What have I been doing and where?
UCLM campus at Toledo
I graduated in Biology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1983); did postgraduate studies at Universität Göttingen (1977-78), obtained a PhD degree at Universidad Complutense (1983), did postdoctoral work at San Diego State University (1985-88), and became Associate Professor at Universidad Complutense (1988). In 1997 I moved to Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, in Toledo, to become Professor. In 2002, I visited University of Wisconsin-Madison as Tinker Professor.
What are my scientific interests?
I am interested in understanding how fire shapes ecosystems, in particular Mediterranean ones. My interest has focused in understanding responses to fire from the level of the plant to the population and community and to the landscape. I am also interested in understanding the factors that control fire in a context of global change, that includes climate and climate change and changes in land-use and land-cover as these affect landscapes and fires, in turn, affect these. The use of fire as a management tool interest me as well, focussing on understanding the impacts of fires at various times during the year. I have investigated the effects of fire retardants on the biota, including fresh-water systems. Finally, understanding ecosystem responses in interaction with fire under changing drought is now a main focus of my research.
What have been my recent projects?
Postburning in a Cistus shrubland
- RIOCCADAPT: Evaluación de las actuaciones de adaptación al cambio climático en los países RIOCC (Assessment of activities of adaptation to climate change in the RIOCC countries)(http://rioccadapt.com/).
- FOCCLIM: Los incendios forestales en el centro-oeste de España: factors que los controlan, impactos sobre el ecosistema y vulnerabilidad de las plantas bajo el cambio climático (Forest fires in central-western spain: Factors controlling them impacts on the ecosystem and plant vulnaribility under climate change). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, 30/12/2016- 29/11/2019.
- INFOADAPT: Los incendios forestales en España en un contexto de cambio climático: Información y herramientas para la adaptación . (Forest fires in Spain in a context of climate change: Information and tools for adaptation. Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. 1/01/2015-31/12/2015.
- MedWildFIreLab: Impactos del Cambio Global en el Comportamiento y Usos del Fuego en los Ecosistemas Mediterráneos, hacia un Laboratorio Mediterráneo Abierto de los Incendios Forestales (PCIN-2013-138-C04-01)( Global Change Impacts on Wildland Fire Behaviour and Uses in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, towards a « wall less » Mediterranean Wildland Fire Laboratory). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, 1/Oct/2014- 31/Mar/2017. Red ERA de FORESTERRA/An ERA network of FORESTERRA.
- ClimMani: Climate Change Manipulation Experiments in Terrestrial Ecosystems:Networking and Outreach. COST Action ES1308. 1 Jan. 2014-31 de Dec. 2018 (member of the Sterring Committee).
- Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world (FUME). European Commission. (Project Coordinator)
- Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems (GHG-Europe). European Commission.
- Development of a European Fuel Map (FUELMAP). JRC -EC.
- Climate change and drought in shrublands in Central Spain. Caja de Guadalajara.
- Simulation of the effects of climate change on a Cistus-Erica shrubland affected by fire. Spanish Ministry o Science (Ministry of Science).
- Assessing large-scale environmental risks with tested methods (ALARM). European Commision.
- Preliminary Evaluation of the Impacts of Climate Change in Spain. Spanish Office for Climate Change.
- Euro-Mediterranean Wildland Fire Laboratory (EUFIRELAB). European Comission.
- Forest Fire Spread, Simulation and Impacts (SPREAD). European Commission.
- Advanced terrestrial ecosystems modelling and analysis (ATEAM). European Commission.
What are my recent publications?
2018
Chamorro D., Luna B., and Moreno J.M. 2018. Local climate controls among-population variation in germination patterns in two Erica species across western Iberia. Seed Science Research XX:XX-XX. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258518000041.
Parra A., and Moreno J.M. 2018. Drought differentially affects the post-fire dynamics of seeders and resprouters in a Mediterranean shrubland. Science of the Total Environment 626: 1219-1229. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.174.
2017
Viedma O. Moreno J.M., Güngöroglu C., Cosgun U. & Kavgacı A. Recent land-use and land-cover changes and its driving factors in a fire-prone area of southwestern Turkey. Journal of Environmental Management 15:719-731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.074.
