Publications & CV

Education

PhD, Dpt. of Ecology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – November 2001

MSc, Dpt. of Ecology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – September 1999

BSc, Environmental Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – July 1997

Positions held

Honorary Research Fellow at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh (June 2005 – June 2008).

Lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (February 2005 – Current).

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh (January 2003 – Current).

Lecturer (part-time) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Research Associate at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) (October 2001 – December 2002).

SCI publications

1. Martínez-Vilalta J., Bertolero A., Bigas D., Paquet J-Y. & Martínez-Vilalta A. 2002. Habitat selection of the passerine community nesting at the Ebro delta reed-beds (NE Spain): some management implications. Wetlands 22(2): 318-325.

2. Martínez-Vilalta J. & Piñol J. 2002. Drought-induced mortality and hydraulic architecture in pine populations of the NE Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology and Management 161: 247-256.

3. Martínez-Vilalta J., Piñol J. & Beven, K. 2002. A hydraulic model to predict drought-induced mortality in woody plants: an application to climate change in the Mediterranean. Ecological Modelling 155: 127-147.

4. Martínez-Vilalta J. & Pockman, W.T. 2002. The vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem cavitation of Larrea tridentata in the Chihuahuan desert. American Journal of Botany 89(12): 1916-1924.

5. Martínez-Vilalta J., Prat E., Oliveras I. & Piñol J. 2002. Hydraulic properties of roots and stems of nine woody species from a holm oak forest in NE Spain. Oecologia 133: 19-29.

6. Martínez-Vilalta J., Mangiron M., Ogaya R., Sauret M., Serrano L., Peñuelas J. & Piñol J. 2003. Sap flow of three co-occurring Mediterranean species under varying atmospheric and soil water conditions. Tree Physiology 23: 747-758.

7. Ogaya R., Peñuelas J., Martínez-Vilalta J. & Mangirón M. 2003. Differential drought effect on growth of coexisting woody species in a holm oak forest. Forest Ecology and Management 180: 175-184.

8. Oliveras I., Martínez-Vilalta J., Jimenez-Ortiz T., Lledó M.J., Escarré A. & Piñol J. 2003. Hydraulic architecture of Pinus halepensis, Pinus pinea and Tetraclinis articulata in a dune ecosystem of Eastern Spain. Plant Ecology 169: 131-141.

9. Martínez-Vilalta J., Sauret M., Duró A. & Piñol J. 2003. Make your own transpiring tree. Journal of Biological Education 38(1): 32-35.

10. Martínez-Vilalta J. & Piñol J. 2004. A plumber’s-eye view of xylem water transport in woody plants. Journal of Biological Education 38(3): 137-141.

11. Martínez-Vilalta J., Sala A. & Piñol J. 2004. The hydraulic architecture of Pinaceae - a review. Plant Ecology 171: 3-13.

12. McElrone A.J., Pockman W.T., Martínez-Vilalta J., Jackson R.B. 2004. Variation in xylem structure and function in stems and roots of trees to 20 m depth. New Phytologist 163: 507-517. (See Commentary in New Phytologist 163: 447-449)

13. Mencuccini M., Martínez-Vilalta J., Hamid H.A., Korakaki E., Vanderklein D., Lee S. & Michiels B. 2005. Size, not cellular senescence, explains reduced vigour in tall trees. Ecology Letters 8: 1183-1190. (See Coomentary in Nature 437: 965-966)

14. Román-Cuesta R.M. & Martínez-Vilalta J. 2005. Enhanced fire in tropical protected areas: the case study of Chiapas, Mexico. Conservation Biology, in press.

Other scientific publications

1. Martínez-Vilalta A., Bertolero A., Bigas D., Paquet J-Y. & Martínez-Vilalta J. 1998. Descripció de la comunitat de passeriformes de canyissar que nidifica al delta de l’Ebre. Butlletí del Parc Natural Delta de l’Ebre 10: 28-35.

2. Martínez-Vilalta J. & Piñol J. 1999. Arquitectura hidràulica, vulnerabilitat a l’embolisme i resistència a la sequera en plantes llenyoses. Orsis 14: 129-158.

3. Martínez-Vilalta J., Mangirón M., Ogaya R., Lloret F., Mastrantonio M., Piñol J., Sardans J., Terradas J., Peñuelas J. 1999. Efectes de la sequera sobre l’alzinar mediterrani a Prades. Treballs del Centre d’Història Natural de la Conca de Barberà 2: 49-60.

4. Martínez-Vilalta J. & Piñol J. 2003. Limitaciones hidráulicas al aporte de agua a las hojas y resistencia a la sequía. Ecosistemas 2003/1: 1-7.

5. Angeles G., Bond B., Boyer J.S., Brodribb T., Brooks J.R., Burns M.J., Cavender-Bares J., Clearwater M., Cochard H., Comstock J., Davis S.D., Domec J-C., Donovan L., Ewers F., Gartner B., Hacke U., Hinckley T., Holbrook N.M., Jones H.G., Kavanagh K., Law B., López-Portillo J., Lovisolo C., Martin T., Martínez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., Meinzer F.C., Melcher P., Mencuccini M., Mulkey S., Nardini A., Neufeld H.S., Passioura J., Pockman W.T., Pratt R.B., Rambal S., Richter H., Sack L., Salleo S., Schubert A., Schulte P., Sparks J.P., Sperry J., Teskey R. & Tyree M. 2004. The Cohesion-Tension Theory. New Phytologist 163: 451-452.

6. Martínez-Vilalta J. 2004. Orbituaries. Ramon Margalef. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 35(4): 11.