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Fallow Lands As a Tool for Farmland Biodiversity Conservation Irene Robleño Moreno Nom/Logotip de la Universitat on s’ha llegit la tesi Fallow lands as a tool for farmland biodiversity conservation Irene Robleño Moreno http://hdl.handle.net/10803/398837 ADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. 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Presentation of its content in a window or frame external to TDX (framing) is not authorized either. These rights affect both the content of the thesis and its abstracts and indexes. Universitat de Lleida Escola Tècnica Superior d´Enginyeria Agrària Departament d´Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria Fallow lands as a tool for farmland biodiversity conservation Dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor by Irene Robleño Moreno Director: Dr. Jordi Recasens Guinjuan Departament d´Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria Escola Tècnica Superior d´Enginyeria Agrària Universitat de Lleida Director: Dr. Jordi Recasens Guinjuan (Universitat de Lleida, Lleida) Assessment committee External evaluators Dr. David Giralt i Jonama (Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Lleida) Dr.F. Xavier Sans Serra (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona) Board members Dr. Francisco Martín Azcarate (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid) Dr. F. Xavier Sans Serra (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona) Dr.Aritz Royo Esnal (Universitat de Lleida, Lleida) Substitute 1: Dra. Alicia Cirujeda Ranzenberger (CITA, Zaragoza) Substitute 2: Joel Torra Farré (Universitat de Lleida, Lleida) This PhD has been carried out within the consolidated group of research “Weed Science and Plant Ecology” (2014SGC008) from the Universitat de Lleida. The author was funded by a PhD grant from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (BES-2011 047518). Study funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Project AGL 2010-22084-C02-01). Presentación Esta tesis se ha llevado a cabo bajo la dirección del profesor Dr. Jordi Recasens Guinjuan dentro del grupo de investigación consolidado de Malherbología y Ecología Vegetal del Departament d´Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria de l´Escola Tècnica Superior d´Enginyeria Agrària (ETSEA) de la Universitat de Lleida. El presente trabajo se enmarca dentro del proyecto de investigación (AGL 2010- 22084-C02-01) financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Una beca predoctoral FPI (BES-2011 047518) fue concedida por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad desde septiembre de 2011 a agosto de 2015. Durante la realización de esta tesis se han llevado a cabo dos estancias en otros centros Eurpeos: -National Institute De La Recherche Agronomic (INRA) de Dijon (Francia), con la Dra. Sandrine Petit (septiembre 2013-diciembre 2013). -Rothamsted Research de Harpenden (Inglaterra), con el Dr. Jonathan Storkey (septiembre 2014-noviembre 2014). A partir de los resultados obtenidos en el desarrollo de esta tesis se han elaborado dferentes artículos: -Artículo 1: Using the response – effect trait framework to quantify the value of non-crop patches in agricultural landscapes to pollinators. Irene Robleño, Jonathan Storkey, Xavier O. Solé-Senan & Jordi Recasens. Enviado a la revista Applied Vegetation Science en abril de 2016. -Artículo 2: Fallow management for steppe bird conservation: the impact of cultural practices on vegetation structure and food resources. Irene Robleño, Gerard Bota, David Giralt & Jordi Recasens. Enviado a la revista Biodiversity and Conservation a principios de febrero de 2016. -Artículo 3: Steppe bird responses to different management practices in fallow lands: towards an enhancement of agri-environmental schemes efficiency. Irene Robleño, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Francesc Sardà & Jordi Recasens. Este artículo se encuentra en preparación. -Artículo 4: Spatial distribution of vegetation modifies the suitability of farmland birds' habitat in fallow lands. Irene Robleño, Manel Ribes-Dasi, Aritz Royo-Esnal, Joel Torra & Jordi Recasens. Enviado a la revista Annals of Applied Biology en mayo de 2016. Además, han tenido lugar diversas difusiones de los resultados en congresos y grupos de trabajo de ámbito nacional e internacional: Solé-Senan, X. & Robleño, I. The role of landscape heterogeneity on pollination services in cereal fields. Final Meeting Farmland Proyect. 2016, Camargue, (France). Robleño, I., Solé-Senan, X., Royo-Esnal, A., Torra, J., Conesa, J.A. & Recasens, J. El manejo de barbechos como indicador de la eficiencia de medidas agroambientales. XIV Congreso Sociendad Española de Malherbología. 2013, Valencia (Spain). Izquierdo, J., Robleño, I., Royo-Esnal, A., Torra, J., Baraibar, B., Conesa, J.A. & Recasens, R. Effect of soil management (no-tillage vs. tillage) on weed spatial distribution in cereals. 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture. 2013, Lleida (Spain). Robleño, I, Royo-Esnal, A., Torra, J. & Recasens, R. Weed management in fallow fields as indicator of the agri-environmental schemes in dryland areas. 16th European Weed Research Society Symposium. 2013, Samsun (Turkey). A lo largo de este periodo también se ha colaborado en el proyecto europeo Farmland-Biodiversa en el que participan grupos de investigación de diversos países (Francia, Alemania, España, Inglaterra y Canadá), realizando muestreos de campo y participando en reuniones y grupos de trabajo. Entre los trabajos en preparación se encuentran los siguientes artículos: -Enhancing biodiversity across taxa and regions by increasing multiple components of agricultural landscape heterogeneity. Clélia Sirami, Aliette Baillod, Colette Bertrand, Romain Carrié, Annika Hass, Laura Henckel, Paul Miguet, Carole Vuillot, Audrey Alignier, Jude Girard, Peter Batary, Yann Clough, Cyrille Violle, David Giralt, Gerard Bota, Isabelle Badenhauser, Gaetan Lefebvre, Nicolas Gross, Bertrand Gauffre, Aude Vialatte, François Calatayud, Assu Gil-Tena, Nora Quesada-Pizarro, Lutz Tischendorf, Scott Mitchell, Kathryn Lindsay, Romain Georges, Samuel Hilaire, Jordi Recasens, Irene Robleño, Xavier O. Sole-Senán, Jordi Bosch, Jose Antonio Barrientos, Antonio Ricarte, Mª Ángeles Marcos, Jesus Minano, Raphael Mathevet, Annick Gibon, Jacques Baudry, Gerard Balent, Brigitte Poulin, Françoise Burel, Teja Tscharntke, Vincent Bretagnolle, Gavin Siriwardena, Annie Ouin, Lluís Brotons, Jean-Louis Martin & Lenore Fahrig. -How do landscape composition and configuration influence plant diversity at the field level? Audrey Alignier, Peter Batary, Xavier O. Solé-Senán, Irene Robleño, Barbara Baraibar, Nicolas Gross, Cyrille Violle & Clélia Sirami. - The role of landscape heterogeneity on pollination services in cereal fields. Xavier O. Solé-Senán, Irene Robleño, Audrey Alignier, Peter Batary, Nicolas Gross, Cyrille Violle & Clélia Sirami. Agradecimientos Es prácticamente imposible resumir en poco más de un folio las miles de gracias que tengo que dar a tantas personas que, de una u otra forma, me han acompañado en esta "aventura" porque cada una de ellas ha aportado su granito de arena para que hoy sea como soy, esté aquí, y tú puedas estar leyendo este documento. Gracias a mi director, Jordi Recasens, por darme la oportunidad de iniciar este camino, por confiar en mí y nunca ponerme barreras. Al grupo de Malherbología:
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