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Research Profile:

I am a PhD Student at the center of environmental studies of the Mediterranean (CEAM Foundation) in the Valencian Region (Spain). I am a plant ecologist focused on the response of Mediterranean vegetation to altered fire and drought regimes.

Specifically, I try to understand how prolonged summer-droughts impair shrublands recovery after droughts. At individual level, I also work with plant functional traits trying to understand how functional diversity can help plant to cope with altered drought regimes or how it can help us to understand ecosystems response to wildfires. Finally, I am also interested in how the possible interaction between drought and soil fertility can drive shrubland recovery after disturbances.

Keywords: Fire Ecology; Shrublands; Mediterranean Ecosystems; Droughts; Climate Change; Perturbations

Publications:

Salesa, D., Baeza, M. J., Pérez-Ferrándiz, E., & Santana, V. M. (2022). Longer summer seasons after fire induce permanent drought legacy effects on Mediterranean plant communities dominated by obligate seeders. Science of The Total Environment, 822, 153655.

Ottolini, I., Salesa, D., del Romero-Renau, L., Salvador-Fernández, N. (2024). Kindling Change: Shaping a New Fire Culture in Mediterranean socioenvironmental systems from the roots. Human Geographies (Under review).

Salesa, D., Baeza, M. J., Pérez-Ferrándiz, E., & Santana, V. M. (2024). Fire severity and prolonged drought do not interact to reduce plant regeneration capacity, but alter community composition in a Mediterranean shrubland. Fire Ecology (Under review).