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2. Contrasting effects of invasive rabbits on endemic plants driving vegetation change in a subtropical alpine insular environment
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Cubas, Jonay, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, Nogales, Manuel, Irl, Severin D. H., Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, López-Darias, Marta, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, del Arco, Marcelino J., and González-Mancebo, Juana María
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- 2018
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3. Multiple responses of bryophytes in a chronosequence of burnt areas in non-fire prone subtropical cloud forests
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Cedrés-Perdomo, Ruymán David, primary, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, Emerson, Brent C., additional, and González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional
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- 2023
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4. Retos ambientales, económicos y sociales, en la cadena de valor del sector maderero de Puebla
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Hernández Hernández, Raquel, primary, Mayett Moreno, Yesica, additional, Rodríguez Piñeiros, Sandra, additional, and Fernández Lambert, Gregorio, additional
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- 2022
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5. Multiple responses of bryophytes in a chronosequence of burnt areas in non-fire prone subtropical cloud forests
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Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (España), Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España), Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información, European Commission, Cedrés-Perdomo, Ruymán David, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Emerson, Brent C., González-Mancebo, Juana María, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (España), Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España), Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información, European Commission, Cedrés-Perdomo, Ruymán David, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Emerson, Brent C., and González-Mancebo, Juana María
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In non-fire prone ecosystems, like some subtropical humid forests, fire produces habitat destruction and intensifies land degradation by inducing changes in native species composition, soil properties and erosive processes. Bryophytes are key components of the Macaronesian laurel forests playing an important role in regulating water cycling and microclimate. Ecological and taxonomical bryophytes groups have distinct ecological and physiological requirements and may respond in a different way to the same fire events. Therefore, analysing post fire recovery of bryophyte communities represents a key step towards a better understanding of forest fire drivers and post fire management. We investigated how species richness and composition of different ecological and taxonomical bryophyte groups varied in 1158 samples within a fire chronosequence from 5 to 57 years in the best-preserved laurel forest from Canary Islands (Garajonay National Park) analysing communities in terms of differences with comparable surrounding old growth unburnt stands. Epiphyte, terricolous and saxicolous bryophytes were sampled at each plot and the influence of the time since fire was analyzed together with environmental variables (temperature, precipitation, mist precipitation and elevation) and forest structure variables. Our results indicate that there is no general pattern of post fire recolonization, as recolonization varies depending on the ecological and phylogenetic groups considered. Climate and forest structure play an important role in post-fire recolonization, such that time since fire is not the most important variable influencing richness and composition. The results increase the understanding of the processes that shape compositional patterns in groups with high dispersal capacities and high microclimate dependence, such as mosses and liverworts.
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- 2022
6. El cambio climático a través del uso de la canción como recurso didáctico en clase de FLE
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Hernández Hernández, Raquel, Privat, Maryse, and Máster Univ. en Formación del Profes. en E.S.O., Bachillerato, F.P. y E.Ii.
