Delving into Biodiversity’s interactome: mapping complex networks of ecological functions. Invited presentation at workshop "Biodiversity, biomass and function of Earth's primary producers in a global change scenario". Fundación GADEA-Ciencia/Fundación Ramón Areces, Madrid, Spain. June 17th & 18h, 2019.
Individual traits and the architecture of multiplex ecological networks. 43th New Phytologist Symposium "Interaction networks and trait evolution", Zurich 1-4 July 2019.
Invited talk, Universidad de Castilla y la Mancha. "Otra Biodiversidad: las interacciones biológicas en un mundo cambiante". Toledo, March 5th, 2019.
Invited talk, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. "Los retos de conservacioĢn de la Biodiversidad en el antropoceno". Madrid, January 15th, 2019.
Oral presentation: The architecture of multiplex ecological networks. Organized symposium at 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) & XIV AEET Meeting: Ecological networks: addressing the complexity of multi-specific interactions. 4th-7th February 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
2018
Symposium at ESA2018. "Cryptic disruptions of seed dispersal processes in the Anthropocene". New Orleans, August 2018.
The Seventh Christine Mueller Lecture in Ecology and Environmental Studies. "Biodiversity’s interactome: functional patterns in multi-specific assemblages of plant-animal mutualisms"; Dept. Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. March 29, 2018.
Postgraduate seminar series. "Megafauna en la Red de la Vida: el fantasma de la extinción de interacciones ecológicas"; Dept. Biología Vegetal y Ecología, University of Sevilla, Sevilla. February 22, 2018.
2017
Invited closing lecture. "Los retos de conservación de la Biodiversidad en el Antropoceno"; Seminarios Fronteras de la Ciencia. Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, Mexico. 1st December 2017.
"Las aves en la Red de la Vida". Invited Plenary Conference, Congreso de la Sociedad española de Ornitología; November 2, 2017.
"Biodiversity’s interactome: mapping complex networks of ecological interactions and their functions". Univ. California Santa Cruz, USA; October 18, 2017.
"Delving into Biodiversity’s interactome: mapping complex networks of ecological functions". Univ. California Berkeley, USA; October 22, 2017.
"The architecture of multiplex ecological networks". SYMPOSIUM: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Possibilities and Challenges of Merging Ecological Networks Across Interaction Types ESA Annual Meeting 2017. Portland, USA; August 6, 2017.
"Megafauna in the Web of Life: the extinction of ecological functions". Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar; September 22, 2017.
"Biodiversity’s interactome: mapping complex networks of ecological interactions and their functions". MEDECOS international congress; February 2, 2017.
• Previous talks Seeds, pollen, and genes: the functional ecology of complex plant-animal mutualisms. Invited Hutchinson Talk, Yale University, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USA. May 2016.
Biodiversity conservation challenges in the anthropocene: preserving the Web of Life. 2016 Invited talk, Jean Andrews Centennial Lecture, Plant Biology Program. LBJ Wildflower Center, Austin, USA. April, 2016. Delving into Biodiversity’s Interactome: Mapping Complex Networks of Ecological Functions. Invited talk as Jean Andrews Visiting Faculty Fellow in Tropical Economic Botany. The University of Texas at Austin, Dept. Integrative Biology, USA. April 2016.
Los retos de conservacioĢn de la Biodiversidad en el antropoceno. Invited conference, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, April 2016.
Biodiversity’s interactome: functional patterns in multi-specific assemblages of plant-animal mutualisms. Keynote talk, University of Fribourg, Dept. Biology-Ecology and Evolution, Switzerland. February 2016.
Biodiversity’s interactome: functional patterns in multi-specific assemblages of plant-animal mutualisms. Invited Plenary talk, Joint meeting of the British Ecological Society and the Societé Française d’Ecologie. Lille, France; December, 2014. The functional role of birds in mega-diversified plant-animal mutualistic networks. Invited talk, international symposium on “Birds in the entangled bank: advances in foodweb theory and practice”. Peterborough, UK; November 19, 2014. Biodiversity’s interactome: the functional ecology of complex plant-animal mutualisms. Invited talk, Stanford University, USA. October 16, 2013. Biodiversity’s interactome: functional patterns in multi-specific assemblages of plant-animal mutualisms. Invited talk, international symposium on “Ecological networks. Delving into the architecture of biodiversity”. Coimbra, Portugal, October 24, 2013.
