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  1. Revisiting hominin scavenging through the lens of optimal foraging theory

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  2. Relationships Between European Wildcats and Domestic Cats in an Area of Sympatry: Exploring Key Conservation Questions on Hybridization and Disease Transmission

    Article • Animal Conservation, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  3. Unravelling the decision making of foraging vultures: insights from a field experiment

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, April 2025, Royal Society Publishing

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  4. Temporal and spatial variation in trophic scenarios affects population demographic heterogeneity in Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

    Article • Ibis, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  5. Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long‐lived raptor

    Article • People and Nature, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  6. Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration

    Article • Biological Reviews, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  7. The underestimated role of carrion in vertebrates' diet studies

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, May 2023, Wiley

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  8. Vulture culture: dietary specialization of an obligate scavenger

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  9. Extending the dynamic landscape of fear in a human-dominated world

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  10. Estimating global determinants of leopard home range size in a changing world

    Article • Animal Conservation, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  11. Usually hated, sometimes loved: A review of wild ungulates' contributions to people

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2021, Elsevier

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  12. Detection of Individual Replacements in a Long-Lived Bird Species, the Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata), Using Three Noninvasive Methods

    Article • Journal of Raptor Research, November 2021, The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  13. Smart carnivores think twice: Red fox delays scavenging on conspecific carcasses to reduce parasite risk

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  14. Survival and cause-specific mortality of European wildcat (Felis silvestris) across Europe

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  15. Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks

    Article • Ecology, August 2021, Wiley

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  16. Avian scavengers living in anthropized landscapes have shorter telomeres and higher levels of glucocorticoid hormones

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  17. Understanding potential implications for non-trophic parasite transmission based on vertebrate behavior at mesocarnivore carcass sites

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  18. Ecology of Predation and Scavenging and the Interface: A Special Issue

    Article • Diversity, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  19. Biases in the Detection of Intentionally Poisoned Animals: Public Health and Conservation Implications from a Field Experiment

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  20. The Role of Carrion in the Landscapes of Fear and Disgust: A Review and Prospects

    Article • Diversity, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  21. Role of scavengers in providing non-material contributions to people

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2020, Elsevier

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  22. Hyaenas and lions: how the largest African carnivores interact at carcasses

    Article • Oikos, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  23. Integrating vulture social behavior into conservation practice

    Article • Ornithological Applications, August 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  24. Distribution of avian scavengers inside and outside of protected areas: contrasting patterns between two areas of Spain and South Africa

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  25. Large home range scavengers support higher rates of carcass removal

    Article • Functional Ecology, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  26. Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications

    Article • Ecography, May 2020, Wiley

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  27. Rethinking megafauna

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  28. Large home range scavengers support higher rates of carcass removal

    Article • February 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  29. The Components and Spatiotemporal Dimension of Carrion Biomass Quantification

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  30. Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, November 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  31. Rewilding traditional grazing areas affects scavenger assemblages and carcass consumption patterns

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, November 2019, Elsevier

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  32. Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, October 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Anna Maria De Girolamo, Dr Marcos Moleón

  33. Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2019, Elsevier

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  34. Avoidance of carnivore carcasses by vertebrate scavengers enables colonization by a diverse community of carrion insects

    Article • PLOS One, August 2019, PLOS

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  35. Scavenging in the Anthropocene: human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2019, Wiley

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  36. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Anna Maria De Girolamo, Dr Marcos Moleón

  37. Females know better: Sex-biased habitat selection by the European wildcat

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  38. Author Correction: A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

    Article • Nature Geoscience, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Anna Maria De Girolamo

  39. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

    Article • Nature Geoscience, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Anna Maria De Girolamo

  40. Shepherds’ local knowledge and scientific data on the scavenging ecosystem service: Insights for conservation

    Article • AMBIO, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  41. Invisible barriers: Differential sanitary regulations constrain vulture movements across country borders

    Article • Biological Conservation, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Pedro R Beja

  42. From sport hunting to breeding success: Patterns of lead ammunition ingestion and its effects on an endangered raptor

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  43. Integrating space and time in predator-prey studies: The case of wildcats and rabbits in SE Spain

    Article • Mammalian Biology, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  44. Both rare and common species support ecosystem services in scavenger communities

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  45. Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions

    Article • Biological Reviews, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Mauro Galetti

  46. Farmer Perceptions of the Ecosystem Services Provided by Scavengers: What, Who, and to Whom

    Article • Conservation Letters, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Zebensui Morales-Reyes

  47. Carnivore carcasses are avoided by carnivores

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  48. Scavenging efficiency and red fox abundance in Mediterranean mountains with and without vultures

    Article • Acta Oecologica, February 2017, Elsevier

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  49. Evaluation of the network of protection areas for the feeding of scavengers in Spain: from biodiversity conservation to greenhouse gas emission savings

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, November 2016, Wiley

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  50. Dry riverbeds: corridors for terrestrial vertebrates

    Article • Ecosphere, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  51. Non‐trophic functions of carcasses: from death to the nest

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  52. Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services

    Article • Ardeola, June 2016, Ardeola

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  53. Toward carrion‐free ecosystems?

