ALONSO, J.A.; ALONSO, J.C; MUÑOZ-PULIDO, R.; NAVESO, M. A.; ABELENDA M.; HUECAS V. & PUERTA M. L. 1990. Hematology and blood chemistry of free-living young Great Bustards (Otis tarda). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 97: 611-613. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C. & ALONSO, J. A. 1992. Male-biased dispersal in the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Ornis Scandinavica 23: 81-88. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A. & MUÑOZ-PULIDO, R. 1993. Señalización de líneas de alta tensión para la protección de la avifauna. RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, Madrid, 58 Págs. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A. & MUÑOZ-PULIDO, R. 1994. Mitigation of bird collisions with transmission lines through groundwire marking. Biological Conservation 67: 129-134. Complete Text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A.; MARTÍN, E. & MORALES, M. B. 1995. Range and patterns of Great Bustard movements at Villafáfila, NW Spain. Ardeola 42: 69-76. Complete Text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C. & ALONSO, J. A. 1996. The Great Bustard Otis tarda in Spain: present status, recent trends and an evaluation of earlier censuses. Biological Conservation 77: 79-86. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J. A.; MARTÍN, E.; ALONSO, J. C. & MORALES, M. B. 1996. Vergleichende Analyse der Markierungsmethoden für juvenile Grosstrappen (Otis tarda L., 1758) im Feld. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Brandenburg 5 (1/2): 80-83. Complete text in pdf.

MORALES, M. B.; ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A. & MARTIN, E. 1996. Grundsätze zur Erhaltung der Grosstrappenbestände (Otis tarda L., 1758). Empfehlungen nach einer Untersuchung mit besenderten Tieren. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Brandenburg 5 (1/2): 65-69. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.; MARTIN, E.; ALONSO, J. A. & MORALES, M. B. 1996. Neues Verfahren zur praktischen Geschlechtsbestimmung junger Grosstrappen (Otis tarda L., 1758). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Brandenburg 5 (1/2): 84-86. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.;  ALONSO, J. A.; MORALES, M. B. & MARTÍN, E. 1996. Seasonal and interannual population dynamics of the Great Bustard at Villafafila Reserve, NW Spain. En: Fernández, J. & Sanz-Zuasti, J. (Eds.) Conservación de Aves Esteparias y sus Hábitats, Págs. 191-200, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid. Summary in pdf.

MARTÍN, E.; ALONSO, J. A.; ALONSO, J.C. & MORALES, M. B. 1996. Evaluation of captive breeding as a method to conserve threatened Great Bustard populations. En: Fernández, J. & Sanz-Zuasti, J. (Eds.) Conservación de Aves Esteparias y sus Hábitats, Págs. 131-136, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid.  Complete text in pdf.

MORALES, M. B.; ALONSO, J. C.; MARTÍN, E. & ALONSO, J. A. 1996. Mating system in the Great Bustard: a review of published work in light of recent radiotracking results. En: Fernández, J. & Sanz-Zuasti, J. (Eds.) Conservación de Aves Esteparias y sus Hábitats, Págs. 287-292, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid.  Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J. A.; MARTÍN, E.; MORALES, M. B. & ALONSO, J. C. 1996. Aerial tracking of Great Bustards (Otis tarda) in Spain. En: Fernández, J. & Sanz-Zuasti, J. (Eds.) Conservación de Aves Esteparias y sus Hábitats, págs. 283-286, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid.

ALONSO, J. C. (autor o coautor). 1997. Textos de Passer hispaniolensis, Otis tarda, Cyanopica cyana y Motacilla alba. En: The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. Their Distribution and Abundance (Eds. J.M. Hagemeijer & M. J. Blair). T & A.D. Poyser, London.

ALONSO, J. C.; ALONSO, J. A.; MARTÍN, E.; MARTÍN, C. A. & MORALES, M. B. 1998. Las avutardas de Madrid: seguimiento de individuos marcados con radioemisores. La Garcilla 100: 40-42.

ALONSO J. C.; MARTIN, E.; ALONSO, J. A. & MORALES, M. B. 1998. Proximate and ultimate causes of natal dispersal in the great bustard, Otis tarda. Behavioral Ecology 9:243-252. Complete text in pdf.

LANE, S. J.; ALONSO, J. C.; ALONSO, J. A. &  NAVESO, M. A. 1999. Seasonal changes in diet and diet selection of great bustards Otis t. tarda in northwest Spain. Journal of Zoology (Lond.) 247: 201-214. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. A. & ALONSO, J. C. 1999. Collision of birds with overhead transmission lines in Spain. En: Birds and Power Lines (Eds. M. Ferrer & G. F. E. Janss), Págs. 57-82. Quercus, Madrid. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J. A. & ALONSO, J. C. 1999. Mitigation of bird collisions with transmission lines through groundwire marking. En: Birds and Power Lines (Eds. M. Ferrer & G. F. E. Janss), págs. 113-124. Quercus, Madrid. Resumen.

