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Luis Carrascal
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Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Zoology
Entomology
Animal Behavior
Biogeography

Luis M. Carrascal

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Luis M. Carrascal is a research professor at the Department of Biogeography and Global Change, MNCN-CSIC (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. We are 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. We will focus on abiotic and physiologically based functional explanations to the relationship with the environment, 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. Our 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. We use montane and alpine birds and beetles as study models. This research project, by linking spatial mechanisms and temporal patterns of range shifts, should increase our knowledge on the responses of ecological communities to climate change and human impact.

Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Zoology

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Research Professor

CSIC
April 1990
Biogeography & Global Change

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Preprints 3
May 8, 2018
Seasonal migrations, body temperature fluctuations, and infection dynamics in adult amphibians
David R. Daversa, Camino Monsalve-Carcaño, Luis M. Carrascal, Jaime Bosch
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4698 PubMed 29761041
September 12, 2017
Habitat suitability—density relationship in an endangered woodland species: the case of the Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla polatzeki)
Luis M. Carrascal, Ángel C. Moreno, Alejandro Delgado, Víctor Suárez, Domingo Trujillo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3771 PubMed 28924498
May 18, 2017
Exoskeleton may influence the internal body temperatures of Neotropical dung beetles (Col. Scarabaeinae)
Valentina Amore, Malva I.M. Hernández, Luis M. Carrascal, Jorge M. Lobo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3349 PubMed 28533987
July 19, 2016
Preferred temperature and thermal breadth of birds wintering in peninsular Spain: the limited effect of temperature on species distribution
Luis M. Carrascal, Sara Villén-Pérez, David Palomino
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2156 PubMed 27547519
December 7, 2015
Low effect of young afforestations on bird communities inhabiting heterogeneous Mediterranean cropland
Juan S. Sánchez-Oliver, José M. Rey Benayas, Luis M. Carrascal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1453 PubMed 26664801
August 10, 2017 - Version: 1
Habitat suitability – density relationship in an endangered woodland species: the case of the Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla polatzeki)
Luis M. Carrascal, Angel C. Moreno, Alejandro Delgado, Víctor Suárez, Domingo Trujillo
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3136v1
March 20, 2016 - Version: 1
Preferred temperature and thermal breadth of birds wintering in peninsular Spain – the limited effect of temperature on species distribution
Luis M. Carrascal, Sara Villén-Pérez, David Palomino
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1880v1
July 30, 2014 - Version: 1
Low effect on open-farmland birds of young afforestations in heterogeneous Mediterranean croplands
Juan S. Sánchez-Oliver, José M. Rey Benayas, Luis M. L.M. Carrascal
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.448v1