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.

Wilson, R,P., Redcliffe, J., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., Thomas, V., Rosell, F.N, Lodberg-Holm, H.K., Robstad, C., Kominos, T., Galanaki, A., Gasteratos, G., Naziridis T., Gunner, R., Silovsky, V., Ježek, M., English, H., Shott, O., Bambridge, K., Fuller, A., Willoughby, C., Dee, E., Nichols, N., Quintana, F., Fahlman, F., Larsson, J., Scantlebury. D.M and Siebert, U. 2025. Why catch when you can throw? A framework for tagging animals without capture or restraint. R. Soc. OpenSci. 12: 250139.

Kaidarova, A., Geraldi, N., Wilson, R., Kosel, J., Meekan, M., Eguíluz, V., Hussain, M., Shamim, A., Liao, H., Srivastava, M., Saha, S., Strano, M., Zhang, X., Ooi, B., Holton, M., Hopkins, L., Jin, X., Gong, X., Quintana, F., Tovasarov, A., Tasmagambetova, A., & Duarte, C. 2023. Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants. Nature Biotechnology 41: 1208 -1220.

Uhart, M., Vanstreels, R., Quintana, F., Mattera, B., Montoya, N., Guzman, L., Pacheco Valles, H., Pizarro, G., Marull, C. Pozzi, L., Mörner, T., García Borboroglu. P., Crofts, S., Cook, R. and Karesh, W. En prensa. Four unusual mortality events of seabirds in the Patagonian Sea, 2000–2006: species affected and possible causes. Polar Biology.

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.

Barrionuevo, M., Frere, E., Quintana, F., Ciancio, J., Marchisio, N and Lisovski, S. 2023. Within- and amongcolony variation in non-breeding dispersion of Magellanic penguins breeding along the coast of Argentina. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 721: 151-160.

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.

Blanco GS, Tonini MH, Gallo L, Dell'Omo G, Quintana F. 2022. Tracking the exposure of a pelagic seabird to marine plastic pollution.Marine Pollution Bulletin 180:1137671. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113767

Sala JE, Pisoni JP, Quintana F. 2017. Three-dimensional temperature fields of the North Patagonian Sea recorded by Magellanic penguins as biological sampling platforms. Journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 189: 203-215.

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.

Halsey LG, Shepard ELC, Quintana F, Gomez Laich A, Green JA y Wilson RP. 2009. The relationship between oxygen consumption and body acceleration in a range of species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 152: 197–202.

Bidder OR, Soresina M, Shepard ELC, Halsey LG, Quintana F, Gómez Laich A y Wilson RP. 2012. The need for speed: testing acceleration for estimating animal travel rates in terrestrial dead-reckoning systems. Zoology 115:58-64. Doi:10.1016/j.zool.2011.09.003.

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.

Phillips RA, Gales R, Baker GB, Double MC, Favero M, Quintana F, Tasker ML, Weimerskirch H, Uhart M and Wolfaardt A. 2016. The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels. Biological Conservation 201:169-183.

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.

Techow NM, O´Ryan C, Phillips R, Gales R, Marin M, Patterson-Fraser D, Quintana F, Ritz MS, Thompson DR, Wanless R, Weimerskirch H y Ryan P. G. 2010. Speciation and phylogeography of giant petrels Macronectes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 472–487.

Copello S y Quintana F. 2009. Spatio-temporal overlap between the at-sea distribution of Southern Giant Petrels and fisheries at the Patagonian Shelf. Polar Biology 32 (8): 1211-1220

Oppel S, Bolton M, Carneiro APB, Dias MP, Green JA et al. 2018. Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds. Marine Policy 98: 37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.024

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.

Blanco GS, Sánchez-Carnero N, Pisoni JP, Quintana F. 2017. Seascape modeling of southern giant petrels from Patagonia during different life-cycles. Marine Biology, 164 (3).

