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Inés Ibáñez
Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Ecosystem Science and Management
Conservation + Restoration
Office
Dana 2046
Websites
About
Understanding forest functioning–the array of physiochemical and biological processes that occur within the ecosystem–is essential for assessing and managing the products and services provided by these systems. Tractable, stakeholder-friendly models that simultaneously account for multiple key forest functions (photosynthesis, biomass production, and decomposition) are needed to better address the biological constraints of these systems and inform their management. Our work aims at generating knowledge and estimates of forest ecosystem performance and resilience to environmental change that both advances science and are of use to decision makers.
Publications
Qiu, T. M.C., ~60 authors, and J. S. Clark (2023). Mutualist dispersers and the global distribution of masting: mediation by climate and fertility. Nature Plants, in press.
Bogdziewicz, M. ~60 students, Clark, J.S. 2023. Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography. In press
Ibáñez, I., L. Petri, D. T. Barnett, E. M. Beaury, D. M. Blumenthal, J. D. Corbin, J. Diez, J. S. Dukes, R. Early, I. S. Pearse, C. J. B. Sorte, M. Vilà and B. Bradley. 2023. Combining local, landscape, and regional geographies to assess plant community vulnerability to invasion impact. Ecological Applications. In press.
Requena-Mullor, J.M., Steiner, A., Keppel-Aleks, G., Ibáñez, I. 2023.Tradeoffs in forest resilience to satellite-based estimates of water and productivity losses. In press. Remote Sensing of Environment.
Zonnevylle, H.M., Acharya, K., Potvin, L., Romanski, M., Ibáñez, I. Long-term effects of herbivory on tree growth are not consistent with browsing preferences. CJFR 53 (4) , 234-243 , DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2022-0221
Petri, L., Beaury, E., Corbin, J., Peach, K., Sofaer, H., Pearse, I., Early, R., Barnett, D., Ibáñez, I., Peet, R., Schafale, M., Wentworth, T.R., Vanderhorst, J., Zaya, D., Spyreas, G., Bradley, B. 2023. SPCIS: Standardized Plant Community with Introduced Status Database. Ecology e3947. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3947
Qiu T., +60 authors, and James Clark. 2022. Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications 13:2381 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30037-9
Journe, V., 60 authors, Clark, J.S. 2022. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters. 25:1471-1482.
Wang, X. and Ibáñez, I. 2022. The contrasting effects of local environmental conditions on tree growth between populations at different latitudes. Forests 13, 429 doi.org/10.3390/f13030429
Research
We are particularly interested in the effects of climate change on the structure of natural communities. Because the study of forests is integral to understanding climate change, in our research we have explored the combinations of factors that tend to place tree species at risk of local extinction, especially the constraints related to species recruitment of new individuals. We have also addressed the identification of sources of potential immigrants for a particular region. Our work has also addressed the resilience of current forest to water and productivity loses.
Education
PhD., Duke University (ecology)
M.S., Utah State University (range sciences)
B.S., Universidad Complutense de Madrid (botany)
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