Associate Professor
Depto. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas
Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Biodiversidad
Universidad de Oviedo
C/ Rodrigo Uría s/n, Oviedo 33006, Spain
Phone: 34 985 104784
E-mail: danielgarcia[at]uniovi.es
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Daniel García Associate Professor Depto. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Biodiversidad Universidad de Oviedo C/ Rodrigo Uría s/n, Oviedo 33006, Spain Phone: 34 985 104784 E-mail: danielgarcia[at]uniovi.es |
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| Research | The lab |
| Study systems | Teaching |
| Ongoing projects |  UMIB |
| Publications | Ecology Unit |
| Lab's news | |
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Ph D Open Position in our lab, to develop a thesis on tree population dynamics, ecological modeling and global change, under the Spanish Government FPI Call 2012. |
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A recently published Special Issue about biological effects of habitat fragmentation in ECOSISTEMAS, containing several papers by the lab |
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A recent publication from Alicia Valdés' Ph D in Journal of Applied Ecology, about the effects of habitat fragmentation on plant reproduction |
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Media
coverage
of our paper in Conservation Biology about birds as suppliers of seed
dispersal ecosystem service in temperate landscapes. SINC Platform; Conycet Platform; La Nueva España Journal Interview in Radio Asturias (Cadena Ser) |
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Research We focus on plant-animal interactions (pollination, frugivory, seed dispersal, seed predation and herbivory) to study: 1. The effect of the spatial configuration of landscape in the outcome of ecological processes. 2. The role of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem services. Based on our studies, we seek to develop tools for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management in the real-world. UP |
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Study
systems We carry out our research in secondary and mature forests of the Cantabrian range (Asturias, N Spain). These are highly anthropized systems, suffering a high degree of habitat loss and large-scale fragmentation from historical times, but naturally recovering in some places. Our current study systems are fleshy-fruited woody plants (Crataegus monogyna, Ilex aquifolium, Rubus idaeus) dispersed by birds (Turdus sp.) and mammals (carnivores). We have also studied forest perennial herbs (Primula vulgaris), pollinated by flies and bumblebees. We try to generalize our findings to other temperate forests in the world, looking at similar plant-animal interaction systems in regions like Austral South America or temperate Oceania. We have studied the peculiar mutualism between the mistletoe Tristerix corymbosus and the endemic marsupial Dromiciops gliroides in Patagonia (Argentina). We are now starting to study the effects of global change drivers in the structure of tree-bird networks in New Zealand. UP |
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Ongoing
and recent projects Ecosystem
services under global change: linking plant-frugivore assemblages to
seed dispersal along anthopogenic gradients (SEEDSERVICE). CGL2011-28430
(MICINN). 2012-2014. Participants: Daniel García (LR), Javier Rodríguez, Jason Tylianakis, Juan Manuel Morales, Daniel Martínez, Juan Rodríguez
Landscape configuration and demographic outcomes of plant-animal interactions in Cantabrian montane forests (CONPADEM). CGL2008-01275 (MICINN). 2008-2011. Participants: Daniel García (LR), Juan Manuel Morales, Alicia Valdés, José Manuel Herrera, Daniel Martínez, Juan Rodríguez, Javier Rodríguez
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| García, D, Zamora R & Amico GC (2011) The spatial scale of plant-animal interactions: effects of resource availability and habitat structure. Ecological Monographs 81:103-121 |
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García D, Zamora R & Amico GC (2010) Birds as suppliers of seed dispersal in temperate ecosystems: conservation guidelines from real-world landscapes. Conservation Biology 24: 1070-1079. |
| García D & Chacoff NP (2007) Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on hawthorn pollination, frugivory and seed predation. Conservation Biology 21: 400-411. |
| García D, Obeso JR & Martínez I (2005) Spatial concordance between seed rain and seedling establishment in bird-dispersed trees: does the scale matter? Journal of Ecology 93: 693-704 |
| García D & Ortiz-Pulido R (2004) Patterns of resource tracking by avian frugivores at multiple spatial scales – two case studies on discordance among scales. Ecography 27: 187-196. |
| García D (2001) Effects of seed dispersal on Juniperus communis recruitment on a Mediterranean mountain. Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 839-848. |
| García D, Zamora R, Gómez JM, Jordano P & Hódar JA (2000) Geographical variation in seed production, predation and abortion in Juniperus communis throughout its range in Europe. Journal of Ecology 88: 436-446. |
| García
D, Zamora R, Hódar JA
& Gómez JM (1999) Age
structure of Juniperus
communis L. in the |
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The
lab Javier Rodríguez-Pérez (Post-doc) Daniel Martínez (M Sc, Ph D student, FPI) Juan Rodríguez (Technician, PTA) Other students Rocío Jaña (Ph D, Univ Canterbury NZ, co-supervised with D Kelly) |
| Current collaborators Juan Manuel Morales (INIBIOMA, ARG) Jason Tylianakis (Canterbury University, NZ) Tomás A Carlo (PennState University, USA) UP |
Former
people Natacha P Chacoff (post-doc) Alicia Valdés (Ph D) José Manuel Herrera (Ph D) Isabel Martínez (Ph D, co-supervised with JR Obeso) Valeria Aschero (Ph D, Univ Cuyo Arg, co-supervised with D Vázquez) Luis Matías (M Sc, Univ Granada, co-supervised with R Zamora) Andrés Peredo (MEC Collaboration grant) Susana García (Technician) Carlos Guardado (Technician) René Pérez (Technician) Vanesa Rivera (Technician) |