You can register and propose your contributions as soon as possible at www.fluxpyr.eu (home page), clicking on the registration link with your preferred language.

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Welcome Dafne!

• Josep Anton Morguì (IC3)
• Agustin Lobo (CSIC)
• Eric Ceschia (CESBIO)
• Frédéric Said (LA)
• Ismael Colomina (IG)
• Rosa Maria Canals (UPNA)
• Raúl Benitez (UPC)
• Montserrat Mases (CENMA)
• Jean-Marc Antoine (GEODE)
• Laurent Lelly (ENFA)

CLIMAFRICA

• Sophie Akpéné (University Lomé, Togo)

OTHER PROJECTS

• John Connolly
• Donald Herman
• Mary Firestone
• Sofie Sjogersten
• Jacob Weiner

Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change (ECOFUN)

Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)
Carretera a Sant Llorenç de Morunys, km 2
25280 Solsona, Spain

Phone: (+34) 973 48 17 52

Email

Research interests

My work is focused on plant ecology and ecophysiology, and on atmosphere-biosphere interactions. My recent subjects of study are: climate change, atmospheric pollution, biogenic emissions, and functioning and structure of Mediterranean terrestrial plants and ecosystems.

Selected publications

• Díaz-De-Quijano, M.; Peñuelas, J. & Ribas, A. 2009. Increasing interannual and altitudinal ozone mixing ratios in the Catalan Pyrenees. Atmospheric Environment, 43(38): 6049-6057.

• Klumpp, A.; Ansel, W.; Klumpp, G.; Breuer, J.; Vergne, P.; Sanz, M.J.; Rasmussen, S.; Ro-Poulsen, H.; Ribas, A.; Peñuelas, J.; He, S.; Garrec, J.P. & Calatayud, V.  2009. Airborne trace element pollution in 11 European cities assessed by exposure of standardised ryegrass cultures. Atmospheric Environment, 43(2): 329-339.

• Ribas, A. & Peñuelas, J. 2006. Surface ozone concentrations increase with altitude in a transect in the Catalan Pyrenees. Atmospheric Environment, 40(38): 7308-7315.

• Klumpp, A.; Wolfgang, A.; Klumpp, G.; Calatayud, V.; Garrec, Jp.; Sang, He; Kambezidis, H.; Peñuelas, J.; Ribas, A.; Ro-Poulsen, H.; Rasmussen, S.; Sanz, Mj.; Sifakis, N. & Vergne, P. 2006. Ozone pollution and ozone biomonitoring in European cities. Part II. Ozone-induced plant injury and its realtionsship with descriptors of ozone pollution. Atmospheric Environment, 40(38): 7437-7448.

• Klumpp, A.; Wolfgang, A.; Klumpp, G.; Calatayud, V.; Garrec, Jp.; Sang, He; Peñuelas, J.; Ribas, A.; Ro-Poulsen, H.; Rasmussen, S.; Sanz, Mj. & Vergne, P. 2006. Ozone pollution and ozone biomonitoring in European cities. Part I. Ozone concentrations and cumulative exposure indices at urban and suburban sites. Atmospheric Environment, 40(40): 7963-7974.

• Klumpp, A.; Wolfgang, A.; Klumpp, G.; Calatayud, V.; Garrec, Jp.; Sang, He; Peñuelas, J.; Ribas, A.; Ro-Poulsen, H. & Sanz, Mj. 2006. Tradesdantia micronucleus test indicate genotoxic potential of traffic emissions in European cities. Environmental Pollution, 139(3): 515-522.

• Ribas, A.; Peñuelas, J.; Elvira, S. & Gimeno, B.S. 2005. Contrasting effects of ozone under water supplies in two Mediterranean tree species. Atmospheric Environment, 39(4): 685-693.

• Ribas, A.; Peñuelas, J.; Elvira, S. & Gimeno, B.S. 2005. Ozone exposure induces the activation of leaf senescence-related processes and morphological and growth changes in seedlings of Mediterranean tree species. Environmental Pollution, 134(2): 291-300.

• Filella, I.; Peñuelas, J. & Ribas, A. 2005. Using plant biomonitors and flux modelling to develop O3 dose-response. Environmental Pollution, 134(1): 145-151.

• Ribas, A. & Peñuelas, J. 2004. Temporal patterns of surface ozone levels in different habitats of the North Western Mediterranean basin. Atmospheric Environment, 38(7): 985-992.

