Research interests

My research interests are  focused on forest funcional ecology under global change. I investigate the ecological processes determining the performance and capacity of acclimation of forests to global change, to understand how forest ecosystems will respond to a changing world. I have worked in different ecosystems, from temperate Patagonian forests to Mediterranean ecoystems in Europe and America. Currently, my activities deal with different techniques including dendroecological analysis and tree growth modelling of Mediterranean species using multiproxy data. I combine empirical and process-based approaches to investigate whether global change will enhance vulnerability of forest ecosystems and how functional plasticity of species can adjust in response to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Publications in international peer-reviewed journals

64) Laoué J, Gea-Izquierdo G , Dupouyet S, Conde M, Fernandez C, Ormeño E (2024). Leaf morpho-anatomical adjustment in Quercus pubescenscforests after 10 years of experimental amplified drought. Tree Physiology.

63) Sahan EA, Köse N, Güner HT, Martin-Benito D, Gea-Izquierdo G , Conde M, Almagro D , Kızılaslan IS, Akkemik Ü, Dalfes H.N. (2024). Monitoring Intra-Annual Wood Formation of Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold (Black Pine) to Understand the Fire Seasonality in Western Anatolia. Forests 15, 494. [pdf]

62) Gea-Izquierdo G, Sánchez-Gómez D, Aranda I (2023) Functional adjustment under lethal drought and physiological memory to water stress of two phylogenetically close and coexisting conifers. Environmental and Experimental Botany 214, 105484. [pdf]

61) Veuillen L et al. (2023) Pre- and post-drought conditions drive resilience of Pinus halepensis across its distribution range. Agricultural and Forest Metorology 339, 109577. [pdf]

60) Férriz M, Martin-Benito D, Fernández-de-Simón MB, Conde M, García-Cervigón AI, Aranda I, Gea-Izquierdo G (2023) Functional phenotypic plasticity mediated by water stress and [CO2] explains differences in drought-tolerance of two phylogenetically close conifers. Tree Physiology 43, 909-924. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad021

59) Gea-Izquierdo G, Sánchez-González M (2022) Forest disturbances and climate constrain carbon allocation dynamics in trees. Global Change Biology 28, 4342-4358. [pdf]

58) Callejas-Díaz M, Chambel R, San-Martín-Lorén J, Gea-Izquierdo G, Santos-Del-Blanco L, Postma E, Climent JM (2022) The role of maternal age, growth and environment in shaping offspring performance in an aerial conifer seed bank. American Journal of Botany 109, 366-376.

57) Férriz M, Martin-Benito D, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G (2021) Sensitivity to water stress drives differential decline and mortality dynamics of three co-occurring conifers with different drought tolerance. Forest Ecology and Management 486, 118964.

56) Gea-Izquierdo G, Natalini F, Cardillo E. (2021) Holm oak death is accelerated but not sudden and expresses drought legacies. Science of the Total Environment 754, 141793. [pdf]

55) Gea-Izquierdo G, Aranda I, Cañellas I, Dorado-Liñán I, Olano JM, Martin-Benito D (2021) Contrasting species decline but high sensitivity to increasing water stress on a mixed pine-oak ecotone. Journal of Ecology 109, 109-124.

54) Martin-Benito D, Pederson N, Férriz M, Gea-Izquierdo G (2021) Stand dynamics effects on the long-term carbon storage of an old-growth Quercus petraea forest. Science of the Total Environment 765, 142737.

53) Pérez-Luque AJ, Gea-Izquierdo G, Zamora R (2021) Land-use legacies and climate change as a double challenge to oak forest resilience: mismatches of geographical and ecological rear edges. Ecosystems 24, 755-773.

52) Sánchez-de-Dios R, Gomez C, Aulló I, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G, Montes F, Sainz Hollero H, Velázquez J, Hernandez Mateo L (2021). Fagus sylvatica L. peripheral populations in the Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: climatic or anthropic relicts? Ecosystems 24, 211-226.

51) Moreno-Fernández D, Aldea J,  Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I, Martín-Benito D,(2021) Influence of climate and thinning on Quercus pyrenaica Willd. coppices growth dynamics. European Journal of Forest Research.

50) Dorado-Liñán I, Valbuena-Carabaña M, Cañellas I, Gil L, Gea-Izquierdo G (2020) Climate change synchronizes growth and iWUE across species in a temperate-submediterranean mixed oak forest. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:706. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00706. [pdf]

49) Kattge et al. (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26, 119-188. [pdf]

48) DeSoto et al. (2020) Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees. Nature Communications 11, 545. [pdf]

47) Cabon A, Fernández-de-Uña L, Gea-Izquierdo G, Meinzer FC, Woodruff DR, Martínez-Vilalta J, De Cáceres M (2020) Water potential control of turgor-driven tracheid enlargement in Scots pine at its xeric distribution edge. New Phytologist 225, 209-221.

