2012
ALONSO, J.C., J.M. ÁLVAREZ-MARTÍNEZ & C. PALACÍN. 2012. Leks in ground-displaying birds: hotspots or safe places? Behavioral Ecology in press
MARTÍN, B., J.C. ALONSO, C.A. MARTÍN, C. P ALACÍN, M. MAGAÑA & J.A. ALONSO. 2012. Influence of spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in habitat selection: a case study on a great bustard metapopulation. Ecological Modelling in press
BRAVO, C., C. PONCE, C. PALACÍN & J. C. ALONSO. 2012. Diet of young great bustards Otis tarda in Spain: sexual and seasonal differences. Bird Study in press
PALACÍN, C., J.C. ALONSO, C.A. MARTÍN & J.A. ALONSO. 2012. The importance of traditional farmland areas for steppe birds: a case study with migrant Great Bustard Otis tarda females. Ibis 154: 85-95
2011
ALONSO, J. C. 2011. La avutarda: Evolución y limitaciones de un peso récord entre las aves voladoras. Investigación y Ciencia nº junio 2011: 10-12
BARRIENTOS, R., J.C. ALONSO, C. PONCE & C. PALACÍN. 2011. Reviewing the effectiveness of wire marking to reduce avian collisions with power lines: a meta-analysis. Conservation Biology 25: 893-903 PDF
LEMUS, J.A., C. BRAVO, M. GARCÍA-MONTIJANO, C. PALACÍN, C. PONCE, M. MAGAÑA & J.C. ALONSO. 2011. Side effects of rodent control on non-target species: rodenticides increase parasite and pathogen burden in great bustards. Science of the Total Environment 409: 4729-4734
MAGAÑA, M., J. C. ALONSO, J. A. ALONSO, C. A. MARTÍN, B. MARTÍN & C. PALACÍN, 2011. Great bustard (Otis tarda) nest locations in relation to leks. Journal of Ornithology 152: 541-548
MAGAÑA, M., J.C. ALONSO & C. PALACÍN. 2011. Age-related dominance helps reduce male aggressiveness in great bustard leks. Animal Behaviour 82: 203-211
PALACÍN, C., J.C. ALONSO, J.A. ALONSO, M. MAGAÑA & C.A. MARTÍN. 2011. Cultural transmission and flexibility of partial migration patterns in a long-lived bird, the great bustard Otis tarda. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 301-308 PDF
PONCE, C., C. BRAVO, D. GARCÍA DE LEÓN, M. MAGAÑA & J. C. ALONSO. 2011. Effects of organic farming on plant and arthropod communities: a case study in Mediterranean dryland cereal. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 141: 193-201 PDF
TORRES A., C. PALACÍN J. SEOANE & J.C. ALONSO. 2011. Assessing the effect of a highway on a threatened species using BDA and BDACI designs. Biological Conservation 144: 2223-2232
2010
ALONSO, J. C. & C. PALACÍN. 2010. The world status and population trends of the Great Bustard: 2010 update. Chinese Birds 1: 141-147 PDF
PALACÍN, C. & J. C ALONSO. 2010. Avutardas en Segovia: Vicisitudes y amenazas de una población periférica. Quercus 290: 14-21
MAGAÑA, M., J. C. ALONSO, C. A. MARTÍN, L. M. BAUTISTA & B. MARTÍN. 2010. Nest-site selection by Great Bustards Otis tarda suggests a trade-off between concealment and visibility. Ibis 152: 77-89 PDF
ALONSO, J. C., M. MAGAÑA, C. PALACÍN & C. A. MARTÍN. 2010. Correlates of male mating success in great bustard leks: the effects of age, weight and display effort. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1589–1600 PDF
ALONSO, J. C., M. MAGAÑA, C. A. MARTÍN & C. PALACÍN. 2010. Sexual traits as quality indicators in lekking male great bustards. Ethology 116: 1084–1098 PDF
PONCE, C., J. C. ALONSO, G. ARGANDOÑA, A. GARCÍA & M. CARRASCO. 2010. Carcass removal by scavengers and search accuracy affect bird mortality estimates at power lines. Animal Conservation 13: 603–612 PDF
PITRA, C., S. SUÁREZ-SEOANE , C. A. MARTÍN, W. J. STREICH, J. C. ALONSO. 2010. Linking habitat quality with genetic diversity: a lesson from great bustards in Spain. European Journal of Wildlife Research 57: 411-419 PDF
2009
PALACÍN, C., J. C. ALONSO, J. A. ALONSO, C. A. MARTÍN, M. MAGAÑA & B. MARTÏN. 2009. Differential migration by sex in the great bustard: possible consequences of an extreme sexual size dimorphism. Ethology 115: 617-626 PDF
SASTRE, P., C. PONCE, C. PALACÍN, C. A. MARTÍN, J. C. ALONSO. 2009. Disturbances to great bustards (Otis tarda) in central Spain: human activities, bird responses and management implications. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 425-432 PDF
ALONSO, J. C., C. PALACÍN, J. A. ALONSO & C. A. MARTÍN. 2009. Post-breeding migration in male great bustards: low tolerance of the heaviest Palaearctic bird to summer heat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1705-1715 PDF
ALONSO, J. C., M. MAGAÑA, J. A. ALONSO, C. PALACÍN, C. A. MARTÍN & B. MARTÍN. 2009. The most extreme sexual size dimorphism among birds: allometry, selection, and early juvenile development in the great bustard. The Auk 126: 657−665 PDF
PALACÍN, C. & J. C. ALONSO. 2009. Probable population decline of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in north-west Africa. Ostrich 80: 165–170 PDF
