Dr. Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Forestry
KeywordsCarbon dynamics, Climate change, Cloud montane forests, Fire ecology, Tropical protected areas

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBarcelona
InstitutionUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)
InstituteCentre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Reinhard MosandlLehrstuhl für Waldbau und Forsteinrichtung, Technische Universität München, Freising
Prof. Dr. Thomas KnokeWissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan für Ernährung, Landnutzung und Umwelt - Fachgebiet für Waldinventur und nachhaltige Nutzung, Technische Universität München, Freising
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2007

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2014ROMAN-CUESTA RM; CARMONA-MORENO C; LIZCANO G, NEW M; SILMAN M; KNOKE T; MALHI Y; OLIVERAS I; ASBJORNSEN H; VUILLE M.: Synchronous fire activity in the tropical high Andes:an indication of regional climate forcing. In: Global Change Biology, 2014, 1929-1942
2013Imma Oliveras, Yadvinder Malhi, Norma Salinas, Vicky Huaman, Erickson Urquiaga-Flores, Jose Kala-Mamani, Jose Antonio Quintano-Loaiza, Israel Cuba- Torres, Nohemi Lizarraga-Morales, Rosa-Maria Roman-Cuesta: Changes in forest structure and composition after fire in tropical montane cloud forests near the Andean treeline. In: Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2013, 329-340
2011Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta; N. Salinas, H. Asbjornsen, I. Oliveras, V. Huaman, Y. Gutiérrez,L. Puelles, J. Kala, D. Yabar, M. Rojas, R. Astete, D.Y. Jordán, M. Silman, R. Mosandl,M. Weber, B. Stimm, S. Günter, T. Knoke, Y. Malhi: Implications of fires on carbon budgets in Andean cloud montane forest: The importance of peat soils and tree resprouting. In: Forest Ecology and Management, 2011, 1987-1997