José Manuel Blanco Moreno
Botany
University of Barcelona
Spain
Biography
José Manuel Blanco Morenois a Professorfrom Department of Botany at University of Barcelona. His topic of interest is Earth ecology, Biodiversity, Arvenses species, Space analysis
Research Interest
Study of the patterns of plant diversity in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes, as part of a growing agricultural intensification and in relation to different management practices, with special attention to the contrast between conventional and ecological agricultural practices. Analysis of the causes and effects of certain patterns in changes in arvenses communities (crop competition and herbicide sensitivity, impact on non-plant components of agricultural systems) and the implications for management and conservation. Spatial analysis of diversity data.
Publications
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The agricultural intensification and the vegetal diversity in the cereal systems of dry land Mediterranean: implications for the conservation.
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Reduced seed predation after invasion supports the release of an enemy in a broad biogeographical survey
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The spatial distribution of nests of harvester ants ( Messor barbarus (L.)) in dryland cereals.
