143 research outputs found
Factors affecting the spatial distribution and breeding habitat of an insular cliff-nesting raptor community
The specific spatial distribution and habitat association—strongly influenced by environmental factors
or competitive interactions—are major issues in ecology and conservation. We located and
georeferenced nesting sites of five cliff-nesting raptors (Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
[a locally extinct species], common buzzard Buteo buteo, osprey Pandion haliaetus, common kestrel
Falco tinnunculus, Barbary falcon Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides), and common raven Corvus
corax on one of the most biodiverse hotspot within the Canary Islands (Teno, Tenerife). We used
generalized linear models to evaluate the factors affecting abundance, richness, and intra- and
interspecific interactions. Raptor abundance increased with slope, shrub-covered area, and habitat
diversity, and decreased with altitude, and forested and grassed areas. Richness increased with
slope and decreased with altitude. Threatened species (osprey, Barbary falcon, and raven) occupied
cliffs farther away from houses and roads, and more rugged areas than the non-threatened
species. The models suggested that the probability of cliff occupation by buzzards, falcons, and ravens
depended only on inter-specific interactions. Buzzard occupation increased with the distance to
the nearest raven and kestrel nests, whereas falcons and ravens seek proximity to each other. Teno
holds between 75% and 100% of the insular breeding populations of the most endangered species
(osprey and raven), indicating the high conservation value of this area. Our study suggests that the
preservation of rugged terrains and areas of low human pressure are key factors for raptor conservation
and provide basic knowledge on the community structure and habitat associations to develop
appropriated management actions for these fragile island populationsPeer reviewe
Conservation implications of past and present nesting habitat selection of the endangered Osprey Pandion haliaetus population of the Canary Islands
We studied nesting habitat selection of the endangered
non-migratory Osprey Pandion haliaetus population of
the Canary Islands and evaluated the effect of human
expansion in recent decades. Compared with randomly
selected potential nest-sites, Osprey nests were more
frequently found on taller, southwest-facing cliffs, char-
acterized by lower human pressure and closer to Yel-
low-legged Gull Larus michahellis colonies and Barbary
Falcon Falco pelegrinoides breeding sites. Furthermore,
changes in some breeding habitat features have been
detected in recent decades. According to our predictive
models, large areas of suitable habitat are available but
unoccupied in the Canaries, and human activities are probably limiting the settlement and dispersion of new
pairs.Peer reviewe
Generation of raptor diversity in Europe: linking speciation with climate changes and the ability to migrate
Europe holds a rich community of diurnal birds of prey, and the highest proportion
of transcontinental migratory raptorial species of any landmass. This study will test
the hypotheses that the high diversification of the raptor assemblage in Europe is a
recent event, that closely related species sharing the same trophic niches can only
coexist in sympatry during the breeding period, when food availability is higher, and
finally that migration is a function of size, with the smaller species in every trophic
group moving further. A consensus molecular phylogeny for the 38 regular breeding
species of raptors in Europe was obtained from BirdTree (www.birdtree.org). For the
same species, a trophic niche cluster dendrogram was constructed. Size and
migratory strategy were introduced in the resulting phylogeny, where trophic groups
were also identified. Multispecific trophic groups tended to be composed of
reciprocal sister species of different sizes, while monospecific groups (n = 3) were
composed of highly specialized species. Many speciation events took place recently,
during the glacial cycles of the Quaternary, and size divergence among competing
species may be due to character displacement. Nowadays, the smaller species in every
trophic group migrate to sub-Saharan Africa. This investigation illustrates how the
rich assemblage of diurnal birds of prey in Europe, more diverse and more migratory
than, for instance, the North American assemblage at equivalent latitudes, has
emerged recently due to the multiplication of look-alike species with similar trophic
ecologies, possibly in climate refugia during cold periods
Planificación anual de una enfermera escolar.
La enfermerÃa escolar es una disciplina que tiene un amplio recorrido en el
tiempo y que se ha consolidado en varios paÃses del mundo. En España todavÃa no se
ha afianzado con fuerza esta figura, e incluso, muchas Comunidades Autónomas aún
no tienen personal de enfermerÃa en los colegios. Sin embargo, implantar esta figura es
prioritario para introducir nuevas estrategias de Educación para la Salud desde las
edades más tempranas y lograr asà una mejora en la salud tanto a nivel individual como
comunitario.
