What is ICTS-RBD in Doñana?

ICTS-RBD is a scientific large-scale facility providing research support and cutting-edge biodiversity monitoring systems at the heart of one of the most important protected areas in Europe: Doñana National and Natural Park

Research Activities

At the Research Coordination Office all scientific activities are stored in database; projects, publications, conferences, PhD dissertations, ..ntained. References range from scientific papers and technical reports to popular books and legislation.

Monitoring at ICTS-RBD

The need to understand the inherent variability of natural systems, led to the creation of a long term monitoring program in Doñana, aimed at creating series of essential data of both physical and biological parameters

The world's first upright whale skeleton is installed at the Doñana Biological Station

From 3 to 8 of May, the assembly of a complete skeleton of a Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) the most common whale in the North Atlantic (with the Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and the largest of its family after the Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), took place in the hall of the Doñana Biological Station in Seville (EBD-CSIC).

Long-term trend in Mediterranean carnivore populations in Doñana shed light on the long-term evolution of the main Mediterranean species

The analysis of carnivore trends in Doñana National Park, led by members of the ICTS-RBD monitoring team, reveals that the populations of 5 species studied in the park have evolved differently over the last 15 years. Long-term studies on community composition and relative abundance are key tools in wildlife management and for biodiversity conservation.

The ICTS-RBD paritcipates in the National Biodiversity Information Node conference 2023

On April 18, the "GBIF conference 2023" of the National Biodiversity Information Node sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCNM) and managed by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) took place in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. The ICTS-RBD of the Doñana Biological Station was there represented by its technical staff from the metadata and collections team.

The Doñana’s scientific collections will take part of the NN-DiSSCo-ES infrastructure

The staff of the Scientific Collections of the Doñana Biological Station (EBD) integrated in ICTS-RBD, has participated in the 1st Meeting of the NN-DiSSCo-ES infrastructure, within the INFRA20012 Project (financed by the CSIC's GII Program).

ICTS-RBD participated in the first meeting of the Spanish Butterfly Scheme (Spain BMS) in Valsaín (Segovia)

The first meeting of the Spanish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (Spain BMS, https://butterfly-monitoring.net/spain-bms) was celebrated in the CENEAM center (Valsaín, Segovia, Spain) from 11th to 13th November 2022. Spain BMS was created in 2014, with Doñana Biological Station as funded partner. Since then, Spain BMS has exponentially grown and currently a total of 211 transects are walked throughout the entire national territory.

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Start a project

If you plan to do research in Doñana, you must bear in mind that your project must be approved by the Research Access Commission of the Doñana Participation Council. The ICTS-RBD provides assistance throughout the procedure. Read more

Request access, accommodation and/or technical and logistic support

Once your research project has been approved by ICTS-RBD, you can request access and accomodation in the Biological Reserve using this online form and/or logistic or technical support using this online form . Do not forget to read carefully the facilities’ use rules. Read more

Request biodiversity data

Raw data requests are made via the following application . In addition, it is possible to visualize ICTS-RBD biodiversity monitoring data at the Data Infrastructure and access essential ecosystem indicators at the Global Change Observatory.

Bird Ringing Lab

The Bird Ringing Lab is a service of ICTS-RBD that centralizes all scientific ringing activities undertaken in Doñana, and coordinates non-metallic bird banding in Spain. Read More

Cork oaks density

Map showing cork oaks density in the Doñana Biological Reserve

Estaciones de Campo

Localización de los recursos ICTS para la captura de datos automáticos.