Metallinou, Margarita (Date of defense: 2014-07-17)
The arid areas of North Africa and Arabia cover a surface of more than 13 million square kilometers and are characterized by their extreme temperatures, diversity of desert habitats and well-adapted ...
Garcia Porta, Joan (Date of defense: 2014-10-10)
A major challenge in evolutionary biology is understanding the main drivers that underlie morphological and species diversity. Ecological opportunity—access to new or previously inaccessible niches—has ...