46) Gea-Izquierdo G, Férriz M, García-Garrido S, Aguín O, Elvira-Recuenco M, Hernández-Escribano L, Martín-Benito D, Raposo R (2019) Synergistic abiotic and biotic stressors explain widespread decline of Pinus pinaster in a mixed forest. Science of the Total Environment 685, 963-975. [pdf]

45) Cailleret M, et al. (2019) Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1964. [pdf]

44) Dorado-Liñán I, Piovesan G, Martínez-Sancho E, Gea-Izquierdo G, Zang C, Cañellas I, Castagneri D, Di Filippo A, Gutiérrez E, Ewald J, Fernández-de-Uña L, Hornstein D, Jantsch MC, Levanic T, Mellert KL, Vacchiano G, Zlatanov T, Menzel A (2019) Geographical adaptation prevails over species-specific determinism in trees’ vulnerability to climate change at Mediterranean rear-edge forests. Global Change Biology 25, 1296-1314.

43) Moreno-Fernández D, Ledo A, Martín-Benito D, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G (2019) Negative synergistic effects of land-use legacies and climate drive widespread oak decline in evergreen Mediterranean open woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 432, 884-894. [pdf]

42) Fernández-de-Uña L, Aranda I, Rossi S, Fonti P, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G (2018) Divergent phenological and leaf gas exchange strategies of two competing tree species drive contrasting responses to drought at their altitudinal boundary. Tree Physiology 38, 1152-1165.

41) Gennaretti F, Boucher E, Nicault A, Gea-Izquierdo G, Arseneault D, Berninger F, Savard M, Bégin C, Guiot J (2018) Underestimation of the Tambora effects in North American taiga ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters 13, 034017. [pdf]

40) Alam SA, Huang JG, Stadt KJ, Comeau PG, Dawson A, Gea-Izquierdo G, Aakala T, Hölttä T, Vesala T, Mäkelä A, Berninger F (2017) Effects of competition, drought stress and photosynthetic productivity on the radial growth of white spruce in Western Canada. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1915. [pdf]

39) Martín-Sampedro R, López-Linares JC, Fillat Ú, Gea-Izquierdo G, Ibarra D, Castro E, Eugenio ME (2017) Endophytic fungi as pretreatment to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of olive tree pruning. BioMed Research International. [pdf]

38) Gennaretti F, Gea-Izquierdo G, Boucher E, Berninger F, Arseneault D, Guiot J (2017) Ecophysiological modeling of photosynthesis and carbon allocation to the tree stem in the boreal forest. Biogeosciences 14, 4851-4866.  [pdf]

37) Fernández De Uña L, Rossi S, Aranda I, Fonti P, González-González BD, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G (2017) Xylem and leaf functional adjustments to drought in Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica at their elevational boundary. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1200. [pdf]

36) Dorado-Liñan I, Cañellas I, Valbuena-Carabaña M, Gil L, Gea-Izquierdo G (2017) Coexistence in the Mediterranean-Temperate transitional border: multi-century dynamics of a mixed old-growth forest under climate change. Dendrochronologia 44, 48-57.

35) Dorado-Liñan I, Zorita E, Martínez-Sancho E, Gea-Izquierdo G, Di Filippo A, Gutiérrez E,  Levanic T, Piovesan G, Vacchiano G, Zang C, Zlatanov T, Menzel T. (2017) Large-scale atmospheric circulation enhances the Mediterranean East-West tree growth contrast at rear-edge deciduous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 239, 86-95.

34) Gea-Izquierdo G, Nicault A, Battipaglia G, Dorado-Liñán I, Gutiérrez E, Ribas M, Guiot J. (2017) Risky future for Mediterranean forests unless they undergo extreme carbon fertilization. Global Change Biology 23, 2915-2927. [pdf] doi.: 10.1111/gcb.13597

33) Cailleret M, et al. (+66 coauthors) (2017) A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality. Global Change Biology 23, 1675-1690. [pdf] doi.: 10.1111/gcb.13535

32) Natalini F, Alejano R, Vázquez-Piqué J, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2016) The role of climate change in the widespread mortality of holm oak in open woodlands of Southwestern Spain. Dendrochronologia 38, 51-60. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/11257865   

31) Fernández-de-Uña L, McDowell NG, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2016) Disentangling the effect of competition, CO2 and climate on intrinsic water-use efficienty and tree growth. Journal of Ecology 104, 678-690. [pdf]

30) Chen K, Liñán ID, Akhmetzyanov L, Gea-Izquierdo G, Zlatanov T, Menzel A. (2015) Climate drivers and NAO influence on beech growth at marginal sites across the Mediterranean. Climate Research 66, 229-242. [pdf] The original publication is available at http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v66/n3/

29) Peguero-Pina JJ, Sancho-Knapik D, Martín P, Saz MA, Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I, Gil-Pelegrín E. (2015) Evidence of vulnerability segmentation in a deciduous Mediterranean oak (Quercus subpyrenaica E.H del Villar). Trees - Structure and Function 29, 1917-1927. [pdf] The original publication is available at Springer via http://link.springer.com/journal/468.

