PUBLICATIONS
[35] Guitart-Matas J., Espunyes J., Illera L., Gonzalez-Escalona N., Ribas M.P., Marco I. (2023) High-risk lineages of extended spectrum cephalosporinase producing Escherichia coli from Eurasian griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) foraging in landfills in north-eastern Spain. Science of The Total Environment 909, 168625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168625.
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[34] Vidal E., Espunyes J., Ribas MP., Melgarejo C., Martino L., Michelet L., Boschiroli ML., Sanz A., Allepuz A., Cabezón O., Pérez de Val B. (2023) Lack of detection of Mycobacterium microti infection in wild rodents from a free-ranging wild boar outbreak area. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69, 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01738-3
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[33] Guidoum K.A., Carrera-Faja L., Espunyes J., Pailler-García L., Bouabdellah B., Bouabdelli S., Smadi M.A., Semara L., Cabezón O., Napp S. (2023) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity among Dromedary Camels, Algeria, 2020–2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Dec. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.230587
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[32] Lobato-Bailón L., López-Baucells A., Guixé D., Flaquer C., Camprodon J., Florensa-Rius X., [...], Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2023) Reappraising the use of forearm rings for bat species. Biological Conservation, 286, 110268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110268
[31] Carrera-Faja L., Espunyes J., Cardells J., Fernández-Aguilar X., Pailler-García L., Napp S., Cabezón O. (2023) Dynamics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in two wild ungulate hosts during a disease-induced population collapse. OneHealth, 100622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100622
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[30] Dias-Alves A., Espunyes J., Ayats T., Sente C., Sebulime P., Muro J., Tushabe J., Asiimwe C., Fernández-Aguilar X., Aruho R., Marco I., Planellas M., Cardells J., Cabezón O., Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2023) Foodborne pathogens at the livestock-wildlife-human interface in rural western Uganda. EcoHealth (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01639-6
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[29] Loring Á., Carrera-Faja L., Ribas M.P., Rosell R., Marco I., Cabezón O., Espunyes J. (2023) New potential role of European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) in the epidemiology of border disease in the Pyrenees. Journal of Wildlife Diseases (In Press)
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[28] Puig M.P., García-Ulloa M., Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2023) Improving the assessment of ecosystem and wildlife health: microbiome as an early indicator. Current Opinion in Biotechnology,81, 102923.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102923
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[27] Lobato-Bailón, L., García-Ulloa, M., Santos, A., Guixé, D., Camprodon, J., Florensa-Rius, X., Molleda R., Manzano R., Puig Ribas M., Espunyes J., Dias-Alves A., Marco I., Migura-Garcia L., Martínez-Urtaza J., Cabezón O. (2023) The fecal bacterial microbiome of the Kuhl's pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii) reflects landscape anthropogenic pressure. Animal microbiome, 5, 7 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00229-9
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[26] Menajovsky M.F., Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Mayor P. (2023) Infectious diseases of interest for the conservation of peccaries in the Amazon: a systematic quantitative review. Biological Conservation, 277, 109867. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.biocon.2022.109867
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[25] Lobato L., López-Morales A., Quintela R., Puig Ribas M., Molina-López R., Obon E., Napp S., Pailler-García L., Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2022) Lack of detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Pipistrellus spp. bats from densely cat-populated areas of NE-Spain. Pathogens 11(12), 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121451
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[24] Puig Ribas M., Alonso-Almorox P., Espunyes J., Martínez-Silvestre A., Cabezón O. (2022) Evaluation of passive integrated transponder tags for marking urodeles. Ecological Indicators, 145 [109690].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109690
[23] Espunyes J., Illera L., Dias-Alves A., Lobato L., Ribas M.P., Manzanares a., Ayats T., Marco I.,Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2022) Eurasian griffon vultures carry widespread antimicrobial resistant Salmonella and Campylobacter of public health concern. Science of The Total Environment. 844 (2022): 157189.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157189
