José Manuel Blanco Moreno

José Manuel Blanco Moreno

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0003-1038-3941
Scopus Author ID: 24069765900
Researcher ID: A-5565-2013
Knowledge area: Botŕnica

Coordinador de l'assignatura Introducció a R per a anŕlisis de la Biodiversitat (mŕster en Biodiversitat)
Coordinador de l'assignatura Prŕcticum de Biodiversitat a Macroescala (mŕster en Biodiversitat)
Coordinador de la secció de Botŕnica i Micologia

Research group:

Contact Information
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Dept. Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Cičncies Ambientals (Secció de Botŕnica i Micologia), Facultat de Biologia, Avinguda Diagonal 643
934039866
jmblanco(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Botany
Population Biology
Introduction to R for Biodiversity Analyses
Field course on terrestrial biodiversity at macroscale

Academic Training

Llicenciat en Biologia (Organismes i sistemes) . Universitat de Barcelona . 23/07/1999 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctorat en Biologia (Biologia Vegetal) . Universitat de Barcelona . 19/11/2004 . (Ph.D.)

Projects

Overcoming the physical and mental barriers for upscaling Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean (ConServeTerra) . 2020 - 2024 . Ref.1913 . Unió Europea . PI: José Manuel Blanco Moreno
Restoration of aquatic ecosystems of protected areas from the Alps and Pyrenees (LIFE RESQUE ALPYR) . 2022 - 2026 . Ref.LIFE20 NAT/ES/000369 . Unió Europea . PI: Aaron Perez Haase
Resiliencia y sostenibilidad de los sistemas de cultivos herbáceos mediterráneos: evidencia de estudios a largo plazo de suelos, malezas y producción a diferentes escalas . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-127575OB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Francisco Javier Sans Serra; Jose Manuel Blanco Moreno
Improving yields in organic cropping systems (OrganicYieldsUP) . 2024 - 2028 . Ref.101137068 . Unió Europea . PI: Francisco Javier Sans Serra; José Manuel Blanco Moreno

