Associate professor
- Address:
- Instituto Mixto de Investigación en Biodiversidad
Universidad de Oviedo, Campus de Mieres
Edificio de Investigación – 5ª planta
c/ Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós s/n
33600 Mieres, Asturias. Spain - Web:
- http://jimenezalfaro..net
- Twitter:
- @BorjaJimAlf
- Email:
- jimenezalfaro@uniovi.es
- Tel.:
- +34 985103000 (Ext. 5934)
Academic history
- Clarín-Cofund research fellow (CSIC, Spain, 2018-ongoing)
- Postdoc senior researcher (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research iDiv-MLU, 2017-2018)
- Visiting professor, affiliated (Pavia University, Italy, 2015-2017)
- Postdoc research fellow (Masaryk University, Czech Republic, 2012-2015)
- Postdoc research fellow (University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, 2012)
- Postdoc/research coordinator (Jardín Botánico Atlántico, Spain, 2009-2011)
- PhD in Conservation Biogeography (Oviedo University, Spain, 2008)
- Msc in Plant Conservation (Oviedo University, Spain, 2004)
- Bsc in Biology (University of León, Spain, 1998)
Research interests
- Plant Community Ecology
- Biogeography
- Seed ecology
- Vegetation Modelling
- Conservation Biology
Publications
Full list of publications
https://jimenezalfaro.weebly.com/publications.html
Selected publications
- Jiménez-Alfaro B, Girardello M, Chytrý M, Svenning J-C, Willner W, Gégout J-C, (…) & Wohlgemuth T. History and environment shape species pools and community diversity in European beech forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0462-6.
- Álvarez-Martínez J, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Barquín J, Ondivieta B, Silió-Calzada A, Juanes A (2018) Modeliing the area of occupancy of habitat types with remote sensing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (early view) doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12925.
- Sabatini F, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Burrascano S, Lora A, Chytrý M (2018) Beta-diversity of Central European forests decreases along an elevational gradient due to the variation in local community assembly processes. Ecography doi: 10.1111/ecog.02809.
- Ladouceur E, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Marin M, De Vitis M, Abbandonato H, Lannetta P, Bonomi C, Pritchard HW (2017) Native seed supply and the restoration species pool. Conservation letters doi: 10.1111/conl.12381.
- Janská V, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Chytrý M, Divíšek J, Anenkhonov O, Korolyuk A, Lashchinskyi N & Culek M (2017) Palaeodistribution modelling of European vegetation types at the Last Glacial Maximum using modern analogues from Siberia: prospects and limitations. Quaternary Science Reviews 159: 103-115.
- Jiménez-Alfaro B, Silveira F, Fidelis A, Poshchold P & Commander L (2016) Seed germination traits can contribute better to community ecology. Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 637-645.
- Chytrý M, Hennekens SM.,Jiménez-Alfaro B, Knollová I, Dengler J, Jansen F, (…) & Yamalov, S. (2016) European Vegetation archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 173-180.
- Jiménez-Alfaro B, Marcenó C, Bueno A, Gavilán R, Obeso JR (2014) Biogeographic deconstruction of alpine plant communities along altitudinal and topographic gradients. Journal of Vegetation Science 125: 160-171.
- Fernández Pascual E, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Caujapé-Castells J, Jaén-Molina R, Díaz TE (2013) A local dormancy cline is related to the seed maturation environment, population genetic composition and climate. Annals of Botany 112: 937-945.
- Jiménez-Alfaro B, Draper D, Nogués–Bravo D (2012) Modeling the potential area of occupancy at fine resolution may reduce uncertainty of species ranges estimates. Biological conservation 147: 190-196.