El proyecto consiste en el diseño de una programación de EnfermerÃa Escolar
en Canarias, incluyendo los contenidos curriculares a desarrollar durante el curso
académico, entendiendo que son necesarios para conseguir un mejor desarrollo de las
intervenciones enfermeras y prestar una asistencia óptima en los centros escolares a
los alumnos, docentes y familias y unificando asà los conceptos entre las enfermeras de
nuestra Comunidad Autónoma. Se establecieron tres grandes bloques de contenidos,
dividiéndose en varios módulos organizados en función de su naturaleza. De estos
módulos se desarrollaron con detalle solamente tres, añadiendo ejemplos de talleres o
actividades que puede llevar a cabo la profesional de enfermerÃa en esos ámbitos.School Nursing has come a long way since it began a long ago and it is today a
well-established practice in many countries around the world. In Spain it has not been
consolidated yet and in fact, in many Autonomous Communities schools do not have
nurses. However, implementing school nursing is a critical issue to introduce new
strategies for Health Education among children from early age and improve health not
only of every individual student, but also of the community as a whole.
This project consists of a School Nursing Program designed for schools in the
Canary Islands, including the curriculum contents that are going to be developed during
the school year. Those contents are instrumental to achieve a better implementation of
nursing intervention and to provide high quality care within the school to students,
teachers and families. In addition, it would help standardizing the criteria to be followed
by all school nurses in our region. Three large areas have been established according
to their contents and each one has been divided into several modules on the basis of the
topics they are related to. Only three of these modules have been thoroughly elaborated
and include examples of workshops and activities that school nurses could carry out to
work in each of them
Conducta prosocial y neuroticismo en crisis por COVID-19
Este estudio comienza a principios de marzo, en un periodo donde las
medidas para protegerse del Covid-19 empezaban a tomar mayor
relevancia y empiezan a surgir muchas cuestiones sobre cómo se ha de
actuar para minimizar el impacto en la salud pública.
Se escogió como objeto de estudio la variable Conducta Prosocial,
que tal vez podÃa predecir en la población una mayor tasa de conductas de
ayuda destinadas a prevenir y mejorar la crisis de manera colectiva. Debido
a la situación de aislamiento obligatorio y la inestabilidad que causaba la
crisis al paÃs, se enfocó el estudio de Conducta Prosocial en relación a las
personas que podÃan sufrir más en esta situación, el rasgo de Neuroticismo
y el malestar subjetivo nos ponÃan de manifiesto a estas personas, y asÃ
podÃamos comprobar si la personas con mayor puntuación en conducta
Prosocial, eran las que llevaban mejor la crisis.
La literatura previa respaldaba la relación negativa entre Conducta
Prosocial y Neuroticismo, planteando asÃ, las bases para que este estudio
fuera una revisión del debate en una situación de Crisis por Covid-19.
Se utilizó un cuestionario online para recopilar datos, y se hicieron
los análisis correspondientes. No se encontró correlación significativa entre
Conducta Prosocial, neuroticismo y malestar, por lo que no se puede
afirmar que la hipótesis inicial fuera cierta.This study commenced at the beginning of March 2020, when the
measures introduced to protect ourselves from Covid-19 raised many
unresolved questions about how steps were taken to minimise the impact
on public health. I have chosen to focus on prosocial behaviour among
other many influential factors during the pandemic.
The Prosocial Behaviour variable was chosen as the object of study,
which could perhaps predict a higher rate of helping behaviours in the
population aimed at preventing and improving the crisis collectively. Due
to the situation of obligatory isolation and the instability that the crisis
caused to the country, the Prosocial Behaviour study was focused on the
people who could suffer the most in this situation, the trait of Neuroticism
and the subjective discomfort showed us these people, and thus we could
check if the people with higher score in Prosocial Behaviour, were the ones
who handled the crisis better.
Previous literature supported the negative relationship between
Prosocial Behavior and Neuroticism, thus laying the groundwork for this
study to be a review of the debate in a Covid-19 Crisis situation.
