Biography

I am a Geographer, interested in forest fire modeling and multiscale risk assessment and PhD in Environmental and Land management. I am currently a lecturer and postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Geography and Land Management, University of Zaragoza.

Interests
  • Forest fires
  • Risk modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Spatial statistics
Education

  • PhD in Geography, 2015

    University of Zaragoza

  • Postgraduate in Applied Statistical Methods, 2014

    UNED

  • MsC in Geographic Information Technologies, 2009

    University of Zaragoza

  • BSc in Geography, 2006

    University of Zaragoza

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Lecturer
University of Zaragoza
Sep 2021 – Sep 2022 Zaragoza
Lecturer at the Department of Geography
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher
University of Lleida
Jan 2018 – Sep 2021 Lleida
Postdoc researcher
 
 
 
 
 
Lecturer
University of Zaragoza
Sep 2013 – Jan 2018 Zaragoza
Profesor asociado at the Department of Geography
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-doc research fellow
University of Zaragoza
Sep 2013 – Oct 2009 Zaragoza
Research fellow - FPI scholarship.
 
 
 
 
 
GIS Analyst
FEUZ
Sep 2009 – Sep 2006 Zaragoza
Spatial modeling and mapping.

Skills

R

100%

GIS

100%

Statistics

80%

Python

50%

Projects

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All Fire risk Forest management Other
CLICES
El clima del último siglo en la España peninsular
CLIMARK
Forest management promotion for climate change mitigation through the design of a local market of climate credits
FIREGLOBE
Análisis de escenarios de riesgo de incendio a escala nacional y global
FIREMAP
Análisis integrado del riesgo de incendios forestales mediante Teledetección y Sistemas de Información Geográfica
FIREPATHS
Trajectories of fire behavior under management and climate change
FirEUrisk
Developing a holistic, risk-wise strategy for European wildfire management
IMAGINE
Integración multiescalar de modelos e imágenes como herramienta de gestión de la multifuncionalidad en sistemas agropastorales de montaña
PYRORAMA
Modelado de escenarios futuros de riesgo de incendios y cambios en la ocupación del suelo a escala nacional
SERGISAT
Severidad y regeneración en grandes incendios forestales mediante teledetección

Recent Publications

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Victor Resco de Dios, Angel Cunill Camprubi, Naria Perez, Juan Carlos Pena, Edurne Martinez del Castillo, Marcos Rodrigues, Yinan Yao, Marta Yebra, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Matthias M. Boer (2022). Convergence in critical fuel moisture and fire weather thresholds associated with fire activity in the pyroregions of Mediterranean Europe. In: Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2021.151462, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2021.151462.

Lauma Elza Miezite, Aitor Ameztegui, Marcos Rodrigues (2022). Fire Behavior Pathways under Climate Change and Management Scenarios.

Marcos Rodrigues, Maria Zuñiga-Anton, Fermin Alcasena, Pere Gelabert, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2022). Integrating geospatial wildfire models to delineate landscape management zones and inform decision-making in Mediterranean areas. In: Safety Science, (147), pp. 105616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105616, https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ssci.2021.105616.

Yasmina Amrouni, Mohammed Berrayah, Pere Gelabert, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Benchaben Hellal, Marcos Rodrigues (2022). Recent land cover trends in the transition region of Tiaret, Algeria. In: Catena, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CATENA.2021.105861, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.CATENA.2021.105861.

Paulo M. Fernandes, Marcos Rodrigues (2022). Searching for a COVID-19 effect on wildfire activity in Portugal but not finding it: A comment on Sci. Total Environ. 765, 142793. In: Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.153173, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.153173.

Carmen Bentue-Martinez, Marcos Rodrigues, Rafael Garcia-Foncillas Lopez, Jose Maria Llorente Gonzalez, Maria Zuñiga-Anton (2022). Socio-Economic Development and Mental Health: Case Study of the Spanish Region of Aragon (2010-20). In: Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2022.899278, http://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2022.899278.

