Scientific publications
Most recent works
Worldwide distribution of antagonistic-mutualistic relationships between parrots and palms
2022 - Carrete, M., Hiraldo, F., Romero Vidal, P., Blanco, G., Hernández-Brito, D., Sebastián-González, E., Díaz-Luque, J.A., and Tella, J.L
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 790883
Ecological functions
Successful hybridization between non-congeneric parrots in a small introduced population
2021 - Hernández-Brito, D., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M. and Blanco, G
Ibis 163: 1093-1098
Non-native populations, Breeding and population ecology
The Fate of multi-staged parrot invasions in Spain and Portugal
2021 - Carrete, M., Abellán, P., Cardador, L., Anadón, J.D., Tella, J.L
In: Naturalized Parrots of the World (Ed. S. Pruett-Jones). Cambridge University Press
Non-native populations
Epizoochory in parrots as an overlooked yet widespread plant-animal mutualism
2021 - Hernández-Brito, D., Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F., Blanco, G., Díaz-Luque, J.A., Barbosa, J.M., Symes, C.T., White, T.H., Pacífico, E.C., Sebastián-González, E., Carrete, M. and Tella, J.L
Plants 10: 760
Ecological functions
Burrowing Parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus as Long-Distance Seed Dispersers of Keystone Algarrobos, Genus Prosopis, in the Monte Desert
2021 - Blanco, G., Romero-Vidal, P., Carrete, M., Chamorro, D., Bravo, C., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L
Diversity 13: 204
Ecological functions
A Literature Synthesis of Actions to Tackle Illegal Parrot Trade
2021 - Sánchez-Mercado, A., Ferrer-Paris, J.R., Rodríguez, J.P., Tella, J.L
Diversity 13: 191
Illegal and legal trade
Roadside car surveys: methodological constraints and solutions for estimating parrot abundances across the world
2021 - Tella, J.L., Romero-Vidal, P., Dènes , F.V., Hiraldo, F., Toledo-González, B., Rossetto, F., Blanco, G., Hernández-Brito, D., Pacífico, E., Díaz, J.A., Rojas, A., Bermúdez-Cavero, A., Luna, A., Barbosa, J.M., & Carrete, M
Diversity 13: 300
Research methods
When does agriculture enter into conflict with wildlife?
2021 - Barbosa, J., Hiraldo, F., Romero, M.A., Tella, J.L
A global assessment of parrot-agriculture conflicts and their conservation effects. Diversity and Distributions 27: 4-17
Habitat challenges, Other conservation threats
The Role of Monk Parakeets as Nest-Site Facilitators in Their Native and Invaded Areas
2021 - Hernández-Brito, D., Martina Carrete, M., Blanco, G., Romero-Vidal, P., Senar, J.C., Mori, E., White Jr., T.H, Luna, A., Tella, J.L
Biology 10: 683
Non-native populations, Breeding and population ecology
Fine-scale genetic structure in the critically endangered red-fronted macaw in the absence of geographic and ecological barriers
2021 - Blanco, G., Morinha, F., Roques, S., Hiraldo, F., Rojas, A., and Tella, J.L
Scientific Reports 11: 556
Population genetics
The world parrot trade
2021 - Cardador, L., Abellán, P., Anadón, J.D., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M
In: Naturalized Parrots of the World (Ed. S. Pruett-Jones). Cambridge University Press
Illegal and legal trade
Distribution of alien tetrapods in Iberian Peninsula
2021 - Ascensão, F., Capinha, C., D’Amico, M., Martins, R., Rebelo, R., Fernandes, P., Barbosa, M., Bencatel, J., Barrientos, R., Tella, J.L., Murgui, E., Santos, S., Mira, A., Reino, L., da Luz Mathias, M., Tiago, P., Casabella, E., Paulo, O., Pereira, E.M
Neobiota 64: 1-21
Non-native populations
Management of invasive alien species in Spain: a bibliometric review
2021 - Muñoz-Mas, R., Carrete, M., Castro-Díez, P., Delibes-Mateos, M., Jaques, J.A., López-Darias, M., Nogales, M., Pino, J., Traveset, A., Turon, X., Vilà, M. & Garcia-Berthou, E
NeoBiota 70, 123-150
Non-native populations
). 'Some like it alien': predation on invasive ring–necked parakeets by the long–eared owl in an urban area
2020 - Hernández-Brito, D., Menchetti, M., Le Louarn, M., Malfatti, L., ten Cate, B., Ricci, M., & Mori, E. (
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 43, 151–158
Non-native populations
Physiological dormancy broken by endozoochory: Austral parakeets as legitimate dispersers of Calafate (Berberis microphylla) in the Patagonian Andes
2020 - Bravo, C., Chamorro, D., Hiraldo, F., Speziale, K., Lambertucci, S.A., Tella, J.L., Blanco, G
Journal of Plant Ecology 13, 538-544
Ecological functions
Herb endozoochory by cockatoos: is ‘foliage the fruit”?
