Anadon Rosell, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-04-25)
High-elevation and high-latitude ecosystems are expected to be especially vulnerable to global change. Dwarf shrub species cover extensive areas in high mountain ecosystems, and warmer temperatures and ...
Gracia Romero, Adrián (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)
Supplying sufficient food to an increasing population is one of the most important challenges over the next century. To meet this demand, crop productivity will need to increase while it is being ...
Gavrus Ion, Alina (Date of defense: 2021-04-13)
En nuestra especie, los hombres y las mujeres presentan un patrón reproductivo diferenciado: los hombres retienen el potencial reproductivo hasta edades avanzadas, mientras que las mujeres ven restringida ...
Arias del Real, Rebeca (Date of defense: 2020-07-06)
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are watercourses that naturally and periodically cease to flow. They represent more than half of the global river network and are expanding due to global ...
Reina Rodríguez, Guillermo A. (Date of defense: 2016-10-04)
La riqueza de orquídeas en Colombia alcanza una cifra de 4.270 especies, sin embargo, nuevos hallazgos sugieren no haber llegado a un punto de inflexión. La condición epífita en el 69% de sus especies ...
Montero Serra, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2018-06-07)
Temperate benthic communities face cumulative impacts from multiple stressors acting both at local and global scales. Understanding how local management and ocean warming affect the dynamics and resilience ...
Guerreiro Duarte Rivaes da Silva, Ana Sofia (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Migration associated with movements between breeding and wintering areas allow animals to maximize fitness in response to seasonal changes in resources (Dingle 2014). Some of the most incredible migrations ...
Domènech Andreu, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-10-29)
Unveiling the patterns and identifying the factors that drive community assembly are key questions in ecology and evolution, especially in the current state of climate change and biodiversity loss. ...
Franch Quintana, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
La tortuga de rierol (Mauremys leprosa) és una espècie de tortuga aquàtica continental que es distribueix pel nord d’Àfrica, la Península Ibèrica i una petita part del sud de França. Aquesta distribució ...
Fenollosa Romaní, Erola (Date of defense: 2020-09-09)
Les espècies exòtiques invasores constitueixen una de les majors amenaces a la biodiversitat global. Aquelles àrees que acullen un gran nombre d’espècies natives, i constitueixen per tant punts calents ...