PRESENT POSITION CURRENT PROJECTS

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DAVID ANTONIO RAMÍREZ COLLANTES

Water Resource PhD Program, National Agricultural University “La Molina” (Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina), Av. La Molina s/n, La Molina - Lima, PERÚ, dramirez@lamolina.edu.pe ; Peruvian citizen with residence permit in Spain. Website: http://davidramirezc.weebly.com

Birth date: 25/11/74, Address in Perú: C/. E. Seoane 285 Dpto. 302, T. Limatambo, San Borja, Lima – Perú ( phone: +51 993913578), Nacional Identity Card: 09998702 (Perú), X3991525J (Spain).

EDUCATION

2006 PhD in Ecosystem and biological diversity management and restoration (University of Alicante, Spain)

2000 Biologist (Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru)

PRESENT POSITION________________________________________________________________ - Visiting Lecturer (Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru)

CURRENT PROJECTS

2010- 2011 Deputy leader WorkPackage 4.2 “Sites Network” for the project: “Forest fire under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world” (Grant Agreement nº: 243888) “The Seventh Framework Programme Theme ENV.1.3.1.1” Europe Community. PIs: José Manuel Moreno.

2008-2009 Invited collaborator for the project: “Simulation of the climate change on shrubland community affected by fire” (SECCIA, CGL2006-06914) Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. PIs: José Manuel Moreno Rodríguez.

2008-2009 Invited collaborator for the project: “Ecosystem processes assessment in semiarid environments: a tool to adapt to the Global Change”. (CYTED, 407AC0323). Latin-American Program of Science and Technology for the Development. PIs: Adrián Escudero.

2004-2008 Invited collaborator for the project: “Influence of the vegetation spatial pattern in the run-off, water balance and aquifer recharge” (CGL2004-03627). Inter-Ministerial Committee of Science and Technology of Spain. PIs: Juan Bellot Abad.

2001-2003 Research associate for the project: “Plant cover effect in the water balance and availability and water quality, a proposal to increase the aquifer recharge” (REN 2000-0529 HID). Inter-Ministerial Committee of Science and Technology of Spain. PIs: Juan Bellot Abad. 2001-2004 Research associate for the project: “AQUADAPT – Energy, Environment and Sustainable

Development” (EVK1-2001-00149). European Commission. PIs: Antonio Escarré Esteve. SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Ecohydrology, isotopic composition of plants, plant morphology and ecophysiology, Ecosystem Functionality

PRIZES _______________________________________________________________________

Second Prize to Young Scientists in Basic Sciences, Edition 2011, destined to the area of Biology. The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and National academy of Science and Technology of Peru (ANCYT).

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CURRENT COURSES TAUGHT____________________________________________________ - “Environmental Hydrology”, Water Resourses PhD Program, Universidad Nacional Agraria La

Molina, Peru.

- “Ecosystems Management”, Master in Applied Ecology, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru.

- “Ecosystems of Arid Zones”, Master in Applied Ecology, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru.

- “Stress Physiology in Plants”, Master in Applied Ecology, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru.

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED (ISI) JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS ______ PARRA, A., RAMÍREZ, D.A., RESCO, V., VELASCO, A., MORENO, J.M. Modifying rainfall patterns in a Mediterranean shrubland: System design, plant responses and experimental burning. International Journal of Biometeorology (in press/ DOI: 10.1007/s00484-0110517-3).

MAESTRE, F.T., QUERO, J.L., GOTELLI, N.J, ESCUDERO, A., OCHOA, V., DELGADO-BAQUERIZO, M., GARCÍA-GÓMEZ, M., BOWKER, M.A., SOLIVERES, S., ESCOLAR, C., GARCÍA-PALACIOS, P., BERDUGO, M., VALENCIA, E., GOZALO, B., GALLADRO, A., AGUILERA, L., ARREDONDO, T., BLONES, J., BOEKEN, B., BRAN, D., CONCEIÇÃO, A.A., CABRERA, O., CHAIEB, M., DERACK, M., ELDRIDGE, D.J., ESPINOSA, C.I., FLORENTINO, A., GAITÁN, J., GATICA, M.G., GUILOUFI, W., GÓMEZ- GONZÁLEZ, S., GUITIÉRREZ, J.R., HERNÁNDEZ, R.M., HUANG, X., HUBER-SANNWALD, E., JANKJU, M., MIRITI, M., MONERRIS, J., MAU, R.L., MORICI, E., NASERI, K., OSPINA, A., POLO, V., PRINA, A., PUCHETA, E., RAMÍREZ-COLLANTES, D.A., ROMÃO, R., TIGHE, M., TORRES-DÍAZ, C., VAL, J., VEIGA, J.P., WANG, D., ZAADY, E. 2012. Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands.

