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Abstract Book Abstract book 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting Ecology: an integrative science in the Anthropocene February 4-7, 2019, Barcelona (Spain) EDITORIAL INFORMATION Title: Abstract book of the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) & XIV AEET meeting. Barcelona, Spain, 4th – 7th February 2019 Editorial deadline: 21th January, 2019 Issued in Open Access, under the terms of Commons attribution Non Commercial License Doi.: 10.7818/SIBECOLandAEETmeeting.2019 Publisher: © Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET) C/ Tulipán s/n, 28399, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain Layout: Perl Gráco. Madrid, Spain 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting February, 4-7 2019, Barcelona, Spain ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES LOCAL COMMITTEE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE • Isabel Muñoz, Universitat de Barcelona • Laura Alonso-Sáez, AZTI • Josep Piñol, CREAF-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona • Ricardo Anadón, Universidad de Oviedo • Cèlia Marrasé, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Javier Aristegui, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • Francisco Lloret, CREAF-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona • Enric Ballesteros, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC • Pedro Beja, Universidade do Oporto • Paulo Borges, Universidade dos Açores ORGANIZING COMMITTEE • Cristina Branquinho, Universidade de Lisboa • Antonio Camacho, Universidad de Valencia • Susana Bernal, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC • Jordi Catalán, Centre Recerca Ecològica Aplicacions Forestals- • Núria Bonada, Universitat de Barcelona CREAF • Antonio Camacho, Universitat de València • Emma Cebrian, Universitat de Girona • Emilio Casamayor, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC • Fidel Echevarria, Universidad de Cádiz • Luis Cayuela, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos • Arturo Elosegi, Universidad del País Vasco • Marta Estrada, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Adrián Escudero, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos • Rafael Marcé, Institut Català de Recerca de l’Aigua ICRA • Marta Estrada, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Biel Obrador, Universitat de Barcelona • Helena Freitas, Universidade de Coimbra • Xavier Quintana, Universitat de Girona • Emili García-Berthou, University of Girona • Estela Romero, CREAF-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona • Josep María Gili, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Sergi Sabater, Institut Català de Recerca de l’Aigua ICRA- • Francisco Gómez Figueiras, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas- Universitat de Girona CSIC • Juan M. Soria, Universitat de València • Manuel Graça, Universidade de Coimbra • Xavier Turon, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC • Ruben Heleno, Universidade de Coimbra • Pedro Jordano, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC • Francisco Lloret, Centre Recerca Ecològica Aplicacions Forestals TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT CREAF • Félix López Figueroa, Universidad de Málaga • Leyre Jiménez-Eguizábal, Asociación Española de Ecología • Cristina Máguas, Universidade de Lisboa Terrestre • Emilio Marañon, Universidad de Vigo • Núria Marbà, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats-CSIC • MªAmelia Martins-Louçao, Universidade de Lisboa • Eugènia Martí, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Centre Recerca Ecològica Aplicacions Forestals CREAF • Enric Massuti, Centre Oceanogràc de Balears IEO • Cláudia Pascoal, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology- CBMA • Francesc Peters, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Laura Prieto, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía-CSIC • Jesús Pozo, Universidad del País Vasco • Beatriz Reguera, Centro Oceanográco de Vigo IEO • Margarida Reis, Universidade de Lisboa • Javier Romero, Universidad de Barcelona • Santiago Sabaté, Centre Recerca Ecològica Aplicacions Forestals CREAF • Manuel Serra, Universidad de Valencia • Anna Traveset, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats-CSIC, Universitat de les Illes Balears • Paula Sobral, Universidade Nova de Lisboa • Fernando Valladares, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC • Dolors Vaqué, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC • Miguel Verdú, Centro de Investigaciones sobre Deserticación-CSIC • Rosa M. Viejo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 3 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting February, 4-7 2019, Barcelona, Spain TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME 7 THE CENTENARY OF PROF. RAMON MARGALEF 8 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE 9 PLENARY TALKS 10 GENERAL SESSIONS (GS) 15 GENERAL SESSION 01: BIOGEOGRAPHY AND MACROECOLOGY 15 GS.01. Oral talks 16 GS.01. Posters 27 GENERAL SESSION 02: BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 33 GS.02. Oral talks 34 GS.02. Posters 43 GENERAL SESSION 03: BIOTIC INTERACTIONS AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING 48 GS.03. Oral talks 49 GS.03. Posters 66 GENERAL SESSION 04: HOW ECOLOGY SERVES THE SOCIETY: SERVICES AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS 76 