Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals: Recent submissions
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Aplicación de biocarbón en la agricultura: Mejoramiento de la calidad de suelos mediante el uso de diferentes combinaciones de biocarbón y enmiendas orgánicas y su efecto sobre la nutrición y producción agrícola
[spa] El suelo, un recurso no renovable y esencial para el desarrollo de la vida, se ve afectado por los sistemas de producción de cultivos que provocan su degradación. El biocarbón, un producto rico en carbono obtenido ...
Genetic variability of minnows and loaches in rivers and high mountain lakes from the Pyrenees and Italian Alps
[eng] The invasion of alien species is a major global threat to ecosystems, with significant impacts, especially on freshwater ecosystems. The species diversity in freshwater ecosystems has significantly declined worldwide, ...
Biological mechanisms underlying psychosocial stress response: The consequences of prenatal maternal distress and childhood maltreatment on the endocrine and immune systems
[eng] During critical periods of development, psychosocial stress experiences may alter key neural networks of the human brain, with long-lasting effects on behavior and mental health. However, the specific biological ...
The role of non-native fish on littoral macroinvertebrates of Pyrenean high mountain lakes
[eng] High mountain freshwater ecosystems, such as Pyrenean lakes, are distinguished by their unique ecological characteristics, which encompass their near-pristine undisturbed state, unique biodiversity, and their role ...
Effects of dam decommissioning on carbon cycling in reservoirs. Case study of the Enobieta Reservoir, N Iberian Peninsula
[eng] The overall objective of this thesis is to explore the effects of DD on C cycling in reservoirs because there are many dams under removal and many more predicted in the near future. To answer this question, we conducted ...
Testing the hypothesis of adaptive radiation and its eco-phenotypic implications
[eng] Without a shadow of a doubt, adaptive radiation processes have played a major role in our current understanding of how species evolved on our planet. Since the original proposal of the theory of evolution by natural ...
Invasiones biológicas en ambientes marinos tropicales: El caso del pez león (Pterois volitans)
[spa] El pez león (Pterois volitans) inició una propagación sin precedentes en rapidez y magnitud a partir de Florida, Estados Unidos de América, y quizás las Bahamas hace más de dos décadas. Actualmente se ha establecido ...
Systematics of Nearctic and Neotropical Oak Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with a focus on specific genera in the fauna of Mexico
[eng] The oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are a group of specialized endophytophagous microhymenopterans that induce galls on Fagaceae trees, principally oaks (Quercus L.). The systematics of this tribe ...
Patrones de comportamiento y perfiles de personalidad en el delfín mular (Tursiops truncatus), y su utilidad como herramienta de manejo en cautividad
[spa] El objetivo general de esta tesis ha sido estudiar el comportamiento solitario y social de un grupo de ocho delfines mulares (Tursiops truncatus) en cautividad (Zoo de Barcelona), durante dos periodos reproductivos, ...
Feasibility of organic rice cultivation in the Ebro Delta
[eng] In the Mediterranean basins, rice is mainly cultivated in wetland protracted areas such as deltas and marshlands, where it is the prevailing crop due to the high soil salinity. This salinity is continuously increasing ...
Dugong-Seagrass Interactions in the Arabian Peninsula: Dugong Feeding Grounds as a Conservation Management Unit
[eng] The principal challenge of conserving marine megaherbivores is that they typically range over extensive areas that far exceed the spatial scales of conventional management, transcending protected areas, and often ...
Root traits and stable isotopes as phenotyping approaches to enhance wheat adaptation to Mediterranean conditions
[eng] Wheat is a major staple food worldwide. Its cultural and economic importance is mainly highlighted in the Mediterranean region, among other regions of the world. However, wheat production is frequently challenged by ...
Multi-sensor remote sensing detection of biotic stress for crop phenotyping and management guidance
[eng] The main driving force behind crop research is to ensure food security. Climate change, which affects most crops and increases the risk of disease and famine, is addressed in this notion. The Food and Agriculture ...
Diet composition and habitat use in red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations in the northeastern iberian peninsula: relations with phenotypic plasticity in dental roots, group ethology and stress hormones
[eng] Deer populations are increasing in recent times. One of the main causes is the abandonment of agriculture and extensive livestock farming. This thesis focuses on expanding our knowledge about the biology of red deer ...
Population Models: Flexibility, Advances, and Applications to Wildlife Conservation. The Bonelli’s Eagle as a Study Case
[eng] In this thesis, we took advantage of recent advances in the degree of sophistication and flexibility of population models to study the population dynamics and conservation of long-lived species. As main objective, ...
Analysis of the impact of synaptic plasticity genes and Human Accelerated Regions on brain function and structure: from the healthy brain to schizophrenia
[eng] Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder affecting around 24 million people worldwide. While we begin to disentangle the biological actors implicated in the origin of the disorder, the precise aetiological ...
Impacto de la pesca y ecología trófica de los tiburones de talla media y grande en el Mediterráneo
[spa] Los tiburones y en general los peces condrictios se encuentran entre los organismos más amenazados del planeta, siendo los efectos derivados de la interacción con actividades pesqueras, como la sobrepesca y la pesca ...
Ecología bentónica antártica en un planeta medioambientalmente cambiante, estudio de algunas esponjas y moluscos = Antarctic benthic ecology in our environmentally changing planet, a study on some sponges and molluscs
[spa] Debido a las condiciones ambientales y características biológicas únicas de los ambientes marinos antárticos, los efectos del cambio climático pueden ser devastadores y pueden reflejar el posible futuro a gran escala ...
Limnology of Tropical Mountain Lakes: Analysis of the hydromorphological, physical and biogeochemical variability of the Cajas Massif lake district
[eng] High-mountain tropical lakes in the South American continent are located in the upper part of the Andes range in the equatorial zone (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia), altitudinally, usually above the ...
New contributions to the ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in the Western Mediterranean: abundance, distribution and diversity
[eng] Gelatinous zooplankton has been studied in the Western Mediterranean for a long time, however, its spatial structure has been mainly addressed in coastal areas, during spring and summer periods. Hence, information ...
