Contreras Fuentes, Tabit Alejandra (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Las especies de peces mesopelágicas que se incluyen en esta investigación corresponden la familia Myctophidae (orden Myctophiformes) con las especies Ceratoscopelus maderensis, Hygophum benoiti y ...
Sitjà Poch, Cèlia (Date of defense: 2020-11-05)
The general outline of this thesis was to assess the potential of the Mediterranean water masses to transport deep-sea fauna towards the Atlantic Ocean. By examining the effects that the bathyal water ...
Puértolas i Domènech, Laura (Date of defense: 2016-11-30)
La recuperació d’espais fluvials és una activitat que ha anat en augment en els darrers anys però no disposava de mètodes d’avaluació que n’orientessin el disseny. L’objectiu de la tesi ha estat explorar ...
Riyahi, Sepand (Date of defense: 2017-09-21)
Human-altered environments have expanded rapidly in the past decades and made a huge impact on living organisms. Inhabiting in such a habitat can modify different traits in animals, allowing for a better ...
Fleta Soriano, Eva (Date of defense: 2017-06-07)
En esta tesis doctoral se estudian los mecanismos que las plantas pueden disponer para hacer frente al déficit hídrico reiterado, ya que en la naturaleza los ciclos repetidos de estrés son mucho más ...
Pujol Buxó, Eudald (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
The rates at which allochthonous species are introduced and become invasive worldwide are unprecedented and accordingly, the number of studies on invasion biology have increased during the past years. ...
Sanabria Fernández, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2021-01-13)
The degradation of natural diversity results in the erosion of key systemic properties such as resilience, or the capacity to recover from disturbances. Resilience loss leads to an increase in the ...
Arcones Segovia, Ángel (Date of defense: 2019-09-19)
In this thesis we studied how the changes in the climate determine the distribution, diversity and conservation of a very representative group of the Arctic avifauna, the shorebirds. In the first ...
Arias-LeClaire, Harold (Date of defense: 2018-11-21)
Pre-dispersal seed predation (PDSP, hereafter) significantly reduces plant reproductive output. The negative effects on plant fitness have triggered the development of different strategies to protect ...
Sazatornil i Luna, Victor (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
Environmental authorities, conservation professionals, and several other social sectors frequently demand scientifically sound information to inform policy and decision-making processes. Beyond national ...