Alberto Velando
Professor of Zoology - Behavioural Ecology
Research interests
My research activity is focused on
understanding how selection modulates
the life-history strategies of animals
using mainly wild vertebrates as study
models. During my postdoctoral
research, I
studied how life-history trade-offs and
underlying mechanisms modulate life-time
strategies of parental care and sexual
signaling in long-lived birds. We
provide, for example, an
experimental demonstration that
terminal reproductive investment occurs
in senescent individuals only when their
future life expectancy is low. In 2003, our study
area was affected by the Prestige oil
spill and, in parallel to our research
on evolutionary ecology, we evaluated
the long-term effect of this oil spill
on seabird populations; providing for
example
robust evidence
of the collapse of reproductive
colonies.
In the last decades,
our research was focused mainly on how
early conditions during development
influence several levels of phenotypic
organization (with consequences on
life-history strategies in two wild
vertebrates, the yellow-legged gull and
sticklebacks). We demonstrated, for
example, that stress is
socially transmitted during early
life, modifying embryonic development at
several physiological levels
(methylation, glucocorticoids and
gene expression),
long-lasting programing chicks to
cope with environmental hazards.
Our
current work tackles important questions
about the mechanisms underlying social
and environmental effects on
developmental programming in a familiar
context (see an example
here)
Publications
2024
Ruiz-Raya F, Velando A. 2024. Lasting benefits of embryonic eavesdropping on parent-parent communication. Science Advances 10: eadn854
Guillen-Parra M, Barcenas-Flores R, Velando A, Wiley A, Montoya B, Torres R.2024. Sex-Specific Variation in Foraging Behavior is Related to Telomere Length in a Long-Lived Seabird. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70732
Guillen-Parra M,
Velando A, Barcenas-Flores R, Nicolás-Toledo
L, Torres R. 2024.
Telomere length links with physiological
phenotype and breeding patterns in a
long-lived seabird.
Ornithology 141:
ukad049
2023
Kim SY, Chiara V, Álvarez‐Quintero N, da Silva A, Velando A 2023. Maternal effect senescence via reduced DNA repair ability in the three‐spined stickleback. Molecular Ecology 32: 4648-4659
Justel-Diez M, Delgadillo-Nuno E, Gutierrez-Barral A, Garcia-Otero P, Alonso-Barciela I, Pereira-Villanueva P, Álvarez-Salgado XA. Velando A, Teira E, Fernández E. 2023 Inputs of seabird guano alter microbial growth, community composition and the phytoplankton-bacterial interactions in a coastal system. Environmental Microbiology 25: 1155-1173
Ruiz-Raya F, Noguera, JC, Velando, A. 2023. Covariation between glucocorticoid levels and receptor expression modulates embryo development and postnatal phenotypes in gulls. Hormones and Behavior 149: 105316.
2022
Kim S-Y, Chiara V, Alvarez-Quintero N, Velando A. 2022. Mitochondrial DNA content in eggs as a maternal effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20212100 2
Ruiz-Raya F, Velando A. 2022. Sunlight and lifestyle: linking prenatal light conditions and personality development in a wild bird. Animal Behaviour 193: 13-20.
Noguera, JC, Velando A. Maternal testosterone affects offspring telomerase activity in a long-lived seabird. Ecology & Evolution 12: e9281.
Ruiz-Raya F, Noguera JC, Velando A. Light received by embryos promotes postnatal junior phenotypes in a seabird. Behavioural Ecology 33: 1047-1057.
Chiara V, Velando A, Kim S-Y. 2022. Relationships between male secondary sexual traits, physiological state and offspring viability in the three-spined stickleback. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22:4
2021
Velando A, Noguera JC, Aira M, Dominguez J. 2021. Gut microbiome and telomere length in gull hatchlings. Biology Letters 17: 20210398
Ruiz-Raya F, Ibanez-Alamo JD, Parenteau C, Chastel O, Soler M. 2021. Prolactin mediates behavioural rejection responses to avian brood parasitism. J Experimental Biology 224: jeb240101.
Álvarez-Quintero N, Velando A and Kim S-Y. 2021. Smart mating: the cognitive ability of females influences their preference for male cognitive ability. Behavioral Ecology 32: 803-813.
