Ecography has published the last paper of Francesco’s PhD Clara titled “A globally consistent scaling relationship reveals stabilizing effects of dominant species in plant communities”. In this study, Clara explores how dominant species contribute to community stability. By applying Taylor’s power law—a fundamental ecological scaling relationship (σ2 = aμᵇ)—the study shows that dominant species are often relatively […]
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PhD Xiaobin Pan has published his later research about how diversity can destabilize plant populations across global ecosystems
New Phytologist has published the last paper of Francesco’s PhD Xiaobin titled “Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities”. Xiaobin analyzed data from more than 8,000 permanent vegetation plots across five continents to investigate why previous research has reported contrasting diversity–stability relationships. The study found that the effect of plant diversity […]
Continue ReadingColaboration with CIEF within the framework of the LIFE Teixeres
Currently we are colaborating with the Centre per a la Investigació i l’Experimentació Forestal (CIEF) in the context of the LIFE Teixeres project. Specifically, we are measuring several traits in yews cultivated from seeds of different populations in natural parks of the Valencian Community. We will later assess if there are differences in performance between […]
Continue ReadingPhDs Xiaobin and Clara celebrating their respective new publications
Xiaobin has come to Valencia during his holidays and met Clara and Francesco to celebrate the recent acceptance of both PhDs’ articles for publication in Ecography and New Phytologist. We will share more details when published.
Continue ReadingWelcoming postdoc Héctor Miranda and saying goodbye to Helena Streit
This month, postdoc Héctor Miranda has joined our team for the next year. Héctor comes after completing his PhD and a two-year postdoc at the Pyrenean Ecology Institute (IPE-CSIC) working on BIOTREND, gathering and organising population trend data for both animals and plants across Spain. Here he will be helping to improve and organise LOTVS […]
Continue Reading1st PopCom meeting: Approaches for Connecting Population and Community Ecology in the Context of Global Change
Yesterday, 25th of November, the Ecology Department organised the 1st PopCom meeting (aproaches for connecting Population and Community ecology in the context of global change). We were able to carry it out in the “Casa de la Ciencia” of the CSIC, right in the heart of the city center. During the day, each researcher, and […]
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