David Gutiérrez
Departamental II – DII. 238
Area of Biodiversity and Conservation
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
c/ Tulipán s/n.
E-28933 Móstoles (Madrid)
Spain
Phone: +34 91 488 8160
Fax: +34 91 664 7490
E-mail: david.gutierrez at urjc.es
1990 – BsC Biological Sciences, speciality in Zoology (Universidad de Oviedo)
1996 – Ph D in Biology (Universidad de Oviedo)
Full professor.
I teach Ecology in the degree in Environmental Sciences.
- Population dynamics of butterflies in fragmented landscapes
- Dispersal biology of butterflies
- Community structure of insects
- Effects of climate change on insect populations
Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2021). Intra- and interspecific variation in the responses of insect phenology to climate. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 248-259.
Stewart, J. E.; Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Richards, S. A.; Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2020). Linking interannual variation in environment, phenology and abundance for a montane butterfly community. Ecology 101: e02906.
Fernández, P.; Rodríguez, A.; Gutiérrez, D.; Jordano, D.; Fernández-Haeger, J. (2019). Firebreaks as a barrier to movement: the case of a butterfly in a Mediterranean landscape. Journal of Insect Conservation 23: 843-856.
Fernández, P.; Gutiérrez, D.; Jordano, D.; Fernández Haeger, J. (2017). Water availability drives habitat quality for the butterfly Plebejus argus in a Mediterranean sand dune landscape. Journal of Insect Conservation 21: 873-883.
Fernández, P.; Gutiérrez, D.; Fernández-Haeger, J.; Jordano, D. (2016). Host plant selection in Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) and its mutualistic ant. The role of plant architecture (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterología 44: 319-331.
Gutiérrez, D.; Vila, R.; Wilson, R. J. (2016). Asymmetric constraints on limits to species ranges influence consumer-resource richness over an environmental gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 1477-1488.
Nieto-Sánchez, S.; Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2015). Long-term change and spatial variation in butterfly communities over an elevational gradient: driven by climate, buffered by habitat. Diversity and Distributions 21: 950-961.
Wilson, R. J.; Bennie, J.; Lawson, C. R.; Pearson, D.; Ortúzar-Ugarte, G.; Gutiérrez, D. (2015). Population turnover, habitat use and microclimate at the contracting range margin of a butterfly. Journal of Insect Conservation 19: 205-216.
Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2014). Climate conditions and resource availability drive return elevational migrations in a single-brooded insect. Oecologia175: 861-873.
Gutiérrez, D.; Harcourt, J.; Díez, S. B.; Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Wilson, R. J. (2013). Models of presence–absence estimate abundance as well as (or even better than) models of abundance: the case of the butterfly Parnassius apollo. Landscape Ecology 28: 401-413.
Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Díez, S. B.; Wilson, R. J. (2012). Elevational trends in butterfly phenology: implications for species responses to climate change. Ecological Entomology 37: 134-144.
de Arce Crespo, J. A.; Gutiérrez, D. (2011). Altitudinal trends in the phenology of butterflies in a mountainous area in central Spain. European Journal of Entomology 108: 651-658.
Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2010). Fine-scale determinants of butterfly species richness and composition in a mountain region. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1706-1720.
Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2010). The contributions of topoclimate and land cover to species distributions and abundance: fine-resolution tests for a mountain butterfly fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 159-173. See cover
Teixido, A. L.; Quintanilla, L. G.; Carreño, F.; Gutiérrez, D. (2010). Impacts of changes in land use and fragmentation patterns on Atlantic coastal forests in northern Spain. Journal of Environmental Management 91: 879-886. PDF
Ashton, S.; Gutiérrez, D.; Wilson, R. J. (2009). Effects of temperature and elevation on habitat use by a rare mountain butterfly: implications for species responses to climate change. Ecological Entomology 34: 437-446.
Rabasa, S. G.; Gutiérrez, D.; Escudero, A. (2009). Breeding system of the Iberian endemic shrub Colutea hispanica (Leguminosae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 66: 279-284.
Rabasa, S. G.; Gutiérrez, D.; Escudero, A. (2009). Temporal variation in the effects of habitat fragmentation on reproduction of the Mediterranean shrub Colutea hispanica. Plant Ecology 200: 241-254.
Rabasa, S. G.; Gutiérrez, D.; Escudero, A. (2008). Relative importance of host plant patch geometry and habitat quality on the patterns of occupancy, extinction and density of the monophagous butterfly Iolana iolas. Oecologia 156: 491-503.
Merrill, R. M.; Gutiérrez, D.; Lewis, O. T.; Gutiérrez, J.; Díez, S. B.; Wilson, R. J. (2008). Combined effects of climate and biotic interactions on the elevational range of a phytophagous insect. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 145-155.
Rabasa, S. G.; Gutiérrez, D.; Escudero, A. (2007). Metapopulation structure and habitat quality in modelling dispersal in the butterfly Iolana iolas. Oikos116: 793-806.
Wilson, R. J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Gutiérrez, J.; Monserrat, V. J. (2007). An elevational shift in butterfly species richness and composition accompanying recent climate change. Global Change Biology 13: 1873-1887.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R. (2007). Regional hotspots of butterfly diversity in a protected area: Are they indicators of unique assemblages and areas with more species of conservation concern? Acta Oecologica 32: 301-311.
Wilson, R. J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Gutiérrez, J.; Martínez, D.; Agudo, R.; Monserrat, V. J. (2005). Changes to the elevational limits and extent of species ranges associated with climate change. Ecology Letters 8: 1138-1146. PDF (Supplementary material).
