Scientific publications (SCI)

2023

Sarabian, C. (AC), Wilkinson, A., Sigaud, M., Kano, F., Tobajas, J., Darmaillacq, A. S., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Plotnik, J., MacIntosh, A (2023-in press). Disgut in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation. Journal of Animal Ecology (Q1)

Tobajas, J., Finat, R., Ferreras, P., & Margalida, A. (2023). Can vulture feeding stations have detrimental effects on Iberian Lynx conservation?. Biological Conservation, 281, 109971. (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109971

Tobajas, J., Ramos-López, B., Piqué, J., & Sanchez-Rojas, G. (2023). Predation risk in tree squirrels: implications of the presence of free-ranging dogs. Journal of Zoology, 319, 308-318. (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13047

Tobajas, J., Finat, R., Ferreras, P., & Margalida, A. (2023). Iberian lynxes scavenging on ungulate carcasses: An overlooked important resource and potential risk for an endangered predator. Biological Conservation, 277, 109855. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109855

2022

Selonen, V., Banks, P. B., Tobajas, J., & Laaksonen, T. (2022). Protecting prey by deceiving predators: A field experiment testing chemical camouflage and conditioned food aversion. Biological Conservation, 275, 109749. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109749

Tobajas, J., & Díaz-Ruiz, F. (2022). Fishing behavior in the red fox: Opportunistic-caching behavior or surplus killing?. Ecology, 103(12), e3814. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3814

Jiménez, J., Díaz‐Ruiz, F., Monterroso, P., Tobajas, J., & Ferreras, P. (2022). Occupancy data improves parameter precision in spatial capture–recapture models. Ecology and Evolution, 12(8), e9250. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9250

Tobajas, J., Guil, F., & Margalida, A. (2022). Effects of free-flight activities on wildlife: A poorly understood issue in conservation. Environmental Conservation, 49(1), 8-16. (Q1) doi:10.1017/S0376892921000412

Tobajas, J., Oliva-Vidal, P., Piqué, J., Afonso-Jordana, I., García-Ferré, D., Moreno-Opo, R., Margalida, A. (2022). Scavenging patterns of generalist predators in forestry areas: potential effects of the increase of carrion availability on the threatened Pyrenean capercaillie population. Animal Conservation, 25, 259-272. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12735

Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Mateo R., Ferreras, P. (2022). Using lures for improving selectivity of bait intake by red foxes. Wildlife Research. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1071/WR21002

2021

Snijders, L., Thierij, N. M., Appleby, R., Tobajas, J. (2021). Conditioned taste aversion as a tool in human-wildlife conflicts. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2:744704. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.744704

Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Ferreras, P., Mateo, R., & Margalida, A. (2021). Effects on carrion consumption in a mammalian scavenger community when dominant species are excluded. Mammalian Biology, 101: 851–859. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00163-w

Ferreras, P., Jiménez, J., Díaz-Ruiz, F., Tobajas, J., Célio Alves, P., Monterroso, P. (2021). Integrating multiple datasets into spatially-explicit capture-recapture models to estimate the abundance of a locally scarce felid. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 4317–4335. (Q1)

Tobajas, J., Rouco, C., Fernández-de-Simón, J., Díaz-Ruiz, F., Castro, F., Villafuerte, R., Ferreras, P. (2021). Does prey abundance affect prey size selection by the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)?. Journal of Ornithology, 162: 699–708. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01869-x

Descalzo, E., Tobajas, J., Villafuerte, R., Mateo, R., Ferreras, P. (2021). Plasticity in daily activity patterns of rabbit to reduce predation risk. Wildlife Research, 48, 481-490. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20156

Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Jiménez, J., Villafuerte, R., Mateo R., Ferreras, P. (2021). Conditioned odor aversion as a tool for reducing post-release predation during animal translocations. Animal Conservation, 24(3): 373-385. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12643

2020

Tobajas, J., Ruiz-Aguilera, M.J., López-Bao, J.V., Ferreras, P., Mateo, R. (2020). The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from an experimental test. Behavioural Processes, 181: 104259. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104259

Tobajas, J., Jiménez, J., Sanchez-Rojas, G. (2020). Factors affecting the abundance of Peters squirrel Sciurus oculatus (Peters 1863) using camera trap in Central Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 97: e913064. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3064

Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Mateo R., Ferreras, P. (2020). Reducing nest predation of ground-nesting birds through conditioned food aversion. Biological Conservation, 242:108405. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108405

Tobajas, J., Gómez-Ramírez, Ferreras, P., García-Fernández, A.J., Mateo. R. (2020). Conditioned food aversion in domestic dogs induced by thiram. Pest Management Science, 76(2), 568-574. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5548

2019

Tobajas, J., Gómez-Ramírez, P., María-Mojica, P., Navas, I., García-Fernández, A.J., Ferreras, P., Mateo. R. (2019). Selection of new chemicals to be used in conditioned aversion for non-lethal predation control. Behavioural Processes, 166:103905. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103905

Tobajas, J., Gómez-Ramírez, P., María-Mojica, P., Navas, I., García-Fernández, A.J., Ferreras, P., Mateo. R. (2019). Conditioned food aversion mediated by odour cue and microencapsulated levamisole to avoid predation by canids. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 65:32. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-019-1271-9

Jiménez, J., Chandler, R., Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Mateo R., Ferreras, P. (2019). Generalized spatial mark–resight models with incomplete identification: An application to red fox density estimates. Ecology and Evolution, 9(8): 4739-4748. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1865.

2016

Tobajas, J., Fernández-de-Simón, J., Díaz-Ruiz, F., Villafuerte, R., Ferreras, P. (2016). Functional responses to changes in rabbit abundance: is the eagle owl a generalist or a specialist predator?. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 62: 85-92. (Q2)

Scientific publications (Peer reviewed in non-SCI journals)

Tobajas, J., & Díaz-Ruiz, F. (2022). Unrevealing the Opportunistic Fishing Behavior of the Red Fox. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 103(4), 1-6. Doi: 10.1002/bes2.2021

Tobajas, J., Guil, F., Moreno-Opo, R., Margalida, A. (2022). Regulation on protected areas overflight in Spain: Current outlook and next steps. PARKS – The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 28(1):31-38. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2022.PARKS-28-1JT.en

Tobajas, J. (2022). Cuidar a unos para cuidar a otros: desajustes en la conservación del conejo europeo y de sus depredadores. Therya ixmana, 1(3), 84-85. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya_ixmana-22-243

Ramos-Lopez, B., Tobajas, J., Roca-Juncosa, J. (2020). Primera cita de Ophrys santonica J.-M. Mathé y F. Melki (Orchidaceae) en la provincia de Guadalajara. Reduca (Biología). Serie Botánica. 13 (1): 1-9. ISSN: 1989-3620.

Tobajas, J. (2016). Riesgos genéticos y sanitarios asociados al gato asilvestrado (Felis silvestris catus): El caso de los felinos salvajes de la Península Ibérica. Chronica naturae, 6: 63-82. ISSN-e 2253-6280

Publications (books and chapters)

Smith, B. P., Snijders, L., Tobajas, J., Whitehouse-Tedd, K., van Bommel, L., Appleby, R. G., Jordan, N. R., Pitcher, B., St. Clair, C. C., Greggor, A., Cilliers, D., Stannard, C., (2022). Deterring and repelling wildlife. In: Wildlife Research in Australia : Practical and Applied Methods. CSIRO Publishing, Australia. DOI: 10.1071/9781486313457. ISSBN(pdf): 978-1-4863-1345-7. ISBN(paper): 978-1-4863-1344-0

Tobajas, J. (2021). Conditioned aversion as a tool for reducing predation by wild canids. In: Etologuía y Ecología Evolutiva. ISSN: 1135-6588

Guixé, D., Sort, F., Vilaseca, M., Tobajas, J. (2014). Territori de masies patrimoni natural del sud del Solsonès. Paisatge, flora, fauna y espais d’interès. Gráfiques Oller, Manresa, España. (Book in catalan)

Articles in popular journals.

Tobajas, J., Díaz-Ruiz, F. (2022). Un zorro pescador. Quercus, 442: 48-49.

Tobajas, J. (2013). 15 years from the 1998 wildfire: the landscape is still alive. Territori de Masies, 1(1): 16-19. (in catalan)