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Javier Pérez-Tris is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Parasitology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main research topics encompass avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, bird parasitology and diseases, genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, plant and animal studies, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Javier Pérez-Tris include:

  • The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration, 2020, eLife
  • Comparative Metagenomics of Palearctic and Neotropical Avian Cloacal Viromes Reveal Geographic Bias in Virus Discovery, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Climate change and maladaptive wing shortening in a long-distance migratory bird, 2020, The Auk
  • Distinct patterns of genetic variation at low-recombining genomic regions represent haplotype structure, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: Evidence from a correlational, experimental and meta-analytical approach, 2023, Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Javier Pérez-Tris include:

  • Carolina Remacha
  • Juan Carlos Illera
  • Álvaro Ramírez
  • Jun Ishigohoka
  • Miriam Liedvogel

Common publication venues where Javier Pérez-Tris has contributed multiple papers are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Ardeola

Best Publications

  • MalAvi: a public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages

    Staffan Bensch;Olof Hellgren;Javier Pérez-Tris

  • Linkage between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences in avian malaria parasites: Multiple cases of cryptic speciation?

    Staffan Bensch;Javier Pérez-Tris;Jonas Waldenström;Olof Hellgren

  • MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ALLELES ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL RESISTANCE TO MALARIA IN A PASSERINE

    Camille Bonneaud;Javier Pérez-Tris;Pierre Federici;Olivier Chastel

  • Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird

    Alfonso Marzal;Alfonso Marzal;Robert E Ricklefs;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tamer Albayrak

  • Detecting shifts of transmission areas in avian blood parasites: a phylogenetic approach.

    Olof Hellgren;Jonas Waldenström;Javier Peréz-Tris;Eszter Szöll

  • A jack-of-all-trades and still a master of some: prevalence and host range in avian malaria and related blood parasites.

    Olof Hellgren;Javier Pérez-Tris;Staffan Bensch

  • Diagnosing genetically diverse avian malarial infections using mixed-sequence analysis and TA-cloning

    Javier Perez-Tris;Staffan Bensch

  • Dispersal increases local transmission of avian malarial parasites

    Javier Pérez‐Tris;Staffan Bensch

  • Historical diversification of migration patterns in a passerine bird

    Javier Pérez-Tris;Javier Pérez-Tris;Staffan Bensch;Roberto Carbonell;Roberto Carbonell;Andreas J Helbig

  • Migratory and sedentary blackcaps in sympatric non‐breeding grounds: implications for the evolution of avian migration

    Javier Pérez-Tris;José Luis Tellería

  • Is there a "migratory syndrome" common to all migrant birds?

    Theunis Piersma;Javier Pérez-Tris;Henrik Mouritsen;Ulf Bauchinger

  • The Ecology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Migratory Birds: An Assessment of the Role of Climate Change and Priorities for Future Research

    Trevon Fuller;Staffan Bensch;Inge Müller;John Novembre

  • Age‐related variation in wing shape of migratory and sedentary Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla

    Javier Perez-Tris;Jose Luis Telleria

  • Within-host speciation of malaria parasites

    Javier Pérez-Tris;Javier Pérez-Tris;Olof Hellgren;Asta Križanauskienė;Jonas Waldenström

  • Loss of body mass under predation risk: cost of antipredatory behaviour or adaptive fit-for-escape?

    Javier Pérez-Tris;Javier Pérez-Tris;José A. Dı́az;José Luis Tellerı́a

  • What are malaria parasites

    Javier Pérez-Tris;Dennis Hasselquist;Olof Hellgren;Asta Krizanauskiene

  • Establishment of exotic parasites: the origins and characteristics of an avian malaria community in an isolated island avifauna

    John G Ewen;Staffan Bensch;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Camille Bonneaud;Camille Bonneaud

  • The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration

    Kira Delmore;Juan Carlos Illera;Javier Pérez-Tris;Gernot Segelbacher

  • Fruit tracking between sites and years by birds in Mediterranean wintering grounds

    José Luis Tellería;Alvaro Ramirez;Javier Pérez-Tris

  • Migratory behaviour affects the trade-off between feather growth rate and feather quality in a passerine bird

    Iván De La Hera;Javier Pérez-Tris;José Luis Tellería

  • A framework for the study of genetic variation in migratory behaviour

    A. J. Van Noordwijk;Francisco Pulido;Barbara Helm;Timothy Coppack

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Tellería
José Luis Tellería Complutense University of Madrid
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
José A. Díaz
José A. Díaz Complutense University of Madrid
Jaime A. Ramos
Jaime A. Ramos University of Coimbra
Gediminas Valkiūnas
Gediminas Valkiūnas Nature Research Centre
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
John G. Ewen
John G. Ewen Zoological Society of London
Anders Hedenström
Anders Hedenström Lund University
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Universität Hamburg

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