Publicaciones
Under review
55. Yves A, Gomes-Almeida V, Gomes-Almeida F, Nascimento MC, Ortega Z, Costa HC. Humidity and substrate temperature play a major role in the habitat selection of a Neotropical rainforest lizard
54. Carrillo JFC, Ortega Z, Santana DJ, Prado CPA. Mother-offspring chemical communication and tadpole aggregation in a Neotropical foam-nesting frog.
53. Laguna E, Carpio A, Ortega Z, Delgado E, Vicente J, Acevedo P. Disentangling the effects of supplementary feeding on population abundance and the aggregation of wild ungulates as drivers of the prevalence of tuberculosis in south-central Spain (preprint in ResearchSquare, DOI: 10.1007/s10344-023-01669-z).
52. Weber-Souza FF, Lemos FG, Ortega Z, Giroux A, Lima CFM, Candeias IZ, Freitas MC, Cavalcanti F, Oliveira-Santos LGR. Combining carnivore conservation and cattle production in converted landscapes through hoary fox habitat selection.
51. Acero-Murcia MD, Almario-Vaquiro L, Ortega Z, García-Villaba J, López-Camacho R, Defler TR, . Seasonal behavioral patterns of the Caquetá Titi monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis). (preprint in bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.10.573946).
50. Ganci C, Ortega Z, Provete DB. Harlequin Frogs (Lysapsus) prefer mild places to park (preprint in bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.11.146613).
2024
50. Rivas ML, Pintor A, Booth D, Turkozan O, Mazaris A, Dimitriadis C, Abella E, Ortega Z (2024) Tropical vs. temperate sea turtle population resilience to extreme temperatures. Ecological Indicators (in press).
49. Rivas ML, Guirado E, Ortega Z (2024) Relation between beluga whale aggregations and sea temperature on climate change forecasts. Frontiers in Marine Science (in press).
2023
48. Silva GA, Ortega Z, Wiziack S, Ferreira VL (2023) The topic of snakes on teacher training. Bio-grafía, Escritos sobre Biología y su Enseñanza 17(32). https://revistas.pedagogica.edu.co/index.php/bio-grafia/article/view/20437
47. Ortega Z, Arrondo E, Pérez-García JM (2023). Ecología del Movimiento: del análisis individual a la provisión de servicios ecosistémicos. Ecosistemas, 32(2), 2608. https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.2608
46. Ortega Z, Rivas ML (2023) Cambiar el paradigma del liderazgo en la educación universitaria: el caso de Homeward Bound (Changing the paradigm of leadership in university education: the case of Homeward Bound). In: El género y su transversalización en la educación (formal y no formal), en en la familia y en el deporte
(Hamodi-Galán C, Álvaro-Andaluz L, Eds.), Dyckinson S.L., ISBN: 978-84-1170-399-4, pp 383-389.
45. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Attias N, Desbiez A, Valle D, Oliveira-Santos, LGR (2023) Activity modulation and selection for forests help giant anteaters to cope with temperature changes. Animal Behaviour (in press).
44. Rivas ML, Rodriguez-Caballero E, Barreu B, Carpio A, Esteban N, Fuentes M, Robinson K, Aranza J, León Y,
Ortega Z (2023) Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise. Scientific Reports 13, 5277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31467-1. In the news: ABC News, The Conversation, The Times, Mètode, La Sexta, COPE, Confidencial, Candelero, Qué Pasa, Vistazo, MegaNoticias, Gestión, Montevideo Portal, La Tribuna, Perth Now, Nature Asia, elDiario.es, Gizmodo, Cosmos Magazine, News Wise, The North West Start, Mirage PDF
43. Peinado LC, Ortega Z (2023) Perch selection of three species of kingfishers at the Pantanal of Brazil. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 46, 99-109, https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2023.46.0099. PDF
42. Ganci CC, dos Santos HT, Ferreira VL, Ortega Z (2023) Chemical compounds of a Neotropical plant constrain the anti-predator behaviour of sympatric tadpoles. Journal of Ethology. DOI: 10.1007/s10164-023-00785-2. PDF
41. Arca-Rubio J, Moreno-Rueda G, Ortega Z (2023) The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment and animal class. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69, 42. DOI: 10.1007/s10344-023-01669-z. PDF
40. Ortega Z, Ganci C, Rivas ML. Thermoregulation and hydric balance in amphibians. In: Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians (Moreno-Rueda G, Comas M, Eds.), CRC Press (in press). ISBN: 978-1-003-09331-2, pp 103-119. PDF
2022
39. Ortega Z, Peinado LC, López-Ballesteros A, Rivas ML (2022) Retrato de la desigualdad de género en el área de Zoología (Overview of gender inequality in the area of Zoology). In: Educación con perspectiva de género
(Hamodi-Galán C, Álvaro-Andaluz L, Eds.), Dyckinson S.L., ISBN: 978-84-1122-685-1, pp 170-175. PDF