28) Gea-Izquierdo G, Guibal F, Joffre R, Ourcival J-M, Simioni G, Guiot J. (2015) Modelling the climatic drivers determining photosynthesis and carbon allocation in evergreen Mediterranean forests using multiproxy long time series. Biogeosciences 12, 3695-3712. doi:10.5194/bg-12-3695-2015. [pdf]

27) Fernández de Uña L, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2015) Stand competition determines how different tree species will cope with a warming climate in the Mediterranean region. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122255. [pdf]

26) Gea-Izquierdo G, Montes F, Gavilán R, Cañellas I, Rubio A. (2015) Is this the end? Dynamics of a relict stand from pervasively deforested ancient Iberian pine forests. European Journal of Forest Research 134, 525-536. [pdf] The original publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-015-0869-z.

25) Guiot J, Boucher E, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2014) Process models and model-data fusion in dendroecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2:52. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00052 [pdf]

24) Gea-Izquierdo G, Bergeron Y, Huang JG, Lapointe-Garant MP, Grace J, Berninger F. (2014) The relationship between productivity and tree-ring growth in boreal coniferous forests. Boreal Environment Research 19, 363-378. [pdf] The original publication is available at http://borealenv.net

23)  Ledo A, Cañellas I, Barbeito I, Gordo FJ, Calama RA, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2014) Species coexistence in a mixed Mediterranean pine forest: spatio-temporal variability in trade-offs between facilitation and competition. Forest Ecology and Management 322, 89-97. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127   

22)  Moreno-Fernández D, Sánchez-González M, Álvarez-González JG, Hevia A, Majada JP, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2014) Response to the interaction of thinning and pruning of pine species in Mediterranean mountains. European Journal of Forest Research 133, 833-843. [pdf] Copyright Springer- The original publication is available at http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/forestry/journal/10342

21) Gea-Izquierdo G, Viguera B, Cabrera M, Cañellas I. (2014) Drought induced decline could portend widespread pine mortality at the xeric ecotone in managed Mediterranean pine-oak woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 320, 70-82. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127

20) Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I. (2014) Local climate forces instability in long-term productivity of a Mediterranean oak along climatic gradients. Ecosystems 17, 228-241. [pdf] Copyright Springer-The original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10021

19) Gea-Izquierdo G, Fernández de Uña L, Cañellas I. (2013) Growth projections reveal local vulnerability of Mediterranean oaks with rising temperatures. Forest Ecology and Management 305, 282-293. doi. 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.058 [pdf] [Table 2]  Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112713003678

18) Gea-Izquierdo G, Battipaglia G, Gärtner H, Cherubini P. (2013) Xylem adjustment in Erica arborea to temperature and moisture availability at contrasting climates. IAWA Journal 34(2) 109-126. [pdf]  Copyright Brill.The original publication is available at http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/22941932/34/1

17) Cañellas I, Huelín P, Hernández MJ, Ciria P, Calvo R, Gea-Izquierdo G, Sixto H. (2012) The effect of density on short rotation Populus sp. plantations in the Mediterranean Area. Biomass and Bioenergy 16, 645-652. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biomass-and-bioenergy/

16) Gea-Izquierdo G, Fonti P, Cherubini P, Martín-Benito D, Chaar H, Cañellas I. (2012) Xylem hydraulic adjustment and growth response of Quercus canariensis Willd. to climatic variability. Tree Physiology 32, 401-413. doi:10.1093/treephys/tps026 [pdf] Copyright Oxford Journals-The original publication is available at http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/recent

15) Gea-Izquierdo G, Cherubini P, Cañellas I. (2011) Tree-rings reflect the impact of climate change on Quercus ilex L. along a temperature gradient in Spain over the last 100 years. Forest Ecology and Management 262, 1807-1816. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.025  [pdf] [Figure3_corrected] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503310/description#description