AdriA!n JimA(C)nez-Ruano, William M. Jolly, Patrick H. Freeborn, Daniel JosA(C) Vega-Nieva, Norma AngA(C)lica MonjarA!s-Vega, Carlos IvA!n Briones-Herrera, Marcos Rodrigues (2022). Spatial Predictions of Human and Natural-Caused Wildfire Likelihood across Montana (USA). In: Forests, (13), 8, pp. 1200, https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081200, https://doi.org/10.3390%2Ff13081200.

Marcos Rodrigues, P.J. Gelabert, M. Rodrigues, J.J. Vidal-Macua, A. Ameztegui, C. Vega-Garcia (2022). Spatially explicit modeling of the probability of land abandonment in the Spanish Pyrenees. In: Landscape and Urban Planning, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LANDURBPLAN.2022.104487, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.LANDURBPLAN.2022.104487.

Lauma Elza Miezite, Aitor Ameztegui, Miquel De CA!ceres, Lluis Coll, Alejandra Moran-Ordnez, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Marcos Rodrigues (2022). Trajectories of wildfire behavior under climate change. Can forest management mitigate the increasing hazard?. In: Journal of Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116134, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116134.

Aitor Ameztegui, Marcos Rodrigues, Victor Granda (2022). Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations. In: European Journal of Forest Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/S10342-022-01444-W, http://doi.org/10.1007/S10342-022-01444-W.

Luiz Felipe Galizia, Thomas Curt, Renaud Barbero, Marcos Rodrigues (2021). Understanding fire regimes in Europe. In: International Journal of Wildland Fire, https://doi.org/10.1071/WF21081, http://doi.org/10.1071/WF21081.

Luiz Felipe Galizia, Thomas Curt, Renaud Barbero, Marcos Rodrigues (2021). Assessing the accuracy of remotely sensed fire datasets across the southwestern Mediterranean Basin. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, (21), 1, pp. 73–86.

A. Cardil, M. Rodrigues, J. Ramirez, S. de-Miguel, C.A. Silva, M. Mariani, D. Ascoli (2021). Coupled effects of climate teleconnections on drought, Santa Ana winds and wildfires in southern California. In: Science of the Total Environment, (765), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142788, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093963759&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2020.142788&partnerID=40&md5=ffea6164d6edc4369d3f20849c2f6d4e.

Marcos Rodrigues, Dhais Pena-Angulo, Ana Russo, Maria Zuñiga-Anton, Adrian Cardil (2021). Do climate teleconnections modulate wildfire-prone conditions over the Iberian Peninsula?. In: Environmental Research Letters.

Marcos Rodrigues, Francois-Nicolas Robinne, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, Yeon-Su Kim (2021). Fire\$, or the economics of wildfires: State of play and new contributions. In: Forest Policy and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FORPOL.2021.102610, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.FORPOL.2021.102610.

Fermin Alcasena, Marcos Rodrigues, Pere Gelabert, Alan Ager, Michele Salis, Aitor Ameztegui, Teresa Cervera, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2021). Fostering Carbon Credits to Finance Wildfire Risk Reduction Forest Management in Mediterranean Landscapes. In: Land, https://doi.org/10.3390/LAND10101104, http://doi.org/10.3390/LAND10101104.

L.F. Galizia, F. Alcasena, G. Prata, M. Rodrigues (2021). Assessing expected economic losses from wildfires in eucalypt plantations of western Brazil. In: Forest Policy and Economics, (125), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102405, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100194342&doi=10.1016%2fj.forpol.2021.102405&partnerID=40&md5=1dde960026cad3c00c84393e4108e519.

P.J. Gelabert, M. Rodrigues, J. {de la Riva}, A. Ameztegui, M.T. {SebastiA }, C. Vega-Garcia (2021). LandTrendr smoothed spectral profiles enhance woody encroachment monitoring. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, (262), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112521, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106522442&doi=10.1016%2fj.rse.2021.112521&partnerID=40&md5=2062908a41f40e8e3aa5d21c82878ee8.

