Welcome to my site. I am a professor of Forest Fires and Global Change. My research mainly revolves around how plants regulate the trade-off between carbon acquisition and water losses and on the implications of this regulation across scales: from plant growth to changes in wildfire activity. More specifically, my two main lines of research are:
I am a member of the Editorial Boards of New Phytologist, Regional Environmental Change, Trees, Plant Ecology and Diversity, Forests, Forest Systems and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
I’ve written a book about Plant-Fire Interactions and my other scientific publications are listed here.
I also collaborate with industry, assessing the space technologies company AISTECH, and I’ve written a few popular science articles (but mostly in Spanish)
PhD in Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management, 2008
University of Wyoming
MEng in Forestry, 2003
University of Lleida
BSc in Forestry, 2000
University of Lleida
This book provides a unique exploration of the inter-relationships between the science of plant environmental responses and the understanding and management of forest fires. It bridges the gap between plant ecologists, interested in the functional and evolutionary consequences of fire in ecosystems, with foresters and fire managers, interested in effectively reducing fire hazard and damage.
Organization of conferences for scientific outreach:
iGenium'17: Engineering Meeting Point. Conference on Engineering and climate change.
Conama 2016: National Environmental Science Conference. Oranizing session on Carbon sinks.
Press and SciComm
"Fires sweep a sweltering Europe. How is the EU fighting back?"(11/08/2022)
Statements for Christian Science Monitor (USA)
"How do we fight wildfires as the planet heats up?"(06/08/2022)
Statements for DW (Germany)
"Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record"(04/08/2022)
Statements for Reuters
"Expect more wildfires — in Europe and beyond — as society grapples with warming climate"(23/07/2022)
Statements for CBC News (Canadá)
"Explainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe"(19/07/2022)
Statements for Reuters
2020 US West Coast fires Statements for Science Magazine
I do write lots of SciComm papers for the mainstream press, but mostly in Spanish. They can be accessed here
Articles:
Chowdhury FI, Barua I, Chowdhury AI, Resco de Dios V, Shafiul M. 2020. Agroforestry shows higher potential than reforestation for soil restoration after slash-and-burn: a case study from Bangladesh. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes DOI: 10.1080/24749508.2020.1743528. [pdf]
Resco de Dios V, Karavani A, Boer MM, Baudena M, Colinas C, Díaz-Sierra R, Pemán J, de Luís M, Enríquez-de-Salamanza A. 2018. Deforestación inducida por el fuego en bosques mediterráneos sometidos a sequía. Foresta 70: 56-64.
Gessler A, Bugmann H, Bigler C, Edwards P, della Guistina C, Kueffer C, Roy J, Resco de Dios V. 2017. Light as a source of information in ecosystems in Changing perspectives on daylight: Science, technology, and culture. Science 358: 680. [pdf]
Rey A, Resco de Dios V. 2015. El papel de los estomas en la regulación del clima. Naturalmente - La revista del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales - 8: 27-31
Paredes E, Cerera T, Resco de Dios V, Larrañaga A. 2015. Planificació territorial per a la prevenció de grans incendis forestals. Aplicació pràctica a la conca de Madrona (Solsonès). Silvicultura 72: 17-20
Resco V. 2010, Fundamentos teóricos para el uso de isótopos estables en ecología terrestre. Ecosistemas 19: 1-5
Vidal Cerdeiros C, Resco V. 2008. La lectora de montes. Profor-ES 1: 86-89.
Resco de Dios, V. 2004. Efectos de la gestión en la dinámica de las masas forestales japonesas. Forestalia 9, 82-87.