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Publicacions

2013

-Abril S & Gómez C. (2013) Rapid assessment of ant assemblages in public pine forests of the central Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology and Management, 293:79-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.036

-Díaz, M, Abril, S, Enríquez, ML & Gómez, C (2013) Where to move when it gets cold: winter nesting sites attractive to the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 18: 51-58. Online Earlier. http://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.phpoption=com_content&view=category&id=561:myrmecol-news-18-51-58-online-earlier&Itemid=83&layout=default  

- Rost J, Hutto, RL, Brotons, L & Pons P (2013) Comparing the effect of salvage logging on birds in the Mediterranean Basin and the Rocky Mountains: common patterns, different conservation implications. Biological Conservation, 158: 7-13. DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.022

 

2012

-Abril, S & Gómez, C (in press) Distribució i grau d’invasió de la formiga argentina (Linepithema humile, Mayr) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) al Parc Natural de s’Albufera des Grau, Menorca (Illes Balears). Bolleti de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Illes Balears.  

-Abril, S, Díaz, M, Enríquez, ML & Gómez, C (2012) More and bigger queens: a clue to the invasive success of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in natural habitats. Myrmecological News.18: 19-24. Online Earlier.  http://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=558:myrmecol-news-18-19-24-online-earlier-&Itemid=83&layout=default

-Abril, S & Gómez, C (2012) Lista actualizada de las especies de hormigas de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España) y primera cita de Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de la isla. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº50:403-407.

-Boieiro M, Espadaler X, Gómez C & Eustaquio A. (in press) Spatial variation in fatty acid composition of elaiosomes of an ant-dispersed plant: differences within and between individuals and populations. Flora. Dx.DOI.org/10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.007. 

-Pons P, Clavero M, Bas JM & Prodon R (2012) Time-window of occurrence and vegetation cover preferences of Dartford and Sardinian warblers after fire. Journal of Ornithology, 153: 921-930. . DOI 10.1007/s10336-012-0822-6

- Rost J, Bas JM & Pons P (2012) The importance of piling wood debris on the distribution of bird-dispersed plants in burned and logged Mediterranean pine forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 21: 79-85. DOI 10.1071/WF10068

- Rost J, Clavero M, Brotons, L & Pons P (2012) The effect of postfire salvage logging on bird communities in Mediterranean pine forests: the benefits for declining species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49: 644-651. DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02127.x

- Rost J, Pons P & Bas JM (2012) Seed dispersal by carnivorous mammals into burnt forests: an opportunity for non-indigenous and cultivated plant species. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13: 623-630. DOI 10.1016/j.baae.2012.08.016

- Vilardell A, Capalleras X, Budó J, Pons P (2012) Predator identification and effects of habitat management and fencing on depredation rates of simulated nests of an endangered population of Hermann's tortoises. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58: 707-713. DOI 10.1007/s10344-012-0620-8

- Zozaya EL, Brotons L, Saura S, Pons P, Herrando S (2012) Connectivity determines post-fire colonisation by open-habitat bird species: The case of the ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana. Ardeola, 59: 57-74.

 

2011

 

- Abril S & Gómez C (2011) Aggressive behaviour of the two European Argentine ant supercolonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) towards displaced native ant species of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. Myrmecological News, 14: 99-106. pdf

- Clavero M (2011) Linguistic bias in ecological journals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9: 93-94. find pdf

- Clavero, M. (2011) Unfortunately, linguistic injustice matters. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26: 156-157. find pdf

- Clavero M, Brotons L & Herrando S (2011) Bird community specialisation, bird conservation and disturbance: the role of wildfires. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80: 128-136. find pdf

- Clavero M & Hermoso V (2011) Reservoirs promote the taxonomic homogenization of fish communities within river basins. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20: 41-57. find pdf

- Clavero M, Villero D and Brotons L (2011) Climate change or landuse dynamics: do we know what climate change indicators indicate?. PLoS ONE 6 (4), article: e18581. find pdf

- Gómez C & Abril S (2011) Selective logging in public forest of central Iberian peninsula: effects of the recovery process on ant assemblages. Forest Ecology and Management, 262(6): 1061-1066. pdf

- Gómez C & Abril S (2011) Nuptial flights of the seed-harvester ant Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: synchrony, spatial scale and weather conditions. Myrmecological News, 16:25-29. pdf

- Hermoso V and Clavero M (2011) Threatening processes and conservation management of endemic freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin: a review. Marine and Freshwater Research 62: 244-254. find pdf

- Hermoso V, Clavero M,  Blanco-Garrido F & Prenda J (2011) Invasive species and habitat degradation in Iberian streams: an analysis of their role and interactive effects on freshwater fish diversity loss. Ecological Applications 21: 175-188. find pdf

- Loera Casillas J, Rost J, Contreras Martínez S, Cruz Gómez J (2011) Abundancia estacional del colorín pecho naranja (Passerina leclancherii) en bosques ribereños del Occidente de México. Ornitología Neotropical, 22: 187–194.

