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Conservation Biology and Global Change

The aim of the Department of Conservation Biology and Global Change is to carry out multidisciplinary research oriented towards the conservation of biodiversity

Our research is mainly oriented towards threatened ecosystems, communities, species and populations. We use long time series data to assess changes in composition, processes and dynamics in ecosystems, communities, populations and individuals. We also analyse their relationship with human activities at local and regional scales and with drivers of global change. We intend our research to respond to the social demand for solving or mitigating environmental problems.

We have no taxonomic or area of study preferences, but for historical and practical reasons an important part of our work involves vertebrates. We answer questions related to environmental management from the perspective of several scientific disciplines (evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology, spatial ecology, population ecology and demography, conservation genetics, etc.).

Principal Investigators

Ecology and Conservation of Vertebrates: sea turtles, reptiles and amphibians

Wetland ecology; Waterbird ecology and conservation; Waterbirds as vectors

Conservation biology, applied ecology, evolutionary ecology, steppe birds, raptors, feather mites

Population ecology; Health ecology; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Vector-borne pathogens

Population ecology; Conservation ecology of long-lived vertebrates; Avian scavengers; Ecosystem services

Ecology of biological invasions; Conservation biology; Ecology and conservation of parrots

Conservation baselines, rewilding, biodiversity knowledge, science-policy interface

Plant-animal interactions; animal and plant movement; wetland ecology; adaptive co-management; policy analysis

Biodemography; Global-change ecology; Quantitative ecology; Forecasting

Ecology of biological invasiones; Historial ecology; Freshwater fish; Mediterranean streams

Conservation biology; Applied ecology; Raptors ornithology; Seabirds

Profesora de investigación
Ecology of biological invasions; Impact of invasive species

Ant ecology and biology; Mediterranean communities; Ecology of biological invasions