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José A. Donázar

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
15721
World Ranking
1140
National Ranking
28

José A. Donázar publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José A. Donázar sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 238 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

José A. Donázar D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José A. Donázar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

José A. Donázar is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their work frequently addresses subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics
  • Parasitology

The topics most often explored in José A. Donázar's publications cover areas including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

They have contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles, some of the recent works include:

  • "Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity," 2020, Science
  • "Rethinking megafauna," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Integrating vulture social behavior into conservation practice," 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • "Presumed killers? Vultures, stakeholders, misperceptions, and fake news," 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications," 2020, Ecography

José A. Donázar frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors in their research endeavors. Some of the most recurrent collaborators are:

  • Eneko Arrondo
  • José A. Sánchez-Zapata
  • Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
  • Guillermo Blanco
  • David Serrano

The scientist's work often appears in prominent publication venues, including:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Large scale risk-assessment of wind-farms on population viability of a globally endangered long-lived raptor

    Martina Carrete;José A. Sánchez-Zapata;José R. Benítez;Manuel Lobón

  • Causes and consequences of territory change and breeding dispersal distance in the black kite

    Manuela G. Forero;José A. Donázar;Julio Blas;Fernando Hiraldo

  • Density‐Dependent Fecundity by Habitat Heterogeneity in an Increasing Population of Spanish Imperial Eagles

    Miguel Ferrer;Jose A. Donazar

  • Humans and Scavengers: The Evolution of Interactions and Ecosystem Services

    Marcos Moleón;José A. Sánchez-Zapata;Antoni Margalida;Martina Carrete

  • Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services

    José A. Donázar;Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Juan A. Fargallo;Antoni Margalida

  • Long-term effects of lead poisoning on bone mineralization in vultures exposed to ammunition sources.

    Laura Gangoso;Pedro Álvarez-Lloret;Alejandro. A.B. Rodríguez-Navarro;Rafael Mateo

  • Density-dependent productivity depression in Pyrenean Bearded Vultures: implications for conservation.

    Martina Carrete;José A. Donázar;Antoni Margalida

  • Factors Influencing Nest Site Selection, Breeding Density and Breeding Success in the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

    José A. Donázar;F. Hiraldo;Javier Bustamante

  • Food resource utilisation by the Magellanic penguin evaluated through stable-isotope analysis: segregation by sex and age and influence on offspring quality

    Manuela G. Forero;Keith A. Hobson;Gary R. Bortolotti;José A. Donázar

  • Sanitary versus environmental policies: fitting together two pieces of the puzzle of European vulture conservation.

    Antoni Margalida;José A. Donázar;Martina Carrete;Martina Carrete;José A. Sánchez-Zapata

  • Factors affecting breeding dispersal in the facultatively colonial lesser kestrel: individual experience vs. conspecific cues

    David Serrano;José Luis Tella;Manuela G. Forero;José A. Donázar

  • Testing the Goodness of Supplementary Feeding to Enhance Population Viability in an Endangered Vulture

    Daniel Oro;Antoni Margalida;Martina Carrete;Rafael Heredia

  • Conflicts between Lesser Kestrel Conservation and European Agricultural Policies as Identified by Habitat Use Analyses

    José L. Tella;Manuela G. Forero;Fernando Hiraldo;José A. Donázar

  • Phylogeography, genetic structure and diversity in the endangered bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus, L) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA.

    José A. Godoy;Juan J. Negro;Fernando Hiraldo;José A. Donázar

  • Supplementary feeding and endangered avian scavengers: benefits, caveats, and controversies

    Ainara Cortés‐Avizanda;Guillermo Blanco;Travis L DeVault;Anil Markandya

  • Habitat, human pressure, and social behavior: Partialling out factors affecting large-scale territory extinction in an endangered vulture

    Martina Carrete;Juan Manuel Grande;José Luis Tella;José A. Sánchez-Zapata

  • Conservation status and limiting factors in the endangered population of Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in the Canary Islands

    José A Donázar;César J Palacios;Laura Gangoso;Olga Ceballos

  • CAUSES AND FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF NATAL DISPERSAL IN A POPULATION OF BLACK KITES

    Manuela G. Forero;José Antonio Donázar;Fernando Hiraldo

  • Inter-specific interactions linking predation and scavenging in terrestrial vertebrate assemblages.

    Marcos Moleón;Marcos Moleón;José A. Sánchez-Zapata;Nuria Selva;José A. Donázar

  • Resource unpredictability promotes species diversity and coexistence in an avian scavenger guild: a field experiment

    Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Roger Jovani;Martina Carrete;Martina Carrete;José A. Donázar

  • Foraging habitat selection, land-use changes and population decline in the lesser kestrel Falco naumanni

    J. A. Donazar;J. J. Negro;F. Hiraldo;Fernando Hiraldo

  • Too sanitary for vultures.

    José A. Donázar;Antoni Margalida;Martina Carrete;José A. Sánchez-Zapata

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Hiraldo
Fernando Hiraldo Spanish National Research Council
José A. Sánchez-Zapata
José A. Sánchez-Zapata Miguel Hernandez University
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda Spanish National Research Council
Martina Carrete
Martina Carrete Pablo de Olavide University
Antoni Margalida
Antoni Margalida Spanish National Research Council
Guillermo Blanco
Guillermo Blanco Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Tella
José Luis Tella Spanish National Research Council
Sergio A. Lambertucci
Sergio A. Lambertucci National University of Comahue
Manuela G. Forero
Manuela G. Forero Spanish National Research Council
Marcos Moleón
Marcos Moleón University of Granada

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Miguel Ferrer

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Publications: 56

Juan J. Negro

Juan J. Negro

Spanish National Research Council

Publications: 47

Daniel Oro

Daniel Oro

Spanish National Research Council

Publications: 45

José A. Sánchez-Zapata

José A. Sánchez-Zapata

Miguel Hernandez University

Publications: 43

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Publications: 41

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Spanish National Research Council

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Pascual López-López

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