Publications

Gabelli-Suarez, V., Quintana, F., and Gómez-Laich, A. 2026. Optimización del uso de dispositivos GPS para estimar las áreas de uso y alimentación en aves marinas: el Cormorán Imperial como caso de estudio. El Hornero 41(1): 47-62. doi 10.56178/eh.v41i1.1533

Gunner, R. M., Wilson, R. P., Lurgi, M., Börger, L., Redcliffe, J., Shepard, E. L., ... and Potts, J. R. 2026. High resolution data reveal fundamental steps and turns in animal movements. Ecological monographs 96(2): e70069. doi: 10.1002/ecm.70069

Del Caño. M., Quintana, F., Dell’Omo, G. and Gómez-Laich, A. 2024. Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird. Avian Research 15 100194.

Quintana, F., Wilson, R.P. y Gómez-Laich, A. 2024. Síntesis y revisión crítica del uso de bio-registradores para aves marinas de Sudamérica. El Hornero 39 (2): 65-94.

Quintana, F., Wilson, R., Prandoni, N., Svagelj, W. and Gómez-Laich, A. 2022. Long-term ecology studies in Patagonian seabirds: a review with the Imperial Cormorant as a case study. Chapter 10. In: Global change in Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems: A journey through time. Eds.: E.W. Helbling, M.A. Narvarte, R.A. González & V.E. Villafañe, Springer.

Orben, R.A, Peck-Richardson, A., Piggott, A., Lerczak, J., Wilson, G., Garwood, J.C., Liu, X., Bin Muzaffar, S., Foster, A.D., Naser, H.A., AlMusallami, M., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arnould, J.P.Y., Berumen, M.L., Cansse, T., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Qader Khamis, A., Carpenter-Kling, T., Dehnhard, N., Dagys, M., Fayet, A., Forney, R.M., Garthe, S., Hatch, S.A., Johns, M.E., Kim, M-, Layton-Matthews, K., Lenske, A.K., McClelland, G.T.W., Morkūnas, J., Nasif, A.O., Panagoda, G., Park, J.H., Pimenta, V.R.A., Quintana, F., Rayner, M.J., Reiertsen, T.K., Seneviratne, S.S., van Toor, M., Warzybok, P., Weideman, E,A., Yi, J., Yu, Y-T and Zavalaga, C.B. 2025. Collaborating with marine birds to monitor the physical environment within coastal marine protected areas. Frontiers in ocean observing 38 (1) 32 – 37.

Del Caño. M., Quintana, F., Wilson, R., Dell´Omo, G. and Gómez Laich, A. 2025. Assessing meal size in seabirds through head movement dynamics. Marine Biology 172-92.

Quintana F, Wilson R, Dell Arciprete P, Shepard E y Gómez Laich A. 2011. Women from Venus, men from Mars: inter-sex foraging differences in the imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps a colonial seabird. Oikos 120: 350-358.

Retana V y Quintana F. 2009. Variación inter e intraespecífica del ciclo respiratorio durante las inmersiones en tres especies de cormoranes patagónicos. El Hornero 24(2): 79-86.

Gómez Laich A, Wilson RP, Gleiss AC, Shepard ELC y Quintana F. 2011. Use of Overall dynamic body acceleration for estimating energy expenditure in cormorants; does locomotion in different media affect relationships? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 399: 151-155.

Krishnan K, Garde B, Bennison A, Cole NC, Cole EL, Darby J, Elliot KH, Fell A, Gómez-Laich A, de Grissac S et al. 2022. The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19(193):20220168. doi:10.1098/rsif.2022.0168

Giudici P, Quintana F, Svagelj W. 2017. The Role of Hatching Asynchrony in a Seabird Species Exhibiting Obligate Brood Reduction. Waterbirds 40 (3):221-232.

Leonardi, MS, Svagelj W, Gómez-Laich A, Quintana F. 2017. The eldest sibling is the lousiest in an obligate brood reducer seabird. Emu - Austral Ornithology. doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1387028.