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El fin de este trabajo es concienciar al alumnado acerca del cambio climático a través del uso de las canciones en las clases de francés. A la hora de trabajar este tema, los profesores suelen aportar documentos como gráficos, estadísticas y textos con una infinidad de cifras y porcentajes. Por lo que puede ser un contenido complejo, complicado o tedioso para el alumnado, y más aún para el primer ciclo de secundaria. Por este motivo, llevaremos a cabo un trabajo de innovación con una propuesta didáctica centrada en la sensibilización al cambio climático a través de la canción, un recurso que puede ser motivador a la vez que enriquecedor y ameno para los alumnos. Esta situación de aprendizaje se realizará en el IES Benito Pérez Armas e irá orientada a 1º ESO. L'objectif de ce travail est de sensibiliser les élèves au changement climatique par l'utilisation de chansons dans les cours de français. Lorsqu'ils travaillent sur ce sujet, les enseignants fournissent souvent des documents tels que des graphiques, des statistiques et des textes comportant un nombre infini de chiffres et de pourcentages. Il peut donc s'agir d'un contenu complexe, compliqué ou fastidieux pour les élèves, et encore plus pour le premier cycle de l'enseignement secondaire. Pour cette raison, nous réaliserons un travail d'innovation avec une proposition didactique axée sur la sensibilisation au changement climatique à travers la chanson, une ressource qui peut être motivante ainsi qu'enrichissante et agréable pour les élèves. Cette situation d'apprentissage sera réalisée dans l'IES Benito Pérez Armas pour les élèves de la 1 ère ESO
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- 2022
7. El acoso escolar entre iguales en la etapa de Educación Primaria
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Hernández Hernández, Raquel María, Álvarez Durán, Daniel, and Grado En Pedagogía
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ciberacoso ,aggressor ,inteligencia emocional ,Bullying ,Acoso escolar ,emotional education ,víctima ,emotional intelligence ,cyberbullying ,acoso escolar homofóbico ,educación primaria ,agresor ,educación emocional ,primary education ,victim ,homophobic bullying - Abstract
Uno de los grandes problemas de los centros educativos en la actualidad es el acoso escolar, el cual se manifiesta con: bajo rendimiento del alumnado, agresiones entre iguales, absentismo, baja autoestima, depresión o suicidios (en casos más excepcionales). Por ello, se ha indagado diversas publicaciones sobre el acoso escolar, seleccionando los documentos que se centran en el objetivo principal de este proyecto que es conocer qué es el acoso escolar, las causas en la etapa de la Educación Primaria, así como las consecuencias que éste provoca, como también la relevancia que tiene la inteligencia emocional en las aulas a través de la educación emocional. No obstante, es de suma importancia orientar a los docentes mejor respecto al tema a tratar, cómo intervenir en él, cómo llegar a gestionarlo, ya que a raíz de ello proceden la mayor parte de las directrices educativas que el alumnado aprende. Finalmente, se ha de reseñar que para el presente Trabajo de Fin de Grado los recursos que se han empleado han sido extraídos de las plataformas de “Dialnet y Punto Q”, ya que estas ofrecen un amplio abanico de información del cual se ha enriquecido el presente estudio de revisión teórica. One of the major problems in schools today is bullying, which manifests itself in: low student performance, aggression among peers, absenteeism, low self-esteem, depression or suicide (in more exceptional cases). For this reason, several publications on bullying have been researched, selecting the documents that focus on the main objective of this project, which is to know what bullying is, the causes in the Primary Education stage, as well as the consequences it causes, and the relevance of emotional intelligence in the classroom through emotional education. However, it is of utmost importance to guide teachers better on the subject to be dealt with, how to intervene in it, how to manage it, since most of the educational guidelines that students learn come from it. Finally, it should be noted that for this Final Degree Project the resources used have been extracted from the "Dialnet and Punto Q" platforms, since they offer a wide range of information from which this theoretical review study has been enriched.
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- 2022
8. Edificio de biblioteca y centro de estudios de la Academia de Caballería de Valladolid
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Hernández Hernández, Raquel, Galván Desvaux, Noelia, Grijalba Bengoetxea, Alberto, and Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
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Academia de Caballería (Valladolid, España) - Edificio ,Bibliotecas (Edificios) - España - Valladolid - Abstract
Proyecto de la Biblioteca y Archivo de la Academia de Caballería, enmarcado en el casco histórico de la ciudad de Valladolid. Se plantea un edificio de uso docente destinado a los estudiantes de la la institución del Ejercito Español; a la vez que se abre a la ciudad y la sociedad., Máster en Arquitectura
