Herrando Vila, Sergi (Date of defense: 2001-05-21)
The main objective of this thesis is to analyse how fire and fragmentation in Mediterranean habitats affect birds. Each chapter of this work poses questions and hypothesises about the ecological responses ...
Cebrian Pujol, Emma (Date of defense: 2007-04-20)
Many antrophic activities release pollutants to the marine environment. Among them heavy metals are of great importance, since they are conservative pollutants, which can be accumulated through trophy ...
Esteve Cavaller, Manuel (Date of defense: 2005-02-25)
Long-term data from underwater video recordings in the wild and in semi-natural channels are used to describe and compare the reproductive behaviour of fishes in the Salmoninae subfamily. The thesis is ...
Catalán Alemany, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2003-05-30)
The high variability in the recruitment of marine fishes is probably explained by small fluctuations in the mortality rates of early developmental stages. A popular proxy for the potential mortality of ...
Gordo Villoslada, Óscar (Date of defense: 2006-12-01)
The spatial and temporal variability of migratory phenology of <i>Ciconia ciconia, Cuculus canorus, Apus apus, Hirundo rustica</i> and <i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i> were studied by means of 44000 records ...
Martínez Abraín, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2003-03-28)
This thesis includes several research works on population dynamics and conservation of seabirds in two small islands of the western Mediterranean: the Columbretes Islands (Castellón) and the island of ...
Ventura Oller, Marc (Date of defense: 2005-01-28)
The aim of this thesis was to describe the life history variability of the assemblage of crustacean zooplankton in Lake Redon, with special emphasis in their life-cycles, ecological characteristics and ...
Duran i Alarcon, Sandra (Date of defense: 2003-11-21)
The main goal of this thesis has been to study the population structure of a marine sponge species (<i>Crambe crambe</i>) at different geographic levels using different molecular markers.<br/><br/>In ...
López Legentil, Susanna (Date of defense: 2005-04-01)
Intraspecies variability is widespread in marine invertebrates. Previous reports of <I>Cystodytes</I> (Ascidiacea, Polycitoridae) in the Mediterranean have been routinely attributed to the nominal species ...
Brotons, Lluís (Date of defense: 2000-02-03)
The main objective of this thesis is to analyse the variation in non-breeding social systems within the group of parids and to identify the main factors involved. More specifically, I studied the role ...