Patterns and drivers of desert reptile diversity at different phylogenetic and spatial scales 

    Tejero Cicuéndez, Héctor (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)

    Biodiversity patterns result from the interplay of evolutionary, ecological, and environmental processes. Investigating the drivers of such patterns is central to evolutionary biology, and it is further essential to ...

    Terraforming Earth's ecosystems : engineering ecosystems to avoid anthropogenic tipping points 

    Vidiella Rocamora, Blai (Date of defense: 2022-03-10)

    The idea of Terraformation comes from the science fiction literature, where humans have the capability of changing a non-habitable planet to an Earth-like one. Nowadays, Nature is changing rapidly, the poles are melting, ...