Omar Flores

@uantwerpen.be

Postdoctoral researcher, PLECO group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Universiteit Antwerpen

Omar Flores


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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 work as data scientist and as a developer for the Land Surface Model ORCHIDEE, which is the terrestrial component of the Earth System Model IPSL-CM.

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
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Scholar Citations

9

Scholar h-index

8

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Impacts of ectomycorrhizal forest change on nutrient cycling, forest resilience, and ecosystem services
    MI Bidartondo, S van der Linde, C Andrew, G Deckmyn, G Delhaye, ...
    The ISME Journal, wrag103 , 2026
    2026
  • A generic spinup procedure to initialize European forest state variables in land surface models
    M Remaud, J Jeong, G Marie, O Flores, K Naudts, A Peregon, S Luyssaert
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 18 (4), e2025MS005584 , 2026
    2026
  • FAIRWood: An open database for global xylogenesis research
    P Fonti, A Cabon, O Flores, M Hughes, C Nabais, E Larysch, L Marchand, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Recommendations for assessing xylogenesis in angiosperm trees
    LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, C Nabais, E Larysch, R Silvestro, ...
    Quantitative plant biology 7, e4 , 2026
    2026
  • D6. 3 Atlas of optimal forest management strategies
    VC Dondini, S Luyssaert, K Naudts, I Storms, AM Remaud, J Jeong, ...
    2025
  • Xylem growth cessation in stems and branches of European beech and silver birch: influences of temperature and drought
    LJ Marchand, J Gričar, P Prislan, I Dox, M Verlinden, O Flores, M Campioli
    Frontiers in plant science 16, 1648689 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Microbial biomass–not diversity–drives soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in Spanish holm oak ecosystems
    E Bruni, JC Yuste, L Menichetti, O Flores, D Guasconi, B Guenet, ...
    Geoderma 460, 117408 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 9
  • D5. 4. Mechanistic representation of soil resilience in models
    O Flores, F Kialka, B Guenet, K Naudts, J Luyssaert, CO Confidential
    2025
  • On the assessment and initialization of European forest state variables in Land Surface Models
    M Remaud, J Jeong, G Marie, O Flores, K Naudts, S Luyssaert
    EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU25-2268 , 2025
    2025
  • Effect of soil structure on vadose zone hydrology in the ORCHIDEE land surface model
    F Kiałka, O Flores, K Naudts, S Luyssaert, B Guenet
    EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU25-19175 , 2025
    2025
  • Autumn phenology of mountain birch at the sub-arctic treeline in comparison with silver birch in the cold and mild temperate zone
    P Zuccarini, F Gehrmann, M Balzarolo, O Flores, J Gricar, B Mariën, ...
    Trees 39 (1), 14 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • D2. 10 ORCHIDEE-Keylink
    B Guenet, O Flores, JC Yuste, K Naudts, CO Confidential
    2024
  • Segmental retention models for representing the hydraulic properties of evolving structured soils
    F Kiałka, O Flores, K Naudts, S Luyssaert, B Guenet
    Vadose Zone Journal , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • D6. 2 Atlas of initial conditions & model evaluation
    O Flores, S Luyssaert, K Naudts, S Filipek, H Verkerk, M Hassegawa, ...
    2024
  • Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils, HoliSoils
    S Manzoni, B Guenet, O Flores, A Lehtonen
    2024
  • 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
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Representing the effect of (de) compaction on soil hydraulic properties using segmental constitutive laws
    F Kiałka, O Flores, K Naudts, S Luyssaert, B Guenet
    EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU-5628 , 2023
    2023
  • Wood growth phenology and its relationship with leaf phenology in deciduous forest trees of the temperate zone of Western Europe
    I Dox, B Mariën, P Zuccarini, LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, O Flores, ...
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 327, 109229 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 29
  • Biogeochemical Cycling Driven by Dryland Mechanisms of Ecosystem Functioning in a Warmer and Drier Climate
    JM Grünzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, M Bahn, O Flores, ...
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, GC26D-02 , 2022
    2022
  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world
    JM Grünzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, O Adam, M Bahn, ...
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 6 (8), 1064-1076 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 134

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world
    JM Grünzweig, HJ De Boeck, A Rey, MJ Santos, O Adam, M Bahn, ...
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 6 (8), 1064-1076 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 134
  • Holm oak decline and mortality exacerbates drought effects on soil biogeochemical cycling and soil microbial communities across a climatic gradient
    D García-Angulo, AM Hereş, M Fernández-López, O Flores, MJ Sanz, ...
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149, 107921 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 46
  • 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
    2020
    Citations: 41
  • 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 Azcárate
    PloS one 13 (12), e0204787 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 38
  • Wood growth phenology and its relationship with leaf phenology in deciduous forest trees of the temperate zone of Western Europe
    I Dox, B Mariën, P Zuccarini, LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, O Flores, ...
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 327, 109229 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 29
  • Drought elicits contrasting responses on the autumn dynamics of wood formation in late successional deciduous tree species
    I Dox, P Prislan, J Gričar, B Mariën, N Delpierre, O Flores, S Leys, ...
    Tree Physiology 41 (7), 1171-1185 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • 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
    2021
    Citations: 19
  • 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
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Microbial biomass–not diversity–drives soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in Spanish holm oak ecosystems
    E Bruni, JC Yuste, L Menichetti, O Flores, D Guasconi, B Guenet, ...
    Geoderma 460, 117408 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 9
  • Xylem growth cessation in stems and branches of European beech and silver birch: influences of temperature and drought
    LJ Marchand, J Gričar, P Prislan, I Dox, M Verlinden, O Flores, M Campioli
    Frontiers in plant science 16, 1648689 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Segmental retention models for representing the hydraulic properties of evolving structured soils
    F Kiałka, O Flores, K Naudts, S Luyssaert, B Guenet
    Vadose Zone Journal , 2024
    2024
    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
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Autumn phenology of mountain birch at the sub-arctic treeline in comparison with silver birch in the cold and mild temperate zone
    P Zuccarini, F Gehrmann, M Balzarolo, O Flores, J Gricar, B Mariën, ...
    Trees 39 (1), 14 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • 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 Autónoma de Madrid , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
  • Impacts of ectomycorrhizal forest change on nutrient cycling, forest resilience, and ecosystem services
    MI Bidartondo, S van der Linde, C Andrew, G Deckmyn, G Delhaye, ...
    The ISME Journal, wrag103 , 2026
    2026
  • A generic spinup procedure to initialize European forest state variables in land surface models
    M Remaud, J Jeong, G Marie, O Flores, K Naudts, A Peregon, S Luyssaert
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 18 (4), e2025MS005584 , 2026
    2026
  • FAIRWood: An open database for global xylogenesis research
    P Fonti, A Cabon, O Flores, M Hughes, C Nabais, E Larysch, L Marchand, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Recommendations for assessing xylogenesis in angiosperm trees
    LJ Marchand, P Prislan, J Gričar, C Nabais, E Larysch, R Silvestro, ...
    Quantitative plant biology 7, e4 , 2026
    2026
  • D6. 3 Atlas of optimal forest management strategies
    VC Dondini, S Luyssaert, K Naudts, I Storms, AM Remaud, J Jeong, ...
    2025
  • D5. 4. Mechanistic representation of soil resilience in models
    O Flores, F Kialka, B Guenet, K Naudts, J Luyssaert, CO Confidential
    2025