• A new method for determining the sources of airborne particles 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Alcázar, Purificación; Belmonge, Jordina; Bermejo, Daria; Boi, Marzia; Cariñanos, P.; Díaz de la Guardia, C.; Fernández González, Delia; González-Minero, Francisco; Gutiérrez Bustillo, Adela M.; Moreno Grau, Stella; Pérez-Badía, Rosa; Rodríguez-Rajo, F.J.; Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis; Suárez Pérez, Julia; Trigo, M. Mar del; Domínguez Vilches, E.; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2015)
      Air quality is a major issue for humans owing to the fact that the content of particles in the atmosphere has multiple implications for life quality, ecosystem dynamics and environment. Scientists are therefore particularly ...
    • An operational robotic pollen monitoring network based on automatic image recognition 

      Oteros, José; Weber, Alisa; Kutzora, Suzanne; Rojo, Jesús; Heinze, Stefanie; Herr, Caroline; Gebauer, Robert; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2020)
      There is high demand for online, real-time and high-quality pollen data. To the moment pollen monitoring has been done manually by highly specialized experts. Here we evaluate the electronic Pollen Information Network ...
    • Artemisia pollen is the main vector for airborne endotoxin 

      Oteros, José; Bartusel, Elke; Alessandrini, Francesca; Núñez, Andrés; Moreno, Diego; Behrendt, Heidrun; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Buters, Jeroen (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2018)
      Background: Endotoxin (LPS) released from gram-negative bacteria causes strong immunologic and inflammatory effects and, when airborne, can contribute to respiratory conditions, such as allergic asthma. Objectives: We ...
    • Better prediction of Mediterranean olive production using pollen-based models 

      Oteros, José; Orlandi, Fabio; García-Mozo, H.; Aguilera, Fátima; Ben Dhiab, Ali; Bonofiglio, Tommaso; Abichou, Mounir; Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis; Trigo, M. Mar del; Díaz de la Guardia, C.; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio; Msallem, Monji; Fornaciari, Marco; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2013)
      Olive oil is a major economic resource of the Mediterranean region. Olive crop management can be improved by models that forecast the variable reproductive biology of olive tree. However, the processes controlling olive ...
    • Building an automatic pollen monitoring network (ePIN): Selection of optimal sites by clustering pollen stations 

      Oteros, José; Sofiev, Mikhail; Smith, Matt; Clot, Bernard; Damialis, Athanasios; Prank, Marje; Werchan, Matthias; Wachter, Reinhard; Weber, Alisa; Kutzora, Susanne; Heinze, Stefanie; Herr, Caroline; Menzel, Annette; Bergmann, Karl C.; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2019)
      Airborne pollen is a recognized biological indicator and its monitoring hasmultiple uses such as providing a tool for allergy diagnosis and prevention. There is a knowledge gap related to the distribution of pollen traps ...
    • Concentric Ring Method for generating pollen maps. Quercus as case study 

      Oteros, José; Valencia, Rosa María; Río, Sara del; Vega, Ana María; García-Mozo, H.; Galán, Carmen; Gutiérrez, Pablo; Mandrioli, Paolo; Fernández González, Delia (Elsevier, 2017)
      Mapping pollen concentrations is of great interest to study the health impact and ecological implications or for forestry or agronomical purposes. A deep knowledge about factors affecting airborne pollen is essential ...
    • Drivers of the release of the allergens Bet v 1 and Phl p 5 from birch and grass pollen 

      Maya-Manzano, José María; Oteros, José; Rojo, Jesús; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2022)
      The drivers affecting the Pollen Allergen Potency (PAP, amount of allergen released per pollen) are sparsely known. Betula and Poaceae airborne pollen are the two main allergenic pollen in the World. Airborne pollen ...
    • Effects of future climate change on birch abundance and their pollen load 

      Rojo, Jesús; Oteros, José; Picornell, Antonio; Maya-Manzano, José María; Damialis, Athanasios; Zink, Katrin; Werchan, Matthias; Werchan, Barbora; Smith, Matt; Menzel, Annette; Timpf, Sabine; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Bergmann, Karl C.; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Wiley, 2021)
      Climate change impacts on the structure and function of ecosystems will worsen public health issues like allergic diseases. Birch trees (Betula spp.) are important sources of aeroallergens in Central and Northern Europe. ...
    • Forest fragmentation and landscape connectivity changes in Ecuadorian mangroves: some hope for the future? 

      Jaramillo, Julio J.; Rivas, Carlos A.; Oteros, José; Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M. (MDPI, 2023)
      This study investigates the impact of fragmentation on Ecuador’s coastal mangrove forests. Fragmentation is identified as a primary cause of aquatic ecosystem degradation. We analyzed the relationship between habitat loss, ...
    • Long-term trends in atmospheric Quercus pollen related to climate change in southern Spain: A 25-year perspective 

      López Orozco, Rocío; García-Mozo, H.; Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen (MDPI, 2021)
      Long-term trends of atmospheric Quercus pollen recorded for 25 years (1995–2019) in southern Spain (Cordoba city, Andalusia region) have been studied to determine the influence of climate fluctuations and other anthropogenic ...
    • Modelling olive phenological response to weather and topography 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Vázquez, Luis; Mestre, Antonio; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio; Galán, Carmen (Elsevier, 2013)
      A detailed analysis was made of the response of olive floral phenology to climate and topography insouthern Spain. Field phenological, topographical and meteorological data collected at 12 sampling sitesin the province of ...
    • Quality control in bio-monitoring networks, Spanish Aerobiology Network 

      Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen; Alcázar, Purificación; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio (Elsevier, 2013)
      Several of the airborne biological particles, such as pollen grains and fungal spores, are known to generate human health problems including allergies and infections. A number of aerobiologists have focused their research ...
    • Spatial interpolation of current airborne pollen concentrations where no monitoring exists 

      Oteros, José; Bergmann, Karl C.; Menzel, Annette; Damialis, Athanasios; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2019)
      Background: Pollen is naturally emitted and is relevant for health, crop sciences and monitoring climate change, among others. Despite their relevance, pollen is often insufficiently monitored resulting in a lack of data. ...
    • Understanding hourly patterns of Olea pollen concentrations as tool for the environmental impact assessment 

      Fernández-Rodríguez, Santiago; Maya-Manzano, José María; Monroy-Colín, Alejandro; Pecero-Casimiro, Raúl; Buters, Jeroen; Oteros, José (Elsevier, 2020)
      Bioinformatics clustering application for mining of a large set of olive pollen aerobiological data to describe the daily distribution of Olea pollen concentration. The studywas performedwith hourly pollen concentrations ...
    • Variations in cereal crop phenology in Spain over the last twenty-six years (1986–2012) 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Botey, Roser; Mestre, Antonio; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2015)
      Over recent years, the Iberian Peninsula has witnessed an increase both in temperature and in rainfall intensity, especially in the Mediterranean climate area. Plant phenology is modulated by climate, and closely governed ...