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M. Teresa Sebastià
Head of group
PROGRAM / Bioeconomy, health and governance
LINE / Biodiversity, functional ecology and global change
PhD from the University of Barcelona, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.
Professor of Botany at the University of Lleida (UdL) since 1998 and researcher at the CTFC since 1997, she currently leads the ECOFUN group on Biodiversity, Functional Ecology, and Global Change. She has carried out her research in grasslands, forests, and croplands across three continents. Coordinates a network of eddy covariance flux towers in grasslands along climatic gradients in the Pyrenees. She has led national and EU-funded research projects and serves on several scientific committees. Her extensive experience in mentoring and training, both as a university professor and as a mentor of young researchers, includes master’s students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral fellows.
Professor of Botany at the University of Lleida (UdL) since 1998 and researcher at the CTFC since 1997, she currently leads the ECOFUN group on Biodiversity, Functional Ecology, and Global Change. She has carried out her research in grasslands, forests, and croplands across three continents. Coordinates a network of eddy covariance flux towers in grasslands along climatic gradients in the Pyrenees. She has led national and EU-funded research projects and serves on several scientific committees. Her extensive experience in mentoring and training, both as a university professor and as a mentor of young researchers, includes master’s students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral fellows.
Keywords
BiodiversityPlant biodiversityGlobal changePasturesSoil-plant relationsEcosystem servicesAgroforestry systemsAgrosilvopastoral systemsSoil Latest Publications
- Salazar, L.M., Sebastià, M.T., Poch, R.M. (2025). Fungal Microfeatures in Topsoils Under Fairy Rings in Pyrenean Grasslands. Soil Systems
- Sebastià, M.T., Banagar, F., Palero, N., Ibáñez, M., Plaixats, J. (2024). Quality Production of Sainfoin Swards Challenged by Global Change in Mountain Areas in the Western Mediterranean. Agronomy
- Gottselig N, (…), Sebastià MT, (…), Klumpp E (2017). Elemental Composition of Natural Nanoparticles and Fine Colloids in European Forest Stream Waters and Their Role as Phosphorus Carriers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Brophy C, Finn JA, Lüscher A, Suter M, Kirwan L, Sebastià MT, ..., et al. (2017). Major shifts in species’ relative abundance in grassland mixtures alongside positive effects of species diversity in yield: a continental-scale experiment. Journal of Ecology
Additional Publications
- Llovet, A., Llurba, R., Aljazairi, S., Mattana, S., Plaixats, J., Nogués, S., Sebastià M.T., Ribas, A. 2024. Nitrogen facilitation was maintained in sown Mediterranean forage mixtures despite drought stress conditions with concurrent general benefits upon plant aboveground water status and yield. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 375. ISSN 0167-8809. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109187
- Peguero, G., Burkart, A., Íñiguez, E., Rodríguez, A., Llurba, R., Sebastia, M.T. 2023. Remote sensing of legacy effects of biodiversity on crop performance. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108322.
- Ibañez, M., Sebastià, M.T. 2022. Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange in Mountain Grasslands Is Seriously Endangered by the Temperature Increase in the Eastern Pyrenees. Atmosphere. DOI: 10.3390/atmos13121980
- Rodríguez, A., Canals, R.M. & Sebastià, MT. 2022. Positive Effects of Legumes on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Disappear at High Legume Proportions Across Natural Grasslands in the Pyrenees. Ecosystems 25, 960–975, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00695-9.
- Rodriguez, A., Ibanez, M., Bol, R., Brueggemann, N., Lobo, A., Jiménez, J.J., Ruess, L., Sebastia, M. T. 2022. Fairy ring-induced soil potassium depletion gradients reshape microbial community composition in a montane grassland. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(3): art. num. 13239. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13239.
- Ibañez, M., Altimir, N., Ribas, À., Eugster, W., Sebastia, M.T., 2021. Cereal-legume mixtures increase net CO2 uptake in a forage system of the Eastern Pyrenees. Field Crops Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108262
- Debouk, H., Emeterio, L.S., Marí, T., Canals, R.M., Sebastià, M.T., 2020. Plant functional diversity, climate and grazer type regulate soil activity in natural grasslands. Agronomy 10, 1291, 1–20. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10091291.
- Rodríguez, A., Canals, R.M., Plaixats, J., Albanell, E., Debouk, H., Garcia-Pausas, J., San Emeterio, L., Jimenez, J.J., Sebastià M.-T., 2020. Interactions between biogeochemical and management factors explain soil organic carbon in Pyrenean grasslands. Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-6033-2020.
- Debouk, H., Altimir, N., Sebastià, M.T., 2018. Maximizing the information obtained from chamber-based greenhouse gas exchange measurements in remote areas 5, 973–983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.07.021.
- Rodríguez, A., de Lamo, X., Sebastià, M.T., 2018. Interactions between global change components drive plant species richness patterns within communities in mountain grasslands independently of topography. J. Veg. Sci. 29, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12683.