From observed patterns to ecological processes: quantitative tools for biodiversity research and wildlife conservation.

Research focus

I combine Bayesian models, spatial data and ecological knowledge to study mammal abundance, distribution and habitat use. My work connects camera traps, distance sampling and hunting records, with applications in monitoring design and wildlife management.

Funded projects

2024–2025 · Team member

Ecological and social indicators of wild ungulates in National Parks

Indicadores ecológicos y sociales de ungulados silvestres en Parques Nacionales: ciencia para gestionar e (in)formar a la sociedad

Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales

Grant: OAPN-3034S/2023

September 2024–April 2026 · Principal investigator

INTHERIA · Data integration for wildlife monitoring

Data integration for wildlife monitoring: optimising mammal monitoring programmes

Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

Grant: SBPLY/23/180225/000176

2023–2026 · Team member

Coexisting oaks: colonisation, acorn dispersal and facilitation

Diferencias de colonización de quercíneas coexistentes: desde las propiedades y la dispersión de las bellotas a la facilitación

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Grant: PID2022-141762OB-I00

2021–2022 · Team member

Computational infrastructure for phylogenetic analysis in R

Computational infrastructure for phylogenetic analysis in the R environment

U.S. National Science Foundation

Grant: NSF–1759940

2019–2020 · Team member

Biosecurity, ungulate management and shared diseases

Evaluación de protocolos de bioseguridad y de la gestión de ungulados en la transmisión de enfermedades compartidas

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Grant: AGL2016–76358–R

2019–2020 · Team member

ENETWILD · Wildlife population data and disease agents

Wildlife: collecting and sharing data on wildlife populations, transmiting animal and human disease agents

European Food Safety Authority

Grant: OC/EFSA/ALPHA/2016/01

2013–2016 · Team member

Hidden diversity of Macaronesian corticioid fungi

Desenmascarando la diversidad oculta de los hongos corticioides macaronésicos

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

2012–2014 · Team member

Migratory bird conservation in Iberia and the Maghreb

Conservación de la avifauna migratoria en Iberia y el Magreb: patrones actuales y perspectivas de cambio

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Grant: CGL2011–22953/BOS

Project periods and roles follow my ORCID funding record.

Applied collaborations

LIFE Iberconejo

My contribution as an external consultant has focused on rabbit population monitoring and abundance modelling, combining distance sampling and abundance indices. Project website.

Research software

rWind

An R package for working with wind and sea-current data and measuring connectivity between locations. Creator and maintainer. Read the paper.

abmR

An R package for spatially explicit, agent-based simulations of animal movement. Co-author. Read the paper.