Alberto Vélez Martín
Biography
Alberto Vélez holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Huelva and completed the Official Doctorate Program in Historical and Natural Heritage. Research, Protection, Dissemination and Didactics of the University of Huelva and holds a PhD in Ecology from the same university.
His doctoral thesis analyzes the changes in the plant community after the ecological restoration of a transformed marsh in the Doñana National Park, including the evolution of the seed bank and the recolonization of shrub and helophyte species.
During his thesis, he spent several periods at the School of Biological Sciences of the University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom), where he studied in depth the reference conditions for restoration processes.
He has participated in several research projects and has experience in vegetation and soil sampling, environmental characterization, ecological niche modeling, as well as in the use of GIS and statistical tools.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Ecology, modeling and distribution of plant species
Monitoring of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in natural areas.
Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration
pUBLiCATiOnS
Barquín, J., Concostrina-Zubiri, L., Pérez-Silos, I., Hernández-Romero, G., Vélez-Martín, A., & Álvarez-Martínez, J.M. 2022. Monoculture plantations fuel fires amid heat waves. Science, 377(6614), 1498-1498. DOI: 10.1126/science.ade5923
Vélez-Martín, A., Davy, A.J., Luque, C.J. & Castellanos, E.M. 2020. Disentangling elevation, annual flooding regime and salinity as hydrochemical determinants of halophyte distribution in non-tidal saltmarsh. Annals of Botany, 126(2), 277-288.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa078
Becerra-Herrera, M., Vélez-Martín, A., Ramos-Merchante, A., Richter, P., Beltrán, R. & Sayago, A. 2018. Characterization and evaluation of phenolic profiles and color as potential discriminating features among Spanish extra virgin olive oils with protected designation of origin. Food Chemistry, 241: 328-337. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.106
Vélez-Martín, A., Davy, A.J., Luque, C.J. & Castellanos, E.M. 2017. Reference conditions for restoration of heterogeneous Mediterranean wetland are best defined by multiple, hydrologically diverse sites. Restoration Ecology, 26: 145-155.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12549
García-Álvarez, A., Leeuwen, C.H., Luque, C.J., Hussner, A., Vélez-Martín, A., Pérez-Vázquez, A., Green, A.J. & Castellanos, E.M. 2015. Internal transport of alien and native plants by geese and ducks: an experimental study. Freshwater Biology, 60: 1316-1329.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12567