• Ribas, A. & Peñuelas, J. 2003. Biomonitoring of tropospheric Ozone phytotoxicity in rural Catalonia. Atmospheric Environment, 37(1): 63-71.



Address:

Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change

Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)
Carretera a Sant Llorenç de Morunys, km 2
25280 Solsona, Spain

Phone: (+34) 973 48 17 52 (ext. 203)

Email

Research interests

I am involved in several research projects on the biodiversity-function relationship in agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests, developing arthropod biodiversity studies for assessment and monitoring programs, to understanding structural patterns and functional processes in natural and semi-natural ecosystems and croplands at several spatial and temporal scales, and identifying mechanisms affecting diversity and composition patterns mediated by biotic (e.g. invasive species) and abiotic (e.g. climate change) causes. My work has encompassed different ways of undertaking the entomological problems, from systematics to spatial community ecology, mainly as a result of collaborative research projects. I am interested in entomology in a broad sense as shown in my papers (taxonomy and systematics, faunistics, forest and agricultural entomology, medical and veterinary entomology, morphology and ecology), being my issues related to both levels of knowledge: basic and applied entomology.

Selected publications

• Ventura Pérez, D. & Murria Beltrán, E. 2009. Presencia en España de Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tonnoiri (Goetghebuer, 1920), con observaciones inéditas acerca de su parasitismo sobre lepidópteros licénidos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Forcipomyiinae) [New record of Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tonnoiri (Goetghebuer, 1920) for Spain, with new observations about its parasitism on lycenids butterflies (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Forcipomyiinae)]. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 45: 219-225. (In Spanish)

• Yus Ramos, R.; Coello García, P.; Ventura Pérez, D.; Bensusan, K. & Pérez, CH. 2009. Ciclo biológico de Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) en Cercis siliquastrum L. Primera cita para España peninsular [Biological cycle of Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) on Cercis siliquastrum L. First record from peninsular Spain]. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 45: 349-356. (In Spanish)

• Llurba, R.; De Lamo, X.; Cuadros, M.; Ventura, D. & Sebastià, M.T. 2008. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in mountain grasslands: a case study in the Planes de Son (Central Pyrenees). Grassland Science in Europe, 13: 132-134. (In English)

• Yus, R.; García, R. & Ventura, D. 2008. Nuevos datos sobre la biología de algunas especies de brúquidos (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) de las Islas Canarias: Fitohuéspedes y parasitoides [New data on the biology of some bruchids (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) of the Canary Islands: host-plants and parasitoids]. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 42: 355-359. (In Spanish)

• Sarto i Monteys, V.; Aguilar, Ll.; Saiz-Ardanaz, M.; Ventura, D. & Martí, M. 2005. Comparative morphology of the egg of the castniid palm borer, Paysandisia archon (Burmeister, 1880) (Lepidoptera: Castniidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 3(2): 179-201. (In English)

• Sarto i Monteys, V.; Ventura, D.; Pagès, N.; Aranda, C. & Escosa, R. 2005. Expansion of Culicoides imicola, the main bluetongue virus vector in Europe, into Catalonia, Spain. The Veterinary Record, 156(13): 415-417. (In English)

• Chust, G.; Pretus, J.; Ducrot, D. & Ventura, D. 2004. Scale dependency of insect assemblages in response to landscape pattern. Landscape Ecology, 19(1): 41-57. (In English)

• Ventura, D. & Carles-Tolrá, M. 2002. A new species of Tunisimyia Papp from Spain (Diptera, Xenasteiidae). Studia dipterologica, 9(2): 673-677. (In English)

• Carles-Tolrá, M. & Ventura, D. 2002. Two new Meoneura Rondani species from Spain (Diptera, Carnidae). Studia dipterologica, 9(1): 289-292. (In English)

• Jovani, R.; Tella, J.L.; Sol, D. & Ventura, D. 2001. Are hippoboscid flies a major mode of transmission of feather mites?. Journal of Parasitology, 87(5): 1187-1189. (In English)

• Carles-Tolrá, M. & Ventura, D. 2001. A new species of Trixoscelis Rondani from the Balearic Islands (Spain) (Insecta: Diptera: Trixoscelididae). Reichenbachia, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, 34(24): 207-210. (In English)

This meeting will gather European multidisciplinary scientists, managers, stakeholders, and a broad audience.

