UCM Research group Vertebrate Biology and Conservation: Javier Pérez-Tris

Javier Pérez-Tris - Reader

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My research interests integrate the fields of evolutionary biology, biogeography, behavioural ecology and conservation biology. During the last years, I have explored these areas by combining field biology with molecular techniques. I have always been interested in bird migration in general, which I have approached from various perspectives. For example, I'd like to know more about the way diverse avian migration patterns have evolved, the implications of diversity of migratory behaviours, and how such diversity affects the interactions between birds and their symbionts (commensals such as wing-dwelling feather mites, or parasites like the ones causing avian malaria.

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Group:

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	Sofía Fernández-González (PhD student, FPI studentship): Variability in ectoparasite infestation intensity in birds.
	Antón D. Pérez-Rodríguez (PhD student, FPU studentship): Evolution of genetic variability in resistance to avian malaria.
	Michaël Moens (PhD student, FPI studentship). Diversity and specificity of symbionts of Neotropical birds. Co-supervised together with Laura Beníted (Department of Microbiology III - UCM).
	Richard Williams (Postdoc, ICE-PICATA Programme).

Ongoing projects:

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Ecological and evolutionary implications of within-host symbiont coexistence

Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CGL2010-15734/BOS).

Institutions: Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Applicants: Javier Pérez-Tris (IP), Laura Benítez, Álvaro Ramírez, Iván de la Hera, Sofía Fernández-González, Antón D. Pérez-Rodríguez.

Duration: 3 years (2011-2013). Funding awarded: 139.150 €

Selected publications:

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Ewen, J.G., Bensch, S., Blackburn, T.M., Bonneaud, C., Brown, R., Cassey, P., Clarke, R. & Pérez-Tris, J. 2012. Establishment of exotic parasites: the origins and characteristics of an avian malaria community in an isolated island avifauna. Ecology Letters 15: 1112-1119.

Pérez-Tris, J., Williams, R.A.J., Abel-Fernández, E., Barreiro, J., Conesa, J.J., Figuerola, J., Martinez-Martínez, M., Ramírez, A. & Benitez, L. 2011. A multiplex PCR for detection of Papillomavirus and Poxvirus in cutaneous warts from live birds and museum skins. Avian Diseases 55: 545-553.

Bensch, S., Hellgren, O. & Pérez-Tris, J. 2009. MalAvi: A public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1353-1358. [PDF]

Pérez-Tris, J., Hellgren, O., Križanauskienė, A., Waldenström, J., Secondi, J., Bonneaud, C., Fjeldså, J., Hasselquist, D. & Bensch, S. 2007. Within-host speciation of malaria parasites. PLoS ONE 2: e235. [Open access]

Bonneaud, C., Pérez-Tris, J., Federici, P., Chastel, O. & Sorci, G. 2006. Major histocompatibility alleles associated with local resistance to malaria in a passerine. Evolution 60: 383-389. [PDF]

Reullier, J., Pérez-Tris, J., Bensch, S. & Secondi, J. 2006. Diversity, distribution and exchange of blood parasites meeting at an avian moving contact zone. Molecular Ecology 15: 753-763. [PDF]

Pérez-Tris, J. & Bensch, S. 2005. Dispersal increases local transmission of avian malarial parasites. Ecology Letters 8: 838-845. [PDF]

Pérez-Tris, J., Hasselquist, D., Hellgren, O., Krizanauskiene, A., Waldenström, J. & Bensch, S. 2005. What are malaria parasites? Trends in Parasitology 21: 209-211. [PDF]

Pérez-Tris, J., Bensch, S., Carbonell, R., Helbig, A. J. & Tellería, J. L. 2004. Historical diversification of migration patterns in a passerine bird. Evolution 58: 1819-1832. [PDF]

Bensch, S., Pérez-Tris, J., Waldenström, J. & Hellgren, O. 2004. Linkage between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences in avian malaria parasites: multiple cases of cryptic speciation? Evolution 58: 1617-1621. [PDF]