MARTÍN, C. A.; ALONSO, J. C.; MORALES, M. B.; MARTÍN, E.; LANE, S. J. & ALONSO, J. A. 1999. Censo de avutardas de la ComunidadAnuario Ornitológico de Madrid: 46-53. Summary in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.; MORALES, M. B. & ALONSO, J. A. 2000. Partial migration, and lek and nesting area fidelity in female great bustards Otis tarda. The Condor 102: 127-136. Complete text in pdf.

MORALES, M. B.; ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A. & MARTIN, E. 2000. Migration patterns in male great bustards. The Auk 117: 493-498. Complete text in pdf.

MARTIN, C. A.; ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A.; MORALES, M. B. & PITRA, C. 2000. An approach to sexing young Great Bustards by discriminant analysis and molecular techniques. Bird Study 47: 147-153. Summary in pdf.

PITRA, C.; LIECKFELDT, D. & ALONSO, J. C. 2000. Concordant population subdivision from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences of Great Bustards, Otis tarda, in Europe. Molecular Ecology 9: 1165-1170. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.; LANES, J. ; DAWSON, R. & IDAGHDOUR, Y. 2000. Great bustards Otis tarda in Morocco: status in spring 1999 and evidence of a decline in recent decades. Oryx 34 (2): 141-146. Complete text in pdf.

LANE, S. J.; ALONSO, J. C.  & MARTÍN, C. A. 2001. Habitat preferences of great bustard Otis tarda flocks in the arable steppes of central Spain: are potentially suitable areas unocupied? Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 193-203. Complete text in pdf.

OSBORNE, P. E.; ALONSO, J. C. &. BRYANT, R. G. 2001. Modelling landscape-scale habitat use by great bustards in central Spain using GIS and remote sensing. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 458-471. Complete text in pdf.

LANE, S. J. & ALONSO, J. C. 2001. Status and extinction probabilities of great bustard (Otis tarda) leks in Andalucía, southern Spain. Biodiversity and Conservation 10(6): 893-910. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO J. A.; MARTÍN, C. A.; ALONSO, J. C.; MORALES, M. B. and LANE, S. J. 2001. Seasonal movements of male great bustards (Otis tarda) in central Spain. Journal of Field Ornithology 72 (4): 504-508. Complete text in pdf.

MARTIN, C. A.; ALONSO, J. C. ; ALONSO, J. A.; PITRA, C.  & LIECKFELDT, D. 2002. Great bustard population structure in central Spain: concordant results from genetic analysis and dispersal study. Proceedings Royal Society London B 269: 119-125. Complete text in pdf.

MORALES, M. B.; ALONSO, J. C. & ALONSO, J. A. 2002. Annual productivity and individual female reproductive success in a great bustard Otis tarda population. The Ibis 114: 293-300. Complete text in pdf.

SUÁREZ-SEOANE, S.; OSBORNE, P. E. & ALONSO, J. C. 2002. Large-scale habitat selection by agricultural steppe birds in Spain: identifying species-habitat responses using Generalised Additive Models. Journal of Applied Ecology 39: 755-771. Complete text in pdf.

PALACÍN, C.; ALONSO, J. C.; ALONSO, J. A.; MAGAÑA, M. & MARTÍN, C. A. 2002. La Avutarda. En: Atlas de Aves Invernantes en la Comunidad de Madrid 1999-2001. SEO/Birdlife. Madrid, pp. 136-137.

ALONSO, J. C.; ALONSO, J. A.; MARTÍN, C. A.; PALACÍN, C. & MAGAÑA, M. 2002. Radioseguimiento de especies amenazadas: el caso de la avutarda. Actas de las XV Jornadas Ornitológicas españolas. Sociedad Española de Ornitología, Madrid, pp. 81-93. Complete text in pdf.

PALACÍN, C., ALONSO, J.C., MARTIN, C.A., ALONSO, J.A., MAGAÑA M. & MARTÍN B. 2003. Avutarda Común (Otis tarda). En R. Martí & J.C. del Moral (Eds.). Atlas de las Aves Reproductoras de España, pp. 236-237. Dir. Gral. de Conservación de la Naturaleza- Sociedad Española de Ornitología.  Madrid. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.; PALACIN, C. & MARTÍN, C. A. 2003. Status and recent trends of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) population in the Iberian Peninsula. Biological Conservation 110:185-195. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C.; MARTÍN, C. A.; PALACÍN, C.; MAGAÑA, M. & MARTÍN, B. 2003. Distribution, size and recent trends of the great bustard Otis tarda population in Madrid region, Spain. Ardeola 50 (1): 21-29. Complete text in pdf.

MORALES, M.B., J.C. ALONSO, C. MARTÍN, E. MARTÍN & J.A. ALONSO. 2003. Male sexual display and attractiveness in the great bustard Otis tarda: the role of body condition. J. Ethology 21: 51-56. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C., C.A. MARTIN, J.A. ALONSO, C. PALACIN, M. MAGAÑA & S.J. LANE. 2004. Distribution dynamics of a great bustard metapopulation throughout a decade: influence of conspecific attraction and recruitment. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 1659-1674. Complete text in pdf.

