Juan José Jiménez Functional Ecology & Biodiversity IPE-CSIC Rgto. Galicia, s/n, JACA 22700 Huesca Spain			Tel: +34 974 356963 Fax: +34 974 363222 E-mail: jjimenez@ipe.csic.es   Private homepage Blog
Research background   - On the diversity and ecology of soil organisms. - Extensive field ecology and survey work in environmental and biodiversity studies and specifically in soil ecology. Studies on nutrient dynamics (phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen) in the soil and structures produced by soil organisms. - Soil macroinvertebrate biology and ecology, including studies on the biogenic structures produced by earthworms, termites and ants and their impact in soil function. - Spatial distribution of soil organisms. - Soil carbon sequestration studies. - International experience in soil and environmental sciences linked to rural development and preservation of natural resources. - My main study methods include experimental field design strategies for long-term surveys and the statistical planning of both field and lab experimentation, including spatial statistics tools.
Academic milestones   - 2008-now             ARAID researcher, IPE-CSIC, Jaca, Spain - 2006-2008           Consultant, FAO, Rome, Italy - 2005-2006         Postdoctoral researcher. Carbon Management and Sequestration Center. The Ohio State                                   University, Columbus, OH, USA - 2002-2004           Consultant, FAO, Rome (Italy) - 1999-2002           Postdoctoral researcher. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia - 1993-1999           PhD degree. University Complutense, Madrid, Spain (including 2-yr overseas field work)
Selected publications (2005-2008)     - Jiménez, J. J., Lal, R., Leblanc, H. A., Russo, R. O., Raut, Y. 2008. The soil C pool in different agroecosystems derived from the dry tropical forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Ecological Engineering (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.04.016)   - Jiménez, J. J., Lal, R., Russo, R. O., Leblanc, H. A. 2008. Soil organic carbon in particle size separates under secondary forests of northeastern Costa Rica. Ecological Engineering (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.07.001)   - Jiménez, J. J., Decaëns, T., Lavelle, P. 2008. C and N concentrations in biogenic structures of a soil-feeding termite and a fungus-growing ant in the Colombian savannas. Applied Soil Ecology 40(1): 120-128.   - Mariani, L., Jiménez, J. J., Torres, E. A., Amézquita, E., Decaëns, T. 2007. Rainfall impact on ageing casts of a tropical anecic earthworm. European Journal of Soil Science 58(6): 1525-1534.   - Jiménez, J. J., Lal, R., Leblanc, H. A., Russo, R. O. 2007. Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management 241(1-3): 134-144.   - Verde, M., Ubilla, M., Jiménez, J. J., Genise, J. F. 2007. A new earthworm trace fossil from palaeosols: aestivation chambers from the Late Pleistocene Sopas Formation of Uruguay. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 243(3-4): 339-347.   - Mariani, L., Jiménez, J. J., Asakawa, N., Thomas, R. J., Decaëns, T. 2007. What happens to earthworm casts in the soil? A field study of C and N dynamics in the Neotropical savannas. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39(3): 757-767.   - Decaëns, T., Jiménez J.J., Gioia, C., Measey, J., Lavelle, P. 2006. The values of soil animals for conservation biology. European Journal of Soil Biology 42(Supplement 1): S23-S38.   - Jiménez, J. J., Decaëns, T., Rossi, J.-P. 2006c. Stability of the spatio-temporal distribution and niche overlap in Neotropical earthworm assemblages. Acta Oecologica (Oecologia Generalis) 30(3): 299-311.   - Jiménez, J. J., Lal, R. 2006b. Mechanisms of C sequestration in soils of Latin America. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 25(4): 337-365.   Jiménez, J. J., Decaëns, T., Lavelle, P. 2006a. Nutrient spatial variability in biogenic structures of Nasutitermes (Termitinae; Isoptera) in a gallery forest of the Colombian “Llanos”. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38(5): 1132-1138.   - Mora, P., Miambi, E., Jiménez, J. J., Decaëns, T., Rouland, C. 2005. Functional complement of biogenic structures produced by earthworms, termites and ants in the Neotropical savannas. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37(6): 1043-1048.   - Hedde, M., Lavelle, P., Joffre, R., Jiménez, J. J., Decaëns, T. 2005. Specific functional signature in soil macro-invertebrate biostructures. Functional Ecology 19(5): 785-793.