Maestre, F.T.
Also known as: Maestre Gil, Fernando T., Maestre, Fernando T.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, University of Alicante, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Soil Science · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
0000-0002-7434-4856
About
I am a terrestrial ecologist interested in understanding how dryland ecosystems function, and how they will respond to ongoing global environmental change. I use a wide variety of tools (field observations and experiments, laboratory work and modeling) and biotic communities (vascular plants, biological soil crusts and soil microorganisms) for my research, which is carried out at multiple spatial scales, from microcosm and single-site studies to global field projects with study sites located all over the world.
I am interested in understanding how dryland ecosystems function, and how they will respond to ongoing global environmental change. I use a wide variety of tools and biotic communities for my research, which is carried out at multiple spatial scales.
Employment
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering2024 - Present
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University of Alicante Professor of Ecology2023 - 2024
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Universidad de Alicante Distinguished Researcher2019 - 2023
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Full Professor2018 - 2019
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Associate Professor2009 - 2018
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow2005 - 2009
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Duke University Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow2003 - 2005
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Universidad de Alicante Teaching assistant and research technician2003 - 2003
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Universidad de Alicante FPU Graduate Fellow1999 - 2002
Education
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Universidad de Alicante PhD in Biology1999 - 2002
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Universidad de Alicante Bs.C. in Biology1994 - 1998
Projects & Funding
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Biodiversity, abrupt ecosystem shifts and restoration: understanding their links to sustain drylands under global change European Research Council2024 - 2028
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REFORESTACIONES Y UMBRALES DE ARIDEZ EN LOS ECOSISTEMAS ARIDOS State Research Agency2022 - Present
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BIOCRUST DISTRIBUTION IN GLOBAL DRYLANDS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE State Research Agency2021 - Present
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VULNERABILIDAD DEL CARBONO ORGANICO DE LOS SUELOS ARIDOS DE NUESTRO PLANETA AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO Y LA DESERTIFICACION State Research Agency2020 - Present
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Agro-ecosystem diversification: digging deeper Swiss National Science Foundation2017 - 2020
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Biological feedbacks and ecosystem resilience under global change: a new perspective on dryland desertification European Research Council2016 - 2020
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EL PAPEL DE LOS ORGANISMOS COMO MODULADORES DE LA RESPUESTA DE LOS ECOSISTEMAS ARIDOS AL CAMBIO GLOBAL: UN ANALISIS PLURIESCALAR State Research Agency2013 - Present
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Biotic community attributes and ecosystem functioning: implications for predicting and mitigating global change impacts European Research Council2010 - 2015
Publications (308)
- FLORO: A multimodal geospatial foundation model for ecological remote sensing across sensors and scales Save
- Radiocarbon Reveals Modern Carbon Exchange With Topsoil Inorganic Carbon in Drylands Save
- A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls Save
- Mapping Scytonemin Pigment Content and Biocrust Functional Indicators Using High‐Resolution Multispectral Imagery Save
- Functional restructuring of the global soil microbiome under multiple stressors Save
- Persistence and turnover of soil organic carbon in global drylands Save
- Rainfall-induced microbial resuscitation reveals functional decoupling across biocrust succession Save
- Dominance and natural suppression of bacterial plant pathogens across global soils Save
- Rainfall-induced microbial resuscitation reveals functional decoupling across biocrust succession Save
- The Aranjuez Experimental Station: Lessons from two decades of dryland ecology research Save
- Diverse crop rotations offset yield-scaled nitrogen losses via denitrification Save
- Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity Save
- Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration Promotes Expansion of Trees on Croplands in the Sahel Save
- Nitrification Inhibition: Uncertainties and Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture Save
- Vegetation type and aridity modulate the role of soil organic carbon fractions in shaping dryland ecosystem services Save
- Bending the curve of land degradation to achieve global environmental goals Save
- Global alternatives of natural vegetation cover Save
- Dung predicts the global distribution of herbivore grazing pressure in drylands Save
- Optimizing soil conservation through comprehensive benefit assessment in river basins Save
- Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands Save