Journal Publications

Navarro-Miró, D.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Ciaccia, C.; Testani, E.; Iocola, I.; Depalo, L.; Burgio, G.; Lakkenborg Kristensen, H.; Hefner, M.; Tamm, K.; Bender, I.; Persiani, A.; Diacono, M.; Montemurro, F.; Willekens, K.; Védie, H.; Bavec, M.; Robačer, M.; Arlotti, D.; Deltour, P.; De Neve, S.; Tsegaye Gebremikael, M.; Chamorro, L.; Caballero-López, B.; Pérez-Ferrer, A.; Canali, S.; Sans, F.X. (2022). The concurrent assessment of agronomic, ecological, and environmental variables enables better choice of agroecological service crop termination management. Journal of Applied Ecology . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14112 . ISSN: 0021-8901
Salat-Moltó, A.; Blanco-Moreno, J. M.; Pérez Hidalgo, N.; Michelena, J. M.; Ferrer Suay, M.; Guerrieri, E.; Caballero-López, B. (2023). Aggregation of organically managed fields promotes aphid parasitism in cereal crops under Mediterranean conditions. Landscape Ecology, 38(12), pp. 3555 - 3567 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0921-2973
Cicek, H.; Topp, E.; Plieninger, T.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Gultekin, I.; Cheikh Mohamed, H.; El Gharras, O. (2023). A critical assessement of Conservation Agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: Adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 43, pp. 1 - 27 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00926-4 . ISSN: 1774-0746
Neira, P.; Blanco-Moreno, J. M.; Olave, M.; Caballero-López, B.; Sans, F. X. (2024). Effects of agricultural landscape heterogeneity on pollinator visitation rates in Mediterranean oilseed rape. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 363 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0167-8809
Neira, P.; Morales, M.; Munné-Bosch, S.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Sans, F.X. (2024). Landscape crop diversity contributes to higher pollination effectiveness and positively affects rapeseed quality in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes. Science of the Total Environment, 950 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175062 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Tous-Fandos, A.; Bragg, D.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Chamorro-Lorenzo, L.; Sans, F. X. (2025). Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 45(2), pp. 1 - 13 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00996-y . ISSN: 1774-0746
Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Caballero-López, B.; Cook, S.M.; Foster, S.P.; Frydryszak, D.; Laskowski, R.; Ortega-Ramos, P.; Rasko, M.; Reichardt, P.; Sousa, J.P.; Sowa, G.; Śliwińska-Grochot, R.; Winkler, J. (2024). Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) profiles towards λ-cyhalothrin for key ecosystem service provider (ESP) species across five European countries representing different pedoclimatic zones. Science of the Total Environment . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176412 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Tous-Fandos, A.; Chamorro-Lorenzo, L.; Caballero-López, B.; Blanco-Moreno, J. M.; Bragg, D.; Casiraghi, A.; Pérez-Ferrer, A.; Sans, F. X. (2025). Associating cultivars or species with complementary traits is key for enhancing aphid control through bottom-up effects. Ecosphere, 16(2), pp. 1 - 15 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2150-8925
Pärtel, M; Tamme, R; Carmona, C P; Riibak, K; Moora, M; Bennett, J A; Chiarucci, A; Chytrý, M; de Bello, F; Eriksson, O; Harrison, S; Lewis, R J; Moles, A T; Öpik, M; Price, J N; Amputu, V; Askarizadeh, D; Atashgahi, Z; Aubin, I; Azcárate, F M; Barrett, M D; Bashirzadeh, M; Bátori, Z; Beenaerts, N; Bergholz, K; Birkeli, K; Biurrun, I; Blanco-Moreno, J M; Bloodworth, K J; Boisvert-Marsh, L; Boldgiv, B; Brancalion, P H S; Brearley, F Q; Brown, C; Bueno, C G; Buffa, G; Cahill, J F; Campos, J A; Cangelmi, G; Carbognani, M; Carcaillet, C; Cerabolini, B E L; Chevalier, R; Clavel, J S; Costa, J M; Cousins, S A O; Čuda, J; Dairel, M; Dalle Fratte, M; Danilova, A; Davison, J; Deák, B; Del Vecchio, S; Dembicz, I; Dengler, J; Dolezal, J; Domene, X; Dvorsky, M; Ejtehadi, H; Enrico, L; Epikhin, D; Eskelinen, A; Essl, F; Fan, G; Fantinato, E; Fazlioglu, F; Fernández-Pascual, E; Ferrara, A; Fidelis, A; Fischer, M; Flagmeier, M; Forte, T G; Fraser, L H; Fujinuma, J; Furquim, F F; Garris, B; Garris, H W; Giorgis, M A; Giusso del Galdo, G; González-Robles, A; Good, M K; Guardiola, M; Guarino, R; Guerrero, I; Guillemot, J; Güler, B; Guo, Y; Haesen, S; Hejda, M; Heleno, R H; Hřye, T T; Hrivnák, R; Huang, Y; Hunter, J T; Iakushenko, D; Ibáńez, R; Ingerpuu, N; Irl, S D H; Janíková, E; Jansen, F; Jeltsch, F; Jentsch, A; Jiménez-Alfaro, B; Jőks, M; Jouri, M H; Karami, S; Katal, N; Kelemen, A; Khairullin, B I; Khuroo, A A; Komatsu, K J; Konečná, M; Kook, E; Korell, L; Koroleva, N; Korznikov, K A; Kozhevnikova, M V; Kozub, Ł; Laanisto, L; Lager, H; Lanta, V; Lasagno, R G; Lembrechts, J J; Li, L; Lisner, A; Liu, H; Liu, K; Liu, X; Lucas-Borja, M E; Ludewig, K; Lukács, K; Luther-Mosebach, J; Macek, P; Marignani, M; Michalet, R; Miglécz, T; ErenskjoldMoeslund, J; Moeys, K; Montesinos, D; Moreno-Jiménez, E; Moysiyenko, I; Mucina, L; Muńoz-Rojas, M; Murillo, R A; Nambahu, S N; Neuenkamp, L; Normand, S; Nowak, A; Nuche, P; Oja, T; Onipchenko, V G; Pachedjieva, K L; Paganeli, B; Peco, B; Peralta, A M L; Pérez-Haase, A; Peri, P L; Petraglia, A; Peyre, G; Plaza Álvarez, P A; Plue, J; Prentice, H C; Prokhorov, V E; Radujković, D; Rahmanian, S; Reitalu, T; Ristow, M; Robin, A A; Robles, A B; Rodríguez Ginart, D A; Román, R; Roos, R E; Rosati, L; Sádlo, J; Salimbayeva, K; Sánchez de Dios, R; Sanchir, K; Sattler, C; Scasta, J D; Schmiedel, U; Schrader, J; Schultz, N L; Sellan, G; Serra-Diaz, J M; Silan, G; Skálová, H; Skobel, N; Sonkoly, J; Štajerová, K; Svitková, I; Świerszcz, S; Tanentzap, A J; Tanentzap, F M; Tarifa, R; Tejero, P; Tekeev, D K; Tholin, M; Thormodsćter, R S; Tian, Y; Tokaryuk, A; Tölgyesi, C; Tomaselli, M; Tordoni, E; Török, P; Tóthmérész, B; Toussaint, A; Touzard, B; Trindade, D P F; Tsakalos, J L; Türkiş, S; Valencia, E; Valerio, M; Valkó, O; Van Meerbeek, K; Vandvik, V; Villellas, J; Virtanen, R; Vítková, M; Vojík, M; von Hessberg, A; von Oppen, J; Wagner, V; Wan, J; Wang, C; Wani, S A; Weiss, L; Wevill, T; Xiao, S; Zárate Martínez, O; Zobel, M (2025). Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature . ISSN: 1476-4687