Parra A., and Moreno J.M. 2017. Post-fire environments are favourable for plant functioning of seeder and resprouter Mediterranean shrubs, even under drought. New Phytologist 214:1118-1131. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14454
Chamorro D., Luna B., and Moreno J.M. 2017. Germination responses to current and future temperatures of four seeder shrubs across a latitudinal gradient in Western Iberia. American Journal of Botany, 104: 83-91. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1600278.
Chamorro D., Luna B., Ourcival J.M., Kavgaci A., Sirca C., Mouillot F., Arianoutsou M., Moreno J.M. 2017. Germination sensitivity to water stress in four shrubby species across the Mediterranean Basin. Plant Biology 19:23-31. DOI:10.1111/plb.12450/full.
2016
Salis M., Arca B., Alcasena F., Arianoutsou M., Vacciu V., Duce P., Duguy B, Koutsias N., Mallinis G., Mitsopoulos I., Moreno J.M., Pérez J.R., Urbieta I.R., Xistratis F., Zavala G., Spano D. 2016. Predicting wildfire spread and behaviour in Mediterranean landscapes. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25: 1015-1032. DOI:10.1071/WF15081. A.
Hinojosa, M.B., Parra, A., Laudicina, V.A., Moreno, J.M. 2016. Post-fire soil functionality and microbial community structure in a Mediterranean shrubland subjected to experimental drought. Science of The Total Environment. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.117. A.
Torres I., Pérez B., Quesada J., Viedma O. and Moreno J.M. 2016. Forest shifts induced by fire and management legacies in a Pinus pinaster woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 361:309-317. Published online 7/Dec. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.027. A.
Chamorro D., Parra A. and Moreno J.M. 2016. Reproductive output, seed anatomy and germination under water stress in the seeder Cistus ladanifer subjected to experimental drought. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 123: 59–67. Published online 23/Nov. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.11.002.
2015
Itziar R Urbieta, Gonzalo Zavala, Joaquín Bedia, José M Gutiérrez, Jesús San Miguel-Ayanz, Andrea Camia, Jon E Keeley and José M Moreno. 2015.Fire activity as a function of fire–weather seasonal severity and antecedent climate across spatial scales in southern Europe and Pacific western USA. Environmental Reseach Letters 20:114013.
Bedia J., Herrera S., Gutiérrez J.M., Benali A., Brands S., Mota B. and Moreno J.M. 2015. Global patterns in the sensitivity of burned area to fire-weather: implications for climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 214-215:369-379.doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.09.002
Viedma, O., Moity, N. and Moreno, J.M., 2015. Changes in landscape fire-hazard during the second half of the 20th century: Agriculture abandonment and the changing role of driving factors. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 207, 126-140. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.011
Karhu, K., M. Dannenmann, B. Kitzler, E. Díaz-Pinés, J. Tejedord, D.A. Ramírez, A. Parra, V. Resco de Dios, J.M. Moreno, A. Rubio, L. Guimaraes-Povoas, S. Zechmeister-Boltenstern, K. Butterbach-Bahl, P. Ambus, 2015. Fire increases the risk of higher soil N2O emissions from Mediterranean Macchia ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 82, 44-51. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.12.013
Viedma O, Quesada J, Torres I, De Santis A, Moreno JM. 2015. Fire severity in a large fire in a Pinus pinaster forest is highly predictable from burning conditions, stand structure and topography. Ecosystems 18(2): 237-250. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9824-y.
2014
Moreno JM, Urbieta IR, Bedia J, Gutiérrez JM, Vallejo VR. 2014. Los incendios forestales en España ante al cambio climático. En: Herrero A, Zavala MA, editores. Impactos, Vulnerabilidades y Adaptación de los Bosques y la Biodiversidad de España frente al cambio climático, 18:1-10 MAGRAMA, Madrid (en prensa).
Martín S, Rodríguez M, Moreno JM & Angeler D. 2014. Complex Ecological Responses to Drought and Fire-Retardant Contamination Impacts in Ephemeral Waters. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 225:2078. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2078-7
Venäläinen A, Korhonen N, Hyvärinen O, Koutsias N, Xystrakis F, Urbieta IR, & Moreno JM. 2014. Temporal variations and change in forest fire danger in Europe for 1960–2012. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 14:1477-1490, DOI:10.5194/nhess-14-1477-2014.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Pérez B., Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2014. Fire season does not affect post-fire regeneration but fire alters succession pathways in a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Applied Vegetation Science. Published online 31/03/2014. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12102.