Harris S, Raya Rey A, Zavalaga C y Quintana F. 2014. Strong temporal consistency in the individual foraging behaviour of Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps). IBIS 156: 523-533.

Yorio P, Quintana F, Dell Arciprete P y Gonzales-Zevallos D. 2010. Spatial overlap between foraging seabirds and trawl fisheries: implications for the effectiveness of a marine protected area at Golfo San Jorge, Argentina. Bird Conservation International 20: 320-334.

Harris S, Raya Rey A, Phillips R y Quintana F. 2013. Sexual segregation in timing of foraging by imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps): is it always ladies first? Marine Biology 160: 1249-1258.

Svagelj WS and Quintana F. 2017. Sex-specific growth in the Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps): when does dimorphism arise? Waterbirds 40: 154-161.

Svagelj WS, Gómez‐Laich A, Pérez MR, Somoza GM, Quintana F. 2021. Sex‐specific environmental sensitivity on the postnatal growth of a sexually size‐dimorphic seabird. Ibis 163(3):1032-1044. doi:10.1111/ibi.12920

Gallo L, Quintana F y Uhart M. 2013. Serosurvey for selected infectious agents in two sympatric species of cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps and Ph. magellanicus) from coastal Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49(3): 492-500.

Gómez-Laich A, Yoda K, Zavalaga C y Quintana F. 2015. Selfies of Imperial cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps): What is happening underwater? PLoS ONE 10(9): e0136980.

González-Zevallos D, Yorio P y Svagelj WS. 2011. Seabird attendance and incidental mortality at shrimp fisheries in Golfo San Jorge, Argentina. Marine Ecology Progress Series 432: 125-135.

Svagelj WS, Gómez-Laich A, Quintana F. 2019. Richards’s equation and nonlinear mixed models applied to avian growth: why use them? Journal of Animal Ecology e01864. doi: 10.1111/jav.01864

Shepard ELC, Wilson RP, Quintana F, Gómez Laich A y Forman DW. 2009. Pushed for time or saving fuel: fine-scale energy budgets shed light on currencies in a diving bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 3149-3155.

Harris S, Quintana F y Raya Rey A. 2012. Prey Search Behavior of the Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) during the breeding season at Punta León, Argentina. Waterbirds 35 (2): 312-323.

Yorio P, Pozzi L, Herrera G, Punta G, Svagelj WS, Quintana F. 2020. Population trends of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo atriceps) in northern coastal Argentine Patagonia over 26 years. Emu 114-122

Gallo L, Quintana F, Svagelj WS, Uhart M. 2017. Plasma Biochemistries and Morphometric Indices of Body Condition in Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) Chicks. Waterbirds 40: 118-128.

Calderón L, Quintana F, Cabanne G, Lougheedd SC y Tubaro P. 2014. Phylogeography and genetic structure of two Patagonian shag species (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 72: 42-53.

Svagelj WS, Trivellini MM y Quintana F. 2012. Parental investment theory and nest defence by Imperial Shags: effects of offspring number, offspring age, laying date and parent sex. Ethology 118: 251-259.

Calderón L, Svagelj WS, Quintana F, Lougheed SC y Tubaro, PL. 2012. No evidence of extra-pair paternity or intraspecific brood parasitism in the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps. Journal of Ornithology 153: 399-404.

Wilson RP, Holton MD, Neate A, Del Caño M, Quintana F, Yoda K, Gómez-Laich A. 2022. Luck and tactics in foraging success: the case of the imperial shag. Marine Ecology Progress Series 682: 1-12. doi:10.3354/meps13967

Sapoznikow A, Quintana F y Kuba, L. 2009. Low seasonal variability in the diet of Rock Shags at a Patagonian colony in Argentina. Emu 109: 35-39.

Leonardi MS, Quintana F. 2017. Lousy chicks: Chewing lice from the Imperial Shag, Leucocarbo atriceps. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6: 229-232. doi: 10.1016.2017.08.002.

Wilson R.P., Gómez-Laich A, Sala JE, Dell’Omo G, Holton MD, Quintana F. 2017. Long necks enhance and constrain foraging capacity in aquatic vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284: 1867.

