AREA OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
AREA OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL FUNDING
Starting in 2008
Project title:
Circunnavegation Expedition Malaespina 2010: Global change and Biodiversity
Exploration of the Global Ocean.
Funding agency: Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 del Programa Nacional de
I+D del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration: 2008-2012.
Principal investigator: Carlos Duarte (IMEDEA).
Other researchers: 28 Spanish research groups, including one from URJC.
Project title: Spanish woodlands and global change: threats and opportunities (MONTES).
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration: septiembre 2008 - septiembre 2013.
Principal investigator: Javier Retana (CREAF).
Other researchers: Adrián Escudero Alcántara (URJC), José María Iriondo (URJC), Fernando T. Maestre (URJC), Fernando Valladares (CCMA-CSIC, URJC).
Starting in 2009
Project title:
Diversiry in the lichenic algae from genus Trebouxia:
phenotypic and molecular characterization. Responses to stress
Funding agency:
MEC (CGL2009-13429-C02-01/BOS)
Duration:
2009-2012
Principal investigator:
Eva Barreno (Univ. Valencia).
Other researchers (URJC): Myriam Catalá.
Starting in 2010
Project title:
Evolution of the relationships between pollinators-predators and plants:
characterization of the pollination syndromes in Silene and its
ecological and evolutionary relations with Hadena.
Funding agency:
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration:
2010-2012.
Principal investigator:
Luis Giménez Benavides.
Other researchers:
Stefan Dötterl (Univ. Bayreuth, Germany) y José Luis Yela (UCLM).
Project title: Determinants of the distribution limits in high mountain plants and responses to goblal change.
Funding agency: DGI Plan Nacional de I+D+I.
Duration: 2010-2012.
Principal investigator: José María Iriondo Alegría.
Other researchers (URJC): María José Albert, Alfredo García, Raul García, Rubén Milla.
Project title: Interactions between pollinators and alpine plants: biodiversity conservation in protected high mountain areas.
Funding agency: Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales.
Duration: Jan 2010-Dic 2012.
Principal investigator: Marcos Méndez.
Other researchers: Adrián Escudero, José Mª Iriondo, Luis Giménez, Rubén Milla, Rubén Torices, Alberto L. Teixido.
Project title: Gen flow trhough pollen and seed in Neochamaelea pulverulenta (Cneoraceae) in Canary Islands: effects of the extinction of seed dispersers.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration: Enero 2010-Diciembre 2012.
Principal investigator: Alfredo Valido (CSIC).
Other researchers: Pedro Jordano (CSIC), Marcos Méndez.
Project title:
Biotic community attributes and ecosystem functioning: implications for
predicting and mitigating global change impacts (BIOCOM).
Funding agency: European Research Council.
Duration: 01/01/2010-31/12/2015.
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Starting in
2011
Project title:
Influence of landscape quality on conservation of epiphytic organisms in
Mediterranean forests (EPICON).
Funding agency: DGI Plan Nacional I+D+I.
Duration:
2011-2014.
Principal investigator:
Isabel Martínez.
Other researchers
(URJC):
Gregorio Aragón, Mónica A. G. Otálora, Marta Rubio y Sonia Merinero.
Project title: Climate change and metapopulation dynamics at a contracting range margin.
Funding agency:
The Royal Society (International Joint Project).
Duration: 2011-2012.
Principal investigator:
Robert J. Wilson (Universidad de Exeter, UK).
Other researchers (URJC):
David Gutiérrez, Sonia Blasco Díez.
Project title: A mechanistic modelling approach to unravel ecophysiological constraints and biotic interactions at the southern range edges of two macroalgae (BIOMECHANIC).
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration: Jan 2011-Dec 2013.
Principal investigator: Brezo Martínez.
Other researchers : Rosa Viejo (URJC), Francisco Arenas.
Starting in
2012
Project title:
Development of a research project for the conservation of the Tumbesian dry
forest by implementing a Biological Sciences doctoral program at the Universidad
Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador).
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Duration:
2012.
Principal investigator:
Marcos Méndez.
Other researchers
(URJC):
Adrián Escudero, José María Iriondo,
Gregorio Aragón, Arantzazu López de Luzuriaga, Luis Cayuela.
Project title: Efects temporal climatic variability on species abundance and phenology: assessment along an altitudinal gradient.
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Duration:
2012-2014.
Principal investigator:
David Gutiérrez.
Other researchers: Robert J. Wilson (Univ. Exeter, UK), Susana Nieto (URJC).
Project title:
Presence of emergent pollutants in river and drinking water in the Madrid area:
potential ecotoxycological and public health effects
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS)
Duration:
2012-2015
Principal investigator:
Yolanda Valcarcel (URJC).
