Preprints
Acácio, M., Souc, C., Leray, C., Blanchon, T., Nono Almeida, F., Ramos, R., Lanfranchi, J.B., Vittecoq, M. & McCoy, K.D. (2026). "Anthropogenic food subsidies shape parental foraging and offspring development in an opportunistic bird." EcoEvoRxiv. Link to publication
Anglister, N., Crafton, M.M., Avraham, O., Acácio, M., Vaadia, G., Hatzofe, O., Miller, Y., Mikula, I., Pinter-Wollman, N., Lysnyansky, I. & Spiegel, O. (2024). "Factors affecting the individual probability of infection with a prevalent pathogen (Mycoplasma) and the effect on Griffon vultures' movement behavior." bioRxiv. Link to publication
Peer-reviewed articles
*authors contributed equally
Gahm, K., Acácio, M., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Spiegel, O. & Pinter-Wollman, N. (2026). "Relationship between spatial and social phenotypes in an avian scavenger." Journal of Animal Ecology. Link to publication
Martins, B.H., Franco, A., Soriano-Redondo, A., Acácio, M. & Catry, I. (2026). "From inexperience to proficiency: age-related improvements shape the use of novel anthropogenic food subsidies in a long-lived bird.." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2069), 20251884. Link to publication
Anglister, N., Acácio, M., Vaadia, G., Arnon, E., Bruer, M., Hatzofe, O., Miller, Y., King, R., Pinter-Wollman, N. & Spiegel, O. (2026). "Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers." Ornithological Applications, 128(3), 1-13. Link to publication
Gahm, K., D'Bastiani, E., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Acácio, M., Spiegel, O. & Pinter-Wollman, N. (2026). "Selection of timescales to study social network temporal dynamics in vultures." Animal Behaviour, 232, 123442. Link to publication
Vaadia, G.*, Acácio, M.*, Agassi, T., Anglister, N., Miller, Y., Hatzofe, O., Mateo-Tomás, P., Rodríguez-Pérez, J., Fernández-García, M., Olea, P.P., et al. (2025). "Using accelerometer-based behavioural classification to enhance scavenger conservation." Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(11), 2987-3004. Link to publication
Heinze, U.M., Acácio, M., Franco, A.M.A. & Catry, I. (2025). "A death trap in the nest: anthropogenic nest materials cause high mortality in a terrestrial bird." Ecological Indicators, 178, 113796. Link to publication
Catry, I., Franco, A.M.A. & Acácio, M. (2025). "Where have all the storks gone? Impact of landfill use on white stork behaviour and population dynamics." Waterbirds, 47(4), 1-7. Link to publication
Andrade, P., Franco, A.M.A., Acácio, M., Afonso, S., Marques, C.I., Moreira, F., Carneiro, M. & Catry, I. (2025). "Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird." Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(5), 1061-1075. Link to publication
D'Bastiani, E., Anglister, N., Lysnyansky, I., Mikula, I., Acácio, M., Vaadia, G., Gahm, K., Spiegel, O. & Pinter-Wollman, N. (2024). "Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures." Royal Society Open Science, 11(12), 240500. Link to publication
Gahm, K., Nguyen, R., Acácio, M., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Spiegel, O. & Pinter-Wollman, N. (2024). "A wrap-around movement path randomization method to distinguish social and spatial drivers of animal interactions." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1912), 20220531. Link to publication
Acácio, M., Gahm, K., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Hatzofe, O., Harel, R., Efrat, R., Nathan, R., Pinter-Wollman, N. & Spiegel, O. (2024). "Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived avian scavenger." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(35), e2407298121. Link to publication
Serratosa, J., Oppel, S., Rotics, S., Santangeli, A., Butchart, S.H.M., Cano-Alonso, L.S., Tellería, J.L., Kemp, R., Nicholas, A., Kalvāns, A., et al. (2024). "Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale." Biological Conservation, 293, 110525. Link to publication
Soriano-Redondo, A., Franco, A.M.A., Acácio, M., Payo-Payo, A., Martins, B.H., Moreira, F. & Catry, I. (2023). "Fitness, behavioral, and energetic trade-offs of different migratory strategies in a partially migratory species." Ecology, 104(10), e4151. Link to publication
