ISABEL MARTÍNEZ, PHD E-MAIL isamcano@gmail.com Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 609 480 2898 Skype: isamcano Academia.edu: consevol.academia.edu/isabelmartinezcano RESEARCH INTERESTS Plant-Animal interactions, Conservation biology, Population dynamics, Spatial analyses, Individual Based Models, Species Distribution Models ACADEMIC BACKGROUND - 1998-2002: B.Sc. in Biological Sciences. University of Oviedo, Spain (average grade 8.5/10) - 2004: M.Sc. in Ecology. University of Oviedo (summa cum laude) - 2007: PhD in Ecology. University of Oviedo (summa cum laude, Extraordinary award for the best PhD of the Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, 2006/2007) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE - 2003-2007: Doctoral Fellow (PFPU) from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture MEC, Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, University of Oviedo, Spain. - 2008: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. - 2008-2010: Marie Curie Individual Fellow (Intra-European Fellowships IEF) Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. - 2010-2011: ERC Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. - 2011-2013: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, ebd-csic, Seville, Spain. - 2015: Visiting scholar, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. PUBLICATIONS Refereed Articles 1. García D, Obeso JR & Martínez I (2005) Spatial concordance between seed rain and seedling establishment in bird-dispersed trees: does scale matter? Journal of Ecology 93:693-704. 2. García D, Obeso JR & Martínez I (2005) Rodent seed predation promotes differential seedling recruitment among bird-dispersed trees in temperate secondary forests. Oecologia 144:435-446.
3. García D, Martínez I & Obeso JR (2007) Seed transfer among bird-dispersed trees and its consequences for post-dispersal seed fate. Basic and Applied Ecology 8:533-543. 4. Martínez I, García D & Obeso JR (2007) Allometric allocation in fruit and seed packaging conditions the conflict among selective pressures on seed size. Evolutionary Ecology 21:517-533. 5. Martínez I, García D & Obeso JR (2008) Differential seed dispersal patterns generated by a common assemblage of vertebrate frugivores in three fleshy-fruited trees. Ecoscience 15:189-199. 6. Martínez I & Taboada FG (2009) Dispersal patterns in a temperate forest during a mast event: performance of alternative dispersal kernels. Oecologia 159:389-400. 7. Wiegand T, Martínez I & Huth A (2009) Recruitment in tropical tree species: revealing complex spatial patterns. American Naturalist 174:E106-E140. 8. Martínez I, Wiegand T, Taboada FG & Obeso JR (2010) Spatial patterns in a temperate forest community in North-western Spain. Forest Ecology and Management 260:456-465. 9. Obeso JR, Martínez I & García D (2011) Seed size is heterogeneously distributed among destination habitats in animal dispersed plants. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:134-140. 10. Martínez I, Wiegand T, Camarero JJ, Gutiérrez E & Batllori E (2011) Disentangling the formation of contrasting treeline physiognomies combining model selection and Bayesian parameterization for simulation models. American Naturalist 177:E136-E152. 11. Martínez I, González-Taboada F, Wiegand T, Camarero JJ & Gutiérrez E (2012) Dispersal limitation and spatial scale affect model based projections of Pinus uncinata response to climate change in the Pyrenees. Global Change Biology 18:1714-1724. 12. Martínez I, González-Taboada F, Wiegand T & Obeso JR (2013) Spatial patterns of seedling-adult associations in a temperate forest community. Forest Ecology and Management 296:74-80. 13. González de Andrés E, Camarero JJ, Martínez I & Coll L (2014) Uncoupled spatiotemporal patterns of seed dispersal and regeneration in Pyrenean silver fir populations. Forest Ecology and Management 319:18-28. Submitted & in preparation 14. Velazquez E, Martínez I, Getzin S & Wiegand T (under review) Twenty-two years of use and misuse of spatial point pattern analyses in ecology. 15. Martínez I, González-Taboada F, Wiegand T, Naves J & Fernandez A (submitted) Environmental change drives long-term trends in the abundance of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Cantabrian range. 16. Martínez I, González-Taboada F (in preparation) Climate change constraints Fagus sylvatica migration at the rear edge of its distribution. 17. Martínez I (in preparation) Impact of climate change on the distribution of brown bear (Ursus arctos) plant food resources in the Cantabrian range.
