Noelia Fernández
Departamental II – 217 Phone: +34 91 488 8288 2015 – MsC in Techniques of Characterization and Conservation of Biological Diversity, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
PhD student PhD supervisors: Isabel Martínez Moreno, Gregorio Aragón Rubio, María Prieto Álvaro.
Area of Biodiversity and Conservation
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
c/ Tulipán, s/n.
E-28933 Móstoles
E-mail: noelia.fernandezp at urjc.es
2014 – Degree in Environmental Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
The main goal of this PhD thesis is to improve the knowledge of the lichens and lichenic fungi in the tepuis of Nangaritka river (locally called mura nunkas), in Ecuador, within a context of habitat degradation and biodiversity loss.
Our starting hypothesis is that being a remote , poorly explored area, many new species for this area and for science will be found. Due to the isolation among tepuys, we also expect to find a high percentage of species unique of each tepuy and a large beta diversity.