My research interests focus on animal ecology, and more particularly, on the influence of endogenous processes and exogenous stochastic forces driving spatial-temporal population dynamics. Ecological themes that attract my attention are, among others, life history strategies, density-dependence, interference competition within communities, predator-prey dynamics and interactions of biotic components of ecosystems with physical drivers. I am also interested in the non-linear responses of populations to all these processes, and in our ability to anticipate these responses for a better conservation of species and ecosystems.
Daniel Oro
Research professor
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Daniel Oro
Research professor
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Our group explores the influence of endogenous population processes and exogenous stochastic forces that drive wildlife population dynamics. We use an empirical approach by monitoring individual and population data in the field to study the behavior of populations at spatial and temporal scales.
Many organisms form social systems, but most research does not consider collective processes to explain their ecological and evolutionary consequences for individuals and populations in stochastic environments. This application will help produce a new synthesis hitherto not considered.
This proposal aims to study the processes linked to life in groups (which we call sociality) in an ecological framework, assembling data (both laboratory and field) to theory.
The project will use a socioecological conceptual framework, which will comprehensively evaluate the influence that livestock management dynamics have on herbaceous plant and butterfly communities, which are excellent bioindicators of the conservation status of mountain ecosystems.
