Àlex Giménez Romero

Àlex Giménez Romero

PhD in Physics of Complex Systems. Post-doc at the Center for Advanced Studies in Blanes, Spain.

Here you can find a list of my scientific publications. Click on journal names to go to the original publication in that journal. Click on to obtain pdf copy. Click on to go to a press release of the article (some links might no longer work).

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Journal articles

  1. “Thermal Stress Is Associated With Fragmentation of Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica Meadows”, À. Giménez-Romero, T. Sintes, C. M. Duarte and M. A. Matias, Global Change Biology Communications (2026).
  2. “Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability”, À. Giménez-Romero, C. Hernández, M. Genovart, and R. Salguero-Gómez, Ecology Letters (2025).
  3. “A generalizable deep learning framework for large-scale mapping of seagrass habitats”, À. Giménez-Romero, D. Ferchichi, P. Moreno-Spiegelberg, T. Síntes and M. A. Matías, Ecological Indicators (2025).
  4. “High-resolution climate data reveals increased risk of Pierce’s disease for grapevines worldwide”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. Moralejo, M. A. Matías, Scientific Reports (2025).
  5. “Leaf susceptibility of Macaronesian laurel forest species to Phytophthora ramorum”, E. Moralejo, J. A. García-Muñoz, S. Denman, À. Giménez-Romero, European Journal of Forest Research (2025).
  6. “Unravelling the universal spatial properties of coral reefs”, À. Giménez-Romero, M. A. Matías and C. M. Duarte, Global Ecology and Biogeography (2024).
  7. “Linking intercontinental biogeographic events to decipher how European vineyards escaped Pierce’s disease”, E. Moralejo, À. Giménez-Romero, M. A. Matías, Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2024).
  8. “Global warming significantly increases the risk of Pierce’s disease epidemics in European vineyards”, À. Giménez-Romero, M. Iturbide, E. moralejo, J. M. Gutiérrez and M. A. Matías, Scientific Reports (2024).
  9. “A compartmental model for Xylella fastidiosa diseases with explicit vector seasonal dynamics”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. Moralejo, M. A. Matías, Phytopathology (2023).
  10. “Degree-day-based model to predict egg hatching of Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae), the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe”, C. Lago, À. Giménez-Romero, M. Morente, M. A. Matías, A. Moreno, and A. Fereres, Environmental Entomology (2023).
  11. “Global predictions for the risk of establishment of Pierce’s disease of grapevines”, À. Giménez-Romero, M. Montesinos, J. Bauzà, M. Godefroid, A. Fereres, J. J. Ramasco, M. A. Matías, and E. Moralejo, Communications Biology (2022).
  12. “Vector-borne diseases with nonstationary vector populations: The case of growing and decaying populations”, À. Giménez-Romero, R. Flaquer-Galmés, and M. A. Matías, Physical Review E (2022).
  13. “Spatial effects in parasite-induced marine diseases of immobile hosts”, À. Giménez-Romero, F. Vázquez, C. López and M. A. Matías, Royal Society Open Science (2022).
  14. “pH trends and seasonal cycle in the coastal Balearic Sea reconstructed through machine learning”, S. Flecha, À. Giménez-Romero, J. Tintoré, F. F. Pérez, E. Alou-Font, M. A. Matías, and I. E. Hendriks, Scientific Reports (2022).
  15. “Modelling parasite-produced marine diseases: The case of the mass mortality event of Pinna nobilis”, À. Giménez-Romero, A. Grau, I. E. Hendriks, and M. A. Matias, Ecological Modelling (2021).

Technical reports

Preprints

  • “A mechanistic framework linking within-host pathogen progression to vector-mediated transmission under climate forcing”, J. C. Rodríguez-Cabanillas, M. A. Matías and À. Giménez-Romero, biorXiv (2026).
  • “Ecological networks balance connectivity with flexibility to perturbations”, À. Giménez-Romero, D. Oro, J. Bascompte and M. Genovart, biorXiv (2026).
  • “A demographic framework for assessing population vulnerability to contrasting perturbation regimes”, À. Giménez-Romero, D. Oro, D. F. Doak, M. B. García and M. Genovart, biorXiv (2026).
  • “Inferring seagrass meadow resilience from self-organized spatial patterns”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. del Campo and M. A. Matías, biorXiv (2026).
  • “Hydrodynamics shapes annularity in coral reefs via scale-free growth processes”, E. Llabrés, À. Giménez-Romero, T. Sintes and C. M. Duarte, arXiv (2026).
  • “Intermittent precipitation and spatial Allee effects drive irregular vegetation patterns in semiarid ecosystems”, À. Giménez-Romero, B. A. Afful, P. E. Greenwood, M. A. Matias and L. F. Gordillo, bioRxiv (2026). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.24.713893
  • “Rare events and their role in ecological dynamics”, D. Oro, D. F. Doke, À. Giménez-Romero and M. Genovart, Under review (2026).
  • “Effects of moderate meadow fragmentation and hydrodynamics on the water column oxygenation by the seagrass Posidonia oceanica”, E. Mayol, P. A. Aramburu, C. Morell, À. Giménez-Romero, M. Wesselmann, E. Infantes, N. Marbà and I. E. Hendriks , Under review (2026).

Outreach articles

  • “Unos pocos grados de diferencia pueden marcar la frontera entre la vida y la muerte de la vid”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. Moralejo and M. A. Matías, The Conversation (2025).

  • “Cómo los viñedos europeos escaparon de una devastadora enfermedad… por ahora”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. Moralejo and M. A. Matías, The Conversation (2024).

  • “Xylella fastidiosa y el cambio climático amenazan la viticultura europea: hemos calculado cuánto”, À. Giménez-Romero, E. Moralejo and M. A. Matías, The Conversation (2024).

  • “Descifrando el fondo marino desde el espacio con los ojos de la inteligencia artificial”, À. Giménez-Romero and M. A. Matías, The Conversation (2023).

  • “Pierce’s disease of grapevines caused by Xylella fastidiosa: what are the risks?”, À. Giménez-Romero and E. Moralejo, Science & Wine (2023).