Doctor Victor Resco de Dios


Victor Resco de DiosVíctor Resco de Dios is a physiological ecologist broadly interested in understanding plant community dynamics and ecosystem function. He obtained his MSc in 2003 (University of Lleida, Spain) and his PhD in 2008 (University of Wyoming, USA). In 2008 he held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Castilla la Mancha (Toledo, Spain) and in 2009 he joined the Faculty of the Fire Research Center (Toledo, Spain). A main objective of his research at UWS is to understand the limitations to carbon assimilation and how the carbon and water balances help decipher population, community, evolutionary and ecosystem processes in a global change context.

Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Ecological Physiology; Ecological Impacts of Climate Change; Ecosystem Function; Invasive Species Ecology; Climate Change Processes; Forestry Fire Management; Forestry Management and Environment; Tree Nutrition and Physiology; Climate and Climate Change; Ecosystem Assessment and Management; Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Awards and Recognition

  • Associate Editor for Plant Ecology and Diversity
  • Governing Board of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), 2009-2011.
  • Marie Curie Fellowship for Early Stage Training, 2007-2008.
  • University-wide Plummer Scholarship. The Haub School of Environment and Natural Resource, University of Wyoming, 2006, 2008.
  • Regular reviewer for numerous international journals including Journal of Ecology, Global Change Biology, Plant and Soil, Journal of Geophysical Research, Forest Ecology and Management, International Journal of Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology and Diversity and Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.
  • Regular reviewer of grant proposals to numerous international agencies including the Funds for National Scientific Research (FNRS), Belgium, or National Agency for Project Evaluation (ANEP), Spain.

Grants / Current Projects

When fire and water mix: do carbon dioxide-related water savings drive woody plant thickening and fire dynamics in a grassy woodland?
Co-Researchers: Professor David Ellsworth, Dr Matthias Boer, Professor Ross Bradstock
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant
Period: 2013-2015

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)
Co-researchers: Over 10 partners
Partner/Funding Body: Ministry of Science and Innovation - Government of Spain
Period: 2011

Effects of fire and drought on the carbon balance at Quintos de Mora (CarboMORA)
Partner/Funding Body: Government of Castilla la Mancha
Period: 2010-2013

Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems
Co-researchers: Over 40 partners
Partner/Funding Body: European Union. Framework Programme 7
Period: 2010-2013

Forest fire under climate, social and economic changes
Co-researchers: Over 30 partners
Partner/Funding Body: European Union. Framework Programme 7
Period: 2010-2013

Selected Publications

Parra A, Ramírez DA, Resco V, Velasco Á, Moreno JM, (2012) 'Modifying rainfall patterns in a Mediterranean shrubland: System design, plant responses, and experimental burning', International Journal of Biometeorology, vol.56, no.6, pp 1033-1043

Ramírez DA, Parra A, Resco de Dios V, Moreno JM, (2012) 'Differences in morpho-physiological leaf traits reflect the response of growth to drought in a seeder but not in a resprouter Mediterranean species', Functional Plant Biology, vol.39, no.4, pp 332-341

Resco de Dios V, Goulden M, Ogle K, Richardson AD, Hollinger DY, Davidson EA, Alday JG, Barron-Gafford GA, Carrara A, Kowalski AS, Oechel WC, Reverter BR, Scott RL, Varner RK, Díaz-Sierra R, Moreno JM, (2012) 'Endogenous circadian regulation of carbon dioxide exchange in terrestrial ecosystems', Global Change Biology, vol.18, no.6, pp 1956-1970

Resco de Dios V, Weltzin JF, Sun W, Huxman TE, Williams DG, (2012) 'Windows of opportunity for Prosopis velutina seedling establishment and encroachment in a semiarid grassland', Perspectives in Plant Ecology and Evolution, vol.14, no.4, pp 275-282

Sun W, Resco V, Williams DG, (2012) 'Environmental and physiological controls on the carbon isotope composition of CO2 respired by leaves and roots of a C3 woody legume (Prosopis velutina) and a C4 perennial grass (Sporobolus wrightii)', Plant Cell and Environment, vol.35, no.3, pp 567-577  

Moreno JM, Zuazua E, Perez B, Luna B, Velasco A, Resco de Dios V, (2011) 'Rainfall patterns after fire diferentially affect the recruitment of three Mediterranean shrubs', Biogeosciences, vol.8, pp 5761-5786

Resco V, Ferrio JP, Carreira JA, Calvo, L, Casals P, Ferrero Serrano A, Marco E, Moreno JM, Ramírez DA, Sebastià MT, Valladares F, Williams DG, (2011) ‘The stable isotope ecology of plant succession’, Plant Ecology and Diversity, vol.4, no.2-3, pp 117-130

Reverter BR, Carrara A, Fernández A, Gimeno C, Sanz MJ, Serrano-Ortiz P, Sánchez-Cañete EP, Were A, Domingo F, Resco V, Burba GG, Kowalski AS, (2011) 'Adjustment of annual NEE and ET for the open-path IRGA self-heating correction: Magnitude and approximation over a range of climate', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol.151, no.12, pp 1856-1861

Sun W, Resco V, Williams DG, (2010) ‘Diurnal and seasonal patterns of carbon isotope composition of leaf dark-respired CO2 differs among dominant plant functional groups in a semiarid savanna’, Oecologia, vol.164, no.2, pp 297-310

Resco V, Querejeta JI, Ogle K, Voltas J, Sebasti_a MT, Serrano-Ortiz P, Linares JC, Moreno-Gutiérrez C, Herrero A, Carreira JA, Torres-Cañabate P, Valladares F, (2010) ‘Stable isotope views on ecosystem function: challenging or challenged’, Biology Letters, vol.6, no.3, pp 287-289

Reverter BR, Sánchez-Cañete EP, Resco V, Serrano-Ortiz P, Oyonarte C, Kowalski AS, (2010) ‘Analyzing the major drivers of NEE in an alpine Mediterranean shrubland’, Biogeosciences, vol.7, no.9, pp 2601-2611

Sun W, Resco V, Williams DG, (2009) ‘Diurnal and seasonal variation in the carbon isotope composition of leaf-respired CO2 in velvet mesquite, Prosopis velutina’, Plant, Cell and Environment, vol.32, no.10, pp 1390-1400

Resco V, Hartwell J, Hall A, (2009) ‘Ecological implications of plants ability to tell the time’, Ecology Letters, vol.12, no.6, pp 583-592

Resco V, Ewers BE, Sun W, Huxman TE, Weltzin, JF, Williams DG, (2009) ‘Drought-induced hydraulic limitations constrain leaf gas exchange responses to precipitation pulses in the C3 woody legume Prosopis velutina’, New Phytologist, vol.181, no.3, pp 672-682

Resco V, Ignace DD, Sun W, Huxman TE, Weltzin, JF, Williams DG, (2008) ‘Chlorophyll fuorescence, predawn water potential and photosynthesis in precipitation pulse-driven ecosystems - implicactions for ecological studies’, Functional Ecology, vol.22, no.3, pp 479-483

Harada A, Yoshida T, Resco V, Noguchi M, Kawahara T, (2008) ‘Growth and survival of tall tree seedlings 6-8 years after soil scarification in Hokkaido’, Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, vol.90, no.6, pp 397-403 - in Japanese with English abstract

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