F. Braña

Universidad de Oviedo — Spain

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(26), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(23), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(21), Species Distribution and Climate Change(12), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(9)

Publications54 total

Viviparity is associated with larger female size and higher sexual size dimorphism in a reproductively bimodal lizard
Journal of Animal Ecology·2024· 2 cited
The functional significance of residual yolk in lizards
Current Zoology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Short‐term and long‐term consequences of regeneration on the reproductive investment of a multivoltine lizard
Journal of Zoology·2022Open Access
Allocation costs of regeneration: tail regeneration constrains body growth under low food availability in juvenile lizards
Oecologia·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Behavioral patterns in the early‐stage antipredator response change after tail autotomy in adult wall lizards
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
The movement dynamics of autotomized lizards and their tails reveal functional costs of caudal autotomy
Integrative Zoology·2020· 10 cited
Thermoregulation in a cold-adapted species (Cyren’s Rock Lizard, <i>Iberolacerta cyreni</i>): influence of thermal environment and associated costs
Canadian Journal of Zoology·2014· 41 citedOpen Access
Spatial Distribution and Scale-Dependent Habitat Selection by Eurasian Woodcocks<i>Scolopax rusticola</i>at the South-Western Limit of its Continental Breeding Range in Northern Spain
Acta Ornithologica·2013· 15 cited
Altitudinal variation in egg retention and rates of embryonic development in oviparous <i><scp>Z</scp>ootoca vivipara</i> fits predictions from the cold‐climate model on the evolution of viviparity
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2012· 30 citedOpen Access
Shift in Thermal Preferences of Female Oviparous Common Lizards During Egg Retention: Insights into the Evolution of Reptilian Viviparity
Evolutionary Biology·2011· 20 citedOpen Access
Plasticity and limitations of extended egg retention in oviparous Zootoca vivipara (Reptilia: Lacertidae)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2010· 13 citedOpen Access
Habitat Change and Timing of Dusk Flight in the Eurasian Woodcock: A Trade-Off between Feeding and Predator Avoidance?
Annales Zoologici Fennici·2010· 19 citedOpen Access
Effects of incubation temperature on hatchling phenotypes in an oviparous lizard with prolonged egg retention: are the two main hypotheses on the evolution of viviparity compatible?
Zoology·2009· 37 citedOpen Access
Sex of incubation neighbours influences hatchling sexual phenotypes in an oviparous lizard
Oecologia·2008· 19 citedOpen Access
The selective basis for increased egg retention: early incubation temperature determines hatchling phenotype in wall lizards (Podarcis muralis)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2007· 25 citedOpen Access
Effect of salmonid introduction and other environmental characteristics on amphibian distribution and abundance in mountain lakes of northern Spain
Animal Conservation·2006· 76 cited
Plasticity in newt metamorphosis: the effect of predation at embryonic and larval stages
Freshwater Biology·2005· 37 cited
Hatching responses of four newt species to predatory fish chemical cues
Annales Zoologici Fennici·2004· 23 cited
Effects of size and morphology on swimming performance in juvenile brown trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i> L.)
Ecology Of Freshwater Fish·2003· 113 cited
Response of predator-naive newt larvae to food and predator presence
Canadian Journal of Zoology·2003· 37 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Alfredo F. Ojanguren(6), Alfredo G. Nicieza(6), Xiang Ji(5), Germán Orizaola(5), Felipe G. Reyes-Gavilán(4), Tania Rodríguez-Díaz(4), Antonio Bea(4), Benoı̂t Heulin(3), Maria Jesus Arrayago(3), Adeline Béa(3), Irene Fernández Rodríguez(3), Dirk Bauwens(2), Félix Torres González(2), Agustin Barahona(2), Laureano Prieto(2), Pablo González‐Quirós(2), H. Saint Girons(2), Raoul Van Damme(1), R.F. Verheyen(1), Martín Toledo(1)