The partners from France, Spain and Andorra will expose their achievements on the first day (meeting internal to FLUXPYR and OPCC participants), and during the second, third and fourth days, the meeting will be open to interested experts, who are invited to propose oral presentations or posters, and to the general public.

This gathering will give the opportunity to discuss about future research needs and challenges around the theme of climate and land use change (especially in the Pyrenees), and about the future of trans-border networking activities. Posters will be exposed to illustrate achievements and research prospects.

Due to the limited number of places available, participation to this meeting will be subject to prior registration, which will open at the beginning of May, at www.fluxpyr.eu.

If you wish more information on the activities proposed, click on the following link, visit www.fluxpyr.eu, and do not hesitate to contact us!

FLUXPYR_OPCC_Meetings_Proposed_Activities

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FLUXPYR (Interreg IVA – Poctefa) is cofinanced by the EU-FEDER, Generalitat de Catalunya and Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées.

The database covers a wide range of geographical locations including mostly high-altitude grasslands in the Pyrenees (Catalonia mainly, Aragon and Navarra in Spain; Languedoc-Roussillon and Aquitaine in France); but also Mediterranean and semi-arid grasslands and rangelands in the North-Eastern (Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia) and Western (Salamanca) regions in the Iberian Peninsula.

The Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change (ECOFUN) of the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) has integrated a wealth of data including location, positioning, climate, physiography, management, soil, plant diversity, productivity and vegetation variables. The main sponsors and projects involved in the development of the database are: EU program INTERREG III-A (FP6/2002-2006) I3A-4-147-E Project; Spanish Science Foundation through the projects CARBOPAS(REN2002-04300-C02-02), CARBOAGROPAS (CGL2006-13555-C03-03) and CAPAS (CGL2010-22378-C03-01); INIA with the project CARBOCLUS (SUM2006-0002-C02-01); several agencies of the Catalan Government, Generalitat de Catalunya, including the project CARBOCAT; the EU projects CARBOMONT (EVK2-CT2001-00125, FP6/2002-2006) and CarboEurope (GOCE-CT-2003-505572, FP7/2007-2013); and the EU Programme POCTEFA EFA 34/08 (INTERREG IV-A, FLUXPYR project).

The skills in environmental information management and data analysis of the ECOFUN Lab enable this database to be used for many lines of research: grassland, rangeland and forest ecology and management; productivity, quality and management of legume-based swards and cut meadows; biodiversity assessment and conservation; climate and land use changes; biogeochemical cycling; soil-plant interactions; soil-microorganisms-plant-invertebrates-livestock system.

de Bello, F.; Lepš, J.; Sebastià, M.-T. 2005. Predictive value of plant traits to grazing along a climatic gradient in the Mediterranean. J. Appl. Ecol. 42: 824–833.

de Bello, F.; Lepš, J. & Sebastià, M.-T. 2006. Variations in species and functional plant diversity along climatic and grazing gradients. Ecography, 29: 801-810.

de Bello, F., Lepš, J., Sebastià, M.T. 2007. Grazing effects on the species-area relationship: Variation along a climatic gradient in NE Spain. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 25-34.

de Bello F.; Thuiller W.; Lepš J.; Choler P.; Clement J. C.; Macek P.; Sebastià M.-T. & Lavorel S. (2009): Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence. Journal of Vegetation Science, 20: 475-486.

de Lamo, X. and Sebastià, M.T. (2006). Role of biogeographical, ecological and management factors on plant diversity in grasslands. Grassland Sciences In Europe, 11: 832‐834.

Sebastià, M.-T.; de Bello, F.; Puig, L. & Taull, M. 2008. Grazing as a factor structuring grasslands in the Pyrenees. Applied Vegetation Science, 11: 215-222.

Sebastià, M.-T.; Palero, N.; de Bello, F. 2011. Changes in management modify agro-diversity in sainfoin swards in the Eastern Pyrenees. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 31: 533-540.

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From the 14th to 18th of May 2012 will take place the 51st Scientific meeting of SEEP (Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos.), at Pamplona, Spain.

Link : http://www.unavarra.es/servicio/herbario/SEEP2012/htm/SEEP_2012_inicio.htm

Before the meeting, a two day workshop took place in order to train all WP 6 participants in the methods and techniques involved in the socio-economic assessment of the project.