RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
My field of research is population ecology, a discipline located at the interface between fundamental and applied ecological research. Groups of individuals (populations) are the basic units of my research, which can be divided in 3 major lines:
Local population dynamics and viability analyses
Patch occupancy dynamics and dispersal processes
Harvested populations and adaptive management
During my PhD, I began investigating the local dynamics of animal populations using capture-recapture data on seabirds and tortoises, later expanding my research focus to other species (i.e. fish, butterflies) and ecological questions (i.e. community dynamics, phenotypic selection). Most of the results of my research can be added to the existing knowledge on the biology of the species to improve their management and conservation status. As a post-doc, I have continued focusing my research on population dynamics, with emphasis on the adaptive management of animal populations within protected areas.
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PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
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19. Mucientes, G., Fernández-Chacón, A., Queiroz, N., Sims, D. W., & Villegas-RÃos, D. 2023. Juvenile survival and movements of two threatened oceanic sharks in the North Atlantic Ocean inferred from tag-recovery data. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10198. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10198
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18. Palomar, G., Fernández-Chacón, A., Bosch, J. 2022. Amphibian survival compromised by long-term effects of chytrid fungus. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02525-3
17. Knutsen JA, Kleiven AR, Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Espeland SH, Sørdalen TK, Thorbjørnsen SH, Hutchings JA, Fernández-Chacón A, HuserbrÃ¥ten M, Villegas-RÃos D, Halvorsen KT, Nillos Kleiven PJ, Kiland Langeland T, Moland E. 2022. Lobster reserves as a management tool in coastal waters: Two decades of experience in Norway. Marine Policy, 136, 104908, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104908.
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16. Moland E, Fernández-Chacón A, Sørdalen KT, Villegas-Rios D, Thorbjørnsen SH, Halvorsen KT, Huserbråten M, Olsen EM, Nillos Kleiven PJ, Kleiven AR, Knutsen H, Espeland SH, Freitas C, Knutsen JA. 2021. Restoration of abundance and dynamics of coastal fish and lobster within northern marine protected areas across two decades. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8:674756. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.674756.
15. Fernández-Chacón A, Buttay L, Moland E, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. 2021. Demographic responses to protection from harvesting in a long-lived marine species. Biological Conservation, 257,109094, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109094.
14. Deininger A, Martin AH, Pardo J, Berg PR, Bhardwaj J, Catarino D, Fernández-Chacón A, Martinez-Swatson K, Ono K, Oomen RA, Sodeland M, Sørdalen TK, Synnes AE, Thorbjørnsen SH, Thormar J. 2021. Coastal Research Seen Through an Early Career Lens—A Perspective on Barriers to Interdisciplinarity in Norway. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 10.3389/fmars.2021.634999.
13. Curveira-Santos G, Sutherland C, Tenan S, Fernández-Chacón A, Mann GKH, Pitman RT, Swanepoel LH. 2021. Mesocarnivore community structuring in the presence of Africa's apex predator. Proc. R. Soc B. 288: 20202379 20202379.
12. Fernández-Chacón A, D. Villegas-Rios, E. Moland, M. L. Baskett, E. M. Olsen, and S. M. Carlson. 2020. Protected areas buffer against harvest selection and rebuild phenotypic complexity. Ecological Applications 30(5): e02108.
11. Guéry L, Rouan L, Descamps S, Bêty J, Fernández-Chacón A, Gilchrist HG, Pradel R. 2019. Covariate and multinomial: accounting for distance in movement in capture-recapture analyses. Ecology and Evolution, 9(2): 818-824.
10. Hwan J, Fernández-Chacón A, Buoro M, Carlson S. 2018. Dry season survival of juvenile salmonids in an intermittent coastal stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(5): 746-758.
9. Fernández-Chacón A, Moland E, Espeland SH, Kleiven AR, Olsen EM. 2017. Causes of mortality in depleted populations of Atlantic Cod estimated from multi-event modelling of mark-recapture and recovery data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(1): 116-126.
8. Kleiven AR, Fernández-Chacón A, Nordahl J, Moland E, Espeland SH, Knutsen H, Olsen EM. 2016. Harvest pressure on coastal Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from recreational fishing relative to commercial fishing assessed from tag-recovery data. PLOS One 11(3): e0149595. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149595.
7. Fernández-Chacón A, Olsen EM, Moland E, Espeland SH. 2015. Demographic effects of full versus partial protection from harvesting: inference from an empirical before–after control-impact study on Atlantic cod. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 1206-1215.
6. Fernández-Chacón A, Genovart M, Alvarez D, Cano JM, Ojanguren AF, RodrÃguez-Muñoz R, Nicieza AG. 2015. Neighbouring populations, opposite dynamics: influence of body size and environmental variation on the demography of stream-resident brown trout (Salmo trutta). Oecologia 178: 379-389.
5. Fernández-Chacón A, Stefanescu C, Genovart M, Nichols JD, Hines JE, Páramo F, Turco M, Oro D. 2014. Determinants of extinction-colonization dynamics in Mediterranean butterflies: the role of landscape, climate and local habitat features. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 276–285.
4. Fernández-Chacón A, Genovart M, Pradel R, Tavecchia G, Bertolero A, Piccardo J, Forero MG, Afán I, Muntaner J, Oro D. 2013. When to stay, when to disperse and where to go: survival and dispersal patterns in a spatially structured seabird population. Ecography 36:1117–1126.
3. Genovart M, Sanz-Aguilar A, Fernández-Chacón A, Igual JM, Pradel R, Forero MG, Oro D, Roulin A. 2013. Contrasting effects of climatic variability on the demography of a trans-equatorial migratory seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 82:121–130.
2. Fernández-Chacón A, Bertolero A, Amengual A, Tavecchia G, Homar V, Oro D. 2011. Spatial heterogeneity in the effects of climate change on the population dynamics of a Mediterranean tortoise. Global Change Biology 17:3075-3088.
1. Constenla M, Carrassón M, Moyà CM, Fernà ndez-Chacón A, Padrós F, Repullés-Albelda A, Montero FE. 2011. Parasitisation by Bathycreadium elongatum (Digenea, Opecoelidae) in pyloric caeca of Trachyrincus scabrus (Teleostei, Macrouridae). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 96:239-247.
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