Dr Enrique Doblas-Miranda

Advisers: Daniel Kneeshaw & Tim Work
Office: SB-2985
Phone: (514) 987-3000, ext. 4723
E-mail: c3016@er.uqam.ca

Studies

- Ph. D. Biological Sciences, University of Granada (Spain) - 2007
Thesis title: Ecology of Soil Macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean Arid Ecosystem.
Advisor: Dr. Francisco Sánchez-Piñero

- M. Sc. Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain) - 2001
Thesis title: Foraging trail structure in relation to temperature in the seed-harvesting ant Messor barbarus.
Advisor: Dr. Joaquín L. Reyes López

- B. Sc. Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain) - 2000

Project

Reducing Uncertainty in Forest Sustainability Caused by Insect Outbreaks

This project, funded by the Sustainable Forest Management Network, is lead by a team of researchers from universities and science centres in both Canada and the United States.
The project focuses on the three most important insect pests in Canada: mountain pine beetle, spruce budworm, and forest tent caterpillar. Project objectives are to:

  • Improve estimates of outbreak impacts by combining field, survey and remotely sensed data
  • Reveal how historical outbreaks have varied over time and space, using dendrochronological and survey data
  • Understand how stands respond to disturbance by means of historical and ecological studies
  • Understand how stand structure and composition influence outbreaks at different phase given current global changes
  • Identify commonalities in the process, patterns and consequences of these three different insects
For more information, visit http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/c3016

Selected publications:

Doblas-Miranda, E., Reyes-López, J. 2008. Foraging strategy quick response to temperature of Messor barbarus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mediterranean environments. Environmental Entomology 37(4): 857–861.

Doblas-Miranda, E., Wardle, D. A., Peltzer, D. A., Yeates, G. W. 2008. Changes in the community structure and diversity of soil invertebrates across the Franz Josef Glacier chronosequence. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40: 1069–1081.

Doblas-Miranda, E., Sánchez-Piñero, F., González-Megías, A. 2007. Soil macroinvertebrate fauna of a Mediterranean arid system: composition and temporal changes in the assemblage. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 1916–1925.

 

Modified January 8 2009