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, May 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  54. Optimization of sampling effort in carnivore surveys based on signs: A regional-scale study in a Mediterranean area

    Article • Mammalian Biology, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  55. The influence of diet on nestling body condition of an apex predator: a multi-biomarker approach

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology B, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  56. Nested species‐rich networks of scavenging vertebrates support high levels of interspecific competition

    Article • Ecology, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  57. Pollutant accumulation patterns in nestlings of an avian top predator: biochemical and metabolic effects

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  58. The Living Dead: Time to Integrate Scavenging into Ecological Teaching

    Article • BioScience, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  59. Environmental favourability as a cost-efficient tool to estimate carrying capacity

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  60. Diet–demography relationships in a long‐lived predator: from territories to populations

    Article • Oikos, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  61. From regional to global patterns in vertebrate scavenger communities subsidized by big game hunting

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  62. Carcass size shapes the structure and functioning of an African scavenging assemblage

    Article • Oikos, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  63. Supplanting ecosystem services provided by scavengers raises greenhouse gas emissions

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón

  64. Multi-Scale Effects of Nestling Diet on Breeding Performance in a Terrestrial Top Predator Inferred from Stable Isotope Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  65. Humans and Scavengers: The Evolution of Interactions and Ecosystem Services

    Article • BioScience, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  66. Inter-specific interactions linking predation and scavenging in terrestrial vertebrate assemblages

    Article • Biological Reviews, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  67. How accurate are coat traits for discriminating wild and hybrid forms of Felis silvestris?

    Article • Mammalia, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  68. Interactive effects of obligate scavengers and scavenger community richness on lagomorph carcass consumption patterns

    Article • Ibis, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  69. Positive and negative unintended human-induced effects on Iberian mole abundance at the edge of its distribution area

    Article • Mammalian Biology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  70. Facultative predation and scavenging by mammalian carnivores: seasonal, regional and intra-guild comparisons

    Article • Mammal Review, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  71. Inferring ecological mechanisms from hunting bag data in wildlife management: a reply to Blanco-Aguiar et al. (2012)

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  72. Is Carrying Feathers a Sexually Selected Trait in House Sparrows?

    Article • Ethology, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  73. Changes of population trends and mortality patterns in response to the reintroduction of large predators: The case study of African ungulates

    Article • Acta Oecologica, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  74. Changes in intrapopulation resource use patterns of an endangered raptor in response to a disease-mediated crash in prey abundance

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Pedro R Beja

  75. Predator–prey relationships in a Mediterranean vertebrate system: Bonelli’s eagles, rabbits and partridges

    Article • Oecologia, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  76. Laying the Foundations for a Human-Predator Conflict Solution: Assessing the Impact of Bonelli's Eagle on Rabbits and Partridges

    Article • PLOS One, July 2011, PLOS

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  77. Conserving outside protected areas: edge effects and avian electrocutions on the periphery of Special Protection Areas

    Article • Bird Conservation International, July 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  78. Unexpected role of ungulate carcasses in the diet of Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in Mediterranean mountains

    Article • Bird Study, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  79. Large-scale spatio-temporal shifts in the diet of a predator mediated by an emerging infectious disease of its main prey

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  80. Successful Replacement Clutches in European Bonelli's Eagles (Hieraaetus fasciatus)

    Article • Journal of Raptor Research, June 2009, The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  81. Current caveats and further directions in the analysis of density-dependent population regulation

    Article • Oikos, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  82. An Emerging Infectious Disease Triggering Large-Scale Hyperpredation

    Article • PLOS One, June 2008, PLOS

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  83. Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  84. Biogeographical patterns in the diet of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, in Eurasia: factors affecting the trophic diversity

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  85. Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density-dependence

    Article • Oikos, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  86. Food habits of the wildcat (Felis silvestris) in a peculiar habitat: the Mediterranean high mountain

    Article • Journal of Zoology, February 2006, Wiley

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  87. Differential composition in the age of mates in Bonelli’s eagle populations: The role of spatial scale, non-natural mortality reduction, and the age classes definition

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón

  88. A nine-year study of successful breeding in a Bonelli’s eagle population in southeast Spain: a basis for conservation

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Marcos Moleón