Dr. Julia Martínez Fernández

Observatory of Sustainability of the Institute for Water and Environment

University of Murcia, Spain

Researcher

Email: juliamf@um.es

Qualifications

1988 Ph.D.,biology, University of Murcia, Spain

Publications (Selected)

1. Guaita-García, N., Martínez-Fernández, J., Barrera-Causil, C. J., & Fitz, H. C. (2022). Stakeholder analysis and prioritization of management measures for a sustainable development in the social-ecological system of the Mar Menor (SE, Spain). Environmental Development, 42, 100701.
2. Guaita-García, N., Martínez-Fernández, J., Barrera-Causil, C. J., Esteve-Selma, M. Á., & Fitz, H. C. (2021). Local perceptions regarding a social–ecological system of the mediterranean coast: The Mar Menor (Región de Murcia, Spain). Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(2), 2882-2909.
3. Martinez-Fernandez, J., Banos-Gonzalez, I., & Esteve-Selma, M. A. (2021). An integral approach to address socio-ecological systems sustainability and their uncertainties. Science of the Total Environment, 762, 144457.
4. Martínez-Fernández, J., Neto, S., Hernández-Mora, N., Del Moral, L., & La Roca, F. (2020). The role of the Water Framework Directive in the controversial transition of water policy paradigms in Spain and Portugal. Water Alternatives, 13(3), 1-26.
5. Martínez-Paz, J. M., Banos-González, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Esteve-Selma, M. Á. (2019). Assessment of management measures for the conservation of traditional irrigated lands: The case of the Huerta of Murcia (Spain). Land Use Policy, 81, 382-391.
6. Tenza, A., Martínez-Fernández, J., Pérez-Ibarra, I., & Giménez, A. (2019). Sustainability of small-scale social-ecological systems in arid environments: trade-off and synergies of global and regional changes. Sustainability Science, 14, 791-807.
7. Jiménez-Franco, M. V., Martínez-Fernández, J., Martínez, J. E., Pagán, I., Calvo, J. F., & Esteve, M. A. (2018). Nest sites as a key resource for population persistence: A case study modelling nest occupancy under forestry practices. PLoS One, 13(10), e0205404.
8. Banos-Gonzalez, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., Esteve-Selma, M. Á., & Esteve-Guirao, P. (2018). Sensitivity analysis in socio-ecological models as a tool in environmental policy for sustainability. Sustainability, 10(8), 2928.
9. Tenza, A., Pérez, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Giménez, A. (2017). Understanding the decline and resilience loss of a long-lived social-ecological system: insights from system dynamics. Ecology and Society, 22(2).
10. Baños-González, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Esteve-Selma, M. A. (2016). Using dynamic sustainability indicators to assess environmental policy measures in Biosphere Reserves. Ecological Indicators, 67, 565-576.
11. Banos-González, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Esteve, M. Á. (2015). Tools for sustainability assessment in island socio-ecological systems: an application to the Canary Islands. Island Studies Journal, 11(1), 9-34.
12. Banos-González, I., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Esteve-Selma, M. Á. (2015). Dynamic integration of sustainability indicators in insular socio-ecological systems. Ecological Modelling, 306, 130-144.
13. Martínez-Fernández, J., Esteve-Selma, M. A., Martínez-Paz, J. M., Carreño, M. F., Martínez-López, J., Robledano, F., & Farinós, P. (2014). Trade-Offs between biodiversity conservation and nutrients removal in wetlands of arid intensive agricultural Basins: the mar menor case, Spain. In Developments in Environmental Modelling (Vol. 26, pp. 275-310). Elsevier.
14. Martínez-López, J., Carreño, M. F., Palazón-Ferrando, J. A., Martínez-Fernández, J., & Esteve, M. A. (2014). Remote sensing of plant communities as a tool for assessing the condition of semiarid Mediterranean saline wetlands in agricultural catchments. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 26, 193-204.
