Daniel Montesinos (9C17-FD12-EE63)

Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Montesinos

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary ecology of plants. My main focus of research is on the rapid evolution of locally adapted traits of invasive species across broad biogeographical scales, with a special focus on reproduction and reproductive systems. Biogeographic comparisons of closely related invasive and non-invasive species provide novel insights into invasive ecology. Our results suggest that local adaptation and reproductive isolation can occur at fastest rates than it was previously thought, and might have broad biogeographic implications for the understanding of allopatry and speciation processes. Among other systems, I work on the ecology of invasive acacia trees (Acacia dealbata and A. longifolia), ecophysiology and reproductive trade-offs, and reproductive and conservation ecology. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Web Ecology the journal of the European Ecological Federation-EEF. I am also Coordinating Editor for the Nordic Journal of Botany. You can follow me on Twitter @plant_ecology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Daniel Montesinos

Citation names

Montesinos, Daniel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9C17-FD12-EE63
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2893-0878
Google Scholar ID: 1_P3xw4AAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: A-9070-2012
Scopus Author Id: 56874823500

Education

	Degree	Classification
2002 - 2007 Concluded	Ecologia Evolutiva das Plantas (Doutoramento) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain "Reproductive efficacy and environmental variability on the dioecious tree Juniperus thurifera" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	3 (0-3)
2000 - 2002 Concluded	Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (Mestrado) Universitat de València, Spain "Conflicting selective forces underlying seed dispersal in the endangered plant Silene diclinis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	3 (0-3)
1994 - 1999 Concluded	Licenciado em Biologia (Licenciatura) Universitat de València, Spain	2,2 (0-4)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013/12 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

2011/06 - 2013/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

2009/05 - 2011/04	Researcher (Research)	The University of Montana, United States

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/03 - Current	Professor Convidado	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2019/03 - Current	Senior Research Fellow	James Cook University - Cairns Campus, Australia

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2015/11 - 2019/04	Neo-Allopatry. Invasive species as model systems for the study of the early stages of allopatric speciation. PTDC/BIA-PLA/0763/2014 Principal investigator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012 - 2016	ReproWeed - Invasiveness and reproductive isolation between native and non-native ranges of Centaurea weeds. FP7-PEOPLE-MC-IF-CIG-321909 Principal investigator	European Commission
2013/05 - 2015/04	Invasiveness and reproductive isolation among native and non-native ranges of Centaurea weeds. 129702 Provided by PTCRIS: 129702 PTDC/BIA-PLA/3389/2012 FP7-MC-CIG-321909 Principal investigator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. European Commission Concluded
2010/05 - 2013/10	Below and aboveground mutualisms in the invasion by Australian acacias: relevance on invasive dynamics and consequences for native ecosystems - MUTUALNET. Provided by PTCRIS: 103507 103507 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter

Montesinos, Daniel; Daniel García. "Matorrales arborescentes de Juniperus spp.". In Bases ecológicas preliminares para la conservación de los tipos de hábitat de interés comunitario en España, 30-60. Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, 2009.
Published
Montesinos, Daniel; Daniel García. "Formaciones de Juniperus communis en brezales o pastizales calcáreos.". In Bases ecológicas preliminares para la conservación de los tipos de hábitat de interés comunitario en España, 61-90. Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, 2009.
Published
Montesinos, Daniel; Rudinger Otto; José María Fernandez Palácios. "Bosques endémicos de Juniperus spp.". In Bases ecológicas preliminares para la conservación de los tipos de hábitat de interés comunitario en España., 91-120. Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, 2009.
Published
Montesinos, Daniel; Jaime Güemes. "Silene diclinis". In Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de España., 100-101. Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, 2003.
Published

