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Plant physiology
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Articles in SCI Journals

Escandón AB, Ferrio JP, Saldaña A, Flores-Bavestrello A, Aburto FA, Paula S (2025). Isotopic Signal Supports Physiological Integration in Root Suckers of Two Tree Species Differing in Shade Tolerance. Forests, 16(2), 210
https://doi.org/10.3390/f16020210
Martín-Sánchez R, Sancho-Knapik D, Ferrio JP, Alonso-Forn D, Losada JM, Peguero-Pina JJ, Mencuccini M, Gil-Pelegrín E (2025), Xylem and Phloem in Petioles Are Coordinated With Leaf Gas Exchange in Oaks With Contrasting Anatomical Strategies Depending on Leaf Habit. Plant, Cell & Environment, 48: 1717-1734 https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15231
Kurosawa Y, Mori S, Ferrio JP, Nishizono, Masyagina OV, Yamaji K, Koyama K, Haruma T, Doyama K, Hoshino T, Murayama H, Yagi M, Yokozawa M, Tomiyama S (2025). Scaling of shoot and root respiration of woody and herbaceous plants Proceedings Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 29220241910
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1910
Aljazairi S, Ribas A, Llurba R, Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Nogués S, Sebastiá MT (2025). Sown Diversity Effects on the C and N Cycle and Interactions with Fertilization. Agronomy, 15(2), 287
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15020287
Araus JL, Gascón M, Ros-Sabé E, Piqué R, Rezzouk FZ, Aguilera M, Voltas J, Peña-Chocarro L, Pérez-Jordà G, Terradas X, Palomo A, Ferrio JP, Antolín F (2024) Isotope and
morphometrical evidence reveals the technological package associated with agriculture adoption in western Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (32) e2401065121 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401065121
De la Puente L, Cera A, Igual JM, Álvarez A, Jiménez-Pastor FJ, Ferrio JP, Palacio S (2024) Integrated above and below-ground responses of the gypsum specialist Helianthemum squamatum (L.). to drought. Environmental and Experimental Botany 228, Part B, December 2024, 106006
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.106006
de la Puente L, Echevarría L, Igual JM, Ferrio JP, Palacio S (2024). Changes in soil microbiota alter root exudation and rhizosphere pH of the gypsum endemic Ononis tridentata L. Plant and Soil, 505, 581–594
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06691-x
Mori S, Kurosawa Y, Maruyama Y, Kikuchi S, Ferrio JP, Ishida A, Yamaji K (2024). Cryptic Japanese maple species exhibit different drought tolerance, suggesting reproductive isolation. Ecological Research 40(1), 44–55
https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12512
Martín-Sánchez, R., Sancho-Knapik, D., Alonso-Forn, D. López-Ballesteros A, Ferrio JP, Hipp AL, Peguero-Pina JJ, Gil-Pelegrín E (2024) Oak leaf morphology may be more strongly shaped by climate than by phylogeny. Annals of Forest Science 81, 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01232-z
Martín-Gómez P, Rodríguez-Robles U, Ogée J, Wingate L, Sancho-Knapik D, Peguero-Pina JJ, Santos Silva JV, Gil-Pelegrín E, Pemán J, Ferrio JP (2023) Contrasting stem water uptake and storage dynamics of water-saver and water-spender species during drought and recovery, Tree Physiology 43:1290-1306 https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad032
Sancho-Knapik, D., Martín-Sánchez, R., Alonso-Forn, D, Peguero-Pina JJ, Ferrio JP, Gil-Pelegrín E (2023) Trade-offs among leaf toughness, constitutive chemical defense, and growth rates in oaks are influenced by the level of leaf mass per area. Annals of Forest Science 80, 39 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01204-9