15. Vidal-Legaz, B., Martínez-Fernández, J., Picón, A. S., & Pugnaire, F. I. (2013). Trade-offs between maintenance of ecosystem services and socio-economic development in rural mountainous communities in southern Spain: A dynamic simulation approach. Journal of Environmental management, 131, 280-297.
16. Martínez-Fernández, J., Esteve-Selma, M. A., Baños-Gonzalez, I., Carreño, F., & Moreno, A. (2013). Sustainability of Mediterranean irrigated agro-landscapes. Ecological Modelling, 248, 11-19.
17. F. Robledano, M. A. Esteve, J. Martínez-Fernández, P. Farinos. (2011) Determinants of wintering waterbird changes in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon affected by eutrophication. Ecological Indicators (in presdoi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.010).
18. J. Martínez-Fernández, F. Alonso, M. F. Carreño, J. Miñano, M. A. Esteve. Integrating environmental and socio-economic processes in watershed models: the Mar Menor case. In: Towards sustainable management of coastal lagoons. Springer. (in press).
19. F. Robledano, M. A. Esteve, P. Farinós, M. F. Carreño, J. Martínez-Fernández. (2010) Terrestrial birds as indicators of agricultural-induced changes and associated loss in conservation value of mediterranean wetlands. Ecological Indicators, 10: 274-28.
20. J. Martínez-Fernández, M. A. Esteve, M. F. Carreño, J. A. Palazón. (2009) Dynamics of land use change in the Mediterranean: implications for sustainability, land use planning and nature conservation. In A.C Denman & O.M. Penrod (Ed.): Land use policy. Nova Science Publishers.
21. J. Martínez Fernández. (2009) Agua y agricultura en sistemas áridos: un modelo dinámico del regadío de Mazarrón y Aguilas. In: Advances in studies on desertification. Contributions to the Internacional Conference on Desertification in memory of profesor John B. Thornes. 323-326. Editum. Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad de Murcia.
22. J. Martínez Fernández, M. A. Esteve Selma, M. F. Carreño, F. Alonso, J. M. Martínez-Paz, J. Miñano. (2007) Simulating management options and scenarios to control nutrient load to Mar Menor, Southeast Spain. Transitional Water Monographs.
23. J. M. Martinez Paz, J. Martinez Fernández, M. A. Esteve Selma. (2007) Evaluación económica del tratamiento de drenajes agrícolas en el Mar Menor (SE España). Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros. 215/216, 211-231.
24. J. Martínez-Fernández, M. A. Esteve-Selma. (2005) A critical view of the desertification debate in Southeastern Spain. Land Degradation and Development, 16. 529- 539.
25. P. Viaroli, G. Giordani, J. Martínez, Y. Collos & J. M. Záldívar (Guest Editors). (2005) Ecosystem alteration and pollution in Southern European Coastal lagoons. Special Issue: International Conference On Southern European Coastal Lagoons: The Influence Of River Basin-Coastal Zone Interactions. Chemistry and Ecology, 21: 413-414.
26. A. Chapelle, P. Bacher, P. Duarte, A. Fiandrino, L. Galbiati, D. Marinov, J. Martínez, A. Norro, A. Pereira, M. Plus, S. Rodríguez, G. Tsirtsis, J. M. Zaldívar. (2005) Coastal lagoon modelling: An integrated approach. Published by Institute for Environment and Research. Ispra. Joint Research Centre. European Commission. Report EUR 21816 EN.
27. J. Martínez, M. A. Esteve. (2004) Dynamics of water scarcity on irrigated landscapes: Mazarron and Aguilas in Southeastern Spain. System Dynamics Review, 20. 117-137.
28. J. Martínez Fernández & M. A. Esteve Selma. (2004)Assessing the Sustainability of Mediterranean Intensive Agricultural Systems through the Combined Use of Dynamic System Models, Environmental Modelling and Geographical Information Systems. In: M. Quaddus and A. Siddique (Eds). A Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in Modelling and Decision Support. Edward Elgar Publishers. Cheltenham, UK.

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