Terradellas, M. Rosa (Date of defense: 2021-03-22)
This thesis is structured in two applied researches. One, focused on how to embed the transversal competence of sustainability to undergraduate studies at the UdG. The other promotes an innovation in ...
Rodríguez Monteagudo, Manuel (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
The present PhD work has been done within the research topics of the Laboratory of Paper Engineering and Polymer Materials (LEPAMAP) at the University of Girona. Composite materials from high yield corn ...
Ortiz Álvarez, Rüdiger (Date of defense: 2018-05-18)
The microbial metacommunity of the Pyrenees mountain range has never been studied at the regional level. In this PhD thesis, the main goal is to describe the taxonomic diversity and reveal the ecological ...
Santamaría Pérez, Jorge (Date of defense: 2021-09-27)
Biological invasions have become one of the most pervasive threats to native ecosystems worldwide, causing species extinctions, disrupting the functioning of ecosystems, altering the provision of critical ...
Puig, Xavier, 1975- (Date of defense: 2021-07-09)
We study the effect of organic farming practices on several taxa in olive groves and vineyards. Sessile organisms show a stronger response to treatment, their diversity being higher in organic vineyards. ...
Matías González, Alberto (Date of defense: 2006-01-19)
The research subject comes as a result of the need to implement sustainable practices in agriculture, in order to confront the environmental deterioration. The research aspires to explain the relation ...
Casas Ruiz, Joan Pere (Date of defense: 2017-05-31)
In river networks, dissolved organic matter (DOM) constitutes the major pool of organic carbon, and plays a key role as energy source and modulator of toxic substances availability. In this thesis, Joan ...
Bou Manobens, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-04-11)
The sessile oak Quercus petraea is widespread in Central Europe. The populations in the NE Iberian Peninsula are at the southernmost limit of the species range, in the most Mediterranean-type conditions ...
Argudo Fernández, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-02-08)
This thesis shows how the metals of natural and anthropic origin change significantly the composition of the prokaryotic communities (mainly the composition of bacteria). The β-diversity is the most ...
Mercadal i Corominas, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2019-11-13)
The hay meadows in the Mediterranean region of Catalonia. Geobotanical characterisation, agri-environmental assessment, and study of the phytosociological relationships between hay meadows in Western ...