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Jordi Figuerola is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of their work include Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Bird parasitology and diseases, Avian ecology and behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Vector-borne infectious diseases, and Malaria Research and Control.

Their publication record includes articles in notable venues such as One Health, The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports, Parasites & Vectors, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored by Jordi Figuerola include:

  • Risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children, adolescents and young adults, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Brain cancer after radiation exposure from CT examinations of children and young adults: results from the EPI-CT cohort study, 2022, The Lancet Oncology
  • Environmental drivers, climate change and emergent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their vectors in southern Europe: A systematic review, 2020, Environmental Research
  • A Literature Review of Host Feeding Patterns of Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes in Europe, 2020, Insects
  • Implications of diet on mosquito life history traits and pathogen transmission, 2021, Environmental Research

Jordi Figuerola has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Ramón C. Soriguer, María José Ruiz-López, Tomás Montalvo, and Laura Gangoso.

Best Publications

  • Greatly enhanced arsenic shoot assimilation in rice leads to elevated grain levels compared to wheat and barley

    Paul N. Williams;Antia Villada;Claire Deacon;Andrea Raab

  • Dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterbirds: a review of past research and priorities for future studies

    Jordi Figuerola;Andy J. Green

  • Recent advances in the study of long-distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds

    Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola

  • Implications of waterbird ecology for the dispersal of aquatic organisms

    Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola;Marta I. Sánchez

  • SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN SHOREBIRDS, GULLS, AND ALCIDS: THE INFLUENCE OF SEXUAL AND NATURAL SELECTION

    Tamás Székely;John D. Reynolds;Jordi Figuerola

  • Effects of landscape anthropization on mosquito community composition and abundance

    Martina Ferraguti;Josué Martínez-de la Puente;David Roiz;David Roiz;Santiago Ruiz

  • High dispersal capacity of a broad spectrum of aquatic invertebrates via waterbirds

    Dagmar Frisch;Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola

  • Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of allometry for sexual size dimorphism

    James Dale;Peter O Dunn;Jordi Figuerola;Terje Lislevand

  • Migratory Birds as Global Dispersal Vectors

    Duarte S. Viana;Luis Santamaría;Jordi Figuerola

  • The challenge of West Nile virus in Europe: knowledge gaps and research priorities

    A. Rizzoli;M.A. Jiménez-Clavero;L. Barzon;Paolo Cordioli

  • Invertebrate Eggs Can Fly: Evidence of Waterfowl-Mediated Gene Flow in Aquatic Invertebrates

    Jordi Figuerola;Andy J. Green;Thomas C. Michot

  • Disentangling vector-borne transmission networks: a universal DNA barcoding method to identify vertebrate hosts from arthropod bloodmeals.

    Miguel Alcaide;Ciro Rico;Santiago Ruiz;Ramón C. Soriguer

  • European surveillance for West Nile virus in mosquito populations.

    Olivier Engler;Giovanni Savini;Anna Papa;Jordi Figuerola

  • Passive internal transport of aquatic organisms by waterfowl in Doñana, south-west Spain

    Jordi Figuerola;Andy J. Green;Luis Santamaría

  • The American brine shrimp as an exotic invasive species in the western Mediterranean

    Francisco Amat;Francisco Hontoria;Olga Ruiz;Andy J. Green

  • PLANT PERFORMANCE ACROSS LATITUDE: THE ROLE OF PLASTICITY AND LOCAL ADAPTATION IN AN AQUATIC PLANT

    Luis Santamaría;Jordi Figuerola;J. Pilon;M. Mjelde

  • Sexual size dimorphism in birds

    Tamás Székely;Terje Lislevand;Jordi Figuerola

  • Haematozoan Parasites and Migratory Behaviour in Waterfowl

    Jordi Figuerola;Andy J. Green

  • Environmental drivers, climate change and emergent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their vectors in southern Europe: A systematic review.

    Silvia Brugueras;Beatriz Fernández-Martínez;Josué Martínez-de la Puente;Jordi Figuerola

  • Feeding patterns of potential West Nile virus vectors in south-west Spain.

    Joaquín Muñoz;Santiago Ruiz;Ramón C. Soriguer;Miguel Alcaide;Miguel Alcaide

  • Dispersal of invasive and native brine shrimps Artemia (Anostraca) via waterbirds

    Andy J. Green;Marta I. Sánchez;Francisco Amat;Jordi Figuerola

  • Brighter Yellow Blue Tits Make Better Parents

    J. C. Senar;J. Figuerola;J. Pascual

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council
Josué Martínez de la Puente
Josué Martínez de la Puente University of Granada
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Luis Santamaría
Luis Santamaría Spanish National Research Council
Régis Céréghino
Régis Céréghino Paul Sabatier University
Juan Carlos Senar
Juan Carlos Senar Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Antonio Tenorio
Antonio Tenorio Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Juan J. Negro
Juan J. Negro Spanish National Research Council

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