Moreno JM (ed). 2014. Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world (FUME)- Lessons learned and outlook. 56 pags. ISBN 978-84-695-9759-0.1. Pdf.
Céspedes B., Luna B., Pérez B., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2014. Early and late season burning effects on the short-term post-fire vegetation dynamics of a Mediterranean heathland. Applied Vegetation Science, 17: 86-96. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12053.
Bedia J, Herrera S, Camia A, Moreno JM, Gutiérrez JM. 2014. Forest fire danger projections in the Mediterranean using ENSEMBLES regional climate change scenarios. Climatic Change 122: 185-199. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-1005-z.
2013
Moreno JM, Vallejo, VR, Chuvieco E. 2013. Current Fire Regime, Impactgs and the Likely Changes - VI Euro Mediterranean. In: J.G. Goldammer (Ed), Vegetation Fires and Global Change - Challens for Concerted International Action: A White Paper directed to the United Nations and International Organizations, pags. 115-132. A Publication of the Global Fire Monitoring Center, Kessel Publishing House, Remagen-Oberwinter, Germany.
Chamorro D, Luna B, Moreno JM. 2013. Germination response to various emperature regimes of four Mediterranean seeder shrubs across a range of altitudes. Plant Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0264-0.
Torres I, Céspedes B, Pérez B., Moreno JM. 2013 Spatial relationships between the standing vegetation and the soil seed bank in a fire-prone encroached dehesain Central Spain. Plant Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s11258-012-0159-5.
Herrera S., Bedia J., Gutiérrez J.M., Fernández J., Moreno J.M. 2013. On the projection of future fire danger conditions with various instantaneous/mean daily data sources. Climatic Change, DOI: 10.1007s10584-012-0667-2.
San Miguel J., Moreno J.M., Camia A. 2013. Analysis of large fires in European Mediterranean landscapes: Lessons learnt and perspectives. Forest Ecology and Management, DOI: 10.1016j.foreco.2012.10.050.1.
2012
Moreno J.M., Torres I., Luna M.B, Oechel W.C., Keeley J.E. 2012. Changes in fire intensity have carry-over effects on plant responses after the next fire in southern California chaparral. Journal of Vegetation Science, 24:395-404. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01466.x.
Bedia J., Herrera S., Gutiérrez J.M., Urbieta I.R., Zavala G., Moreno J.M. 2012. Sensitivity of fire weather index to different reanalysis products in the Iberian Peninsula. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 12, 699–708. DOI:10.5194/nhess-12-699-2012. A.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of changes in the timing and duration of the wet season on the germination of the soil seed bank of a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Plant Ecology 213:919–931. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0053-1. A.
Hinojosa M.B., Parra A., Ramírez D.A., Carreira J.A., Muñoz-Gacía R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of drought on soil phosphorus availability and fluxes in a burned Mediterranean shrubland. Geoderma 191:61-69. DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.015. A.
Luna B., Pérez B., Torres I., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of Incubation Temperature on Seed Germination of Mediterranean Plants with Different Geographical Distribution Ranges. Folia Geobotanica 47:17–27.
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9110-0. A.
Parra A., Ramírez D.A., Resco de Dios V., Velasco A., Moreno J.M. 2012. Modifying rainfall patterns in a Mediterranean shrubland: system design, plant responses, and experimental burning. International Journal of Biometeorology 56:1033–1043. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0517-3. A.
Ramírez D.A., Parra A., Resco de Dios V., Moreno J.M. 2012. Differences in morpho-physiological leaf traits reflect the response of growth to drought in a seeder but not in a resprouter Mediterranean species. Functional Plant Biology, 39, 332–341. DOI: 10.1071/FP11232. A.
Resco de Dios V., Goulden M.L., Ogles K., Richardson A.D., Hollinger D.Y, Davidson E.A., Alday J.G., Barron-Gafford, G.A., Carrara A., Kowalski A.,Oechel W.C., Reverter B.R., Scott R.S., Varner R.K., Díaz-Sierra R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Endogenous circadian regulation of carbon dioxide exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 18: 1956-1970. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02664.x. A.
Torres I., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Vegetation and soil seed bank relationships across microhabitats in an abandoned Quercus suber parkland under simulated fire. Ecoscience 19:1-10. DOI: 10.2980/19-1-3459. A.
