Scientific Publications

MARTIN, C., SHEPPARD, E., ILLERA, J.C., SUH, A., NADACHOWSKA-BRZYSKA, K., SPURGIN, L. & RICHARDSON, D. In Press

Runs of homozygosity reveal past bottlenecks and contemporary inbreeding across diverging populations of an island colonising bird

Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.16865

LAIOLO, P., ILLERA, J.C. & OBESO, J.R. 2023

Stuck on top of a mountain: consequences of dispersal limitations for alpine diversity

Journal of Biogeography 50: 282– 290

BARTHE, M., DOUTRELANT, C., COVAS, R., MELO, M., ILLERA, J.C., TILAK, M-K., COLOMBIER, C., LEROY, T., LOISEAU, C. & NABHOLZ, B. 2022

Evolution of immune genes in island birds: reduction in population sizes can explain island syndrome

Peer Community Journal 2: e67

RUMEU, B., GONZÁLEZ-VARO, J. P., DE CASTRO, C., LÓPEZ-ORTA, A., ILLERA, J.C., MIÑARRO, M. & GARCIA, D. 2022

Increasing efficiency and reducing bias in the detection of seed-dispersal interactions based on mist-netted birds

Oikos e09261

GONZÁLEZ-VARO, J.P., RUMEU, B., TRAVESET, A. & ILLERA, J.C. 2022

Identifying avian seed dispersers through DNA barcoding after rapid field sampling

Ardeola 69: 279-290

JUSTEN, H., HASSELMANN, T., ILLERA, J.C., DELMORE, K., SERRANO, D., FLINKS, H., SENZAKI, M., KAWAMURA, K., HELM, B. & LIEDVOGEL, M. 2022

Population-specific association of Clock gene polymorphism with annual cycle timing in stonechats

Scientific Reports 12: 7947

SHEPPARD, E.C., MARTIN, C.A., ARMSTRONG, C., GONZÁLEZ-QUEVEDO, C., ILLERA, J.C., SUH, A., SPURGIN, L.G. & RICHARDSON, D.S. 2022

Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot’s pipit

Molecular Ecology 31, 3154– 3173

GONZÁLEZ-VARO, J.P., ONRUBIA, A., PÉREZ-MÉNDEZ, N., TARIFA, R. & ILLERA, J.C. 2022

Fruit abundance and trait matching determine diet type and body condition across frugivorous bird populations.

Oikos 202: e08315

NAVARRETE, J. & ILLERA, J.C. 2021

Biometría, determinación del sexo, y patrón de muda del bulbul naranjero Pycnonotus barbatus barbatus en Ceuta

Revista de anillamiento 40: 6-17

FLORENCIO, M., PATIÑO, J. NOGUÉ, S., TRAVESET, A., BORGES, P.A.V., AMORIM, I.R., ARNEDO, M., ÁVILA, S.P., CARDOSO, P., DE NASCIMENTO, L., FERNÁNDEZ-PALACIOS, J.M., GABRIEL, S.I., GIL, A., GONÇALVES, V., HAROUN, R., ILLERA, J.C., LÓPEZ DARIAS, M., MARTÍN 2021

Macaronesia as a fruitful arena for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 718169

RECUERDA, M., ILLERA, J.C., BLANCO, G., ZARDOYA, R. & MILÁ, B. 2021

Sequential colonization of oceanic archipelagos led to a species-level radiation in the common chaffinch complex (Aves: Fringilla coelebs)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107291

GONZÁLEZ-VARO, J.P., RUMEU, B., ALBRECHT, J., ARROYO, J.M., BUENO, R.S., BURGOS, T., DA SILVA, L.P., ESCRIBANO-ÁVILA, G., FARWIG, N., GARCÍA, D., HELENO, R.H., ILLERA, J.C., JORDANO, P., KUREK, P., SIMMONS, B.I., VIRGÓS, E., SUTHERLAND, W.J. & TRAVESET, A 2021

Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes.

Nature 595: 75–79

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LAIOLO, P., PATO, J., ILLERA, J.C., OBESO, J.R. 2021

Selection for functional performance in the evolution of cuticle hardening mechanisms in insects.

Evolution 75: 1132-1142

MARTIN, C.A., ARMSTRONG, C., ILLERA, J.C., EMERSON, B.C., RICHARDSON, D.S. & SPURGIN, L.G. 2021

Genomic variation, population history and within-archipelago adaptation between island bird populations.

Royal Society Open Science 8: 201146

LEROY, T., ROUSSELLE, M., TILAK, M-K., CAIZERGUES, A., SCORNAVACCA, C., RECUERDA CARRASCO, M., FUCHS, J., ILLERA, J.C., DE SWARDT, D.H., BLANCO, G., THÉBAUD, C., MILÁ, B. & NABHOLZ, B. 2021

Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations.

Current Biology 31: 1-8

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RODRÍGUEZ, A., RODRÍGUEZ, B., MONTELONGO, T., GARCIA-PORTA, J., PIPA, T., CARTY, M., DANIELSEN, J., SILVA, C., GERALDES, P., MEDINA, F.M. & ILLERA, J.C. 2020

Cryptic differentiation in the Manx Shearwater hinders the identification of a new endemic subspecies

Journal of Avian Biology 51 (11)https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02633

ILLERA, J.C. & PERERA, A. 2020

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Ecosistemas 29(2): 1971

PÄCKERT, M., BADER-BLUKOTT, M., KÜNZELMANN, B., SUN, Y-H., HSU, Y-C., KEHLMAIER, C., ALBRECHT, F., ILLERA, J.C. & MARTENS, J. 2020

A revised phylogeny of nuthatches (Aves, Passeriformes, Sitta) reveals insight in intra- and interspecific diversification patterns in the Palearctic

Vertebrate Zoology 70 (2): 241-262

ILLERA, J.C., RAMÍREZ, A., ACOSTA, L., POLYPATHELLIS, K. & PÉREZ-TRIS, J. 2020

Maternal genetic structure shows an incipient differentiation in the Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)

Ardeola 67(2): 401-414

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DELMORE, K.E., ILLERA, J.C., PÉREZ-TRIS, J., SEGELBACHER, G., LUGO RAMOS, J.S., DURIEUX, G., ISHIGOHOKA, J. & LIEDVOGEL, M. 2020

The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration.

eLife 9:e54462

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