Our research lines focus on key aspects of the ecology, biogeography and biodiversity of plants in Mediterranean-type terrestrial ecosystems, including their relationships with disturbance factors (e.g. fire), and the interactions with other organisms (e.g. insects, vertebrates, soil microbiome). We pay special interest to functional ecological processes, such as regeneration after severe disturbance (e.g. fire, drought) and nutrient dynamics in the soil-water-air system. We attempt to understand the functioning of key services for human well-being such as maintenance of biodiversity, pollination, seed dispersal and atmospheric CO2 removal.
Association of a threatened forest ungulate with the treeless herriza or Mediterranean heathland in southern Spain
Selwyn, Miriam; Ojeda, Fernando
Forest Ecology and Management (2020) Vol: 468. Pgs: -
Effects of nitrogen deposition on the spatial pattern of biocrusts and soil microbial activity in a semi‐arid Mediterranean shrubland
Benvenutto‐Vargas, Verónica P.; Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl
Functional Ecology. 2020. Vol: 34. Num:4 (in press; online first)
Flower colour divergence is associated with post-fire regeneration dimorphism in the fynbos heath Erica coccinea subsp. coccinea (Ericaceae).
Ojeda, Fernando; Midgley, Jeremy; Pauw, Anton; Lavola, Anu; Casimiro-Soriguer, Ramón; Hattas, Dawood; Segarra-Moragues, José G.; Julkunen-Tiitto Riitta
Evolutionary Ecology. 2019. Vol: 33. Pags: 345-367.