ALONSO, J. C. & C. PALACÍN. 2009. Avutarda – Otis tarda. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/
ALONSO, J. C., C. A. MARTÍN, J. A. ALONSO, D. LIECKFELDT, M. MAGAÑA, C. PALACÍN & C: PITRA. 2009. Genetic diversity of the great bustard in Iberia and Morocco: risks from current population fragmentation. Conservation Genetics 10: 379–390 PDF
2008
MARTÍN, C. A., J. C. ALONSO, J. A. ALONSO, C. PALACÍN, M. MAGAÑA & B. MARTÍN. 2008. Natal dispersal in great bustards: the effect of sex, local population size and spatial isolation. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 326-334 PDF
PALACÍN, C. & J. C. ALONSO. 2008. An updated estimate of the world status and population trends of the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Ardeola 55: 13-25 PDF
ALONSO, J.C. 2008. Guidelines for radio-tracking Great Bustards. Bustard Studies 7: 81-95 PDF
2005- 2007
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. PDF
OSBORNE, P.E., SUÁREZ-SEOANE, S. & J.C. ALONSO. 2007. Behavioural mechanisms that undermine species envelope models: the causes of patchiness in the distribution of great bustards Otis tarda L. in Spain. Ecography 30: 819-828 PDF
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. 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. 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: 67-78. 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: 79-90. PDF
ALONSO, J.C. 2005. The Great Bustard in Spain: conservation status and research projects. Aquila 112: 183-190
2000 – 2004
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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: 21-29. 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. 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. 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. 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
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. 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. 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. 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: 893-910. 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: 504-508. 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. PDF
MORALES, M. B.; ALONSO, J.C.; ALONSO, J. A. & MARTIN, E. 2000. Migration patterns in male great bustards. The Auk 117: 493-498. 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. 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. 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: 141-146. PDF
1990 – 2000
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. 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). Quercus 57-82. 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). Quercus 113-124. PDF
MARTÍN, C. A.; ALONSO, J. C.; MORALES, M. B.; MARTÍN, E.; LANE, S. J. & ALONSO, J. A. 1999. Censo de avutardas de la Comunidad de Madrid 1998. Anuario Ornitológico de Madrid 46-53
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. PDF
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. 1996. The Great Bustard Otis tarda in Spain: present status, recent trends and an evaluation of earlier censuses. Biological Conservation 77: 79-86. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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
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. PDF
ALONSO, J.C. & ALONSO, J. A. 1992. Male-biased dispersal in the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Ornis Scandinavica 23: 81-88. PDF
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. PDF
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 págs.
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.marm.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 págs.
This book describes the biology of the great bustard at he Reserve of Villafáfila, NW Spain, based on the results of a research project carried out there by the authors between 1987 and 1995. This book is written in Spanish and English. Summary.
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 págs.
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 bustard 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.
Cotains the results of a reserach on the great bustard population in Andalusia. The study is the result of a contract between the Conserjería 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 it structured in two volumes, the first about Census and distribution, and 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 de la Junta de Andalucía.
ALONSO, J.C. (coord.) 2007. La Avutarda Común en Andalucía. Gypaetus-Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla. This book summarizes the main results of the reserach Project carried out on the Grae. Bustard population in Andalusia between 2001 and 2005. Available at the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía