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The Doñana Biological Station: EBD-CSIC

The Doñana Biological Station is a public Research Institute belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC in the area of Natural Resources...

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Mission

Our fundamental mission is to carry out multidisciplinary research of the highest standard directed to understanding the way in which biodiversity is generated, maintained and deteriorates, as well as the consequences of its loss...

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Our methods

We apply many techniques within a multidisciplinary framework, from molecular genetics to remote sensing, and from modelling to physiological and isotopic analyses...

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Monitoring the environment

Monitoring biodiversity at the Doñana Natural Space cover a wide range of communities, including both terrestrial and aquatic organisms...

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Aims

Our aims include the study of the ecological and evolutionary processes by combining field work, mathematical and statistical models and physiological and genetic analysis...

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Argentine ants harm nestlings of the blue tit

The consequences of ant invasions on ecosystems may only become apparent after long periods. In addition, predicting how sensitive native fauna will respond is only possible if the underlying proximate mechanisms of their impact are identified. The attraction of the native and invasive ant community to artificial bird nests was studied, together with reproduction of a wild native songbird over five consecutive breeding seasons in relation to the presence of an invasive ant species. Biometric,...