Frugivores, pollinators, seeds, and genes: tracking long-distance dispersal and its consequences. Invited talk in the meeting “Fritz MüllerSeminar Series, University of São Paulo”. University of São Paulo, Brazil. August 12, 2013.
Ecologia dos mutualismos animal-planta. Curso Pós-graduação “Ecologia e Biodiversidade”, UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil. 2 credits. August 16, 2013.
Darwin e Wallace: interações ecológicas como fundamento da biodiversidade. Invited opening talk for the Programa de Pós-graduação at UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil. August 13, 2013.
Otra biodiversidad: las interacciones biológicas en un mundo cambiante. XI Congreso Nacional de la AEET, Pamplona, Spain. May 2013. Frugivores, pollinators, seeds, and genes: tracking long-distance dispersal and its consequences. Invited talk in the meeting “EFM: The role of movement and dispersal in spatial ecology, epidemiology and environmental science”. University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA. December 14-16, 2012. Complex networks of interactions and coevolution in multispecific assemblages of free-living species. Invited talk “Séminaire d'Écologie & d'Évolution Invité”, LABEx CeMEB Seminars, Montpellier, France. November 29, 2012. Biodiversity: its main components and challenges for knowledge. Invited talk in the symposium “Science in the school”. 22nd IUBMB & 37th FEBS Congress "From Single Molecules to Systems Biology", Sevilla. September 8, 2012. Coevolución en interacciones mutualistas planta-animal de alta diversidad. Invited talk in the symposium “II Jornadas de Ecología Evolutiva en la UAM”. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. March 6-8, 2012.
Multi-specific assemblages of free-living species: the functional value of complex mutualistic networks. Invited talk in the symposium on “Interspecific interactions and ecosystem functions in real-world landscapes” within the 12th European Ecological Federation Congress. Ávila, Spain. September 25-29, 2011. Interacciones de mutualismo y procesos de dispersión en escenarios de cambio global. Invited talk at the workshop “Interacciones bióticas en montaña. su papel en el mantenimiento de la diversidad frente a cambios globales”. Jaca, Spain. 2-3 July 2011.
Curso de estadística en ecología con R. Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla. 4-15 July 2011.
Coevolución. Invited talk at the Master en Etología, Universidad de Córdoba. Córdoba. 25 January 2011. Frugivores, seeds and genes: tracking the LDD events and their consequences. Workshop: Long-distance dispersal: perspectives and new directions. CIFOR-INIA, Madrid. 2 December 2010.
El valor funcional de las redes de interacciones mutualistas. CYTED Workshop: II Taller Iberoamericano sobre degradación de hábitats y funcionamiento de interacciones planta-animal. Bariloche, Argentina, 16 Nov 2010. More info here.
Los servicios ecológicos de las interacciones mutualistas en escenarios de cambio global. Workshop: Redes mutualistas y fragmentación del hábitat: desafíos y perspectivas. Univ. Santiago, Chile. 11 Nov 2010.
Otra biodiversidad: las interacciones ecológicas en un mundo cambiante. Conferencias sobre Biodiversidad en el Jardín Botánico de Córdoba. Córdoba. 26 November 2010.
Bird Migration and Plant-Animal Mutualisms: the co-evolution of ecological services. CALPE Conference, The Gibraltar Museum. Gibraltar, 16-19 Sept 2010. More info here.
Aves, frutos y coevolución de interacciones mutualistas planta animal en ecosistemas Mediterráneos. Opening conference for the Master “Biología evolutiva”, Universidad de Sevilla. 5 November 2010.
The functional value of plant-frugivore mutualistic networks. Fifth International Symposium on Frugivory and Seed Dispersal. Montpellier, June 2010. More info here.
Modelos GLM: una introducción. Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC. Sevilla, April 2010.
Desafios da conservação da biodiversidade. Espécies, genes e interações frente as mudanças climáticas. Talks given at UNESP (Rio Claro), UNICAMP (Campinas) and USP (São Paulo), Brazil, March 2010. Interacciones biológicas, coevolución y la red de la vida. Ciclo de conferencias Cosmo-Caixa 2009 “El ritmo de la vida; evolución y diversidad biológica”. Madrid. April 2009.