Alonso-Forn D, Sancho-Knapik D, Fariñas MD, Nadal M, Martín-Sánchez R, Ferrio JP, Resco de Dios V, Peguero-Pina JJ, Onoda Y, Cavender-Bares J, Gómez Álvarez-Arenas T, Gil-Pelegrín E (2023) Disentangling leaf structural and material properties in relation to their anatomical and chemical compositional traits in oaks (Quercus L.), Annals of Botany 5:789-800 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad030
Barrera-Ayala D, Tapia G, Ferrio JP (2023) Leaf Carbon and Water Isotopes Correlate with Leaf Hydraulic Traits in Three Solanum Species (S. peruvianum, S. lycopersicum and S. chilense). Agriculture 13(3): 525. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030525
Rudov A, de la Puente L, Palacio S, Sharifi A, Querejeta JI, Ferrio JP, Rahmaninia H, Akhani H (2023). Ecohydrological niche segregation among desert shrubs in a gypsum-calcareous formation, north-western Iran. Plant Ecology & Diversity 16(1–2), 61–75 https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2023.2255985
Kurosawa Y, Mori S, Wang M, Ferrio JP, Nishizono T, Yamaji K, KoyamaK, Haruma T, Doyama K (2023) Ontogenetic changes in root and shoot respiration, fresh mass and surface area of Fagus crenata. Annals of Botany 131(2):313-322
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac143
Veuillen L, Prévosto B, Alfaro-Sánchez R, Badeau V,  Battipaglia G, Beguería S, Bravo F, Boivin T, Camarero JJ, Čufar K, Davi H, De Luis M, Del Campo A, Del Rio M, Di Filippo A, Dorman M, Durand-Gillmann M, Ferrio JP, ..., Cailleret M (2023). Pre-and post-drought conditions drive resilience of Pinus halepensis across its distribution range. Agric Forest Meteo 339, 109577
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109577
Peguero-Pina JJ, Sancho-Knapik D, Ferrio JP, López-Ballesteros A, Ruiz-Llata M, Gil-Pelegrín E (2023) Reevaluating Near-Infrared Reflectance as a Tool for the Study of Plant Water Status in Holm Oak (Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia). Forests 14(9):1825. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091825
Sancho-Knapik D, Mendoza-Herrer Ó., Alonso-Forn D, Saz MÁ, Martín-Sánchez R, dos Santos Silva JV, Ogee J, Peguero-Pina JJ, Gil-Pelegrín E, & Ferrio JP (2022) Vapor pressure deficit constrains transpiration and photosynthesis in holm oak: A comparison of three methods during summer drought. Agricultural And Forest Meteorology 327, 109218, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109218
Alonso-Forn D, Peguero-Pina JJ, Ferrio JP, García-Plazaola JI, Martín-Sánchez R, Niinemets Ü, Sancho-Knapik D, Gil-Pelegrín E (2022). Cell-level anatomy explains leaf age-dependent declines in mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic capacity in the evergreen Mediterranean oak Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia. Tree Physiology 42(10):1988-2002
https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac049
Cernusak LA, Barbeta A, Bush RT, Eichstaedt (Bögelein) R, Ferrio JP, Flanagan LB, Gessler A, Martín-Gómez P,  ... , Matthias Cuntz (2022). Do 2H and 18O in leaf water reflect environmental drivers differently? New Phytologist 235: 41-51
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18113
de la Puente L, Ferrio JP, Palacio S, 2022, Disentangling water sources in a gypsum plant community. Gypsum crystallization water is a key source of water for shallow-rooted plants, Annals of Botany 129, 87-100
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab107
Martín-Sánchez R, Peguero-Pina JJ, Alonso-Forn D, Ferrio JP, Sancho-Knapik D, Gil-Pelegrín E. (2022). Summer and winter can equally stress holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) in Mediterranean areas: A physiological view. Flora 290, 152058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152058