Acácio, M., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Harel, R., Nathan, R., Hatzofe, O. & Spiegel, O. (2023). "A lifetime track of a griffon vulture: The moving story of Rehovot (Y64)." Ecology, 104(4), e3985. Link to publication
Marcelino, J., Franco, A.M.A., Acácio, M., Soriano-Redondo, A., Moreira, F. & Catry, I. (2023). "Anthropogenic food subsidies reshape the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migrant." Science of the Total Environment, 858, 159992. Link to publication
Acácio, M., Catry, I., Soriano-Redondo, A., Silva, J.P., Atkinson, P.W. & Franco, A.M.A. (2022). "Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant." Movement Ecology, 10(1), 28. Link to publication
Gauld, J.G., Silva, J.P., Atkinson, P.W., Record, P., Acácio, M., Arkumarev, V., Blas, J., Bouten, W., Burton, N., Catry, I., et al. (2022). "Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa." Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(6), 1496-1512. Link to publication
Acácio, M., Atkinson, P.W., Silva, J.P. & Franco, A.M.A. (2022). "Performance of GPS/GPRS tracking devices improves with increased fix interval and is not affected by animal deployment." PLoS One, 17(3), e0265541. Link to publication
Marcelino, J., Moreira, F., Franco, A.M.A., Soriano-Redondo, A., Acácio, M., Gauld, J., Rego, F.C., Silva, J.P. & Catry, I. (2021). "Flight altitudes of a soaring bird suggest landfill sites as power line collision hotspots." Journal of Environmental Management, 294, 113149. Link to publication
Soriano-Redondo, A., Franco, A.M.A., Acácio, M., Martins, B.H., Moreira, F. & Catry, I. (2021). "Flying the extra mile pays-off: Foraging on anthropogenic waste as a time and energy-saving strategy in a generalist bird." Science of the Total Environment, 782, 146843. Link to publication
Acácio, M., Mullers, R.H.E., Franco, A.M.A., Willems, F.J. & Amar, A. (2021). "Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills." Scientific Reports, 11(1), 15796. Link to publication
Soriano-Redondo, A., Acácio, M., Franco, A.M.A., Herlander Martins, B., Moreira, F., Rogerson, K. & Catry, I. (2020). "Testing alternative methods for estimation of bird migration phenology from GPS tracking data." Ibis, 162(2), 581-588. Link to publication
Rocha, R., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F.Z., Ferreira, D.F., Silva, I., Acácio, M., Palmeirim, J.M. & Meyer, C.F.J. (2020). "Second-growth and small forest clearings have little effect on the temporal activity patterns of Amazonian phyllostomid bats." Current Zoology, 66(2), 145-153. Link to publication
Leal, A.I., Acácio, M., Meyer, C.F.J., Rainho, A. & Palmeirim, J.M. (2019). "Grazing improves habitat suitability for many ground foraging birds in Mediterranean wooded grasslands." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 270, 1-8. Link to publication
Bader, E., Acácio, M. & Monadjem, A. (2015). "The importance of water bodies for insectivorous bats in a Malagasy dry deciduous forest: a case example from Kirindy (CNFEREF)." Malagasy Nature, 9, 88-96. Link to publication
Datasets
Acácio, M. (2026). Stork Research Group Code Repository. GitHub. Link to dataset
Acácio, M., Vaadia, G. & Spiegel, O. (2025). Tutorial for: "Using accelerometer-based behavioral classification to enhance scavenger conservation". GitHub. Link to dataset
Acácio, M., Vaadia, G., … & Spiegel, O. (2025). Data for: "Using accelerometer-based behavioral classification to enhance scavenger conservation". Zenodo. Link to dataset
Acácio, M., Gahm, K., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Hatzofe, O., Harel, R., Efrat, R., Nathan, R., Pinter-Wollman, N. & Spiegel, O. (2024). Dataset for "Behavioural plasticity shapes population ageing patterns". Zenodo. Link to dataset
Acácio, M., Anglister, N., Vaadia, G., Harel, R., Nathan, R., Hatzofe, O. & Spiegel, O. (2023). Data for: "A lifetime track of a griffon vulture: The moving story of Rehovot (Y64)". Zenodo. Link to dataset
Acácio, M., Catry, I., Soriano-Redondo, A., Silva, J.P., Atkinson, P.W. & Franco, A.M.A. (2022). Data for: Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant. Movebank Data Repository. Link to dataset