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- 2020
9. Natural and human-impacted diversity of bryophytes along an elevational gradient on an oceanic island (La Palma, Canarias)
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Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Kluge, Jürgen, Ah-Peng, Claudine, González-Mancebo, Juana María, Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Philipps Universität Marburg, Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical (UMR PVBMT), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), This research benefited from the support of the Agence Nationale de la recherche, Conseil Régional de La Réunion, Conseil Régional de Guadeloupe, Government of Azores, Government of Canarias, under the framework of the Net-Biome transnational first call (Moveclim project)., ANR-11-EBIM-0007,MOVECLIM,La végétation de montagne comme sentinelle du changement climatique(2011), and Philipps Universität Marburg = Philipps University of Marburg
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Topography ,Ecological Metrics ,Species colonization ,Science ,Ecological Parameter Monitoring ,Datasets as Topic ,Plant Science ,Bryology ,Bryophyta ,Forests ,Ecosystems ,Trees ,Mosses ,Humans ,Nonvascular plants ,Species diversity ,Islands ,Landforms ,Ecology ,Plant Dispersal ,Altitude ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Eukaryota ,Geomorphology ,Agriculture ,Biodiversity ,Plants ,Terrestrial Environments ,Spain ,Earth Sciences ,Medicine ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Research Article - Abstract
International audience; Bryophytes have been proposed as ideal indicators of ecosystem change, because they are important components of forest integrity, and considerable research indicates that some groups are sensitive to the changes associated with specific human disturbances. Bryo-phyte richness and abundance have been found to vary predictably along elevational gradients , but the role of human impacts on these distribution patterns remains unclear. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of human disturbance on the elevational patterns of bryophyte diversity, along an elevational gradient. Along the gradient we collected three datasets in the following sites: preserved (P), forest track roadsides (R) and disturbed by agriculture/silviculture practices (D). Two survey plots of 100 m 2 were established at every 200 m elevational step for each sites P, R, D, and in each plot bryophytes were sampled in a stratified manner. At each plot we recorded all species on available substrates and estimated their percentage cover. Our results showed that species number did not differ among studied sites, but that species diversity pattern differs among the three gradient types and species life strategy composition along the elevational gradient showed a clear response to the disturbance of mature communities. We conclude that human impact has strongly changed the elevational pattern of diversity, and that these changes vary depending on the ecological and taxonomical group considered.
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- 2019
10. Conocemos el método por tarea
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Hernández Hernández, Raquel, Hernandez Ramallo, Elena, Herrera Cubas, Juana, and Grado En Maestro De Educación Primaria
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Método por tareas ,Aprendizaje significativo ,Competencia comunicativa - Abstract
This degree thesis is centred on an analysis of learning situations in primary education, to prove that the model of task based learning is being implemented. The choice of this topic was made, in part, to widen our knowledge of learning situations and both the different forms of working them and applying them in practice, as it is something with which we will have to face in our daily teaching as future primary school teachers. After studying various learning situations we have chosen three from each of the two Canary Island capitals, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. They have been taken from various municipalities, without delineating a specific geographical area. Also, the analysis of the results reflect that all the learning situations researched follow the model of task based learning. En el presente trabajo de fin de grado nos centramos en el análisis de situaciones de aprendizaje de Educación Primaria, para comprobar si trabajan el modelo de enseñanza por tareas. La elección de este tema está motivada, en parte, por ampliar nuestro conocimiento sobre las situaciones de aprendizaje y las distintas formas de trabajarlas y ponerlas en práctica, ya que es algo con lo que tendremos que trabajar y llevar a cabo nosotras en nuestro día a día como futuras docentes. Tras estudiar varias situaciones de aprendizaje, hemos escogido tres de cada isla capitalina, Tenerife y Gran Canaria, repartidas a lo largo de los municipios de las mismas, sin centrarnos en una zona geográfica concreta. Asimismo, se pone de manifiesto que el análisis de los resultados refleja que todas las situaciones que hemos analizado se rigen por el modelo de enseñanza por tareas.
