Has been part of 6 CREAF projects Projects involved in MUSSORGRA Nocturnal raptors, amphibians and orchids’ conservation actions in Cànoves-Montseny natural area SPAMCREUS Proposal of catalog of the Cap de Creus National Park protected and endangered fauna and flora Research groups this member belongs to Biogeografia funcional: resposta dels ecosistemes terrestres als canvis i gradients ambientals s.sauramas@creaf.uab.es935811920Office: C5b/-118researchergate profile researcherid profile orcid profile I am currently CREAF researcher and assistant professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.I did my PhD in CREAF-UAB (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications) (with approval at European level) studying the functional strategies of different species of Mediterranean plants in relation to their post-fire regeneration strategy. I have done research in different universities in the United States, France and Québec.My research focuses on studying the effects of disturbance on species and plant communities, either as species or community. More specifically I focus on the effects and relationships between fire and/or drought in functional traits or community dynamics of Mediterranean plant species and communities (shrublands and forests).Another focus is conservation biology, and I collaborate with managers of natural areas with the objective of improving the conservation of different threatened species of flora and fauna in Catalonia. Interests Causal and phylogenetic statistical analysis, Applied ecologyMediterranean systems’ response to fire, Mediterranean systems’ response to droughtRecent publications under CREAF affiliation Non-structural carbohydrate dynamics associated with drought-induced die-off in woody species of a shrubland communityLloret F., Sapes G., Rosas T., Galiano L., Saura-Mas S., Sala A., Martínez-Vilalta J.2018Annals of Botany121: 1383-1396Doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy039 The importance of functional diversity in the stability of Mediterranean shrubland communities after the impact of extreme climatic eventsDe La Riva, E.G., Lloret, F., Pérez-Ramos, I.M., Marañón, T., Saura-Mas, S., Díaz-Delgado, R., Villar, R.2017Journal of Plant Ecology10: 281-293Doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw027 Environmental stress effects on reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the gynodioecious species Silene acaulisCanelles, Q., Saura-Mas, S., Brotons, L., García, M.B., Lloret, F., Villellas, J., Morris, W.F.2017Environmental and Experimental Botany00Doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.06.010 View more publications