Publications

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.