- Pons P (2011) A subalpine rangeland bird community before and after fire: prescribed burning in the Eastern Pyrenees. Revista Catalana d'Ornitologia, 27: 1-9. pdf

- Roura-Pascual N, Hui C, Ikeda T, Leday G, Richardson DM, Carpintero S, Espadaler X, Gómez C, Guénard B, Hartley S, Krushelnycky P, Lester PJ, McGeoch MA, Menke SB, Pedersen JS, Pitt JPW, Reyes J, Sanders NJ, Suarez AV, Touyama Y, Ward, D, Ward, PS, Worner SP (2011). Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108: 220-225.

- Salvador S, Clavero M & Leite Pitman R (2011) Large mammals species richness and habitat use in an upper Amazonian forest used for ecotourism. Mammalian Biology 76: 115-123. find pdf

  Inici

 

2010

 

 - Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C (2010) Effect of temperature on the Argentine ant's development and survival-an experimental study. Journal of Insect Science 10:97, available online: insectscience.org/10.97. pdf

- Boieiro, M., Serrano, A., Rego, C. & Espadaler, X. Plant fecundity and pre-dispersal reproductive losses in a common and a rare Euphorbia species (Euphorbiaceae). Ecological Research (in press) DOI 10.1007/s11284-009-0674-6. pdf © Springer

- Boieiro, M., Rego, C., Serrano, A. & Espadaler, X. The impact of pre-dispersal seed predators on the reproductive output of two Euphorbia. Acta Oecologica (in press)  DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2010.01.001. pdf  © Elsevier

- Calzada J, Delibes-Mateos M, Clavero M & Delibes M (2010) If drink coffee at the coffee-shop is the answer, what is the question? Some comments on the use of the sprainting index to monitor otters. Ecological Indicators, 10: 560-561. find pdf

- Castro, S., Ferrero, V., Loureiro, J., Espadaler, X., Silveira, P. & Navarro, L. Dispersal mechanisms of the narrow endemic Polygala vayredae: dispersal syndromes and spatio-temporal variation in ant dispersal assemblages. Plant Ecology (in press) DOI 10.1007/s11258-009-9679-z. pdf © Springer

- Clavero M (2010) "Awkward wording. Rephrase": linguistic injustice in ecological journals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25: 552. find pdf

- Clavero M & Brotons L (2010) Functional homogenization of bird communities along habitat gradients: accounting for niche multidimensionality. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19: 684-696. find pdf

- Clavero M Hermoso V, Brotons L & Delibes M (2010) Natural, human and spatial constraints to expanding populations of otters in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography (in press). find pdf

- Clavero M, Hermoso V, Levin N & Kark S (2010) Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity & Distributions, 16: 744-754. find pdf

- Estany-Tigerström D, Bas JM & Pons P (2010) Does Argentine ant invasion affect prey availability for foliage-gleaning birds? Biological Invasions, 12: 827-839. pdf © Springer

- Hermoso V, Clavero M, Blanco-Garrido F & Prenda J (2010) Assessing the ecological status in species-poor systems: a fish-based index for Mediterranean rivers (Guadiana river, SW Spain). Ecological Indicators, 6: 1152-1161. find pdf

- Pons P, Bas JM & Estany-Tigerström D (2010) Coping with invasive alien species: the Argentine ant and the insectivorous bird assemblage of Mediterranean oak forests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19: 1711–1723. pdf © Springer

- Pons P & Clavero M (2010) Bird responses to fire severity and time since fire in managed mountain rangelands. Animal Conservation, 13: 294-305. pdf © Wiley

- Rost J, Clavero M, Bas JM & Pons P (2010) Building wood debris piles benefits avian seed dispersers in burned and logged Mediterranean pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 260: 79-86. pdf © Elsevier

- Zozaya EL, Brotons L, Herrando S, Pons P, Rost J & Clavero M (2010) Monitoring spatial and temporal dynamics of bird communities in Mediterranean landscapes affected by large wildfires. Ardeola 57 (special): 33-50. pdf 

 Inici

 

2009
 

- Abril S (2009). Efecto de la temperatura en la tasa de puesta de reinas de la hormiga argentina, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868), (Hymenoptera, Dolichoderinae) bajo condiciones experimentales de monoginia y poliginia. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomologia, 33(3-4): 287-297.

