Registry of Biodiversity Institutions, Collections and Databases: Collection

The Singular Scientific-Technical Infrastructure of Doñana (ICTS-RBD), created in 2006, is managed by the Doñana Biological Station of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (EBD-CSIC) and includes large facilities, resources, equipment and services dedicated to the cutting-edge, high-quality research and technological development in the Doñana Biological Reserve within the Doñana Natural Area. Due to its exclusive location, it is considered an ideal platform for the monitoring of natural processes associated with global change and is aimed at providing access and support to the spanish and international scientific community that carry out research projects in the protected area. It is included in the platform for Long Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) of the eLTER European Research Infrastructure. In addition, the ICTS-RBD has been implementing the Natural Resources and Processes Monitoring Program (ESPN) in the Doñana Natural Area (END) since 2002, which through standardized protocols systematically acquires time series of data in situ using both conventional field sampling techniques as well as through sensors and automatic probes and information obtained at the landscape scale through the use of remote sensing images. Some monitoring protocols start in the 1980s monitoring populations of birds and endangered species, and the monitored area and the number of monitoring protocols were subsequently expanded, focused on indicators on species, populations, communities, habitats, structure and functioning of the ecosystems of Doñana. This program generates valuable systematic and consistent information that is used for decision making.