Other researchers (URJC): Myriam Catalá.
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECTS
Before 2005
Project title: Ecological restoration in stressing environments: gypsum soils in semiarid conditions.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Plan de I+D+i (REN2000-0254-P4-03).
Duration: 2000-2003.
Principal investigator:
Project title:
Biodiversity, genetic variation, species concept and
speciation in lichenized fungi of widespread distribution (Pseudevernia
furfuracea, Parmelina tiliaceae, P. quercina, Parmelia
saxatilis and Buellia epipolia).
Funding
agency: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. SEPCT.DG de
Investigación, REN2001-1272/GLO.
Entidades participantes: Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Duration: 2002-2004.
Principal investigator:
Ana Crespo de Las Casas.
Collaborators: 5 (Mª Carmen Molina from URJC).
Project title: Spatial dynamics of a plant-herbivore system (BOS2002-00742).
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología.
Duration: 03-03-2003 to 02-03-2006.
Principal investigator: David Gutiérrez.
Collaborators: Adrián Escudero, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Sonia G. Rabasa (URJC).
Project title: Establishment of a network of researchers for implementing climatic models of species distribution.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
Duration: 18.08.2004-17.08.2005.
Principal investigator: Robert J. Wilson.
Collaborators: David Gutiérrez García (URJC), Chris Thomas, Jane Hill (University of York, UK), Owen Lewis (University of Oxford, UK).
Project title: Climatic and topographic determinants of species distributions: fine-scale testing of climate-response models in a region of high topographic diversity.
Funding agency: British Ecological Society, UK.
Duration: 10.06.2004-10.09.2005.
Principal investigator: Robert J. Wilson.
Project title: Inventory of the lichenic diversity of the Picos de Europa
National Park.
Funding
agency: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
Duration: January 2004 - December 2006.
Principal investigator: Isabel Martínez.
Project title: Iberian lichenic flora.
Funding
agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
Duration: December 2004 - 2007.
Principal investigator: Isabel Martínez.
Collaborators: Gregorio Aragón, Mª Carmen Molina (URJC).
Starting in 2005
Project title: Effect of management and tree density of "dehesa" systems on composition and diversity of epyphytic lichens.
Funding agency: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Duration: 2005.
Principal investigator: Gregorio Aragón.
Collaborators: Isabel Martínez, Rubén López.
Project title: Conservation program of bioindicator and threathened lichens in Mediterranean Quercus forests.
Funding agency: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Consejería de Medio Ambiente.
Duration: 2005.
Principal investigator: Gregorio Aragón.
Collaborators: Patricia Izquierdo, Rocío Belinchón, Isabel Martínez.
Project title: Description and conservation of epyphytic communities of relict Eurosiberian forests, holm oak forests and stone pine forests.
Funding agency: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Consejería de Medio Ambiente.
Duration: 2005.
Principal investigator: Gregorio Aragón.
Collaborators: Rocío Belinchón, Patricia Izquierdo, Isabel Martínez.
Project title: Development of in situ
bioremediation processes by using microorganisms and enzimes degrading
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Funding
agency: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
Duration: January 2005 - December 2006.
Principal investigator: Natalia González.
Other researchers: Fernando Bautista, Mª Carmen Molina .
Project title: Indicators of success in the restoration of Mediterranean ecosystems (INDEX).
Funding agency: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (Spain).
Duration: December 2005 - December 2008.
Principal investigator: Susana Bautista.
Other researchers: Fernando T. Maestre (URJC).
Project title: Host versus climatic limitation as mechanisms governing the limits to species distributions (CGL2005-06820).
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
Duration: 31/12/2005 to 30/12/2008.
Principal investigator: David Gutiérrez.
Collaborators: Robert Wilson, Javier Gutiérrez Illán, Sonia Blasco Díez.
Starting in 2006
Project title: Lichenic diversity of the Chafarinas Islands.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente.
Duration: 2006.
Principal investigator: Gregorio Aragón.
Collaborators: Rocío Belinchón, María Prieto.
Project title: Forest fragmentation and
conservation of a threatened lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) in Sierra de
Ayllón (Castilla-La Mancha).
Funding
agency:
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.
Duration: 2006.
Principal investigator: Isabel Martínez.
Other researchers: Gregorio Aragón, Rocío Belinchón, Mónica G. Otálora,
María Prieto.
Project title: Description and conservation of epiphytic communities of Juniperus thurifera, Pinus nigra and P. sylvestris forests.
Funding agency: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.
Duration: 2006-2007.
