Alejandro
Rodríguez
I am interested in documenting the response of organisms to any form of human intervention. This includes the impact of human activities and land transformation on biodiversity, as well as the response of target species and communities to conservation management.
Research topics
- Animal behaviour in spatially structured habitats
- Explanation of large-scale patterns of species distribution
- Ecology and conservation of wild carnivores
- Ecological effects of human activity and man-made structures
- Restoration of ecological communities in agroecosystems
Career
2008 – present. Staff researcher, EBD-CSIC
2000 – 2007. Postdoctoral researcher, EBD-CSIC
1997 – 1999. Postdoctoral researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
1997. PhD in Biology (Complutense University, Madrid)
1986. Degree in Biology (Complutense University, Madrid)
Selected projects
Creating a genetically and demographically functional Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) metapopulation. LIFE Programme, European Commission. 2020-2025.
Conservation and restoration of ecological communities along gradients of farming intensity. Spanish National Research Council - CSIC. 2021-2024.
Agricultural transformation and range dynamics of culpeo fox in the Patagonian shrub-steppe. Spanish National Research Council - CSIC. 2021-2023.
Landscape complexity and community structure under ecological restoration. Spanish National Research Agency. 2016-2021.
Ecological effects of urbanization and recreational uses in protected areas. Spanish National Research Council - CSIC. 2016-2020.
Spatial behaviour and mechanisms of coexistence in Patagonian foxes. Spanish National Research Agency. 2012-2015.
Noninvasive collection of saliva DNA for population monitoring in wild canids. Spanish National Research Agency. 2014.
Viability and ecological connectivity of a new afforestation model: application to the Guadiamar Green Corridor. Andalusian Department of Science and Innovation. 2007-2010.
Movement patterns of forest carnivores in agroecosystems. Spanish National Research Council - CSIC. 2008-2009.
Sustainable development of the Patagonian shrub-steppe: diversification, potential, and distribution of alternative land uses based on wildlife. BBVA Foundation; Conservation Biology Programme. 2004-2007.
Selected publications
Suárez-Tangil BD, Rodríguez A. 2023. Environmental filtering drives the assembly of mammal communities in a heterogeneous Mediterranean region. Ecological Applications 33: e2801. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2801
Ibáñez I, Rodríguez A. 2020. Understanding neighborhood effects to increase restoration success of woody plant communities. Ecological Applications 30: e02098. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2098
López-Bao JV, Sazatornil V, Llaneza L, Rodríguez A. 2013. Indirect effects on heathland conservation and wolf persistence of contradictory policies that threaten traditional free-ranging horse husbandry. Conservation Letters 6: 448-455. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12014
Fordham DA, Akçakaya HR, Brook BW, Rodríguez A, Alves PC, Civantos E, Triviño M, Watts MJ, Araújo MB. 2013. Adapted conservation measures are required to save the Iberian lynx in a changing climate. Nature Climate Change 3: 899-903. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1954
Pereira M, Rodríguez A. 2010. Conservation value of linear woody remnants for two forest carnivores in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 611-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01804.x
Rodríguez A, Jansson G, Andrén H. 2007. Composition of an avian guild in spatially structured habitats supports a competition-colonization trade-off. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1403-1411. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0104
Barrios L, Rodríguez A. 2004. Behavioural and environmental correlates of soaring bird mortality at on-shore wind turbines. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00876.x
Rodríguez A, Delibes M. 2002. Internal structure and patterns of contraction in the geographic range of the Iberian lynx. Ecography 25: 314-328. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250308.x
Rodríguez A, Andrén H, Jansson G. 2001. Habitat-mediated predation risk and decision making of small birds at forest edges. Oikos 95: 383-396. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950303.x
Rodríguez A, Crema G, Delibes M. 1996. Use of non-wildlife passages across a high-speed railway by terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 1527-1540.
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Researcher ID https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/E-7709-2011