Proyectos:

2025–2025 “The role of migratory birds in spreading antimicrobial resistance”. Financiamiento: HU-RIZON – Academia Húngara de la Ciencia

2022–2025 “Fitness costs of sex-specific investment in attraction in a small shorebird”. Financiamiento: ANID Postdoctorado

2021–2022 “Association of mating system variation with sex-specific immune function and gut microbiota in shorebirds”. Financiamiento: International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT)

Publicaciones:

García-Miranda O, Colchero F. Valdebenito JO, … Székely T. Biased Birth Sex Ratios of Mammals and Birds in Zoos. Scientific Reports (In press).

Wannigama LD, … Valdebenito JO, …, Abe S. Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano in remote regions of the global south to uncover transmission dynamics. Nature Communications 16:4900. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59322-z

Nagy N, Valdebenito JO, Kiss J, Rádai Z, Kosztolányi A, Székely T, Barta Z. 2025. Shifts in sex-specific immune gene expression in a beetle with parental care. Scientific Reports 15:10930. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95268-4

Mourkas E*, Valdebenito JO*, …, Sheppard SK. 2024. Proximity to humans is associated with antimicrobial-resistant enteric pathogens in wild bird microbiomes. Current Biology 34:1–11. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.059

Valdebenito JO, Jones W, Székely T. 2024. Evolutionary drivers of sex-specific parasite prevalence in wild birds. Proceedings of Royal Society B 291:20241013. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1013

Minwang S, Halimubieke N, Fang B, Valdebenito JO, … Liu Y. 2024. Gut microbiome in two high-altitude bird populations showed heterogeneity in sex and life stage. FEMS Microbes xtae020. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtae020

Valdebenito JO. 2024. Notes on a plover briefly incubating an oystercatcher nest in patagonia. Marine Ornithology 52:113–115. Online: http://www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1564

Székely T, … Valdebenito JO, … McDonald G. 2023. The causes and implications of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems. Ibis 166(2):357–385. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13277

Pottier P, … Valdebenito JO, … Nakagawa S. 2022. A comprehensive database of amphibian heat tolerance. Scientific Data 9:600. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01704-9

Valdebenito JO, Maher K, Gergely Zachár, … Urrutia A. 2022. Sex differences in immune gene expression in the brain of a small shorebird. Immunogenetics 74:487–496. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-022-01253-w

Amano T, … Valdebenito JO, … Sutherland WJ. 2021. Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology 19(10):e3001296. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296

Valdebenito JO, Halimubieke N, Lendvai AZ, Figuerola J, Eichhorn G, Szekely T. 2021. Seasonal variation in sex-specific immunity in wild birds. Scientific Reports 11:1349. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80030-9

Halimubieke N, Kupán K, Valdebenito JO, … Székely T. 2021. Author correction: Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers. Scientific Reports 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81033-w

Congresos:

Valdebenito JO, Torres-Paris T, Navedo JG. Qué variables predicen el balance de los sexos en aves playeras. XIV Congreso Chileno de Ornitología. San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. October 2024.

Maldonado S, Biscarra G, Ruiz J, Nualart DP, Vargas-Chacoff L, Oyarzún-Ruiz P, Valdebenito JO, Navedo JG. Efectos de los endoparásitos en un ave playera preparándose para migrar. XIV Congreso Chileno de Ornitología. San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. October 2024.

Valdebenito JO*, Mourkas E*, …, Sheppard SK. La urbanización promueve la presencia de bacterias con resistencia antimicrobiana en aves silvestres. XIV Congreso Chileno de Ornitología. San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. October 2024.

Sánchez-Méndez MF, Maldonado S, Oyarzún-Ruiz P, Vargas-Chacoff L, Navedo JG, Valdebenito JO. Los ritmos de liberación de huevos de endoparasites son independientes de los hábitos alimenticios en el Chorlo chileno. XIV Congreso Chileno de Ornitología. San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. October 2024.

Valdebenito JO, Torres-Paris T, Maldonado S, Gherardi-Fuentes C, Navedo JG. Evolutionary predictors of adult sex ratios in shorebirds and a brief description of the breeding biology of a Neotropical plover from Patagonia. 10th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting. Sackville, Canada. August 2024.

Valdebenito JO, Davies R & Székely T. Adult sex ratio and population diversity predict female fecundity. Sexual Selection in a Changing World. Erice, Italy. May 2024.

Valdebenito JO. ¿Qué determina las diferencias en parasitismo entre hembras y machos? Un análisis global. XIII Congreso Chileno de Ornitología. Valdivia, Chile. December 2022.

Valdebenito JO. What do we know about drivers of sex-specific mortality in shorebirds? Clues provided by immune gene expression in the Kentish plover. International Wader Study Group Annual Conference. Szeged, Hungary. September 2022.

Pottier P, … Valdebenito JO, … Nakagawa S. Climate vulnerability of the world’s amphibians: Finding the missing pieces of an ecological puzzle. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) conference. Montpellier, France. July 2022.

Valdebenito JO, Maher K, Zachár G, Huang Q, Zhang Z, Young LJ, Székely T, Que P, Liu Y, Urrutia AO. Sex differences in immune gene expression in the brain of a small shorebird. 23rd Conference of the Hungarian Ethological Society (online). Budapest, Hungary. November 2021.