Dr Pablo Capilla Lasheras
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
email:
Pablo.CapillaLasheras@glasgow.ac.uk
SBOHVM, Graham Kerr Building
Biography
Career Path
2023 - Current: Research Associate - University of Glasgow, UK. Funded by Wild Animal Initiative
2019 - 2023: Reseach Assistant - University of Glasgow, UK
2015 - 2019: PhD (Biology) - University of Exeter, UK
2014 - 2015: MSc (Quantitative Methods) - Univesity of Glasgow, UK
2009 - 2013: BSc (Environmental Biology) - Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Research interests
For a complete list of publications, go to tihs Google Scholar page. You can also find my research on GitHub.
General research interest
Current research
Previous research
Research groups
Publications
2025
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2025)
Urban effects on timing and variability of diel activity differ across passerine species and seasons.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(5),
pp. 1088-1100.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.70038)
(PMID:40202257)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089 and Risely, Alice
(2025)
Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology.
Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(2),
e03406.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.03406)
Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2025)
Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3),
pp. 368-378.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171)
(PMID:39219149)
(PMCID:PMC11880655)
2024
Capilla-Lasheras, P. et al. (2024) Evolution of sex differences in cooperation can be explained by trade-offs with dispersal. PLoS Biology, 22(10), e3002859. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002859) (PMID:39446701) (PMCID:PMC11500963)
Martin, Colette, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Monaghan, Pat
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Burraco, Pablo
(2024)
The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2029),
20241536.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1536)
(PMID:39191283)
(PMCID:PMC11349447)
Reid, Rachel, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Haddou, Yacob, Boonekamp, Jelle
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2024)
The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027),
20240617.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617)
(PMID:39016598)
(PMCID:PMC11253839)
2023
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Wilson, Alastair J. and Young, Andrew J.
(2023)
Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with post-natal care.
PLoS Biology, 21(11),
e3002356.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002356)
Womack, Robyn J., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, McGlade, Ciara L. O., Dominoni, Davide M. and Helm, Barbara
(2023)
Reproductive fitness is associated with female chronotype in a songbird.
Animal Behaviour, 205,
pp. 65-78.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.018)
Salmon, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-6611, López-Idiáquez, David, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pérez-Tris, Javier, Isaksson, Caroline and Watson, Hannah
(2023)
Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(10),
pp. 1924-1936.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982)
(PMID:37574652)
McGlade, Ciara L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Womack, Robyn J., Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2023)
Experimental light at night explains differences in activity onset between urban and forest great tits.
Biology Letters, 19(9),
20230194.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0194)
(PMID:37670610)
(PMCID:PMC10480697)
Schmid, Dominik W., Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Müller‐Klein, Nadine, Sommer, Simone and Risely, Alice
(2023)
Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology.
Functional Ecology,
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14255)
2022
Wood, Emma M., Capilla‐Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Cram, Dominic L., Walker, Lindsay A., York, Jenny E., Lange, Anke, Hamilton, Patrick B., Tyler, Charles R. and Young, Andrew J.
(2022)
Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid‐zone bird.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6141-6154.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.15868)
(PMID:33657651)
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2022)
A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours.
Ecology Letters, 25(11),
pp. 2552-2570.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.14099)
(PMID:36136999)
Thompson, M.J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, D.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Réale, D. and Charmantier, A.
(2022)
Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(2),
pp. 171-182.
(doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.009)
(PMID:34690006)
2021
Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2021)
Urbanisation weakens selection on the timing of breeding and clutch size in blue tits but not in great tits.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11),
155.
(doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03096-z)
Brown, Antony M., Wood, Emma M., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Harrison, Xavier A. and Young, Andrew J.
(2021)
Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird.
Biology Letters, 17(10),
20210409.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0409)
(PMID:34665991)
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Harrison, Xavier, Wood, Emma M., Wilson, Alastair J. and Young, Andrew J.
(2021)
Altruistic bet-hedging and the evolution of cooperation in a Kalahari bird.
Science Advances, 7(39),
eabe8980.
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8980)
(PMID:34550732)
(PMCID:PMC8457656)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Bondía, Blanca and Aguirre, José I.
(2021)
Environmental conditions but not nest composition affect reproductive success in an urban bird.
Ecology and Evolution, 11(7),
pp. 3084-3092.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.7234)
(PMID:33841769)
(PMCID:PMC8019055)
2019
Łapińska, Urszula, Glover, Georgina, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Young, Andrew J. and Pagliara, Stefano
(2019)
Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786),
20180442.
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0442)
(PMID:31587633)
(PMCID:PMC6792439)
Bravo-Santano, Natalia, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Mateos, Luis M., Calle, Yolanda, Behrends, Volker and Letek, Michal
(2019)
Identification of novel targets for host-directed therapeutics against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus.
Scientific Reports, 9,
15435.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51894-3)
(PMID:31659191)
(PMCID:PMC6817851)
2018
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2018)
incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour.
Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8),
e01710.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)
Gwinner, Helga, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo, Cooper, Caren and Helm, Barbara (2018) 'Green incubation': avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880), 20180376. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0376) (PMID:29875299) (PMCID:PMC6015870)
2017
Pollock, Christopher, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, McGill, Rona A.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2017)
Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).
