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Overview

José M. Moreno is affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Their work spans multiple related topics, including:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Among the recent publications authored or coauthored by José M. Moreno are:

  • "Disentangling the role of prefire vegetation vs. burning conditions on fire severity in a large forest fire in SE Spain" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "High fire frequency reduces soil fertility underneath woody plant canopies of Mediterranean ecosystems" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Hydraulic and photosynthetic limitations prevail over root non-structural carbohydrate reserves as drivers of resprouting in two Mediterranean oaks" (2020) published in Plant Cell & Environment
  • "Postfire Tree Structure from High-Resolution LiDAR and RBR Sentinel 2A Fire Severity Metrics in a Pinus halepensis-Dominated Burned Stand" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Soil biogeochemistry and microbial community dynamics in Pinus pinaster Ait. forests subjected to increased fire frequency" (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors of José M. Moreno include:

  • Iván Torres
  • Olga Viedma
  • Antonio Parra
  • M. Belén Hinojosa
  • Enrique Albert-Belda

Their publications frequently appear in scientific journals such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Fire Ecology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Analysis of large fires in European Mediterranean landscapes: Lessons learned and perspectives

    Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz;Jose Manuel Moreno;Andrea Camia

  • Europe. Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

    J. Alcamo;J.M. Moreno;A. Shvidenko

  • Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

    Francisco Moreira;Francisco Moreira;Davide Ascoli;Hugh Safford;Mark A Adams

  • Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin

    S. Paula;M. Arianoutsou;D. Kazanis;Ç Tavsanoglu

  • Global patterns in the sensitivity of burned area to fire-weather: Implications for climate change

    Joaquín Bedia;Sixto Herrera;Jose Manuel Gutiérrez;Akli Benali

  • The Role of Fire in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

    José Manuel Moreno;W. C. Oechel

  • Global change and Mediterranean-type ecosystems

    José M. Moreno;Walter C. Oechel

  • The relationship between terpenes and flammability of leaf litter

    Elena Ormeño;Blanca Céspedes;Iván A. Sánchez;Angel Velasco-García

  • Fire Intensity Effects on Germination of Shrubs and Herbs in Southern California Chaparral

    Jose M. Moreno;Walter C. Oechel

  • Patterns of Lightning-, and People-Caused Fires in Peninsular Spain

    A Vazquez;JM Moreno

  • Forest fire danger projections in the Mediterranean using ENSEMBLES regional climate change scenarios

    Joaquín Bedia;S. Herrera;Andrea Camia;José M. Moreno

  • Spatial distribution of forest fires in Sierra de Gredos (Central Spain)

    Antonio Vázquez;José M Moreno

  • Fire Severity, Ash Deposition, and Clipping Effects on Soil Nutrients in Chaparral

    G. M. Marion;J. M. Moreno;W. C. Oechel

  • Some determinants of the spatio-temporal fire cycle in a mediterranean landscape (Corsica, France)

    Florent Mouillot;Jean-Pierre Ratte;Richard Joffre;Jose Manuel Moreno

  • Fire intensity and herbivory effects on postfire resprouting of Adenostoma fasciculatum in southern California chaparral.

    J. M. Moreno;W. C. Oechel

  • Methods for quantifying fire severity in shrubland-fires

    Beatriz Pérez;José M. Moreno

  • Estimation of shrub height for fuel-type mapping combining airborne LiDAR and simultaneous color infrared ortho imaging

    David Riaño;David Riaño;Emilio Chuvieco;Susan L. Ustin;Javier Salas

  • Fire activity as a function of fire-weather seasonal severity and antecedent climate across spatial scales in southern Europe and Pacific western USA

    Itziar R. Urbieta;Gonzalo Zavala;Joaquín Bedia;José M. Gutiérrez

  • Changes in landscape fire-hazard during the second half of the 20th century: Agriculture abandonment and the changing role of driving factors

    Olga Viedma;Nicolás Moity;José M. Moreno

  • Factors controlling postfire seedling establishment in southern California chaparral

    J. M. Moreno;W. C. Oechel

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
David G. Angeler
David G. Angeler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Margarita Arianoutsou
Margarita Arianoutsou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Florent Mouillot
Florent Mouillot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jon E. Keeley
Jon E. Keeley United States Geological Survey
Michael Dannenmann
Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
José M. Gutiérrez
José M. Gutiérrez Spanish National Research Council
Barbara Kitzler
Barbara Kitzler Austrian Research Centre for Forests
David G. Williams
David G. Williams University of Wyoming

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