Publications
2026
Kim, S. Y., Chiara, V., & Velando, A. (2026). Grandmother age effects via sperm telomere length and egg telomerase transcripts. Molecular Ecology, e70212.
2025
Chiara, V., & Kim, S. Y. (2025). AnimalTA: A Step-by-Step Tutorial. In Olfactory Receptors: Methods and Protocols (pp. 315-331). New York, NY: Springer US.
Papadopoulou, M., Ball, M., Bartashevich, P., Burns, A. L. J., Chiara, V., Clark, M. A., ... & King, A. J. (2025). Active interactions between animals and technology: Biohybrid approaches for animal behaviour research. Animal Behaviour, 123160.
Chiara, V. (2025). Personality expression is shaped by the early experienced social context in predatory mites. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(1), 7-10.
2024
Castro-Cardoso, M., Trigos-Peral, G., Chiara, V., Cordero-Rivera, A., & Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2024). Adaptation to new resources: interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in Eucalyptus plantations in NW Spain. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1-11.
2023
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Chiara V. & Kim S.Y. (2023). AnimalTA: a highly flexible and easy-to-use program for tracking and analyzing animal movement in different environments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 1699– 1707.
2022
Sanmartín-Villar I., Cruz da Silva E., Chiara V., Cordero-Rivera A. & Lorenzo-Carballa M.O. (2022). Genetic divergence and aggressiveness within a supercolony of the invasive ant Linepithema humile. NeoBiota. 77: 125-153.
Chiara V., Arrufat P. & Jeanson R. (2022). A variable refractory period increases collective performance in noisy environments. PNAS. 119, e2115103119.
Kim S.Y., Chiara V., Álvarez-Quintero N., & Velando A. (2022). Mitochondrial DNA content in eggs as a maternal effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289, 20212100.
Chiara V., Velando A. & Kim SY. (2022). Relationships between male secondary sexual traits, physiological state and offspring viability in the three-spined stickleback. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 22, 4.
2021
Álvarez-Quintero N., Chiara V. & Kim S.Y (2021). Trap versus net: Behavioural sampling bias caused by capture method in three-spined sticklebacks. Behavioural Processes. 92, 104504.
2020
Chiara V. & Jeanson R. (2020). Influence of past and current social contexts on hunting behaviour in spiderlings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74, 87.
2019
Chiara V., Ramon-Portugal F. & Jeanson R. (2019). Social intolerance is a not a cause, but a consequence of dispersal in spiders. PLOS Biology. 17, e3000319.
2016
Ruhland F., Chiara V. & Trabalon M. (2016). Age and egg-sac loss determine maternal behavior and locomotor activity of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae). Behavioral Processes. 132, 57-65.