Ana Rey Simó

PhD, Research Fellow

E-mail: arey@eeza.csic.es

Address:

Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Calle General Segura 1
E-04001 Almería
Spain

Phone: +34 950281045 (ext. 307)
Fax: +34 950277100

Education

1993-1997		Ph.D. Biological Sciences Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona (Spain) Field work: Thesis Supervisor Duration Qualification : Cum laude : three and a half years: Prof. Paul Jarvis FRS.: "Response of young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration" University of Edinburgh (UK)
1991-1992		Postgraduate studies (two years) School of Forestry, University Polytechnic of Madrid (Spain) Courses : General Statistics, Experimental Design, Selviculture, Mediterranean Forestry, Quantitative Ecology, etc.
1990-1991		M.Sc. Environmental Pollution (15 months) School of Civil Engineering, University Polytechnic of Madrid Thesis : "Natural emissions of greenhouse gases in Spain"
1984-1989		B.Sc. Biological Sciences (Five year degree) University Autónoma of Madrid (Spain) Speciality: Environmental Sciences

Employment

Since 2004		Research Fellow, Ramón y Cajal Programme (MEC), CSIC, Spain
2003		Visiting Scientist, Land and Water Development Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome
2001-2002		Research Associate, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh University, UK.
1999-2000		Research Fellow (granted by Edinburgh University), Institute of Ecology and Resources Management (IERM), UK
1998		Research Associate, IERM, Edinburgh University, UK.
1996-1997		Research Associate, IERM, Edinburgh University, UK.
1993-1996		PhD. Student-Research Associate, IERM, Edinburgh University, UK
1992		Visiting Scientist, University of Davis and Stanford University (USA)
1990-1991		Consultant for the MOPU, Spain

Research interests

Effect of climate change (increased atmospheric CO₂, temperature, water stress, etc) on forest and shrubland ecosystems
Carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems
Soil respiration and soil carbon mineralization
Effect of desertification and land degradation on the carbon balance
Isoprene emission from vegetation

Publications

Year

2012

Rey A.,Belelli-Marchesini, L.,Were, A,P. Serrano-Ortiz,Etiope, G.,Papale, D.,Domingo,F.,Pegoraro, E. 2012. Wind as a main driver of the net ecosystem carbon balance of a semiarid Mediterranean steppe in the South East of Spain. Global Change Biology, 18-2, 539-554 (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02534.x).

Year

2011

Domingo,F.,P. Serrano-Ortiz,Were, A,Villagarcía, L.,García, M.,Ramírez, D.A.,Kowalski, A.S.,Moro, M.J.,Rey A., 2011. Carbon and water exchange in semiarid ecosystems in SE Spain . Journal of Arid Environments, 75(12), 1271-1281.

Rey A.,Pegoraro E.,Oyonarte C.,et al 2011. Impact of land degradation on soil respiration in a steppe semiarid ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, 393-403.

Castillo-Monroy, Andrea,Maestre Fernando,Rey A.,Soliveres, Santiago,García-Palacios, Pablo 2011. Biological soil crust microsites are the main contributor to soil respiration in a semiarid ecosystem. Ecosystems, 14, 835-847.

Rey A.,Belelli-Marchesini, L.,Were A.,Serrano P.,Etiope G.,Papale D.,Domingo F.,Pegoraro E. 2011. Wind a main driver of the net ecosystem carbon balance of a semiarid steppe in the South east of Spain. Global Change Biology, in press.

Oyonarte C.,Rey A.,Raimundo J.,Miralles I.,Escribano P. 2011. The use of soil respiration as an ecological indicator in arid ecosystems of the SE of Spain: spatial variability and controlling factors. Ecological Indicators, in press.

Year

2010

W.I.J. Dieleman,S. Luyssaert,Rey A.,et al 2010. Soil fertility affects tree root biomass responses to elevated CO2: A meta-analysis.. Plant, Cell and Environment, 33, 2001-2011..