Viedma O., Torres I., Pérez B., Moreno J.M. 2012. Modeling plant species richness using reflectance and texture data derived from QuickBird in a recently burned area of Central Spain. Remote Sensing of Environment, 119: 208–221.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.024. A.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Luna B., Pérez B., Moreno J.M. 2012. Soil seed bank, fire season, and temporal patterns of germination in a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Plant Ecology 213,383-393. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9983-2.
Ramírez D, Balaguer L, Mancilla R, González V, Coaguila D, Talavera C, Villegas L, Ortega A, Jiménez P, Moreno JM. 2012. Leaf-trait responses to irrigation of the endemic go-oasis tree Myrciantes ferreyrae: Can a fog specialist benefit from regular wtering? Tree Physiology 32 (1): 65-73. DOI:10.1093/treephys/tpr121. A.
2011
Urbieta TI, Zavala G, Mateo R, Moreno JM. 2011. Presiones sobre la Biodiversidad: Incendios Forestales. En: Biodiversidad en España: Bases de la Sotenibilidad ante el Cambio Global, Observatorio de la sostenibilidad, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-8476-433-5. A.
Moreno JM, Zuazua E, Pérez B, Luna B, Velasco A, Resco de Dios V. 2011. Rainfall patterns after fire differentially affect the recruitment of three Mediterranean shrubs. Biogeosciences, 8, 3721–3732. Doi:10.5194/bg-8-3721-2011.A.
Resco V, Ferrio JP, Carreira JA, Calvo L, Casals P, Ferrero-Serrano A, Marcos E, Moreno JM, Ramírez DA, Sebastià MT, Valladares F, Williams D. 2011. The stable isotope ecology of terrestrial plant succession. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 4(2-3), 117-130. Doi: 10.1080/17550874.2011.576708. RE.
Moreno J.M., Viedma O., Zavala G. & Luna B. 2011. Landscape variables influencing forest fires in Central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire 20:678-689. A.
Moreno J.M., Vallejo V.R., Chuvieco E. 2011. Current fire regimes, impacts and the likely changes. VI: Euro Mediterranean. En: J. Goldamer (Ed.), White Paper on Vegetation Fires and Global Change. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, New York. CL.
2010
Peñuelas J., Estiarte M., Prieto P., Moreno J.M., Céspedes B., Torres I., Pla E., Sabaté S., Gracia C. 2010. Projected climate change impacts on ecosystems: The Mediterranean. In: J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S. Klotx, M. Kotarac & I. Kuehn (Eds.), Atlas of Biodiversity Riskss. Pensoft, Sofia & Moscow. A/CL.
Moreno J.M., Zavala G., Martín M., Millán A. 2010. Forest fire risk in Spain under future climate change. In: J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S. Klotx, M. Kotarac & I. Kuehn (Eds.), Atlas of Biodiversity Riskss. Pensoft, Sofia & Moscow, pags. 72-73. A/CL.
Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2010. Range-size, local abundance and germination niche-breath in Mediterranean plants of two life-forms. Plant Ecology. DOI. 10.1007/s11258-010-9740-y.
2009
Moreno J.M., Rodriguez-Urbieta, I., Zavala, G., Martin M. 2009. Cambio climático y riesgo de incendios forestales en Castilla-La Mancha. En: A. Rodirugez-Torres, H. Fernández Castro, I. Rojano Saura (Coords.), Impactos del Cambio Climático en Castilla-La Mancha. Fundación General de Medio Ambiente, Toledo, pags. 340-361. CL.
Moreno J.M., Rodriguez-Urbieta, I., Zavala, G., Martin M. 2009. Peligro de incendio en Castilla-La mancha- Evaluando un riesgo creciente. Seguridad y Medio Ambiente, 114: 2-12. A.
García-Villaraco Velasco A., Probanza A., Gutiérrez Mañero F.J., Cruz Treviño A., Moreno J.M., Lucas García, J.A. Effects of fire and retardant on soil and microbial activity and functional diversity in a Mediterranean pasture. Geoderma 153: 198-193. A.
Moreno J.M. 2009. Impacts on Potential Wildfire Risk due to Changes in Climate. In: Yves Birot (Ed.), Living with Wildfires: What Science Can Tell Us. European Forest Institute, Discussion Paper 15, pags. 71-74. R.
