Fernando Mateos-González

Natural History Museum of Barcelona.
Behavioural & Evolutionary Ecology Research Unit (CSIC).
Passeig Picasso s/n,
08003 Barcelona
Spain
fernandomateos(at)gmail.com


Research Interests

Evolution and function of plumage coloration. Social and sexual selection. Personality and problem-solving abilities.

Academic and Professional History

• Graduate Student (PhD) at Natural History Museum of Barcelona (2007- Today)
• Master in Animal Biodiversity (Barcelona University, 2008)
• Plant & Animal Conservation Biologist (Biodiversity Conservation Section of La Rioja Government, Logroño, 2006-2007)
• Research Assistant. (Extremadura University, 2003-2006)
• Research Student Scholarship. (Extremadura University, 2002-2003)
• Volunteer Research Assistant. (Extremadura University, 2000-2002)
• BSc in Biology (Badajoz, 1999-2004)

Publications

• Mateos-Gonzalez, F., Quesada, J.; Senar, J.C. (2011). Sexy birds are superior at solving a foraging problem. 7(5):668-9. Biol. Lett. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0163.
  (Highlighted in Nature)
• Mateos-Gonzalez, F. & Senar, J. C., Melanin-based trait predicts individual exploratory behaviour in siskins, Carduelis spinus (2012). 83(1):229-232 Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.030

Seminars and Scientific Congresses

• ECOE Seminar (Invited talk) Laboratoire Ecologie, Systematique et Evolution.CNRS-Université Paris-Sud (France) Nov 2010.
• 13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress (Perth, Western Australia, Oct 2010) How should a male look like to avoid cuckoldry? Fernando Mateos-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Senar & Mats Björklund (Poster)
• XIII National and X Latin American Congress in Ethology. (Ciudad Real, September 2010) Sexy birds are better problem-solvers. Fernando Mateos-Gonzalez, Javier Quesada & Juan Carlos Senar (Talk)
• XII National and IX Latin American Congress in Ethology. (Valencia, September 2008) Femenine Ornaments in the Great Tit (Parus major)? Fernando Mateos-González & Juan Carlos Senar. (Talk)
• Spanish Distance University (UNED) Summer Courses. (Cáceres, July 2007) “Vulture supplementary feeding points in Extremadura” (Invited Talk)
• XVI Ornithological Conferences. (Salamanca, December 2002) Parasitology in nocturnal birds of prey. García, I. , Gil, M., Mateos-González, F., Reviriego, M. I., Marzal, A., Navarro, C. & De Lope, F. (Poster)
• XVI Ornithological Conferences. (Salamanca, December 2002) Circadian dynamic in immune response in birds. An example in house sparrow (Passer domesticus). Mateos-González, F., Gil, M., García, I. , Navarro, C., Marzal, A., De Lope, F. & Moller, A. P. (Poster)
• I Congress in Protected Species in Extremadura. (Cáceres, November 2002) Preliminary analysis of blood parasites in protected birds of prey in Extermadura. García, I. , Gil, M., Mateos-González, F., Marzal, A., Reviriego, M. I., Navarro, C. & De Lope, F. (Poster)
• IX National and VI Latin American Congress in Ethology. (Madrid, September 2002). About methodology in the temporal variation in the immune response in birds (Passer domesticus). Navarro, C., Marzal, A., Mateos-González, F., García, I. , De Lope, F. & Moler, A. P. (Poster)

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