long foraging trips in the North Atlantic

    Vitor H. Paiva;Vitor H. Paiva;Pedro Geraldes;Iván Ramírez;Ana Meirinho

  • Annual and seasonal consistency in the feeding ecology of an opportunistic species, the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis

    Filipe R. Ceia;Vitor H. Paiva;Vera Fidalgo;Lurdes Morais

  • Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

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

  • Movements, at-sea distribution and behaviour of a tropical pelagic seabird: the wedge-tailed shearwater in the western Indian Ocean

    Teresa Catry;Jaime A. Ramos;Matthieu Le Corre;Richard A. Phillips

  • Short- and long-term consistency in the foraging niche of wandering albatrosses

    Filipe R. Ceia;Richard A. Phillips;Jaime A. Ramos;Yves Cherel

  • Comparative foraging ecology of a tropical seabird community of the Seychelles, western Indian Ocean

    Teresa Catry;Jaime A. Ramos;Sébastien Jaquemet;Lucie Faulquier

  • Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

    Ruben Heleno;Ruben Heleno;InÊs Lacerda;Jaime A. Ramos;Jane Memmott

  • Variation of adult Great Tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season

    A. C. Norte;A. C. Norte;J. A. Ramos;J. P. Sousa;B. C. Sheldon

  • Influence of local and large-scale weather events and timing of breeding on tropical roseate tern reproductive parameters

    Jaime A. Ramos;Anna M. Maul;Vickie Ayrton;Ian Bullock

  • How area restricted search of a pelagic seabird changes while performing a dual foraging strategy

    Vitor H. Paiva;Pedro Geraldes;Iván Ramírez;Stefan Garthe

  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

    Tammy E. Davies;Ana P.B. Carneiro;Marguerite Tarzia;Ewan Wakefield

  • An holistic ecological analysis of the diet of Cory's shearwaters using prey morphological characters and DNA barcoding

    Hany Rafael de Drummond Ludovice Garcia Alonso;Hany Rafael de Drummond Ludovice Garcia Alonso;Hany Rafael de Drummond Ludovice Garcia Alonso;José Pedro Granadeiro;Silke Waap;Silke Waap;José C. Xavier

  • Effects of annual changes in primary productivity and ocean indices on the breeding performance of tropical roseate terns in the western Indian Ocean

    David Monticelli;Jaime A Ramos;Graham D Quartly

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitor H. Paiva
Vitor H. Paiva University of Algarve
Ruben H. Heleno
Ruben H. Heleno University of Coimbra
José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Stefan Garthe
Stefan Garthe Kiel University
Matthieu Le Corre
Matthieu Le Corre University of La Réunion
Paulo Catry
Paulo Catry International Sleep Products Association
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
José Pedro Granadeiro
José Pedro Granadeiro University of Lisbon
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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