Paula, S., Arianoutsou M., Kazanis, D., Tavsanoglu C., Lloret F., Buhk C., Ojeda F., Luna B., Moreno J.M., Rodrigo A., Espelta J.M., Placio S., Fernández-Santos B., Fernandes P.M. & Pausas, J.G. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90(5): 1420. [Ecological Archives E090-094; http//esapubs.org/archive]. A.
Viedma O., Angeler D., Moreno J.M. 2009. Landscape structural features control fire size in Mediterranean foresta reas of Central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18: 575-583. A.
Angeler D., Viedma O., Moreno J.M. 2009. Revisiting time-lag analysis for measuring temporal dynamics of ecological communities. Ecology 90:3245-3257.A.
Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2009. Light and nitrate effects on seed germination of a group of plants growing in a burned Mediterranean area. Plant Ecology 203:123-135. A.
Chamorro D., Luna B., and Moreno J.M. 2018. Local climate controls among-population variation in germination patterns in two Erica species across western Iberia. Seed Science Research XX:XX-XX. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258518000041.
Parra A., and Moreno J.M. 2018. Drought differentially affects the post-fire dynamics of seeders and resprouters in a Mediterranean shrubland. Science of the Total Environment 626: 1219-1229. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.174.
2017
Viedma O. Moreno J.M., Güngöroglu C., Cosgun U. & Kavgacı A. Recent land-use and land-cover changes and its driving factors in a fire-prone area of southwestern Turkey. Journal of Environmental Management 15:719-731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.074.
Parra A., and Moreno J.M. 2017. Post-fire environments are favourable for plant functioning of seeder and resprouter Mediterranean shrubs, even under drought. New Phytologist 214:1118-1131. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14454
Chamorro D., Luna B., and Moreno J.M. 2017. Germination responses to current and future temperatures of four seeder shrubs across a latitudinal gradient in Western Iberia. American Journal of Botany, 104: 83-91. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1600278.
Chamorro D., Luna B., Ourcival J.M., Kavgaci A., Sirca C., Mouillot F., Arianoutsou M., Moreno J.M. 2017. Germination sensitivity to water stress in four shrubby species across the Mediterranean Basin. Plant Biology 19:23-31. DOI:10.1111/plb.12450/full.
2016
Salis M., Arca B., Alcasena F., Arianoutsou M., Vacciu V., Duce P., Duguy B, Koutsias N., Mallinis G., Mitsopoulos I., Moreno J.M., Pérez J.R., Urbieta I.R., Xistratis F., Zavala G., Spano D. 2016. Predicting wildfire spread and behaviour in Mediterranean landscapes. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25: 1015-1032. DOI:10.1071/WF15081. A.
Hinojosa, M.B., Parra, A., Laudicina, V.A., Moreno, J.M. 2016. Post-fire soil functionality and microbial community structure in a Mediterranean shrubland subjected to experimental drought. Science of The Total Environment. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.117. A.
Torres I., Pérez B., Quesada J., Viedma O. and Moreno J.M. 2016. Forest shifts induced by fire and management legacies in a Pinus pinaster woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 361:309-317. Published online 7/Dec. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.027. A.
Chamorro D., Parra A. and Moreno J.M. 2016. Reproductive output, seed anatomy and germination under water stress in the seeder Cistus ladanifer subjected to experimental drought. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 123: 59–67. Published online 23/Nov. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.11.002.
2015
Itziar R Urbieta, Gonzalo Zavala, Joaquín Bedia, José M Gutiérrez, Jesús San Miguel-Ayanz, Andrea Camia, Jon E Keeley and José M Moreno. 2015.Fire activity as a function of fire–weather seasonal severity and antecedent climate across spatial scales in southern Europe and Pacific western USA. Environmental Reseach Letters 20:114013.
Bedia J., Herrera S., Gutiérrez J.M., Benali A., Brands S., Mota B. and Moreno J.M. 2015. Global patterns in the sensitivity of burned area to fire-weather: implications for climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 214-215:369-379.doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.09.002
Viedma, O., Moity, N. and Moreno, J.M., 2015. Changes in landscape fire-hazard during the second half of the 20th century: Agriculture abandonment and the changing role of driving factors. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 207, 126-140. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.011
Karhu, K., M. Dannenmann, B. Kitzler, E. Díaz-Pinés, J. Tejedord, D.A. Ramírez, A. Parra, V. Resco de Dios, J.M. Moreno, A. Rubio, L. Guimaraes-Povoas, S. Zechmeister-Boltenstern, K. Butterbach-Bahl, P. Ambus, 2015. Fire increases the risk of higher soil N2O emissions from Mediterranean Macchia ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 82, 44-51. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.12.013
Viedma O, Quesada J, Torres I, De Santis A, Moreno JM. 2015. Fire severity in a large fire in a Pinus pinaster forest is highly predictable from burning conditions, stand structure and topography. Ecosystems 18(2): 237-250. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9824-y.
