Welcome to DEMOCAST

We are a newly formed research group at the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Global Change at Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC). The overarching theme of our research is to assess how feedbacks between phenotypic and genetic traits, individual behavior, life-history processes, and biotic interactions can allow natural populations and communities to "cope" with environmental change. To us, understanding biodiversity change begins with observations of individuals. We are working with long-term data on animal and plant populations to generate iterative short-term forecasts and to project population dynamics under global change scenarios - trying to create theoretical principles and empirical applications to anticipate and mitigate emerging threats to natural communities. For any inquiries, please don't hesitate to contact the PI, Maria Paniw.