Science

Biography

From 1990 to 1995, I studied biology at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where I also carried out a Master Degree on Sciences of Coastal Zones (1999) and taught practical classes of ecology to undergraduates.

In 2004, I was awarded a DPhil at the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford University, as a result of my study on “Breeding ecology, moult and migration of Savi’s Warblers (Locustella luscinioides) in Portugal”.

From 2005 to 2014, I was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow simultaneously at Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Porto University, Portugal, and at the Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden, where I'm also a member of CanMove. In 2013, I became an associate (subject) editor of Journal of Avian Biology.

From 2015 to 2021, I lectured in various courses and worked as a researcher at Lund University.

In January 2023, I became affiiated with the Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, and with the Associated Lab CESAM.

Publications

(PDFs available at ResearchGate)

2024

41. Neto JM,  Silva LP. (2024) Autumn migration of Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in Portugal revisited. Ardea 112: 209-216. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2023.a25

40. Watson H, Drews A, Skogsmyr KH, Neto JM, Roved J, Westerdahl H. (2024) Only rare classical MHC-1 alleles are expressed in European House Sparrows. Proc. R. Soc. B 291: 20232857. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2857

2022

39. Tobler M, Gómez-Blanco D, Hegemann A, Lapa M, Neto JM,  Tarka M, Xiong Y, Hasselquist D. (2022) Telomeres in ecology and evolution: a review and classification of hypotheses. Molecular Ecology 31: 5946-5965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16308

2020

38. Zhao T, Ilieva M, Larson K, Lundberg M, Neto JM,  Sokolovskis K, Akesson S, Bensch S. (2020) Autumn migration direction of juvenile willow warblers (Phylloscopus t. trochilus and P. t. acredula) and their hybrids by qPCR SNP genotyping. Movement Ecology 8: 22.

37. Ellis VA, Huang X, Westerdahl H, Jönsson J, Hasselquist D, Neto JM,  Nilsson J-Å, Nilsson J, Hegemann A, Hellgren O, Bensch S. (2020) Explaining prevalence, diversity, and host specificity in a community of avian haemosporidian parasites. Oikos 129: 1314-1329.

36. Neto JM, Mellinger S, Halupka L, Marzal A, Zehtindjiev P & Westerdahl H (2020) Seasonal dynamics of haemosporidian (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) parasites in house sparrows at four European sites: comparison between lineages and the importance of screening methods. International Journal of Parasitology 50: 523-532.

35. Norte A, Margos G, Becker N, Ramos J, Nuncio M, Fingerle V, Araújo P, Adamik P, Alivizatos H, Barba E, Barrientos R, Cauchard L, Csorgo T, Diakou A, Dingemanse N, Doligez B, Dubiec A, Eeva T, Flaisz B, Grim T, Hau M, Heylen D, Hornok S, Kazantzidis S, Kovats D, Krause F, Literak I, Mand R, Mantesana L, Morinay J, Mutanen M, Neto JM  Nováková M, Sanz JJ, da Silva L, Sprong H, Tirri I, Török J, Trilar T, Tyller Z, Visser M & Lopes Carvalho I. (2020) Host behavior shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen. Molecular Ecology 29: 485-501.

2019

34. Raković M, Neto JM, Lopes RG, Collinson JM, Koblik EA, Fadeev IV, Lohman YV, Aghayan SA, Boano G, Pavia M, Perlman Y, Kiat Y, Dov AB, Voelker G & Drovetski SV (2019) Geographic patterns of mtDNA and Z-linked sequence variation in the common chiffchaff and the 'chiffchaff complex'. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210268.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210268

2018

33. Neto JM & Marques A (2018) First record of Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus in Portugal revealed by ringing recovery and DNA analysis. Anuário Ornitológico 10: 67-68.

32. Neto JM, Bensch S, Råberg L & Hansson B (2018) Correspondence: inconclusive inference of rapid adaptive evolution. Nature Communications 9: 2663. [Link]

31. Monrós JS, Neto JM  Arcos F, Vera P & Belda EJ (2018) El escribano palustre en España y Portugal. Población reproductora en 2015 y método de censo. Universitat de València-Universitat Politécnica de València-SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. https://doi.org/10.31170/0059

30. Le Nevé A, Blaise C, Dehorter O., Dugué H, Hemery D, Jiguet F, Musseau R, Neto JM, Idrissi HR, Martínez CZ & Roothaert N (2018) Migration. In: Tanneberger F & Kubacka J. (Eds) The Aquatic Warbler Conservation Handbook. Brandenburg State Office for Environment (LfU), Potsdam. pp: 72-91.

2017

29. Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Chrostek ME, Jiguet F, Martinez CZ, Miguélez D & Neto JM (2017) Differential  timing and latitudinal variation in sex ratio of aquatic warblers during the Autumn migration. The Science of Nature 104: 101.

28. van Nus T & Neto JM (2017) Urban roost of wintering Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) in Aveiro, Portugal. Ardea 105: 73-78.

27. Neto JM, Gordinho LO, Vollot B, Monrós JS, Marín M & Newton J (2017) Stable isotopes reveal differences in diet among Reed Bunting subspecies that vary in bill size. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 284-294.

2016

26. Catry P, Campos AR, Granadeiro JP, Neto JM, Ramos J, Newton J & Bearhop S (2016) Provenance does matter: links between trophic segregation on shared wintering grounds and the migratory origins of European Robins. Oecologia 182: 985-994.

25. Gordinho LO, Hasselquist D, Neto JM (2016) Asymmetric song recognition among subspecies in the reed bunting. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1413-1423.

