Ruth C. Martín-Sanz

• PhD Forest Science
• Project Manager del Proyecto Escalera de Excelencia (CLU 2019-01 y CL-EI-2021-05) at University of Valladolid

Purpose of Review In this review, we synthesise current knowledge on trade-offs among traits in key fitness dimensions and identify major research gaps with the intention of laying the groundwork for a rapid advance in tree breeding for multiple objectives as a key contribution to the sustainability of planted forests in the future. Recent Finding...

Purpose of Review. In this review, we synthesize current knowledge on trade-offs among traits in key fitness dimensions and identify major research gaps with the intention of laying the groundwork for a rapid advance in tree breeding for multiple objectives as a key contribution to the sustainability of planted forests in the future. Recent Finding...

The didactic potential of soil monoliths is well known in areas related to soil science. However, informative events on soil, although on the rise, are still scarce. The Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department of the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of Palencia (University of Valladolid) has promoted the creation of a...

Many natural ecosystems around the world have been altered by human activities such as clearing for agriculture and pasture or timber harvesting. These land-use changes modify soil P status and dynamics. To evaluate the effects of land-use change on P chemical forms we used chemical fractionation and 31P-NMR spectroscopy. Soil samples were collecte...

Although soil phosphorus is essential for vegetation growth it is not always found in labile forms, hampering its absorption by plants, and is limited in forest ecosystems. This study explores soil P state and availability in calcareous soils, determining which processes affect its different pools and which soil parameters influence forest producti...

Bark thickness is a key structural feature in woody plants in the protection against fire. We used 19 provenances of Pinus halepensis, an obligate-seeder species, in a replicated common garden at two environments contrasting in water availability to assess the interacting effects of site environment and population in the relative allocation to bark...

Plasticity of bark allocation in Aleppo pine. Already accepted in Frontiers in Plant Science, authored by Ruth C. Martín-Sanz, Roberto San-Martín, Hendrik Poorter, Antonio Vázquez and José Climent.

This PhD thesis is framed within the study of fire adaptive traits of Pinus halepensis, focusing on the complex interaction among genotypes, phenotypes, and the environment.

Serotiny is an important adaptation for plants in fire-prone environments. However, different mechanisms also induce the opening of serotinous cones in the absence of fire in variably serotinous species. Xeriscence -cone opening driven by dry and hot conditions- is considered to be mediated only by the external environment, but endogenous factors c...

This appendix contains all Supporting Tables (A, B, C and D). Table A. Cycle of controlled temperature and relative humidity used in the screening laboratory experiment with individual cones. Table B. Cycle of controlled temperature and relative humidity used in the manipulating water availability ex situ experiment with pairs of cones from the sam...

This appendix contains all the databases used for this work. Table A. Database with all the variables used in the screening laboratory experiment. Table B. Database with the variables used in the ‘manipulating tree to cone physical connection in situ’ experiment for both sites. Table C. Database with the variables used in the ‘manipulating tree to...

La serotinia es un carácter adaptativo clave en plantas frente al fuego, pero puede verse influida por otros factores ambientales y fisiológicos. Determinar sus componentes de variación es fundamental para entender cómo los bosques podrán enfrentarse al aumento de temperatura, y la mayor frecuencia y severidad de sequías e incendios en las regiones...

•Premise of the study Serotiny, the maintenance of ripe seeds in closed fruits or cones until fire causes dehiscence, is a key adaptive trait of plants in fire-prone ecosystems, but knowledge of phenotypic plasticity for cone retention in woody plants is extremely scarce. Based both in literature and field observations, we hypothesized that increas...

Poster in ESEB Congress 2015

Poster in LE STUDIUM Conferences