Frederic Bartumeus

Predicting seabird-vessel interactions from bird-borne data alone

This paper develops a method to predict seabird-vessel interactions using only seabird telemetry data, showing high accuracy but limitations in distinguishing fishing from nonfishing vessels.

Dynamic Workforce Modulation and Foraging Efficiency in Eusocial Insect Colonies

The paper examines how eusocial insect colonies use reserve workers to modulate foraging efficiency and maintain energetic balance under fluctuating conditions.

Mosquito population control by aquatic predators: a global meta-analysis of predation efficacy by fish and odonate naiads

This paper evaluates global mosquito predation by aquatic predators, finding that dietary specialization, not taxonomy, predicts predation efficacy, and that body size and experimental duration significantly affect consumption rates.

Between specialization and flexibility: how tasks and space shape behavioral profiles in ant colonies

This study investigates how task specialization and flexibility influence behavioral profiles in ant colonies, finding that some tasks impose specialization while others do not, and that individual variation affects role adaptability.

Integrating citizen science and field sampling into next-generation early warning systems for vector surveillance: Twenty years of municipal detections of Aedes invasive mosquito species in Spain

This paper evaluates the integration of citizen science and field sampling for monitoring invasive mosquito species in Spain, showing citizen science contributes one-third of municipal detections since 2014.

Foraging Ants as Liquid Brains: Movement Heterogeneity Shapes Collective Efficiency

This study uses a liquid brain framework to show that ant foraging efficiency arises from a simple feedback mechanism modulated by two movement behaviors.

Present and future suitability of invasive and urban vectors through an environmentally-driven Mosquito Reproduction Number

The paper develops a method to calculate the basic reproduction number for urban mosquitoes, showing temperature increases may benefit Ae. aegypti but not Ae. albopictus.

Multiple invasions, Wolbachia and human-aided transport drive the genetic variability of Aedes albopictus in the Iberian Peninsula

This study investigates the genetic variability of Aedes albopictus in the Iberian Peninsula, finding multiple introductions, Wolbachia prevalence, and human-mediated dispersal as key factors shaping its genetic structure.