Journal article

Montesinos, Daniel; Callaway, Ragan M.. "Soil and seed origins determine the success of invasive and non-invasive congeneric Centaurea species.". Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3141.
Open access • Accepted • 10.1002/ecy.3141
Beatriz Ferreira; Daniel Montesinos; Fátima Sales. "Mucilage in Portuguese Lamiaceae". Botany Letters (2020): https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2020.1790035.
10.1080/23818107.2020.1790035
Montesinos, Daniel. "Increments in weed seed size track global range expansion and contribute to colonization in a non-native region". Biological Invasions (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02137-z.
10.1007/s10530-019-02137-z
Montesinos, Daniel. "Biogeographic differences in the allelopathy of leaf surface extracts of an invasive weed". Biological Invasions (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02038-1.
10.1007/s10530-019-02038-1
Montesinos, Daniel. "Forest Ecological Intensification". Trends in Plant Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.03.009.
10.1016/j.tplants.2019.03.009
Daniel Montesinos; Ryan C. Graebner; Ragan M. Callaway. "Evidence for evolution of increased competitive ability for invasive Centaurea solstitialis, but not for naturalized C. calcitrapa". Biological Invasions 21 1 (2019): 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1807-z.
10.1007/s10530-018-1807-z
Daniel Montesinos; Marta Correia; Sílvia Castro; Kristine French; Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría. "Diminishing importance of elaiosomes for acacia seed removal in non-native ranges". Evolutionary Ecology 32 6 (2018): 601-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-018-9959-y.
10.1007/s10682-018-9959-y
Daniel Montesinos; Ragan M. Callaway. "Traits correlate with invasive success more than plasticity: A comparison of three Centaurea congeners". Ecology and Evolution 8 15 (2018): 7378-7385. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4080.
10.1002/ece3.4080
Becerra, Pablo I.; Catford, Jane A.; Inderjit; McLeod, Morgan Luce; Andonian, Krikor; Aschehoug, Erik T.; Montesinos, Daniel; Callaway, Ragan M.. "Inhibitory effects of Eucalyptus globulus on understorey plant growth and species richness are greater in non-native regions". Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 1 (2018): 68-76. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000418125800008&KeyUID=WOS:000418125800008.
10.1111/geb.12676
Ramona-Elena Irimia; Daniel Montesinos; Özkan Eren; Christopher J. Lortie; Kristine French; Lohengrin A. Cavieres; Gastón J. Sotes; et al. "Extensive analysis of native and non-native Centaurea solstitialis L. populations across the world shows no traces of polyploidization". PeerJ 5 (2017): e3531-e3531. https://doi.org/10.7717%2Fpeerj.3531.
10.7717/peerj.3531
Daniel Montesinos; Ragan M. Callaway. "Inter-regional hybrids of native and invasive Centaurea solstitialis display intermediate competitive ability". Ecography 40 7 (2017): 801-802. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fecog.02653.
10.1111/ecog.02653
Xiao, S.; Callaway, R.M.; Graebner, R.; Hierro, J.L.; Montesinos, D.. "Modeling the relative importance of ecological factors in exotic invasion: The origin of competitors matters, but disturbance in the non-native range tips the balance". Ecological Modelling 335 (2016): 39-47. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969568057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.05.005
Correia, M.; Montesinos, D.; French, K.; Rodríguez-Echeverría, S.; Correia, Marta; Montesinos, Daniel; French, Kristine; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana. "Evidence for enemy release and increased seed production and size for two invasive Australian acacias". Journal of Ecology 104 5 (2016): 1391-1399. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84977111913&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Published • 10.1111/1365-2745.12612
Montesinos, Daniel; Castro, Silvia; Rodriguez-Echeverria, Susana. "Two invasive acacia species secure generalist pollinators in invaded communities". Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 74 (2016): 46-55. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000380082200006&KeyUID=WOS:000380082200006.
10.1016/j.actao.2016.06.002
Filipe, J.C.; Montesinos, D.. "Inter-regional hybrids of native and non-native Centaurea sulphurea inherit increased competitive ability from the non-natives". Plant Ecology and Diversity 9 4 (2016): 381-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85002397901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1080/17550874.2016.1261950
Filipe, Joao C.; Jorge, Andreia; Eren, Ozkan; Sotes, Gaston; Hierro, Jose; Montesinos, Daniel; Filipe, João; et al. "Invasive and non-invasive congeneric Centaurea (Asteraceae) show contrasting patterns of herbivory by snails". Plant Ecology and Evolution 149 2 (2016): 228-232. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000379359100009&KeyUID=WOS:000379359100009.
Published • 10.5091/plecevo.2016.1231
Sotes, Gastón J.; Cavieres, Lohengrin A.; Montesinos, Daniel; Pereira Coutinho, António Xavier; Peláez, Walter José; Lopes, Susana M.M.; Pinho e Melo, Teresa M.V.D.. "Inter-regional variation on leaf surface defenses in native and non-native Centaurea solstitialis plants". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 62 62 (2015): 208-218.
Published • 10.1016/j.bse.2015.09.003
Montesinos, Daniel; Fabado, Javier. "Changes in land use and physiological transitions of a Juniperus thurifera forest: from decline to recovery". Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45 6 (2015): 764-769.
Published • 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0468