- Abril S, Roura-Pascual N, Oliveras J & Gómez, C (2009). Assessing the distribution of the Argentine ant using physiological data. Acta Oecologica, 35: 739-745. pdf © Elsevier

 - Abril S & Gómez C (2009). Ascertaining key factors behind the coexistence of the native ant species Plagiolepis pygmaea with the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 53: 559-568. pdf © California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

 - Bas JM, Oliveras J & Gómez C (2009). Myrmecochory and short-term seed fate in Rhamnus alaternus: Ant species and seed characteristics. Acta Oecologica, 35: 80-84. pdf © Elsevier Masson SAS

- Boieiro, M., Espadaler, X., Rita Azedo, A.R., Collingwood, C.A. & Serrano, A.R.M. One genus and three new ant species for Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad entomológica Aragonesa 45: 515-517. pdf ©Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/ 

 - Casellas D, Gómez C & Clavero M (2009) Comparing methods of evaluating the spread of Argentine ants in natural habitats: pitfall traps vs. baiting. Sociobiology (in press).

 - Clavero M, Brotons L, Pons P & Sol D (2009) Prominent role of invasive species in avian biodiversity loss. Biological Conservation, 142: 2043–2049. pdf © Elsevier-Science Direct

 - Espadaler, X. 2009. Reflexiones sobre la creaación de la AIM (Asociacion Ibérica de Mirmecología). Iberomyrmex 1: 5-6. pdf

 - Espadaler, X. 2009. Mirmecología Ibérica y Balear: estado actual del conocimiento. Iberomyrmex 1: 17-19. pdf

 - Espadaler, X., García, F., Gómez, K., Serrano, S. & Vila, R. 2009. Hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) del desfiladero de Mont-Rebei (Pallars Jussà). Boletín de la Sociedad entomológica Aragonesa 44: 393-399. pdf ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

- García, F., Espadaler, X., Gómez, K. Primera cita de Amblyopone impressifrons (Emery, 1869) para la Península Ibérica y de Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860) para Cataluña (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad entomológica Aragonesa 45: 357-360. pdf ©Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

 - García, F., Espadaler, X., Roig, X. 2009. El Sot de la Masia, un paradís per a les formigues hipogees. Brolla 19 (juliol): 10-11. pdf

 - Hermoso V, Clavero M, Blanco-Garrido F & Prenda J (2009). Assessing freshwater fish sensitivity to different sources of perturbation in a Mediterranean basin. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 18: 269-281. pdf © John Wiley & Sons A/S

- Herraiz, J.A. & Espadaler, X. 2009. Descripción de la reina de *Lasius cinereus *Seifert (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad entomológica Aragonesa. Boletín de la Sociedad entomológica Aragonesa 44: 143-146. pdf ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

 - Herrando S, Brotons L, Guallar S, Sales S, Pons P (2009) Post-fire forest management and Mediterranean birds: the importance of the logging remnants. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18: 2153–2164. pdf © Springer www.springerlink.com

- Ivon Paris C & Espadaler X (2009). Honeydew collection by the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus versus the native ant L. grandis. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 3: 75-85. pdf © Springer ww.springer.com

- Kumschick, S., S chmidt-Entling, M.S., Bacher, S., Hickler, T., Espadaler, X. & Nentwig, W. 2009. Determinants of local ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and activity density in Europe. Ecological Entomology 34: 748-754. pdf © The Authors and The Royal Entomological Society

- Pérez Hidalgo, N., Espadaler, X. & Mier Durante, M.P. 2009. Detectado en Portugal Myzocallis (Lineomyzocallis walshii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)sobre Quercus rubra. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 33: 263-265. pdf

- Piñol, J., Espadaler, X., Pérez, N., Beven, K. 2009. Testing a new model of aphid abundance with sedentary and non-sedentary predators. Ecological Modelling 229: 2469-2480. pdf © Elsevier

 -Piñol J, Espadaler X, Cañellas N & Pérez N (2009). Effects of the concurrent exclusión of ants and earwigs on aphid abundante in an organic citrus grove. BioControl, 54: 515-527. pdf © Springer ww.springer.com