2020 - Blanco, G; Bravo, C; Chamorro, D; Lovas-Kiss, A; Hiraldo, F; Tella, JL
Austral Ecology 45: 122-126
Ecological functions
Experimental removal of invasive Africanized honey bees increased breeding population size of the endangered Lear’s macaw
2020 - Pacífico, E.C., Efstathion, C.A., Filadelfo, T., Horsburgh, R., Alves, R.C., Paschotto, F.R., Dénes, F.V., Gilardi, J. and Tella, J.L
Pest Management Science 76:4141-4149
Other conservation threats, Breeding and population ecology
Drivers of compositional dissimilarity for native and alien birds: the relative roles of human activity and environmental suitability
2020 - Ascensão, F., Latombe, G., Anadón, J.D., Abellán, P., Cardador, L., Carrete, M., Tella, J.L. and Capinha, C
Biological Invasions, 22, 1447-1460
Non-native populations
Opportunistic or Non-random Wildlife Crime?
2020 - Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F., Rosetto, F., Blanco, G., Carrete, M. and Tella, J.L
Attractiveness rather than Abundances in the Wild Leads to Selective Parrot Poaching. Diversity 12, 314
Illegal and legal trade, Research methods
Conserving the diversity of ecological interactions: the role of two threatened macaw species as legitimate dispersers of “megafaunal” fruits
2020 - Tella, J.L., Hiraldo, F., Pacífico, E., Díaz-Luque, J.A., Dénes, F.V., Fontoura, F.M., Guedes, N., Blanco, G
Diversity 12(2), 45
Ecological functions
Isolation and characterization of 15 new microsatellite markers for the globally endangered Lear’s macaw Anodorhynchus leari
2020 - Pacífico, E.C., Sánchez-Montes, G., Miyaki, C.Y. and Tella, J.L
Molecular Biology Reports 47:8279-8285
Population genetics
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2020 - Mori, E., Cardador, L., Reino, L., White, R. L., Hernández-Brito, D., Le Louarn, M., Mentil, L., Edelaar, P., Pârâu, L. G., Nikolov, B. P., & Menchetti, M. (
Lovebirds in the air: trade patterns, establishment success and niche shifts of Agapornis parrots within their non-native range. Biological Invasions, 22(2), 421–435
Illegal and legal trade, Non-native populations
A protective nesting association with native species counteracts biotic resistance for the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban to rural habitats
2020 - Hernández-Brito D., Blanco G., Tella J.L., Carrete, M
Frontiers in Zoology 17, 13
Non-native populations
High prevalence of novel beak and feather disease virus in sympatric invasive parakeets introduced to Spain from Asia and South America
2020 - Morinha, F., Carrete, M., Tella, J.L., Blanco, G
Diversity 12, 192
Non-native populations, Physiology and diseases
Multiple external seed dispersers challenge the megafaunal syndrome anachronism and the surrogate ecological function of livestock
2019 - Blanco, G., Tella, J.L., Díaz-Luque, J.A., Hiraldo, F
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 328
Ecological functions