Alicia VALDÉS

Doctor in Biology, Postdoctoral researcher
Speciality: Ecology
Team: GEP
alicia.valdes@u-picardie.fr

Research topic, key words

Landscape change, habitat loss and fragmentation, conservation biology, ecosystem services, biodiversity, forest ecology, plant population biology, community ecology.

Recent or current projects

2012-2014 smallFOREST Biodiversity and ecosystem services of small forest fragments in European landscapes. Research project BiodivERsA. 
2008-2011 COMPADEM Landscape configuration and demographic outcomes of plant-animal interactions in Cantabrian montane forests. CGL2008-01275 (MICINN).

Recent publications

Valdés, A., García, D., García, M.B. and Ehrlén, J. (2013) Contrasting effects of different landscape characteristics on population growth of a perennial forest herb. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00216.x.
Valdés, A. and García, D. Recruitment limitations in Primula vulgaris in a fragmented landscape (2013). Basic and Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.08.006
Valdés,A. and García,D. (2011). Direct and indirect effects of landscape change on the reproduction of a temperate perennial herb. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 1422–1431.
Valdés, A. (2011). Landscape models and fragmentation analysis: from island biogeography to the continuum landscape approach (in Spanish). Ecosistemas 20(2-3):11-20.
Valdés,A. and García,D. (2009). Applying a continua landscape approach to evaluate plant response to fragmentation: Primula vulgaris in the Cantabrian mountains. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 504-515.