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Biography

I am an ecologist passionate about movement ecology and bird migration. My research focuses on understanding how individuals adapt their movement behaviour to the environmental conditions and in response to human-induced environmental change. I am also interested in understanding how movement strategies develop over the lifespan of individuals. To do so, I combine field observations with the use of technological tools, such as animal-tracking devices (e.g., GPS transmitters) and accelerometers.

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Employment (7)

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement: Marseille, FR

2024-12 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow
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Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, IL

2022-03 to present | Post doc Fellow - Movement ecology of griffon vultures (School of Zoology)
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University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2014-11 to 2017-12 | Research Associate - Development and Testing of new GPS/GPRS tracking devices (School of Environmental Sciences)
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University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2015-03 to 2015-06-30 | Research Associate - GIS Technician (School of Environmental Sciences)
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Institute for Avian Research: Wilhelmshaven, DE

2014-01 to 2014-07 | Leonardo da Vinci internship - Study of the migration of Lesser Black-backed Gulls
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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes: Lisbon, PT

2012-02 to 2013-12 | Research Grant - Agro-forestry management practices of montados and its impacts on bats and birds
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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes: Lisbon, PT

2008-12 to 2009-11 | Integration into Research Grant - Ecology and Conservation of Insects
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2018 to 2021 | Doctor of Philosophy (School of Environmental Sciences)
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Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon: Lisbon, PT

2009 to 2012 | Masters in Conservation Biology
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Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon: Lisbon, PT

2006 to 2009 | Graduation in Biology
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Funding (5)

Effects of anthropogenic food subsidies on the health and movements of opportunistic avian species: a One Health approach

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Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in the movement and social behavior of the endangered Griffon Vulture

2022 to present | Grant
Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, IL)
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Consequences of early-life conditions on first-year migratory decisions of a partially migratory species

2022 to present | Grant
British Ecological Society (London, GB)
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LRB22/1006
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Environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long lived birds

2018-10 to 2018-12 | Grant
Newton Fund (NA, GB)
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Latitudinal differences in migratory behaviour of juvenile black storks from a partial migratory population

2018 to present | Award
Microwave Telemetry (Colombia, US)
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Works (35)

Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures

Royal Society Open Science
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.240500
Contributors: Elvira D'Bastiani; Nili Anglister; Inna Lysnyansky; Inna Mikula; Marta Acácio; Gideon Vaadia; Kaija Gahm; Orr Spiegel; Noa Pinter-Wollman
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A wrap-around movement path randomization method to distinguish social and spatial drivers of animal interactions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-10-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0531
Contributors: Kaija Gahm; Ryan Nguyen; Marta Acácio; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Orr Spiegel; Noa Pinter-Wollman
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Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived avian scavenger

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-08-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2407298121
Contributors: Marta Acácio; Kaija Gahm; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Ohad Hatzofe; Roi Harel; Ron Efrat; Ran Nathan; Noa Pinter-Wollman; Orr Spiegel
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Factors affecting the individual probability of infection with a prevalent pathogen (Mycoplasma) and the effect on Griffon vultures’ movement behavior

2024-08-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.01.606137
Contributors: Nili Anglister; Miranda May Crafton; On Avraham; Marta Acácio; Gideon Vaadia; Ohad Hatzofe; Yigal Miller; Inna Mikula; Noa Pinter-Wollman; Inna Lysnyansky et al.
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Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers

2024-03-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.14.585025
Contributors: Nili Anglister; Marta Acácio; Gideon Vaadia; Eitam Arnon; Michael Bruer; Ohad Hatzofe; Ygal Miller; Roni King; Noa Pinter-Wollman; Orr Spiegel
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Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures

2024-03-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.32942/x2vc9k
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Contributors: D'Bastiani, Elvira; Anglister, Nili; Lysnyansky, Inna; Mikula, Inna; Acácio, Marta; Vaadia, Gideon; Gahm, Kaija; Spiegel, Orr; Pinter-Wollman, Noa
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Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird

2024-03-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.06.583673
Contributors: Pedro Andrade; Aldina M. A. Franco; Marta Acácio; Sandra Afonso; Cristiana I. Marques; Francisco Moreira; Miguel Carneiro; Inês Catry
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Behavioural plasticity shapes population ageing patterns

2024-03-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.32942/x22321
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Contributors: Acácio, Marta; Gahm, Kaija; Anglister, Nili; Vaadia, Gideon; Hatzofe, Ohad; Harel, Roi; Efrat, Ron; et al.
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Anthropogenic food subsidies reshape the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migrant

Science of the Total Environment
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159992
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2-s2.0-85141922362

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Marcelino, J.; Franco, A.M.A.; Acácio, M.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Moreira, F.; Catry, I.
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Fitness, behavioral, and energetic trade‐offs of different migratory strategies in a partially migratory species

Ecology
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4151
Contributors: Andrea Soriano‐Redondo; Aldina M. A. Franco; Marta Acácio; Ana Payo‐Payo; Bruno Herlander Martins; Francisco Moreira; Inês Catry
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A lifetime track of a griffon vulture: The moving story of Rehovot (Y64)

Ecology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3985
Contributors: Marta Acácio; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Roi Harel; Ran Nathan; Ohad Hatzofe; Orr Spiegel
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Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant

Movement Ecology
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00328-3
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2-s2.0-85132201965

Part of ISSN: 20513933
Contributors: Acácio, M.; Catry, I.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Silva, J.P.; Atkinson, P.W.; Franco, A.M.A.
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Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa

Journal of Applied Ecology
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14160
Contributors: Jethro G. Gauld; João P. Silva; Philip W. Atkinson; Paul Record; Marta Acácio; Volen Arkumarev; Julio Blas; Willem Bouten; Niall Burton; Inês Catry et al.
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Performance of GPS/GPRS tracking devices improves with increased fix interval and is not affected by animal deployment

PLOS ONE
2022-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265541
Contributors: Marta Acácio; Laurentiu Rozylowicz; Philip W. Atkinson; João Paulo Silva; Aldina M. A. Franco
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Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills

Scientific Reports
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95093-5
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2-s2.0-85111996974

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Acácio, M.; Mullers, R.H.E.; Franco, A.M.A.; Willems, F.J.; Amar, A.
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Flight altitudes of a soaring bird suggest landfill sites as power line collision hotspots

Journal of Environmental Management
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113149
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2-s2.0-85109117623

Part of ISSN: 10958630 03014797
Contributors: Marcelino, J.; Moreira, F.; Franco, A.M.A.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Acácio, M.; Gauld, J.; Rego, F.C.; Silva, J.P.; Catry, I.
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Flying the extra mile pays-off: Foraging on anthropogenic waste as a time and energy-saving strategy in a generalist bird

Science of the Total Environment
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146843
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2-s2.0-85104106385

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Soriano-Redondo, A.; Franco, A.M.A.; Acácio, M.; Martins, B.H.; Moreira, F.; Catry, I.
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Testing alternative methods for estimation of bird migration phenology from GPS tracking data

Ibis
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12809
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2-s2.0-85077869234
Contributors: Soriano-Redondo, A.; Acácio, M.; Franco, A.M.A.; Herlander Martins, B.; Moreira, F.; Rogerson, K.; Catry, I.
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Grazing improves habitat suitability for many ground foraging birds in Mediterranean wooded grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.012
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2-s2.0-85055579238
Contributors: Leal, A.I.; Acácio, M.; Meyer, C.F.J.; Rainho, A.; Palmeirim, J.M.
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Human food waste and recent changes on migratory behaviour of white-storks (Ciconia ciconia): towards the end of migration?

BOU Annual Conference - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements
2019 | Conference poster
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Contributors: Catry, Inês; Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Acácio, Marta; Rogerson, Katharine; Catry, Teresa; Pacheco, Carlos; Martins, Bruno Herlander; et al.
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Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)

X Portuguese Congress of Ornithology
2019 | Conference poster
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Contributors: Acácio, Marta
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Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)

BOU Annual Conferece - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements
2019 | Conference poster
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Contributors: Acácio, Marta
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Second-growth and small forest clearings have little effect on the temporal activity patterns of Amazonian phyllostomid bats

Current Zoology
2019-09-05 | Journal article
Part of DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoz042
Part of ISSN: 2396-9814
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Human food waste and recent changes on migratory behaviour of white-storks (Ciconia ciconia): towards the end of migration?

BOU Annual Conference - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements
2019-03 | Conference poster
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Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)

BOU Annual Conferece - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements
2019-03 | Conference poster
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Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)

X Portuguese Congress of Ornithology
2019-03 | Conference poster
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Quantifying the 3-dimensional accuracy of a novel GPS/GPRS tracking device

3rd International Congress on Bird Migration and Global Change
2018-09 | Conference poster
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Flyway-50: a new GPS/GPRS logger by Movetech Telemetry

6th International Bio-Logging Symposium
2017 | Conference poster
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Contributors: Acácio, Marta; Atkinson, Philip W; Silva, João Paulo; Franco, Aldina
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Flyway-50: a new GPS/GPRS logger by Movetech Telemetry

6th International Bio-Logging Symposium
2017-09 | Conference poster
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The importance of water bodies for insectivorous bats in a Malagasy dry deciduous forest: A case example from Kirindy (CNFEREF)

Malagasy Nature
2016 | Journal article
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Ametrida centurio: small bat, big traveller?

4th International Berlin Bat Meeting: Movement Ecology of Bats
2015 | Conference poster
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Importance of the vegetation associated with rock outcrops for Montado birds

ICAAM International Conference 2013: Acknowledging the Montados and Dehesas as High Nature Value Farming Systems
2013 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-1065594
Contributors: Lopes, Paula; Acácio, Marta; Rainho, Ana; Meyer, Christoph F J; Palmeirim, Jorge M
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Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in managed cork and holm oak woodlands

9th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union
2013 | Conference poster
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Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in Montados

ICAAM International Conference 2013: Acknowledging the Montados and Dehesas as High Nature Value Farming Systems
2013 | Conference poster
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Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in managed cork and holm oak woodlands

XXI Congreso Español y V Ibérico de Ornitología
2012 | Conference poster
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Peer review (9 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animal behaviour. (1)
Review activity for Bird conservation international. (1)
Review activity for Ibis (2)
Review activity for Journal of animal ecology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of applied ecology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of avian biology. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)
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