Horita Pérez, Luz Helena (Date of defense: 2022-05-19)
Through the analysis of circulating SRs in the environmental field, social practices are explained from the different conceptions of the environment that societies possess, as well as from the epistemological ...
Cunillera-Montcusí, David (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)
During the last years, there has been an increase in the number and intensity of disturbances, and their consequences related with global change, which have corroborated the already forecasted scenarios. ...
Villegas Hernández, Harold O. (Date of defense: 2015-09-04)
A direct consequence of sea warming in the Mediterranean is a increase in the abundance of thermo-tolerant species fish species such as Sphyraena viridensis, Pomadasys incisus, Pomatomus saltatrix and ...
Reixach Corominas, Rafel (Date of defense: 2015-10-28)
Aquesta tesi doctoral i tot el treball experimental s’ha realitzat dintre les línies de treball del grup de recerca, Laboratori d’Enginyeria Paperera i Materials Polímers (LEPAMAP) de l’Escola Politècnica ...
González Trujillo, Juan David (Date of defense: 2020-07-30)
I used the metacommunity framework to dissect the relative influences of dispersal (in ecological and evolutionary timeframes), selection (driven by abiotic factors) and ecological drift on the assembly ...
Pons Pairó, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-07-07)
Green manufacturers and an understanding of their differentiating characteristics and environmental and economic performance when applying green practices are at the centre of this doctoral thesis. The ...
Gusmaroli, Lucia (Date of defense: 2020-05-25)
The presence of xenobiotics - such as pharmaceutically active compounds, endocrine disrupting compounds and pesticides - in the aquatic environment has risen great environmental concern due to their ...
Jiménez Ontiveros, Vicente Luis (Date of defense: 2020-06-29)
This thesis develops a quantitative approach to understanding and predicting the spatiotemporal distribution of biodiversity, based on a stochastic version of the theory of island biogeography. Here, I ...
Pascual i Ruiz, Jordi (Date of defense: 2021-07-06)
The research studies the contributions that cities and local governments have made to debates, both locally and globally, on cultural rights and on the role of the culture in sustainable development. ...
Escoriza, Daniel (Date of defense: 2015-03-02)
Amphibians are a group in worldwide decline. The factors that are causing this decline are not well known, but could be multifactorial, related to the recent expansion of pathogens and habitat disturbance. ...