
Dr Ana Payo-Payo
BSc & MSc(Hons) Oceanography & Environmental Sciences (Universidad de Cádiz), MSc & PhD Biodiversity Management and Conservation Biodiversity (University of Barcelona)
Research Fellow
- About
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Biography
¡Hola! I am an academic fellow at the School of Biological Sciences where I work at the interface of animal ecology, modeling and social sciences. With students and colleagues, we focus on questions in ecology and conservation biology dealing with the impact of climate change and human activities on spatial and temporal dynamics and species management and conservation.
If you’d like to work with us, feel free to contact me. Also, I can help you secure your own funding for your PhD or PostDoc if you have a neat idea. Drop me an email with your CV, interests and we can talk about it.
You can find a few more details of my research in the following sections. My ambition is to promote social justice and climate action within and outside of academia.
Qualifications
- PhD Biodiversity Management and Conservation2017 - Universidad de Barcelona
- MSc Biodiversity Management and Conservation2011 - Universidad de Barcelona
- MSc Marine Sciences2010 - Universidad de Cádiz
- MSc Environmental Sciences2010 - Universidad de Cádiz
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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SBS Ethics Committee Chair
SBS Sustainability Committee
UoA Cop 26 Steering Group.
UoA and SBS Decolonizing the Curriculum Working Group
- External Memberships
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Spanish Ornitological Society SEO-Birdlife
British Ecological Society
British Ornithological Union
SRUK Spanish Researchers in the UK association
Steering committee of the Sea Scotland Conference 2020-2022
BOU Meetings Committee 2020
VII Wold Seabird Twitter Conference Organizing Committee 2021
Early Career SULSA Representative2 020
Grey Hope Bay Stories Creative Committee 2020
Prizes and Awards
Gold Medal Red Cross Spain, commitment with environmental sustainability and climate change action 2019.
Premio Manuel Leal Best Professional career 2019.
Academic Excellence Award PhD Thesis University of Barcelona 2018.
Runner up best oral presentation Liverpool International Seabird Group Conference 2018.
Homeward Bound fellow 2018.
Runner up FAMELAB Spain 2014.
Academic Excellence Award BSc Environmental Sciences & Marine Sciences Universidad de Cádiz
2010
- Research
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Research Overview
I work at the interface of theoretical and quantitative ecology. My main aims are to understand underlying eco-evolutionary processes driving population dynamics and to quantify and identify anthropogenic and environmental drivers acting on wild populations. Specifically, I have focused the effects stochasticity, early life conditions, supplementary feeding, consecutive perturbations and extreme climatic events on life history traits such as survival, breeding performance, dispersal, migration, colonization or persistence. Unravelling the underlying dynamics of wild populations under different environmental stochasticity regimes goes beyond the pure thrill of contributing to widening our ecological knowledge. Animal populations are increasingly vulnerable to extinction and population declines; hence understanding the processes, which underlie their dynamics, will be an invaluable tool in conserving and managing these species. Moreover, within my research I aim to integrate the socio-ecological perspective when modelling animal populations. This is because species do not exist on their own; they have an ecological and a social context that modulates their response to management actions. Therefore, if we aim to achieve both species conservation and sustainable development of local communities, we need to integrate them through the scientific process.
1. Demography ( including complex systems)
2. No Harm Energy Transition.
3. Human Wildlife Conflict
4. Scientific Colonialism in Ecological Research
5. Art and Science as tools to achieve a more sustainable and cohesive society.
To have a look at my publication record you have a look at my Google Scholar profile.
Supervision
PhD Students:
Feli Pamatat. 2021. Integrating social and ecological approaches for sustainable food production and biodiversity management: The case of Orkney farmers and Greylag Goose. EASTBIO DTP. Supervisors: A Payo Payo (1st), T Bodey, N Bunnenfeld & G Neville.
Chloe Cargill. 2021. Towards enhanced black-legged kittiwake metapopulation modelling in the context of global change and renewable energy development. SUPER DTP. Supervisors: A Payo Payo (1st), K Layton, B Scott, J Miller, L Ruffino & E Masden.
Alex Brighten.2021. Linking individual eco-physiology to lifetime fitness in an animal athlete. Robin & Brenda Kay Scholarship. T Bodey (1st), P Bize, A Payo Payo
Jack Bamber. 2020. Managing the impact of recovering mobile predators on endangered birds through prey switching: a field experiment in a habitat restoration landscape in the Cairngorms. Super DTP. Supervisors: X Lambin (1st), A Payo Payo, K Kortland & C Sutherland .
Past Students
Thomas Balague. 2020. Forecasting Ecological Future for African Vultures. Supervisors: Justin Travis, Ana Payo Payo, Aurore Ponchon.
