AREA OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
AREA OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
ONGOING Phd PROJECTS
Miguel Berdugo
"Effects of global change on the structure and function of Iberian semiarid ecosystems"
Supervisor: Fernando T. Maestre Gil.
Sonia Blasco
"Determinants of the altitudinal distribution limits in Lepidoptera of the Guadarrama range"
Supervisor: David Gutiérrez.
Julia Chacón
"Spatial patterns and processes in gypsum communities"
Supervisors: Adrián Escudero, Marcelino de la Cruz (UPM).
Manuel Delgado
"Effects of climate change on the N dynamics in semiarid ecosystems at different spatial scales"
Supervisors: Fernando T. Maestre Gil, Antonio Gallardo (UPO).
Cristina Escolar
"Effects of global change on the structure and functioning of semiarid ecosystems dominated by a biologic crust"
Supervisors: Fernando T. Maestre, Isabel Martínez.
Gema Escribano
"Conservation of species and ecological interactions in a changing environment: implications for restoration"
Supervisors: Emilio Virgós, Adrián Escudero.
Carlos Iván Espinosa (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador)
"Species coexistence in the Tumbesin dry forest"
Supervisors: Adrián Escudero, Marcelino de la Cruz (UPM), Jesús Julio Camarero (IPE-CSIC).
Miguel García
"Functional carachterization of semiarid ecosystems at different spatial scales using satelite images"
Supervisor: Fernando T. Maestre Gil.
Andrea Katherine Jara-Guerrero (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador)
"Seed dispersal in South Ecuadorian dry forests"
Supervisors: Marcos Méndez, Marcelino de la Cruz (UPM).
"What determines distribution limits and response ability against global change of the Mediterranean high-mountain plants?"
Supervisor: José María Iriondo Alegría.
"Impact of environmental changes on the basic ecology of the badger"
Supervisor: Emilio Virgós.
Diego Stalin Marín (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador)
"Saproxylic beetle diversity in the dry forest of the Bosque Protector La Ceiba (Zapotillo, Ecuador)"
Supervisors: Marcos Méndez, Ildefonso Ruiz-Tapiador (UPM).
Sonia Merinero
"Influence of landscape quality on the conservation of epyphytic organisms"
Supervisors: Isabel Martínez Moreno, Gregorio Aragón Rubio.
Samuel Prieto
"Interactions between Silene and Hadena"
Supervisor: Luis Giménez.
Antònia Rosselló
"Demographic, genetic and ecological determinants of the conservation of Narcissus cavanillesii A. Barra & G. López in Portugal: assessment of a translocation project"
Supervisor: José María Iriondo.
Marta Rubio
"Assessment of the conservation status of Iberian lichens"
Supervisor: Isabel Martínez.
David Sánchez
"Temporal changes in configuration of high mountain insular communities as a consequence of global change"
Supervisors: Adrián Escudero Alcántara, Fernando Valladares Ros (CSIC).
Silvia Santamaría
"Robustness of alpine plant-pollinator networks to species extinction"
Supervisor: Marcos Méndez.
Esther Soler
"Odonata communities in temporal ponds of Menorca"
Supervisors: Marcos Méndez, Joaquín Baixeras (U. Valencia).
Enrique Valencia
"Biotic attributes as modulators of the response of semiarid ecosystems to global change"
Supervisor: Fernando T. Maestre Gil.
Magdalena Vicens (Jardín Botánico de Sóller)
"Biología de la conservación de Thymus herba-barona subsp. bivalens Mayol et al. (Labiatae)"
Supervisor: José María Iriondo.
"Costs and benefits of floral display in Cistaceae"
Suvervisors: Marcos Méndez, Fernando Valladares.