Scientific publications
Most recent works
Multi-layer networks reveal changes in plant-bird interactions driven by invasive species
2025 - Izquierdo, J., Hernández-Brito, D., Hiraldo, F., García-Callejas, D., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M
Communications Biology
Ecological functions, Non-native populations
Ecology and conservation of parrots in their native and non-native ranges
2022 - Tella, J.L., Blanco, G., Carrete, M. (Eds.)
MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 431 pp
Ecological functions, Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges, Other conservation threats, Non-native populations, Breeding and population ecology, Population genetics, Physiology and diseases, Research methods
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
Novel food resources and conservation of ecological interactions between the Andean Araucaria and the Austral parakeet
2022 - Blanco, G., Tella, J.L., Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F
Ecology and Evolution 12, e9455
Ecological functions, Habitat challenges
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
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
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
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
Overlooked parrot seed dispersal in Australia and South America: insights on the evolution of dispersal syndromes and seed size in Araucaria trees
2019 - Tella, J.L., Blanco, G., Dénes, F.V., Hiraldo, F
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:82
Ecological functions
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
The extent, frequency and ecological functions of food wasting by parrots
2019 - Sebastián-González E, Hiraldo F, Blanco G, Hernández Brito D, Romero-Vidal P, Carrete, M., Gómez Llanos E, Pacífico E, Díaz-Luque, JA, Denés, FV, Tella JL.
Scientifc Reports 9:15280
Ecological functions
Ecological functions of parrots: an integrative perspective from plant life cycle to ecosystem functioning
2018 - Blanco, G., Hiraldo, G., Tella, J.L
Emu 118: 36-49
Ecological functions
An overlooked plant-parakeet mutualism counteracts human overharvesting on an endangered tree
2018 - Speziale, K.L., Lambertucci, S.A., Gleiser, G., Tella, J.L., Hiraldo, F., Aizen, M.A
Royal Society Open Science 5: 171456
Ecological functions, Other conservation threats
Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions
2018 - Luna, A., Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L
PeerJ 6: e4908
Ecological functions, Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges
Seed dispersal by macaws shapes the landscape of an Amazonian ecosystem
2017 - Baños-Villalba, A., Blanco, G., Díaz-Luque, J.A., Dénes, F.V, Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L
Scientific Reports 7, 7373
Ecological functions
The southernmost parakeet might be enhancing pollination of a dioecious conifer
2017 - Gleiser, G., Lambertucci, S.A., Speziale, K.L., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L., Aizen, M.A
Ecology 98: 2969-2971
Ecological functions
Network structure embracing mutualism-antagonism continuums increases community robustness
2017 - Montesinos-Navarro, A., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L., Blanco, G
Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 1661
Ecological functions
Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism
2016 - Blanco, G., Bravo, C., Pacífico, E., Chamorro, D., Speziale, K., Lambertucci, S., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L
PeerJ 4: e1688
Ecological functions
Endangered plant-parrot mutualisms: seed tolerance to predation makes parrots pervasive dispersers of the Parana pine
2016 - Tella, J.L., Dénes, F.V., Zulian, V., Prestes , N.P., Martínez, J., Blanco, G., Hiraldo, F
Scientific Reports 6, 31709
Ecological functions
Large-scale impacts of multiple co-occurring invaders on monkey puzzle forest regeneration, native seed predators and their ecological interactions
2016 - Tella, J.L., Lambertucci, S., Speziale, K., Hiraldo, F
Global Ecology and Conservation 6: 1-15
Ecological functions, Other conservation threats
Parrots as overlooked seed dispersers
2015 - Tella, J.L., Baños-Villalba, A., Hernández-Brito, D., Rojas, A., Pacífico, E., Díaz-Luque, J.A., Carrete, M., Blanco, G., Hiraldo, F
Frontiers in Ecology and Environment13: 338-339
Ecological functions
Parrots as key multilinkers in ecosystem structure and functioning
2015 - Blanco, G., Hiraldo, F., Rojas, A., Dénes, F.V., Tella, J.L
Ecology and Evolution 18: 4141-4160
Ecological functions