Camarero Martínez, Jesús Julio

Biography

I am a plant and forest ecologist which uses dendrochronology to understand how plants and trees respond to environmental changes, especially climatic variability. My research focuses on the effects of climate and other disturbances on secondary growth and phenology, wood anatomy, recruitment and mortality. I use a retrospective approach since time is a key axis for assessing forest dynamics. I usually study mature individuals in the field because they experience climatic stress under natural conditions and thus can provide a precise spatio-temporal context of recent changes in growth and performance. I have collaborated with many colleagues in the following research fields:

Research Interest

Effects of climate on radial growth and recruitment in alpine treeline ecotones Phenology of wood formation (xylogenesis) in pine, oak and Mediterranean woody species Spatio-temporal changes in growth and establishment in subalpine forests Radial-growth and wood anatomical responses to climatic events such as droughts Forest decline Relationships between growth (primary and secondary) and masting in oak species Models of treeline ecotone dynamics