Year

2008

Rey A.,pegoraro e,jarvis pg 2008. Carbon mineralization rates at different soil depths across a network of European forest sites (FORCAST).. European Journal of Soil Science, 59, 1049-1062.

Year

2007

P. Serrano-Ortiz,Kowalski, A. S.,Domingo,F.,Rey A.,,Villagarcía,L.,Alados-Arboledas, L. 2007. Variations in daytime net carbon and water exchange in a montane shrubland ecosystem in southeast Spain. Photosynthetica, Vol. 45, Pág. 30-35.

Janssens, I.,Rey A.,et al. 2007. Different responses of root biomass and soil CO2 efflux to elevated atmospheric [CO2] in nutrient-limited and unlimited experiments. New Phytologist, (en prensa).

Jarvis, PG.,Rey A.,Petsikos, C.,Wingate, L.,Rayment, M.,Pereira, J.,Banza, J.,David, J.,Miglietta, F.,Borghetti, M.,Manca, G.,Valentini, R. 2007. and wetting of soils stimulates decomposition and carbon dioxide emission: the “Birch Effect". Tree Physiology, (en prensa).

Pegoraro, E.,Potosnak, M.J.,Monson, R.K.,Rey A.,Barron-Gafford, G.,Osmond, C.B. 2007. The effect of elevated CO2, soil and atmospheric water deficit and seasonal phenology on leaf and ecosystem isoprene emission. Functional Plant Biology, 34: 774-784.

Serrano-Ortiz, P.,Kowalski, A.S.,Domingo,F.,Rey A.,Pegoraro, E.,Villagarcía,L.,Alados-Arboledas, L. 2007. Net ecosystem carbon and water exchange in a montane shrubland ecosystem in southeast Spain. Photosynthetica, 45 (1): 30-35, 2007.

Year

2006

Pegoraro, E.,Rey A.,et al. 2006. Drought effect on isoprene production and consumption in Bisphere 2 tropical rain forest. Global Change Biology, 12: 456-469.

Rey A.,Jarvis, P.G. 2006. Modelling the effect of temperature on carbon mineralization rates across a network of European forest sites (FORCAST). Global Change Biology, 12: 1894-1908.

Tedeschi, V.,Rey A.,Manca, G.,et a.. 2006. Soil respiration in a Mediterranean oak forest at different developmental stages after coppicing. Global Change Biology, 12: 110-121.

Year

2005

Pegoraro, E.,Rey A.,Barron-Gafford G.,Grieve KA.,Murthy R.,Malhi Y.,van Haren J.,Monson R. 2005. The interacting effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration, drought and leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit on ecosystem isoprene fluxes. . Oecologia, 10.1007/s00442-005-0166-5..

Rey A.,Petsikos C,Grace J,Jarvis PG 2005. The effect of soil temperature and soil moisture on carbon mineralisation rates in a Mediterranean forest soil. European Journal of Soil Science, 56, 589-599.

Jarvis PG,Rey A.,Pepsikos C,Wingate L,Rayment M,Pereira J,Banza J,David J,Miglieta F,Borghetti M,Manca G,Valentini R 2005. Drying and wetting of soils stimulates decomposition and carbon dioxide emission: the “Birch Effect”.. , in press.

Tedeschi V,Rey A.,Manca G,Valentini R,Jarvis PG,Borghetti M 2005. Temporal and spatial variation in soil respiration in a chronosequence of a Quercus cerris forest in central Italy.. Global Change Biology, in press.

Year

2004

Rey A.,FAO 2004. Carbon sequestration in dryland soils..

Rey A.,FAO 2004. A review of carbon sequestration projects..

Koohafhan P.,Rey A.,Antoine J. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration in dryland farming systems..

Pegoraro E,Rey A.,Bobich EG,Grieve KA.,Malhi Y.,Barron-Gafford G,Murphy R. 2004. Effect of elevated CO2 concentration and vapour pressure deficit on isoprene emission from leaves of Populus deltoides during drought.. Functional Plant Biology, 31, 1-11.