GS.04. Oral talks 77 GS.04. Posters 83 GENERAL SESSION 05: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 84 GS.05. Oral talks 85 GS.05. Posters 96 THEMATIC SESSIONS (GS) 103 THEMATIC SESSION 01: BETTER TOGETHER: BRIDGING TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES 103 TS.01. Oral talks 104 TS.01. Posters 109 THEMATIC SESSION 02: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL CHANGE 110 TS.02. Oral talks 111 TS.02. Posters 126 THEMATIC SESSION 03: CARBON CYCLING WITHIN AND ACROSS ECOSYSTEMS: FROM LAND TO OCEAN 136 TS.03. Oral talks 137 TS.03. Posters 143 THEMATIC SESSION 04: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES IN TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS 145 TS.04. Oral talks 146 TS.04. Posters 151 4 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting February, 4-7 2019, Barcelona, Spain THEMATIC SESSION 05: ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS: ADDRESSING THE COMPLEXITY OF MULTI-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS 153 TS.05. Oral talks 154 TS.05. Posters 161 THEMATIC SESSION 06: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 162 TS.06. Oral talks 163 TS.06. Posters 170 THEMATIC SESSION 07: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY IN TERRESTRIAL, AQUATIC AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS 173 TS.07. Oral talks 174 TS.07. Posters 187 THEMATIC SESSION 08: EXTREME EVENTS ECOLOGY 192 TS.08. Oral talks 193 TS.08. Posters 200 THEMATIC SESSION 09: GROWTH FOOTPRINTS: THE CHALLENGE OF TIME IN PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY 201 TS.09. Oral talks 202 TS.09. Posters 206 THEMATIC SESSION 10: LINKING FUNCTIONAL TRAITS AND FITNESS IN A CHANGING WORLD 209 TS.10. Oral talks 210 TS.10. Posters 222 THEMATIC SESSION 11: MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: FROM GENES TO POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS 227 TS.11. Oral talks 228 TS.11. Posters 240 THEMATIC SESSION 12: NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES USING NEW TOOLS AND SENSORS, FROM SATELLITES TO ROVS 246 TS.12. Oral talks 247 TS.12. Posters 249 THEMATIC SESSION 13: NUTRIENT CYCLING IN SOILS AND DRY RIVERBEDS UNDER INCREASING DRYNESS - PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DRIVES 251 TS.13. Oral talks 252 TS.13. Posters 256 THEMATIC SESSION 14: ORGANISMS AND ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE IN SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 257 TS.14. Oral talks 258 TS.14. Posters 267 THEMATIC SESSION 15: PALAEOECOLOGY: USING LONG-TERM DATASETS TO TEST ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS 271 TS.15. Oral talks 272 TS.15. Posters 277 THEMATIC SESSION 16: PREDICTING THE RESPONSE OF CARBON, NUTRIENT AND WATER CYCLES TO GLOBAL CHANGE: WHERE THEORY, DATA AND MODELS MEET 278 TS.16. Oral talks 279 TS.16. Posters 283 THEMATIC SESSION 17: QUANTITATIVE BEHAVIOURAL AND MOVEMENT ECOLOGY 285 TS.17. Oral talks 286 TS.17. Posters 291 THEMATIC SESSION 18: RAMON MARGALEF LEGACY 293 TS.18. Oral talks 294 5 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting February, 4-7 2019, Barcelona, Spain THEMATIC SESSION 19: THEMATIC SESSION 19: THE POTENTIAL OF BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURE 298 TS.19. Oral talks 209 TS.19. Posters 306 THEMATIC SESSION 20: THEMATIC SESSION 20: TOWARDS SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DIEBACK AND MORTALITY PROCESSES: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES 308 TS.20. Oral talks 309 TS.20. Posters 313 THEMATIC SESSION 21: THEMATIC SESSION 21: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTAMINANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD: LINKING TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SYSTEMS 315 TS.21. Oral talks 316 TS.21. Posters 326 THEMATIC SESSION 22: THEMATIC SESSION 22: UNVEILING THE DIVERSITY AND FUNCTION OF MACRO AND MICROORGANISMS THROUGH A MOLECULAR LENS 331 TS.22. Oral talks 332 TS.22. Posters 339 INDEX OF AUTHORS 342 6 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting February, 4-7 2019, Barcelona, Spain WELCOME We welcome everyone to Barcelona, the venue of the joint meeting of the Sociedad Ibérica de Ecología (1st SIBECOL) and the Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (XIV AEET) in 2019. The meeting is also supported by the Asociación Ibérica de Limnologia (AIL), the Sociedad Española de Etología y Ecología Evolutiva (SEEEE), the Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO), and the group of Iberian Marine Ecologists. This conference is special since it will host scientists who study different types of ecological systems but who rarely meet together to share conceptual ecological frameworks. A new ecological society (SIBECOL) was established in July 2018 to bring together this scientic collective, while maintaining the identity of the existing societies that will progressively converge in their activities. This meeting will be the rst action of the new society, its foundation conference. AEET is proud to contribute to the event, merging its regular meeting with 1st SIBECOL for this historic event. The aim of the conference is to highlight crosscutting concepts shared by the different branches of ecology (limnology, marine ecology, terrestrial ecology, theoretical ecology), regardless of the system addressed. We seek to exchange ideas and approaches, and to provide a
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