38. Thaler R, Ortega Z*, Ferreira VL (2022) Extrinsic traits consistently drive microhabitat decisions of an arboreal snake, independently of sex and personality. Behavioural Processes, 104649. (*co-first authors)
2021
37. Salvador A, Donaire-Barroso D, El Mouden EH, Recuero-Gil E, Bouam I, Martínez-Solano I, García-Cardenete L, García-París M., Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Baha El Din S, Slimani T, Joger U, Ortega Z (2021) Pelophylax saharicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T58707A89704628. PDF
36. Ortega Z, Contreras-Peinado L, López-Ballesteros A, Rivas ML (2021). Evitemos el sesgo machista en el trabajo de campo. In: Género y Educación: Escuela, Educación no Formal, Familia y Medios de Comunicación (Álvaro-Andaluz L, Hamodi-Galán C, Eds.), Dyckinson S.L., ISBN: 978-84-1377-638-5, pp 253-257. PDF
35. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Oliveira-Santos LG, Attias N, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A (2021) Sexual, allometric and forest cover effects on giant anteaters’ movement ecology. PLoS ONE 16(8), e0253345. PDF. In the news: NewScientist,
Earth.com, Phys.org, Treehugger
34. Benício R, Cunha-Passos D, Mencía A, Ortega Z (2021) Microhabitat selection of the poorly known Tropidurus lagunablanca (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in the Pantanal, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, e20216118. PDF
33. Martins K*, Ortega Z*, Ferreira VL (2021) Calling site selection by male Boana punctata (Anura: Hylidae). Amphibia-Reptilia. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10060. PDF (*co-first authors).
32. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A, Massocato G, Mourão G, Surita L, Attias N, Gasparotto VPO, Oliveira-Santos LGR (2021) The role of environmental temperature on movement patterns of giant anteaters. Integrative Zoology 1-12. PDF
31. Serra-Medeiros S*, Ortega Z*, Antunes P, Miraglia HH, Oliveira-Santos LGR (2021) Space use and activity of capybaras in an urban area. Journal of Mammalogy021, gyab005, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab005 (*co-first authors).
2020
30. Peixoto-Couto RM, Miguel MC, Ortega Z (2020) First record of predation on Rhinella diptycha (Anura, Bufonidae) by Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Actualidades Biológicas 42, 1-5. PDF
29. Ortega Z (2020) Book Review: Green Planets. Ecology and Science Fiction. MOSF Journal of Science Fiction 4, 89-91. PDF
2019
28. Müller MMP, Ortega Z, Antunes PC, Seino LL, Hammarstron MJ, Balbino-Silva ACF & Oliveira-Santos LGR (2019) The home range of adult Phrynops geoffroanus (Testudines, Chelidae) in relation to sex and body mass. Herpetozoa 32, 259-265 PDF / supplementary material
27. Ortega Z, Martín-Vallejo J (2019) Main factors affecting the thermoregulation of lacertid lizards. Integrative Zoology 14, 293-305. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12363 PDF / supplementary material
26. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Giroux A, Pérez-Mellado V (2019) Broad seasonal changes in thermoregulation of Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae) at Binicodrell islet (Menorca, Spain). Herpetozoa 32, 57-63. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e35662 PDF
25. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Martins K, Soares P, Ferreira VF, Oliveira-Santos LG (2019) Disentangling the role of heat sources on microhabitat selection of two Neotropical lizards. Journal of Tropical Ecology 35, 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467419000099 PDF
24. Alves-Benício R, Ortega Z, Mencía A, Cunha-Passos D (2019) Microhabitat selection of Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal. Herpetozoa, 31(3/4):211-218 PDF
2018
23. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2018) Antipredatory behaviour of a mountain lizard to the chemical cues of its predatory snakes. Behaviour 155, 817-840. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003504 PDF
22. Souza-Terra J, Ortega Z, Ferreira VL (2018) Thermal ecology and microhabitat use of an arboreal lizard in two different Pantanal wetland phytophysionomies (Brazil). Journal of Thermal Biology 75, 81-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.06.004 PDF
2017
21. Ortega Z, Pérez-Mellado V (2017) The effect of thermoregulation requirements in fine-scale microhabitat selection and activity of Podarcis lilfordi. Salamandra 53: 351–358. URL PDF
20. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2017) Aspects of the thermal ecology of the lizard Iberolacerta monticola at relatively high altitudes. Herpetol J 27: 239-244. URL PDF
