Guardiola Ripoll, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-07-26)
[eng] Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder affecting around 24 million people worldwide. While we begin to disentangle the biological actors implicated in the origin of the disorder, the precise ...
Badia Boher, Jaume Adrià (Date of defense: 2023-09-15)
[eng] In this thesis, we took advantage of recent advances in the degree of sophistication and flexibility of population models to study the population dynamics and conservation of long-lived species. ...
Hamdane, Yassine (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)
[eng] The main driving force behind crop research is to ensure food security. Climate change, which affects most crops and increases the risk of disease and famine, is addressed in this notion. The Food ...
Gort Esteve, Araceli (Date of defense: 2023-09-22)
[eng] Deer populations are increasing in recent times. One of the main causes is the abandonment of agriculture and extensive livestock farming. This thesis focuses on expanding our knowledge about the ...
Rezzouk, Fatima Zahra (Date of defense: 2023-09-15)
[eng] Wheat is a major staple food worldwide. Its cultural and economic importance is mainly highlighted in the Mediterranean region, among other regions of the world. However, wheat production is ...
Villastrigo Carbajo, Adrián (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
Understanding the evolutionary processes underlying extant biodiversity may help us to comprehend why species richness is not equally distributed between clades. One of the main causes to explain the ...
Bastias Álamo, Elliot (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
Understanding the dynamics of leaf litter inputs in streams involves assessment of retention, spatial distribution and processing of leaf litter inputs. However, leaf litter dynamics in streams has ...
Estévez Geffriaud, Virginia (Date of defense: 2021-02-03)
This thesis focuses on the development and subsequent application of a seed treatment protocol using a phytosanitary product named T34 Biocontrol (Biocontrol Technologies S.L., Spain) containing the ...
Anadon Rosell, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-04-25)
High-elevation and high-latitude ecosystems are expected to be especially vulnerable to global change. Dwarf shrub species cover extensive areas in high mountain ecosystems, and warmer temperatures and ...
Gracia Romero, Adrián (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)
Supplying sufficient food to an increasing population is one of the most important challenges over the next century. To meet this demand, crop productivity will need to increase while it is being ...