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[22] Corlatti L., Iacolina L., Safner T., Apollonio M., Buzan E., Ferretti F., Hammer S.E., Herrero J., Rossi L., Serrano E., Arnal M.C., Brivio F., Chirichella R., Cotza A., Crestanello B., Espunyes J., [...] Šprem N. (2022) Past, present, and future of chamois science. Wildlife biology, e01025. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01025
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[21] Carrera-Faja L., Cardells J., Pailler-García L., Lizana V., Alfaro-Deval G., Espunyes J., Napp S., Cabezón O. (2022) Evidence of prolonged Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus endemicity by retrospective serosurvey, eastern Spain. Emerg Infect Dis, 28(5), 1031. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212335
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[20] Jarque L., Calleja J.A., Ibañez M., Bartolomé J., Albanell E., Espunyes J., Galvez-Cerón A., Martínez-López J.M., Villamuelas M., Gassó D., Fernández-Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A., Krumins J.A., Serrano E. (2021) Grazing influences biomass production and protein content of alpine meadows. Science of the Total Environment, 818, 151771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151771
[19] Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Pailler-García L., Dias-Alves A., Lobato-Bailón L., Marco I., Ribas M.P., Valldeperes M., Encinosa-Guzmán P.E., Napp S. (2021) Hotspot of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity in Wildlife, northeastern Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(9), 2480. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.211105
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[18] Espunyes J., Serrano E., Chaves S., Bartolomé J., Menaut P., Albanell E., Marchand P., Foulché K., Garel M. (2021) Positive effect of spring advance on the diet quality of an alpine herbivore. Integrative Zoology, 0:0-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12572
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[17] Jarque-Bascuñana L., Bartolomé J., Serrano E., Espunyes J., Garel M., Calleja Alarcón J.A., López Olvera J.R., Albanell E. (2021) Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Analysis to Predict Diet Composition of a Mountain Ungulate Species. Animals, 11(5):1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051449
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[16] Jiménez-Ruiz S., García-Bocanegra I., Acevedo P., Espunyes J., Triguero-Ocaña R., Cano-Terriza D., Torres-Sánchez M.J., Vicente J. (2021) A survey of shared pathogens at the domestic-wild ruminants in Doñana National Park (Spain). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2022 May;69(3):1568-1576. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14126
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[15] Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Dias-Alves A., Miralles P., Ayats T., Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2021) Assessing the role of livestock and sympatric wild ruminants in spreading antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter and Salmonella in alpine ecosystems. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-02784-2
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[14] Castillo-Contreras R., Mentaberre G., Fernández-Aguilar X., Conejero C., Colom-CadenaA., Ráez-Bravo A., González-Crespo C., Espunyes J., Lavín S., López-Olvera J.R. (2021) Wild boar in the city: phenotypic responses to urbanisation. Science of the Total Environment, 773, 145593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145593
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[13] Roldán C., Begovoeva M., López Olvera J.R., Velarde R., Cabezón O., Rita A., Moliner Min A.R., Pizzato F., Pasquetti M., Fernández Aguilar X., Mentaberre G., Serrano E., Puig Ribas M., Espunyes J., Castillo-Contreras R., Estruch J., Rosi L. (2020). Endemic occurrence of Fasciola hepatica in an alpine ecosystem, Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020;00:1–6 (PDF)
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[12] Guidoum K.A., Benallou B., Pailler L., Espunyes J., Napp S., Cabezón O. (2020). Ruminant pestiviruses in North Africa. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 184, 105156 (PDF)
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[11] Fernández Aguilar X., Mahapatra M., Begovoeva M., Kalema-Zikusoka G., Driciru M., Ayebazibwe C., Adwok D.S., Kock M., Lukusa J.P.K., Muro J., Marco I., Colom-Cadena A., Espunyes E., Meunier N., Cabezón O., Caron A., Bataille A., Libeau G., Parekh K., Parida S., Kock R. (2020). Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in the Western Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa. Viruses 2020, 12(3), 293 (PDF)
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[10] Espunyes, J., Espunya, C., Chaves, S., Calleja, J. A., Bartolomé, J., & Serrano, E. (2019). Comparing the accuracy of PCR-capillary electrophoresis and cuticle microhistological analysis for assessing diet composition in ungulates: A case study with Pyrenean chamois. PloS one, 14(5), e0216345 (PDF).