A. Ameztegui, M. Rodrigues, P.J. Gelabert, B. Lavaquiol, L. Coll (2021). Maximum height of mountain forests abruptly decreases above an elevation breakpoint. In: GIScience and Remote Sensing, (58), 3, pp. 442-454, https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.1894832, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102696194&doi=10.1080%2f15481603.2021.1894832&partnerID=40&md5=dd302a97dd33cbdbaa33aa852311e0df.

M. Rodrigues, P.J. Gelabert, A. Ameztegui, L. Coll, C. Vega-GarcA-a (2021). Response to ‘Letter to the editor regarding Rodrigues et al. 2020: Is COVID-19 halting wildfires in the Mediterranean? Insights for wildfire science under a pandemic context’. In: Science of the Total Environment, (766), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143187, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099700252&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2020.143187&partnerID=40&md5=caefa4082cc858c8db91b613278654f6.

Marcos Rodrigues, Michela Mariani, Ana Russo, Michele Salis, Luiz Felipe Galizia, Adrian Cardil (2021). Spatio-Temporal Domains of Wildfire-Prone Teleconnection Patterns in the Western Mediterranean Basin. In: Geophysical Research Letters, (48), 19, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl094238, https://doi.org/10.1029%2F2021gl094238.

Siba Ghadban, Aitor Ameztegui, Marcos Rodrigues, Cristina Chocarro, Fermin Alcasena, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2021). Stand Structure and Local Landscape Variables Are the Dominant Factors Explaining Shrub and Tree Diversity in Mediterranean Forests. In: Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/SU132111658, http://doi.org/10.3390/SU132111658.

Marcos Rodrigues, Pere J. Gelabert, Aitor Ameztegui, Lluis Coll, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2021). Has COVID-19 halted winter-spring wildfires in the Mediterranean? Insights for wildfire science under a pandemic context. In: Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2020.142793, http://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2020.142793.

Luiz Felipe Galizia, Thomas Curt, Renaud Barbero, Marcos Rodrigues (2020). Assessing the accuracy of remotely-sensed fire datasets across the Southwestern Mediterranean basin. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, pp. 1–19.

Adrian Cardil, Marcos Rodrigues, Joaquin Ramirez, Sergio de-Miguel, Carlos A Silva, Michela Mariani, Davide Ascoli (2020). Coupled effects of climate teleconnections on drought, Santa Ana winds and wildfires in southern California. In: Science of The Total Environment, pp. 142788.

M. Rodrigues, A. JimA(C)nez-Ruano, J. {de la Riva} (2020). Fire regime dynamics in mainland Spain. Part 1: Drivers of change. In: Science of the Total Environment, (721), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135841, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076596649&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2019.135841&partnerID=40&md5=c23fe3b58ea1a1a44b2cbaa977a63be0.

Adrian Jimenez-Ruano, Juan {de la Riva Fernandez}, Marcos Rodrigues (2020). Fire regime dynamics in mainland Spain. Part 2: A near-future prospective of fire activity. In: Science of The Total Environment, (705), pp. 135842.

M. Rodrigues, F. Alcasena, P. Gelabert, C. Vega-GarcA-a (2020). Geospatial Modeling of Containment Probability for Escaped Wildfires in a Mediterranean Region. In: Risk Analysis, (40), 9, pp. 1762-1779, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13524, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085592889&doi=10.1111%2frisa.13524&partnerID=40&md5=6353ffdb23cedd4f8ce5a42ce06b32cb.

Marcos Rodrigues, Pere J Gelabert, Aitor Ameztegui, Lluis Coll, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2020). Has COVID-19 halted winter-spring wildfires in the Mediterranean? Insights for wildfire science under a pandemic context. In: Science of the total environment, pp. 142793.

M. Rodrigues, R.M. Trigo, C. Vega-Garcia, A. Cardil (2020). Identifying large fire weather typologies in the Iberian Peninsula. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, (280), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107789.