Bueno A, Alonso-Forn D, Peguero-Pina JJ, de Souza AX, Ferrio JP, Sancho-Knapik D and Gil-Pelegrín E (2022) Minimum Leaf Conductance (gmin) Is Higher in the Treeline of Pinus uncinata Ram. in the Pyrenees: Michaelis’ Hypothesis Revisited. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 786933
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.786933

Sancho-Knapik D, Gil-Pelegrín E, Ferrio JP, Alonso-Forn D, Martín-Sánchez R, Santos Silva JVd, Imanishi J, Peguero-Pina JJ, Sanz MÁ (2022). Changes in the Abundance of Monoterpenes from Breathable Air of a Mediterranean Conifer Forest: When Is the Best Time for a Human Healthy Leisure Activity? Forests 13(6):965. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060965
E Lombardi, JP Ferrio, U Rodríguez-Robles, V Resco de Dios, J Voltas (2021) Ground-Penetrating Radar as phenotyping tool for characterizing intraspecific variability in root traits of a widespread conifer. Plant and Soil  468, 319–336
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05135-0
Wang, M., Mori, S., Kurosawa, Y., Ferrio, J.P., Yamaji, K., Koyama, K. (2021) Consistent scaling of whole-shoot respiration between Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) and trees. Journal of Plant Research 134, 989–997
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01320-5
Ferrio, J.P.; Shestakova, T.A.; del Castillo, J.; Voltas, J. (2021) Oak Competition Dominates Interspecific Interactions in Growth and Water-Use Efficiency in a Mixed Pine–Oak Mediterranean Forest. Forests 2021, 12, 1093. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12081093
Sánchez-Martín R, Querejeta JI, Voltas J, Ferrio JP, Prieto I, Verdú M, Montesinos A (2021) Plant’s gypsum affinity shapes responses to specific edaphic constraints without limiting responses to other general constraints. Plant and Soil  462, 297–309 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04866-4
Sancho‐Knapik, D., Escudero, A., Mediavilla, S., Scoffoni, C., Zailaa, J., Cavender‐Bares, J., Álvarez‐Arenas, T.G., Molins, A., Alonso‐Forn, D., Ferrio, J.P., Peguero‐Pina, J.J. and Gil‐Pelegrín, E. (2021), Deciduous and evergreen oaks show contrasting adaptive responses in leaf mass per area across environments. New Phytologist 230, 521-534
 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17151
Kurosawa Y, Mori S, Wang M, Ferrio JP, Yamaji K, Koyama K, Haruma T, Doyama K (2021) Initial burst of root development with decreasing respiratory carbon cost in Fagus crenata Blume seedlings. Plant Species Biology  36,146– 156
https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12305
Alonso-Forn D; Peguero-Pina JJ, Ferrio JP, Mencuccini M, Mendoza-Herrer O, Sancho-Knapik D, Gil-Pelegrín, E (2021) Contrasting functional strategies following severe drought in two Mediterranean oaks with different leaf habit: Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia. Tree Physiology 41, 371-387 https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa135
Cera A, Montserrat-Martí G, Ferrio JP, Drenovski RE, Palacio S (2021) Gypsum-exclusive plants accumulate more leaf S than non-exclusive species both in and off gypsum. Environmental and Experimental Botany 182, February 2021, 104294,
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104294
Ghouil, H; Sancho-Knapik, D; Ben Mna, A; Amimi, N; Ammari, Y; Escribano, R; Alonso-Forn, D; Ferrio, JP; Peguero-Pina, JJ; Gil-Pelegrín, E (2020) Southeastern rear edge populations of Quercus suber L. showed two alternative strategies to cope with water stress. Forests 2020, 12, 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121344
Brunel-Saldias N, Ferrio JP, Elazab A, Orellana M, del Pozo A (2020) Root Architecture and Functional Traits of Spring Wheat Under Contrasting Water Regimes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1669
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.581140