Favero M, Blanco G, García G, Copello S, Seco Pon JP, Frere E, Quintana F, Yorio P, Rabuffetti F, Cañete G y Gandini P. 2011. Seabird mortality associated to ice trawlers in the patagonian shelf: effect of discards in the occurrence of interactions with fishing gear. Animal Conservation 14: 131-139.

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

Uhart MM, Gallo L and Quintana F. 2017. Review of diseases (pathogen isolation, direct recovery and antibodies) in albatrosses and large petrels worldwide. Bird Conservation International, 1-28.

Wilson RP, Sala JE, Gómez-Laich A, Ciancio J y Quintana F. 2015. Pushed to the limit: food abundance determines tag-induced harm in penguins. Animal Welfare 24:37-44

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.

Sala JE, Quintana F, Wilson RP, Dignani J, Lewis M y Campagna C. 2011. Pitching and new angle on elephant seal dive patterns. Polar Biology 34:1197-1209.

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.

Wilson RP, Shepard ELC, Gómez Laich A, Frere E y Quintana F. 2010. Pedaling downhill and freewheeling up; a penguin perspective on foraging. Aquatic Biology 8: 193-202.

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.

Copello S, Dogliotti A, Gagliardini D y Quintana F. 2011. Oceanographic and biological landscapes used by the Southern Giant Petrel during the breeding season at the Patagonian Shelf. Marine Biology 158: 1247-1257.

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 R, McMahon CR, Quintana F, Frere E, Scolaro A, Hays G y Bradshaw CJ. 2011. N-dimensional animal energetic niches clarify behavioural options in a variable marine environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 646-656.

Gómez-Laich A, Wilson RP, Sala JE, Luzenti A. y Quintana F. 2015. Moving northward: Comparison of the foraging effort of Magellanic penguins from three colonies of Northern Patagonia. Marine Biology 162: 1451-1461.

Wilson RP, Holton MD, Di Virgiglio A, Williams H, Shepard ELC et al. 2018. Give the machine a hand: A Boolean time-based decision-tree template for rapidly finding animal behaviours in multisensor data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9: 2206 - 2215. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13069

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.

Bidder O, Campbell HA, Gómez Laich A, Urgé P, Walker J, Yuzhi C, Lianli G, Quintana F y Wilson R. 2014. Love thy Neighbour: Automatic Animal Behavioural Classification of Acceleration data using the K-Nearest Neighbour Algorithm. PLoS ONE 9 (2): e88609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088609

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.

Quintana F, Gómez-Laich A, Gunner RM, Gabelli F, Dell'Omo GD, Duarte C, Brogger M, Wilson RP. 2022. Long walk home: Magellanic penguins have strategies that lead them to areas where they can navigate most efficiently. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20220535. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.0535

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

Thiebot JB, Arnould J, Gómez-Laich A, Ito K, Kato A, Mattern T, Mitamura H, Noda T, Poupart T, Quintana F, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sala J, Seddon P, Sutton G, Yoda K, Takahashi A. 2017. Jellyfish and other gelata as food to four penguin species: insights from predator-borne videos. Frontiers in ecology and the environment.

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.

Gómez-Laich A, Yoda K, Quintana F. 2018. Insights into the Foraging Behavior of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Waterbirds 41: 332-336. doi: 10.1675/063.041.0315

Williams HJ, Holton MD, Shepard ELC, Largey N, Norman B, Ryan PG, Duriez O, Scantlebury M, Quintana F, Magowan EA, Marks NJ, Alagaili AN, Bennett NC and Wilson RP. 2017. Identification of animal movement patterns using tri-axial magnetometry. Movement Ecology 5 (6). DOI 10.1186/s40462-017-0097-x.

