Dr Pablo Capilla Lasheras

  • Research Associate (Physiology Ageing & Welfare)

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

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Number of items: 16.

2023

McGlade, C. L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Womack, R. J., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (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)

Salmon, P. , López-Idiáquez, D., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Pérez-Tris, J., Isaksson, C. and Watson, H. (2023) Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach. Journal of Animal Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982) (Early Online Publication)

Schmid, D. W., Capilla Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Müller‐Klein, N., Sommer, S. and Risely, A. (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, E. M., Capilla‐Lasheras, P. , Cram, D. L., Walker, L. A., York, J. E., Lange, A., Hamilton, P. B., Tyler, C. R. and Young, A. 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, P. , Thompson, M. J., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Haddou, Y., Branston, C. J. , Réale, D., Charmantier, A. and Dominoni, D. M. (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. , Dominoni, D.M. , 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, C. J. , Capilla Lasheras, P. , Pollock, C. J., Griffiths, K., White, S. and Dominoni, D. M. (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, A. M., Wood, E. M., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X. A. and Young, A. 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, P. , Harrison, X., Wood, E. M., Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. 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, P. , Bondía, B. and Aguirre, J. 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, U., Glover, G., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Young, A. J. and Pagliara, S. (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, N., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Mateos, L. M., Calle, Y., Behrends, V. and Letek, M. (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, P. (2018) incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01710. (doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)

Gwinner, H., Capilla Lasheras, P., Cooper, C. and Helm, B. (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, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (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, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Babayan, S. A. , O'Shaughnessy, P. J. , Mladenova, M., Woodford, L., Pollock, C. J., Barr, T., Baldini, F. and Helm, B. (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)

This list was generated on Thu Sep 21 06:15:11 2023 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 16.

Articles

McGlade, C. L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Womack, R. J., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (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)

Salmon, P. , López-Idiáquez, D., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Pérez-Tris, J., Isaksson, C. and Watson, H. (2023) Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach. Journal of Animal Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982) (Early Online Publication)

Schmid, D. W., Capilla Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Müller‐Klein, N., Sommer, S. and Risely, A. (2023) Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14255)

Wood, E. M., Capilla‐Lasheras, P. , Cram, D. L., Walker, L. A., York, J. E., Lange, A., Hamilton, P. B., Tyler, C. R. and Young, A. 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, P. , Thompson, M. J., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Haddou, Y., Branston, C. J. , Réale, D., Charmantier, A. and Dominoni, D. M. (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. , Dominoni, D.M. , 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, C. J. , Capilla Lasheras, P. , Pollock, C. J., Griffiths, K., White, S. and Dominoni, D. M. (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, A. M., Wood, E. M., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X. A. and Young, A. 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, P. , Harrison, X., Wood, E. M., Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. 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, P. , Bondía, B. and Aguirre, J. 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, U., Glover, G., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Young, A. J. and Pagliara, S. (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, N., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Mateos, L. M., Calle, Y., Behrends, V. and Letek, M. (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, P. (2018) incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01710. (doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)

Gwinner, H., Capilla Lasheras, P., Cooper, C. and Helm, B. (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, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (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, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Babayan, S. A. , O'Shaughnessy, P. J. , Mladenova, M., Woodford, L., Pollock, C. J., Barr, T., Baldini, F. and Helm, B. (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)

This list was generated on Thu Sep 21 06:15:11 2023 BST.

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


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