Resilience of aquatic metacommunities
Implications for disturbance recovery
Welcome to the electronic version of my PhD thesis! Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the uploading of the pdf version of my thesis has been delayed. Consequently, I have decided to upload it section by section in this webpage. Here you will find the general sections of the thesis and the links to the published chapters.
Additionally, I have uploaded the recording of my thesis defense section by section. You can find all these videos in my youtube profile.
The full pdf version can be requested by sending an email to david.cunillera@dcm.cat
I can only hope that you will enjoy its reading and of course, any comment or question will be welcomed!
General index:
1. General introduction
1.1. Disturbances, patchy landscapes and their interaction on community outcome
1.2. Wildfire as the disturbance
1.3. Temporary ponds as the metacommunity
2. General objectives
3. General methods
3.1. Study sites and climatic overview
3.2. Studied systems and network construction
3.3. Pond macroinvertebrate sampling methodology
3.4. The studied 2012 Empordà wildfire
Thesis defense Introduction
12 minutes
4. Chapter I: Direct and indirect impacts of wildfire on faunal communities of Mediterranean temporary ponds
David Cunillera-Montcusí; Stéphanie Gascón; Irene Tornero; Jordi Sala; Núria Àvila; Xavier D. Quintana; Dani Boix. 2019. Freshwater Biology. 64 – 2, pp: 323-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13219
5. Chapter II: Addressing trait selection patterns in temporary ponds in response to wildfire disturbance and seasonal succession
David Cunillera-Montcusí; Matías Arim; Stéphanie Gascón; Irene Tornero; Jordi Sala; Dani Boix; Ana Inés Borthagaray. 2020. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13265
Thesis defense Chapter 2
10 minutes
6. Chapter III: The role of pond isolation, distance and direction in the colonization pattern of weak and strong dispersers
Currently under review
Thesis defense Chapter 3
10 minutes
7. Chapter VI: Metacommunity network structure determines nonlinear transitions in biodiversity resilience to wildfire disturbances
Currently under review