The Behavioural Ecology Lab is a research lab integrated in the
Animal Ecology Group, a cooperative
assembly of research groups within the
University of Vigo.
We aim to understand how natural selection shapes the life
history and behaviour of wild animal populations. Our work
focuses mainly on seabirds (shags, boobies, gulls,
shearwaters, guillemots, etc) living in islands but
has also involved studies on fishes and other vertebrate
species. We are also interested in wildlife conservation and
the consequences of human actions for the diversity (see our
research on the effects of the Prestige
oil spill)
Most of our current research focuses on:
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2019 |
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Noguera JC, Velando A. 2019.
Bird embryos perceive
vibratory cues of predation risk from clutch
mates. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3,
1225–1232 |
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Kim S-Y,
Velando A. 2019.
Attractive male sticklebacks carry more
oxidative DNA damage in the soma and germline. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology doi: 10.1111/JEB.13552 |
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Velando, A., Noguera, J.C., da Silva, A., Kim, S-Y.
2019.
Redox-regulation and life-history trade-offs: scavenging
mitochondrial ROS improves growth in a wild bird. Scientific
Reports 9, 2203 |
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Kim S-Y, Noguera
JC & Velando A. 2019.
Carry-over effects of early
thermal conditions on somatic and germline oxidative
damages are mediated by compensatory growth in
sticklebacks. Journal Animal Ecology
88, 473-483 |
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Noguera, J.C. 2019.
Crickets increase sexual
signalling and sperm protection but live shorter in the
presence of rivals. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology 32, 42-57 |
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2018 |
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Alvarez, G. Barros, A, Velando, A. 2018.
The use of European shag pellets as indicators of
microplastic fibers in the marine environment. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 137, 444-448 |
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Noguera JC, Metcalfe NB, Monaghan P.
2018.
Experimental demonstration that offspring fathered by
old males have shorter telomeres and reduced lifespans.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 285
20180268 |
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Morales J, Velando A. 2018.
Coloration of chicks
modulates costly interactions among family members.
Behavioral Ecology 29, 894-903 |
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Oro D, Álvarez D, Velando A. 2018.
Complex
demographic heterogeneity from anthropogenic impacts in
a coastal marine predator. Ecological Applications
28, 612-621 |
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Morales J, Lucas A, Velando A. 2018.
Maternal programming of offspring antipredator behavior in a
seabird.
Behavioral Ecology 29, 479-485 |
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Noguera JC, Aira M, Pérez-Losada M,
Velando A. 2018.
Glucocorticoids
modulate gastrointestinal microbiome in a wild. Royal
Society Open Science
5, 171743 |
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2017 |
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Noguera JC, Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2017.
Family-transmitted stress in a wild bird.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
114:6794-6799 |
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Velando A, Costa MM, Kim S-Y. 2017.
Sex-specific
phenotypes and metabolism-related gene expression in
juvenile sticklebacks. Behavioral Ecology
28, 1553–1563 |
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Kim S-Y, Costa MM, Esteve-Codina A, Velando A. 2017.
Transcriptional mechanisms underlying life-history
responses to climate change in the three-spined
stickleback. Evolutionary Applications
10:718-730 |
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Kim S-Y, Metcalfe NB, da Silva A, Velando A. 2017.
Thermal conditions during early life influence seasonal
maternal strategies in the three-spined stickleback. BMC
Ecology 17:34 |
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Noguera JC, Metcalfe NB, Monaghan P. 2017.
Postnatal nutrition influences male attractiveness and
promotes plasticity in male mating preferences.
The
Science of Nature 104:102. |
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Díaz-Real J, Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2017.
Plumage colour and the expression of stress-related
genes in gull chicks. Journal Avian Biology
48, 1216-1225 |
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Noguera JC. 2017.
Interacting effects of early dietary conditions and
reproductive effort on the oxidative costs of
reproduction. PeerJ
5, e3094 |
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Velando A, Moran P, Romero R, Fernandez J, Piorno V.
2017.
Invasion
and eradication of the American mink in the Atlantic
Islands National Park (NW Spain): A retrospective
analysis.
Biological Invasions 19, 1227–1241 |
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2016
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Barros A, Romero R, Munilla I, Pérez C,
Velando A. 2016. Behavioural plasticity in nest-site
selection of a colonial seabird in response to an
invasive carnivore. Biological Invasions
18:3149–3161 |
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Díaz-Real J, Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2016
Hatching
hierarchy but not egg-related effects governs behavioral
phenotypes in gull chicks. Behavioral Ecology
27, 1782-1789 |
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Noguera JC, Metcalfe NB, Reichert S, Monaghan P.
2016.
Embryonic and postnatal telomere length decrease with
ovulation order within clutches. Scientific Reports
6, 25915
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Kim S-Y, Metcalfe NB, Velando A. 2016.
A benign
juvenile environment reduces the strength of
antagonistic pleiotropy and genetic variation in the
rate of senescence. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85,
705-714. |
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Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2016.
Unsociable juvenile
male three-spined sticklebacks grow more attractive.
Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 975-980 |
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Munilla I,
Genovart M, Paiva VH, Velando A. 2016.
Colony
foundation in an oceanic seabird. PlosOne 11,
e0147222
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Kim S-Y. 2016.
Fixed behavioural plasticity in
response to predation risk in the three-spined
stickleback. Animal Behaviour, 112, 147-152
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Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2016.
Genetic conflict between
sexual signalling and juvenile survival in the three-spined
stickleback. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16:52
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Gene expression and the evolution of complex
phenotypes
Senescence in wild animals
Social evolution and family coadaptation
Seabird conservation
