Luis M. Carrascal
Luis M. Carrascal
Luis M. Carrascal is a research professor at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC (Madrid, Spain). His current research interests are focused on the causal explanations of elevational patterns in species distribution, and the interspecific variation in position and breadth of organisms within thermal gradients. He is interested in obtaining “good quality” data on species abundance and richness, species-habitat relationships, and across-species variation in population trends in a scenario of climate warming and landscape changes. The focus is on abiotic and physiologically based functional explanations to the relationship with the "oikos", and on the importance of species interactions in leading to spatial segregation of species into distinct ranges. Another important goal is the study of intra- and inter-population plasticity in the thermal response, and their capacity to acclimate when they are subjected to contrasting thermal conditions that are present within their ranges of distribution. The observational and experimental scenario is located in a wide geographic region of Northern and Central Spain, as well as along two broad altitudinal gradients in the Canary islands. This research project, by linking spatial mechanisms and temporal patterns of range shifts, should increase our knowledge on the ability of species to track "optimal conditions", and on the responses of ecological communities to climate change.ResearcherID - B-8381-2008
174 Trabajos publicados
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CONSEJO
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Universidad
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
174 Trabajos publicados
Cambio climático, hábitats y Red Natura 2000: el futuro de las aves comunes en España..
Tecnologías
biogeography, behavioral ecology, winter biology of birds, habitat selection, foraging
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0000-0003-1288-5531