2014
Moreno JM, Urbieta IR, Bedia J, Gutiérrez JM, Vallejo VR. 2014. Los incendios forestales en España ante al cambio climático. En: Herrero A, Zavala MA, editores. Impactos, Vulnerabilidades y Adaptación de los Bosques y la Biodiversidad de España frente al cambio climático, 18:1-10 MAGRAMA, Madrid (en prensa).
Martín S, Rodríguez M, Moreno JM & Angeler D. 2014. Complex Ecological Responses to Drought and Fire-Retardant Contamination Impacts in Ephemeral Waters. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 225:2078. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2078-7
Venäläinen A, Korhonen N, Hyvärinen O, Koutsias N, Xystrakis F, Urbieta IR, & Moreno JM. 2014. Temporal variations and change in forest fire danger in Europe for 1960–2012. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 14:1477-1490, DOI:10.5194/nhess-14-1477-2014.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Pérez B., Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2014. Fire season does not affect post-fire regeneration but fire alters succession pathways in a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Applied Vegetation Science. Published online 31/03/2014. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12102.
Moreno JM (ed). 2014. Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world (FUME)- Lessons learned and outlook. 56 pags. ISBN 978-84-695-9759-0.1. Pdf.
Céspedes B., Luna B., Pérez B., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2014. Early and late season burning effects on the short-term post-fire vegetation dynamics of a Mediterranean heathland. Applied Vegetation Science, 17: 86-96. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12053.
Bedia J, Herrera S, Camia A, Moreno JM, Gutiérrez JM. 2014. Forest fire danger projections in the Mediterranean using ENSEMBLES regional climate change scenarios. Climatic Change 122: 185-199. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-1005-z.
2013
Moreno JM, Vallejo, VR, Chuvieco E. 2013. Current Fire Regime, Impactgs and the Likely Changes - VI Euro Mediterranean. In: J.G. Goldammer (Ed), Vegetation Fires and Global Change - Challens for Concerted International Action: A White Paper directed to the United Nations and International Organizations, pags. 115-132. A Publication of the Global Fire Monitoring Center, Kessel Publishing House, Remagen-Oberwinter, Germany.
Chamorro D, Luna B, Moreno JM. 2013. Germination response to various emperature regimes of four Mediterranean seeder shrubs across a range of altitudes. Plant Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0264-0.
Torres I, Céspedes B, Pérez B., Moreno JM. 2013 Spatial relationships between the standing vegetation and the soil seed bank in a fire-prone encroached dehesain Central Spain. Plant Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s11258-012-0159-5.
Herrera S., Bedia J., Gutiérrez J.M., Fernández J., Moreno J.M. 2013. On the projection of future fire danger conditions with various instantaneous/mean daily data sources. Climatic Change, DOI: 10.1007s10584-012-0667-2.
San Miguel J., Moreno J.M., Camia A. 2013. Analysis of large fires in European Mediterranean landscapes: Lessons learnt and perspectives. Forest Ecology and Management, DOI: 10.1016j.foreco.2012.10.050.1.
2012
Moreno J.M., Torres I., Luna M.B, Oechel W.C., Keeley J.E. 2012. Changes in fire intensity have carry-over effects on plant responses after the next fire in southern California chaparral. Journal of Vegetation Science, 24:395-404. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01466.x.
Bedia J., Herrera S., Gutiérrez J.M., Urbieta I.R., Zavala G., Moreno J.M. 2012. Sensitivity of fire weather index to different reanalysis products in the Iberian Peninsula. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 12, 699–708. DOI:10.5194/nhess-12-699-2012. A.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of changes in the timing and duration of the wet season on the germination of the soil seed bank of a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Plant Ecology 213:919–931. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0053-1. A.
