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Peer-reviewed articles, preprints and technical reports. Browse the record by publication type or research theme.

2026

25

A demographic framework for assessing population vulnerability to contrasting perturbation regimes

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Daniel Oro, Daniel F. Doak, Maria Begoña García, Meritxell Genovart

bioRxivpreprint

A demographic framework for comparing vulnerability under contrasting perturbation regimes.

24

A mechanistic framework linking within-host pathogen progression to vector-mediated transmission under climate forcing

Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Cabanillas, Manuel A. Matías, Àlex Giménez-Romero

bioRxiv · 2026.07.01.735761preprint

Links within-host pathogen progression to vector-mediated transmission under climate forcing.

23

Density dependence buffers natural populations against multiple stressors

Man Qi, Rob Salguero-Gomez, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Jiamiao Chen, Qianzhao Sun, Tao Sun

EcoEvoRxivpreprint

22

Ecological networks balance connectivity with flexibility to perturbations

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Daniel Oro, Jordi Bascompte, Meritxell Genovart

bioRxiv · 2026.06.12.731932preprint

Across ecological interaction networks, connectivity grows sub-quadratically with richness, balancing information propagation with flexibility to link perturbations.

21

Effects of moderate meadow fragmentation and hydrodynamics on the water column oxygenation by the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Elvira Mayol, Peru Agueda Aramburu, Carlos Alejandro Morell Lujan-Williams, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Marlene Wesselmann, Eduardo Infantes, Núria Marbà, Iris E. Hendriks

Under reviewpreprint

20

Hydrodynamics shapes annularity in coral reefs via scale-free growth processes

Eva Llabrés, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Tomàs Sintes, Carlos M. Duarte

arxivpreprint

19

Inferring seagrass meadow resilience from self-organized spatial patterns

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Elena del Campo, Manuel A. Matías

biorxivpreprint

Tests whether self-organized seagrass patterns contain information about ecosystem resilience.

18

Intermittent precipitation and spatial Allee effects drive irregular vegetation patterns in semiarid ecosystems

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Bernard A. Afful, Priscilla E. Greenwood, Manuel A. Matías, Luis F. Gordillo

biorxiv · 2026.02.05.703943preprint

17

Rare events and their role in ecological dynamics

Daniel Oro, Daniel F. Doak, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Meritxell Genovart

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

16

Thermal Stress Is Associated With Fragmentation of Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica Meadows

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Tomàs Sintes, Carlos M. Duarte, Manuel A. Matías

Global Change Biology Communications · 1 · e70031

Links accumulated thermal stress to loss and fragmentation of Mediterranean Posidonia meadows.

2025

15

A generalizable deep learning framework for large-scale mapping of seagrass habitats

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Dhafer Ferchichi, Pablo Moreno-Spiegelberg, Tomàs Sintes, Manuel A. Matías

Ecological Indicators · 180 · 114349

A transferable deep-learning framework for mapping seagrass habitats at large spatial scales.

14

High-resolution climate data reveals increased risk of Pierce's disease for grapevines worldwide

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Eduardo Moralejo, Manuel A. Matías

Scientific Reports · 15 · 31282

High-resolution climate data uncovers disease-risk hotspots missed by coarser products.

13

Leaf susceptibility of Macaronesian laurel forest species to Phytophthora ramorum

Eduardo Moralejo, José A. García-Muñoz, Sandra Denman, Àlex Giménez-Romero

European Journal of Forest Research

12

Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Christina Hernández, Meritxell Genovart, Roberto Salguero Gómez

Ecology Letters · 28 · e70272

Shows how population structure can fundamentally alter community stability.

2024

11

Global warming significantly increases the risk of Pierce's disease epidemics in European vineyards

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Maialen Iturbide, Eduardo Moralejo, José M. Gutiérrez, Manuel A. Matías

Scientific Reports · 14 · 9648

Projects how warming reshapes Pierce’s disease epidemic risk across European vineyards.

10

Interdisciplinary Analysis of Plant Health Threats to Scotland: Project Final Report

D. P. Bebber, S. J. Gurr, A. Karley, L. Lozada-Ellison, T. Beale, À. Giménez-Romero

Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Plant Health (PHC)

9

Linking intercontinental biogeographic events to decipher how European vineyards escaped Pierce’s disease

Eduardo Moralejo, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Manuel A. Matías

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · 291 · 20241130

8

Unravelling the Universal Spatial Properties of Coral Reefs

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Manuel A. Matías, Carlos M. Duarte

Global Ecology and Biogeography · e13939

Reveals recurrent size, shape and spacing patterns across more than a million coral reefs worldwide.

2023

7

A Compartmental Model for Xylella fastidiosa Diseases with Explicit Vector Seasonal Dynamics

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Eduardo Moralejo, Manuel A. Matías

Phytopathology® · 113 · 1686--1696

6

Degree-day-based model to predict egg hatching of Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae), the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe

Clara Lago, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Marina Morente, Manuel A Matías, Aránzazu Moreno, Alberto Fereres

Environmental Entomology · 52 · 350--359

2022

5

Global predictions for the risk of establishment of Pierce's disease of grapevines

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Javier Galván, Marina Montesinos, Joan Bauzà, Martin Godefroid, Alberto Fereres, José J. Ramasco, Manuel A. Matías, Eduardo Moralejo

Communications Biology · 5 · 1389

4

pH trends and seasonal cycle in the coastal Balearic Sea reconstructed through machine learning

Susana Flecha, Àlex Giménez-Romero, Joaquín Tintoré, Fiz F. Pérez, Eva Alou-Font, Manuel A. Matías, Iris E. Hendriks

Scientific Reports · 12 · 12956

3

Spatial effects in parasite-induced marine diseases of immobile hosts

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Federico Vazquez, Cristóbal López, Manuel A. Matías

Royal Society Open Science · 9 · 212023

2

Vector-borne diseases with nonstationary vector populations: The case of growing and decaying populations

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Rosa Flaquer-Galmés, Manuel A. Matías

Phys. Rev. E · 106 · 054402

2021

1

Modelling parasite-produced marine diseases: The case of the mass mortality event of Pinna nobilis

Àlex Giménez-Romero, Amalia Grau, Iris E. Hendriks, Manuel A. Matias

Ecological Modelling · 459 · 109705