Pardo Guereño, Iker (Date of defense: 2016-01-11)
The aim of this thesis was to explore the distribution of the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional components of plant diversity in high mountains, and to show how different components of diversity ...
Villellas Ariño, Jesús (Date of defense: 2013-03-21)
Widespread species have traditionally received much less attention than rare and endemic ones. However, they are crucial in macroecological patterns and in ecosystem structure and functioning. Thus, ...
Payo Payo, Ana (Date of defense: 2017-04-28)
The overarching aim of my thesis was to assess the role of environmental variability and specially of perturbations in the population dynamics of social vertebrates. Our results emphasize the need to ...
Casas i Güell, Edgar (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)
Increasing anthropogenic pressures and its effects on marine ecosystems urge enhanced knowledge and understanding of the current state of marine biodiversity. This baseline information is pivotal to ...