In a grueling day of work at the Center for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF), our team carried out the dismantling of an experiment that has come to an end. This research, which involved 200 pots containing various plant species, was designed to explore the effects of drought on vegetation. With the experiment reaching its […]
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Visit of the PhD student Mathilde Dano
This week we had the visit of the French PhD student Mathilde Dano and she delighted us with a fascinating talk on part of her thesis entitled “Ecological consequences of 50 years of changes in plant biodiversity at regional scale. The case of agro-pastoral habitats in the Armorican Massif”. It was a unique opportunity to […]
Continue ReadingExploring Time Series Analysis in Ecology
Our colleague Clara Gracia was able to attend the specialized course on time series analysis in ecology, organized by SIBECOL at the University of Barcelona. During four intensive days, participants were immersed in a sea of dynamic data and specialized analytical methods. The course addressed a wide range of topics, from stock analysis to sensor […]
Continue ReadingThe Bioclima application has been released
The Red Bioclima project has recently launched the Bioclima citizen science application, a pioneering app in Spain that allows users to track the phenology of common plant species in our ecosystems. Through this app, users can document changes in the life cycle rhythms of plants resulting from climatic variations, known as phenology. This enables the […]
Continue ReadingExploring Quantitative Ecology in Czechia: An International Experience
Our colleagues Leyre Pedrós and Clara Gracia from our research group have had the opportunity to attend the Postgraduate Course in Quantitative Ecology in Czechia, held at University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. This course brought together a diverse community of international students, mainly PhD students, in a dynamic and collaborative learning environment. During […]
Continue ReadingOn the uniqueness of functional redundancy
Functional redundancy is being considered as a key component of biodiversity, potentially associated with the ability of ecosystems to buffer environmental perturbations. Redundancy is possible when species are similar in some features but dissimilar in others. For instance the loss or decrease of nitrogen-fixing species, e.g. due to environmental perturbations, can be partially compensated by […]
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