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Marcos Rodrigues, Ricardo M Trigo, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Adrian Cardil (2020). Identifying large fire weather typologies in the Iberian Peninsula. In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, (280), pp. 107789.

Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, PJ Gelabert, Aitor {Ameztegui Gonzalez}, LluA-s {Coll Mir}, Cristina Vega-Garcia (2020). Response to'Letter to the editor regarding Rodrigues et al. 2020: Is COVID-19 halting wildfires in the Mediterranean? Insights for wildfire science under a pandemic context'. In: Science of the Total Environment, 2020. In Press.

M. Rodrigues, S. Costafreda-Aumedes, C. Comas, C. Vega-Garcia (2019). Spatial stratification of wildfire drivers towards enhanced definition of large-fire regime zoning and fire seasons. Science of the Total Environment, (689), pp. 634-644, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.467.

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A. Cardil, C. Vega-Garcia, D. Ascoli, D.M. Molina-Terren, C.A. Silva, M. Rodrigues (2019). How does drought impact burned area in Mediterranean vegetation communities?. Science of the Total Environment, (693), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133603.

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Marcos Rodrigues, José Carlos González-Hidalgo, Dhais Pena-Angulo, Adrian Jimenez-Ruano (2019). Identifying wildfire-prone atmospheric circulation weather types on mainland Spain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

M. Rodrigues, F. Alcasena, C. Vega-Garcia (2019). Modeling initial attack success of wildfire suppression in Catalonia, Spain. Science of the Total Environment, (666), pp. 915-927, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.323.

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L.F. de Castro Galizia, M. Rodrigues (2019). Modeling the influence of eucalypt plantation on wildfire occurrence in the Brazilian savanna biome. Forests, (10), 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100844.

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Yago Martıín, Maria Zuñiga-Anton, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero} (2019). Modelling temporal variation of fire-occurrence towards the dynamic prediction of human wildfire ignition danger in northeast Spain. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk.

A Cardil, C Vega-Garcia, D Ascoli, DM Molina-Terren, CA Silva, M Rodrigues (2019). How does drought impact burned area in Mediterranean vegetation communities?. In: Science of The Total Environment, (693), pp. 133603.

Marcos Rodrigues, Adrian Jimenez-Ruano, Dhais Pena-Angulo, Juan de la Riva (2018). A comprehensive spatial-temporal analysis of driving factors of human-caused wildfires in Spain using Geographically Weighted Logistic Regression. Journal of environmental management.

Daniel Borini Alves, Fernando Pérez-Cabello, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, Miquel Febrer-Martı́nez (2018). Accuracy assessment of the latest generations of MODIS burned area products for mapping fire scars on a regional scale over Campos Amazônicos Savanna Enclave (Brazilian Amazon). Journal of Applied Remote Sensing.

Adrian Jimenez-Ruano, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, W Matt Jolly, Juan {de la Riva Fernandez} (2018). The role of short-term weather conditions in temporal dynamics of fire regime features in mainland Spain. Journal of environmental management.

Yago Martı́n, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, Maria Zuñiga-Anton (2017). Community vulnerability to hazards: Introducing local expert knowledge into the equation. Natural Hazards.

Lucia Paci, Alan E Gelfand, Marı́a Asunción Beamonte, Marcos Rodrigues, Fernando Pérez-Cabello (2017). Space-time modeling for post-fire vegetation recovery. Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment.

Adrian Jimenez-Ruano, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, Juan {de la Riva Fernandez} (2017). Understanding wildfires in mainland Spain. A comprehensive analysis of fire regime features in a climate-human context. Applied geography.

Marcos Rodrigues, Adrián Jiménez, Juan de la Riva (2016). Analysis of recent spatial--temporal evolution of human driving factors of wildfires in Spain. Natural Hazards.

