PROGRAM / 02
Landscape dynamics and biodiversity / CTFC

This program studies the landscape created by the relationship between ecosystems and society. Analysis of different drivers on natural ecosystems and the goods and services that they provide is crucial for ensuring the persistence of the ecosystems and the future provision of the associated goods and services.
Our work is based on the ecology of landscapes and biodiversity, analysis of fires and other disturbances, analysis of mosaic landscapes (agroforestry systems or transitions between urban-suburban-rural areas), and the development of innovative forest planning and decision-making tools.

Innovative forest planning on the forest/landscape/regional levels and the development of decision-making support tools are key for analysis of landscape dynamics and biodiversity, as well as for evaluation and selection of the management policies to implement in a given territory.

 

Research and transfer lines

  • Diagnosis of natural environment dynamics
  • Risk and impact analysis of global change
  • Model ecosystem services and the ways in which they interact
  • Study of the problems that affect natural systems, and proposed actions for changes in the uses of the territory at local and regional levels
  • Development of management measures and landscape/regional adaptation
  • Conservation planning
  • Methods and tools for multi-objective forest planning at a landscape/regional level
  • Decision-making support tools in a context of global change
Working areas

/ Study the biology, ecology and conservation of species

/ Planning and management tools for biodiversity conservation

/ Ecosystem management models using multi-scale approaches, optimisation methods and decision-making support systems

/ Landscape ecology

/ Bioindicators used for evaluating ecosystem conservation levels

/ Integration of biodiversity conservation measures, use of natural resources and social perception

/ Restoration of forest and fluvial habitats

/ Use of drones for biodiversity purposes and forest applications

/ Tools for simulating the evolution of forests and their ecosystemic services under different forest management regimes and climate conditions

/ Fire simulation tools, helping to prevent their impact and to develop fire prevention plans

Landscape dynamics and biodiversityteam program
Garcia-Gonzalo, Jordi
Head of programme
Bota Cabau, Gerard
Deputy head of programme

Head of group
Aquilué Junyent, Núria
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Bota Cabau, Gerard
Conservation Biology Group
Garcia-Gonzalo, Jordi
Precision Forestry (PrecFOR) -New tools for forestry decision making.
González Olabarría, José Ramón
Precision Forestry (PrecFOR) -New tools for forestry decision making.
Sazatornil, Víctor
Conservation Biology Group

Researchers / Specialists
Cabodevilla Bravo, Xabier
Conservation Biology Group
Camprodon Subirachs, Jordi
Conservation Biology Group
Casals Martí, Frederic
Feldman, Mariano J.
Biodiversity and Animal Conservation
Giralt Jonama, David
Conservation Biology Group
Guixé Coromines, David
Conservation Biology Group

Krsnik, Goran
Precision Forestry (PrecFOR) -New tools for forestry decision making.
Kutchartt Ruedlinger, Erico
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Moghli, Aymen
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Moreno-Zarate, Lara
Conservation Biology Group
Muñoz Ferràndiz, David
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Poch Claret, Rosa M

Pocull Bellés, Guillem
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Porkhun, Olena
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Puente Heredia, Sílvia
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Regos Sanz, Adrián
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Salgado, José
Sanahuja Llopis, Albert
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)

Sanuy Castells, Delfí
Sardà Palomera, Francesc
Conservation Biology Group
Stoltz, Jonathan
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)

Technicians / PhD Students
Campanera Moliné, Arnau
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Camps Clot, Joana
Precision Forestry (PrecFOR)
Caparroz Soto, Noel
Conservation Biology Group
Capizzi, Giuseppe
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Guardis Bedmar, Pol
Conservation Biology Group
Henry Ramilo, Maguiña
Biodiversity and Animal Conservation

Jaumejoan, Xènia
Conservation Biology Group
Manzano, Robert
Conservation Biology Group
Miret Minard, Gabriel
Biodiversity and landscape ecology
Navalpotro, Helena
Conservation Biology Group
Pi Serra, Elena
Conservation Biology Group
Pou Álvarez, Núria
Conservation Biology Group

Ramírez Cervera, Helena
Conservation Biology Group
Revilla Martín, Natalia
Conservation Biology Group
Rota Collell, Marc
Conservation Biology Group
Santisteban Ortiz, Carles
Conservation Biology Group
Solé Bujalance, Laura
Conservation Biology Group

Associate members
Brotons Alabau, Lluís
Cristal, Irina
Precision Forestry - New tools for forestry decision making (PrecFor)
Duane Bernedo, Andrea
Hermoso López, Virgilio
Mola-Yudego, Blas
Morán Ordoñez, Alejandra

Navarro, Joan
Pérez-Granados, Cristian
Pla Montferrer, Magda
Roura, Núria
Sanz Pérez, Ana
Selkimäki Mari

Ulloa Fiero, Felipe
Villero Pi, Daniel