Terrestrial Ecology

About us

I am broadly interested in how global change affects terrestrial ecosystems, from plants to invertebrates. My current research aims to understand the responses of soil communities after extreme heat events, with a particular focus on springtails (Collembola). More specifically, I study how life-history and functional traits can help explain processes at higher ecological levels, such as population dynamics and species interactions. I also investigate how the timing of extreme heat events might interact with the phenology of belowground communities from different elevations, in order to determine the conditions under which extreme heat events could have greater impacts on these communities and the processes they regulate.

  Short CV
2020-Present PhD candidate, Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland
2020 M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolution (specialization in Animal Ecology and Conservation), University of Bern, Switzerland
2017 BSc in Environmental Biology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
2016 Erasmus Exchange, University of Helsinki, Finland

Publications

Martínez-De León, G., Dani, L., Hayoz-Andrey, A., Humann-Guilleminot, S., Arlettaz, R. & Humbert, J.-Y. (2022). Mid- and long-term responses of land snail communities to the intensification of mountain hay meadows management. BMC Ecol. Evol., 22, 1–11.  Link: https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12862-022-01972-4.pdf