Principal investigator: Gregorio Aragón.
Other researchers: Rocío Belinchón, Isabel Martínez.
Project title: Ecosystem processes in Mediterranean steppes: relationships between composition, structure and function (CEFEMED).
Funding agency: Comunidad de Madrid (Spain).
Duration: January 2006 - January 2007.
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Project title: Evolutionary processes and
mechanisms in wild olive (Olea europaea L.).
Funding
agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
Duration: 2006-2008.
Principal investigator: Luis Balaguer
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
Other researchers: Marcos Méndez (URJC), Pablo Vargas,
Elena Torres, Jean Frederic Terral, Mª Esther Pérez Corona, Esteban Manrique.
Project title: Ecotoxicology of human pharmaceuticals in fluvial water.
Funding agency: Xunta de Galicia - Centro de Investigaciones Submarinas S.L.
Duration: 2006-2008.
Principal investigator: Myriam Catalá.
Other researchers: Yolanda Valcarcel (F. CC. Salud), Silvia González (F. CC. Salud), Ángel Gil (F. CC. Salud), José María Ordóñez (Comunidad de Madrid).
Project title: Testing the effects of biodiversity and spatial pattern on ecosystem functioning: An experimental approach using biological soil crusts (SPABIOCRUST).
Funding agency: British Ecological Society
Duration: May 2006- August 2008.
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Project title: Program of Research+Development activities about ecological restoration in the Comunidad de Madrid (REMEDINAL).
Funding agency: Dirección general de universidades e investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Duration: 2006-2009.
Principal investigator: Adrián Escudero Alcántara.
Other researchers: Coordination of 7 research groups of the Comunidad de Madrid and 42 senior researchers. Additional information at www.remedinal.org
Project title: Development of experimental bases for the ecological sustainability of motorway slopes (EXPERTAL).
Funding agency: Collaboration agreement between Fundación Biodiversidad, Cintra SA, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Duration: November 2006 - December 2009.
Principal investigator: Adrián Escudero Alcántara.
Other researchers: Pablo García, Santiago Soliveres.
Project title: Modes of sexual reproduction in the allotetraploid Dryopteris corleyii and its diploid parentals.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain).
Duration: 2006-2009.
Principal investigator: Luis G. Quintanilla.
Other researchers: Ares Jiménez, Santiago Pajarón, Emilia Pangua.
Starting in 2007
Project title: Predictive models applied to
the conservation of species at their distribution limit.
Funding agency: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos-Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Duration: 2007
Principal investigator: Robert J. Wilson
Other researchers: Sonia Blasco Díez, Javier Gutiérrez Illán, David
Gutiérrez García, Julián González Mangas, Emilio Virgós Cantalapiedra.
Project title: Lichen photobionts:
morphological, genetic and functional diversity. Response against adverse
conditions.
Funding agency: MEC
Duration: 2007-2009
Principal investigator: Eva Barreno Rodríguez (Univ. Valencia)
Other researchers: Myriam Catalá (URJC)
Project title: Assessment of impacts in the function of riparian ecosystems: Sistema Central.
Duration: 2007-2010.
Principal investigator: Carmen Casado (UAM).
Other researchers (URJC): Jose M. González.
Project title: Assessment of ecosystem processes in semi-arid ecosystems: a tool to adapt to global change (EPES).
Funding agency: CYTED
Duration: January 2007 - January 2010.
Principal investigator: Adrián Escudero.
Other researchers: 51 researchers from several universities and research centers of Spain and Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Project title: Effects of abiotic stress in Mediterranean environments at several organization levels: a tool to predict the impacts of climate change (EXTREM).
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Duration: January 2007 - January 2010.
Principal investigator: Adrián Escudero.
Other researchers (URJC): Ana Sánchez, José María Iriondo, Cristina Fernández, Luis Jiménez, Arantzazu López de Luzuriaga.
Project title: Interactions between plants and extrem ecosystems under global change: undertanding their structure and dynamics to preserve their biodiversity (INTERCAMBIO).
Funding agency: BBVA fundation
Duration: September 2007 - September 2010.
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Other
researchers:
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researchers from
Project title: Forest fragmentation and its effects on biodiversity.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Duration: 2007- 2010.
Principal investigator: Isabel Martínez.
Other researchers (URJC): Gregorio Aragón, Mónica A. G. Otálora, Rocío Belinchón y María Prieto.
Project title: An Integrated European In Situ Management Workplan: Implementing Genetic Reserves and On Farm Concepts (AEGRO). Subproyecto URJC. AGRI GENRES 057.
Funding agency: European Commission, Council Regulation EC Nº870/2004 establishing a Community Programme on Genetic Resources in Agriculture.