PALACIN, C., J.C. ALONSO, C.A. MARTIN, M. MAGAÑA, B. MARTÍN & J.A. ALONSO. 2004. La Avutarda. En: Libro Rojo de las Aves de España (eds. Madroño, A., C. González & J.C. Atienza), pp. 209-213.  SEO/BirdLife-Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Madrid. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C. 2004. Situación actual y problemas de conservación en la avutarda. En: Los retos medioambientales del siglo XXI. La conservación de la biodiversidad en España. (ed. M. Gomendio), pp. 77-98. Fundación CSIC-Fundación BBVA. Madrid.

ALONSO, J.C., C. PALACÍN, C.A. MARTÍN, J.A. ALONSO, M. MAGAÑA & B. MARTÍN. 2004. La Avutarda. La Garcilla 119: 6-11. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C., C. A. MARTÍN, C. PALACÍN, B. MARTÍN & M. MAGAÑA. 2005. The Great Bustard Otis tarda in Andalusia, southern Spain: status, distribution and trends. Ardeola 53(1): 67-78. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C., C. PALACÍN, C. A. MARTÍN, N. MOUATI, Z. L. ARHZAF & D. AZIZI. 2005. The Great Bustard Otis tarda in Morocco: a re-evaluation of its status based on recent survey results. Ardeola 52(1): 79-90. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C., C. PALACÍN & C.A. MARTÍN (Eds.) 2005. La Avutarda Común en la Península Ibérica: población actual y método de censo. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C. 2005. The Great Bustard in Spain: conservation status and researc projects. Aquila 112: 183-190

ALONSO, J. C., M. MAGAÑA, C. A. MARTÍN, C. PALACÍN & J. A. ALONSO. 2006. Field determination of age in male great bustards (Otis tarda) in spring. European Journal of Wildlife Research 52: 43-47. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C., C.A. MARTIN & C. PALACIN. 2006. ¿Sobrevivirán las avutardas andaluzas? En: Aves Esteparias en Andalucía. Bases para su conservación. (eds. M. Yanes & J. M. Delgado), pp. 58-59. Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla. Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J.C. (coord.) 2007. La Avutarda Común en Andalucía. Gypaetus-Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla.

MARTÍN, C.A., J.C. ALONSO, J.A. ALONSO, C. PALACÍN, M. MAGAÑA & B. MARTÍN. 2007. Sex-biased juvenile survival in a bird with extreme size dimorphism, the great bustard Otis tarda. Journal of Avian Biology 38: 335-346. 



Books

ALONSO, J.C., J.A. ALONSO, J. HELLMICH, A. LUCIO, E. MARTÍN, M.A. NAVESO & F.J. PURROY (editores J.C. ALONSO & J.A. ALONSO). 1990. Parámetros demográficos, selección de hábitat y distribución de la Avutarda en tres regiones españolas. ICONA, Madrid, 123 pp.

The authors present series of annual values of relevant demographic parameters (census, sex ratio, productivity) of great bustard populations in five selected areas within the species’ distribution range in Spain. The book also includes habitat selection analyses and a summary of the conservation situation and recommended protection measures at these areas.

Out of print, but available in PDF format at the Spanish Ministry for Environment http://www.mma.es.

ALONSO, J.A., J.C. ALONSO, E. MARTÍN, M.B. MORALES. 1995. La Avutarda en la Reserva de Las Lagunas de Villafáfila. Inst. Est. Zamoranos, CSIC - FEPMA. 86 pp.

This book describes the biology of the great bustard at the Reserve of Villafáfila, NW Spain, based on the results of a research project carried out there by the authors between 1987 and 1995.

The book is writen in Spanish and English. Summary and contets.

ALONSO, J.C., C. PALACÍN & C.A. MARTÍN (Eds.) 2005. La Avutarda Común en la Península Ibérica: población actual y método de censo. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. 70 pp.

The first part of this monograph updates the most recent results about the status and population trends of the great bustard in the Iberian Peninsula. In the second part the authors give details of how great bustards should be censused.

Available at the Spanish Ornithological Society  www.seo.org and Complete text in pdf.

ALONSO, J. C. (coord.). 2005. La población de Avutardas de Andalucía: análisis de su estado de fragmentación, capacidad dispersiva y plan de recuperación. Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía. Sevilla. Unpublished report. 714 pp.

Contains the results of a research on the great bustard population in Andalusia. The study is the result of a contract between the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and was carried out between 2001 and 2005 by the team of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales directed by Dr. Juan Carlos Alonso.

Is is structured in two volumes, the first about Census and distribution, and d the second with six chapters about Migratory behaviour of adult males, Juvenile dispersal and mortality, Genetic structure of the population, Viability modelling, Conservation plan, and Evaluation of the status of other steppe birds in the region.

Available at the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía.

ALONSO, J.C. (coord.) 2007. La Avutarda Común en Andalucía. Gypaetus-Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla. 219 pp.

This book summarizes the main results of the research Project carried out on the Grae. Bustard population in Andalusia between 2001 and 2005.

Available at the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía.





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