Science

335: 214-218.

RAMÍREZ, D.A., BALAGUER, L., MANCILLA, R., GONZÁLEZ, V., COAGUILA, D., TALAVERA, C., VILLEGAS, L., ORTEGA, A., JIMÉNEZ, P., MORENO, J.M. 2012. Leaf-trait responses to irrigation of the endemic fog-oasis tree Myrcianthes ferreyrae: Can a fog-specialist benefit from regular watering?. Tree Physiology 32:65-73.

RESCO, V., FERRIO, J.P., CARREIRA, J.A., CALVO, L., CASALS, P., FERRERO-SERRANO, A., MARCOS, E., MORENO, J.M., RAMÍREZ D.A., SEBASTIÀ, M.T., VALLADARES, F., WILLIAMS, D.G. 2011.The stable isotope ecology of plant succession. Plant Ecology & Diversity 4:117-130.

DOMINGO, F., SERRANO-ORTIZ, P., WERE, A., VILLAGARCÍA, L., GARCÍA, M., RAMÍREZ, D.A., KOWALSKI, A.S., MORO, M.J., REY, A., OYONARTE, C. 2011 A review of carbon and water exchange studies in semiarid ecosystems in SE Spain. Journal of Arid Environments 75:1271-1281. CORTINA, J.; MAESTRE, F.T.; RAMÍREZ, D.A. 2009 Innovations in semiarid restoration, The case of Stipa tenacissima L. grass steppes. In: Bautista, S.; Aronson, J.; Vallejo, R. (Eds.) Land Restoration to Combat Desertification. Innovative Approaches, Quality Control and Project Evaluation. Fundación CEAM. Spain. Pag. 121-144. (ISBN: 978-84-921259-5-1).

RAMÍREZ, D.A, QUEREJETA, J.I., BELLOT, J. 2009. Bulk leaf δ18_{O and δ}13_{C reflect the intensity of} intraspecific competition for water in a semi-arid tussock grassland. Plant Cell and Environment 32: 1346-1356.

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RAMÍREZ, D.A and BELLOT, J. 2009. Linking population density and habitat structure to ecophysiological responses in Spanish semiarid steppes. Plant Ecology 200:191-204.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; DOMINGO, F & BELLOT, J. 2008. Water interactions between bare soil and vegetation in semiarid Mediterranean steppes: some new evidences. En: Liu, T-X. “Soil Ecology Research Developments”, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York. Pag. 7-17. (ISBN: 1-60021-971-3) RAMÍREZ, D.A, VALLADARES, F., DOMINGO, F.; BELLOT, J. 2008. Seasonal water-use efficiency and chlorophyll fluorescence response in alpha grass (Stipa tenacissima L.) is affected by tussock size. Photosynthetica 46(2): 222-231.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; VALLADARES, F.; BLASCO, A.; BELLOT, J. 2008. Effects of tussock size and soil water content on whole plant gas exchange in Stipa tenacissima L.: extrapolating from the leaf vs. modelling crown architecture. Environmental and Experimental Botany 62(3): 376-388.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BELLOT, J.; DOMINGO, F.; BLASCO, A. 2007. Stand transpiration of Stipa tenacissima grassland by sequential scaling and multi-source evapotranspiration modelling. Journal of Hydrology 342: 124-133.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BELLOT, J.; DOMINGO, F.; BLASCO, A. 2007. Can water responses in Stipa tenacissima L. during the summer season be promoted by non–rainfall water gains in soil?. Plant and Soil 291: 67-79.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; VALLADARES, F.; BLASCO, A.; BELLOT, J. 2006. Assessing transpiration in the tussock grass Stipa tenacissima L.: the crucial role of the interplay between morphology and physiology. Acta Oecologica 30(3): 386-398.

