Anna Gamero

My research interests broadly focus on the evolution of social systems. During my PhD I investigated the social system of a little known family-living bird species, the white-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata). Currently, in collaboration with M. Griesser and S. Drobniak, I am taking a comparative approach to investigate the evolution of parental care in birds with respect to several ecological and life-history traits. I am also interested in bird conservation, particularly of waders.

Gamero A, Székely T, Kappeler PM (2014) Delayed juvenile dispersal and monogamy, but no cooperative breeding in white-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68(1): 73-83

Gamero A, Buser A, Kappeler PM (2013) Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for white-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata). Conservation Genetics Resources 5: 553-554

Lapiedra O, Ponjoan A, Gamero A, Bota G, Mañosa S (2011) Brood ranging behaviour and breeding success of the threatened little bustard in an intensified cereal farmland area. Biological Conservation 144: 2882-2890

Broggi J, Gamero A, Hohtola E, Orell M, Nilsson J-Å (2011) Interpopulation variation in contour feather structure is environmentally determined in great tits. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24942