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Ecology and Evolution
Poland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
8400
World Ranking
4830
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Nuria Selva is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland, where their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology. Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in several prominent venues, reflecting sustained engagement with ecological and conservation topics.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes (2021, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements (2020, Conservation Biology)
  • Rethinking megafauna (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • 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)

Nuria Selva collaborates frequently with a group of scientists, including:

  • Agnieszka Sergiel
  • Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica
  • Andreas Zedrosser
  • Đuro Huber
  • Eloy Revilla

Their work is published chiefly in the following venues:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Their main field of study is Environmental Science. Within this field, they have concentrated on several subfields, including:

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

The core topics of their research span:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Plant and animal studies

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status

    Pierre L. Ibisch;Monika T. Hoffmann;Stefan Kreft;Guy Pe’er;Guy Pe’er

  • Factors affecting carcass use by a guild of scavengers in European temperate woodland

    N Selva;B Jędrzejewska;W Jędrzejewski;A Wajrak

  • KILL RATES AND PREDATION BY WOLVES ON UNGULATE POPULATIONS IN BIAŁOWIEŻA PRIMEVAL FOREST (POLAND)

    Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Jörn Theuerkauf;Jörn Theuerkauf;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

  • Spatial patterns in brown bear Ursus arctos diet: the role of geographical and environmental factors

    Katarzyna Bojarska;Nuria Selva

  • A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

    Michael J. Noonan;Michael J. Noonan;Marlee A. Tucker;Christen H. Fleming;Christen H. Fleming;Thomas S. Akre

  • The nested structure of a scavenger community

    Nuria Selva;Miguel A Fortuna

  • Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective

    G. Bombieri;J. Naves;V. Penteriani;N. Selva

  • The challenge of implementing the European network of protected areas Natura 2000.

    Vassiliki Kati;Tasos Hovardas;Martin Dieterich;Pierre L. Ibisch

  • Conservation Focus on Europe: Major Conservation Policy Issues That Need to Be Informed by Conservation Science

    Andrew S. Pullin;András Báldi;András Báldi;Ozgun Emre Can;Martin Dieterich

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

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

  • 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

  • Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes

    Marta Cimatti;Marta Cimatti;Nathan Ranc;Ana Benítez‐López;Ana Benítez‐López;Luigi Maiorano

  • Roadless and Low-Traffic Areas as Conservation Targets in Europe

    Nuria Selva;Stefan Kreft;Vassiliki Kati;Martin Schluck

  • Scavenging on European bison carcasses in Bialowieza Primeval Forest (eastern Poland)

    Nuria Selva;Bogumila Jedrzejewska;Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski;Adam Wajrak

  • Large carnivore damage in Europe: Analysis of compensation and prevention programs

    Carlos Bautista;Eloy Revilla;Javier Naves;Jörg Albrecht

  • Effects of carrion resources on herbivore spatial distribution are mediated by facultative scavengers

    Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Nuria Selva;Martina Carrete;José A. Donázar

  • Soil and vegetation nutrient response to bison carcasses in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

    Claudia Melis;Nuria Selva;Ivonne Teurlings;Christina Skarpe

  • Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale

    Carlos Bautista;Javier Naves;Eloy Revilla;Néstor Fernández

  • Scavenging in the Anthropocene: Human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale.

    Esther Sebastián‐González;Jomar Magalhães Barbosa;Juan M. Pérez‐García;Juan M. Pérez‐García;Zebensui Morales‐Reyes

  • Bears without borders: Long-distance movement in human-dominated landscapes

    Kamil A. Bartoń;Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica;Filip Zięba;Agnieszka Sergiel

  • Unforeseen Effects of Supplementary Feeding: Ungulate Baiting Sites as Hotspots for Ground-Nest Predation

    Nuria Selva;Teresa Berezowska-Cnota;Isabel Elguero-Claramunt

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos Moleón
Marcos Moleón University of Granada
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda Spanish National Research Council
José A. Donázar
José A. Donázar Spanish National Research Council
Eloy Revilla
Eloy Revilla Spanish National Research Council
José A. Sánchez-Zapata
José A. Sánchez-Zapata Miguel Hernandez University
Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller Goethe University Frankfurt
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Néstor Fernández
Néstor Fernández Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jon E. Swenson
Jon E. Swenson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Travis L. DeVault
Travis L. DeVault University of Georgia

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