Noguera JC, Velando A. 2021. Telomerase activity can mediate the effects of growth on telomeres during post-natal development in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb242465.
Calado JG, Verissimo SN, Paiva VH, Ramos R, Vaz PT, Matos D, Pereira J, Lopes C, Oliveira N, Quaresma A, Ceia FR, Velando A, Ramos JA. 2021. Influence of fisheries on the spatio-temporal feeding ecology of gulls along the western Iberian coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 661: 187-201
Álvarez-Quintero N, Velando A, Noguera JC, Kim S-Y. 2020. Environment‐induced changes in reproductive strategies and their transgenerational effects in the three‐spined stickleback. Ecology and Evolution 11: 771-783.
2020
Noguera JC, da Silva, Velando A. 2020. Egg corticosterone can stimulate telomerase activity and promote longer telomeres during embryo development. Molecular Ecology doi.org/10.1111/mec.15694
Noguera JC, Velando A. 2020. Gull chicks grow faster but lose telomeres when prenatal cues mismatch the real presence of sibling competitors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 287: 20200242
Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2020. Attractive male sticklebacks carry more oxidative DNA damage in the soma and germline. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:121-126
Ruiz-Raya F, Soler M. 2020. Signal detection and optimal acceptance thresholds in avian brood parasite-host systems: implications for egg rejection. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences B 375: 20190477
Álvarez-Quintero N, Velando A, Kim S-Y. 2020. Long-lasting negative effects of learning tasks during early life in the three-spined stickleback. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 313
Calado JG, Paiva VH, Ramos JA, Velando A, Munilla I. 2020. Anthropogenic food resources, sardine decline and environmental conditions have triggered a dietary shift of an opportunistic seabird over the last 30 years in the northwest coast of Spain. Regional Environmental Change 20: 10
Calado JG , Paiva VH , Ceia FR, Gomes P, Ramos JA, Velando A. 2020. Stable isotopes reveal year-round sexual trophic segregation in four yellow-legged gull colonies. Marine Biology 167: 1-11
2019
Noguera JC, Velando A. 2019. Bird embryos perceive vibratory cues of predation risk from clutch mates. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1225-1232
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
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
Noguera JC. 2019. Crickets increase sexual signalling and sperm protection but live shorter in the presence of rivals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32: 42-57
Noguera JC, Velando A. 2019. Reduced telomere length in embryos exposed to predator cues. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb216176
2018
Álvarez, 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
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
Morales J, Velando A. 2018. Coloration of chicks modulates costly interactions among family members. Behavioral Ecology 29: 894-903
Oro D, Alvarez D, Velando A. 2018. Complex demographic heterogeneity from anthropogenic impacts in a coastal marine predator. Ecological Applications 28: 612-621
Morales J, Lucas A, Velando A. 2018. Maternal programming of offspring antipredator behavior in a seabird. Behavioral Ecology 29: 479-485
Noguera JC, Aira M, Pérez-Losada M, Velando A. 2018. Glucocorticoids modulate gastrointestinal microbiome in a wild. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171743
2017
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
Velando A, Costa MM, Kim S-Y. 2017. Sex-specific phenotypes and metabolism-related gene expression in juvenile sticklebacks. Behavioral Ecology 28:1553-1563
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
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
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
Diaz-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
Noguera JC. 2017. Interacting effects of early dietary conditions and reproductive effort on the oxidative costs of reproduction. PeerJ 5, e3094
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
2016
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
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
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.
