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José A. Sánchez-Zapata

José A. Sánchez-Zapata

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
9150
World Ranking
3025
National Ranking
86

Overview

José A. Sánchez-Zapata is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain and has contributed extensively to environmental science, authoring 148 publications primarily focused on ecology and conservation.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

José A. Sánchez-Zapata has published frequently in reputable venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Biological Conservation
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Scientific Reports

The following list includes some of their recent scientific papers along with their publication year and venue:

  • Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity, 2020, Science
  • Usually hated, sometimes loved: A review of wild ungulates' contributions to people, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • 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

The researcher collaborates frequently with several colleagues, reflecting a network of academic partnerships. Prominent co-authors include:

  • José A. Donázar
  • Marcos Moleón
  • Eneko Arrondo
  • Zebensui Morales-Reyes
  • Esther Sebastián-González

This range of collaboration supports a diverse body of work within the environmental sciences, particularly focusing on aspects of animal and avian ecology, wildlife conservation strategies, and the ecological impact of environmental changes. Their work contributes to the understanding of species interactions, conservation practices, and the broader implications of ecological dynamics in ecosystems, especially within the Spanish and broader European contexts.

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

  • 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

  • Raptor distribution in relation to landscape composition in semi-arid Mediterranean habitats

    José. A. Sánchez‐Zapata;José F. Calvo

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • The Paradox of the Long-Term Positive Effects of a North American Crayfish on a European Community of Predators

    Zulima Tablado;José L. Tella;José A. Sánchez-Zapata;Fernando Hiraldo

  • Carcass size shapes the structure and functioning of an African scavenging assemblage

    Marcos Moleón;José A. Sánchez‐Zapata;Esther Sebastián‐González;Norman Owen‐Smith

  • From regional to global patterns in vertebrate scavenger communities subsidized by big game hunting

    Patricia Mateo‐Tomás;Pedro P. Olea;Pedro P. Olea;Marcos Moleón;Joaquín Vicente

  • Too sanitary for vultures.

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

  • Mortality at wind-farms is positively related to large-scale distribution and aggregation in griffon vultures

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

  • Agricultural ponds as alternative habitat for waterbirds: spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and management strategies

    Esther Sebastián-González;Esther Sebastián-González;José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata;Francisco Botella

  • Causes of death in different areas for Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus in Spain

    J. Real;J.M. Grande;S. Mañosa;J.A. Sánchez-Zapata

  • Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review

    Jorge Lozano;Agnieszka Olszańska;Zebensui Morales-Reyes;Antonio A. Castro

  • Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density‐dependence

    Martina Carrete;José A. Sánchez‐Zapata;José L. Tella;José M. Gil‐Sánchez

  • Spatial and temporal patterns in the diet of the Andean condor: ecological replacement of native fauna by exotic species

    Sergio A. Lambertucci;A. Trejo;S. Di Martino;José A. Sánchez-Zapata

  • Apex scavenger movements call for transboundary conservation policies

    Sergio A. Lambertucci;Pablo A.E. Alarcón;Pablo A.E. Alarcón;Fernando Hiraldo;José A. Sanchez-Zapata

  • Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity

    David Serrano;Antoni Margalida;Juan M. Pérez-García;Javier Juste

  • Coprophagy: An unusual source of essential carotenoids

    J. J. Negro;J. M. Grande;J. L. Tella;J. Garrido

  • Widening the problem of lead poisoning to a South-American top scavenger: Lead concentrations in feathers of wild Andean condors

    Sergio A. Lambertucci;José Antonio Donázar;Antonio Delgado Huertas;Begoña Jiménez

Frequent Co-Authors

José A. Donázar
José A. Donázar Spanish National Research Council
Marcos Moleón
Marcos Moleón University of Granada
Martina Carrete
Martina Carrete Pablo de Olavide University
Antoni Margalida
Antoni Margalida Spanish National Research Council
Fernando Hiraldo
Fernando Hiraldo Spanish National Research Council
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda Spanish National Research Council
Guillermo Blanco
Guillermo Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Sergio A. Lambertucci
Sergio A. Lambertucci National University of Comahue
Travis L. DeVault
Travis L. DeVault University of Georgia
Nuria Selva
Nuria Selva Polish Academy of Sciences

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