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2022–present
Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Basque Center for Climate Change
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2022–present
Visiting researcher, University of Helsinki
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2020–2021
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Helsinki
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2020–2021
Associate researcher, Basque Center for Climate Change
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2015–2020
International consultant, independent
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2019–2020
Visiting researcher, University of Helsinki
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2014–2015
Coordinator, Pastoralist Knowledge Hub, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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2010–2014
Global Coordinator, World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism, International Union for Conservation of Nature
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2010–2010
Project researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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2007–2009
Pastoralism expert, Black Vulture Conservation Foundation
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2002–2007
Postgraduate researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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2023
Global principles in local traditional knowledge: a review of forage plant-livestock-herder interactions, Journal of Environmental Management
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2023
Underrated past herbivore densities could lead to misoriented sustainability policies, npj Biodiversity
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2023
Regenerative Rangeland Management farmers in Spain: enthusiastic among a great diversity in farming conditions, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
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2023
Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannas, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
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2023
Science eLetter to doi 10.1126/science.abq4062: Grazing research should consider mobility and governance, Science
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2023
Carbon footprint of transhumant sheep farms: accounting for natural baseline emissions in Mediterranean systems, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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2023
Challenges for the balanced attribution of livestock environmental impacts: the art of conveying simple messages about complex realities, Animal Frontiers
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2023
Ecosystem management using livestock: embracing diversity and respecting ecological principles, Animal Frontiers
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2022
Response to a letter to the editor: Transformation of animal agriculture should be evidence-driven and respectful of livestock’s benefits and contextual aspects., Animal
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2022
Developing national legal and policy frameworks for pastoral mobility, FAO
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2022
Animal source foods in healthy, sustainable, and ethical diets – an argument against drastic limitation of livestock in the food system, Animal
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2021
Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism, One Earth
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2021
Current social and rangeland access trends among pastoralists in the western Algerian steppe, Land
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2021
The role of the European small ruminant dairy sector on stabilizing global temperatures: lessons from GWP* warming-equivalent emission metrics., J Dairy Res
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2020
COVID-19 in pastoral contexts in the Greater Horn of Africa: implications and recommendations. , Pastoralism
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2020
The role of livestock in food security, poverty reduction and wealth creation in West Africa., FAO
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2019
Herbivore corridors sustain genetic footprint in plant populations: a case for Spanish drove roads., PeerJ
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2019
Intensifying pastoralism may not reduce greenhouse gas emissions: wildlife-dominated landscape scenarios as a baseline in life cycle analysis., Clim Res
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2017
Towards integrated understanding of rhizosphere phenomenon as ecological driver: can rhizoculture improve agricutural and forestry systems?, Soil biological communities and ecosystem resilience.
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2017
Development interventions on pastoralist areas: a new decision matrix to identify win-win situations and no-go zones., The Solutions Journal
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2017
Plant community assembly in Mediterranean grasslands: Understanding the interplay between grazing pressure and spatio-temporal water availability., J Veg Sci
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2015
Pastoralist Ownership of Rural Transformation: The adequate path to change., Development
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2015
Pastoralist Participation and Networking in Policy dialogue: Dimensions and Challenges., UNEP Perspectives
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2014
The Governance of Rangelands: Collective Action for Sustainable Pastoralism., Routledge
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2013
Drove roads as local biodiversity reservoirs: effects on landscape pattern and plant communities in a Mediterranean region. , Appl Veg Sci
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2012
Supporting Sustainable Pastoral Livelihoods: A Global Perspective on Minimum Standards and Good Practices., IUCN
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2012
Shaping policies. Science-policy interface in Natural Resources Management., Conservation and sustainable development. Linking practice and policy in Eastern Africa.
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2012
Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa., Pastoralism
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2011
A fable on voracious and gourmet ants: ant-seed interactions from predation to dispersal., Predation in the Hymenoptera: An Evolutionary perspective.
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2011
The land we graze. A synthesis of case studies about how pastoralists’ organizations defend their land rights. , IUCN
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2011
Process-based functions for seed retention on animals: a test of improved descriptions of dispersal using multiple data sets., Oikos
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2010
Testing seed-size predictions in Mediterranean annual grasslands., Seed Sci Res
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2010
Are ecologists blind to small things? The missed stories on non-tropical seed predation on feces., Oikos
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2010
Past, present and future of trashumancia in Spain: nomadism in a developed country., Pastoralism
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2010
The resistance response of Solanum huaylasense accession LA1358 to Meloidogyne spp., Nematropica
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2008
Sobre la presencia de Vicia dasycarpa Ten. en el centro peninsular , Lagascalia
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2006
Extreme long distance dispersal by adhesion on transhumant sheep., Front Ecol Env
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2005
Sheep gut passage and survival of Mediterranean shrub seeds., Seed Sci Res