Montesinos, D.. "Plant-plant interactions: from competition to facilitation". Web Ecology 15 (2015): 1-2. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000362567200001&KeyUID=WOS:000362567200001.
10.5194/we-15-1-2015
D Montesinos; P Oliveira; MONTESINOS, D.; Oliveira, P.. "Reproductive ecology of buzz-pollinated Ouratea spectabilis trees (Ochnaceae) in Brazilian Cerrados". Web Ecology 14 1 (2015): 79-84. https://publons.com/publon/176856/.
Published • 10.5194/WE-14-79-2014
Daniel Montesinos; Javier Fabado. "Changes in land use and physiological transitions of a Juniperus thurifera forest: from decline to recovery". Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2015): https://publons.com/publon/176849/.
10.1139/CJFR-2014-0468
Eriksen, Renée L.; Hierro, José L.; Eren, Özkan; Andonian, Krikor; Török, Katalin; Becerra, Pablo I.; Montesinos, Daniel; et al. "Dispersal Pathways and Genetic Differentiation among Worldwide Populations of the Invasive Weed Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae)". PLoS ONE 9 12 (2014): e114786-e114786. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0114786.
Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0114786
Callaway, Ragan M.; Montesinos, Daniel; Williams, Kimberlyn; Maron, John L.. "Native congeners provide biotic resistance to invasive Potentilla through soil biota". Ecology 94 6 (2013): 1223-1229. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/12-1875.1.
Published • 10.1890/12-1875.1
García, Yedra; Callaway, Ragan M.; Diaconu, Alecu; Montesinos, Daniel; Quigg, Antonietta; Yedra García; Ragan M. Callaway; Alecu Diaconu; Daniel Montesinos. "Invasive and Non-Invasive Congeners Show Similar Trait Shifts between Their Same Native and Non-Native Ranges". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): e82281-e82281. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082281.
Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0082281
Callaway, Ragan M.; Montesinos, Daniel; Williams, Kimberlyn; Maron, John L.. "Native congeners provide biotic resistance to invasive Potentilla through soil biota". Ecology 94 6 (2013): 1223-1229. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/33011.
Published
Montesinos, D.; Villar-Salvador, P.; García-Fayos, P.; Verdú, M.. "Genders in Juniperus thurifera have different functional responses to variations in nutrient availability". New Phytologist 193 3 (2012): 705-712. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03982.x/abstract.
Published • 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03982.x
Graebner, Ryan C.; Callaway, Ragan M.; Montesinos, Daniel. "Invasive species grows faster, competes better, and shows greater evolution toward increased seed size and growth than exotic non-invasive congeners". Plant Ecology 213 4 (2012): 545-553.
Published • 10.1007/s11258-012-0020-x
Montesinos, Daniel; García-Fayos, Patricio; Verdú, Miguel. "Masting uncoupling: mast seeding does not follow all mast flowering episodes in a dioecious juniper tree". Oikos 00 (2012): 00-00.
Published • 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20399.x
Montesinos, Daniel. "Type I error hinders recycling: a response to Rohr & Martin". Trends in Ecology and Evolution 00 (2012): 00-00.
Published • 10.1016/j.tree.2012.03.003
He, Wei-Ming; Montesinos, Daniel; Thelen, Giles C.; Callaway, Ragan M.; Kytöviita, Minna-Maarit. "Growth and Competitive Effects of Centaurea stoebe Populations in Response to Simulated Nitrogen Deposition". PLoS ONE 7 4 (2012): 36257-36257.
Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0036257
Montesinos, Daniel; Santiago, Gilberto; Callaway, Ragan M.. "Neo-Allopatry and Rapid Reproductive Isolation". The American Naturalist 180 4 (2012): 529-533.
Published • 10.1086/667585
MONTESINOS, D.; Castro, S.; Rodríguez-Echeverría, S.. "Invasive acacias experience higher ant seed removal rates at the invasion edges". Web Ecology 12 1 (2012): 33-37. http://www.web-ecol.net/12/33/2012/we-12-33-2012.html.
Published • 10.5194/we-12-33-2012
Montesinos, D.; García-Fayos, P.; Verdú, M.. "Relictual distribution reaches the top: Elevation constrains fertility and leaf longevity in Juniperus thurifera". Acta Oecologica 36 1 (2010): 120-125. http://www.uv.es/dmontesi/papers/Montesinos2010RelictualReachesTheTopActaOecologica.pdf.
Published • 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.010
Hierro, José L.; Eren, Özkan; Khetsuriani, Liana; Diaconu, Alecu; Török, Katalin; Montesinos, Daniel; Andonian, Krikor; et al. "Germination responses of an invasive species in native and non-native ranges". Oikos 118 4 (2009): 529-538.
Published • 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17283.x
Montesinos, Daniel. "Juniperus thurifera: una especie dioica, vecera y relíctica". Ecosistemas 2007 16 (2007): 172-185. http://www.revistaecosistemas.net/pdfs/506.pdf.
Published
Montesinos, D.; Verdú, M.; García-Fayos, P.; Montesinos, Daniel; Verdú, Miguel; García-Fayos, Patricio. "Moms are better nurses than dads: Gender biased self-facilitation in a dioecious Juniperus tree". Journal of Vegetation Science 18 2 (2007): 271-280. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548646017&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Published • 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[271:MABNTD]2.0.CO;2
Montesinos, Daniel; Patricio García-Fayos; Isabel Mateu. "Conflicting selective forces underlying seed dispersal in the endangered plant Silene diclinis". International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 1 (2006): 103-110. http://www.uv.es/dmontesi/papers/Montesinos2006ConflictingSelectiveForcesIJPS.pdf.
Published • 10.1086/497843
MONTESINOS, D.. "When, How and How Much: Gender-specific Resource-use Strategies in the Dioecious Tree Juniperus thurifera". Annals of Botany 98 4 (2006): 885-889. http://www.uv.es/dmontesi/papers/Montesinos2006WhenHowandHowmuchAnnBot.pdf.
Published • 10.1093/aob/mcl172

