Santiago Mañosa Rife

Associate professor

Knowledge area: Zoologia

Director del departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals

Research group: IP Ecologia, comportament i conservació de la biodiversitat - ECOCONS

Contact Information
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Facultat de Biologia, Diagonal, 643
934034907
smanosa(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Wildlife Management

Biodiversity Conservation

Academic Training

Llicenciat en Ciencias Biológicas . Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona . 06/1986 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Doctor en Biologia . Universidad de Barcelona . 07/06/1991 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Biology, ecology and conservation of birds of prey

Steppe-land bird research, monitoring and conservation

Projects

Conveni de col·laboració per un projecte de recerca sobre 'Aplicación de nuevas tecnologías para conocer los efectos del cambio global y local en las poblaciones ibéricas de alimoche. Aplicaciones para la conservación' . 2017 - 2020 . Red Eléctrica de España, S.A . PI: Joan Real Orti

Journal Publications

Llorente-Llurba, E.; Bota, G.; Pujol-Buxó, E.; Bonfil, J.; Gálvez, M.; Montés, G.; Bas, J.; Moncasí, F.; Pont, F.; Mañosa, S. (2019). Diet composition and breeding success of the black-winged kite on the Lleida plains in relation to population size. Ardeola, 66(1), pp. 33 - 50 . https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.66.1.2019.ra3 . ISSN: 0570-7358

Sanz-Perez, Ana; Giralt, David; Robleno, Irene; Bota, Gerard; Milleret, Cyril; Manosa, Santiago; Sarda-Palomera, Francesc (2019). Fallow management increases habitat suitability for endangered steppe bird species through changes in vegetation structure. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(9), pp. 2166 - 2175 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13450 . ISSN: 0021-8901

Cuscó, F.; Cardador, L.; Bota, G.; Morales, M.B.; Mañosa, S. (2018). Inter‑individual consistency in habitat selection patterns and spatial range constraints of female little bustards during the non‑breeding season. BMC Ecology, 18(56) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1472-6785

Bravo, C.; Cuscó, F.; Morales, M.; Mañosa, S. (2017). Diet composition of a declining steppe bird the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) in relation to farming practices. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 12(1) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1712-6568

Tarjuelo, R; Morales, M.B.; Arroyo, B.; Mañosa, S.; Bota, G.; Casas, F.; Traba, J. (2017). Intraspecific and interspecific competition induces density-dependent habitat niche shifts in an endangered steppe bird. Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 9720 - 9730 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3444 . ISSN: 2045-7758

Marcelino, J.; Moreira, F.; Mañosa, S.; Cuscó, F.; Morales, M.B.; García de la Morena, E.L.; Bota, G.; Palmeirim, J.M.; Silva, J.P. (2017). Tracking data of the little bustard Tetrax tetrax in Iberia shows high anthropogenic mortality. Bird Conservation International . https://doi.org/10.1017/S095927091700051X . ISSN: 0959-2709

Cardador, L.; Sardà-Palomera, F.; Carrete, M.; Mañosa, S. (2014). Incorporating spatial constraints in different periods of the annual cycle improves species distribution model performance for a highly mobile bird species. Diversity and Distributions, 20(5), pp. 515 - 528 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12156 . ISSN: 1366-9516

Cardador, L.; Navarro, J.; Forero, M.G.; Hobson, K.A.; Mañosa, S. (2014). Breeding origin and spatial distribution of migrant and resident harriers in a mediterranean wintering area: insights from isotopic analyses, ring recoveries and species distribution modelling. Journal of Ornithology, 156, pp. 247 - 256 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-014-1122-0 . ISSN: 0021-8375

Ponjoan, A.; Bota, G.; Mañosa, S. (2012). Ranging behaviour of little bustard males, Tetrax tetrax, in the lekking grounds. Behavioural Processes, 91, pp. 35 - 40 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.005 . ISSN: 0376-6357

Lapiedra, O.; Ponjoan, A.; Gamero, A.; Bota, G.; Mañosa, S. (2011). Brood ranging behaviour and breeding success of the threatened little bustard in an intensified cereal farmland area. Biological Conservation, 144, pp. 2882 - 2890 . ISSN: 0006-3207