Publications Accepted /Under Revision

RAMÍREZ, D.A., PARRA, A., RESCO, V.; MORENO, J.M. Differential effects of an experimental drought on gas exchange, leaf traits and growth across two functional types in a Mediterranean shrubland Functional Plant Biology (Accepted).

HINOJOSA, M.B., PARRA, A., RAMÍREZ, D.A., CARREIRA, J.A., GARCÍA-RUIZ, R., MORENO, J.M. Effects of drought on soil phosphorus availability and fluxes in a burned Mediterranean shrubland. Geoderma – A Global Journal of Soil Science (under revision – “Minor revision status”)

PUBLICATIONS IN INDEXED JOURNALS

MAESTRE, F.T.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; CORTINA, J. 2007. Ecología del esparto (Stipa tenacissima L.) y los espartales en la Península Ibérica. Ecosistemas 2007/2

(URL: http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/7674/1/ECO_16%282%29_12.pdf)

RAMÍREZ, D.A. 2006. Estudio de la transpiración del Esparto (Stipa tenacissima, L.) en una cuenca del semiárido alicantino: un análisis pluriescalar. Ecosistemas (ISSN 1697-2473), 2006/2.

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GRAS, M.J.; RAVENTOS, J.; BONET, A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A. 2002. Análisis pluriescalar de los patrones de distribución espacial del endemismo alicantino Vella lucentina, MB Crespo (Brassicaceae) e implicaciones sobre su conservación. GEOGRAPHICALIA (ISSN 0210-8380) 42, 93-112.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; PEREZ, D.; SANCHEZ, E.; ARELLANO, G. 2002. Esfuerzo de muestreo requerido para la evaluación de la diversidad colectada en pitfall en la Reserva Nacional de Lachay – Perú. Ecología Aplicada (ISSN 1726-2216), 1 (1): 37-42.

(URL:http://lamolina.academia.edu/Germ%C3%A1nArellano/Papers/927372/Esfuerzo_de_muestreo_para_la_evaluaci on_de_la_diversidad_colectada_en_pitfall_en_la_Reserva_Nacional_de_Lachay-Peru )

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; GONZALEZ, O. 2001. Análisis de dos métodos de muestreo para el cálculo de la diversidad de especies de aves en la ciudad de Lima, Perú. Biota (ISSN 0006-3584), Volumen XVIII Nº 100 - 2001:114-123.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/2011-Present Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, Water Resource PhD Program, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Perú.

03/2009- Present Visiting Lecturer, Biology Department, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Perú.

03/2008 - 08/2011 Lecturer in Ecology, Environmental Science Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

09/2007 - 12/2007 Research Associate. Ecology Department, University of Alicante, Spain 10/2001 - 03/2006 Research assistant. Ecology Department, University of Alicante, Spain.

04/1999 -10/2001 Teaching assistant in Ecology, Biology Department, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Perú.

INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

MONERRIS, J.; VILCA, L.; SALVADOR, F.; CORNEJO,A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A. “Establishing the basis for the restoration of high Andean steppes of Southern Peru: Relevance of the perennial vegetation in the structure and function of grassland of Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve” (Oral Presentation). IV International Congress of Dry Ecosystems” (IV CIES) 16th_–21th_{October, Arequipa-PERÚ.}

HINOJOSA, M.B; GARCÍA-RUIZ, R.; CARREIRA, J.A.; PARRA, A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; MORENO, J.M. “ Effects of fire on soil microbial functionality under a Climate Change scenario”. Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology and Applications. 4th International Conference. 17th-21th July 2011, Bad Nauheim, GERMANY.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; SAÉNZ, L. “Response of some stomatal traits to water stress in seedlings of a Peruvian leguminous tree (Caesalpinia spinosa)” (Oral Presentation). I Spring Colloquium on Forest Ecophysiology. 1st-3th April 2011. Álava. SPAIN.

HINOJOSA, M.B; PARRA, A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; CARREIRA, J.A.; GARCÍA-RUIZ, R.; MORENO, J.M. “Joint effects of fire and drought on the seasonal patterns of soil nutrient and microbial activity” (Poster). 3rd_{International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties. 15}th_-19th_{March 2011. University of} Minho, Guimarães, PORTUGAL.