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- 2019
11. Short- and long-term effects of fire in subtropical cloud forests on an oceanic island
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Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (España), Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España), European Commission, Gobierno de Canarias, Bello-Rodríguez, Victor, Gómez, Luis A., Fernández López, Ángel, Del-Arco-Aguilar, Marcelino J., Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Emerson, Brent C., González-Mancebo, Juana María, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (España), Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España), European Commission, Gobierno de Canarias, Bello-Rodríguez, Victor, Gómez, Luis A., Fernández López, Ángel, Del-Arco-Aguilar, Marcelino J., Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Emerson, Brent C., and González-Mancebo, Juana María
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The recurrence of fires has increased considerably due to human activity, affecting even forests where traditionally fire is uncommon. In this study, we verify the effects of degradation caused by fire in the Canarian laurel forests, which is a subtropical forest formation restricted to the humid montane areas of these Macaronesian islands. We evaluated the effect of fire by comparing a series of burned plots corresponding to fires from 1960, 1984, 1995, to 2012 with geographically proximate and comparable unburned plots in the Garajonay National Park (La Gomera Island, Spain). We focused on three aspects that are immediately altered by fire: forest structure, floristic composition, and microclimate. These aspects have been quantified using (a) tree density, the Pielou index using tree height classes, and DBH for the vertical structure of the forest; (b) DCA, the Bray Curtis dissimilarity index, and a species indicator analysis for the floristic composition; and (c) temperature and relative humidity for microclimate under three canopy cover conditions. Our results reveal that, overall, structural complexity and its composition in the burned areas have barely reached 40% and 35%, respectively, when compared with unburned areas, and recovery mainly depends on time since fire. Additionally, burned plots presented more pioneer species, a higher density of trees, and climatic variables tend to have a wider range throughout the day. These data reveal the long time span that this ecosystem needs for recovery to a prefire state and how it may be more prone to subsequent fire events.
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- 2019
12. Short- and long-term effects of fire in subtropical cloud forests on an oceanic island
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Bello-Rodríguez, Víctor, primary, Gómez, Luis A., additional, Fernández López, Ángel, additional, Del-Arco-Aguilar, Marcelino J., additional, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, Emerson, Brent, additional, and González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional
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- 2018
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13. Contrasting effects of invasive rabbits on endemic plants driving vegetation change in a subtropical alpine insular environment
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Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (España), Universidad de La Laguna, Cubas, Jonay, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, Nogales, Manuel, Severin, D. H. Irl, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, López-Darias, Marta, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, Arco Aguilar, Marcelino del, González-Mancebo, Juana María, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (España), Universidad de La Laguna, Cubas, Jonay, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, Nogales, Manuel, Severin, D. H. Irl, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, López-Darias, Marta, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, Arco Aguilar, Marcelino del, and González-Mancebo, Juana María
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Alpine ecosystems on islands are among the most isolated on Earth, leading to very high rates of endemism. Endemic species on oceanic islands are particularly vulnerable to invasive herbivores. In the alpine zone of Tenerife, which harbors a unique endemic flora, the dominance pattern of the two most dominant species in our days (Spartocytisus supranubius and Pterocephalus lasiospermus) has shifted in the last few decades, which may be a result of increasing rabbit pressure. In this study we explore how rabbits affect the population structure, soil nutrient composition and regeneration of our two target endemics within Teide National Park. For this purpose, we established 90 plots at 30 locations. Within 13 locations we sampled permanent exclosure plots that were established between 7 and 12 years before sampling, applying three treatments (full herbivory, rabbit herbivory and no herbivory). At one site we collected 80 soil samples to evaluate changes in soil chemistry and plant growth using a greenhouse experiment. Our results show that rabbits have a negative effect on the population structure of S. supranubius, while the contrary occurs with P. lasiospermus. Rabbit presence alters soil chemistry leading to a decline in nitrogen, which affects growth in both species. The presence of rabbits leads to a dominance shift in these two keystone endemic species, altering dominance patterns in the summit scrub of Tenerife. The decline of S. supranubius could represent the example of many endemic species of this system. Thus, we call for an immediate control of rabbit population (<0.5 rabbits/ha) to protect this unique alpine endemic flora.
