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Memoria 2013 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 1 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Portada: Experimentación con picudo rojo (Rhinchophorus ferrugineus), especie invasora, actualmente en expasión en España, que ha supuesto una plaga, principalmente para la palmera canaria. 2 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 ESTACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE DOÑANA CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS MEMORIA 2013 COORDINACIÓN Guyonne Janss Rocío Astasio Rosa Rodríguez RECOPILACIÓN INFORMACIÓN Begoña Arrizabalaga José Carlos Soler Olga Guerrero Carmen Mª Velasco Tomás Perera Antonio Páez María Antonia Orduña Ana Ruíz Sonia Velasco Angelines Soto María Cabot Sofía Conradi FOTOGRAFÍAS Héctor Garrido DISEÑO Y MAQUETACIÓN Héctor Garrido Sevilla, Noviembre de 2014 Estación Biológica de Doñana/CSIC C/ Américo Vespucio, s/n 41092 SEVILLA www.ebd.csic.es 3 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 4 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 5 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 6 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Contenidos Presentación 9 Introducción 10 Misión 10 Sedes 10 Organización y Estructura 12 Departamentos y grupos de investigación 12 Organigrama de la Estación Biológica de Doñana 13 Líneas de Investigación 14 Servicios científicos 18 Actividades 2013 31 Actividad Investigadora de la EBD 32 Recursos económicos y humanos 38 Otras actividades a destacar 42 Proyectos de Investigación 45 Publicaciones 103 Congresos 120 Tesis doctorales y maestrias 121 Cursos 124 Premios y distinciones 125 Recursos humanos 127 7 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 8 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Presentación 9 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Sedes La Estación Biológica de Doñana consta de un centro de investigación con sede en Sevilla, dos estaciones de campo (El Palacio y Huer- ta Tejada) junto a las Reservas Biológicas de Doñana en Almonte (Huelva) y del Guadiamar en Aznalcazar (Sevilla) y de una Estación de Campo en Roblehondo, en el Parque Natural de las Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (Jaén). Utiliza además como oficinas, gracias a un convenio con la Universidad de Huelva, parte de las instalaciones que ésta tiene en el CIECEM de Matalascañas (Almonte, Huelva) Desde enero de 2009 la Sede Central de la Es- tación Biológica de Doñana está ubicada en la Isla de la Cartuja, un parque científico-tecno- lógico construido para la Exposición Universal de 1992 de Sevilla. La sede principal alberga la Administración central, Departamentos, Labo- ratorios, Biblioteca, la Colección Científica de Vertebrados, distintas instalaciones de apoyo, etc. Se trata de un edificio de nueva construc- ción diseñado para cubrir las necesidades es- pecíficas de los investigadores. En la antigua sede de la EBD, el Pabellón del Perú (Expo Iberoamericana de 1929), se mantiene una unidad dedicada a la Cultura Científica y Divul- gación, la Casa de la Ciencia que depende de INTRODUCCIÓN la Delegación del CSIC en Andalucía. Misión La Reserva Biológica de Doñana (RBD) se en- clava dentro de los límites del Parque Nacional La Estación Biológica de Doñana, creada en de Doñana y está constituida por dos fincas. 1964, es un Instituto Público de Investigación perteneciente al Consejo Superior de Inves- tigaciones Científicas, CSIC, dentro del área de Recursos Naturales. Nuestra misión funda- mental es llevar a cabo una investigación multi- disciplinar al más alto nivel, y dirigida a la com- prensión, desde un punto de vista evolutivo, de la forma en que se genera la biodiversidad, la forma en que se mantiene y deteriora, ade- más de las consecuencias de su pérdida y de las posibilidades de su conservación y restau- ración. Inherente a todo ello, también se pro- mueve la transferencia del conocimiento a la sociedad. En un principio la actividad científica de la EBD se centró en el ámbito de Doñana, ampliándose pronto el campo de actuación a otros ecosistemas tanto dentro como fuera de España. 10 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 La Reserva Biológica de Doñana, propiamente dicha, tiene una superficie de 6.794 ha cuya propiedad y gestión corresponden al CSIC. La Reserva Biológica de Guadiamar, con 3.214 ha, es propiedad de WWF/ADENA y su ges- tión administrativa y científica corresponde al CSIC. La EBD gestiona, por tanto, una superfi- cie de 10.008 ha en el Parque Nacional de Do- ñana. El director de la EBD coordina también por ley todos los proyectos de investigación en el Parque Nacional y Natural de Doñana (Ley 91/1978 del Parque Nacional de Doñana y Ley 8/1999 del Espacio Natural de Doñana), un es- pacio protegido de 108.000 ha. En 2006 la RBD fue reconocida por el Minis- terio Español de Educación y Ciencia como Infraestructura