Harris S, Quintana F, Ciancio J, Riccialdelli L y Raya Rey A. 2015. Linking foraging behavior and diet in a diving seabird. Marine Ecology. doi: 10.1111/maec.12327.

Gómez‐Laich A, Pantano C, Wilson RP, Svagelj WS, Yoda K, Gunner R, Quintana F. 2022. Leg rings impact the diving performance of a foot‐propelled diver. Ibis 164(1): 118-131. doi:10.1111/ibi.12998

Gómez Laich A, Quintana F, Shepard ELC y Wilson RP. 2012. Intersex differences in the diving behaviour of Imperial cormorants. Journal of Ornithology 153: 139-147.

Gunner RM, Holton MD, Scantlebury MD, Hopkins P, Shepard ELC, Fell AJ, Garde B, Quintana F, Gómez‑Laich A, Yoda K et al. 2021. How often should dead-reckoned animal movement paths be corrected for drift? Animal Biotelemetry 9(1): 1-22. doi:10.1186/s40317-021-00265-9

Gallo L, Quintana F, Svagelj WS y Uhart M. 2013. Hematology and Blood Chemistry Values in Free-Living Imperial Cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps). Avian diseases 57(4): 737-743.

Quintana F, Uhart MM, Gallo L, Mattera MB, Rimondi A, Gómez-Laich A. 2022. Heat-related massive chick mortality in an Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps colony from Patagonia, Argentina. Polar Biology (45): 275-284. doi:10.1007/s00300-021-02982-6

Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips R, Walling CA, Agnew P. et al. 2018. Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds, Nature Climate Change 8: 313-318. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0115-z

Wilson RP, Börger L, Holton MD, Scantlebury DM, Gómez-Laich A, Quintana F et al. 2020. Estimates for energy expenditure in free-living animals using acceleration proxies; a reappraisal. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 161-172. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13040

Gómez Laich A, Wilson RP, Shepard ELC y Quintana F. 2013. Energy expenditure and food consumption of foraging Imperial cormorants in Patagonia, Argentina. Marine Biology 160: 1697-1707.

Svagelj WS y Quintana F. 2011. Egg-size variation in the Imperial Cormorant: on the importance of individual effects. Condor 113: 528-537.

Yorio P, Copello S, Kuba L, Gosztonyi A y Quintana F. 2010. Diet of Imperial Cormorants Phalacrocorax atriceps Breeding at Central Patagonia, Argentina. Waterbirds 33 (1): 70-78.

Gunner RM, Holton MD, Scantlebury MD, van Schalkwyk OL, English HM, Williams HJ, Hopkins P, Quintana F, Gómez-Laich A, Börger et al. 2021. Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog. Tracks. Animal Biotelemetry 9(1): 1-37. doi: 10.1186/s40317-021-00245-z

Wilson R, Quintana F y Hobson V. 2012. Construction of energy landscapes can clarify the movement and distribution of foraging animals. Proceeding of the Royal Society Series B 279: 975-980.

Shepard ELC, Wilson RP, Gómez Laich A y Quintana F. 2010. Buoyed up and slowed down: speed limits for diving birds in shallow waters. Aquatic Biology 8: 259-267.

Svagelj WS y Quintana F. 2011. Breeding performance of the Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) in relation to year, laying date and nest location. Emu 111: 162-165.

Harris S, Raya Rey A y Quintana F. 2014. Breeding experience and foraging behavior of Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps). Emu 113(3): 222-228.

Sapoznikow A y Quintana F. 2009. Asincronía de puesta y reposición de la nidada en el cormorán cuello negro (Phalacrocorax magellanicus): ¿evidencias de las características de su fuente de alimento? El Hornero 24(1): 21-30.

Quintana, F., Uhart, M. M., Gallo, L., Mattera, M. B., Rimondi, A., and Gomez-Laich, A. 2022. Heat-related massive chick mortality in an Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps colony from Patagonia, Argentina. Polar Biology 45(2): 275-284. doi: 10.1007/s00300-021-02982-6