19. Ortega Z*, Mencía A*, Pérez-Mellado V (2017) Rapid acquisition of antipredatory responses to new predators by an insular lizard. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 71: 1. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2246-4 (*co-first authors). PDF
18. Mencía A*, Ortega Z*, Pérez-Mellado V (2017) From tameness to wariness: chemical recognition of snake predators by lizards on a Mediterranean island. PeerJ 5: e2828. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2828 (*co-first authors) PDF
2016
17. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Notes on thermal ecology of Testudo hermanni hermanni in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Amphibia-Reptilia 38:108-112. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003084 PDF
16. Ortega Z, Pérez-Mellado V, Navarro P, Lluch J (2016). On the feeding ecology of Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger 1913) from Morocco. Acta Herpetologica 11(2): 11-17. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-17821 PDF
15. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Thermal ecology of Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmalz, 1810) in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Acta Herpetol 11(2): 73-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18117 PDF
14. Ortega Z, Martín-Vallejo J, Mencía A, Galindo-Villardón MP, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Introducing meta-partition, a useful methodology to explore factors that influence ecological effect sizes. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0158624. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158624 PDF
13. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Wind constraints on the thermoregulation of high mountain lizards. Int J Biometeorol. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1233-9 PDF
12. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Adaptive seasonal shifts in the thermal preferences of the lizard Iberolacerta galani (Squamata, Lacertidae). J Therm Biol 62: 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.10.005 PDF
11. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Sexual differences on behavioral thermoregulation of the lizard Scelarcis perspicillata. J Therm Biol 61: 44-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.08.006 PDF
10. Ortega Z, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Seasonal patterns of body temperature and microhabitat selection in a lacertid lizard. Acta Oecol. 77C: 201-206. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.08.006 PDF
9. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Behavioral buffering of global warming in a cold-adapted lizard. Ecol Evol 6: 4582–4590. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2216 PDF
8. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Are becoming mountain habitats more suitable for thermoregulation of generalist than cold-adapted lizards? PeerJ 4: e2085. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2085 PDF
7. Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) The peak of thermoregulation effectiveness: thermal biology of the Pyrenean rock lizard, Iberolacerta bonnali (Squamata, Lacertidae). J Therm Biol 56: 77-83. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.01.005 PDF
6. Mencía A, Ortega Z, Pérez-Mellado V (2016) Chemical discrimination of sympatric snakes by the mountain lizard Iberolacerta galani (Squamata: Lacertidae). Herpetol J 26(2): 151-157. URL PDF
2014
5. Pérez-Mellado V, Garrido M, Ortega Z, Pérez-Cembranos A, Mencía A (2014). The yellow-legged gull as a predator of lizards in Balearic Islands. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 207-213. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002945 PDF
4. Ortega Z, Pérez-Mellado V, Garrido M, Guerra C, Villa-García A, Alonso-Fernández T (2014) Seasonal changes in thermal biology of Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae) consistently depend on habitat traits. J Therm Biol 39: 32–39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.11.006 PDF
2013
3. Pérez-Mellado V, Alonso Fernández T, Garrido Escudero M, Guerra Rodríguez C, Ortega Diago Z, Villa García A (2013) Biología térmica de la lagartija balear, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874) en dos poblaciones de Menorca. Revista de Menorca 92: 219-244. URL PDF
2012
2. Ortega Z Pérez-Mellado V (2012) Podarcis lilfordi. Caudophaghy. Herpetol Rev 43 (1): 139.
2008
1. Pérez-Mellado V, Corti C, Lo Cascio P, Ortega Z, Kletecki E, Tvrtković N (2008) Notes on feeding ecology of some Croatian populations of Podarcis melisellensis (Squamata, Lacertidae). In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina, Italia, pp. 391-395. URL