- Roura-Pascual N, Brotons L, Peterson AT & Thuiller W (2009) Consensual predictions of potential distributional areas for invasive species: a case study of Argentine ants in the Iberian Peninsula. Biological Invasions, 11: 1017–1031. pdf © Springer www.springerlink.com

 - Roura-Pascual N, Bas JM, Thuiller W, Hui C, Krug RM, Brotons L (2009) From introduction to equilibrium: reconstructing the invasive pathways of the Argentine ant in a Mediterranean region. Global Change Biology, 15: 2101-2115. pdf  © Blackwell

 - Rost J, Pons P, Bas JM (2009) Can salvage logging affect seed dispersal by birds into burned forests? Acta Oecologica, 35: 763–768. pdf © Elsevier

- Santana E, Jardel E, Pons P (2009) Manejo del fuego y conservación de la fauna silvestre en ecosistemas forestales de montaña. In: Flores-Garnica J.G. (ed.). Impacto ambiental de incendios forestales. Capítulo 15: 195-222. Mundi Prensa México. ISBN: 978-607-7699-03-3

 -Sunamura E, Espadaler X, Sakamoto H, Suzuki S, Terayama M & Tatsuki (2009). Intercontinental union of Argentine ants: behavioral relationships among introduced populations in Europe, North America, and Asia. Insectes Sociaux, 56: 143-147. pdf © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel www.springer.com

-Wetterer JK, Wild AL, Suarez AV, Roura-Pascual N & Espadaler X (2009). Worldwide spread of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 12: 187-194. pdf

 

 Inici

2008

 

- Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C (2008). Effect of temperature on the oviposition rate of Argentine ant queens (Linepithema humile Mayr) under monogynous and polygynous experimental conditions. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 265-272. pdf © Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jinsphys

- Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C (2008). The effect of seasonal dynamics on queen densities of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in an invaded natural area of the NE Iberian Peninsula, Sociobiology, 51: 645-654.  ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

- Brotons L, Herrando S & Pons P (2008). Wildfires and the expansion of threatened farmland birds: the ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana in Mediterranean landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 1059-1066. pdf © The Authors & British Ecological Society http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117972213/home

- Clavero M, Prenda J, Blanco-Garrido F & Delibes M (2008). Hydrological stability and otter trophic diversity: a scale-insensitive pattern? Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86: 1152-1158.

- Clavero M, Benejam L & Seglar A (2008). Microhabitat use by foraging white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in stream pools in NE Iberian Peninsula. Ecological Research (in press).

- Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout FP, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, et al. (2008) The evoluton of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS ONE 3(12):e3838. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone0003838. pdf

 - Espadaler X (2008). Myrmica vandeli Bondroit 1920, an ant species new to Sweden (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologisk Tidskrift, 129: 40-42. pdf

 - Espadaler X (2008). Hymenoptera – Formicidae. In: Borges PAV, Abreu C, Aguiar AMF, Carvalho P, Jardim R, Melo I, Olieira P, Sérgio C, Serrano ARM & Vieira P (eds.). A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos. pp. 269-270, Direcçao Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and Angra do Heroísmo. pdf

 - Espadaler X & Bernal V (2008). La formiga del suro, Lasius brunneus. Resultats de l’estudi i protocol d’actuació. Silvicultura, 56: 7-8. pdf

 - Espadaler X, Boieiro M, Axedo R, Bernardes C, Figueiredo D & Serrano RM (2008). Additions to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 42: 349-351. pdf ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

 - Espadaler X & Reyes-López J (2008). Dos nuevas localidades para una (¿rara?) hormiga endémica ibérica, Temnothorax blascoi (Espadaler, 1997) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 42: 449-450. pdf  ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

 - Franch N, Clavero M, Garrido M, Gaya N, López V, Pou-Rovira Q & Queral JM (2008). On the establishment and range expansion of oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) in NE Iberian Peninsula. Biological Invasions 10: 1327-1331. pdf © Springer www.springerlink.com

 - García F, Arnal JM & Espadaler X. 2008. Primeros registros de Myrmica bibikoffi Kutter, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la Península Ibérica. Heteropterus Revista de Entomolgía,. 8:211-215. pdf

 - Miñarro M, Espadaler X, Melero VR & Suárez-Álvarez V (2008). Organic versus convencional management in an apple orchad: effects of fertilization and tree-row management on ground-dwelling predaceous arthropods. Agricultural and Forest Entomology pdf  © The Authors and The Royal Entomological Society