Others Publications

Bota, G.; Anton, M.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Giralt, D.; Mańosa, S.; Estrada, J.; Sardŕ-Palomera, F.; Ubach, A.; Stefanescu, C.; Ordóńez, J.L.; Sainz de la Maza, P; Pont, S. (2020). Ambients agrícoles i prats . In Estat de la Natura a Catalunya 2020 . (pp. 58 - 67) . Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Generalitat de Catalunya . Publicació online a l'Observatori de la Natura (http://observatorinatura.cat/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/estatgeneraldelabiodiversitatacatalunya-2020.pdf)
Sans, F.X.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Chamorro, L.; Pérez-Ferrer, A. (2021). L'associació de varietats de blat en sistemes ecolňgics . In Fitxa Tčcnica . Number. 20 . (pp. 1 - 5) . Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació. Generalitat de Catalunya .
Navarro-Miró, D.; Mas Barrabeig, E.; Pérez-Ferrer, A.; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Chamorro, L.; Sans, F.X. (2023). Comparació d'estratčgies de gestió de diferents cultius amb serveis agroecolňgics en sistemes hortícoles ecolňgics . In Fitxa Tčcnica . Number. 37 . (pp. 1 - 8) . Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació. Generalitat de Catalunya . https://gecoplus.intranet.gencat.cat/.content/al_alimentacio/al01_pae/05_publicacions_material_referencia/arxius/FitxaRecerca37_maneig_ASC.pdf
Caballero-López, Berta; Blanco-Moreno, José M.; Casiraghi, Alice; Chamorro, Lourdes; Abbona, Mauro; Sans, F. Xavier. (2022). A higher crop diversity enhance cereal aphids and in turn their natural enemies assemblage . In Abstract book International Symposium "Ecology of Aphidophaga" 15 .
Vítková, M; Kutlvażr, J; Moravcová, L; Perglová, I; Sádlo, J; Skálová, H; Pyżek, P; Pergl, J; Alvarez, A; Aschero, V; Barros, A; Bonjour, L; Morgan, JW; Dullinger, S; Essl, F; Vorstenbosch, T; Clavel, J; Lembrechts, J; Nijs, I; Deslauriers, M; Pothier-Guerra, L; de Lafontaine, G; de Lafontaine, Y; Sirois, L; Pauchard, A; Fuentes-Lillo; E; Jin, W; Gang Liu, G; Liu, R; Song, X; Yang, Y; Wang, K; Wang, T; Zhang, Y; Zhang, W; Zhang, W; Zong; S; Elster, J; Hřye, T; Reshi, Z; Kebede, M; Nemomissa, S; Gudińo Gomezjurado, ME; Montero, A; Perez, M; Sandoya, V; Boulangeat, I; Dommanget, F; Dragon, T; Evette, A; Legrand, C; Rantier, Y; Renault, D; Backes, AR; Buhaly, M; Haider, S; Gísladóttir, M; Guđmundsdóttir, E; Óskarsdóttir, G; Ţórisson, SG; Stefánsson, HW; Wasowicz, P; Ramírez, Y; Steinmann, VW; Hulme, P; Andriyanova, EA; Chernyagina, O; Danilova, A; Devyatova, E; Dubrovin, D; Khoreva, MG; Kopeina, K; Koroleva, N; Shilnikov, D; Zibzeev, E; Kanka, R; Pavol Kenderessy, P; Kollár, J; Palaj, A; Arévalo, JR; Illa Bachs, E; Pérez-Haase, A; Blanco-Moreno, J.M.; Greve, M; Kalwij, J; Pertierra, L.R; Robertson, M; le Roux, P; Sieben, E; Dawson, W; Cordell, S; Endress, B; Flagstad, L; Fulkerson, J; Spellman, K; (2022). Is vulnerable vegetation of cold environments threatened by plant invasions as a result of global changes? . In Hrivnák, R. & Slezák, M. (eds), 2022: Plant communities in changing environment. 30th Conference of the European Vegetation Survey (May 9 - 13, 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia). Plant Science & Biodiversity Center SAS, Bratislava. . (pp. 89 - 89) . ISBN: 978-80-974243-0-5 .

Relevant Activities

Revisor per a Biological Reviews
Reviewer for Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
Collaboration with the project Visites Botŕniques UB of the Unitat de Cultura Científica i Innovació (UCC+i)

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