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- 2018
14. Colección de helechos del Herbario Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
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Montelongo, Cristina González, Hernández, María De Los Ángeles Gómez, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Quijada, Luis, Arencibia, María Catalina León, Lima, Ana Losada, Pérez-Vargas, Israel, and Ginovés, Juan Ramón Acebes
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- 2017
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15. New Bryophyte Records from Macaronesia
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Dirkse, Gerard M., primary, Nieuwkoop, Jurgen A.W., additional, Vanderpoorten, Alain, additional, Losada-Lima, Ana, additional, González-Mancebo, Juana M., additional, Patiño, Jairo, additional, Sotiaux, André, additional, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, and Rodríguez-Romero, Alexandra, additional
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- 2018
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16. Antagonist effects of rabbits on endemic plants as drivers of the vegetation changes in subtropical high mountain insular environments
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Cubas, Jonay, Nogales, Manuel, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, López-Darias, Marta, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, Arco Aguilar, Marcelino del, and González-Mancebo, Juana María
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Invasive herbivores ,Tenerife ,Vegetation dynamic ,Spermatophytes ,Canary Islands ,Teide National Park ,Oceanic island - Abstract
Trabajo presentado en el II International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, celebrado en Angra do Heroísmo, Islas Azores (Portugal) del 18 al 22 de julio de 2016., The European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, is an invasive mammal in the Canary Islands and a keystone species in alteration of island ecosystems worldwide. It may dramatically affect the vegetation through different mechanisms, and therefore contribute to modifying habitat and communities, producing benefits in some species and damaging others. Thus, the rabbit might be considered as an ‘ecosystem engineer’. Through a study on the population structure of the endemics shrubs Spartocytisus supranubius and Pterocephalus lasiospermus, we explored the role of rabbits as a keystone in driving changes on dominant species of the summit vegetation of El Teide National Park (Tenerife, Canary Islands). We also analysed the spatial heterogeneity of these two dominant species, their relation with the herbivores, the plant age-classes and the growth response to variation in soil nutrient availability. For these purposes 90 plots were established at 30 localities within the high mountain area. Furthermore, we used 13 permanent plots in two types of herbivore exclusions (‘only big-herbivores’ and ‘all herbivores’). In one of the localities, 100 soil samples were collected to analyse the relationship between changes in nutrients (N, NO3, K) produced by rabbits and plant growth. The population of S. supranubius is clearly declining due to the negative effect of rabbits in its regeneration, matching with a rapid increase in the population of P. lasiospermus. This study also showed that the density of rabbits is the most influential variable affecting the population structure of S. supranubius. Furthermore, the increase in nitrates and potassium favour the growth of P. lasiospermus. The high contrast in palatability between both species and the different response to the increase in nitrates and potassium, represent the main forces in explaining the current dynamic of the vegetation in the high mountain of Tenerife. Our results highlight the urgency to control the great density of rabbits in this area.
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17. Contrasting effects of invasive rabbits on endemic plants driving vegetation change in a subtropical alpine insular environment
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Cubas, Jonay, primary, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, additional, Nogales, Manuel, additional, Irl, Severin D. H., additional, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, López-Darias, Marta, additional, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, additional, del Arco, Marcelino J., additional, and González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional
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- 2017
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18. Post-Fire Salvage Logging Imposes a New Disturbance that Retards Succession: The Case of Bryophyte Communities in a Macaronesian Laurel Forest
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Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, primary, Castro, Jorge, additional, Del Arco-Aguilar, Marcelino, additional, Fernández-López, Ángel, additional, and González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional
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- 2017
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19. Plant invasion and speciation along elevational gradients on the oceanic island La Palma, Canary Islands
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Steinbauer, Manuel J., primary, Irl, Severin D. H., additional, González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional, Breiner, Frank T., additional, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, Hopfenmüller, Sebastian, additional, Kidane, Yohannes, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, and Beierkuhnlein, Carl, additional
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- 2016
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20. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) engineering effects in the summit vegetation on the Island of Tenerife
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González-Mancebo, Juana María, Cubas, Jonay, Martín-Esquivel, José Luis, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, López-Darias, Marta, Marrero-Gómez, Manuel, Nogales, Manuel, and Arco Aguilar, Marcelino del
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Pterocephalus lassiospermus ,Vegetation dynamic ,Invasive herbivore ,Spartocytisus supranubius - Abstract
Trabajo presentado en Floramac celebrado en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España) del 24 al 27 de marzo de 2015., The European rabbit, Oryctolagus cunniculus, may dramatically affect the vegetation through different mechanisms, and therefore may contribute to modify habitat and communities, producing benefits in some species and harming others. Thus, rabbit might be considered as a landscape engineer. The European rabbit is an invasive mammal in the Canary Islands, and a keystone species in the change of the ecosystems. Some studies have shown the effects of this herbivore on some threatened species, but they do not have analysed its wide scale effects on dominant species of the Canary ecosystems. Here, we have explored the role of rabbits as ecosystem engineers in the summit vegetation of the Canary Islands, through a study on the population structure of Spartocytisus supranubius and Pterocephalus lassiospermus. We have studied the spatial heterogeneity of these two dominant species and the relationship between rabbit density and age-classes. For this purpose 90 analysis plots were established along 30 localities, within the distributional area of S. supranubius. Furthermore, we used 12 permanent plots of herbivore exclusion controlled by Teide National Park. In all of them the structure and composition of vegetation, as well as the most important abiotic variables, were analyzed. This study showed that density of rabbits is the most influential variable on the population structure of S. supranubius. It also confirmed that the population of the broom scrub is declining due to the negative effect of rabbits in its regeneration and showed that the decline of S. supranubius was positively correlated with the increase of P. lasiospermus.
