Seminario: EnArbolar / GRANDES ÁRBOLES PARA LA VIDA (Salamanca, Spain)

El valor de los árboles y bosques maduros en la salvaguardia de la biodiversidad
Proyecto LIFE+ 2011 INF/ES/672

WILD10 GLOBAL FORUM (SALAMANCA, SPAIN)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS -- OCTOBER 8-10, 2013
Location: Hotel Abba Fonseca. Plaza San Blas, 2. 37007 Salamanca
SECTION ONE – October 8, 2013. 11:30 to 13:30 hours
THE KEY ROLE OF BIG TREES AND MATURE FORESTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION

Objective – A debate held by leading experts to discuss the importance for biodiversity of big
trees and mature forests in the international context.

Maximum time of each lecture: 20-25 minutes

Moderator – Marion Stoler, Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Foundation
11:30H. THE EUROPEAN UNION BIODIVERSITY 2020 STRATEGY FOR MONUMENTAL TREES
Bernabé Moya, Valencia Provincial Council (Spain)

11:55H. BIG TREES FOR LIFE. SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES IN OLD TREES AND MATURE FORESTS
César-Javier Palacios, Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Foundation (Spain)

12:20H. THE ABORIGINAL FOREST: YEW SANCTUARIES IN THE EUROPEAN ATLANTIC ARC
Ignacio Abella, Naturalistic writer (Spain)

12:45. ECOSOCIAL TRENDS: THE POPULATED FOREST
María José Parejo and Julio Valverde, Radio Nacional de España, Radio3 (Spain)

13:10H. THE DREAM OF TREES
Fernando Fueyo, Artist and nature illustrator (Spain)
 

SECTION TWO – October 9, 2013. 11:30 to 13:30 hours
THE KEY ROLE OF BIG TREES AND MATURE FORESTS IN THE SPANISH BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION

Objective – A debate held by leading experts to discuss the importance for biodiversity of big
trees and mature forests in the Spanish context.

Maximum time of each lecture: 15-20 minutes

Moderator – Bernabé Moya, Valencia Provincial Council
11:30H. LIVING CATHEDRALS OF SALAMANCA
Raúl Tapia. Tormes EB Foundation (Spain)

11:50H. PALM TREES, THE PRINCESSES OF THE PLANT KINGDOM
José Plumed. Botanic Garden of Valencia (Spain)

12:10H. CONSERVATION OF REMARKABLE TREES IN THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN-CSIC
Mariano Sánchez. Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (Spain)
12:30. PROTECTION OF MONUMENTAL TREES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MONUMENTAL TREES OF VALENCIA
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL / IMELSA
José Moya. Valencia Provincial Council (Spain)

12:50H. RISKS OF DISCLOSURE OF UNIQUE TREES
José Manuel Alcañiz. Radiotelevisión Valenciana RTVV (Spain).
13:10 H. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND LAND STEWARDSHIP IN THE PROTECTION OF REMARKABLE TREES AND
MATURE FORESTS
Óscar Prada. Transcantábrica Land Stewardship Network (Spain).

Fundación Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
e-Mail: arboles@felixrodriguezdelafuente.com
Web: www.enarbolar.com

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Causes and consequences of oxidative stress in wild birds

Wednesday 25/04/2012, 12h

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

Saló d'actes, Laboratori de Natura, Castell dels Tres Dragons

 

 

Causes and consequences of oxidative stress in wild birds

 

Dr Caroline Isaksson
Associate Senior Lecturer
Evolutionary Ecology group
Lund University/Sweden & University of Oxford/UK

 

The interest to study oxidative stress in non-model species and in an ecological context has increased tremendously the last decade. The reason for this is the central role of redox physiology for cellular health (or senescence) and the recent advances in the formulation of concepts regarding the role of oxidative stress as key proximate link between various life-history traits such as longevity and fecundity. Although, laboratory studies somewhat support this link, there is still a poor understanding about covariances, context-specificity and the implications of accumulating oxidative damages or having an up-regulated antioxidant response in a natural setting. The present eco-physiological talk is divided into two sections, first, I will present data on how urbanization, and the associated pollution, can influence oxidative stress in wild bird populations, and discuss its potential impact for population performance; second, I will present unpublished data on within population variation in oxidative stress, with the focus on the relative importance of small-scale environmental heterogeneity, avian malaria and reproduction, and finally, discuss its implications for understanding individual life-history trajectories.

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Seminario: Selección de presas en aves

Martes 19/07/2011, 11h
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Laboratori de Natura, Castell dels Tres Dragons
La elección correcta del plato en el “menú del día”: repercusión de la selección de presas en las estrategias vitales de las aves insectívoras forestales

Juan José Sanz Cid
Investigador científico OPI
Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica
Universidad de Castilla La Mancha

Las interacciones tróficas entre las presas (insectos) y sus depredadores (aves insectívoras) se han visto afectadas en los últimos años en Centroeuropa por el cambio climático. En la presente charla se describen estas interacciones en poblaciones de herrerillos y carboneros comunes que se reproducen en bosques más meridionales, en dos robledales de los Montes de Toledo. Estos datos se utilizan para comprender la importancia de la selección de presas en la estrategia vital y eficacia biológica de estas especies de aves comunes de nuestros bosques.

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