Kim S-Y & Velando A. 2016. Unsociable juvenile male three-spined sticklebacks grow more attractive. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 975-980
Munilla I, Genovart, M, Paiva, VH, Velando, A. 2016. Colony foundation in an oceanic seabird. PlosOne 11, e0147222
Kim S-Y & Velando A. 2016. Genetic conflict between sexual signalling and juvenile survival in the three-spined stickleback. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16:52
Velando A, Barros Á , Moran P. 2015. Heterozygosity–fitness correlations in a declining seabird population. Molecular Ecology 24, 1007-101
Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2015. Phenotypic integration between anti-predator behaviour and camouflage pattern in juvenile sticklebacks. Evolution, 69, 830-83
Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2015. Antioxidants safeguard telomeres in bold chicks. Biology Letters, 11, 20150211
Munilla I , Velando A. 2015. The Iberian guillemot population crash: A plea for action at the margins. Biological Conservation 191, 842
González-Solís J , Díaz M , Velando A, Tella JL, Amat JA, Arroyo B et al. , 2015. Anillamiento científico: estado actual y perspectivas de futuro. Quercus, 354, 23-28
Velando, A, Beamonte-Barrientos, R, Torres, R. 2014. Enhanced male coloration after immune challenge increases reproductive potential. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 1582-1589
Barros, A., Alvarez, D., Velando, A. 2014. Long-term reproductive impairment in a seabird after the Prestige oil spill. Biology Letters, 10, 20131041
Kim, S-Y & Velando, A. 2014. Stickleback males increase red coloration and courtship behaviours in the presence of a competitive rival. Ethology 120, 502-510
Fargallo, JA, Velando, A, López-Rull, I, Gañán, N, Lifshitz, N, Wakamatsu, K, Torres, R. 2014. Sex-specific phenotypic integration: endocrine profiles, coloration, and behavior in fledgling boobies. Behavioral Ecology 25, 76-87.
Beamonte-Barrientos, R, Velando, A, Torres, R. 2014. Age-dependent effects of carotenoids on sexual ornaments and reproductive performance of a long-lived seabird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,68, 115-126.
Lucas, A, Morales, J, Velando, A. 2014. Differential effects of specific carotenoids on oxidative damage and immune response of gull chicks The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 1253-1262
2013
Moreno, J, Velando, A, González‐Braojos,
S, Ruiz‐de‐Castañeda, R, Cantarero A.
2013. Females Paired with More Attractive
Males Show Reduced Oxidative Damage:
Possible Direct Benefits of Mate Choice in
Pied Flycatchers Ethology 119, 727-737 Velando, A, Kim S-Y, Noguera JC. 2013. Begging response of gull chicks to the red
spot on the parental bill. Animal
Behaviour, 85, 1359–1366 Barros, A., Alvarez, D., Velando, A. 2013. Cormorán moñudo – Phalacrocorax aristotelis.
En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados
Españoles. Salvador, A., Morales, M. B.
(Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias
Naturales, Madrid. Barros, A. Álvarez, D. & Velando, A. 2013. Climate influence on fledgling sex ratio
and sex-specific dispersal in a seabird.
Plos One 8(8): e71358. Morales, J & Velando A. 2013. Signals in
family conflicts. Animal Behaviour, 85,
1359–1366 Kim S-Y, Noguera JC, Velando A. 2013.
Vitamins, stress and growth: the
availability of antioxidants in early life
influences the expression of cryptic genetic
variation. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology,26, 1341–1352 Noguera JC, Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2013.
Maternal testosterone influences a begging
component that makes fathers work harder in
chick provisioning. Hormones & Behaviour,
64, 19-25. Domínguez, J & Velando, A. 2013. Sexual
selection in earthworms: Mate choice, sperm
competition, differential allocation and
partner manipulation. Applied Soil
Ecology, 69, 21–27
2012 Alonso-Alvarez, C. & Velando A. 2012. Benefits and costs of parental care.
In Royle, N. J., Smiseth, P. T. & Kölliker, M.
(eds.). The evolution of parental care.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp 40-61. Noguera, J.C., Dean, R., Isaksson,
C., Velando, A. & Pizzari,
T.2012.
Age-specific oxidative status and
the expression of pre- and post-copulatory
sexually-selected traits in male red
junglefowl Ecology & Evolution 2, 2155-2167 Noguera JC, Kim S-Y, Velando A. 2012.
P
Pre-fledgling oxidative damage predicts
recruitment in a long-lived bird. Biology
Letters 8: 61-63 Morales J, Torres R, Velando A 2012. Safe
betting: males help dull females only when
they raise high-quality offspring.
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 66:135-143 Porto PG, Domínguez J.
& Velando A. 2012. Multiple mating increases
cocoon hatching success in the
earthworm Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta:
Lumbricidae). Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society 107, 175-181 Moreno, J., Velando, A., Ruiz-de-Castañeda,
R., González-Braojos, S., & Cantarero, A.