Rabasa, S. G.; Gutiérrez, D.; Escudero, A. (2005). Egg laying by a butterfly on a fragmented host plant: a multi-level approach. Ecography 28: 629-639. PDF
Gutiérrez, D. (2005). Effectiveness of existing reserves in the long-term protection of a regionally rare butterfly. Conservation Biology 19: 1586-1597.
Gutiérrez, D.; Fernández, P.; Seymour, A. S.; Jordano, D. (2005). Habitat distribution models: are mutualist distributions good predictors of their associates? Ecological Applications 15: 3-18.
Menéndez, R.; Gutiérrez, D. (2004). Shifts in habitat associations of dung beetles in northern Spain: Climate change implications. Ecoscience 11: 329-337.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R.; Méndez, M. (2004). Habitat-based conservation priorities for carabid beetles within the Picos de Europa National Park, northern Spain. Biological Conservation 115: 379-393.
Seymour, A. S.; Gutiérrez, D.; Jordano, D. (2003). Dispersal of the Lycaenid Plebejus argus in response to patches of its mutualist ant Lasius niger. Oikos 103: 162-174.
Menéndez, R.; Gutiérrez, D.; Thomas, C. D. (2002). Migration and Allee effects in the Six-spot burnet moth, Zygaena filipendulae. Ecological Entomology 27: 317-325.
Gutiérrez, D.; León-Cortés, J. L.; Menéndez, R.; Wilson, R. J.; Cowley, M. J. R.; Thomas, C. D. (2001). Metapopulations of four Lepidopteran herbivores on a single host plant (Lotus corniculatus). Ecology 82: 1371-1386.
Cowley, M. J. R.; Thomas, C. D.; Wilson, R. J.; León-Cortés, J. L.; Gutiérrez, D.; Bulman, C. R. (2001). Density-distribution relationships in British butterflies. II. An assessment of mechanisms. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 426-441.
Cowley, M. J. R.; Thomas, C. D.; Roy, D. B.; Wilson, R. J.; León-Cortés, J. L.; Gutiérrez, D.; Bulman, C. R.; Quinn, R. M.; Moss, D.; Gaston, K. J. (2001). Density-distribution relationships in British butterflies. I. The effect of mobility and spatial scale. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 410-425.
Cowley, M. J. R.; Wilson, R. J.; León-Cortés, J. L.; Gutiérrez, D.; Bulman, C. R.; Thomas, C. D. (2000). Habitat based statistical models for predicting the spatial distribution of butterflies and day-flying moths in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology. 37 (Supplement 1): 60-72.
Gutiérrez, D.; Thomas, C. D. (2000). Marginal range expansion in a host-limited butterfly species (Gonepteryx rhamni). Ecological Entomology 25: 165-170.
Gutiérrez, D.; Thomas, C. D.; León-Cortés, J. L. (1999). Dispersal, distribution, patch network, and metapopulation dynamics of the dingy skipper butterfly (Erynnis tages). Oecologia 121: 506-517.
Menéndez, R.; Gutiérrez, D. (1999). Heterotrophic succession within dung-inhabiting beetle communities in northern Spain. Acta Oecologica 20: 527-535.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R. (1998). Stability of butterfly assemblages in relation to the level of numerical resolution and altitude. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 967-979.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R. (1998). Phenology of butterflies along an altitudinal gradient in northern Spain. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 249-264.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R. (1997). Patterns in the distribution, abundance and body size of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Caraboidea) in relation to dispersal ability. Journal of Biogeography 24: 903-914.
Gutiérrez, D. (1997). Importance of historical factors on species richness and composition of butterfly assemblages (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in a northern Iberian mountain range. Journal of Biogeography 24: 77-88.
Menéndez, R.; Gutiérrez, D. (1996). Altitudinal effects on habitat selection in dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae) in the northern Iberian peninsula. Ecography 19: 313-317.
Gutiérrez D.; Menéndez, R.; Obeso, J. R. (1996). Effects of ovule position on seed maturation and seed weight in Ulex europaeus and U. gallii(Fabaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 74: 848-853.
Gutiérrez, D.; Menéndez, R. (1995). Distribution and abundance of butterflies in a mountain area in the northern Iberian peninsula. Ecography 18: 209-216.
Wilson, R. J.; Gutiérrez Illán, J.; Gutiérrez, D. (2015). Cambios experimentados por los lepidópteros de la Sierra de Guadarrama entre los periodos 1967-1973 y 2004-2005. In: Herrero, A.; Zavala, M. A. (eds.) Los bosques y la biodiversidad frente al cambio climático: impactos, vulnerabilidad y adaptación en España: 185-197. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Madrid.
Wilson, R. J.; Gutiérrez, D. (2011). Effects of climate change on elevational limits of species ranges. In: Belant, J. L.; Beever, E. A. (eds.) Ecological consequences of climate change: mechanisms, conservation and management: 107-131. CRC Press, Boca Raton, CA.
Gutiérrez, D. (2009). Butterfly richness patterns and gradients. In: Settele, J.; Shreeve, T. G.; Konvicka, M.; Van Dyck, H. (eds.) Ecology of butterflies in Europe: 281-295. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Gutiérrez, D.; Seymour, A. S.; Fernández, P.; Fernández Haeger, J.; Jordano, D. (2004). Estructura espacial y dispersión en las poblaciones de mariposas: modelos y experimentos con Plebejus argus en Doñana. In: Fernández-Palacios, J. M.; Morici, C. (eds.) Ecología Insular: 147-179. Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre y Excmo. Cabildo Insular de la Palma, La Palma.