M. Domènech

Andorra Recerca i Innovació

Identifying water supply tensions between competing users in extreme future scenarios: a case study from the Pyrenees The Pyrenees, as well as other mountainous areas, are the main source of fresh water for the lowland regions but also include high water-consuming areas. The context of global change leads to spatiotemporal changes in water availab...

Desde la publicación en el año 2008 de la Check-list i Llista vermella de la flora d’Andorra, el Centre d’Estudis de la Neu i de la Muntanya d’Andorra (CENMA) ha ido realizando un seguimiento anual por ambientes de algunos de los taxones más amenazados a nivel nacional. Durante este estudio también se han recogido datos poblacionales y su estado de...

RESUMEN: Se actualiza el listado de la flora vascular de Andorra. Con la in-formación de publicaciones externas y trabajos propios del CENMA, se añaden 57 nue-vos taxones para el Principado a la checklist vigente desde 2008, siendo el total actual de 1.594 taxones. ABSTRACT: New taxa for the checklist of vascular plants of Andorra. We update the ch...

We update the checklist of vascular plants of Andorra. With external publications or own CENMA's studies, 57 new taxon have been added for the Principality of Andorra to the current checklist, published in 2008, being 1.594 taxon at present.

Snowbed habitats are home to plant species that have adapted to particular environmental conditions (i.e. long-lasting snow cover and short growing seasons). The presence of most of these species is dependent on a long period of snow cover and so their conservation may well depend in the future on their ability to adapt to the effects of climate ch...

Although the timing of snowmelt and growth temperatures appear to be the main factors that influence the species richness and phenology of snowbed plants, site-specific characteristics may also play a role in modifying the effects of the timing of snowmelt and temperature. In this study, the effects of site-specific factors (microtopography and sno...

Mountain areas boast high levels of biodiversity due to the wide variety in topography, climates and traditional land-use practices they embrace. Recent changes in the mountain agro-ecosystems in Europe have led to a decline in these traditional practices (above all grazing) and have had negative effects on biodiversity. In this study we evaluated...

QuestionsHumans are altering land use and impacting grazing intensities worldwide in alpine and sub-alpine grasslands, and functional diversity (FD) is a useful tool for predicting changes in these grassland communities and for improving biodiversity conservation. We asked: (1) how does functional richness (FRic) differ between the five predominant...

Despite the impact that human presence has on the area, Andorra in the eastern Pyrenees still harbours a rich butterfly fauna and is a potentially excellent area for studying the effects of global change on biodiversity. The aim of this study was to identify and understand the factors that are inducing observed patterns of butterfly richness in And...

RESUMEN Desde los años sesenta, en que el economista A. Humphrey diseñó el análisis SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats), éste se ha convertido en una herramienta indispensable para la organización y gestión de empresas, pero también puede utilizarse para descubrir los puntos fuertes, los débiles, las amenazas y oportunidades de...

In 2004 Andorra started its own Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, BMSAnd. At present, the network is made up of 6 sites distributed across the country which are widely representative of the habitats present in Andorra. Up until 2009, 129 species had been recorded on the transect routes, which represent 83% of the 156 species identified in Andorra. Of th...

The Andorran Nardus stricta pastures are found above the timberline in high mountains with long lasting snow. These acidophilus grasslands were intensely grazed in the past but now have light stocking rates. They represent 6 % of the total surface of Andorra and 30 % of the total grasslands. In this work, we evaluate and compare the forage quality...