Peguero-Pina JJ, Vilagrosa A, Alonso-Forn D, Ferrio JP, Sancho-Knapik D, Gil-Pelegrín E (2020) Living in Drylands: Functional Adaptations of Trees and Shrubs to Cope with High Temperatures and Water Scarcity. Forests 2020, 11, 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101028
Alonso-Forn D, Sancho-Knapik D, Ferrio JP, Peguero-Pina JJ, Bueno A, Onoda Y, Cavender-Bares J, Niinemets Ü, Jansen S, Riederer M, Cornelissen JHC, Chai Y, Gil-Pelegrín E. (2020) Revisiting the Functional Basis of Sclerophylly Within the Leaf Economics Spectrum of Oaks: Different Roads to Rome. Current Forestry Reports, 6, 260–281 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-020-00122-7
Ferrio JP, Dubbert M, Máguas C (2020) Editorial: The Green Side of the Water Cycle: New Advances in the Study of Plant Water Dynamics. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1370
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.582846
Urbina MA, Correa F, Aburto F, Ferrio JP (2020) Adsorption of polyethylene microbeads and physiological effects on hydroponic maize. Science of the Total Environment, 741, November 2020, 14016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140216
Santini F, Ferrio JP, Hereş AM, Notivol E, Piqué M, Serrano L, Shestakova TA, Sin E, Vericat P, Voltas J (2018) Scarce population genetic differentiation but substantial spatiotemporal phenotypic variation of water‑use efficiency in Pinus sylvestris at its western distribution range. European Journal of Forest Research,  137 (6), 863–878
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-018-1145-9
Lopez-Caceres ML, Nakano S, Ferrio JP, Hayashi M, Nakatsuka T, Sano M, Yamanaka T, Nobori Y (2018) Evaluation of the effect of the 2011 Tsunami on coastal forests by means of multiple isotopic analyses of tree-rings. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 54 (5), 494-507
https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2018.1495203
Ferrio JP, Kurosawa Y, Wang M, Mori S (2018) Hydraulic Constraints to Whole-Tree Water Use and Respiration in Young Cryptomeria Trees under Competition. Forests 2018, 9(8), 449; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9080449
Palacio S, Gabriel Montserrat-Martí G, Ferrio JP. (2017) Water use segregation among plants with contrasting root depth and distribution along gypsum hills. Journal of Vegetation Science 28 1107–1117 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12570
Tornero C, Aguilera M, Ferrio JP, Arcusa H, Moreno-Garcia M, Garcia-Reig S, Rojo-Guerra M (2018) Vertical sheep mobility along the altitudinal gradient through stable isotope analyses in tooth molar bioapatite, meteoric water and pastures: a reference from the Ebro valley to the Central Pyrenees. Quaternary International 484, 94-106
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.042
Martin-Gomez P, Aguilera M, Peman J, Gil-Pelegrin E, Ferrio JP (2017) Contrasting ecophysiological strategies related to drought: the case of a mixed stand of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and a submediterranean oak (Quercus subpyrenaica). Tree Physiology 37(11), 1478-1492
Martin-Gomez P, Serrano L, Ferrio JP (2017) Short-term dynamics of evaporative enrichment of xylem water in woody stems: implications for ecohydrology. Tree Physiology 37(4), 511-522
Garcia-Plazaola JI, Fernandez-Marin B, Ferrio JP,  Alday JG, Hoch G, Landais D, Milcu A, Tissue DT, Voltas J, Gessler A, Roy J, Resco de Dios V (2017) Endogenous circadian rhythms in pigment composition induce changes in photochemical efficiency in plant canopies. Plant, Cell and Environment 40(7), 1143-1162
del Castillo J, Comas C, Voltas J, Ferrio JP (2016) Dynamics of competition over water in a mixed oak-pine Mediterranean forest: spatio-temporal and physiological components. Forest Ecology and Management 382, 214-224