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HINOJOSA, M.B; PARRA, A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; RESCO, V.; CARREIRA, J.A.; GARCÍA-RUIZ, R.; MORENO, J.M. “Effects of fire and drought on soil phosphorus availability and fluxes in a Mediterranean scrubland”.(Poster) FUEGORED 2010, Investigación y Gestión para la Protección del Suelo y la Restauración de los Ecosistemas Forestales Afectados por Incendios Forestales. 6th-8th October 2010. Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN.

MORENO, J.M.; PARRA, A.; DANNENMANN, M.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; DÍAZ-PINES, E.; TEJEDOR, J.; KITZLER, B.; KARHU, K.; POVOAS, L.; SÁNCHEZ, L.; RUBIO, A.; VALLEJO, A.; ZECHMEISTER-BOLTENSTERN, S.; AMBUS, P.; BUTTERBACH-BAHL, K.; RESCO, V. “An experimental manipulation to study the effects of fire and drought on plant regeneration and the greenhouse gas balance in a Mediterranean shrubland” (Poster). Carbo Extreme 1st Annual Meeting. 13th -15th September 2010. Roskilde, DENMARK.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; PARRA, A.; RESCO, V.; MORENO, J.M. “Differences in hydraulic adjustments explain the response of growth to drought across functional types at Quintos de Mora- Spain” (Oral Presentation): Open Science Conference of The NitroEurope Annual Meeting. 1st-4th February 2010, Solothurn, SWITZERLAND.

PARRA, A.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; RESCO, V.; MORENO, J.M. “The effects of drought on photosynthetic gas exchange in four Mediterranean shrub species at Quintos de Mora, Central Spain”. (Oral Presentation): Open Science Conference of The NitroEurope Annual Meeting. 1st-4th February 2010, Solothurn, SWITZERLAND.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BLASCO, A.; BELLOT, J.; SÁNCHEZ, J.R. “Analysis of the structure of a Stipa tenacissima L. grassland in Alicante - Spain, as the basis for its ecophysiological characterization: perspectives for scaling-up” (Poster): Final Conference. Linking Community and Ecosystem Ecology (LINKECOL). 18th-21th May 2004, Palma de Mallorca, SPAIN.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BELLOT, J.; BLASCO, A. “The reductionist approach as a tool for the scaling processes in hierarchic systems: the transpiration in tussock grasslands” (Poster): Unity in Diversity, A conference on Ecology after the legacy of Ramón Margalef. 16th-18th November 2005, Barcelona, SPAIN.

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BELLOT, J.; BLASCO, A. “Mainly processes linked to the water use in semiarid grasslands: the population scale as a part of a scalar analysis” (Oral Presentation): 2º Congreso Ibérico de Ecología, Crisis de la Biodiversidad: Conocimiento y Acción. 18th-21th July 2006, Lisboa – PORTUGAL. RAMÍREZ, D.A. “Ecophysiology of Mediterranean vegetation” (Invited Seminar) UNT Spain Field School, Department of Geography, University of North Texas. July 2006.

RAMIREZ, D.A. “Tools in plant ecophysiology, uses and reaches: the olive (Olea europaea) culture as an example” (Invited Seminar). Escuela de Post-Grado de la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, 21th_{November 2006. Lima-PERÚ.}

RAMÍREZ, D.A.; BELLOT, J. “The plant ecophysiology as a tool for the determination of processes linked to the water use in semiarid steppes: the Spanish south-east as an example” (Oral Presentation): IV Congreso Peruano de Ecología, IV Escuela Latinoamericana de Ecología. 18th-22th November 2007, Arequipa – PERÚ.

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MONERRIS, J.; RAMÍREZ, D.A.; SALVADOR, F. “Assessment of native grasslands in Cajamarca (Perú) submitted to cattle and agricultural explotation” (Poster): IV Congreso Peruano de Ecología, IV Escuela Latinoamericana de Ecología. 18th_-22th_{November 2007, Arequipa – PERÚ.}

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Reviewer for Plant and Soil

Reviewer for Hydrological Sciences Journal Reviewer for Photosynthetica