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The aquatic fauna that arrived at a wish of a king
A study by Miguel Clavero, a researcher at the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC, reconstructs the history of the first introductions of pike, common carp, tench and Italian crayfish into...
The Iberian hare population increases in Doñana after the decline of the European rabbit
Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial...
Citizen science to study five common spider species
Nowadays there is a significant lack of information on the distribution of the Iberian spider species. In the case of common spiders, this insufficiency is due to the fact that these species are...
Researchers sequenced the genome of the Western Spadefoot toad, a key species to study how organisms respond to global change
Western Spadefoot toad has a great capacity to adjust its behaviour, morphology and physiology to environmental changes. Its genome sequencing will help to understand how environmental variations...
Current sanitarian regulations are not enough for avian scavengers' conservation
A scientific team has studied how the use of human-origin food resources, such as landfills and intensive livestock farms, by Eurasian griffon vultures can negatively impact their conservation. ...
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