2012. Oxidative damage in relation to a
female plumage badge: evidence for
signalling costs. Acta Ethologica 16, 65-75
2011 Torres, R, Drummond, H, Velando
A. 2011. Parental age and lifespan influence
offspring recruitment: A Long-Term Study in
a Seabird. Plos One 6(11): e27245. Noguera, J.C., Lores, M., Alonso-Álvarez, C.
&Velando, A. 2011. Thrifty development:
early-life diet restriction reduces
oxidative damage during later growth.
Functional Ecology 25, 1114-1153 Kim S-Y, Noguera JC, Morales J & Velando A.
2011. The evolution of multi-component
begging display in gull chicks: sibling
competition and genetic variability. Animal
Behaviour 82: 113-118. Velando A., Noguera JC, Drummond H, &
Torres R. 2011. Senescent males carry
premutagenic lesions in sperm. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 24: 693–697. Kim S-Y, Velando A, Torres R. & Drummond H.
2011.
Effects of recruiting age on
senescence, lifespan and lifetime
reproductive success in a long-lived
seabird. Oecologia 166: 615-626 Moreno, J. Velando, A., Ruiz-De-Castañeda
R., Cantarero, A., Gonzalez-Braojos, S.,
Redondo A. 2011. Plasma antioxidant capacity
and oxidative damage in relation to male
plumage ornamental traits in a montane
Iberian Pied Flycatcher Ficedula
hypoleuca Acta Ornithologica 46:65-70 Velando, A., Munilla, I. 2011. Disturbance
to a foraging seabird by sea-based tourism:
Implications for reserve management in
marine protected areas. Biological
Conservation 144:1167–1174. Munilla I, Arcos JM, Oro D, Álvarez D,
Leyenda PM,Velando A 2011.
Mass mortality of
seabirds in the aftermath of the Prestige
oil spill. Ecosphere 2: a83 Moreno, R., Jover, L, Munilla, I, Velando,
A., Sanpera C. 2011.
The influence of
trophic ecology and spatial variation on the
isotopic fingerprints of seabirds. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 442: 229–239. Kim S-Y, Noguera JC, Morales J & Velando A.
2011.
Quantitative genetic evidence for
trade-off between growth and resistance to
oxidative stress in a wild bird.
Evolutionary Ecology 25, 461-472. Morales J, Velando A, Torres R 2011.
Biliverdin-based egg coloration is enhanced
by carotenoid supplementation. Behavioral
Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 197–203 Kim S-Y, Drummond H, Torres R & Velando A.
2011. E
Evolvability of an avian life-history
trait declines with father's age. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 24: 295–302. Noguera JC, Alonso-Alvarez C, Kim S-Y,
Morales J,Velando A. 2011.
Yolk testosterone
reduces oxidative damages during postnatal
development. Biology Letters 7: 93-95.
2010 Torres R and Velando A. 2010. Color in a
Long-lived Tropical Seabird: Sexual
Selection in a Life- history Context. In
Advances in the Study of Behaviour.
Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Animals, Ed.
Regina Macedo. Vol 42. ISBN 9780123808943. Pérez, C., Lores, M., Velando, A. 2010.Oil
pollution increases plasma antioxidants but
reduces coloration in a seabird. Oecologia
163: 875-884. Velando, A., Munilla, I, López-Alonso, M.,
Freire, J., Pérez, C. 2010.
EROD activity
and stable isotopes in seabirds to
disentangle marine food web contamination
after the Prestige oil spill. Environmental
Pollution 158: 1275-1280. Kim, S.-Y., Noguera, J.C. Morales,
J., Velando, A.2010.
Heritability of
resistance to oxidative stress in early
life. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23:
769-775. Beamonte-Barrientos, R., Velando,
A., Drummond, H., Torres, R.
Senescence of
maternal effects: aging influences egg
quality and rearing capacities of a
long-lived bird. American Naturalist
175: 469–480. Munilla, I., & Velando, A. 2010. Oiling in
live gulls as a tool to monitor acute oil
spill effects on seabirds. Ibis 152: 405 -
409. Velando, A., Drummond, H., Torres, R.
2010.
Senescing sexual ornaments recover
after a sabbatical. Biology Letters 6:
194-196. Kim, S.-Y., Velando, A., Sorci, G.,
Alonso-Alvarez, C. 2010.
Genetic correlation
between resistance to oxidative stress and
reproductive lifespan in a bird species.
