Omar Flores

@vu.nl

Postdoctoral researcher, Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Faculty of Science
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam



                       

https://researchid.co/omarflores

My research focus on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystem processes (e.g. carbon cycle, soil food webs, tree growth), their responses and their feedbacks to climate change. I currently work as a developer for the Land Surface Model ORCHIDEE, participating in the EU Horizon 2020 project HoliSoils.

EDUCATION

BSc Biology (2008-2013), University of León, Spain
MSc Ecology (2013-2015), Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
PhD Ecology (2015-2020), Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science

143

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Late autumn warming can both delay and advance spring budburst through contrasting effects on bud dormancy depth in Fagus sylvatica L.
    R Garrigues, I Dox, O Flores, LJ Marchand, AV Malyshev, G Beemster, ...
    Tree Physiology 43 (10), 1718-1730 2023

  • Wood growth phenology and its relationship with leaf phenology in deciduous forest trees of the temperate zone of Western Europe
    I Dox, B Marin, P Zuccarini, LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, O Flores, ...
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 327, 109229 2022

  • Biogeochemical Cycling Driven by Dryland Mechanisms of Ecosystem Functioning in a Warmer and Drier Climate
    JM Grnzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, M Bahn, O Flores, ...
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, GC26D-02 2022

  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world
    JM Grnzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, O Adam, M Bahn, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 6 (8), 1064-1076 2022

  • Functional Diversity and Assembly Rules of Two Deciduous Seasonal Forests in Southeastern Brazil
    LA Silva, F Valladares, R Benavides, O Flores, APD Gonzaga
    Forest Science 67 (5), 514-524 2021

  • Drought elicits contrasting responses on the autumn dynamics of wood formation in late successional deciduous tree species
    I Dox, P Prislan, J Gričar, B Marin, N Delpierre, O Flores, S Leys, ...
    Tree Physiology 41 (7), 1171-1185 2021

  • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models—II: model description, implementation and testing
    O Flores, G Deckmyn, JC Yuste, M Javaux, A Uvarov, S van der Linde, ...
    PeerJ 9, e10707 2021

  • Functional Diversity and Assembly Rules of Two Deciduous Seasonal Forests in Southeastern Brazil
    L Aglai Silva, F Valladares Ros, R Benavides, O Flores, AP Dias Gonzaga
    Oxford University Press 2021

  • Holm oak decline and mortality exacerbates drought effects on soil biogeochemical cycling and soil microbial communities across a climatic gradient
    D Garca-Angulo, AM Hereş, M Fernndez-Lpez, O Flores, MJ Sanz, ...
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149, 107921 2020

  • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept
    G Deckmyn, O Flores, M Mayer, X Domene, A Schnepf, K Kuka, ...
    PeerJ 8, e9750 2020

  • Soil carbon cycle responses to global change and its prediction by modelling links between key biotic and abiotic processes in terrestrial ecosystems
    O Flores
    Universidad Autnoma de Madrid 2020

  • Emerging mechanisms of ecosystem functioning in a warmer and drier world
    JM Grnzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, O Tzuk, E Meron, O Flores, ...
    EGU2020 2020

  • Soil fauna: key to soil organic matter dynamics and modelling HANDBOOK OF METHODS
    JJ JImenez, J Filser, S Barot, M Berg, MJI Briones, G Bueno, JC Yuste, ...
    2020

  • Soil structure and fauna are key for modeling organic matter dynamics with soil model KEYLINK
    O Flores, G Deckmyn, A Schnepf, F Valladares Ros, J Curiel Yuste
    2019

  • Spatial patterns of species richness and nestedness in ant assemblages along an elevational gradient in a Mediterranean mountain range
    O Flores, J Seoane, V Hevia, FM Azcrate
    PloS one 13 (12), e0204787 2018

  • Alterations of C allocation patterns associated with climate-change induced vegetation die-off: effect over soil pools, soil biodiversity and functions and controls of soil
    J Curiel Yuste, D Garca-Angulo, C Braga, A Forner, DY Flores-Rentera, ...
    EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 4510 2018

  • KEYLINK model: a short introduction to its use and usefulness
    O Flores, A Schnepf, J Curiel Yuste, G Deckmyn
    Soil biodiversity and European woody agroecosystems 2018

  • Effect of forest management and ungulate grazing on litter quality of Holm oak (QuercusilexL.)
    O Flores, A Encina, M Daz Esteban, F Valladares Ros, J Curiel Yuste, ...
    2017

  • Factors controlling litter decomposition in Mediterranean holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) forests
    O Flores, J Garca-Angulo, AM Hereş, M Fernndez Fernndez, ...
    2016

  • Comportamiento de las comunidades microbianas del suelo frente al cambio climtico en los encinares mediterrneos
    D Garca-Angulo, M Fernndez-Lpez, AM Hereş, O Flores, ...
    2016

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world
    JM Grnzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, O Adam, M Bahn, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 6 (8), 1064-1076 2022
    Citations: 39

  • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept
    G Deckmyn, O Flores, M Mayer, X Domene, A Schnepf, K Kuka, ...
    PeerJ 8, e9750 2020
    Citations: 28

  • Spatial patterns of species richness and nestedness in ant assemblages along an elevational gradient in a Mediterranean mountain range
    O Flores, J Seoane, V Hevia, FM Azcrate
    PloS one 13 (12), e0204787 2018
    Citations: 24

  • Holm oak decline and mortality exacerbates drought effects on soil biogeochemical cycling and soil microbial communities across a climatic gradient
    D Garca-Angulo, AM Hereş, M Fernndez-Lpez, O Flores, MJ Sanz, ...
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149, 107921 2020
    Citations: 23

  • Drought elicits contrasting responses on the autumn dynamics of wood formation in late successional deciduous tree species
    I Dox, P Prislan, J Gričar, B Marin, N Delpierre, O Flores, S Leys, ...
    Tree Physiology 41 (7), 1171-1185 2021
    Citations: 9

  • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models—II: model description, implementation and testing
    O Flores, G Deckmyn, JC Yuste, M Javaux, A Uvarov, S van der Linde, ...
    PeerJ 9, e10707 2021
    Citations: 8

  • Wood growth phenology and its relationship with leaf phenology in deciduous forest trees of the temperate zone of Western Europe
    I Dox, B Marin, P Zuccarini, LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, O Flores, ...
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 327, 109229 2022
    Citations: 6

  • Late autumn warming can both delay and advance spring budburst through contrasting effects on bud dormancy depth in Fagus sylvatica L.
    R Garrigues, I Dox, O Flores, LJ Marchand, AV Malyshev, G Beemster, ...
    Tree Physiology 43 (10), 1718-1730 2023
    Citations: 3

  • Soil fauna: key to soil organic matter dynamics and modelling HANDBOOK OF METHODS
    JJ JImenez, J Filser, S Barot, M Berg, MJI Briones, G Bueno, JC Yuste, ...
    2020
    Citations: 2

  • Functional Diversity and Assembly Rules of Two Deciduous Seasonal Forests in Southeastern Brazil
    LA Silva, F Valladares, R Benavides, O Flores, APD Gonzaga
    Forest Science 67 (5), 514-524 2021
    Citations: 1