Hinojosa M.B., Parra A., Ramírez D.A., Carreira J.A., Muñoz-Gacía R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of drought on soil phosphorus availability and fluxes in a burned Mediterranean shrubland. Geoderma 191:61-69. DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.015. A.
Luna B., Pérez B., Torres I., Moreno J.M. 2012. Effects of Incubation Temperature on Seed Germination of Mediterranean Plants with Different Geographical Distribution Ranges. Folia Geobotanica 47:17–27.
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9110-0. A.
Parra A., Ramírez D.A., Resco de Dios V., Velasco A., Moreno J.M. 2012. Modifying rainfall patterns in a Mediterranean shrubland: system design, plant responses, and experimental burning. International Journal of Biometeorology 56:1033–1043. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0517-3. A.
Ramírez D.A., Parra A., Resco de Dios V., Moreno J.M. 2012. Differences in morpho-physiological leaf traits reflect the response of growth to drought in a seeder but not in a resprouter Mediterranean species. Functional Plant Biology, 39, 332–341. DOI: 10.1071/FP11232. A.
Resco de Dios V., Goulden M.L., Ogles K., Richardson A.D., Hollinger D.Y, Davidson E.A., Alday J.G., Barron-Gafford, G.A., Carrara A., Kowalski A.,Oechel W.C., Reverter B.R., Scott R.S., Varner R.K., Díaz-Sierra R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Endogenous circadian regulation of carbon dioxide exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 18: 1956-1970. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02664.x. A.
Torres I., Urbieta I.R., Moreno J.M. 2012. Vegetation and soil seed bank relationships across microhabitats in an abandoned Quercus suber parkland under simulated fire. Ecoscience 19:1-10. DOI: 10.2980/19-1-3459. A.
Viedma O., Torres I., Pérez B., Moreno J.M. 2012. Modeling plant species richness using reflectance and texture data derived from QuickBird in a recently burned area of Central Spain. Remote Sensing of Environment, 119: 208–221.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.024. A.
Céspedes B., Torres I., Luna B., Pérez B., Moreno J.M. 2012. Soil seed bank, fire season, and temporal patterns of germination in a seeder-dominated Mediterranean shrubland. Plant Ecology 213,383-393. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9983-2.
Ramírez D, Balaguer L, Mancilla R, González V, Coaguila D, Talavera C, Villegas L, Ortega A, Jiménez P, Moreno JM. 2012. Leaf-trait responses to irrigation of the endemic go-oasis tree Myrciantes ferreyrae: Can a fog specialist benefit from regular wtering? Tree Physiology 32 (1): 65-73. DOI:10.1093/treephys/tpr121. A.
2011
Urbieta TI, Zavala G, Mateo R, Moreno JM. 2011. Presiones sobre la Biodiversidad: Incendios Forestales. En: Biodiversidad en España: Bases de la Sotenibilidad ante el Cambio Global, Observatorio de la sostenibilidad, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-8476-433-5. A.
Moreno JM, Zuazua E, Pérez B, Luna B, Velasco A, Resco de Dios V. 2011. Rainfall patterns after fire differentially affect the recruitment of three Mediterranean shrubs. Biogeosciences, 8, 3721–3732. Doi:10.5194/bg-8-3721-2011.A.
Resco V, Ferrio JP, Carreira JA, Calvo L, Casals P, Ferrero-Serrano A, Marcos E, Moreno JM, Ramírez DA, Sebastià MT, Valladares F, Williams D. 2011. The stable isotope ecology of terrestrial plant succession. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 4(2-3), 117-130. Doi: 10.1080/17550874.2011.576708. RE.
Moreno J.M., Viedma O., Zavala G. & Luna B. 2011. Landscape variables influencing forest fires in Central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire 20:678-689. A.
Moreno J.M., Vallejo V.R., Chuvieco E. 2011. Current fire regimes, impacts and the likely changes. VI: Euro Mediterranean. En: J. Goldamer (Ed.), White Paper on Vegetation Fires and Global Change. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, New York. CL.
2010
Peñuelas J., Estiarte M., Prieto P., Moreno J.M., Céspedes B., Torres I., Pla E., Sabaté S., Gracia C. 2010. Projected climate change impacts on ecosystems: The Mediterranean. In: J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S. Klotx, M. Kotarac & I. Kuehn (Eds.), Atlas of Biodiversity Riskss. Pensoft, Sofia & Moscow. A/CL.
