A5001700652- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Ziziphus Jujuba Studies and Applications
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Universidad de Jaén
2016-2023
Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia
2017
Abstract Agri‐Environmental Schemes (AES) have been proposed to mitigate the impact of agriculture on both taxonomic and functional biodiversity. However, a better knowledge mechanisms involved in loss agrobiodiversity is needed implement efficient AES. An unbalanced effort research towards arable lands compared permanent crops, fauna relative plants, patent, which limits generalization AES effectiveness. We evaluated effects agricultural management landscape simplification diversity ground...
Abstract One of the current challenges for applied ecologists is to understand how manage/restore agroecosystems in a sustainable and cost‐effective way. The intermediate landscape complexity hypothesis (ILCH) predicts that effectiveness agri‐environmental measures (AES) on biodiversity ecosystem services recovery often largest landscapes complexity. This has rarely been tested savanna‐like permanent agroecosystems. Focusing pollinators, we test ILCH at regional scale Mediterranean olive...
Abstract Aim We investigated taxonomic and functional beta diversity of bird communities inhabiting Mediterranean olive groves subject to either intensive or low‐intensity management the ground cover located in landscapes with different degrees complexity. Location Andalusia, southern Spain. Methods partitioned into its two additive components, turnover nestedness. also explored contributions single sites overall (LCBD) separated effects species replacement (turnover) richness difference...
Agroforests are of well-known importance for biodiversity conservation, especially in the tropics, because they structurally stable and may resemble natural forests. Previous studies have characterized jointly taxonomic, functional phylogenetic diversity these agro-ecosystems to comprehensively examine mechanisms by which agriculture impacts on biodiversity. However, this approach has been barely applied other woody crops economic importance, such as olive grove, is a remarkable...
Abstract Global change drivers are currently affecting semiarid ecosystems. Because these ecosystems differ from others in biotic and abiotic filters, cues for plant regeneration management derived elsewhere may not be applicable to We sought determine the extent which regional variation prospects of a long‐lived keystone shrub depends on anthropogenic habitat degradation, plant–animal interactions climate determinants. investigated ability ( via population size structure, juvenile density...
Some polyploid species show enhanced physiological tolerance to drought compared with their progenitors. However, very few studies have examined the consistency of response between genetically differentiated natural populations, which is key evaluation importance adaptive evolution after polyploidization in those systems where exerts a selective pressure.A comparative functional approach was used investigate differentiation drought-tolerance-related traits Brachypodium complex, model system...
Farming impacts animal-mediated seed dispersal through mechanisms operating on at least two spatial scales. First, the landscape scale, habitat loss and land conversion to agriculture/livestock grazing, second, farm via a local intensification of agricultural practices. These scales farming impact function but have rarely been integrated. In particular, studies evaluating effect agriculture frugivorous birds in Mediterranean ecosystems are lacking. This study evaluates role transformation,...
The expansion of intensive agriculture has severely altered landscapes, a process that been aggravated by the increase greenhouse agriculture. However, few studies have considered combined effects habitat loss/degradation and farming on insect visitors to native plants. We analysed how are related composition, abundance, richness assemblages visiting flowers in semiarid keystone shrub ( Ziziphus lotus ) southeast Spain, home Europe's largest area greenhouses. studied 21 populations...
Microsatellite primers were developed to characterize and evaluate patterns of genetic diversity structure in the endangered Mediterranean shrub Ziziphus lotus (Rhamnaceae).Twenty microsatellite for Z. lotus, which 14 polymorphic. We evaluated polymorphism 97 specimens from 18 Spanish seven Moroccan populations. Between two eight alleles found per locus, average number was 5.54. Observed heterozygosity expected ranged 0.08 0.90 0.82, respectively. Nine these also amplified loci jujuba.The...
Seed dispersal by frugivores is a key ecological process underpinning the functionality of woodland patches and their capacity to maintain biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Resident migratory avian differ temporal span local occurrence, as well mobility territoriality. However, whether landscape homogenization agriculture affects seed differing strategy remains largely unexplored. We hypothesized positive role on frugivore abundance seed-dispersal frequency, differential impact loss...
Abstract Avian-mediated pest control is a significant ecosystem service with important economic implications. However, there an overall paucity of experimental information about how landscape simplification affect its current level. Information on by birds missing in some permanent agroecosystems worldwide importance, like olive orchards, that dominate vast areas the Mediterranean region. We assess effectiveness insectivorous for controlling two main insects orchards and explore effects...
Abstract Ants are important pest control agents in many agroecosystems worldwide. However, little is known about how management, ecological contrast generated by different agricultural practices, and landscape complexity affect their communities the potential that they can provide. Here, we surveyed ant 40 paired olive groves with ground-herb cover management across 20 localities spanning a wide range of at regional scale. We also conducted experiments dummy plasticine models 18 these to...
Our knowledge of the impact landscape fragmentation on gene flow patterns is mainly drawn from tropical and temperate ecosystems, where features, such as distance a tree to forest edge, drive connectivity mating patterns. Yet, structure arid semiarid plant communities - with open canopies scattered distribution trees differs greatly those that are well-characterized in literature. As result, we ignore whether documented consequences also hold for native regions. We investigated relative...