Has been part of 28 CREAF projects Projects involved in M-TRAIT Modeling tree response to aridity increase with traits DRESS Plant water use and drought resistance strategies across scales: from homeostatic mechanisms to regional vegetation dynamics Research groups this member belongs to Biogeografia funcional: resposta dels ecosistemes terrestres als canvis i gradients ambientals Related linksScopus profile Google Scholar profile EcoPhys website Màster Ecología Terrestre GEOSCIENCES en University of Edinburgh jordi.martinez.vilalta@uab.es935813811Office: C5b-024researchergate profile researcherid profile linkedin profile orcid profile I obtained PhD in Environmental Sciences at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, 2001). I am now Senior Lecturer at UAB and researcher at CREAF, and I have been Honorary Fellow at the University of Edimburg (UK). I obtained an ICREA award in 2014. My research aims at improving our understanding of the functioning of natural systems, focusing on the study of: (1) the use and long-distance transport of water and carbon in plants; (2) forest responses to environmental changes, emphasizing drought effects in a climate change context; and (3) the distribution and variability of plant functional traits and their role on vegetation function and dynamics, including the provision of ecosystem services. I am associate editor of the journals Tree Physiology and Journal of Plant Hydraulics. I have authored two books: Ecología con números (Lynx Edicions, 2006), with Josep Piñol; and Un planeta a la deriva, converses sobre el canvi global (La Magrana, 2011), with Daniel Sol, Jaume Terradas and José Luis Ordóñez. Interests Environmental modellingForest and climate change, hidraulic, droughtsRecent publications under CREAF affiliation Distribution of pines in the Iberian Peninsula agrees with species differences in foliage frost tolerance, not with vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem embolismFernández-Pérez L., Villar-Salvador P., Martínez-Vilalta J., Toca A., Zavala M.A.2018Tree Physiology38: 507-516Doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpx171 Applying the eco-hydrological equilibrium hypothesis to model root distribution in water-limited forestsCabon A., Martínez-Vilalta J., Martínez de Aragón J., Poyatos R., De Cáceres M.2018Ecohydrology00Doi: 10.1002/eco.2015 Assessing the distribution of forest ecosystem services in a highly populated Mediterranean regionRoces-Díaz J.V., Vayreda J., Banqué-Casanovas M., Cusó M., Anton M., Bonet J.A., Brotons L., De Cáceres M., Herrando S., Martínez de Aragón J., de-Miguel S., Martínez-Vilalta J.2018Ecological Indicators93: 986-997Doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.076 View more publications