18. Martínez I, Cariveau DP, Benjamin FE, Winfree R (in preparation) Cross Scale Resilience buffers the impact of habitat fragmentation on the delivery of pollination services. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS - Forest fragmentation and plant-animal interactions in the Cantabrian range: a multi-scale approach. Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture, MCYT REN2003-0173, 2001-2003. University of Oviedo. - Plant-animal interactions and biodiversity: their role in ecosystem dynamics and conservation. MCYT CYTED 2003, XII-6, 2003-2004. University of Oviedo. - Biology of reproduction, demography and conservation of yew Taxus baccata L. in the Cantabrian range. MCYT-BOS2000-0451, 2003-2004. University of Granada and University of Oviedo. - A model for Pyrenean Treelines: from individuals to landscapes under a changing climate. Intra- European Fellowships FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF, 2008-2010. UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. - Towards a unified theory of biodiversity. ERC European Research Council Advanced grant 233066, 2009-2013. UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. - Adapting to Global Change in the Mediterranean hotspot: from genes to ecosystems. Project 264125 EcoGenes, FP7-REGPOT-2010-1, 2011-2013. Estación Biológica de Doñana, ebd-csic. PRESENTATIONS IN CONGRESSES - Martínez I, García D & Obeso JR. Spatiotemporal variation in the assemblage of seed dispersers of yew Taxus baccata in the Cantabrian range. XVI Jornadas Ornitológicas Españolas SEO 2002, Salamanca, Spain. - Martínez I, García D & Obeso JR. Seed transfer among bird-dispersed trees in a temperate forest community. VII Congreso Nacional de la AEET 2003, Barcelona, Spain. - García D, Obeso JR & Martínez I. Post-dispersal seed predation modulates recruitment potential among bird-dispersed trees in Cantabrian forest. SEED ECOLOGY 2004, Rhodes, Greece. - García D, Obeso JR & Martínez I. Spatial concordance among seed rain and seedling recruitment in a fleshy-fruited woody plant community: a local or landscape scale matter? SEED ECOLOGY 2004, Rhodes, Greece. - Martínez I, Wiegand T, Camarero JJ, Batllori E & Gutierrez E. Demographic processes and tree line patterns in the Pyrenean range. Annual BES Meeting 7-10 September 2009, University of Hertfordshire, UK. - Velazquez E, Martínez I, Getzin S & Wiegand T. Twenty-two years of use and misuse of spatial point pattern analyses in ecology. 12th EEF Congress 25-29 September 2011, Ávila, Spain. - Naves J, Martínez I, González-Taboada F, Fernandez A & Wiegand T. Análisis de la dinámica poblacional de osos pardos Ursus arctos en la Cordillera Cantábrica. XI Congreso SECEM. 5-8 Diciembre 2013, Avilés, Spain.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE - Ecology and Impact Assessment, 2nd course in the graduate studies in Forestry, University of Oviedo, 2005 (20h). - Energetic and Evolutionary Ecology, 4th course in the graduate studies in Biology, University of Oviedo, 2006 (10h). - Individual Based Models and Ecotones: insights from Pyrenean tree lines. Training in Ecological Modeling, course for graduate students, 10-20 April 2012, Seville (1h). REVIEWER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS Oikos, Journal of Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Journal of Applied Ecology, Basic and Applied Ecology, Plant Ecology, International Journal of Vegetation Science, American Journal of Botany, Acta Oecologica, Forest Ecology and Management, Annals of Forest Science, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Journal of Vegetation Science LANGUAGES English speaking, reading and writing: Good RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS Computing and software: Programming languages: R, C#, Delphi Modelling and technical skills: Individual Based Modelling Spatial statistics (especially Point Pattern Analyses) Species Distribution Models (SDMs) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Field experience: Expertise in conducting manipulative field experiments Vegetation field surveys and demographic studies on several life history stages: seed dispersal; seed predation; seedling emergence; seedling and sapling survival; and adult demography Bird behavior (foraging and habitat use) survey and bird census Rodent census, field and captive feeding preference experiments Sampling, identification and analysis of mammal scats Other: International driving license Animal illustration and artistic painting
REFEREE RESEARCHERS SURNAME, NAME: Wiegand, Thorsten PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP: Postdoctoral Research supervisor LENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP: from 2006 CENTRE: UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research POST: Permoser Str. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany TELEPHONE: +49 341 235 1714 E-MAIL: thorsten.wiegand@ufz.de SURNAME, NAME: Camarero, Jesus Julio PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP: Collaborator LENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP: from 2007 CENTRE: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) POST: Avenida Montañana, E-50192 Zaragoza, Spain TELEPHONE: +34 976 716 031 E-MAIL: jjcamarero@ipe.csic.es SURNAME, NAME: Obeso Suarez, José Ramón PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP: PhD supervisor LENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP: from 2002 CENTRE: University of Oviedo POST: Catedrático Rodrigo Uría, s/n, E-33071 Oviedo, Spain TELEPHONE: +34 985 104 789 E-MAIL: jrobeso@uniovi.es