Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) at the Complutense University of Madrid. Spatial ecologist and conservation scientist. I combine field data, citizen science, and Bayesian modelling to understand why animals are where they are and what will happen to them under global change.
- Animal dispersal — empirical kernels from ringing data; intraspecific variation across European birds
- Species distribution modelling — integrating correlative and mechanistic approaches
- Movement ecology — linking individual movement to population and community dynamics
- Biodiversity monitoring — bias correction, citizen science, dynamic occupancy models
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| dispersalR | R package for fitting and comparing empirical dispersal kernels |
| INTRADISP | Intraspecific variation in dispersal in European birds — EURING + Bayesian/Stan · (in progress) |
| RIMED-FAUNA | Mediterranean river fauna distribution and dynamics · (in progress) |
- Fandos et al. (2026) — Simple mechanistic traits outperform complex syndromes in predicting avian dispersal distances. Communications Biology · DOI
- Fandos et al. (2023) — Standardised empirical dispersal kernels emphasise the pervasiveness of long-distance dispersal in European birds. Journal of Animal Ecology · DOI
- Pratzer, Nill, Kuemmerle, Zurell & Fandos (2023) — Large carnivore range expansion in Iberia in relation to different scenarios of permeability of human-dominated landscapes. Diversity and Distributions · DOI