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- 2015
21. Short‐ and long‐term effects of fire in subtropical cloud forests on an oceanic island.
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Bello‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Gómez, Luis A., Fernández López, Ángel, Del‐Arco‐Aguilar, Marcelino J., Hernández‐Hernández, Raquel, Emerson, Brent, and González‐Mancebo, Juana María
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FOREST fires ,CLOUD forests ,LAND degradation ,ECOSYSTEM services ,FOREST biodiversity ,MICROCLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2019
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22. Spatial dynamics of expanding fragmented thermophilous forests on a Macaronesian island
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Bello-Rodríguez, Víctor, primary, García, Cristina, additional, del-Arco, Marcelino J., additional, Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, additional, and González-Mancebo, Juana María, additional
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- 2016
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23. Plant invasion and speciation along elevational gradients on the oceanic island La Palma, Canary Islands.
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Steinbauer, Manuel J., Irl, Severin D. H., González-Mancebo, Juana María, Breiner, Frank T., Hernández-Hernández, Raquel, Hopfenmüller, Sebastian, Kidane, Yohannes, Jentsch, Anke, and Beierkuhnlein, Carl
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INTRODUCED organisms & the environment ,SPECIES diversity -- Environmental aspects ,SPECIATION analysis ,EFFECT of altitude on plants ,BIOGEOGRAPHY - Abstract
Ecosystems that provide environmental opportunities but are poor in species and functional richness generally support speciation as well as invasion processes. These processes are expected not to be equally effective along elevational gradients due to specific ecological, spatial, and anthropogenic filters, thus controlling the dispersal and establishment of species. Here, we investigate speciation and invasion processes along elevational gradients. We assess the vascular plant species richness as well as the number and percentage of endemic species and non-native species systematically along three elevational gradients covering large parts of the climatic range of La Palma, Canary Islands. Species richness was negatively correlated with elevation, while the percentage of Canary endemic species showed a positive relationship. However, the percentage of Canary-Madeira endemics did not show a relationship with elevation. Non-native species richness (indicating invasion) peaked at 500 m elevation and showed a consistent decline until about 1,200 m elevation. Above that limit, no non-native species were present in the studied elevational gradients. Ecological, anthropogenic, and spatial filters control richness, diversification, and invasion with elevation. With increase in elevation, richness decreases due to species-area relationships. Ecological limitations of native ruderal species related to anthropogenic pressure are in line with the absence of non-native species from high elevations indicating directional ecological filtering. Increase in ecological isolation with elevation drives diversification and thus increased percentages of Canary endemics. The best preserved eastern transect, including mature laurel forests, is an exception. The high percentage of Canary-Madeira endemics indicates the cloud forest's environmental uniqueness-and thus ecological isolation-beyond the Macaronesian islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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24. The MOVECLIM - AZORES project: Bryophytes from Terceira Island along an elevation gradient.
