Building wood debris piles benefits avian seed dispersers in burned and logged Mediterranean pine forests

Salvage logging is a common practice carried out in burned forests worldwide, and intended to mitigate the economic losses caused by wildfires. Logging implies an additional disturbance occurring shortly after fire, although its ecological effects can be somewhat mitigated by leaving wood debris on site. The composition of the bird community and its capacity to provide ecosystem services such as seed dispersal of fleshy-fruited plants have been shown to be affected by postfire logging. We assessed the effects of the habitat structure resulting from different postfire management practices on the bird community, in three burned pine forests in Catalonia (western Mediterranean). For this purpose, we focused on the group of species that is responsible for seed dispersal, a process which takes place primarily during the winter in the Mediterranean basin. In addition, we assessed microhabitat selection by seed disperser birds in such environments in relation to management practices. Our results showed a significant, positive relationship between the density of wood debris piles and the abundance of seed disperser birds. Furthermore, such piles were the preferred microhabitat of these species. This reveals an important effect of forest management on seed disperser birds, which is likely to affect the dynamics of bird-dependent seed dispersal. Thus, building wood debris piles can be a useful practice for the conservation of both the species and their ecosystem services, while also being compatible with timber harvesting

Inside the competences evaluation, the stress tolerance of students. An empirical study based on conservation of resources theory

Competence development is considered a preventive strategy of burnout. At an organizational context some competences could be linked as precursors or consequences. In self-assessment of competence development, students perceive stress tolerance as a priority competence to ameliorate. Moreover employers and recruitment consultants agree that this is a new authentic challenge for organizations. The main reasons of this result are debated, this study should consider the importance of competence development from a holistic point of view. In addition it considers the exploration of the relationship between stress tolerance and competence development, according to Conservation Resources (COR) theory (Hobfoll 1988, 1989, 1998, 2004) where the resource loss is considered the principal component in the stress process

Projecte de reforma d’un habitatge unifamiliar entre mitgeres i adequació de les instal•lacions al Codi Tècnic de l’Edificació

Remodelació d’un habitatge unifamiliar de dos plantes entre mitgeres a Campdevànol amb l’adequació de les instal•lacions al Codi Tècnic de d’Edificació (CTE). L’estudi incideix especialment en l’estalvi energètic i la millora de l’eficiència energètica

Disseny d’un habitatge sostenible

Aquest projecte pretén dissenyar un habitatge sostenible, escollint les tècniques més òptimes del mercat per adequar-les a la realització del projecte. Es vol fer una comparativa entre les diferents línies de materials, energètiques i d’aigües per tal de poder veure quines d’aquestes són les més idònies. Per determinar aquestes tècniques es faran uns anàlisis de mercat per tal de poder arribar a treure unes conclusions i posteriorment executar-les. També es pretén desviar la construcció convencional, un canvi necessari per la societat, per tal de evolucionar cap a la construcció sostenible que es busca en aquest projecte. La intenció es establir uns criteris per assolir aquests objectius. Es vol intentar no dependre tant dels recursos no renovables per no danyar el medi ambient i fer-ho d’una manera més respectuosa. Amb aquestes instal•lacions de sistemes energètics i d’aigües es busca millorar la manera de reduir els consums de xarxes dependents d’energies no renovables i arribar a generar l’energia necessària pel consum humà