I am a postdoctoral researcher at Biodiversity Research Institute
(IMIB). I obtained in December 2021 the PhD degree in Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences (cum laude). I also hold an MSc in Applied
Research in Wildlife and Game Resources (2017) and a BSc in
Environmental Sciences (2016). I have published 32 peer-reviewed
publications (25 of them Q1, 12 as first/corresponding aurthor), and 12
scientific reports. I have lectured for 215 hours at the Bsc and Master
level. I have also supervised 11 bachelor/master students,
hosted one PhD student, and one postdoctoral researchers, and
co-supervised chapters of four PhD thesis. I have received
292,655.70€ in competitive calls as principal
investigator (PI)/beneficiary. I have been PI of four projects calls,
and I have collaborated as a researcher on seven projects and 10
transfer of knowledge contracts. I have contributed with 47
presentations at national/international congresses. Regarding
international mobility, I have been funded in competitive calls to visit
four universities and research institutions abroad for a total period of
33 months (9 pre-doc + 24 post-doc) at the Zoological Society of London
(UK), Uni. of St. Andrews (UK), Uni. of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
and Uni. of Torino (Italy). I have published articles with 112
international researchers. I am associate editor of the journal
Ecosystems edited by the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology, and
I have served on the evaluation committee for one competitive project
call. I have been a member of the organizing committee of two scientific
congresses, and one of the scientific committees. I am also a
member of the European Observatory of Wildlife (EOW) advisory
board, a European network capable of monitoring wildlife
populations. I give particular attention to communicating and
disseminating research, interacting frequently with the media (e.g. El
País) and managing an X account @cameratraps1 with > 2,1K followers in
which I disseminate information about wildlife, camera traps and
research. I usually transfer my knowledge to the international and
national levels in the form of courses and workshops. For instance, I
have been invited as a keynote speaker to seminars organized by Imperial
College of London, veterinarians and engineering associations, and
workshops hosted by ENETWILD project, Mammalnet CitSci project and
Palombar NGO. I have received the “Seal of Excellence” in my project
proposal “One health: tick-borne pathogens in the context of a wildlife
pandemic” in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships
2022 (MSCA-PF). I have been also awarded extraordinary prices on the
Bachelor, Master and PhD levels.
Palencia, P., Sereno Cadierno, J., Carniato, D., Marques, T., Hofmeester, T. R., Vicente, J., & Acevedo, P. (2024). Clustered and rotating designs as a strategy to obtain precise detection rates in camera trapping studies. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Zampetti, A., Mirante, D., Palencia, P., & Santini, L. (2024). Towards an automated protocol for wildlife density estimation using camera‐traps Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Palencia, P., & Barroso, P. (2024). Disentangling ground-nest predation rates through an artificial nests experiment in an area with western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) presence: martens are the key. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70(5), 87.
Delisle, Z. J., Henrich, M., Palencia, P., & Swihart, R. K. (2023). Reducing bias in density estimates for unmarked populations that exhibit reactive behaviour towards camera traps Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), 3100-3111.
Palencia, P., Vada, R., Zanet, S., Calvini, M., Gola, G., & Ferroglio, E. (2023). Not just pictures: Utility of camera trapping in the context of African swine fever and wild boar management. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023(1), 7820538. AC: Palencia, P.
Barroso, P., Relimpio, D., Zearra, J. A., Cerón, J. J., Palencia, P. Cardoso, B., … & Gortázar, C. (2023). Using integrated wildlife monitoring to prevent future pandemics through one health approach One Health, 16, 100479.
Palencia, P., Barroso, P., Vicente, J., Hofmeester, T. R., Ferreres, J., & Acevedo, P. (2022). Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8(5), 670-682.
Palencia, P., Vicente, J., Soriguer, R. C., & Acevedo, P. (2022). Towards a best practices guide for camera trapping: assessing differences among camera trap models and settings under field conditions Journal of Zoology, 316(3), 197-208.
Palencia, P., Rowcliffe, J. M., Vicente, J., & Acevedo, P. (2021). Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(8), 1583-1592.
Palencia, P., Fernández López, J., Vicente, J., & Acevedo, P. (2021). Innovations in movement and behavioural ecology from camera traps: Day range as model parameter Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(7), 1201-1212.
Oral communication – international congress: P. Palencia, López-Bao, J. V.; Barroso, P.; Gallardo, H.; Jaumejoan, X.; Sazatornil, V. & Mateo-Tomás, P. Low wild boar predation rates in artificial ground nests in capercaillie habitats 9th World Conference on Mountain Ungulates, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 12/10/2024-15/10/2024
Oral communication – international congress: P. Palencia, P. Acevedo, T. R. Hofmeester, J. Sereno, & J. Vicente. Disentangling the drivers of wild boar movement patterns from camera trap data. 13th Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids, Barcelona, Spain, 6/9/2022-/9/2022
Poster communication – international congress: P Palencia, S Blome, E Ferroglio, A Gogin, Y Jo, R, A Linden, M-L Penrith, J Vicente, A Viltrop & C Gortazar. Tools and opportunities for African swine fever control in wild boar and feral pigs: a review. 13th Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids, Barcelona, Spain, 6/9/2022-9/9/2022
Oral communication – national congress: P. Palencia, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Avances en la monitorización de densidad poblacional y ecología del movimiento de mamíferos no reconocibles (unmarked species) mediante fototrampeo. XV Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM); Córdoba, Spain; 04-07/12/2021
Poster communication – international congress: P. Palencia, J. Fernández-López, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Innovations in movement and behavioural ecology from camera traps: day range as model parameter. Scaling Up Camera Trap Surveys to Inform Regional Wildlife Conservation. Canadá; 18/05/2020
Oral communication – international congress: P. Palencia, F. Carro, R. C. Soriguer, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Considerations for analyzing a long time series of distance sampling data. IX Meeting of Iberian Wild Ungulates. Granada, Spain; 04-06/10/2018
Poster communication – international congress: P. Palencia, P. Iglesias, J. Jiménez, F. Carro, R. C. Soriguer, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Assessing the random encounter model reliability with wild ungulates. 12th Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids. Lázne, Czech Republic; 04-07/09/2018
Poster communication – international congress: P. Palencia, B. Bovillo, J. Vicente, X. Pardavila, L. Royo, F. Carro, A. Lamosa & P. Acevedo. Seasonal and spatial variation in wild boar movement behaviour: implications for random encounter model. 12th Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids. Lázne, Czech Republic; 04-07/09/2018
Oral communication – national congress: P. Palencia, P. Barroso, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Efecto de la tortuosidad sobre estimas del rango diario de desplazamiento: el jabalí (Sus scrofa) como caso de estudio. XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM). Guadalajara, Spain; 06-09/12/2017
Poster communication – international congress: P. Palencia, P. Barroso, J. Vicente & P. Acevedo. Estimating wild boar (Sus scrofa) travel speed and day range: is telemetry the more precise option? Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE). Vairão, Portugal; 28-30/06/2017