Chairi, Fadia (Date of defense: 2019-11-27)
It is of strategic importance for Mediterranean agriculture to develop new varieties of durum wheat with greater production potential, together with a better adaptation to adverse environmental conditions ...
Masó Ferrerons, Guillem (Date of defense: 2019-04-25)
A central theme in ecology and evolution is to understand whether and how species respond to environmental changes. The amount of studies focusing on how species might cope with climate change has been ...
Moles, Juan (Date of defense: 2016-09-23)
This thesis covers three important aspects of Antarctic heterobranchs: ecology, taxonomy, and systematics. The first section deals with ecological interactions of several nudibranchs. In Chapter 1, we ...
Giménez, Joan (Date of defense: 2018-07-13)
This thesis fills important gaps of knowledge that will help to develop a proper conservation strategy for cetaceans in southern Iberian waters. We were able to define different ecological management ...
Ubach Permanyer, Andreu (Date of defense: 2023-01-10)
[eng] The current context of global change is causing many threats to biodiversity worldwide, and the profound and rapid transformations of the environment have led to a severe insect decline. Because ...
Soria Extremera, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-05-07)
Temporary rivers (TRs) are dynamic systems that typically shift between flowing, disconnected-pools and dry phases, and represent nearly 50% of the current global river network. Despite TRs support ...
Ramos de Fuentes, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important crop for human direct consumption, but its yield and production are strongly affected by biotic and abiotic stresses. Rice is the most salt-sensitive cereal and ...
Castro i Català, Marta de (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Schizophrenia is a severe and complex mental disorder that results in an inability to cope with life’s ordinary demands and routines. Normally, it appears in late adolescence, more frequently and ...
Pintanel Costa, Pol (Date of defense: 2018-11-26)
Temperature is likely to be one of the most important abiotic factors given how it affects the physiology of the whole organism and as a consequence, it has an essential role in ecology and evolution. ...
Cuesta Torralvo, Elisabeth (Date of defense: 2021-04-22)
Dental wear is a natural, complex, physiological process of gradual enamel tissue loss that occurs during an individual’s life span and provides information about dietary habits, food processing techniques ...