Álvaro Luna

554 total citations
29 papers, 390 citations indexed

About

Álvaro Luna is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Álvaro Luna has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 390 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Álvaro Luna's work include Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers). Álvaro Luna is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers). Álvaro Luna collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Italy. Álvaro Luna's co-authors include José L. Tella, Pedro Romero‐Vidal, Fernando Hiraldo, Martina Carrete, Dailos Hernández‐Brito, Pim Edelaar, Assaf Shwartz, Emiliano Mori, Diederik Strubbe and Mattia Menchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Environmental Research.

In The Last Decade

Álvaro Luna

25 papers receiving 370 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Álvaro Luna Spain	12	234	210	99	82	66	29	390
Malcolm C. K. Soh Singapore	11	271 1.2×	195 0.9×	112 1.1×	136 1.7×	106 1.6×	25	480
Zbigniew Kwieciński Poland	13	346 1.5×	114 0.5×	186 1.9×	65 0.8×	65 1.0×	32	482
André de Camargo Guaraldo Brazil	10	208 0.9×	103 0.5×	153 1.5×	47 0.6×	97 1.5×	41	362
James R.S. Westrip United Kingdom	6	259 1.1×	111 0.5×	75 0.8×	37 0.5×	109 1.7×	7	418
José Fernando Pacheco Brazil	11	250 1.1×	230 1.1×	139 1.4×	70 0.9×	123 1.9×	45	482
Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura Brazil	9	125 0.5×	121 0.6×	75 0.8×	131 1.6×	42 0.6×	84	314
Ismael Franz Brazil	9	194 0.8×	120 0.6×	120 1.2×	41 0.5×	68 1.0×	21	369
Fernando Marques Quintela Brazil	12	236 1.0×	113 0.5×	76 0.8×	79 1.0×	46 0.7×	59	427
Pedro Romero‐Vidal Spain	10	202 0.9×	180 0.9×	109 1.1×	49 0.6×	32 0.5×	24	296
Olivia Dondina Italy	15	425 1.8×	188 0.9×	83 0.8×	107 1.3×	188 2.8×	45	574

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Álvaro Luna

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2025). Synthetic debris ingestion by carnivorous mammals in aquatic ecosystems: insights from the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Europe. Environmental Research. 286(Pt 2). 122818–122818.

Barrientos, J. A., et al.. (2025). A review on the global spread of the non-native spider Howaia mogera (Yaginuma, 1972) (Araneae: Nesticidae), with first records for the Iberian Peninsula. Arachnology. 20(1).

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the urban colonization of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) across its distribution range using citizen science. PeerJ. 12. e17357–e17357.

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2024). Feeding ecology of the common wood pigeon ( Columba palumbus ) in a major European city. Royal Society Open Science. 11(7). 1231721–1231721. 5 indexed citations

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2024). Do birds select the plastics debris used for nest construction? A case study in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape. Environmental Research. 255. 119117–119117. 4 indexed citations

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2024). Seasonal diversity, daily use and behaviour of birds using a green roof in a Mediterranean city. Royal Society Open Science. 11(12). 240761–240761.

Romero‐Vidal, Pedro, Guillermo Blanco, Fernando Hiraldo, et al.. (2023). Nesting innovations in neotropical parrots associated to anthropogenic environmental changes. Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). e10462–e10462. 9 indexed citations

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2023). Plastics and insects: Records of ants entangled in synthetic fibres. Ecological Entomology. 49(1). 145–148. 2 indexed citations

Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2023). Social perception of mesocarnivores within hunting areas differs from actual species abundance. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0283882–e0283882. 1 indexed citations

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Romero‐Vidal, Pedro, et al.. (2023). Intraspecific competition and individual behaviour but not urbanization affect the dietary patterns of a generalist avian predator. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 10255–10255. 1 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, Pedro Romero‐Vidal, José L. Tella, et al.. (2022). Drivers of the Ectoparasite Community and Co-Infection Patterns in Rural and Urban Burrowing Owls. Biology. 11(8). 1141–1141. 5 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2022). Plastic Debris in Nests of Two Water Bird Species Breeding on Inland Saline Lakes in a Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve. Animals. 12(22). 3222–3222. 12 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, Pedro Romero‐Vidal, & Eneko Arrondo. (2021). Predation and Scavenging in the City: A Review of Spatio-Temporal Trends in Research. Diversity. 13(2). 46–46. 17 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2021). Urban life promotes delayed dispersal and family living in a non-social bird species. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 107–107. 6 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2020). Sex, personality and conspecific density influence natal dispersal with lifetime fitness consequences in urban and rural burrowing owls. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0226089–e0226089. 13 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, et al.. (2019). Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2886–2886. 11 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, Pim Edelaar, & Assaf Shwartz. (2019). Assessment of social perception of an invasive parakeet using a novel visual survey method. NeoBiota. 46. 71–89. 22 indexed citations

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Luna, Álvaro, Pedro Romero‐Vidal, Fernando Hiraldo, & José L. Tella. (2018). Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions. PeerJ. 6. e4908–e4908. 52 indexed citations

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Turbé, Anne, Diederik Strubbe, Emiliano Mori, et al.. (2017). Assessing the assessments: evaluation of four impact assessment protocols for invasive alien species. Diversity and Distributions. 23(3). 297–307. 44 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Brito, Dailos, Álvaro Luna, Martina Carrete, & José L. Tella. (2014). Alien rose-ringed parakeets ( Psittacula krameri ) attack black rats ( Rattus rattus ) sometimes resulting in death. Hystrix. 25(2). 121–123. 11 indexed citations

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