• A GIS-supported Multidisciplinary Database for the Management of UNESCO Global Geoparks: the Courel Mountains Geopark (Spain) 

  Ballesteros, Daniel; Caldevilla Domínguez, Pablo; Vila, Ramón; Barros, Xosé Carlos; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Laura; García-Ávila, Manuel; Sahuquillo, Elvira; Llorente Isidro, Miguel; Diez, José B.; Fuertes-Fuente, Mercedes; Timón-Sánchez, Susana María; Lombera-Hermida, Arturo de; Álvarez, Iván; Pérez-Cáceres, Irene; Acebo, Manuel; Orche Amaré, Pilar; García, J. Horacio; Martín-González, Fidel; Alemparte, Martín (Springer Nature, 2022-03-18)

  [Abstract] The management of a UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) requires a vast wealth of miscellaneous scientific knowledge that can be successfully organised using a Geographical Information System (GIS). This paper presents ...

• Increasing wild boar density explains the decline of a Montagu’s harrier population on a protected coastal wetland 

  Crespo, Jorge; Jiménez, Juan; Martínez-Abraín, Alejandro (Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2021-07-19)

  [Abstract] We studied the rapid decline in the number of breeding pairs (geometric growth rate λ = 0.86; 14 % annual decrease) of a semi–colonial ground–nesting bird of prey, the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus), after ...

• Evolutionary Implications of a Peroxidase with High Affinity for Cinnamyl Alcohols from Physcomitrium patens, a Non-Vascular Plant 

  Martínez-Cortés, T.; Pomar, Federico; Novo-Uzal, Esther (MDPI, 2021-07-19)

  [Abstract] Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens is a bryophyte highly tolerant to different stresses, allowing survival when water supply is a limiting factor. This moss lacks a true vascular system, but it has evolved a ...

• The selection of anthropogenic habitat by wildlife as an ecological consequence of rural exodus: empirical examples from Spain 

  Martínez-Abraín, Alejandro; Ferrer, Xavier; Jiménez, Juan; Fernández–Calvo, I. C. (Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2021-06-18)

  [Abstract] The increasing urbanization of the landscape is a major component of global change worldwide. However, it is puzzling that wildlife is selecting anthropogenic habitats despite the availability of apparently ...

• Differences in Prevalence of Multiple Paternity in the Spiny Spider Crab Maja Brachydactyla in Two Localities That Differ in Female Fecundity, Fishing Intensity, and Management Measures 

  Rodríguez Pena, Elba; Verísimo Amor, Patricia; Tully, Oliver; Fernández, Luis; Martínez-Lage, Andrés (Oxford Academic, 2021-04-29)

  [Abstract] Many marine species are under high fishing pressure, which can cause alterations in their mating systems and the structure of their populations. The spiny spider crab Maja brachydactyla is a commercial decapod ...

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