García González, Ricardo

García González, Ricardo

  
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PhD in Biological Sciences from Barcelona University (1980). Tenured scientist at the IPE-CSIC since 1987. My research is focused on the ecology of ungulates and other mountain vertebrates as marmots and ptarmigans. I am specifically interested on plant-animal interactions and large herbivore ecology in alpine environments (population structure, space use, activity rhythms, feeding behaviour, and pasture utilization). I have been working also on applied aspects of these topics as: resource partitioning between wild and domestic herbivores, stocking rate and carrying capacity of large herbivores on mountain habitats, eco-pastoral valuation of alpine grasslands and big game management. Currently working on eco-morphology of mountain ungulates (chamois, ibex, wild boar), studying the variability of certain anatomical characters (size, shape and skeletal growth) and its relationship with environmental variables. In addition, I perform comparative studies between current and fossil populations to investigate systematic problems of some species such as Capra pyrenaica.

Publications  

 

  • ≈ García-González, R., Aldezabal, A., Laskurain, N.A., Margalida, A., Novoa, C. 2016. Factors Affecting Diet variation in the Pyrenean Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta pyrenaica): Conservation Implications. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148614.

  • ≈ García-González, R., Aldezabal, A., Laskurain, N.A., Margalida, A., Novoa, C. 2016. Influence of Snowmelt Timing on the Diet Quality of Pyrenean Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta pyrenaica): Implications for Reproductive Success. Plos ONE 11(2): e0148632.

  • ≈ Martín-Rodríguez P, García-González R, Nadal J, Vergès JM. 2016. Perinatal ovicaprine remains and evidences of shepherding activities in Early Holocene enclosure caves: El Mirador (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Quaternary International 414: 316-329.

  • ≈ Pardo, I., Doak, D.F., García-González, R., Gómez, D. and García, M.B. 2015. Long-term response of plant communities to herbivore exclusion at high elevation grasslands. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 3033–3047.

  • ≈ Sauqué, V., García-González, R. and Cuenca-Bescós, G. 2015.- A Late Pleistocene (MIS3) ungulate mammal assemblage (Los Rincones, Zaragoza, Spain) in the Eurosiberian-Mediterranean boundary. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology,

  • ≈ García-González, R. and Margalida, A. (2014). The Arguments against Cloning the Pyrenean Wild Goat. Conservation Biology 28 (6): 1445–1446.

  • ≈ García-González, R. y Gómez-García, D. 2014. Cambios del valor eco-pastoral tras ausencia de pastoreo en pastos de Bromion y Nardion del Pirineo Central. En: J. Busqué, G. Salcedo, E. Serrano, M. J. Mora & B. Fernández (eds). Pastos y PAC 2014-2020, pp. 25-32. CIFA - SEEP, Potes (Cantabria).

  • ≈ Herrero, J., Fernández-Arberas, O., Prada, C., García-Serrano, A. and García-González, R. 2013.- An escaped herd of Iberian wild goat (Capra pyrenaica Schinz 1838, Bovidae) begins the re-colonization of the Pyrenees. Mammalia 77 (4): 403-407.

  • ≈ García-González, R. y Gómez-García, D. 2013.- Relaciones entre integral térmica y fenología en especies de pastos de puerto del Pirineo Central. In: L. Olea, M.J. Poblaciones, S.M. Rodrigo and O. Santamaría (eds.), Los pastos: nuevos retos, nuevas oportunidades, pp. 41-48. SEEP, Badajoz.

  • ≈ Barrio, I.C., Herrero, J., Bueno, C.G., López, B.C., Aldezabal, A., Campos-Arceiz, A. and García-González, R. 2013. The successful introduction of the alpine marmot Marmota marmota in the Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula, Western Europe. Mammal Review 43: 142-155.
     

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Projects

 

  • ≈ Monitoring network for plant species and habitats of Comunitary interest (RESECOM) (RESECOM).
    LIFE+ EU. (2013-217) Coordinador: Gobierno de Aragón. Investigador responsable: M.B. García González (por parte del IPE-CSIC)

  • ≈ Dinámica de la biodiversidad en montaña. Red de seguimientos de especies y hábitats, para evaluar los efectos del cambio global (DINBIO) (2015-2018). Organismo Autónomo de Parque Nacionales Ref. 1656. Centros participantes: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (Grenoble, Francia). Investigador principal: María Begoña García González.

  • ≈ Pleistocene and Holocene faunas from Aragon. Small and large mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes. Biostratigraphy, paleobiology, taphonomy, paleoecology. Homo and other mammalian species: age and settings.. Universidad Zaragoza, CSIC, New University of Lisbon, Universidad del País Vasco. Investigador principal: Gloria Cuenca-Bescós
     

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