- Oliveras J, Gómez C, Bas JM & Espadaler X (2008). Mechanical defence in seeds to avoid predation by a granivorous ant. Naturwissenschaften, 95: 501-506. pdf Springer www.springerlink.com

- Pons P, Bas JM, Prodon R, Roura-Pascual N & Clavero M (2008). Territory characteristics and coexistence with heterospecifics in the Dartford warbler Sylvia undata across a habitat gradient. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62, 1217–1228. pdf © Springer www.springerlink.com

- Roig X, Espadaler X, Cuscó R, García F, Gómez K, Serrano S & Vila R (2008). Hormigas en zonas gipsófilas. Primera cita para Cataluña (Península Ibérica) de Cardiocondila batesii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) y actualización del listado de los formícidos para Cataluña. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 42: 189-192. pdf  ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

- Vilardell A, Capalleras X, Budó J, Molist F & Pons P (2008). Test of the efficacy of two chemical repellents in the control of Hermann's tortoise nest predation. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 54: 745-748. pdf © Springer www.springerlink.com

- Viñolas A, Espadaler X, García F & Roig X. 2008. Lomechusa emarginata (Paykull, 1789) (Coleoptera: Staphyllinidae: Alecharinae), nueva para Catalunya, en nido de Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Heteropterus Revista de Entomolgía, 8:207-210. pdf

 

Inici

2007
 

 - Abril S, Oliveras J & Gomez C (2007). Foraging activity and dietary spectrum of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in invaded natural areas of the NE Iberian Peninsula. Environmental Entomology 36: 1116-1173. pdf

 - Bas JM, Oliveras J & Gomez C (2007). Final seed fate and seedling emergence in myrmecochorous plants: Effects of ants and plant species. Sociobiology 50: 101-111. ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

 - Bas JM, Pons P & Gomez C (2007). Daily activity of the Sardinian Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, in the breeding season. Ardeola, 54: 335-338. pdf ©Ardeola www.ardeola.org

 - Espadaler X (2007). The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands) pp. 113-127. In Snelling, R.R., B.L. Fisher, and P.S. Ward (eds). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80.pdf

 - Espadaler X, Gómez K & Roig X (2007). Cuatro nuevas citas de hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) y actualización del listado para Cataluña (Peninsula Ibérica). Bol. Soc. Entom. Arag. 40: 313-316. pdf ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

 - Espadaler X, Pujadé-Villar J & Barnadou A. 2006. Contribució al coneixement de la taxonomia i la fenologia de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d’Andorra. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat.,74: 81-90. pdf

 - Espadaler X, Tartally A, Schultz R, Seifert B & Nagy C (2007). Regional trends and preliminary results on the local expansion rate in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux 54: 293-301. pdf ©Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel www.springer.com

 - Herraiz JA, Espadaler X (2007). Laboulbenia formicarum (Ascomycota, aboulbeniales) reaches the Mediterranean. Sociobiology 50: 449-455. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

 - Oliveras J, Bas JM & Gómez C (2007). A shift in seed harvesting by ants following Argentine ant invasion. Vie et Milieu- Life and Environment 57: 75-82. pdf

 - Pérez Hidalgo N, Espadaler X & Nieto JM (2007). Primera cita de Geoica setulosa (Passerini, 1860) en la península Ibérica (Hemiptera, Aphididae, riosomatinae, Fordini) Graellsia, 63: 143-146. pdf ©Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales http://www.mncn.csic.es/

 - Pons P (2007). Consecuencias de los incendios forestales sobre los vertebrados y aspectos de su gestión en regiones mediterráneas. In: Camprodon, J. & Plana, E. (eds.). Conservación de la biodiversidad, fauna vertebrada y gestión forestal. Segunda edición revisada y ampliada. Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 229-245. pdf ©Edicions Universitat de Barcelona

- Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Stauffer C, Arthofer W, Buschinger A, Espadaler X, Christian E, Einfinger K, Lorbeer E, Schafellner C, Ayasse M & Crozier RH. (2007). Abandoning aggresion but maintaining self-nonself discrimination as a first stage in ant supercolony formation. Current Biology 17: 1903-1907. pdf © Elsevier  http://www.current-biology.com/

- Wetterer JK, Espadaler X, Ashmole NP, Mendel H, Cutler C & Endeman J (2007). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the South Atlantic islands of Ascension Island, St. Helena, and Tristan da Cuba. Myrmecological News 10: 29-37. pdf

- Wetterer JK, Espadaler X, Wetterer AL, Aguin-Pombo D, Franquinho-Aguiar AM (2007). Ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) of the Madeiran archipelago. Sociobiology 49: 265-297. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

 

Inici

2006
 

- Bas JM, Pons P & Gómez C (2006). Exclusive frugivory and seed dispersal of Rhamnus alaternus in the bird breeding season. Plant Ecology 183: 77-89. pdf ©Springer www.springerlink.com

- Blancafort X, Gomez C (2006) Downfall of pollen carriage by ants after Argentine ant invasion in two Mediterranean Euphorbia species . Vie et Milieu- Life and Environment 56: 243-246.

