Pérez-Llorca, Marina (Date of defense: 2021-02-10)
Mediterranean species have to be in constant acclimation to seasonal environmental changes, including variations in water availability, air temperature and solar radiation. Due to global warming, these ...
Soler Vilaplana, Patricia M. (Date of defense: 2021-04-09)
El objetivo general de esta tesis ha sido evaluar los efectos de determinados contaminantes sobre la reproducción, el estrés fisiológico y el comportamiento dos especies de ciprínidos autóctonas del NE ...
Reyes González, José Manuel de los (Date of defense: 2021-05-26)
The revolution in biologging and satellite telemetry technologies in the last two decades has led to a new era in seabird research. This thesis brings new insights into the spatial ecology and migration ...
Dias, Andreia Suzana Ribeiro e Cota de Pinho (Date of defense: 2021-04-15)
Bonelli's eagle is considered an umbrella and flagship species in Mediterranean ecosystems. In this thesis, we focus on the fact that the Bonelli’s eagle population in southern Portugal nests in trees ...
Rita Espada, Diego (Date of defense: 2021-07-09)
El rorcual común (Balaenoptera physalus) es una de les especies de misticeto más abundante en el Atlántico Norte y es considerada como una especie de alta importancia ambiental por la legislación española. ...
Zango Palau, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-02-16)
Individual specialization refers to individuals using different portions of the total ecological niche of the population. The fact that individuals segregate into different strategies has important ...
Navarro Arenas, Miriam (Date of defense: 2021-10-07)
El aumento de la población mundial en las últimas décadas, junto con la disminución de las tierras cultivables, ha puesto de manifiesto la necesidad de aumentar la producción agrícola para satisfacer ...
Lobato Vila, Irene (Date of defense: 2021-03-23)
The oak cynipid inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini, Ceroptresini) are a group of specialized endophytophagous microhymenopterans that develop inside galls induced mainly by other cynipids on ...
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 ...
Soler Garcia, Jordi (Date of defense: 2021-07-13)
Psychotic disorders are psychiatric conditions with a worldwide prevalence of around 4% and a tremendous personal, economic and social burden. As complex phenotypes, psychotic disorders are caused by ...