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D.4. Registro Ornitológico General Y Actualización Del Inventario De Aves En Doñana DISEÑO Y PUESTA A PUNTO DEL PROGRAMA DE SEGUIMIENTO DE PROCESOS Y RECURSOS NATURALES EN EL PARQUE NACIONAL DE DOÑANA Investigador Principal Manuel Máñez Equipo de Seguimiento de Procesos Naturales. Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC. Coordinadores José Juan Chans y Ana C. Andreu Responsables de Áreas de Trabajo Ana C. Andreu y José Juan Chans. Invertebrados Terrestres, Anfibios y Reptiles Miguel Ángel Bravo. Limnología, Vegetación Acuática, Invertebrados Acuáticos, Peces Olga Ceballos. Mamíferos. Vegetación Terrestre Ricardo Díaz-Delgado. Teledetección, Geomorfología, Grandes Formaciones Vegetales Manuel Máñez. Aves Técnicos José Luis Arroyo Rafael Laffitte Alfredo Chico Hugues Lefranc Mª Nuria Gallego David A. Paz Luis García Álvaro Robles Héctor Garrido Isidro Román Fernando Ibáñez José Luis del Valle Colaboradores eventuales Carmen Albizu Nicole Euba Francisco Blanco Rocío Juste Emilie Bougeard Margarita Mulero Sabine Delaitre Esther Sánchez i ÍNDICE ÍNDICE ....................................................................................................................................................... I INTRODUCCIÓN......................................................................................................................................1 PROGRAMA DE SEGUIMIENTO..........................................................................................................3 A.3.1. SEGUIMIENTO DE AGUAS SUPERFICIALES: CHARCAS EFÍMERAS ..........................13 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................13 A.3.1.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN DE LAS CHARCAS EFÍMERAS ................13 A.3.2. SEGUIMIENTO DE LAS AGUAS SUPERFICIALES: LAGUNAS........................................17 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................17 A.3.2.1. PROTOCOLO DE SEGUIMIENTO DE LAS LAGUNAS EN INUNDACIÓN MÁXIMA ..............................17 B.1. SEGUIMIENTO DE LA LÍNEA DE COSTA Y DE LA DINÁMICA DUNAR .........................21 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................21 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................22 B.1.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE DINÁMICA DE LA LÍNEA DE COSTA Y PLAYA....................23 B.1.2. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA DINÁMICA DUNAR......................................................26 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................30 B.3. SEGUIMIENTO DE DE LA DINÁMICA DE LOS CONOS DE DEYECCIÓN DE ARENAS Y DE LOS PROCESOS SEDIMENTARIOS DE LA MARISMA. .........................................................31 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................31 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................32 B3.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA DINÁMICA DE CONOS DE DEYECCIÓN DE ARENAS Y DE LOS PROCESOS SEDIMENTARIOS DE LA MARISMA....................................................................................33 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................36 C.1. CUBIERTAS VEGETACIÓN TERRESTRE................................................................................37 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................37 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................38 C.1.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA DINÁMICA DE LAS FORMACIONES DE PINAR, SABINAR, ENEBRAL COSTERO, MATORRAL Y VEGETACIÓN DE RIBERA....................................................................39 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................45 C.2. SEGUIMIENTO DE LA COMUNIDAD DEL ALCORNOCAL DE LA VERA (EL CASO DE LA PAJARERA DE LA FUENTE DEL DUQUE)................................................................................47 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................47 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................48 C.2.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DEL ALCORNOCAL DE LA PAJARERA ...................................48 i REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................52 C.3. SEGUIMIENTO DE LA VEGETACIÓN DE MARISMA...........................................................53 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................53 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................54 C.3.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA VEGETACIÓN DE MARISMA. .......................................54 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................59 C.4. SEGUIMIENTO DE LA PRODUCTIVIDAD PRIMARIA DE HERBÁCEAS EN MEDIOS TERRESTRES Y ACUÁTICOS.............................................................................................................61 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................61 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................61 C.4. PROTOCOLO PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN DE LA PRODUCTIVIDAD PRIMARIA DE HERBÁCEAS EN MEDIOS TERRESTRES Y ACUÁTICOS ........................................................................................................62 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................64 D.1.1. SEGUIMIENTO DE LA NUTRIA ..............................................................................................65 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................65 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................65 D.1.1. PROTOCOLO DE MUESTREO DE NUTRIA ........................................................................................66 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................69 D.1.2. SEGUIMIENTO DE LAS POBLACIONES DE PEQUEÑOS MAMÍFEROS........................71 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................71 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................71 D.1.2.1. PROTOCOLO PARA EL SEGUIMIENTO DE MICROMAMÍFEROS ......................................................72 D.1.2.2. PROTOCOLO PARA EL CENSO DE RATA DE AGUA .......................................................................74 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................78 D.1.3. SEGUIMIENTO DE LOS UNGULADOS SILVESTRES.........................................................79 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................79 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................80 D.1.3.1. PROTOCOLO DE ITINERARIOS DE CENSO DE UNGULADOS ..........................................................80 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................83 D.3.1. SEGUIMIENTO DE LAS ESPECIES CLAVE: CONEJO.......................................................85 INTRODUCCIÓN.......................................................................................................................................85 OBJETIVOS .............................................................................................................................................85 D.3.1.1. PROTOCOLO DE ITINERARIOS DE CENSO DE CONEJOS ................................................................86 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS ..............................................................................................................88 D.3.2. SEGUIMIENTO DE LAS ESPECIES CLAVE: LIEBRE IBÉRICA.......................................89
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