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Ricardo Alía is affiliated with the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on nature and landscape conservation, genetics, ecology, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's recent work includes studies published in notable journals such as Scientific Data, Journal of Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and The Science of The Total Environment. Some of their published papers are:

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection, tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe (2020, Scientific Data)
  • Adaptation of Mediterranean forest species to climate: Lessons from common garden experiments (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Polygenic adaptation and negative selection across traits, years and environments in a long-lived plant species (Pinus pinaster Ait., Pinaceae) (2022, Molecular Ecology)
  • Dendroecology in common gardens: Population differentiation and plasticity in resistance, recovery and resilience to extreme drought events in Pinus pinaster (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • The legacy of climate variability over the last century on populations' phenotypic variation in tree height (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Ricardo Alía frequently collaborates with researchers such as Santiago C. González-Martínez, Delphine Grivet, José Climent, Eduardo Notivol, and Giovanni G. Vendramin. Their partnerships have contributed to several multi-authored scientific contributions related to forestry, genetics, and ecology.

The scientist's work is often published in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Forestry Reports
  • Forests
  • Scientific Data
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Research topics addressed by Ricardo Alía cover a wide range of issues in forest and ecological sciences:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The combination of subfields, topics, and collaborative networks situates Ricardo Alía's research at the intersection of ecological conservation, genetic studies, and climate impact on forest environments.

Best Publications

  • Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations

    Florian J. Alberto;Florian J. Alberto;Florian J. Alberto;Sally N. Aitken;Ricardo Alía;Santiago C. González‐Martínez

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection: tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe

    Elisabet Martínez-Sancho;Lenka Slámová;Sandro Morganti;Claudio Grefen

  • Intra-specific variability and plasticity influence potential tree species distributions under climate change

    Marta Benito Garzón;Marta Benito Garzón;Ricardo Alía;T. Matthew Robson;T. Matthew Robson;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Limited genetic variability and phenotypic plasticity detected for cavitation resistance in a Mediterranean pine

    Jean-Baptiste Lamy;Sylvain Delzon;P M Pauline Bouche;Ricardo Alia

  • Patterns of variation at a mitochondrial sequence-tagged-site locus provides new insights into the postglacial history of European Pinus sylvestris populations.

    N. Soranzo;R. Alia;Jim Provan;W. Powell

  • Genotypic variability and phenotypic plasticity of cavitation resistance in Fagus sylvatica L. across Europe.

    Rémi Wortemann;Stéphane Herbette;Stéphane Herbette;Têtè Sévérien Barigah;Têtè Sévérien Barigah;Boris Fumanal;Boris Fumanal

  • Range-wide phylogeography and gene zones in Pinus pinaster Ait. revealed by chloroplast microsatellite markers

    Gabriele Bucci;Santiago C. González-Martínez;Grégoire Le Provost;Christophe Plomion

  • Increased selfing and correlated paternity in a small population of a predominantly outcrossing conifer, Pinus sylvestris

    J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio;R. Alia;L. Gil

  • Intra-specific variability in biomass partitioning and carbon isotopic discrimination under moderate drought stress in seedlings from four Pinus pinaster populations

    Ismael Aranda;Ricardo Alía;Unai Ortega;Ângelo K. Dantas

  • Molecular Footprints of Local Adaptation in Two Mediterranean Conifers

    Delphine Grivet;Federico Sebastiani;Federico Sebastiani;Ricardo Alía;Ricardo Alía;Thomas Bataillon

  • Genetic structure of montane isolates of Pinus sylvestris L. in a Mediterranean refugial area

    J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio;C. Collada;R. Alía;L. Gil

  • Genetic variation and migration pathways of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait) in the Iberian peninsula

    L. Salvador;R. Alía;D. Agúndez;L. Gil

  • Performance of Pinus pinaster provenances in Spain: interpretation of the genotype by environment interaction

    R Alía;J Moro;J B Denis

  • Performance of 43 Pinus pinaster Ait. provenances on 5 locations in Central Spain

    R. Alia;L. Gil;J. A. Pardos

  • Forests and global change: what can genetics contribute to the major forest management and policy challenges of the twenty-first century?

    Bruno Fady;Joan Cottrell;Lennart Ackzell;Ricardo Alía

  • Natural gum and resin bearing species of Ethiopia and their potential applications

    Wubalem Tadesse;G. Desalegn;R. Alia

  • To grow or to seed: ecotypic variation in reproductive allocation and cone production by young female Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis, Pinaceae).

    José Climent;Mª. Aránzazu Prada;Rafael Calama;Mª. Regina Chambel

  • Regiones de procedencia Pinus pinaster Aiton

    R. Alía;S. Martín;J. de Miguel;R. Galera

  • Divergence among species and populations of Mediterranean pines in biomass allocation of seedlings grown under two watering regimes

    Marìa Regina Chambel;José Climent;Ricardo Alía

  • Effective gene dispersal and female reproductive success in Mediterranean maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton).

    Santiago C. González-Martínez;Jaroslaw Burczyk;Ran Nathan;Nikos Nanos

Frequent Co-Authors

Santiago C. González-Martínez
Santiago C. González-Martínez University of Bordeaux
Luis Gil
Luis Gil Technical University of Madrid
Giovanni G. Vendramin
Giovanni G. Vendramin National Research Council (CNR)
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux
Bruno Fady
Bruno Fady INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José Alberto Pardos
José Alberto Pardos Technical University of Madrid
Ismael Aranda
Ismael Aranda Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Outi Savolainen
Outi Savolainen University of Oulu
Myriam Heuertz
Myriam Heuertz University of Bordeaux
Hervé Cochard
Hervé Cochard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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