- Dekoninck W, Wegnez P, Espadaler X & Grootaert P  (2006). First record of infestation of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) in Belgium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - A new indoor pest problem for the country?  Bulletin S.R.B.E. 142: 25-28. pdf

- Espadaler X y Bernal V (2006). Hormigas de los bosquetes periurbanos de Barcelona. Quercus 242: 27-29. pdf © América Ibérica S.A.

- Espadaler X, Bernal V & Rojo M (2006). Lasius brunneus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) una plaga del corcho en el NE de España: I. Caracterización de sus efectos y extensión de la misma. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal - Plagas 32: 399-409.pdf ©Ministerío de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  www.mapa.es

- Espadaler X, Bernal V & Rojo M (2006). Lasius brunneus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) una plaga del corcho en el NE de España: II. Biología y pruebas de control. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal - Plagas 32: 411-424. pdf ©Ministerío de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  www.mapa.es

- Espadaler X & Cuesta D (2006). Teleutomyrmex schneideri Kutter, 1950 en España (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Graellsia 62: 261-262. pdf ©Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales http://www.mncn.csic.es/

- Espadaler X, Pujade-Villar J & Bernardou A (2006). Contribució al coneixement de la taxonomia i la fenologia de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d’Andorra. Butll. Inst. Cat. Nat., 74: 81-90. pdf

- Gómez K & Espadaler X (2006). Exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Balearic Islands. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 225-233. pdf

- Pons P., Prodon R., Roura-Pascual N., García-Berthou E. & Bas J.M. (2006). Territory size and density in the Dartford Warbler across post-fire succession in Spain. Journal of Ornithology 147 supl.: 232.

- Roura-Pascual N, Suarez AV, McNyset K, Gómez C, Pons P, Touyama Y, Wild AL, Gascon F & Peterson AT (2006).  Potential geographic distribution, ecological niche differentiation, and fine-scale regional projections for Argentine ants based on remotely-sensed data. Ecological Applications 16: 1832-1841.pdf ©Ecological Society of America

- Sánchez I & Espadaler X (2006). Una nueva población de  Cataglyphis floricola Tinaut, 1993 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 39: 318.pdf ©Sociedad entomológica aragonesa  http://entomologia.rediris.es/sea/

- Wetterer JK, Espadaler X, Wetterer AL, Aguin-Pombo D & Franquinho-Aguiar AM (2006). Long term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira. Ecological Entomology 31: 358-368. pdf ©The Royal Entomological Society

 

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2005
 

- Arthofer W, Schlick-Steiner B, Steiner F, Konrad H, Espadaler X &  Stauffer, C (2005). Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the study of habitat fragmentation in the harvester ant Messor structor. Conservation Genetics 6(5):861-863. pdf ©Springer www.springerlink.com

- Bas JM, Gómez C & Pons P (2005). Fruit production and predispersal seed fall and predation of Rhamnus alaternus (Rhamnaceae). Acta Oecologica 27(2): 115-123. pdf ©Elsevier SAS www.elsevier.com

- Bas JM, Pons P & Gómez C (2005). Home range and territory of Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala in a Mediterranean shrubland. Bird Study 52:137-144. pdf ©British Trust for Ornithology http://www.bto.org

- Blancafort X & Gómez C (2005). Consequences of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), invasion on pollination of Euphorbia characias (L.) (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Oecologica 28:49-55. pdf ©Elsevier SAS www.elsevier.com

- Brotons L, Pons P & Herrando S (2005). Colonisation of dynamic Mediterranean landscapes: where do birds come from after fire? Journal of Biogeography 32:789-798. pdf ©Blackwell Publishing www.blackwellpublishing.com 

- Cañellas N, Piñol J & Espadaler X (2005). Las tijeretas (Dermaptera, Forficulidae) en el control del pulgón en cítricos. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal - Plagas 31:161-169. pdf (7.6 MB) ©Ministerío de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  www.mapa.es