MSc Projects
A Boucetta. 2021. Understanding patterns of academic colonialism in ecological research. Supervisors: A. Payo-Payo (1st), M. Pinard (2nd)
M Holton. 2021. Using Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) to estimate variation in the age of recruitment in northern fulmars. A. Payo-Payo (1st), P. Thompson(2nd).
A Kidd. 2021.Relationship between Scottish Wildcat distribution and habitat use and the distribution of key prey species. T Bodey (1st) A Payo-Payo (2nd)
C McLennan.2021. The Perceptions of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fibre) Reintroductions in Scotland. F Wartmann (1st) A Payo-Payo (2nd)
J Dirks. 2020. Fulmar survival in a changing ocean. A Payo-Payo (1st), P Thompson(2nd),
A Chambaudet. 2020. Understanding the factors underlying recommendations between human and large felids coexistence: A systematic review. Supervisors: A Payo-Payo (1st), X Lambin(2nd).
H Cunningham. 2020. How deer grallochs influence the survival of different predator species within the Cairngorms. Supervisors: X Lambin (1st), A Payo-Payo(2nd)
M Henry. 2020. Monitoring predator behavior with accelerometer data. Supervisors: T Cornulier (1st), A Payo-Payo(2nd).
C Cove. 2019. Extreme climate events influence population dynamics by affecting vital rates of the European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) at the Bullers of Buchan, Scotland. Supervisors: Jane Reid (1st), A Payo- Payo (2nd), P Acker (3rd).
Hons Projects
Navarro. 2021. Assessing the potential of using acoustic recording devices to study the behaviour and ecology of northern fulmars. A. Payo-Payo (1st), P. Thompson(2nd).
Butcher. 2021. Comparative analysis of beaver mitigation and management strategies employed throughout Europe. A Payo-Payo T Bodey (2nd)
McGregor. 2020. Estimating Roseate Terns adult survival on the south-east coast of South Africa. Supervisors: A Payo-Payo (1st).
Kovecses. 2020. Impact of wintering locations on the breeding success of European Shags in the east coast of Scotland. Supervisors: A Payo-Payo (1st), J Reid (2nd)
Montalvo. 2019. Mapping wolf acceptability in central Spain: incorporating human attitudes to conflict-prone species research. J Travis (1st), A Payo-Payo(2nd).
Funding and Grants
Migrate. BES Outreach Grant. 2020-2021.
PREPARED – Reducing Consenting Risks in the Environment: Assessing Trophic Ecology around Structures. Project Lead: Marine Scotland Science. Lead: S O’Brian.
Early-life eco-evolutionary dynamics of variable seasonal migration. NFR Project REF number: 313570. 2021-2023. Project Lead: NUNT. PI: J. Reid.
A direct test of the impact of infection on animal migration: consequences for parasite and host populations (NERC Reference: NE/V001809/1/ NE/V001779/1) PI. Emma Cunningham. Co-I Ana Payo Payo 2020-2022.
Linking demographic theory and data to forecast the dynamics of spatially-structured seasonally-mobile populations. University of Aberdeen PI. Reid Jane. Post doc Ana Payo Payo 2018 - 2020
- Publications
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Modelling the responses of partially-migratory metapopulations to changing seasonal migration rates: from theory to data.
Journal of Animal EcologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesHierarchical variation in phenotypic flexibility across timescales and associated survival selection shape the dynamics of partial seasonal migration
The American NaturalistContributions to Journals: ArticlesOpen Access perpetuates differences between higher- and lower-income countries
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionContributions to Journals: ArticlesPast, present and future of the ecosystem services provided by cetacean carcasses
Ecosystem Services, vol. 54, no. 101406Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEpisodes of opposing survival and reproductive selection cause strong fluctuating selection on seasonal migration versus residence
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 288, no. 1951, 20210404Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStrong survival selection on seasonal migration versus residence induced by extreme climatic events
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 796-808Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProtect the Antarctic Peninsula — before it’s too late
NatureContributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesAmong-individual and within-individual variation in seasonal migration covaries with subsequent reproductive success in a partially-migratory bird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 287, no. 1931, 20200928Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInfestation of small seabirds by Ornithodoros maritimus ticks: Effects on chick body condition, reproduction and associated infectious agents
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, vol. 11, no. 1, 101281Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101281
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14994/1/SanzAguilar_etal_Ticks_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Las políticas sobre prohibición de descartes pueden ayudar a mejorar la comprensión sobre el papel ecológico de la disponibilidad de alimento en aves marinas
Scientia Marina, vol. 82, no. S1, pp. 115-120, S1-S3Contributions to Journals: Articles