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Overview

Juan A. Amat is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans across environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on ecology and related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their work touches on several subfields, notably:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science

Key topics investigated by Juan A. Amat cover a range of ecological and biological interests:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Their recent publications include:

  • "Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)" (2024), published in Birds of the World
  • "The color of greater flamingo feathers fades when no cosmetics are applied" (2021), published in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Patterns of microbial abundance and heterotrophic activity along nitrogen and salinity gradients in coastal wetlands" (2022), published in Aquatic Sciences
  • "Plumage Coloration in Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus is Affected by Interactions between Foraging Site, Body Condition and Sex" (2022), published in Ardeola

Their work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Birds of the World
  • Ardeola
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Aquatic Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Alfredo Salvador
  • Miguel Á. Rendón
  • Andy J. Green
  • Manuel Rendón-Martos
  • Cristina Ramo

Best Publications

  • Predation risk on incubating adults constrains the choice of thermally favourable nest sites in a plover

    Juan A Amat;José A Masero

  • Waterbirds as Bioindicators of Environmental Conditions

    Juan A. Amat;Andy J. Green

  • How Kentish plovers, Charadrius alexandrinus, cope with heat stress during incubation

    Juan A. Amat;José A. Masero;José A. Masero

  • Brood desertion and polygamous breeding in the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

    Juan A. Amat;Rosendo M. Fraga;Gonzalo M. Arroyo

  • Ranging behaviour of greater flamingos during the breeding and post-breeding periods: Linking connectivity to biological processes

    Juan A. Amat;Miguel A. Rendón;Manuel Rendón-Martos;Araceli Garrido

  • Carotenoids, immune response and the expression of sexual ornaments in male greenfinches ( Carduelis chloris )

    Eduardo Aguilera;Juan A. Amat

  • Greater flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus use uropygial secretions as make-up

    Juan A. Amat;Miguel A. Rendón;Juan Garrido-Fernández;Araceli Garrido

  • Intraclutch egg-size variation and offspring survival in the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

    Juan A. Amat;Rosendo M. Fraga;Gonzalo M. Arroyo

  • Despotic establishment of breeding colonies of greater flamingos, Phoenicopterus ruber, in southern Spain

    Miguel A. Rendón;Araceli Garrido;José M. Ramírez;Manuel Rendón-Martos

  • Nest maintenance and stone theft in the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

    L. M. Carrascal;J. Moreno;J. A. Amat

  • Energetic and developmental costs of mounting an immune response in greenfinches (Carduelis chloris)

    Juan A. Amat;Eduardo Aguilera;G. Henk Visser

  • Sexing Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) by Morphological Measurements

    Juan A. Amat;Javier Vinuela;Miguel Ferrer

  • Parental cooperation in a changing climate: fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division

    Orsolya Vincze;Orsolya Vincze;András Kosztolányi;András Kosztolányi;Zoltán Barta;Clemens Küpper

  • Replacement Clutches by Kentish Plovers

    Juan A. Amat;Rosendo M. Fraga;Gonzalo M. Arroyo

  • Hatching asynchrony, sibling hierarchies and brood reduction in the Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

    J. Moreno;L. M. Carrascal;J. J. Sanz;J. A. Amat

  • The effect of hatching date on parental care, chick growth, and chick mortality in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

    J. Vinuela;J. Moreno;L. M. Carrascal;J. J. Sanz

  • Daily variations of blood chemistry values in the chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) during the Antarctic summer

    Miguel Ferrer;Juan A. Amat;Javier Viñuela

  • Nest defence of nesting chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) against intruders

    Javier Viñuela;Juan A. Amat;Miguel Ferrer

  • Local environment but not genetic differentiation influences biparental care in ten plover populations.

    Orsolya Vincze;Tamás Székely;Clemens Küpper;Monif AlRashidi

  • Experience‐dependent natal philopatry of breeding greater flamingos

    Oezge Balkiz;Arnaud Bechet;Lauriane Rouan;Remi Choquet

  • Assessing environmental pollution in birds: a new methodological approach for interpreting bioaccumulation of trace elements in feather shafts using geochemical sediment data

    Fabrizio Borghesi;Enrico Dinelli;Francesca Migani;Arnaud Béchet

  • Brood desertion by female shorebirds: a test of the differential parental capacity hypothesis on Kentish plovers

    JA Amat;GH Visser;A Perez-Hurtado;GM Arroyo

  • Breeding biology of a kentish plover (charadrius alexandrin us) population in an inland saline lake

    R.M. Fraga;Juan A. Amat

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Marta I. Sánchez
Marta I. Sánchez University of Seville
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Javier Viñuela
Javier Viñuela University of Castilla-La Mancha
Roger Pradel
Roger Pradel University of Montpellier
Luis M. Carrascal
Luis M. Carrascal Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Figuerola
Jordi Figuerola Spanish National Research Council
Rafael Mateo
Rafael Mateo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council

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