[9] Colom-Cadena A., Marco I., Fernández Aguilar X., Velarde R., Espunyes J., Rosell R., Lavín S., Cabezón O. (2019) Experimental infection with high- and low-virulence strains of border disease virus (BDV) in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica) sheds light on the epidemiological diversity of the disease. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (PDF)
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[8] Espunyes J., Lurgi M., Büntgen U., Bartolomé J., Calleja J.A., Gálvez-Cerón A., Peñuelas J., Serrano E. (2019) Different effects of alpine woody plant expansion on domestic and wild ungulates. Global Change Biology (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14587) (PDF)
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[7] Teruel-Coll M., Pareja J., Bartolomé J., Serrano E., Mentaberre G., Cuenca R., Espunyes J., Pauné F., Calleja J.A. (2019) Effects of boom and bust grazing management on vegetation and health of beef cattle used for wildfire prevention in a Mediterranean forest. Science of the total environment, 665, 18-22. (PDF)
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[6] Espunyes J., Bartolomé J., Garel M., Gálvez-Cerón A., Fernández Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A., Calleja J.A., Gassó, D., Jarque L., Lavín S., Marco I., Serrano E. (2019) Seasonal diet composition of Pyrenean chamois is mainly shaped by primary production waves. PLoS One 14(1): e0210819 (PDF)
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[5] Colom-Cadena A., Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Fernández-Aguilar X., Rosell R., Marco I. (2018) New insights on pestivirus infections in transhumant sheep and sympatric Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica). Veterinary Microbiology, 217,82–89. (PDF)
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[4] Flores-Saavedra W., Espunyes J., Fernández-Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A., Velarde R., Mentaberre G., Lavín S., López-Olvera J.R., Serrano E. (2018) Fat reserve assessment in Pyrenean chamois using body measurements. Mammalian Biology, 89, 79-83. (PDF)
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[3] Villamuelas M., Serrano E., Fernandez N., López-Olvera J.R., Garel M., Santos J., Espunyes J., Parra-Aguado M.A., Ramanzin M., Fernández-Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A., Marco I., Lavín S., Bartolomé J., Albanell E. (2017) Using multispecies calibration by Near-infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict faecal nitrogen in herbivores. PLoS One 12(4): e0176635. (PDF)
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[2] Perez J.M., Martin J.M.L., Espunyes J., Colom-Cadena A., Fernandez-Aguilar X., Gassó, D., Mentaberre G., Marco I., Corominas J.X., Lavín S., Serrano E. (2017) Temporal pooling of point transect data increases precision in density estimates of southern chamois. Mammalian Biology, 86, 75–78 (PDF)
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[1] Paniagua J., García-Bocanegra I., Arenas-Montes A., Berriatua E., Espunyes J., Carbonero A., Rosell R., Marco I., Cabezón O. (2016). Absence of circulation of Pestivirus between wild and domestic ruminants in southern Spain. The Veterinary record, 178(9), 215-215. (PDF)
THESIS
Espunyes, J. 2019 Effects of global change on the diet of a mountain ungulate: the Pyrenean chamois (PDF)
Abstract
​Herbivores play a fundamental role in maintaining the health and structure of ecosystems worldwide. However, recent evidence indicates that climatic and land-use changes are affecting biological systems across the globe at alarming rates, and more acutely in alpine ecosystems. Thus, predicting the impact of these changes on herbivores has become a key issue for the long-term conservation of ecosystems. Here, our main goal was to assess the impact of climate change and woody plant encroachment on the diet of a large alpine herbivore: the Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica).
We firstly compared and highlighted the limitations of two methodological approaches used in the determination of diet composition of herbivores (study 1). We then combined information from two monitored populations of Pyrenean chamois with multiple databases on seasonal phenology, climatic conditions, population abundance and models of habitat evolution to understand the effects of climate change and woody plant encroachment on the diet of this herbivore. Our results indicate that Pyrenean chamois is well adapted to the variations in the seasonal phenology of plants in alpine habitats (study 2), but that these patterns can be affected by environmental conditions. For instance, the seasonal presence of livestock may affect the diet of chamois during the co-habitation period (study 2). Concurrently, the variations in the vegetation onset and intra-specific competition are regulating factors of diet quality and composition during spring (study 3). Finally, we observed that woody plant expansion in unmanaged alpine grasslands will also affect wild and domestic herbivores during summer and autumn, but that the magnitudes and direction of these effects will vary depending of their dietary preferences (study 4).
Overall, global changes are impacting the diet of alpine herbivores and could thus impact the performances of these species. We therefore reinforce the importance of integrating dietary studies when assessing species’ response to global changes. However, further studies would be necessary to assess the effect of these dietary adaptations on the species’ performance.