Alberto Muñoz
Associated researcher
Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications
Pere Virgili Health Research Institute
Spain
Biography
"PhD in Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2006). Currently, I am Professor at the Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Associate researcher at CREAF. My main research field focuses on the processes of seed predation and dispersal by small rodents, highlighting their interactions with different organisms and environmental variables. Part of this research is now aimed at analysing how forest fragmentation shapes the role that small rodents play in the natural regeneration of Mediterranean ecosystems. I have participated in several research projects on the topic, publishing numerous papers in international journals."
Research Interest
"Chaos determinism and modeling of ecological relationships, Phylogeny and ontogeny of scientific knowledge: educational implications Natural regeneration of Mediterranean forest of Quercus, Impacts on forest fragmentation and seed dispersal, Causes and consequences of population dynamics in small rodents "
Publications
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"Beyond predator satiation: Masting but also the effects of rainfall stochasticity on weevils drive acorn predation Espelta, J.M., Arias-Leclaire, H., Fernandez-Martinez, M., Doblas-Miranda, E., Muñoz, A., Bonal, R.2017Ecosphere800"
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"Tropical insect diversity: Evidence of greater host specialization in seed-feeding weevils Peguero, G., Bonal, R., Sol, D., Muñoz, A., Sork, V.L., Espelta, J.M.2017Ecology00"
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"Imported zika virus in a European city: How to prevent local transmission? Millet, J.-P., Montalvo, T., Bueno-MarÃ, R., Romero-Tamarit, A., Prats-Uribe, A., Fernández, L., CamprubÃ, E., del Baño, L., Peracho, V., Figuerola, J., Sulleiro, E., MartÃnez, M.J., Caylà , J.A., Ãlamo-Junquera, D., de Andrés, A., Avellanés, I., González, R., Gorrindo, P., SentÃs, A., Simón, P., Bartumeus, F., Busquets, N., Alejo, I., Gascón, J., Muñoz, J., Oliveira, I., Pinazo, M.J., Rodriguez, N., Bocanegra, C., Espasa, M., Molina, I., Pou, D., Salvador, F., Sánchez-Montalvà , A., Pumarola, T., Rando, A., Serre, N., Soriano-Arandes, A., Treviño, B.2017Frontiers in Microbiology800"
