Spatial ecology in a changing world
In a new article published in the Journal of Biogeography lead by Miguel Clavero and collaborators from Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), new insights into the processes driving the expansion of otters have been investigated. As has happened throughout Europe, the otter (Lutra lutra) has expanded […]
A new article published in the journal Diversity & Distributions and led by Miguel Clavero addresses the spatial distribution of threats and imperilment of freshwater fish in the Mediterranean basin. The level of imperilment of Mediterranean freshwater fish is amongst the highest recorded for any […]
New paper on numerical classifications of vegetation published in the Journal of vegetation science and lead by Miquel de Cáceres in collaboration with a University of Barcelona team. In this paper, we compared the performance of fuzzy C-means (FCM), noise clustering (NC) and possibilistic C-means […]
A new book has been recently published by Oxford University Press addresses the impact of climate change on birds. Lluís Brotons has been involved in one of the chapters (number 18) in which the impact of climate change at the community scale has been reviewed. […]
In this new study and in collaboration with researchers from the FIDBOSC research group we have analysed the changes in mountain pine forests during the last 50 years. Over the last 50 years, mountain pine (Pinus uncinata Ram.) has expanded its surface area in the […]
In this new study published in the Global Ecology & Biogeography, we developed a multidimensional measure of niche specialization and apply it to test whether functional homogenization of bird communities in a Mediterranean region is promoted by anthropogenic habitat transformation. We used data on bird […]
Ecography 33(1) is the first issue of volume 33 published by Ecography in February 2010, which includes a special section dedicated to “Understanding (insect) species distributions across spatial scales”. This sections is composed of an Editorial and 11 Research papers providing an integral up-to-date overview […]
In this new study and in collaboration with researchers from the Catalan Ornithological Institute (ICO) we developed a simple quantitative method to assist in the decision making process of the landscape planning by integrating information of species occurrence and their individual IUCN extinction risks. We […]
In order to test hypotheses about changes in the environment induced by man, including climatic change, ecologists are sampling portions of the environment repeatedly across time. This new paper co-authored by Miquel de Cáceres paper describes a method for testing a space–time interaction in repeated […]
Biology and habitat use of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in intermittent Mediterranean streams. The three-spined stickleback has one of the largest distribution ranges among freshwater fishes, being found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments in Eurasia and North America. Throughout its huge range, stickleback is […]
Ecologists often face the task of studying the association between single species and one or several groups of sites representing habitat types, community types, or othercategories. Besides characterizing the ecological preference of the species, the strength of the association usually presents a lot of interest […]
From introduction to equilibrium: reconstructing the invasive pathways of the Argentine ant in a Mediterranean region. Determining the geographical range of invasive species is an important component of formulating effective management strategies. In the absence of detailed distributional data, species’ distribution models can provide estimates […]
Many farmland species are having bad times in Europe…but some are boosting in burnt areas. In this study with Swiss Colleagues from the University of Bern we analyse the habitat selection patterns of one of these species the Ortolan bunting in a recently burnt area […]
Looking at the shape of species distributions! A new paper with our collaborators at the CEFE-CNRS in Montpellier has analysed the relationship between changes in distribution shapes and population trends in an area affected by strong land abandonment. The results indicate that the information contained […]
In this article published in the journal Biological Conservation, Miguel Clavero and coworkers have analysed the role of different threats to avian biodiversity at the global scale and found that invasive species have a major role in driving species loss and biotic homogenisation in this […]