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2020	Invasive species - ecological and genomic approaches towards understanding local adaptation and early allopatric speciation Supervisor	Biociências (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Interactive seed and mucilage identification key for Lamiaceae in Portugal Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012	Above-ground mutualisms of Portuguese invasive acacia trees Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Invasive species grows faster, competes better, and shows greater evolution toward increased seed size and growth than exotic non-invasive congeners Supervisor
2011 - 2011	Neo-allopatry and rapid reproductive isolation Supervisor	IM-SURE (Scientific initiation) The University of Montana, United States

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2015	(Nuria Pistón) Diversidad filogenética e interacciones entre plantas: consecuencias para la dinámica de comunidades vegetales	(PhD)
2013	Evolutionary ecology of reproduction in two mediterranean pine species: Pinus pinaster Ait. and Pinus halepensis Mill.	Luís Santos (PhD) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014/01 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia
2002/01 - Current	Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre
2009/09 - 2012/09	Asociación Española de Biologia Evolutiva
2010/06 - 2011/05	Ecological Society of America

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2018 - Current	Vice Chair of the evaluation panel for the European Commision's Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions. Member	European Research Agency, Belgium European Union, Belgium	European Research Agency
2011 - 2017	Expert evaluator for the European Commission's Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions Specialist		European Research Agency
2012 - 2014	Expert evaluator for the Romanian Science Foundation Specialist	Romanian Science Foundation, Romania

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2013/08/01 - Current	Web Ecology	Copernicus
Current	Biological Invasions
Current	Acta Oecologica
Current	Ecosystems
Current	European Journal of Forest Research
Current	Forest Ecology and Management
Current	Global Change Biology
Current	Journal of Arid Environments
Current	Journal of Biogeography
Current	Journal of Ecology
Current	Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Current	Journal of Vegetation Science
Current	PLoS ONE
Current	PLoS ONE
2013/08/15 - 2013/11/29	Web Ecology	Copernicus

Distinctions

Other distinction

2012	Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Career Integration Grant European Research Agency, Belgium