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Gabriel R, Morgado LN, Henriques DS, Coelho MCM, Hernández-Hernández R, and Borges PAV
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Background: Systematic studies on the biodiversity of bryophytes along elevational gradients have been conductuted within the native vegetation of the Azores, using the MOVECLIM framework. The primary objective of this study was to inventory the bryophytes present within preserved areas of native vegetation in Terceira Island (Azores). From 25 to 28 September 2012, an inventory of the bryoflora was carried out along an elevational gradient, starting near Serreta lighthouse (38.76658 Latitude; -27.37539 Longitude; 40 m a.s.l.) and culminating on the top of Santa Bárbara Mountain (38.73064 Latitude; -27.32164 Longitude; 1000 m a.s.l.). The study followed the adapted MOVECLIM standardised protocol, as follows: i) six sites were selected along an elevational transect, each site spaced at 200 m elevation intervals; ii) within each site, two 10 m x 10 m plots were established in close proximity from each other (10-15 m); iii) within these plots, three 2 m x 2 m quadrats were randomly selected and sampled for bryophytes. The following substrates were surveyed in each quadrat: rock, soil, humus, organic matter, tree bark at three different heights and leaves/fronds. For each available and bryophyte-colonised substrate, three replicate microplots of 10 cm x 5 cm were collected, resulting in a maximum of 24 microplots per quadrat., New Information: Nearly three-quarters of the maximum expected number of microplots (636 out of 864; eventID) were found across the six sites on Terceira Island, resulting in a total of 3677 records (occurrenceID). A high proportion of the specimens could be identified to the species rank (n = 3661; 99.6%), representing 38 families, 60 genera and 92 species, including 58 species of liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and 34 species of mosses (Bryophyta). The inventory included several endemic species: two liverwort species endemic to the Azores, five species endemic to Macaronesia (three mosses and two liverworts) and 11 European endemic species (three mosses and eight liverworts). The elevations with the highest species richness, the highest number of endemic species and the highest number of conservation concern species, spanned between 600 and 1000 m a.s.l. above sea level, coinciding with the best preserved forest vegetation. Overall, tree-dwelling and ground-dwelling substrates showed similar levels of bryophyte occupation (75% vs. 72%). However, the 636 events were unevenly distributed across substrates: leaves and rocks had the fewest replicates (n = 54; 50.0%), while humus and the lowest tree height had the highest values (n = 106; 98.1% and n = 98; 90.7%, respectively).The study contributed to expanding knowledge about the diversity and distribution of the Azorean Bryoflora, both on a local and a regional scale., (Rosalina Gabriel, Leila Nunes Morgado, Débora Sofia Henriques, Márcia C. M. Coelho, Raquel Hernández-Hernández, Paulo A. V. Borges.)
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- 2024
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25. Natural and human-impacted diversity of bryophytes along an elevational gradient on an oceanic island (La Palma, Canarias).
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Hernández-Hernández R, Kluge J, Ah-Peng C, and González-Mancebo JM
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- Agriculture, Altitude, Datasets as Topic, Forests, Humans, Islands, Spain, Biodiversity, Bryophyta physiology, Ecological Parameter Monitoring statistics & numerical data, Plant Dispersal physiology
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Bryophytes have been proposed as ideal indicators of ecosystem change, because they are important components of forest integrity, and considerable research indicates that some groups are sensitive to the changes associated with specific human disturbances. Bryophyte richness and abundance have been found to vary predictably along elevational gradients, but the role of human impacts on these distribution patterns remains unclear. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of human disturbance on the elevational patterns of bryophyte diversity, along an elevational gradient. Along the gradient we collected three datasets in the following sites: preserved (P), forest track roadsides (R) and disturbed by agriculture/silviculture practices (D). Two survey plots of 100 m2 were established at every 200 m elevational step for each sites P, R, D, and in each plot bryophytes were sampled in a stratified manner. At each plot we recorded all species on available substrates and estimated their percentage cover. Our results showed that species number did not differ among studied sites, but that species diversity pattern differs among the three gradient types and species life strategy composition along the elevational gradient showed a clear response to the disturbance of mature communities. We conclude that human impact has strongly changed the elevational pattern of diversity, and that these changes vary depending on the ecological and taxonomical group considered., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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- 2019
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