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Curriculum Vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 1 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez Curriculum vitae Dr. Crisanto Gómez López Marzo de 2014 1 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez Datos personales: Apellidos y nombre: GÓMEZ LÓPEZ, CRISANTO Categoría actual como Docente: Catedrático de Universidad Departamento o Unidad Docente actual: Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales Unidad de Biología Animal Facultad o Escuela actual: Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Girona. Títulos Académicos .Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Fecha de expedición del título: 18-07-1991. .Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Fecha de expedición del título: 29-02-1996. Calificación: Apto Cum Laude. Actividad Investigadora 1. Difusión de resultados de la Actividad Investigadora Publicaciones Científicas en Revistas Indexadas 1. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 1996. Seed production, predation and dispersal in the Mediterranean myrmecochore Euphorbia characias (Euphorbiaceae). Ecography, 19: 7-15. 2. Espadaler X. & Gómez C. 1997. Soil surface searching and transport of Euphorbia characias seeds by ants. Acta Oecologica, 18(1): 39-46. 2 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 3. Gómez C & Espadaler X. 1997. Falling or movement of seeds and the presence of an elaiosome: its effect on ant reaction in a myrmecochorous species, Euphorbia characias (Euphorbiaceae). Sociobiology 30(2): 175-183. 4. Gómez C & Espadaler X. 1997. Myrmecochorous dispersal distance: a world survey. Journal of Biogeography. 25: 573-580. 5. Gómez C & Espadaler X. 1998. Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a possible parasite in the myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias. Sociobiology 32: 441-450. 6. Gómez C & Espadaler X. 1998. The seed dispersal curve of a Mediterranean myrmecochore: influence of ant size and the distance to nest. Ecological Research 13: 347-354. 7. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 2000. Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909, an Iberian endemic ant species: description of the male and distribution (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici 50: 39-41. 8. Gómez C & Espadaler X. 2000. Species body-size distribution and spatial scale in Iberian ants. Vie et Milieu 50: 289-295. 9. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 2001. Formicine ants do comply with the size-grain hypothesys. Functional Ecology 15: 136-139. 10. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 2001. Female performance in Euphorbia characias: effect of flower position on seed quantity and quality. Seed Science Research 11: 163-172. 11. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 2002. The species body-size distribution in iberian ants is parameter independent. Vie et Milieu 52 (2/3): 103-107. 12. Espadaler X & Gómez C. 2003. The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile, in the Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 42: 187-192. 13. Gómez C, Casellas D, Oliveras J & Bas JM. 2003. Structure of ground-foraging ant assemblages and land-use change in rural ecosystems in the north-western mediterranean region. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:2135-2146. 14. Gómez C, Pons P & Bas JM. 2003. Effects of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile Mayr) on seed dispersal and seedling emergence of Rhamnus alaternus L. (Rhamnaceae). Ecography 26: 532- 538. 3 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 15. Gómez, C. & Oliveras, J. 2003. Can the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile Mayr) replace native ants in myrmecochory? Acta Oecologica 24: 47-53. 16. Roura-Pascual N, Suarez AV, Gómez C, Pons P, Touyama Y, Wild AL & Towsend Peterson A. 2004. Geographic potential of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile Mayr) in the face of global climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Serie B. 271 (1557): 2527-2535. 17. Bas JM, Pons P & Gómez C. 2005. Home range and territory of Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala in a Mediterranean shrubland. Bird Study 52:137-144. 18. Bas JM, Gómez C, & Pons P. 2005. Fruit production and predispersal seed fall and predation of Rhamnus alaternus (Rhamnaceae). Acta Oecologica 27/2: 115-123. 19. Oliveras J, Bas JM, Casellas D & Gómez C. 2005. Numerical dominance of the Argentine ant vs native ants and consequences on soil resource searching in Mediterranean Cork-oak forest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45: 643-658. 20. Oliveras J, Bas JM & Gómez C. 2005. Reduction of the ant mandible gap range after biotic homogeneization caused by an ant invasion (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45: 829-838. 21. Blancafort X & Gómez C. 2005. Consequences of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), invasion on pollination of Euphorbia characias (L.) (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Oecologica 28/1: 49-55. 22. Oliveras J, Bas JM, Gómez C. 2005. Long-term consequences of the alteration of the seed dispersal process of Euphorbia characias L. due to the Argentine ant invasion. Ecography 28: 662- 672. 23. Gómez C, Espadaler X & Bas JM. 2005. Ant behaviour and seed morphology: a missing link of myrmecochory. Oecologia 146 (2): 244-246. 24. Bas JM, Pons P & Gómez C. 2006. Exclusive frugivory and seed dispersal of Rhamnus alaternus in the bird breeding season. Plant Ecology 183/01: 77-89. 