Moreno J.M., Zavala G., Martín M., Millán A. 2010. Forest fire risk in Spain under future climate change. In: J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S. Klotx, M. Kotarac & I. Kuehn (Eds.), Atlas of Biodiversity Riskss. Pensoft, Sofia & Moscow, pags. 72-73. A/CL.
Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2010. Range-size, local abundance and germination niche-breath in Mediterranean plants of two life-forms. Plant Ecology. DOI. 10.1007/s11258-010-9740-y.
2009
Moreno J.M., Rodriguez-Urbieta, I., Zavala, G., Martin M. 2009. Cambio climático y riesgo de incendios forestales en Castilla-La Mancha. En: A. Rodirugez-Torres, H. Fernández Castro, I. Rojano Saura (Coords.), Impactos del Cambio Climático en Castilla-La Mancha. Fundación General de Medio Ambiente, Toledo, pags. 340-361. CL.
Moreno J.M., Rodriguez-Urbieta, I., Zavala, G., Martin M. 2009. Peligro de incendio en Castilla-La mancha- Evaluando un riesgo creciente. Seguridad y Medio Ambiente, 114: 2-12. A.
García-Villaraco Velasco A., Probanza A., Gutiérrez Mañero F.J., Cruz Treviño A., Moreno J.M., Lucas García, J.A. Effects of fire and retardant on soil and microbial activity and functional diversity in a Mediterranean pasture. Geoderma 153: 198-193. A.
Moreno J.M. 2009. Impacts on Potential Wildfire Risk due to Changes in Climate. In: Yves Birot (Ed.), Living with Wildfires: What Science Can Tell Us. European Forest Institute, Discussion Paper 15, pags. 71-74. R.
Paula, S., Arianoutsou M., Kazanis, D., Tavsanoglu C., Lloret F., Buhk C., Ojeda F., Luna B., Moreno J.M., Rodrigo A., Espelta J.M., Placio S., Fernández-Santos B., Fernandes P.M. & Pausas, J.G. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90(5): 1420. [Ecological Archives E090-094; http//esapubs.org/archive]. A.
Viedma O., Angeler D., Moreno J.M. 2009. Landscape structural features control fire size in Mediterranean foresta reas of Central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18: 575-583. A.
Angeler D., Viedma O., Moreno J.M. 2009. Revisiting time-lag analysis for measuring temporal dynamics of ecological communities. Ecology 90:3245-3257.A.
Luna B., Moreno J.M. 2009. Light and nitrate effects on seed germination of a group of plants growing in a burned Mediterranean area. Plant Ecology 203:123-135. A.
What else have I been doing?
My research activities have been complemented with my vocation for teaching and my interest for serving the community at large. I was Dean-Commissioner for putting together a program and Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo. I have founded the Institute of Environmental Studies of Castilla-La Mancha (ICAM), also at UCLM, and the Institute for Fire Research (CIFU) under the auspices of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. I have been Director of the Department of Environmental Sciences at UCLM since 2004.
I have participated in numerous scientific and R&D management committees, including the STEP, EPOCH, ENVIRONMENT EC programmes of the European Comission. I was Vice-Chairman of the European Network for Research in Climate Change (ENRICH) initiative of the EC; I chaired the first IGBP committee of Spain. I was a member of the steering cte. of the ACACIA report, the first comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change in Europe. I also coordinated the ECCE project, which produced the first comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change in Spain, and was a member of the group that produced a Report of Climate Change to the President of the Spanish Government. I have been Coordinating Lead Author in the 4th assessment of the IPCC. I was Vice-Chair of Working Group II of the IPCC and a member of its Bureau during the fifth assessement report. I am a member of the scientific advisory committee of the National Parks Autonomous Organism of Spain.
What have others thought of my achievements?
Silver Plate of the Region of Castilla-La Mancha (2005).
National Price "El Batefuegos de Oro"(The Golden Swatter Flap)(2005).
Being Coordinating Lead Author of 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), this organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the 45th Vicepresident of the USA Al Gore (2008).
Celebrity of Honor of the prices "Populares 2007" of the Journal Nueva Alcarria (2008).
Recognition of achievements by the Social Council of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2009).
Recognition of the research activity by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2011)
Recognition of achivements by the town of Valdeverdeja, Toledo (the origin of my family)(2011)
Medal of Honor of the Spanish Club of Environment (2014)