Senior researcher

Josep Maria Espelta Morral

PhD in Biological Sciences (UAB, 1992). I am a senior researcher at CREAF since 1998. I am interested in forest ecology and, particularly, in the factors and processes involved in forest dynamics across environmental gradients and in response to disturbances (e.g. wildfires, drought, herbivory).
PhD in Biological Sciences (UAB, 1992). I am a senior researcher at CREAF since 1998.
 
I am interested in forest ecology and, particularly, in the factors and processes involved in forest dynamics across environmental gradients and in response to disturbances (e.g. wildfires, drought, herbivory). Currently, my main research interests focus on the interaction among land use and forest management changes, particularly forest expansion and regrowth after rural abandonment, and the impact of climate change. My objective is to investigate the influence of the legacy of land use on the dynamics of forests and the greater or lesser resistance of recent forests to climate change compared to those that have existed for a long time. Under this uncertain ecological scenario, I am interested in the factors driving tree growth and their sensitivity to climate, the variability on seed production, the balance among positive and negative plant-animal interactions (seed predation or dispersal) and, finally, the determinants of tree recruitment. Ultimately, I would like my research contributed in designing more efficient and adaptive forestry practices to face climate change challenges.

Ha participat en:

Project / Initiative
Active

Biodiversity Conservation Under Global Change

Bosc mediterrani
Project / Initiative
Active

Soil organisms enhance stability as disturbed forests regrow in a warming world?

Ratolí sobre branca
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European Union Projects
Active

Climate-smart rewilding: ecological restoration for climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity support in Europe

Últimes publicacions:

2023 | Journal Article

Bogdziewicz, M.; Calama, R.; Courbaud, B.; Espelta, J.M.; Hacket-Pain, A.; Journé, V.; Kunstler, G.; Steele, M.; Qiu, T.; Zywiec, M.; Clark, J.S.

How to measure mast seeding?. 830-838

2023 | Journal Article

Qiu, Tong; Aravena, Marie-Claire; Ascoli, Davide; Bergeron, Yves; Bogdziewicz, Michal; Boivin, Thomas; Bonal, Raul; Caignard, Thomas; Cailleret, Maxime; Calama, Rafael; Calderon, Sergio Donoso; Camarero, J. Julio; Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao; Chave, Jerome; Chianucci, Francesco; Courbaud, Benoit; Cutini, Andrea; Das, Adrian J.; Delpierre, Nicolas; Delzon, Sylvain; Dietze, Michael; Dormont, Laurent; Espelta, Josep Maria; Fahey, Timothy J.; Farfan-Rios, William; Franklin, Jerry F.; Gehring, Catherine A.; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Gratzer, Georg; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Guignabert, Arthur; Guo, Qinfeng; Hacket-Pain, Andrew; Hampe, Arndt; Han, Qingmin; Holik, Jan; Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko; Ibanez, Ines; Johnstone, Jill F.; Journé, Valentin; Kitzberger, Thomas; Knops, Johannes M. H.; Kunstler, Georges; Kurokawa, Hiroko; Lageard, Jonathan G. A.; LaMontagne, Jalene M.; Lefevre, Francois; Leininger, Theodor; Limousin, Jean-Marc; Lutz, James A.; Macias, Diana; Marell, Anders; McIntire, Eliot J. B.; Moore, Christopher M.; Moran, Emily; Motta, Renzo; Myers, Jonathan A.; Nagel, Thomas A.; Naoe, Shoji; Noguchi, Mahoko; Oguro, Michio; Parmenter, Robert; Pearse, Ian S.; Perez-Ramos, Ignacio M.; Piechnik, Lukasz; Podgorski, Tomasz; Poulsen, John; Redmond, Miranda D.; Reid, Chantal D.; Rodman, Kyle C.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco; Samonil, Pavel; Sanguinetti, Javier D.; Scher, C. Lane; Seget, Barbara; Sharma, Shubhi; Shibata, Mitsue; Silman, Miles; Steele, Michael A.; Stephenson, Nathan L.; Straub, Jacob N.; Sutton, Samantha; Swenson, Jennifer J.; Swift, Margaret; Thomas, Peter A.; Uriarte, Maria; Vacchiano, Giorgio; Whipple, Amy V.; Whitham, Thomas G.; Wion, Andreas P.; Wright, S. Joseph; Zhu, Kai; Zimmerman, Jess K.; Zywiec, Magdalena; Clark, James S.

(en) - Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients,Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. 1044-+

2023 | Journal Article

Ortego, Joaquín; Espelta, Josep Maria; Armenteras, Dolors; Díez, María Claudia; Muñoz, Alberto; Bonal, Raúl

(en) - Demographic and spatially explicit landscape genomic analyses in a tropical oak reveal the impacts of late Quaternary climate change on Andean montane forests,Demographic and spatially explicit landscape genomic analyses in a tropical oak reveal the impacts of late Quaternary climate change on Andean montane forests. 3182-3199

2023 | Journal Article

Meza, María Constanza; Espelta, Josep María; González, Tania Marisol; Armenteras, Dolors

(en) - Fire reduces taxonomic and functional diversity in Neotropical moist seasonally flooded forests,Fire reduces taxonomic and functional diversity in Neotropical moist seasonally flooded forests. 101-111