Científica y Tecnológica Sin- gular (ICTS). La RBD-ICTS ofrece modernas infraestructuras de comunicación, así como equipamiento científico y pone a disposición de los investigadores una excepcional base de datos sobre las especies, comunidades y procesos naturales más relevantes de Doña- na, fruto del Seguimiento a largo plazo que se lleva a cabo en el Espacio Natural y su entorno desde hace años. La Reserva Biológica de Doñana consta de un total de 31 edificios, incluido el Palacio de Do- ñana, laboratorios y otros servicios, proporcio- nando apoyo logístico y técnico a los proyectos de investigación ajustado a las propias restric- ciones de uso del Parque y alojamiento gratui- to para investigadores autorizados (incluyendo servicios de comida, lavandería, etc.). La Estación de Campo de Roblehondo (ECRH) se encuentra a 350 km de Sevilla, en el Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (214.300 ha). Desde 1978 el personal investi- gador de la EBD viene utilizando como base para sus investigaciones la Casa Forestal de Roblehondo, situada en el término municipal de La Iruela. Esa infraestructura, ubicada en el centro de la Reserva de Navahondona-Gua- dahornillos, es en la actualidad una estación de campo dependiente administrativamente de la Estación Biológica de Doñana gracias a una cesión de uso otorgada por la Junta de Anda- lucía al CSIC en 1994. Tiene una capacidad muy limitada y es utilizada también por grupos de investigación de otros institutos del CSIC y de universidades. 11 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 ORGANIZACIÓN Y ESTRUCTURA Departamentos y grupos de investi- gación La EBD está estructurada en 5 departamentos Grupos de Investigación de la EBD del Sistema de investigación, siendo éstos las unidades ad- Andaluz de Conocimiento (Junta de Andalucía) ministrativas funcionales en el día a día. Cada uno de ellos tiene un Jefe o representante y • Grupo de análisis integrado en ecología uno o más grupos alrededor de los cuales gira evolutiva (RNM 305) nuestro trabajo científico. Los miembros de • Grupo de biología de especies cinegéticas cada Departamento pueden trabajar en varias y plagas (RNM 118) Líneas de de Investigación. • Grupo de biología de la conservación (RNM 157) • Grupo de conservación de la Biodiversidad DEPARTAMENTOS DE LA EBD (RNM 372) • Grupo de ecología de humedales (RNM • Biología de la Conservación 361) • Ecología de Humedales • Grupo de ecología y evolución de anfibios y • Ecología Evolutiva reptiles (RNM 128) • Ecología Integrativa • Grupo de estrategias reproductivas • Etología y Conservación de la Biodiversi- (RNM105) dad • Grupo de evolución de sistemas planta/ani- mal (RNM 154) • Grupo de sistemática y ecología de los qui- Dentro del Sistema Andaluz de Conocimiento rópteros (RNM 158) (I+D+i) de la Junta de Andalucía, la Estación Biológica de Doñana se conforma por 9 grupos de investigación que cada año son evaluados y subvencionados por la Junta de Andalucía (Consejería de Innovación y Ciencia) y cuyos miembros pueden estar en departamentos di- ferentes. 12 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Organigrama de la Estación Biológica de Doñana Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 13 Estación Biológica de Doñana - Memoria 2013 Líneas de Investigación Las líneas de investigación reflejan las principa- les áreas científicas en las que se centra nues- tro trabajo en este momento Constituyen el es- queleto conceptual del Instituto, estructuradas de una forma transversal respecto a nuestra estructura administrativa (Departamentos) y los grupos funcionales (Laboratorios) y forman los grupos científicos que representa la EBD a nivel del CSIC a la hora de contabilizar las ac- tividades científicas. Actualmente distinguimos las siguientes líneas: Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global Realizamos una investigación multidisciplinar (ecología evolutiva, ecología del comportamien- to, ecología demográfica espacial, ecología de las comunidades, dinámicas demográficas y de población, modelos de extinción, genética de conservación, ecofisiología etc.) con el fin de construir la base científica necesaria para la conservación de la diversidad biológica en to- das sus formas. La biología de la conservación es la respuesta que la comunidad científica ofrece a la actual crisis de la biodiversidad mo- tivada por los cambios globales inducidos por el hombre que están suponiendo un episodio de extinción sin precedentes. Nuestro trabajo se orienta hacia la composición, estructura y procesos dentro y entre ecosistemas, comu- nidades, especies, poblaciones, individuos y genes. Nuestro trabajo se enmarca en el pa- radigma de la evolución y en el reconocimiento de que las dinámicas ecológicas son típicas de sistemas altamente estocásticos, complejos y en desequilibro con una fuerte presión externa. Desde nuestro punto de vista, la
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