- Espadaler X (2005). Monomorium destructor, la hormiga de Singapur, detectada y detenida en el puerto de Barcelona (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Orsis 20:27-32. pdf ©UAB publicacions.uab.es

- Gómez C, Espadaler X, Bas JM (2005). Ant behaviour and seed morphology: a missing link of myrmecochory. Oecologia 146 (2):244-246. pdf ©Springer-Verlag http://www.springerlink.com

- Gómez C, Roura-Pascual N & Birkemoe T (2005). Argentine ants Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) infesting Norwegian flats. Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 52: 65-66. pdf ©Norwegian Journal of Entomology www.entomologi.no

- Oliveras J, Bas JM, Casellas D & Gómez C (2005). Numerical dominance of the Argentine ant vs native ants and consequences on soil resource searching in Mediterranean Cork-oak forest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45: 643-658. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

-  Oliveras J, Bas JM & Gómez C (2005). Long-term consequences of the alteration of the seed dispersal process of Euphorbia characias due to the Argentine ant invasion. Ecography 28: 662-672. pdf ©Ecography www.blackwellpublishing.com

- Oliveras J, Bas JM & Gómez C (2005). Reduction of the ant mandible gap range after biotic homogeneization caused by an ant invasion (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45: 829-838. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

- Pons P & Bas, JM (2005). Open-habitat birds in recently burned areas: the role of the fire extent and species' habitat breadth. Ardeola 52: 119-131. pdf ©Ardeola www.ardeola.org

- Pons P & Wendenburg C (2005). The impact of fire and forest conversion into savanna on the bird communities of West Madagascan dry forests. Animal Conservation 8:183-193.pdf ©The Zoological Society of London www.blackwellpublishing.com

- Rey S & X Espadaler (2005). Area-wide management of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Northeast Spain. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 21:99-112. pdf ©South Carolina Entomological Society  entweb.clemson.edu

- Reyes J & Espadaler X 2005). Tres nuevas especies foráneas de hormigas para la Península Ibérica (Hymenoptera, Fromicidae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 36:263-265. pdf ©Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa entomologia.rediris.es/sea/ 

- Roura-Pascual N, Pons P, Etienne M & Lambert B (2005). Transformation of a rural landscape in the eastern Pyrenees between 1953 and 2000. Mountain Research and Development 25:252-261. pdf ©MRD www.mrd-journal.org/

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2004
 

- Espadaler X, Blancafort X & Gómez C (2004). The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) in Namibia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 21:42.

- Espadaler X, Rey S & Bernal V (2004). Queen number in a supercolony of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus. Insect Insectes Sociaux 51: 232-238. pdf ©Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel www.springer.com

- Miettinen M, Kaitala A, Espadaler X & Tannerfeldt M (2004).The Effect of Ant Predation on Survival and Mating Frequency of the Golden Egg Bug in Field Experiments (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Heteroptera: Coreidae) Sociobiology 44(3): 659-668. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

- Ribes J, Piñol J, Espadaler X & Cañellas N (2004). Heterópteros de un cultivo ecológico de cítricos de Tarragona (Catalunya, NE España) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Orsis 19: 21-35. pdf ©UAB publicacions.uab.es

- Roura-Pascual N, Suarez AV, Gómez C, Pons P, Touyama Y, Wild AL & Peterson AT (2004). Geographic potential of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile Mayr) in the face of global climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Serie B 271(1557): 2527-2535. pdf ©The Royal Society www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk

- Steiner FM,  Schlick-Steiner BC, Schödl S, Espadaler X, Seifert B, Christian E & Stauffer C (2004). Phylogeny and bionomics of Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes sociaux 51: 24-29. pdf ©Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel www.springer.com

- Wetterer JK, Espadaler X, Wetterer AL, Cabral SGM (2004). Native and exotic ants of the Azores (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 44:1-19. pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

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2003
 

- Espadaler X & Bernal V (2003). Exotic ants in the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vieraea 31: 1-7. pdf ©OAMC www.museosdetenerife.org

- Espadaler X & Gómez C (2003). The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile, in the Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 42: 187-192.pdf ©California State University Chico http://www.csuchico.edu

- Espadaler X & Santamaria S (2003). Laboulbenia formicarum Thaxt. (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) crosses the Atlantic. Orsis 18:97-101. pdf ©UAB publicacions.uab.es

- Gómez C, Bas JM & Pons P (2003). Effects of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile Mayr) on  seed dispersal and seedling emergence of Rhamnus alaternus (Rhamnaceae). Ecography 26:532-538. pdf ©Ecography www.blackwellpublishing.com