Fardusi MJ, Ferrio JP, Comas C, Voltas J, Resco de Dios V, Serrano L (2016) Intra-specific association between carbon isotope composition and productivity in woody plants: A meta-analysis. Plant Science 251(6), 110-118
Resco de Dios V, Mereed TE, Ferrio JP, Tissue DT, Voltas J (2016) Intraspecific variation in juvenile tree growth under elevated CO2 alone and with O3: a meta-analysis. Tree Physiology 36 (6), 682-693
Sánchez-Bragado R, Araus JL, Scheerer U, Cairns JE, Rennenberg H, Ferrio JP (2016) Factors preventing the performance of oxygen isotope ratios as indicators of grain yield in maize. Planta 243 (2), 355-368
Cueto-Ginzo AI, Serrano L, Bostock RM, Ferrio JP, Rodríguez R, Arcal L, MA Achon, T Falcioni, WP Luzuriaga, V Medina (2016) Salicylic acid mitigates physiological and proteomic changes induced by the SPCP1 strain of Potato virus X in tomato plants. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 93, 1-11
Voltas J, Lucabaugh D, Chambel MR, Ferrio JP (2015) Intraspecific variation in the use of water sources by the circum-Mediterranean conifer Pinus halepensis. New Phytologist 208(4): 1031-1041
Comas C, del Castillo J, Voltas J, Ferrio JP (2015) Point processes statistics of stable isotopes: analysing water uptake patterns in a mixed stand of Aleppo pine and Holm oak. Forest Systems 24 (1), Article number:e009, DOI:10.5424/fs/2015241-05846
Resco de Dios V, Roy J, Ferrio JP, Alday JG, Landais D, Milcu A, Gessler A (2015) Processes driving nocturnal transpiration and implications for estimating land evapotranspiration. Scientific Reports 5, Article number:10975, DOI:10.1038/srep10975
Martín-Gómez P, Barbeta A, Voltas J, Peñuelas J, Dennis K, Palacio S, Dawson TE, Ferrio JP (2015) Isotope-ratio infrared spectroscopy: A reliable tool for the investigation of plant-water sources? New Phytologist 207 (3): 914-927, DOI:10.1111/nph.13376
Ferrio JP, Díez-Herrero A, Tarrés D, Ballesteros-Cánovas JA, Aguilera M, Bodoque JM (2015) Using stable isotopes of oxygen from tree-rings to study the origin of past flood events: first results from the Iberian Peninsula Quaternaire 26, 67-75
del Castillo J, Voltas J, Ferrio JP (2015) Carbon isotope discrimination, radial growth, and NDVI share spatiotemporal responses to precipitation in Aleppo pine. Trees 29, 223-233
Fiorentino G, Ferrio JP, Bogaard A, Araus JL, Riehl S (2015) Stable isotopes in archaeobotanical research. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 24, 215-227
Palacio S, Azorín J, Montserrat-Martí G, Ferrio JP (2014) The crystallisation water of gypsum rocks is a relevant water source for plants. Nature Communications 5, Article number:4660, DOI:10.1038/ncomms5660
Shestakova TA, Aguilera M, Ferrio JP, Gutiérrez E, Voltas J (2014) Unravelling spatiotemporal tree-ring signals in Mediterranean oaks: a variance-covariance modelling approach of carbon and oxygen isotope ratios. Tree physiology 34 (8): 819-838.
Gessler A, Ferrio JP, Hommel R, Treydte K, Werner RA, Monson RK (2014) Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood. Tree Physiology 34 (8): 796-818.
Araus JL, Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Aguilera M, Buxó R (2014) Agronomic conditions and crop evolution in ancient Near East agriculture. Nature Communications 5, Article number:3953, DOI:10.1038/ncomms4953
Hommel R, Siegwolf R, Saurer M, Farquhar GD, Kayler Z, Ferrio JP, Gessler A (2014) Drought response of mesophyll conductance in forest understory species - Impacts on water-use efficiency and interactions with leaf water movement. Physiologia Plantarum 152(1), 98-114.
Falcioni T, Ferrio JP, del Cueto AI, Giné J, Achón Má, Medina V (2014) Effect of salicylic acid treatment on tomato plant physiology and tolerance to potato virus X infection. European Journal of Plant Pathology 138(2), 331-345.
