Scientific publications (SCI)
Under review
Tobajas, J., Roig, J., Pina, M., Piqué, J., Pinto, D., Cubero, D., Afonso-Jordana, I., Moreno-Opo, R. (under review). Using olfactory misinformation to reduce nest predation in ground-nesting birds. Animal Conservation.
Tobajas, J., Guerrer-Mena, G., Gilles, M., Ferreras, P. (under review). Predators are attracted to avian prey scents regardless of current or evolutionary coexistence. Behavioural Ecology
Del Río, L., Zabala, J., Cabodevilla, X., Mateo, R., Ferreras, P., Fernandez-Arrieta, N., Tobajas, J. (under review). Patterns and drivers of livestock contribution in wolf diet: a modelling approach using metabarcoding data. Journal of Zoology.
Tobajas, J., Del Río, L., Chastel, M., Ferreras, P., Mateo, R. (under review). Conditioned Food Aversion as a non-lethal approach to solve predation conflicts in wildlife management and conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation.
Mitchell, L. J., Lens, L., Verbruggen, F., Iglesias-Lebrija, J.J., Delepoulle, E., Älvarez, E., Oliva-Vidal, P., Margalida, A., Tobajas, J. (under review). Age class and natal origin drive foraging patterns in a reintroduced Cinereous Vulture population. Movement Ecology.
Del Río, L., Bautista, C., Mateo, R., Ferreras, P., Tobajas, J. (under review). Unraveling spatiotemporal patterns of livestock predation of Iberian wolf in two livestock systems across expansion areas. Biological Conservation.
Tobajas, J., Descalzo, E., Villafuerte, R., Mateo, R. Ferreras, P. (under review). Factors affecting the accuracy of triangulated radio-telemetry locations of small mammals. Mammalian Biology.
Del Río, L., Zearra, J. A., Guerrero-Mena, A., Márquez, F., Mateo, R., Ferreras, P., Tobajas, J. (under review). Optimizing selective baiting strategies for the wolf (Canis lupus): Implications for non-lethal management tools and conservation. Wildlife Biology.
2026
Tobajas, J., Resco de Dios, V., Margalida, A. (2026). Europe must adapt to live with megafires. Nature, 656:786. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02578-2
Del Río, L., Zearra, J. A., Lauret, V., Mateo, R., Tobajas, J. Ferreras, P. (2026). How spatial scales shape social conflicts: livestock farmers and Iberian wolves. Biological Conservation, 321:112018. (Q1, FI: 5.1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.112018
Colomer*, M. À., Tobajas*, J., Nadal, J., Pérez-García, J. M., Oliva-Vidal, P., Margalida, A. (2026). Hunters’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by the vertebrate scavenger guild. Ecosystems and People, 22:2626761. *Equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2026.2626761
Del Río, L., Zearra, J. A., Tobajas, J. Ferreras, P., Mateo, R. (2026-in press). An artificial odour associated with a repellent as a novel wildlife management: A pilot study. European Journal of Wildlife Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-026-02061-3
2025
Sánchez-Mateos*, R., Tobajas*, J., Oria, J., Pérez-García, J. M., Margalida, A. (2025). Integrating conservation priorities into spatial planning for renewable energy development: the case of the Spanish imperial eagle. Biological Conservation, 313:111544. *Equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111544
Rocha, S. B., Grou, C. E. V., Rouco, C., Tobajas, J. (2025). Water body type explains the occupancy of co-occurring native and invasive freshwater turtles in a tropical assemblage. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 74:25053.
Tobajas, J., Roig, J., Afonso-Jordana I. (2025). Coexistence conservation strategies: Testing Conditioned Food Aversion to protect the endangered Western capercaillie. Journal for Nature Conservation, 89:127140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.127140
Tobajas, J., Roig, J., Nicolas de Francisco, O., Ramos-López, B., Afonso I. (2025). Improving accuracy of artificial nest predation studies using bird scent: The case of Tetrao urogallus (Western Capercaillie). Ornithological Applications, duaf066. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf066
Santangeli, A., Vicente, J., Acevedo, P., Plaza, P., Lambertucci, S. A., Blanco-Aguiar, J. A., Tobajas, J., Morelle, K., Albery, G.F., VerCauteren, K., Gavier-Widen, D., & Margalida, A. (2025). One Health must embrace the carcass-scavenger-pathogen interface. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2: 100439. https://10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100439
Acharya, K., & Tobajas, J. (2025). Can conditioned taste aversion be used to mitigate snow leopard predation in the Himalayan region?. Wild Animals, 1(1). https://10.31893/wild.2025002
2024
Tobajas, J. (2024). Coexistence conservation: Time to change the paradigm. Human-Wildlife interactions, 18:11. https://doi.org/10.26077/40e7-b7b6
Tobajas, J., Richardson, K. S., French, N. P., Buddle, B., Jewell, C., Tompkins, D. M., Rouco, C. (2024). Home range overlaps of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): implications for disease transmission. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70:78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01827-x
Tobajas*, J., Iglesias-Lebrija*, J.J., Delepoulle, E., Álvarez, E., Oliva-Vidal, P., Margalida, A. (2024). Movement ecology of pre-adult Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus): insights from a reintroduced population. Bird Conservation International, 34:e17. *Equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270924000108
Del Río, L., Zearra, J. A., Mateo, R., Ferreras, P., Tobajas, J. (2024). Effectiveness of attractants and bait for Iberian wolf detection; captivity-based and free-ranging trials. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70:32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01787-2
Tobajas, J., Ferreira, C.C., Delibes-Mateos, M., Villafuerte, R. & Rouco, C. (2024). Adaptive anti-predatory responses of European rabbits exposed to different predation pressure. Mammalian Biology, 104, 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00398-3
2023
Sarabian, C. (AC), Wilkinson, A., Sigaud, M., Kano, F., Tobajas, J., Darmaillacq, A. S., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Plotnik, J., MacIntosh, A (2023). Disgut in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92, 1489–1508. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13903
Tobajas, J., Finat, R., Ferreras, P., & Margalida, A. (2023). Can vulture feeding stations have detrimental effects on Iberian Lynx conservation?. Biological Conservation, 281:109971. 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. 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. 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. 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:e3814. 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:e9250. 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, 8-16. https://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. 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. 49, 129-136. 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02309-1
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. 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. 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, 373-385. 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. 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. 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. 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, 568-574. 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. 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. 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, 4739-4748. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-015-0976-7
Scientific publications (Peer reviewed in non-SCI journals)
Jiménez, J., Díaz‐Ruiz, F., Monterroso, P., Tobajas, J., Ferreras, P. (2023). Integrating spatial capture-recapture and occupancy models for estimating stone marten population size. Martes Working Group Newsletter
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., Finat, R., Ferreras, P., & Margalida, A. (2023).Linces carroñeros. Quercus, 448: 56-57.
Del Río, L., Zearra, J. A., Tobajas, J., Mateo, R., & Ferreras, P. (2023). Aversión condicionada para reducir la depredación por carnívoros. Notas de divulgación del IREC Nº2. Instituto de investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Ciudad Real, España.
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)