- Gómez C, Casellas D, Oliveras J & Bas JM (2003). Structure of ground-foraging ant assemblages and land-use change in rural ecosystems in the north-western mediterranean region. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:2135-2146.pdf ©Kluwer Academic Publishers www.springerlink.com    

- Gómez C & Oliveras J (2003). Can the Argentine ant (Linephitema humile Mayr) replace native ants in myrmecochory? Acta Oecologica 24: 47-53.pdf ©Elsevier SAS www.elsevier.com

- Monteserín S & Espadaler X (2003). Aegeritella (Deuteromycetes) on Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Spain. Orsis 18:13-17. pdf ©UAB publicacions.uab.es

- Pons P, Henry PY, Gargallo G, Prodon R & Lebreton JD (2003). Local survival after fire in Mediterranean shrublands: combining capture-recapture data over several bird species. Population Ecology 45:187-196.  pdf ©The Society of Population Ecology and Springer-Verlag www.springerlink.com

- Pons P, Lambert B, Rigolot E & Prodon R (2003). The effects of grassland management using fire on habitat occupancy and conservation of birds at a mosaic landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:1843-1860. pdf ©Kluwer Academic Publishers www.springerlink.com    

- Pons P & Quintana XD (2003). Unsuitable reintroductions and conservation priorities. Oryx 37:285-285.pdf ©FFI, Oryx journals.cambridge.org

- Pons P, Rakotobearison G & Wendenburg C (2003). Immediate effects of a fire on birds and vegetation at Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, NW Madagascar. Ostrich 74:146-148. pdf ©Birdlife South Africa www.nisc.co.za  

 

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2002
 

- Bas JM, Gómez C & Pons P (2002). Caracterización y estructura de los frutos del aladierno Rhamnus alaternus L. en el noreste de la Península Ibérica. Studia Botanica, 21: 89-103.pdf

 - Billen J & Espadaler X (2002). A novel epithelial intramandibular gland in the ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 132(2):175-176. pdf ©Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences www.naturalsciences.be

- Boieiro M, Espadaler X, Azedo AR, Serrano ARM (2002). Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia 202:253-259. pdf ©Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia

- Espadaler X, Akino T, Terayama M (2002). Specific status for Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 18:335-341. pdf ©Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie www.nouvelle-revue-entomo.org

- Espadaler X & Gómez C (2002). The species body-size distribution in iberian ants is parameter independent. Vie et Milieu 52(2/3):103-107. pdf ©Observatoíre Océanologíque  de Banyuls-sur-mer  www.obs-banyuls.fr

- Pons P (2002). The population responses of birds to fire in Mediterranean ecosystems. In Pardini, G. & Pintó, J. (eds.), Fire, landscape and biodiversity: an appraisal of the effects and effectiveness, Diversitas, 29, Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat de Girona, Girona, 57-68. pdf ©UdG  www.udg.es

- Rigolot E, Lambert B, Pons P & Prodon R (2002). Management of a mountain rangeland combining periodic prescribed burnings with grazing: impact on vegetation. In: Trabaud, L. & Prodon, R. (eds.). Fire and biological processes. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 325-337.

 

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2001
 

- Espadaler X & Gómez C (2001). Female performance in Euphorbia characias: effect of flower position on seed quantity and quality. Seed Science Research 11:163-172.pdf ©CAB International

- Espadaler X & Gómez C (2001). Formicine ants do comply with the size-grain hypothesys. Functional Ecology 15:136-139. pdf ©British Ecological Society  www.britishecologicalsociety.org/ 

- Espadaler  X & Prince A (2001). Lasius platythorax Seifert, 20011. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Spain, Orsis, 16:189-192. Orsis 19: 21-35. pdf ©UAB publicacions.uab.es

- Espadaler X & Rey S (2001). Biological constraints and colony founding in the polygynous invasive ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes socieaux. 48: 159-164. pdf ©Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel www.springer.com

- Pons P (2001). The wintering of migrant Dunnocks  Prunella modularis in two Mediterranean habitats after fire. Bird Study, 48: 68-75. pdf  ©British Trust for Ornithology http://www.bto.org

- Pons P (2001). Consecuencias de los incendios forestales sobre los vertebrados y aspectos de su gestión en regiones mediterráneas. In Camprodon, J. & Plana, E. (eds.), Conservación de la biodiversidad y gestión forestal. Su aplicación en fauna vertebrada, Edicions Universitat de Barcelona & Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Barcelona, 197-211.

 

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