Villastrigo Carbajo, Adrián (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
Understanding the evolutionary processes underlying extant biodiversity may help us to comprehend why species richness is not equally distributed between clades. One of the main causes to explain the ...
Bastias Álamo, Elliot (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
Understanding the dynamics of leaf litter inputs in streams involves assessment of retention, spatial distribution and processing of leaf litter inputs. However, leaf litter dynamics in streams has ...
Escobar, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)
En esta tesis se ha estudiado la efectividad de los programas de enriquecimiento ambiental estructural y social aplicados a dos especies de primates, el mangabey de collar (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
López Cristoffanini, Camilo Alonso (Date of defense: 2019-03-11)
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is without doubt one of the major crops worldwide, as its consumption is continuously increasing, especially in low- and lower-middle-income countries where it is the most important ...