Scientific Reports, 7,
5014.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y)
(PMID:28694437)
(PMCID:PMC5503996)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Babayan, Simon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117, O'Shaughnessy, Peter J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7883, Mladenova, Magdalena, Woodford, Luke, Pollock, Christopher J., Barr, Tom, Baldini, Francesco
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Helm, Barbara
(2017)
Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5,
64.
(doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00064)
Articles
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2025)
Urban effects on timing and variability of diel activity differ across passerine species and seasons.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(5),
pp. 1088-1100.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.70038)
(PMID:40202257)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089 and Risely, Alice
(2025)
Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology.
Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(2),
e03406.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.03406)
Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2025)
Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3),
pp. 368-378.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171)
(PMID:39219149)
(PMCID:PMC11880655)
Capilla-Lasheras, P. et al. (2024) Evolution of sex differences in cooperation can be explained by trade-offs with dispersal. PLoS Biology, 22(10), e3002859. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002859) (PMID:39446701) (PMCID:PMC11500963)
Martin, Colette, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Monaghan, Pat
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Burraco, Pablo
(2024)
The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2029),
20241536.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1536)
(PMID:39191283)
(PMCID:PMC11349447)
Reid, Rachel, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Haddou, Yacob, Boonekamp, Jelle
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2024)
The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027),
20240617.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617)
(PMID:39016598)
(PMCID:PMC11253839)
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Wilson, Alastair J. and Young, Andrew J.
(2023)
Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with post-natal care.
PLoS Biology, 21(11),
e3002356.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002356)
Womack, Robyn J., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, McGlade, Ciara L. O., Dominoni, Davide M. and Helm, Barbara
(2023)
Reproductive fitness is associated with female chronotype in a songbird.
Animal Behaviour, 205,
pp. 65-78.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.018)
Salmon, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-6611, López-Idiáquez, David, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pérez-Tris, Javier, Isaksson, Caroline and Watson, Hannah
(2023)
Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(10),
pp. 1924-1936.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982)
(PMID:37574652)
McGlade, Ciara L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Womack, Robyn J., Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2023)
Experimental light at night explains differences in activity onset between urban and forest great tits.
Biology Letters, 19(9),
20230194.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0194)
(PMID:37670610)
(PMCID:PMC10480697)
Schmid, Dominik W., Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Müller‐Klein, Nadine, Sommer, Simone and Risely, Alice
(2023)
Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology.
Functional Ecology,
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14255)
Wood, Emma M., Capilla‐Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Cram, Dominic L., Walker, Lindsay A., York, Jenny E., Lange, Anke, Hamilton, Patrick B., Tyler, Charles R. and Young, Andrew J.
(2022)
Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid‐zone bird.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6141-6154.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.15868)
(PMID:33657651)
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2022)
A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours.
Ecology Letters, 25(11),
pp. 2552-2570.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.14099)
(PMID:36136999)
Thompson, M.J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, D.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Réale, D. and Charmantier, A.
(2022)
Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(2),
pp. 171-182.
(doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.009)
(PMID:34690006)
Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2021)
Urbanisation weakens selection on the timing of breeding and clutch size in blue tits but not in great tits.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11),
155.
(doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03096-z)
Brown, Antony M., Wood, Emma M., Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Harrison, Xavier A. and Young, Andrew J.
(2021)
Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird.
Biology Letters, 17(10),
20210409.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0409)
(PMID:34665991)
Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Harrison, Xavier, Wood, Emma M., Wilson, Alastair J. and Young, Andrew J.
(2021)
Altruistic bet-hedging and the evolution of cooperation in a Kalahari bird.
Science Advances, 7(39),
eabe8980.
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8980)
(PMID:34550732)
(PMCID:PMC8457656)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Bondía, Blanca and Aguirre, José I.
(2021)
Environmental conditions but not nest composition affect reproductive success in an urban bird.
Ecology and Evolution, 11(7),
pp. 3084-3092.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.7234)
(PMID:33841769)
(PMCID:PMC8019055)
Łapińska, Urszula, Glover, Georgina, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Young, Andrew J. and Pagliara, Stefano
(2019)
Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786),
20180442.
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0442)
(PMID:31587633)
(PMCID:PMC6792439)
Bravo-Santano, Natalia, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Mateos, Luis M., Calle, Yolanda, Behrends, Volker and Letek, Michal
(2019)
Identification of novel targets for host-directed therapeutics against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus.
Scientific Reports, 9,
15435.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51894-3)
(PMID:31659191)
(PMCID:PMC6817851)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2018)
incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour.
Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8),
e01710.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)
Gwinner, Helga, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo, Cooper, Caren and Helm, Barbara (2018) 'Green incubation': avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880), 20180376. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0376) (PMID:29875299) (PMCID:PMC6015870)
Pollock, Christopher, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, McGill, Rona A.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2017)
Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).
Scientific Reports, 7,
5014.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y)
(PMID:28694437)
(PMCID:PMC5503996)
Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, Davide M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Babayan, Simon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117, O'Shaughnessy, Peter J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7883, Mladenova, Magdalena, Woodford, Luke, Pollock, Christopher J., Barr, Tom, Baldini, Francesco
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Helm, Barbara
(2017)
Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5,
64.
(doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00064)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- It takes guts to grow in the city: the role of the gut microbiome in the welfare of juvenile urban birds.
Wild Animal Initiative
2022 - 2023
- Animal and human health consequences of variation in the gut microbiome of urban freeliving birds
Wellcome Trust
2022 - 2022
Teaching
COURSES
Level 4 Behavioural Ecology