Social behaviour and communication in lizards. Chemical communication in lacertids. Evolution of colour vision and colour patterns in lacertids. Dynamic visual signals in lacertids. Acoustic communication in the Iberian wolf. Pheromones and chemical communication in beetles. Mechanisms of colour production.
Analysis of results and evaluation through the design and application of rubrics in relation to the objectives and skills expected to be developed.
Development of correction methods for atmospheric disturbance in the data provided by artificial satellites.
Sexual conflict and sexual selection. Kin selection and sexual conflict. Ecology of sexual selection. Ecology of sexual conflict. Evolution of ageing and life histories in sexes. Drosophila melanogaster.
Analysis of the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms in relation to the environment and dispersal processes.
Study of the bryophyte flora of Mediterranean environments. Biogeography of mosses and liverworts. Systematics and phylogeny of bryophytes. Assessment of the conservation status of bryophyte species.
Calibration of remote sensing satellites by carrying out in situ measurements simultaneously with passing satellites. Implementation of in situ measurement stations in different parts of Spain (Doñana Natural Area, Almería, Barrax, etc.) and the world (Peru, Chile, etc.). Validation of algorithms.
Research on the value of teaching-learning literacy and visual and aesthetic literacy (educating the gaze) and the development of critical and creative thinking in contemporary childhood.
Time series analysis of planktonic populations. Non-linear modelling of population dynamics. Population growth equations for complex life cycles. Life table analysis. Age-structured population dynamics. Population viability analysis.
Conservation biology research focuses on biological studies of cetaceans, pinnipeds and sea turtles in European waters or anywhere else, with the objective of trying to improve the conservation status of species and habitats.
Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the UN. Legal protection (at an international, European and national level) of these values. Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the European Union. Legal protection (at an European and national level) of these values.
Educate in and through the arts using the Arts in Education Approach/AiE. Explore the benefits of art and illustrated literature (illustration/multimodal storytelling).
Starting from the four components established by the Pedagogy of Multiliteracies for the development of knowledge (experience, conceptualise, analyse and apply), design and evaluate proposals in relation to literature, art and foreign languages.
The research line covers all stages involved in the development of an immunoassay, design and synthesis of target analyte analogues (haptens), preparation of immunisation and assay conjugates, production of antibodies, development and validation of the immunoassay.
Impact of the concept of sustainable development on the various sectors of international law (international economic law, international environmental law, international human rights law, etc.). International and European conceptual and normative developments.
Processes of coevolution, cospeciation and codiversification in symbionts. Development of methods of cophylogenetic analysis. Ecology of symbiont communities. Use of bipartite networks and functional diversity indices for their characterisation. Study of the impact of invasive hosts on native parasite communities.
Development and use of methodologies for the assessment of the effects of natural and anthropogenic environmental factors on cnidarians.
To explore the potential of the use of multimodal narration (visual-lexical-sound...) through the illustrated album as an innovative pedagogical resource in the field of art museums and in different regulated and non-regulated educational spaces (schools, art galleries, foundations, organisations...).
Analysis of life history traits. Adaptive trade-offs and biological efficiency. Sex ecology and modes of reproduction. Sexual inversion in parthenogenetics. Dormancy states and adaptation to temporally variable environments. Multiple bet-hedging strategies and environmental unpredictability.
Assessment of fish and aquatic invertebrate responses to global change considering both global warming and chemical pollution.
Fundamental and applied limnology: Dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: Study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.
Genetic structure and population differentiation in continental zooplankton. Local adaptation. Genetic and genomic diversity. Genetic markers associated with adaptive traits. Gene dispersal and flow.
Evolutionary and functional genomics.
GEOPORTAL (http://ceosspain.lpi.uv.es/) providing historical (since 2007) and real-time (less than 5 hours) products of the SEVIRI and MODIS sensors.
Evolution of the institutional framework for sustainable development, both globally (United Nations system) and regionally (America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic), with particular emphasis on the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Ecology of aquatic interactions and their applications.
Parasitological studies focus on marine vertebrates (mammals, turtles and fish) and include taxonomic, ecological, evolutionary, biomarker, toxicological and pathological aspects, particularly in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
Use of time series of satellite images from 1981 to the present to study the Earth's surface dynamics.
Systematics and identification of lichens (both fungus and lichenised algae) and non-lichenised fungi (including mushroom-forming fungi) of the Mediterranean area, as well as the identification of their secondary metabolism products. Conservation of species and their habitats. Biodeterioration of monuments.
To analyse the characteristics of the multimodal mind in the 21st century and the need to establish new coordinates of cohesion and develop new forms of discourse and narrative.
Development of algorithms to estimate physical and biophysical parameters from satellite data, such as temperature, albedo, reflectivity, land surface emissivity, thermal inertia, evapotranspiration, atmospheric water-vapour content.
Pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture: fish and zoonotic pathogens. Biology of pathogen-host interaction. Immune response to pathogens. Diagnosis and control of fish diseases. Vaccines.
Study of the biodiversity, systematics and nomenclature of Mediterranean benthic seaweeds and marine phanerogams. Conservation of species and their habitats.
Plant ecology (dune vegetation, nitrophilous vegetation, scrubland, forest fires, bioclimatology and biogeography); plant taxonomy (cariology, phenology, phylogeography, nomenclature); conservation biology.
Study of the genetic diversity of non-model species. in natural populations, by sequencing representative portions of the genome. Speciation and introgression.
Remote sensing applications to environment, agriculture and water quality. Development of new sensors and Earth observation missions.
Use of remote, satellite or airborne sensors to measure the values of environmental variables related to the environmental properties, quality and ecological status of inland aquatic ecosystems.
Cryptic rotifer species. Distribution and sympatry. Ecological differentiation of species. Competitive relationships and coexistence mediation. Environmental fluctuations and maintenance of diversity. Density-dependent reversal of diapause and competition.
To propose and assess collaborative tasks that allow future teachers to progress gradually from the mere instrumental use of TACs (Learning and Knowledge Technologies) to the development of a more critical awareness of them.
The research line focuses on the optimisation of the synthesis of agrichemicals of the type of pheromones and parapheromones for their industrial scale-up and their application in the control of agricultural pests.
Legal nature of the concept of sustainable development; content of the notion of development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects; basic characteristics of the criterion of sustainability; disparities in the development of towns; common but differentiated responsibilities, etc.
Analysis of the possibility of using nanoparticles to combat insect pests, either the nanoparticle itself or as vehicles for transporting and distributing insecticides. Aspects of both their toxicology and their effects on insect development and reproduction are studied.
To establish a list of essential literary and artistic contents to improve the competence of teachers when working with multimodal resources. To create a framework of basic theoretical concepts that can be used in primary, secondary and university education.