Evolution 64: 852–857. Noguera, J.C., Morales, J., Pérez,
C. Velando, A.2010.
On the oxidative cost of
begging: Antioxidants enhance vocalizations
in gull chicks. Behavioral Ecology 21:
479-484. Morales, J., Torres, R., Velando, A.
2010. Parental conflict and blue egg
coloration in a seabird. Naturwissenschaften
97:173–180. Moreno, R., Jover, L, Munilla, I, Velando,
A., Sanpera C. 2010.
A three-isotope
approach to disentangling the diet of a
generalist consumer: the yellow-legged gull
in northwest Spain. Marine Biology
157:545–553. Pérez, C., Munilla, I., López-Alonso, M.
& Velando, A. 2010.
Sublethal effects on
seabirds after the Prestige oil-spill are
mirrored in sexual signals. Biology Letters
6, 33-35
2009 Morales, J., Alonso-Álvarez, C, Pérez, C,
Torres, R, Serafino, E. & Velando, A. 2009.
Families on the spot: sexual signals
influence parent-offspring
negotiations Proceedings of the Royal
Society London B 276, 2477-2483 Velando, A. & Torres, R. 2009. Evolución de
la Coloración en la Aves: Darwin
Reivindicado. En: Evolución y Adaptación 150
años después del Origen de las Especies
(Dopazo, H. & Navarro A. Eds). Obrapropia,
Valencia. Domínguez, J. & Velando, A. 2009. Darwin y
las Lombrices de Tierra: Selección Sexual en
Animales Hermafroditas En: Evolución y
Adaptación 150 años después del Origen de
las Especies (Dopazo, H. & Navarro A. Eds).
Obrapropia, Valencia. Munilla, I. & Velando, A. 2009. Plan
Integral de Recuperación e Conservación das
Aves Mariñas Ameazadas de Galicia .
Consellería de Medio Ambiente e
Desenvolvemento Sostible, Xunta de
Galicia [141pp Book] Morales, J. Velando, A. Torres, R.
2009.
Fecundity limits attractiveness when
pigments are scarce. Behavioral Ecology 20:
117-123
2008 Velando, A. Torres, R., Alonso-Alvarez, C.
2008.
Avoiding bad genes: Oxidatively
damaged DNA in germ line and mate choice.
BioEssays 30:1212–1219 Morales, J. Velando, A., Moreno, J. 2008.
Pigment allocation to eggs decreases plasma
antioxidants in a songbird. Behavioural
Ecology & Sociobiology 63: 227-233 Pérez, C., Lores, M., Velando,
A. 2008. Availability of non-pigmentary
antioxidant affects red coloration in gulls.
Behavioral Ecology 19: 967-973 Velando, A. & Munilla, I. 2008. Plan de
Conservación del Cormorán Moñudo en el
Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas.
Universidade de Vigo. [156pp Book] Velando, A., Eiroa, J. & Domínguez J.
2008.
.Brainless but not clueless: Earthworms
boost their ejaculates when they detect
fecund nonvirgin partners. Proceedings of
the Royal Society London B 275:1067-72 Pérez, C., Velando, A., Munilla, I.
Lopez-Alonso, M. Oro, D. 2008. P.
Monitoring
PAH pollution in the marine environment
after the Prestige oil-spill by means of
seabird blood analysis. Environmental
Science & Technology, 42, 707–713
2007 Torres, R. & Velando, A. 2007. Male
reproductive senescence: The price of
immune-induced oxidative damage on sexual
attractiveness in the blue-footed booby.
Journal Animal Ecology 76:1161-1168 Alonso-Alvarez, C., Perez, C.., Velando, A.
2007.
Effects of acute exposure to heavy
fuel oil from the Prestige spill on a
seabird. Aquatic Toxicology 84:103-110 Álvarez, D. & Velando, A. 2007 El Cormorán
moñudo en España y Gibraltar. Población en
2006-2007 y método de censo. SEO/Birdlife.
Madrid [Book 82pp] Munilla, I., Díez, C. & Velando, A. 2007.
Are edge bird populations doomed to
extinction? A retrospective analysis of the
common guillemot collapse in Iberia.
Biological Conservation 137: 359-371 Alonso-Alvarez, C., Munilla, I. López;
M., Velando, A. 2007.