An online questionnaire was used to collect data, and the
corresponding analyses were made. No significant correlation was found
between Prosocial Behavior, neuroticism and malaise, so it cannot be said
that the initial hypothesis was true
Tecnoestrés y su relación con el uso de las TIC en la comunicación interna de la empresa
Este estudio pretende demostrar la relación entre el Tecnoestrés, y la
comunicación interna en las empresas. Dado el auge del uso de TecnologÃas de la
información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) en las empresas por las medidas sanitarias
ocasionados por la COVID-19, ambas variables han ganado relevancia con el fin de
desarrollar programas de evaluación e intervención orientados a la promoción del
bienestar personal y el logro de los objetivos organizacionales. Se elaboró un
cuestionario ad hoc para medir las variables Tecnoestrés y Satisfacción con la
Comunicación Interna. La captación de la muestra y la recogida de datos se realizaron
en las redes sociales. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que ambas variables
correlacionan positiva y significativamente, en contra de la hipótesis inicial. Asimismo,
los resultados muestran que las mujeres puntuaron significativamente más que los
hombres en Tecnoestrés.This study aims to demonstrate the relationship between Technostress and internal
communication in companies. Given the boom in the use of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in companies due to the health measures caused by
COVID-19, both variables have gained relevance in order to develop evaluation and
intervention programs oriented to the promotion of personal well-being and the
achievement of organizational objectives. An ad hoc questionnaire was developed to
measure the variables Technostress and Satisfaction with Internal Communication.
Sample recruitment and data collection were carried out in social networks. The results
obtained indicated that both variables correlate positively and significantly, contrary to the
initial hypothesis. Likewise, the results show that women scored significantly higher than
men in Technostress
Generation of raptor diversity in Europe: Linking speciation with climate changes and the ability to migrate
Europe holds a rich community of diurnal birds of prey, and the highest proportion of transcontinental migratory raptorial species of any landmass. This study will test the hypotheses that the high diversification of the raptor assemblage in Europe is a recent event, that closely related species sharing the same trophic niches can only coexist in sympatry during the breeding period, when food availability is higher, and finally that migration is a function of size, with the smaller species in every trophic group moving further. A consensus molecular phylogeny for the 38 regular breeding species of raptors in Europe was obtained from BirdTree (www.birdtree.org). For the same species, a trophic niche cluster dendrogram was constructed. Size and migratory strategy were introduced in the resulting phylogeny, where trophic groups were also identified. Multispecific trophic groups tended to be composed of reciprocal sister species of different sizes, while monospecific groups (n = 3) were composed of highly specialized species. Many speciation events took place recently, during the glacial cycles of the Quaternary, and size divergence among competing species may be due to character displacement. Nowadays, the smaller species in every trophic group migrate to sub-Saharan Africa. This investigation illustrates how the rich assemblage of diurnal birds of prey in Europe, more diverse and more migratory than, for instance, the North American assemblage at equivalent latitudes, has emerged recently due to the multiplication of look-alike species with similar trophic ecologies, possibly in climate refugia during cold period
La expresión musical a través del movimiento: una propuesta didáctica de aula para Educación Infantil
El siguiente Trabajo de Fin de Grado pretende mostrar la relevancia de la educación musical en la Etapa de la Educación Infantil, en relación con la educación corporal de manera transversal.
Este documento cuenta con una propuesta de intervención que está sustentada por un marco teórico. Dicha intervención ha sido llevada a la práctica en el aula de Educación Infantil con el objetivo de potenciar de manera progresiva el desarrollo musical y corporal de los alumnos.The purpose of the following work is to reflect the importance of music in Education with respect to body education in a transversal way.
This project has an intervention proposal which is based on a theoretical framework. This intervention has been accomplished in a Toddler classroom and its purpose is to achieve a musical and corporal development of the studentsDepartamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y CorporalGrado en Educación Infanti
Factors affecting mortality of shearwaters stranded by light pollution
Every year and across the world, thousands of fledglings of different petrel species crash into human structures because they are disorientated by artificial lights during their first flights. As this phenomenon is rather predictable, rescue cam- paigns are organized to help birds to reach the ocean, but unfortunately, a low proportion gets hurt or dies. Despite the huge number of affected individuals, and the fact that the problem was detected a long time ago, little is known on this source of mortality. We have studied the factors (i.e. body condition, plumage development, fledging date and sex) influencing the mortality of Cory’s Shearwa- ter Calonectris diomedea fledglings stranded inland due to light pollution in Ten- erife (Canary Islands) during two consecutive breeding seasons (2009 and 2010). Late fledglings showed lower values of a body condition index than early ones. No sex biases were detected, neither considering stranded birds overall, nor for recov- ery dates or in the body condition of rescued fledglings. Our results indicate that late birds stranded by lights showing abundant down are more susceptible to fatal collisions and that the lights do not selectively kill birds with lower body condition indices. An enhancement of veterinary care should be done during the last part of the fledging period when more fatal collisions occur, especially focused on fledg- lings with abundant down. More research to determine why some individuals end up disoriented around artificial lights and others do not is urgently needed to minimize or prevent fallouts.Peer reviewe
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