UAM. Dpto. Ecología
Carretera de Colmenar km.15
C/ Darwin, 2 (C111b)
Madrid 28049, España
Tel: 914973639
E-mail: javier.seoane (at) uam.es
http://www.uam.es/javier.seoane
I am pretty much curious about everything in wildlife biology, particularly when birds and mountains are involved. I obtained my Ph.D. in 2003 with a study on the then young subfield of species distribution models at the Doñana Biological Station (Seville, Spain). Since then, my main research line have focused on the environmental and biotic factors that determine the distribution and abundance of species, but I have also assessed monitoring protocols, statistical and modeling methodologies. More recently, I have been attracted to community ecology, studying assemblages of arthopods, fish, birds and mammals.
I am currently a permanent member of the Department of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), where I teach a variety of subjects. There I am fond of introducing ecology to biology undergraduates who do not always appreciate at first sight this kind of biology, and to teach specialized statistics to biologists that usually do not love numbers. In order to do that, I increasingly rely on ‘modern’ teaching methods (basically meaning active and fun).
Between 2018 and 2022 I was editor-in-chief of Ardeola: International Journal of Ornithology, one of the few JCR-listed journals in the natural sciences from Spain. I learned a lot about the management aspects of scientific publishing, met brilliant and dedicated researchers, and contributed as much as I could to the development of the community around the journal.
A bunch of papers to describe my work
Martínez, D. R., Seoane, J. 2024. Changes in thermal niche position and breadth of bird assemblages in Spain in relation to increasing temperatures. Journal of Biogeography: 51:783 -796
Azcárate, F. M., Seoane, J., Silvestre, M. 2023. Factors affecting pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) incidence in Mediterranean pine stands: A multiscale approach. Forest Ecology and Management, 529, 120728.
Seoane, J., Estrada, A., Jones, M. M., Ovaskainen, O. 202). A case study on joint species distribution modelling with bird atlas data: Revealing limits to species’ niches. Ecological Informatics, 77, 102202
Burgos, T., Fedriani, J. M., Escribano‐Ávila, G., Seoane, J., Hernández‐Hernández, J., Virgós, E. 2022. Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: Implications of rewilding apex predators for plant -animal mutualisms. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(5), 1024-1035
Zanon Martinez, J. I., Seoane, J., Kelly, M. J., Sarasola, J. H., Travaini, A. 2022. Assessing carnivore spatial co‐occurrence and temporal overlap in the face of human interference in a semiarid forest. Ecological Applications, 32(1), e02482
Martínez‐Miranzo, B., I Banda, E., Gardiazábal, A., Ferreiro, E., Seoane, J., & Aguirre, J. I. 2022. Long‐term monitoring program reveals a mismatch between spatial distribution and reproductive success in an endangered raptor species in the Mediterranean area. Ecological Research, 37(3), 421-431
Marín-Enríquez, E., Seoane, J., Muhlia-Melo, A. 2018. Environmental modeling of occurrence of dolphinfish (Coryphaena spp.) in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico reveals seasonality in abundance, hot spots and migration pattern Fisheries Oceanography, 27: 28-40
Bastianelli, G., Tavecchia, G., Meléndez, L., Seoane, J., Obeso, J., Laiolo, P. 2017. Surviving at high elevations: an inter‑ and intra‑specific analysis in a mountain bird community. Oecologia, 184: 293-303
Seoane, J., Laiolo, P., Obeso, J.R. 2017. Abundance leads to more species, particularly in complex habitats: a test of the increased population size hypotheses in bird communities. Journal of Biogeography, 44:556-566.
You may find a complete list of publications in:
ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Javier_Seoane/
ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-6833-2008
Google Académico: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mfXM3TAAAAAJ