Sublethal toxicity of
the Prestige oil spill on yellow-legged
gulls Environment International 33: 773-781 Aira, M, Domínguez, J, Monroy, F
& Velando, A.2007. Stress promotes changes
in resource allocation to growth and
reproduction in a simultaneous hermaphrodite
with indeterminate growth Biological Journal
of the Linnean Society 91: 593–600
2006 Velando, A. Beamonte, R & Torres R.
2006.
Pigment-based skin colour in the
blue-footed booby: an honest signal of
current condition used by females to adjust
reproductive investment. Oecologia 149:
543-552 Velando, A. Drummond, H. & Torres R.
2006.
Senescent birds redouble reproductive
effort when ill: confirmation of the
terminal investment hypothesis. Proceedings
of the Royal Society London B 273: 1443–1448 Martínez-Abraín, A. Velando, A. Genovart,
M. . Gerique, C Bartolomé,M. A.
Villuendas, E. Sarzo, B. & Oro, D. 2006.
Sex-specific mortality of European shags
during an oil spill: demographic
implications for the recovery of colonies.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 271-276 Tato, A., Velando, A., Domínguez, J. 2006.
Influence of size and partner preference on
the female function of the earthworm Eisenia
andrei(Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) EuropeanJournal of Soil Biology 42: s331-333 Pérez, C., Velando, A. & Domínguez, J.
2006. Parental food conditions influence
sex-specific embryo mortality in the
yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis).
Journal of Ornithology 147:513–519 Velando, A., J. Dominguez, and A.
Ferreiro. 2006.Inbreeding and outbreeding
reduces cocoon production in the
earthworm Eisenia andrei.European Journal of
Soil Biology 42:s354-357 Monroy, F., Aira, M. Domínguez, J.
& Velando, A. 2006 Seasonal population
dynamics ofEisenia fetida(Savigny, 1826)
(Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) in the field. C.
R. Biologies 329: 912–915 Martínez-Abraín, A., Oro, D., Velando, A.,
Genovart, M., Gerique, C., Bartolomé, M. A.,
Sarzo; B. & Villuendas, E. 2006.
Morphometric similarities between central
and peripheral populations of the European
shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Marine
Ornithology 34: 21-24
2005 Velando, A., Torres, R. & Espinosa, I. 2005.
Male coloration and chick condition in
blue-footed booby: a cross-fostering
experiment. Behavioural Ecology &
Sociobiology 58: 175–180 Torres, R. & Velando, A. 2005. Male
preference for female foot colour in a
seabird with a mixed mating strategy. Animal
Behaviour 69: 59-65 Velando, A., Munilla, I. & Leyenda,
P.M. 2005.
Short-term indirect effects of
the Prestige oil spill on a marine top
predator: changes in prey availability for
European shags. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 302: 263–274 Velando, A., Álvarez, D., Mouriño, J.,
Arcos, F., Barros, A. 2005.
Population
trends and reproductive success of European
Shag following the Prestige oil spill in the
Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Ornithology
146: 116-120 Monroy, F., Aira, M, Velando, A, Domínguez,
J, 2005. Size-assortative mating in the
earthworm Eisenia fetida(Oligochaeta,
Lumbricidae). J Ethology 23: 69-70 Domínguez, J. Velando, A. & Ferreiro,
A. 2005.
Are Eisenia fetida E.
andrei separtarate biological species? Pedobiologia 49: 81-87 Velando, A. 2005. Planes de conservación de
especies amenazadas. In: F. Rodríguez [Ed.].
Galicia. Ecología. Tomo XLV: Conservación.
Hercules de Ediciones, A Coruña.
2004 Velando, A. 2004. Female control in
yellow-legged gull: trading paternity
assurance for food. Animal Behaviour 67:
899-907 Velando, A. & Alvarez, D. 2004. Cormoran
Moñudo, Phalacrocorax aristotelis
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Ambiente-SEO/Birdlife, Madrid. pp 60-62
2003 Torres, R. & Velando, A. 2003. A dynamic
trait affects continuous pair assessment in
the blue-footed booby, Sula
nebouxii Behavioural Ecology and
Sociobiology 55: 65-72 Velando, A. & Alonso-Alvarez, C. 2003.
Differential body condition regulation by
males and females in response to
experimental manipulations of brood size and
parental effort in the blue-footed Booby.
