Résumé des activités de recherche :
Influence du changement climatique sur le fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers, avec une attention spéciale pour les interactions plante-animal. Limitations à la régénération forestière imposées par l’activité humaine en écosystèmes Méditerranéens et tropicaux.
Mots-clefs : Écologie tropicale, interactions plante-animal, régénération forestière, changement climatique, écosystèmes Méditerranéens
Publications :
Zamora R, Hódar JA, Matías L, Mendoza I -2009- Positive adjacency effects mediated by seed disperser birds in pine plantations. Ecological Applications. In press.
Mendoza I, Zamora R, Castro J – 2009 - A seeding experiment for testing tree-community recruitment under variable environments: implications for forest regeneration and conservation in Mediterranean habitats. Biological Conservation.142 (2009): 1491-1499.
Mendoza I, Gómez-Aparicio L, Zamora R, Matías L – 2009 - Recruitment limitation of forest communities in a degraded Mediterranean landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science. 20: 367-376.
Matías L, Mendoza I, Zamora R – 2009 - Consistent pattern of habitat and species selection by post-dispersal seed predators in a Mediterranean mosaic landscape. Plant Ecology. 203: 137-147.
Matías L, Zamora R, Mendoza I, Hódar JA – 2009 - Seed dispersal patterns by large frugivorous mammals in a degraded mosaic landscape. Restoration Ecology. DOI:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00475.x
Gómez-Aparicio L, Pérez-Ramos IM, Mendoza I, Matías L, Quero JL, Castro J, Zamora R, Marañón T – 2008 - Oak seedling survival and growth along resource gradients in Mediterranean forests: implications for regeneration in current and future environmental scenarios. Oikos.117: 1683-1699.
Mendoza I, Castro J, Zamora R. 2006. Can global change alter species composition of Mediterranean mountain forests? An experimental approach in Sierra Nevada National Park (Southern Spain). In: Price, M.F. (Ed.) Global change in mountain regions. Pp 184-186. Sapiens Publishing, Duncow (UK).
Marañón T, Zamora R, Villar R, Zavala MA, Quero JL, Pérez-Ramos I, Mendoza I, Castro J. 2004. Regeneration of tree species and restoration under contrasted Mediterranean habitats: field and glasshouse experiments. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 30(3):187-196.