The Doñana Biological Station is a public Research Institute belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC in the area of Natural Resources...
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...
We apply many techniques within a multidisciplinary framework, from molecular genetics to remote sensing, and from modelling to physiological and isotopic analyses...
Our aims include the study of the ecological and evolutionary processes by combining field work, mathematical and statistical models and physiological and genetic analysis...
The study shows that UV filters have reached the eggs of Doñana birds, and reveals that OH-derivatives are transferred by the mother to the egg before the lying.