Journal Animal Ecology 72: 846-856 Velando, A. & Freire, J. 2003. Nest-Site
Characterictics, Ocupation and Breeding
Success in the European Shag. Waterbirds
26: 473-483 Domínguez, J, Velando, A, Aira, M & Monroy,
F. 2003.
Uniparental reproduction ofEisenia
fetidaandE. andrei(Oligochaeta:
Lumbricidae): evidence of self-insemination.
Pedobiología, 47: 530-534 Alonso-Alvarez, C. & Velando, A. 2003.
Female body condition and brood sex ratio in
Yellow-legged Gulls Larus cachinnans. Ibis
145: 220-226. Alvarez, D., Muntaner J. & Velando, A. 2003.
Cormorán moñudo Phalacrocorax
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(eds): Atlas de las aves reproductoras de
España.DGCN-SEO. pp 102-103 Monroy, F., Aira, M, Velando, A, Domínguez,
J, & 2003. Have spermatophores inEisenia
fetida(Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) any
reproductive role? Pedobiología, 47: 526-529
2002 Velando, A. & Marquez, J.C. 2002 Predation
risk and habitat selection in the inca tern
(Larosterna inca). Canadian Journal of
Zoology 80: 1117-1123 Velando, A. 2002. Experimental manipulation
of maternal effort produces diferential
effect on sons and daugthers. Implications
for adaptive sex ratios in blue-footed
booby. Behavioral Ecology 13: 443-449 Velando, A. & Freire, J. 2002. Population
modelling of European shag at their southern
limit: conservation implications. Biological
Conservation: 107: 59-69. Velando, A., Graves, J. & Ortega-Ruano, J.E.
2002. Sex ratio in relation to timing of
breeding, and laying sequence in a dimorphic
seabird. Ibis 144: 9-16. Alonso-Alvarez, C., Velando, A. & Ferrer, M.
2002. Changes in Body Mass and Plasma
Chemistry during the Incubation Period in
the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans).
Waterbirds: 25: 253-258. Alonso-Alvarez, C., Ferrer, M. & Velando, A.
2002.
Plasmatic indices of body condition in
yellow-legged Gulls (Larus cachinnans): a
food-controlled experiment. Ibis: 147-150.
2001 Velando, A. Lessells, C.M. & Marquez, J.C.
2001. The function of female and male
ornaments in the Inca Tern: evidence for
links between ornament expression and both
adult condition and reproductive
performance. Journal of Avian Biology 32:
311-318. Velando, A. 2001 Postfledging crèche
behaviour in European shag. J. Ethology 19:
116-122 Velando, A. & Freire, J. 2001. Can the
central-periphery distribution become
general in seabird colonies? Nest spatial
pattern in the European Shag. Condor 103:
544-554 Alonso-Alvarez, C & Velando, A. 2001. Effect
of testosterone on behaviour of yellow
legged gulls in a high density colony during
the courtship period. Ethology Ecology &
Sociobiology 13: 343-351.
1994-2000 Velando, A. 2000. The importance of the
hatching date on dominance of young shags.
Animal Behaviour 60:181-185. Velando, A., Graves, J. & Freire, J. 2000.
Sex-specific growth in the European
Shag Stictocarbo aristotelis, a seabird with
size dimorphism. Ardea 88: 127-136 Velando, A & Freire, J. 1999. Intercolony
and seasonal differences in the breeding
diet of European shags on the Galician coast
(NW Spain). Marine Ecology Progress Series
188: 225-236. Velando, A., Ortega-Ruano, J.E. & Freire, J.
1999. Chick mortality in European
shagStictocarbo aristotelisrelated to food
limitations during adverse weather events.
Ardea 87: 51-59. Velando, A. Docampo, F. & Alvarez, D. 1999.
Status of European shag population on the
Atlantic coast of Iberian peninsula.
Atlantic Seabird 1: 105-114.
Status of European shag population on the
Atlantic coast of Iberian peninsula.
Atlantic Seabird 1: 105-114. Velando, A. & Freire, J. 1999.
Coloniabilidad y conservación de aves
marinas: El caso del cormorán moñudo.
Etologia 7: 55-62 Costas, R. & Velando, A. 1997. Cormorán
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