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Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe
(Wiley, 2020)
Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development. Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodiversity within cities. Policies supporting urban nature ...
Relationship between salt use in fish farms and driftof macroinvertebrates in a freshwater stream
(Inter Research, 2020)
In Chile, salt (NaCl) use per salmon fish farm ranges between 20-30 t yr(-1) and is used to prevent and control fungal infections. An increase in salinity in freshwater can have adverse effects on freshwater biodiversity ...
Genotyping-by-sequencing resolves relationships in Polygonaceae tribe Eriogoneae
(Wiley, 2021-08)
The resolution of cryptic diversity is essential for understanding the evolutionary diversification of lineages and establishing conservation priorities. We examine relationships in Eriogoneae (Polygonaceae), a diverse ...
Functional repercussions of riparian biodivesity loss in streams. Multifunctionality, diversity metrics and underlying mechanisms.
(2020-12-02)
El objetivo de esta tesis es abordar cuestiones clave poco exploradas en la investigación de la relación entre la biodiversidad y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas (BEF, por sus siglas en inglés). Concretamente se estudia ...
Abundance, composition, distribution and fate of floating marine litter in the south-east Bay of Biscay
(2022-07-19)
This PhD thesis presents a first overview of floating marine litter pollution in the south-east Bay of Biscay through a combination of harmonized observations, sampling methods, and numerical modelling techniques. Abundance ...
Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities
(Wiley, 2022-07)
Aim: Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., beta-diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine beta-diversity is to evaluate directional variation ...
Turning waste into value: Production of the high-value compounds poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and lactic acid from renewable feedstocks based on municipal solid waste
(2020-12-22)
El modelo de sociedad actual y el aumento de las ciudades, esta generando un incremento de la generación de residuos sólidos municipales. Este hecho ha puesto de relieve un problema que no solo afecta la parte medioambiental, ...
A wheat cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase confersbroad-spectrum resistance against Septoria tritici blotch
(Nature, 2021-01-19)
The poverty of disease resistance gene reservoirs limits the breeding of crops for durable resistance against evolutionary dynamic pathogens. Zymoseptoria tritici which causes Septoria tritici blotch (STB), represents one ...
Acceptance of Near-Natural Greenspace Management Relates to Ecological and Socio-Cultural Assigned Values Among European Urbanites
(Elsevier, 2021-02)
Grasslands are widespread elements of urban greenspace providing recreational, psychological and aesthetic benefits to city residents. Two urban grassland types of contrasting management dominate urban greenspaces: frequently ...
Comparison of Sampling Methods for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Forested Wetlands
(Elsevier, 2021-06)
Forest wetlands are biodiversity hotspots that perform functions of vital ecological importance, but they are among the world's most threatened ecosystems. Due to their high diversity of habitats and species, the study of ...