Hentschel R, Bittner S, Janott M, Biernath C, Holst J, Ferrio JP, Gessler A, Priesack E (2013) Simulation of stand transpiration based on a xylem water flow model for individual trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 182,31-42
Resco de Dios V, Díaz-Sierra R, Goulden ML, Barton CVM, Boer MM, Gessler A, Ferrio JP, Pfautsch S, Tissue DT (2013) Woody clockworks: circadian regulation of night-time water use in Eucalyptus globulus. New Phytologist 200, 743-752
del Castillo J, Aguilera M, Voltas J, Ferrio JP(2013) Isoscapes of tree-ring carbon-13 perform like meteorological networks in predicting regional precipitation patterns. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 118, 352-360
Voltas J, Camarero JJ, Carulla D, Aguilera M, Ortiz A, Ferrio JP(2013) A retrospective, dual-isotope approach reveals individual predisposition to winter-drought induced dieback in the southernmost distribution limit of Scots pine. Plant, Cell and Environment 36, 1435-1448
Flexas J, Barbour MM, Brendel O, Cabrera HM, Carriquí M, Díaz-Espejo A, Douthe C, Dreyer E, Ferrio JP, Gago J, Gallé A, Galmés J, Kodama N, Medrano H, Niinemets Ü, Peguero-Pina JJ, Pou A, Ribas-Carbó M, Tomás M, Tosens T, Warren CR (2012) Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: An unappreciated central player in photosynthesis . Plant Science 193-194, 70-84.
(CORRIGENDUM: Flexas et al. Plant Science 196, 31)
Ferrio JP, Pou A, Florez-Sarasa I, Gessler A, Kodama N, Flexas J, Ribas-Carbó M (2012) The Péclet effect on leaf water enrichment correlates with leaf hydraulic conductance and mesophyll conductance for CO2. Plant, Cell and Environment 35, 611-625.
Ferrio JP, Arab G, Buxó R, Guerrero E, Molist M, Voltas J, Araus JL (2012) Agricultural expansion and settlement economy in Tell Halula (Mid-Euphrates valley): a diachronic study from Early Neolithic to present. Journal of Arid Environments 86, 104-112.
Aguilera M, Ferrio JP, Pérez G, Araus JL, Voltas J(2012) Holocene changes in precipitation seasonality in the western Mediterranean Basin: a multi-species approach using d13C of archaeobotanical remains. Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 192-202.
Aguilera M, Ferrio JP, Araus JL, Tarrús J, Voltas J(2011) Climate at the onset of western Mediterranean agriculture expansion: Evidence from stable isotopes of sub-fossil oak tree rings in Spain . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 13, 115-125.
Resco V, Ferrio JP Carreira JA, Calvo L, Casals P, Ferrero-Serrano A, Marcos E, Moreno JM, Ramírez, DA, Sebastià, MT, Valladares F,Williams, DG (2011) The stable isotope ecology of terrestrial plant succession . Plant Ecology & Diversity 4, 117-130.
Offermann C, Ferrio JP Holst J, Grote R, Siegwolf R, Kayler Z, Gessler A (2011) The long way down - Are carbon and oxygen isotope signals in the tree ring uncoupled from canopy physiological processes?. Tree Physiology 31, 1088-1102.
Kodama N, Ferrio JP, Brueggemann N, Gessler A (2011) Short-term dynamics of the carbon isotope composition of CO2 emitted from a wheat agroecosystem - physiological and environmental controls . Plant Biology 13, 115-125.
Ruehr NK, Offermann CA, Gessler A, Winkler JB, Ferrio JP, Buchmann N, Barnard RL (2009) Drought effects in allocation of recent carbon: from beech leaves to soil CO2 efflux. New Phytologist 184, 950-961.
Holst J, Grote R, Offermann C, Ferrio JP, Gessler A, Mayer H, Rennenberg H (2009) Water fluxes within beech stands in complex terrain. International Journal of Biometeorology 54, 23-36.
Gessler A, Tcherkez G, Karyanto O, Keitel C, Ferrio JP, Ghashghaie J, Kreuzwieser J, Farquhar GD (2009) On the metabolic origin of the carbon isotope composition of CO2 evolved from darkened light-acclimated leaves in Ricinus communis. New Phytologist 181, 374-386.