14) Fernández-Moya J, San Miguel-Ayanz A, Cañellas I, Gea-Izquierdo G. (2011) Variability in Mediterranean annual grassland diversity driven by small scale changes in fertility and radiation. Plant Ecology 212, 865-877. [pdf]   Copyright Springer-The original publication is available at http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/plant+sciences/journal/11258

13) Gea-Izquierdo G, Mäkelä A, Margolis H, Bergeron Y,   Black AT,  Dunn A, Hadley J,  Paw U KT,  Falk M, Wharton S,  Monson R, Hollinger DY,  Laurila T, Aurela M, McCaughey H, Bourque C, Vesala T, Berninger F. (2010) Modelling acclimation of photosynthesis to temperature in evergreen conifer forests. New Phytologist 188, 175-186. [pdf] Copyright Wiley InterScience-The original publication is available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119880303/issue?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

12) Lapointe-Garant MP, Huang Jg, Gea-Izquierdo G, Raulier F, Bernier P, Berninger F. (2010) Use of tree rings to study the effect of climate change on trembling aspen in Québec. Global Change Biology 16 (7)., 2039-2051 [pdf] Copyright Wiley InterScience-The original publication is available at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1354-1013

11) Gea-Izquierdo G, Allen-Díaz B, San Miguel A, Cañellas I. (2010) How do trees affect spatio-temporal heterogeneity of mediterranean annual grassland nutrient cycling? Annals of Forest Science 67, 112. [pdf] Copyright EDP Science-The original publication is available at www.afs-journal.org  

10) Gea-Izquierdo G, Martín-Benito D, Cherubini P, Cañellas I. (2009) Climate-growth variability in Quercus ilex West Iberian open woodlands of different stand density. Annals of Forest Science 66, 802. [pdf] Copyright EDP Science-The original publication is available at www.afs-journal.org   

9)  Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I. (2009) Analysis of holm oak intraspecific competition using gamma regression. Forest Science 55(4), 310-322. [pdf] Copyright Sociey of American Foresters-The original publication is available at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs;jsessionid=44ebcs2hc2ipq.alice

8) Gea-Izquierdo G, Montero G, Cañellas I. (2009) Changes in limiting resources determine spatio-temporal variability in tree-grass interactions. Agroforestry Systems 76, 375-387. [pdf] Copyright Springer-The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/102842/

7) Martín-Benito D, Gea-Izquierdo G, del Río M, Cañellas I. (2008) Long term trends in dominant height growth of black pine using dynamic models. Forest Ecology and Management. 256, 1230-1238. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at  http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503310/description#description

6) Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I, Montero G. (2008) Site index in agroforestry systems: age-dependent and age-independent dynamic diameter growth models for Quercus ilex L. in Iberian open oak woodlands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38, 101-113. [pdf] Copyright National Research Council Canada-The original publication is available at http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/journalDetail.jsp?jcode=cjfr

5) Gea-Izquierdo G, Gennet S, Bartolome JW. (2007) Assessing plant-nutrient relationships in highly invaded Californian grasslands using non-normal probability distributions. Applied Vegetation Science 10(3), 343-350 . [pdf] Copyright Opulus Press-The original publication is available at  http://www.opuluspress.se/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop/flypage_journal&product_id=7&Itemid=56

4) Cañellas I, Roig S, Poblaciones MJ, Gea-Izquierdo G, Olea L. (2007) An approach to acorn production in Iberian dehesas. Agroforestry Systems 70(1), 3-9. [pdf]   Copyright Springer-The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/102842/

3) Gea-Izquierdo G, Cañellas I, Montero G. (2006) Fruit production in Iberian oak woodlands. Investigacion Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales 15 (3), 339-354. [pdf]  Copyright INIA-The original publication is available at http://www.inia.es/inia/

2) Gea-Izquierdo G, Muñoz-Igualada J, San-Miguel-Ayanz A. (2005) Rabbit warren distribution in relation to pasture communities in Mediterranean habitats: consequences for management of rabbit populations. Wildlife Research 32(8), 723-731. [pdf] Copyright CSIRO-The original publication is available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/144.htm

1) Gea-Izquierdo G, Martínez Pastur G, Cellini JM, Lencinas MV. (2004) Forty years of silvicultural  management in southern Nothofagus pumilio primary forests. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol. 201 (2-3), 335-347. [pdf] Copyright Elsevier-The original publication is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503310/description#description

 Miscellaneous

- Gea Izquierdo, G. 2008. La dehesa y la gestión forestal. Introducción tesis doctoral/Introduction PhD thesis [In Spanish]: Modelos silvopascícolas en sistemas adehesados del Oeste de la Península Ibérica. Tesis doctoral. ETSI Montes. UPM. [pdf]

-  PhD dissertation (tesis doctoral, en español): http://oa.upm.es/1708/