25. Blancafort X & Gómez C. 2006. Downfall of pollen carriage by ants after Argentine ant invasion in two Mediterranean Euphorbia species. Vie et Milieu-Life and Environment 56 : 243-246. 4 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 26. Núria Roura-Pascual, Andrew V. Suarez, Crisanto Gómez, Pere Pons, Yoshifumi Touyama, Alexander L. Wild, Kristina McNyset, Ferran Gascon & A. Townsend Peterson. 2006. Niche Differentiation and Fine-scale Projections for Argentine Ants based on Remotely-sensed Data. Ecological Applications 16: 1832-1841. 27. Oliveras J, Bas JM & Gómez C. 2007. A shift in seed harvesting by ants following argentine ant invasion. Vie et Milieu 57(1/2) : 75-82. 28. Bas JM, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2007. Final seed fate and seedling emergence in myrmecochorous plants: effects of ants and plant species. Sociobiology. 50 (1): 101-111. 29. Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2007. Foraging activity and dietary spectrum of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile Mayr) in invaded natural areas of the NE Iberian Peninsula. Environmental Entomology 36(5): 1166-1173. 30. Bas JM, Pons P, Gómez C. 2007. Daily activity of the sardinian warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) in the breeding season. Ardeola 54 : 335-338 31. Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2008. Effect of temperature on the oviposition rate of Argentine ant queens (Linepithema humile Mayr) under monogynous and polygynous experimental conditions. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 265-272. 32. Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2008. Effect of seasonal dynamics on queen densities of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) in an invaded natural area of the NE Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 51:645-654. 33. Oliveras J, Bas JM, Gómez C, Espadaler X. 2008. Mechanical defense in seeds to avoid predation by a granivorous ant. Naturwissenschaften 95: 501-506. 34. Abril S, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2009. Effect of temperature on the Argentine ant’s development and survival. Journal of Insect Science. 10:97 35. Abril S & Gómez C. 2009. Ascertaining key factors behind the coexistence of the native ant species Plagiolepis pygmaea with the invasive argentine ant Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera :Formicidae). Sociobiology 53 : 559-568. 36. Bas, J.M.; Oliveras, J.; Gómez, C. 2009. Myrmecochory and short-term seed fate in Rhamnus alaternus: ant species and seed characteristics. Acta Oecologica 35:380-384. 5 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 37. Abril S, Roura-Pascual N, Oliveras J & Gómez C. 2009. Assesing the distribution of the Argentine ant using physiological data. Acta Oecologica 35: 739-745 38. Casellas D, Gómez C & Clavero M. 2009. Comparing methods of evaluating the spread of the Argentine ant in natural habitats: pitfall traps vs. baiting. Sociobiology 53:927-938. 39. Abril S & Gómez C. 2011. Aggressive behaviour of the two European Argentine ant supercolonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) towards displaced native ant species of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. Myrmecological News 14: 99-106. 40. Núria Roura-Pascual, Cang Hui, Takayoshi Ikeda, Gwénaël Leday, David M Richardson, Soledad Carpintero, Xavier Espadaler, Crisanto Gómez, Benoit Guénard, Stephen Hartley, Paul Krushelnycky, Philip J. Lester, Melodie A McGeoch, Sean B. Menke, Jes S. Pedersen, Joel Pitt, Joaquin Reyes, Nathan J. Sanders, Andrew V. Suarez, Yoshifumi Touyama, Darren Ward, Philip S. Ward, Sue P. Corner. 2011. The relative role of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader. Proceedings of the Nacional Academy of Sciences USA. 108:220-225. 41. Gómez, C & Abril, S. 2011. Selective logging in public forest of central Iberian peninsula: effects of the recovery process on ant assemblages. Forest Ecology & Management. 262:1061-1066. 42. Gómez, C & Abril, S. 2012. Nuptial flights of the seed-harvester ant Messor barbarus (LINNAEUS, 1767) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: synchrony, spatial scale and weather conditions. Myrmecological News. 16:25-29. 43. Boieiro M, Espadaler X, Gómez C & Eustaquio A. 2012. Spatial variation in the fatty acid composition of elaiosomes in an ant-dispersed plant: Differences within and between indviduals and populations. FLORA 207:497-502. 44. Abril S, Díaz M, Enríquez ML & Gómez C. 2013. More and bigger queens: a clue to the invasive success of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in natural habitats. Myrmecological News 18:19-24. 45. Díaz M, Abril S, Enríquez M.L. & Gómez C. 2013. Where to move in winter: attractive areas for winter nesting in the Argentine ant. Myrmecological News 18:51-58. 6 Curriculum vitae – Dr Crisanto Gómez 46. Abril S & Gómez C. 2013. Rapid assessment of the ant assemblages in public pine forests of the central Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology & Management 293:79-84. 47. Gómez, C & Espadaler X. 2013. An update the world survey of myrmecochorous dispersal distances. Ecography 36:1193-1201. 48. Díaz M, Abril S, Enríquez M.L. & Gómez C. 2013. Assessment of the Argentine ant invasion management by means of manual removal of winter nests in mixed cork oak and pine forests. Biological Invasions doi: 10.1007/s10530-013-0520-1. 49. Miravete V, Roura-Pascual N, Dunn R & Gómez C.
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