Ferrio JP, Cuntz M, Offermann C, Siegwolf R, Saurer M, Gessler A (2009) Effect of water availability on leaf water isotopic enrichment in beech seedlings shows limitations of current fractionation models. Plant, Cell and Environment 32, 1285-1296.
Aguilera M, Espinar C, Ferrio JP, Pérez G, Voltas J (2009) A map of autumn precipitation for the third millennium BP in the eastern Iberian Peninsula from charcoal carbon isotopes. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 102, 157-165.
Aguilera M, Araus JL, Voltas J, Rodríguez-Ariza MO, Molina F, Rovira N, Buxó R, Ferrio JP(2008) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes and quality traits of fossil cereal grains provide clues on sustainability at the beginnings of Mediterranean agriculture. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1653-1663.
Voltas J, Chambel MR, Prada MA, Ferrio JP(2008) Climate-related variability in carbon and oxygen stable isotopes among populations of Aleppo pine grown in common-garden tests. Trees-structure and function 22, 759-769.
Kodama N, Barnard RL, Salmon Y, Weston C, Ferrio JP, Holst J, Werner RA, Saurer M, Rennenberg H, Buchmann N, Gessler A (2008) Temporal dynamics of the carbon isotope composition in a Pinus sylvestris stand: from newly assimilated organic carbon to respired carbon dioxide. Oecologia 156, 737-750.
Ferrio JP, Mateo MA, Bort J, Voltas J, Abdahla O, Araus JL (2007) Relationships of grain d13C and d18O with wheat phenology and yield under water-limited conditions. Annals of Applied Biology 150, 207-215.
Araus JL, Ferrio JP, Buxó R, Voltas J (2007) The historical perspective of dryland agriculture: Lessons learned from 10000 years of wheat cultivation. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 131-145.
Ferrio JP, Alonso N, López JB, Araus JL, Voltas J (2006) Carbon isotope composition of fossil charcoal reveals aridity changes in the NW Mediterranean Basin. Global Change Biology 12, 1253-1266.
Ferrio JP, Alonso N, Voltas J, Araus JL (2006) Grain weight changes over time in ancient cereal crops: Potential roles of climate and genetic improvement. Journal of Cereal Science 44, 323-332.
Ferrio JP, Araus JL, Buxó R, Voltas J, Bort J (2005) Water management practices and climate in ancient agriculture: inference from the stable isotope composition of archaeobotanical remains. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 14, 510-517.
Ferrio JP, Resco V, Williams DG, Serrano L, Voltas J (2005) Stable isotopes in arid and semiarid forest ecosystems. Investigación Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales 14, 371-382.
Ferrio JP, Villegas D, Zarco J, Aparicio N, Araus JL, Royo C (2005) Assessment of durum wheat yield using visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of canopies. Field Crops Research 94, 126-148.
Ferrio JP, Voltas J (2005) Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in wood constituents of Pinus halepensis as indicators of precipitation, temperature and vapour pressure deficit. Tellus B 57B, 164-173.
Tambussi E, Nogués S, Ferrio P, Voltas J, Araus JL (2005) Does higher yield potential improve barley performance in Mediterranean conditions?: a case study. Field Crops Research 91, 149-160.
Ferrio JP, Bertran E, Nachit MM, Català J, Araus JL (2004) Estimation of grain yield by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy in durum wheat. Euphytica 137, 373-380.
Ferrio JP, Alonso N, Voltas J, Araus JL (2004) Estimating grain weight in archaeological cereal crops: a quantitative approach for comparison with current conditions. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 1635-1642.
Araus JL, Villegas D, Aparicio N, García-del-Moral LF, Elhani S, Rharrabti Y, Ferrio JP, Royo C (2003) Environmental factors determining carbon isotope discrimination and yield in durum wheat under Mediterranean conditions. Crop Science 43, 170-180.
