2546 Dana
-Ph.D. Ecology. 2006. Duke University
-M.S. Range Sciences. 1998. Utah State University
-B.S. Biology (Botany). 1993. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Licenciatura de Grado. 1994.
My major research interests focus on the current challenges that plant communities are facing in the context of global change, i.e. climate change, invasive species, and landscape fragmentation. These challenges are interconnected as they form the novel environment under which plants are growing. The fact that forest communities are highly dependent on recruitment dynamics makes the study of early demographic stages critical for understanding the impact of global change on the natural ecosystems around us. To isolate these phenomena, I direct my research at the recruitment of dominant tree species, from seed production to the sapling stage, including seed dispersal, germination, establishment and survival during the first years. Results obtained from this line of research are essential to forecast reliable vegetation changes under future climate scenarios.
Selected publications:
Ibáñez, I., Clark, J.S. and Dietze, M. 2009. Estimating performance of potential migrant species. Global Change Biology. 15: 1173-1188.
Ibáñez, I., Silander, J.A, Jr., Wilson, A., LaFleur, N., Tanaka, N., and Tsuyama, I. 2009. Multi-variate Forecasts of Potential Distribution of Invasive Plant Species. Ecological Applications 19(2): 359-375.
Ibáñez, I., Clark, J.S. and Dietze, M. 2008. Evaluating the sources of potential migrant species. Implications under climate change. Ecological Applications 18:1664-1678.
Ibáñez, I., Clark, J.S., LaDeau, S., and Hille Ris Lambers, J. 2007. Exploiting temporal variability to understand tree recruitment response to climate change. Ecological Monographs 77(2):163-177.
Ibáñez, I., Clark, J.S., Dietze, M.C., Feeley, K., Hersh, M., LaDeau, S., McBride, A., Welch, N.E., and Wolosin, M.S. 2006. Predicting biodiversity change: Outside the climate envelope, beyond the species-area curve. Ecology 87(8):1896-1906.