Pegoraro, E.,Rey A.,Greenberg J.,Harley P.,Grace J.,Malhi Y.,Guenther A. 2004. Effect of drought on isoprene emission rates from leaves of Quercus virginiana Mill... Atmospheric Environment, 38.

Pegoraro, E.,Rey A.,Bobich, E.,Barron-Gafford, G.,Malhi, Y.,Murthy, R. 2004. The effect of elevated CO2 concentration and VPD on isoprene emission rates from leaves of Populus deltoides Bartr. trees during a drought experiment.. Functional Plant Biology, 13.

Year

2003

Reichstein M.,Rey A.,Freibauer A.,et al. 2003. Factors influencing soil respiration in Mediterranean ecosystems.. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17, 1104-1110.

Smith KA.,Ball T.,Conen F.,Massheder J.,Rey A. 2003. Soil atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes.. European Journal of Soil Science, 54: 779-791.

Year

2002

Rey A.,Pegoraro E.,Tedeschi V.,Di Parri I.,Jarvis PG.,Valentini R. 2002. Seasonal variability in soil respiration and its components in a coppice oak forest in central Italy.. Global Change Biology, 8, 1-18.

Rey A.,Pegoraro, E.,Tedeschi, V.,Di Parri, I.,Jarvis, P.G.,Valentini, R. 2002. Annual variability in soil respiration and its components in a coppice oak forest in Central Italy.. Global Change Biology, 8.

Year

2001

Medlyn BE.,Rey A.,Barton CVM,Forstreuter M. 2001. Above-ground Growth Responses of Forest Trees to Elevated Atmospheric CO2..

Medlyn BE.,Barton CVM,Rey A.,et al 2001. Stomatal conductance of forest species after long-term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: a synthesis.. New Phytologist, 149, 247-264.

McLeod AR.,Rey A.,Newsham KK.,Lewis GC.,Wolferstan P 2001. Effects of elevated ultraviolet radiation and endophytic fungi on plant growth and insect feeding in Lolium perenne, Festuca rubra, F-arundinacea and F-pratensis.. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology, 62, 97-107.

Year

2000

Levy PE.,Lucas ME.,McKay HM.,Escobar-Gutierrez AJ,Rey A. 2000. Testing a process-based model of tree seedling growth by manipulating CO2 and nutrient uptake.. Tree Physiology, 20, 993-1005..

Year

1999

Kruijt B.,Barton CVM.,Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1999. The sensitivity of stand-scale photosynthesis and transpiration to changes in CO2 and climate.. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 3, 55-69.

Peterson AG.,Ball JT.,Luo Y.,Field CB.,Rey A.,et al 1999. Quantifying the effects of leaf nitrogen content and leaf mass per area on photosynthesis of plants grown under elevated atmospheric CO2 enrichment.. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22,1109-1119.

Peterson AG.,Ball JT.,Luo Y.,Field CB.,Rey A.,et al 1999. The photosynthesis-leaf nitrogen relationship at ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide: a meta-analysis.. Global Change Biology, 5, 331-346.

Medlyn BE.,Badeck FW,de Pury DGG,Rey A.,et al 1999. Effects of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis in European forest species: a meta-analysis of model parameters.. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, 1475-1495.

Year

1998

Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1998. Long-term photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in birch (Betula pendula Roth.).. Tree Physiology, 18, 441-450.

Wang YP.,Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1998. Modelling the carbon balance of young birch trees in ambient and elevated CO2 concentrations.. Global Change Biology, 4, 797-807.

Rey A.,Barton CVM,Jarvis PG 1998. Belowground responses to increased atmospheric CO2 concentration in birch (Betula pendula Roth.)..

Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1998. Long-term photosynthetic acclimation to elevated atmospheric CO2 in birch (Betula pendula Roth.)..

Year

1997

Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1997. An overview of long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on growth and physiology of birch (Betula pendula Roth.).. Botanical Journal of Scotland, 49, 325-340..

Rey A.,Jarvis PG 1997. Growth response of young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) after four and a half years in elevated CO2.. Annals of Botany, 80, 809-816..

Rey A. 1997. Response of young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration..

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