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Luis M. Carrascal is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a particular emphasis on ecology and its related subfields.

The main fields of study in which they have contributed include:

  • Environmental Science

The subfields of study relevant to their work are:

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

Their research topics cover several areas, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Some of the recent papers featuring Luis M. Carrascal as an author are:

  • Two Surveys Per Spring Are Enough to Obtain Robust Population Trends of Common and Widespread Birds in Yearly Monitoring Programmes, 2020, Ardeola
  • Factors Affecting Differential Underestimates of Bird Collision Fatalities at Electric Lines: A Case Study in the Canary Islands, 2020, Ardeola
  • Impact of climate and land degradation on soil carbon fluxes in dry semiarid grasslands in SE Spain, 2021, Plant and Soil
  • Significant reductions of host abundance weakly impact infection intensity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Decomposition stages as a clue for estimating the post-mortem interval in carcasses and providing accurate bird collision rates, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Luis M. Carrascal include:

  • Juan Carlos Illera
  • Víctor Suárez
  • Julia Gómez-Catasús
  • Alejandro Delgado
  • Javier Seoane

The research outputs of Luis M. Carrascal have been published in a variety of scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Ardeola
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Plant and Soil
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Partial least squares regression as an alternative to current regression methods used in ecology

    Luis M. Carrascal;Ismael Galván;Oscar Gordo

  • Climate change and outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis in a montane area of Central Spain; is there a link?

    Jaime Bosch;Luís M Carrascal;Luis Durán;Susan Walker

  • Basking and Antipredator Behaviour in a High Altitude Lizard: Implications of Heat‐exchange Rate

    Luis M. Carrascal;Pilar López;José Martín;Alfredo Salvador

  • Urban influence on birds at a regional scale: A case study with the avifauna of northern Madrid province

    David Palomino;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Threshold distances to nearby cities and roads influence the bird community of a mosaic landscape

    D. Palomino;L.M. Carrascal

  • Regional distribution of a Mediterranean lizard : influence of habitat cues and prey abundance

    Jose A. Diaz;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Interactions among environmental stress, body condition, nutritional status, and dominance in great tits

    Luis M. Carrascal;Juan Carlos Senar;Ingrid Mozetich;Fransec Uribe

  • Species-specific traits associated to prediction errors in bird habitat suitability modelling

    Javier Seoane;Luis M. Carrascal;César Luis Alonso;David Palomino

  • Habitat associations of a raptor community in a mosaic landscape of Central Spain under urban development

    David Palomino;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Covariation of Thermal Biology and Foraging Mode in Two Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards

    Josabel Belliure;Luis M. Carrascal;Jose A. Diaz

  • Habitat selection by foraging White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, during the breeding season

    Juan C. Alonso;Javier A. Alonso;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Leg Morphology and Feeding Postures in Four Parus Species: An Experimental Ecomorphological Approach

    Eulalia Moreno;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Geographical variation in the density of the white stork Ciconia ciconia in Spain: Influence of habitat structure and climate

    Luis María Carrascal;Luis Miguel Bautista;Encarnación Lázaro

  • BEHAVIORAL THERMOREGULATION BY TREECREEPERS: TRADE-OFF BETWEEN SAVING ENERGY AND REDUCING CRYPSIS

    Luis M. Carrascal;José A. Díaz;Daniel L. Huertas;Ingrid Mozetich

  • Ecomorphological relationships in a group of insectivorous birds of temperate forests in winter

    Luis M. Carrascal;Eulalia Moreno;José L. Tellería

  • Species richness can decrease with altitude but not with habitat diversity

    Joaquín Hortal;Luis María Carrascal;Kostas A. Triantis;Kostas A. Triantis;Kostas A. Triantis;Elisa Thébault

  • Habitat use under latent predation risk. A case study with wintering forest birds

    Luis M. Carrascal;César Luis Alonso

  • Interspecific differences in population trends of Spanish birds are related to habitat and climatic preferences

    Javier Seoane;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Shaping the body mass distribution of Passeriformes: habitat use and body mass are evolutionarily and ecologically related

    Vicente Polo;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Reproductive Phenology and Temporal Patterns of Mate Access in Mediterranean Anurans

    Alfredo Salvador;Luis M. Carrascal

  • INTERACTIONS AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS, BODY CONDITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, AND DOMINANCE IN GREAT TITS DURING WINTER

    Luis M. Carrascal;Juan Carlos Senar;Ingrid Mozetich;Fransec Uribe

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Tellería
José Luis Tellería Complutense University of Madrid
Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo Spanish National Research Council
José A. Díaz
José A. Díaz Complutense University of Madrid
Juan A. Amat
Juan A. Amat Spanish National Research Council
Juan Carlos Senar
Juan Carlos Senar Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona
Juan José Sanz
Juan José Sanz Spanish National Research Council
José María Rey Benayas
José María Rey Benayas University of Alcalá
Kostas A. Triantis
Kostas A. Triantis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Jaime Potti
Jaime Potti Spanish National Research Council

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