Duration: 2007-2010.
Principal investigatorl: Nigel Maxted (Universidad de Birmingham).
Other researchers (URJC): Francisco Carreño, Adrián Escudero, Jose M. Iriondo, Rubén Milla.
Project title: Recent and drastic changes in the abundance of two macroalgae species at their distribution limit: individual physiological stress and consequences of these changes for the function of the intertidal ecosystem.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
Duration: 1 October 2007 - 30 September 2010.
Principal investigator: Rosa Viejo.
Other researchers (URJC): Brezo Martínez, Mª del Carmen Astudillo.
Starting in 2008
Project title: Pollination networks in high
mountains.
Funding agency: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos-Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Duration: 2008
Principal investigator: Marcos Méndez
Other researchers: Raúl García Camacho, Luis Giménez Benavides, Arantzazu
López de Luzuriaga, Rubén Milla, Rubén Torices.
Project title: Biotic community attributes and ecosystem functioning: implications for predicting and mitigating global change impacts.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Duration: December 2008 – November 2009.
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Project title: Ecophysiology of Fucus serratus in relation to heat stress at its sourthern distribution limit: implications in a global warming scenario.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
Duration: 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2009.
Principal investigator: Brezo Martínez Díaz-Caneja.
Project title:
Bioremediation of systems polluted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons:
identification of microorganisms and enzymes involved in degradation processes.
Funding agency: Alfonso Martín Escudero Fundation .
Duration: 2008-2010.
Principal investigator: Natalia González y Fernando Bautista.
Other researchers (URJC): Carmen Molina, Raquel Simarro.
Project title: Determination of human pharmaceuticals in fluvial and drinking water of the Tajo basin (Toledo province) and possible ecotoxicological effects.
Funding agency: Fiscam (Fundación para la
investigación sanitaria en Castilla-La Mancha)
Duration: 2008-2010
Principal investigator: Juan Carlos Montero Rubio (Instituto CC. Salud de
Talavera de la Reina)
Other researchers: Myriam Catalá (URJC)
Project title: Effects of multiple global change drivers on biological soil crust structure and functioning.
Funding agency: British Ecological Society
Duration: abril 2008 - marzo 2011
Principal investigator: Fernando T. Maestre.
Starting in 2009
Project title: Assessment of changes in distribution and abundance of butterflies in the P. N. de los Picos de Europa, 2009
Funding agency: Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales
Duration: March 2009 – December 2009.
Principal investigator: David Gutiérrez.
Project title: Communities of annual plants as sensor of global change.
Funding agency: URJC and Comunidad de Madrid.
Duration: 2009.
Principal investigator: Arantzazu López de Luzuriaga Gamboa.
Other researchers: María José Albert, Ana Sánchez, Cristina Fernández Aragón y Sonja García Rabasa.
Project title:
Spatial pattern and microhabitat segretation of two species of Thymus
with contrasting range size.
Funding agency: British Ecological Society (Small Ecological Research
Project Grants).
Duration: 2009.
Principal investigator: Ruben Milla.
Other researchers: Silvia Matesanz (CCMA-CSIC).
Project title:
Assessment of forest management by means of lichenic indicators.
Funding agency:
Junta de
Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha .
Duration: April 2009-March 2011.
Principal investigator: Isabel Martínez.
Other researchers:
Gregorio Aragón, Adrián Escudero, Mónica A. G. Otálora, José María Olano (UVA),
Ana Millanes.
Project title: Habitat models and climate change: importance of the biological interactions on the predictions about changes in distribution
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Duration: 2009 – 2011
Principal investigator: David Gutiérrez
Other researchers: Robert J. Wilson (University of Exeter, UK), Sonia Blasco Díez, Javier Gutiérrez Illán (Oregon State University, USA), Sonia García Rabasa (Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, CSIC)
Project title:
Macroecological patterns in the marine phytoplankton.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Duration: 2009-2011.
Principal investigator: Emilio Marañón (Universidad de Vigo).
Other researchers: Natalia González (URJC), J. Rodriguez(Universidad de
Málaga), J. M. Blanco (Universidad de Málaga), P. Cermeño (UVI), C. Sobrino
(UVI), M. Huete (UVI), A. F. Carrera (UVI), D. López.(UVI), P. Chouciño (UVI).
Project title: Natal dispersion and phylopatry in black starlings: genetic and environmental factors and the effect of parental condition.
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Duration: 2009-2011
Principal investigator: Vicente Polo.
Other researchers: José Pablo Veiga Relea (MNCNM-CSIC), Elena García González (MNCNM-CSIC).