Ferrio JP, Florit A, Vega A, Serrano L, Voltas J (2003) D13C and tree-ring width reflect different drought responses in Quercus ilex and Pinus halepensis. Oecologia 137, 512-518.
Ferrio JP, Bertran E, Nachit MM, Royo C, Araus JL (2001) Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a potential surrogate method for the analysis of D13C in mature kernels of durum wheat. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 809-816.

Articles in other peer-reviewed Journals

Aguilera M, Voltas J, Ferrio JP, Serrano L (2010) Evolución estacional de d13C en hojas y madera de dos quercíneas mediterráneas concurrentes (Quercus ilex subps. ballota L. y Quercus faginea Lam.): dinámica de la eficiencia en uso del agua . Ecosistemas 19(3) 6-13.
Voltas J, Ferrio JP, Alonso N, Araus JL (2008) Stable carbon isotopes in archaeobotanical remains and palaeoclimate. Contributions to Science 4 (1), 21-31.
Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Buxó R, Araus JL (2006) Isótopos estables aplicados al estudio de los sistemas paleoagrícolas mediterráneos. Ecosistemas 15(1) 59-68.
Alonso N, Ferrio JP, Florit A, López JB, Piqué R, Voltas J (2004) Evolució climàtica de la plana occidental catalana durant els darrers 4000 anys: primers resultats de la discrimincació isotòpica del carboni (D13C). Revista d'Arqueologia de Ponent 14, 9-29.
Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Araus JL (2003) Use of carbon isotope composition in monitoring environmental changes. Management of Environmental Quality 14, 82-98.
Ferrio JP, Bertran E, Nachit MM, Royo C, Araus JL (2000) Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a new screening tool to increase durum wheat yield. Options Mediterraneennes A40, 141-144.

Books and book chapters

 Gessler A & Ferrio JP (2022). Postphotosynthetic Fractionation in Leaves, Phloem and Stem. In: Siegwolf RTW, Brooks JR, Roden J, Saurer M (eds) Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings. Tree Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_13
Ferrio JP, Dubbert M, Máguas CM, eds. (2020). The Green Side of the Water Cycle: New Advances in the Study of Plant Water Dynamics. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88966-114-5
Ferrio JP, Aguilera M, Voltas J, Araus JL (2020) Stable carbon isotopes in archaeological plant remains. In 'Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy'. pp. 1-14. (Ed. M. Montenari) (Stratigraphy & Timescales 5, Academic Press)
Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Araus JL (2011) Global change and the origins of agriculture. In 'Crop Stress Management and Global Climate Change'. pp. 1-14. (Eds. JL Araus, GA Slafer) ( CAB International, Wallingford, UK )
Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Alonso N, Araus JL (2007) Reconstruction of climate and crop conditions in the past based on the carbon isotope signature of archaeobotanical remains. In 'Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change'. pp. 319-332. (Eds. T Dawson, R Siegwolf) ( Elsevier Academic Press )
Araus JL, Buxó R, Ferrio JP, Voltas J (2004) Prehistoric agriculture. In 'Reflections of science and technology in Spain 2004'. pp. 180-183. (Ministry of Science and Education. Spanish Fundation for Science and Technology , Madrid)
Mateo MA, Ferrio JP, Araus JL (2004) Isótopos estables en fisiología vegetal. In 'La ecofisiología vegetal, una ciencia de síntesis'. (Eds MJ Reigosa, N Pedrol, and A Sánchez) pp. 113-160. (Paranimfo, S.A.: Madrid)
Araus JL, Febrero A, Bort J, Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Buxó R (2001) Técnicas de reconstrucción paleoambiental. In 'Ciencia & Teconología, Vol. I'. pp. 213-216. (Tibidabo Ediciones, S.A.: Barcelona)
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Ferrio JP (2007) 'Reconstruction of climatic and crop conditions in the past based on the isotope signature of archaeobotanical remains'. ISBN 978-84-690-4285-4 pdf  available at TDX, Theses and Dissertations online