2015

24. Gordinho LO, Matheu E, Hasselquist D, Neto JM (2015) Song divergence between subspecies of Reed Bunting is more pronounced in singing styles under sexual selection. Animal Behaviour 107: 221–231.

23. Neto JM, Pérez-Rodríguez A, Haase M, Flade M, Bensch S (2015) Prevalence and diversity of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus parasites in the globally-threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola. Parasitology 142: 1183–1189.

2014

22. Andueza M, Barba E, Arroyo JL, Feliu J, Greño JL, Jubete F, Lozano L, Monrós JS, Moreno-Opo R, Neto JM, Onrubia A, Tenreiro P, Valkenburg T, Zumalacárregui C, González C, Herrero A & Arizaga J (2014) Body mass of a long-distance migratory passerine in relation to geographic barrier crossing: a case study with first-year Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus in Iberia. Ornis Fennica 91: 88–99.

2013

21. Andueza M, Barba E, Arroyo JL, Feliu J, Greño JL, Jubete F, Lozano L, Monrós JS, Moreno-Opo R, Neto JM, Onrubia A, Tenreiro P, Valkenburg T, Zumalacárregui C, González C, Herrero A & Arizaga J (2013) Connectivity patterns in Acrocephalus warblers between breeding sites in Europe and stopover sites in Iberia during autumn migration. Ardea 101: 133–140.

20. Correia E &  Neto JM (2013) Migration strategy of white-spotted Bluethroats (Luscinia svecica cyanecula and L. s. namnetum) along the eastern Atlantic route. Ardeola 60: 245–259.

19. Procházka P, van Wilgenburg SL, Neto JM, Yosef R & Hobson KA (2013) Using stable hydrogen isotopes and ring recoveries to trace natal origins in a Eurasian passerine with a migratory divide. Journal of Avian Biology 44: 541–550.

18. Neto JM, Gordinho L, Belda EJ, Marín M, Monrós JS, Fearon P & Crates R. (2013) Phenotypic divergence among west European Populations of Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus: the effects of migratory and foraging behaviours. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63248. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063248

2012

17. Neto JM & Correia E (2012) Biometrics and sub-specific identification of white-spotted Bluethroats (Luscinia svecica cyanecula and L. s. namnetum) during autumn and winter. Ardeola 59: 309–315.

16. Neto JM, Arroyo JL, Bargain B, Monrós JS, Mátrai N, Procházka P, Zehtindjiev P (2012) Phylogeography of a habitat specialist with high dispersal capability: the Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides.  PLoS ONE 7(6): e38497. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038497   

15. Mátrai N, Bakonyi G, Gyurácz J, Hoffmann G, Raijmakers K, Neto JM, Mátics R (2012) Do the European Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) reach South Africa during wintering? Journal of Ornithology 153: 579–583.

2011

14. Campos A, Catry P, Tenreiro P, Neto JM, Pereira A, Brito R, Cardoso H, Ramos JA, Bearhop S, Newton J (2011) How do Robins Erithacus rubecula resident in Iberia respond to seasonal flooding by conspecific migrants? Bird Study 58: 435–442.

13. Kvist L, Ponnikas S, Belda EJ, Encabo I, Martínez E, Onrubia A, Hernández JM, Vera P, Neto JM & Monrós JS (2011) Endangered subspecies of the reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus witherbyi and E. s. lusitanica) in Iberian Peninsula have different genetic structures. Journal of Ornithology 152: 681–693.

12. Neto JM, Hansson B & Hasselquist D (2011) Sex allocation in Savi’s warblers Locustella luscinioides: multiple factors affect seasonal trends in brood sex ratios. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 297–304.

2010

11. Neto JM, Hansson B & Hasselquist D (2010) Low frequency of extra-pair paternity in Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides. Behaviour 147: 1413–1429.

10. Neto JM, Encarnação V & Fearon P (2010) Distribution, phenology and condition of Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola migrating through Portugal. Ardeola 57: 181–189.

9. Neto JM & Gosler AG (2010) Variation in body condition of breeding Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides: the  reproductive stress and flight adaptation hypotheses revisited. Journal of Ornithology 151: 201–210.

2008

8. Neto JM, Encarnação V, Fearon P & Gosler AG (2008) Autumn migration of Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides in Portugal: differences in timing, fuel deposition rate and flight range between the age classes. Bird Study 55: 78–85.

2006

7. Neto JM (2006) Nest-site selection and predation in Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides. Bird Study 53: 171–176.

6. Neto JM & Gosler AG (2006) Post-juvenile and post-breeding moult of Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides in Portugal. Ibis 148: 39–49.

5. Neto JM, Newton J, Gosler AG & Perrins CM (2006) Using stable isotope analysis to determine the winter moult extent in migratory birds: the complex moult of Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides. Journal of Avian Biology 37: 117–124.

2005

4. Neto JM & Gosler AG (2005) Breeding biology of the Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides in Portugal. Ardea 93: 89–100.

2003

3. Neto JM (2003) Annual dynamics of reedbed passerines in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, assessed by standardized mist-netting. Airo 13: 17–29.

1999

2. Neto J & Meireles S (1999) First breeding record of the Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus in Salreu, Ria de Aveiro. Airo 10: 36–38. [in Portuguese with an English abstract]

1997

1. Neto J (1997) Contribuição para o conhecimento da biologia reprodutiva do Corvo-marinho-de-crista, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, na Reserva Natural da Berlenga. Airo 8: 16–24. [with an English abstract]