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

Sala JE, Wilson RP y Quintana F. 2012. How much is too much? Assessment of prey consumption by Magellanic penguins in Patagonian colonies. PLoS ONE 7(12):e51487. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0051487

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

Beal M, Dias MP, Phillips RA, Oppel S, Hazin C, Pearmain EJ, Adams J, Anderson DJ, Antolos M, Arata JA et al. 2021. Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science Advances 7(10): eabd7225. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7225

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

Sala JE, Wilson RP, Frere E y Quintana F. 2012. Foraging effort in Magellanic penguins in Coastal Patagonia, Argentina. Marine Ecology Progress Series 464:273-287. DOI: 10.3354/meps09887

Sala JE, Wilson RP y Quintana F. 2015. Foraging effort in Magellanic penguins: Balancing the energy books for survival? Marine Biology 162: 501-514.

Quintana F, Dell Arciprete P y Copello S. 2010. Foraging behaviour and habitat use by the Southern Giant Petrel on the Patagonian Shelf. Marine Biology 157 (3): 515-525.

Sala JE, Quintana F, Frere E y Wilson RP. 2014. Flexible foraging for finding fish: variable diving patterns in Magellanic penguins from different colonies. Journal of Ornithology 155: 801-817. DOI:10.1007/s10336-014-1065-5

Del Caño M, Quintana F, Yoda K, Dell’Omo G, Blanco GS, Gómez-Laich A. 2021. Fine-scale body and head movements allow to determine prey capture events in the Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus). Marine Biology 168(6): 1-15. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-03892-1

Yamamoto T, Yoda K, Blanco GS, Quintana F. 2019. Female-biased stranding in Magellanic penguins. Current Biology 29:12-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.023

Copello S, Blanco GS, Seco-Pon JP, Quintana F and Favero, M. 2016. Exporting the problem: Issues with fishing closures in seabird conservation. Marine Policy 74: 120-127.

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.

Blanco GS y Quintana F. 2014. Differential use of the Argentine shelf by wintering adults and juveniles southern giant petrels, Macronectes giganteus, from Patagonia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 149: 151-159.

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

Gleiss AC, Jorgensen SJ, Liebsch N, Sala JE, Norman B, Hays GC, Quintana F, Grundy E, Campagna C, Trites AW, Block BA y Wilson RP. 2011. Convergent evolution in locomotory patterns of flying and swimming animals. Nature Communications 2:352. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1350.

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.

Ciancio J, Quintana F, Sala JE and Wilson RP. 2016. Cold birds under pressure; can thermal substitution ease heat loss in diving penguins? Marine Biology 163: 43. DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-2813-2.

Blanco GS, Pisoni JP y Quintana F. 2015. Characterization of the seascape used by juvenile and wintering adult Southern Giant Petrels from Patagonia Argentina. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 153: 135-144.

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.

Copello S y Quintana F. 2009. Breeding biology of the Southern GiantPetrel (Macronectes giganteus) in Patagonia, Argentina. Ornitología Neotropical20: 369-380.

Blanco GS, Gallo L, Pisoni JP, Dell’Omo G, Gerez NA, Molina G, Quintana F. 2022. At-sea distribution, movements and diving behavior of Magellanic penguins reflect small-scale changes in oceanographic conditions around the colony. Marine Biology 169(2): 1-13. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-04016-5

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.

Edelaar P, Donazar J, Soriano M, Santillán MA, González-Zevallos D, Garcia Borboroglu P, Lisnizer N, Gatto AJ, Agüero ML, Passera C, Ebert LA, Bertelotti M, Blanco G, Abril M, Escudero G y Quintana F. 2011. Apparent selective advantage of leucism in a coastal population of southern caracaras (Falconidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research (13): 187-196.

Wilson RP, Holton MD, Walker JS, Shepard ELC, Scantlebury MD, Wilson VL, Wilson GI, Tysse B, Gravenor M, Ciancio J, McNarry MA, Mackintosh KA, Qasem L, Rosell F, Graf PM, Quintana F, Gómez-Laich A, Sala JE, Mulvenna CC, Marks NJ, Jones MW. 2016. A spherical-plot solution to linking acceleration metrics with animal performance, state, behaviour and lifestyle. Movement Ecology 4:22.