Complex networks of interactions and their consequences in diversified plant-animal mutualisms. 5th Annual Harvard Plant Biology Symposium “Plants and the evolution of cooperation & trading”, Harvard University, USA. 8th May 2009.
Extinctions and mutualistic plant-animal interactions. International Symposium “ Living in a defaunated world: consequences for plant-animal interactions”, Stanford Univ. March 2009. Darwin en Sevilla: 200th Anniversary of Charles Darwin and Evolution. International Symposium, Univ. Sevilla-CSIC. February 2009. Plant-animal mutualistic networks: natural history, phylogeny and coevolution. International Symposium “Interspecific Interactions in Conservation Biology”. Fundación Areces. Univ. Alicante. November 2008.
El contexto espacial en interacciones planta-animal: nuevas perspectivas y direcciones futuras. Reunión del Grupo de Ecología Espacial de la AEET. September 2008.
Talk at Stanford University, USA. June 2008.
Ecological and phylogenetic correlates of interaction in mutualistic networks. Symposium on “The evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions: from genes to communities”. AEET. Mallorca April 2008.
Métodos y técnicas de medición del color. Curso práctico en ECOFLOR. Valencia, 4 Febrero 2008. Dispersión de semillas por animales frugívoros: eventos a larga distancia y redes de conectividad en poblaciones fragmentadas. Jornadas del Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC. December 2007.
Redes complejas de mutualismos planta-animal: la arquitectura de la biodiversidad. UNAM, Mexico DF, Mexico. October 2007.
La arquitectura de la biodiversidad. Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain. September 2007.
Complex networks of plant-animal interactions. Pierroton Lab, INRA, Bordeaux, France. February 2007.
Two talks at UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil; on plant-animal interactions and on frugivory and seed dispersal. March 2007.
Otra biodiversidad: retos de conservación de la diversidad genética ante el cambio global. I Congreso Nacional sobre Cambio Ambiental Global. Madrid, Abril 2007. Frugivores, seeds, and genes: tracking the genetic consequences of dispersal by animals. Univ. Missouri, St. Louis, US. 31 October 2006.
Coevolution in complex networks of plant-animal interactions. Univ. California, Sta Cruz, US. 6 November 2006.
Estructura y procesos de coevolución en redes complejas de interacciones mutualistas planta-animal. Univ. Xalapa, Mexico. 9 November 2006.
Redes complejas de interacciones mutualistas planta-animal: la arquitectura de la biodiversidad. Invited plenary talk. 1st Meeting Sociedad Mexicana de Ecología (SCME). Morelia, Mexico. 20 November 2006.
Summer Course at Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA). "Ecología del bosque mediterráneo y cambio global". 20-22 September 2005.
Frugivores, seeds, and genes: tracking long-distance dispersal events and their consequences. British Ecological Society Meeting, Oxford, UK. 6 September 2006.
Plant-animal interaction networks: the architecture of biodiversity. École Normale Supérieure, Paris. 30 June 2006. v Aspectos ecológicos de la regeneración del bosque mediterráneo. Curso de doctorado, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad de Córdoba. 10 May 2006.
Ecología y genes: nuevos retos para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Fundación Juan March, Madrid. March-April 2006.
New perspectives in the analysis of animal-mediated gene flow in pollination and seed dispersal. 53rd Meeting Ecological Society of Japan and Second Scientific Congress of East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies. Niigata, Japan. March 2006. Invited plenary talk.
Understanding the architecture of biodiversity: plant-animal interactions and their consequences. UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil. February 2006.
Complex networks in ecology and sociology: an integrative approach. PhD Course, Dept. Systems Ecology and Dept. Sociology, Stockhom University, Sweden. January 2006. Summer Course at Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA). "Ecología del bosque mediterráneo: nuevas perspectivas y bases de conservación". 19-23 September 2005.
Workshop: CYTED "Conservación de interacciones animal-planta: conceptos y transferencias". Univ. Santiago, Chile. 1-4 September 2005.