Ariñe Crespo, Marcos Rodrigues, Ibon Telletxea, Rubén Ibáñez, Felipe Dı́ez, Joseba F Tobar, Juan Arizaga (2016). No habitat selection during spring migration at a meso-scale range across mosaic landscapes: A case study with the woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). PloS one.

D Borini Alves, F Pérez-Cabello, M Rodrigues Mimbrero (2015). Land-use and land-cover dynamics monitored by NDVI multitemporal analysis in a selected southern Amazonian area (Brazil) for the last three decades.

Marcos Rodrigues, Juan de la Riva, Stewart Fotheringham (2014). Modeling the spatial variation of the explanatory factors of human-caused wildfires in Spain using geographically weighted logistic regression. Applied Geography.

Marcos Rodrigues, Juan de la Riva (2014). An insight into machine-learning algorithms to model human-caused wildfire occurrence. Environmental Modelling & Software.

Lidia Vlassova, Fernando Pérez-Cabello, Marcos {Rodrigues Mimbrero}, Raquel Montorio Lloverı́a, ́ Alberto García-Martín (2014). Analysis of the relationship between land surface temperature and wildfire severity in a series of Landsat images. Remote Sensing.

Marcos Rodrigues, Paloma Ibarra, Maite Echeverrı́a, Fernando Pérez-Cabello, Juan de la Riva (2014). A method for regional-scale assessment of vegetation recovery time after high-severity wildfires: Case study of Spain. Progress in Physical Geography.

Emilio Chuvieco, Inmaculada Aguado, Sara Jurdao, M Lucrecia Pettinari, Marta Yebra, Javier Salas, Stjin Hantson, Juan de la Riva, Paloma Ibarra, Marcos Rodrigues, others (2014). Integrating geospatial information into fire risk assessment. International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Marcos Rodrigues, Juan de la Riva (2014). Assessing the effect on fire risk modeling of the uncertainty in the location and cause of forest fires. Parte: http://hdl. handle. net/10316.2/34013.

Marcos Rodrigues, Jesús San Miguel, Sandra Oliveira, Francisco Moreira, Andrea Camia (2013). An insight into spatial-temporal trends of fire ignitions and burned areas in the European Mediterranean countries. Journal of Earth Science and Engineering.

Marıía Victoria Román, Diego Azqueta, Marcos Rodrigues (2013). Methodological approach to assess the socio-economic vulnerability to wildfires in Spain. Forest Ecology and Management.

Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, Marcos Rodrigues, Sandra Santos de Oliveira, Claudia Kemper Pacheco, Francisco Moreira, Beatriz Duguy, Andrea Camia (2012). Land cover change and fire regime in the European Mediterranean region. Post-fire management and restoration of southern European forests.

Norberto Fueyo, Yosune Sanz, Marcos Rodrigues, Carlos Montañés, César Dopazo (2011). The use of cost-generation curves for the analysis of wind electricity costs in Spain. Applied energy.

Antonio Gómez, Marcos Rodrigues, Carlos Montañés, César Dopazo, Norberto Fueyo (2011). The technical potential of first-generation biofuels obtained from energy crops in Spain. biomass and bioenergy.

Norberto Fueyo, Yosune Sanz, Marcos Rodrigues, Carlos Montañés, César Dopazo (2010). High resolution modelling of the on-shore technical wind energy potential in Spain. Wind energy.

Marcos Rodrigues, Carlos Montañés, Norberto Fueyo (2010). A method for the assessment of the visual impact caused by the large-scale deployment of renewable-energy facilities. Environmental Impact Assessment Review.

Antonio Gómez, Javier Zubizarreta, Marcos Rodrigues, César Dopazo, Norberto Fueyo (2010). An estimation of the energy potential of agro-industrial residues in Spain. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.

Antonio Gómez, Javier Zubizarreta, Marcos Rodrigues, César Dopazo, Norberto Fueyo (2010). Potential and cost of electricity generation from human and animal waste in Spain. Renewable Energy.

Salvador Izquierdo, Marcos Rodrigues, Norberto Fueyo (2008). A method for estimating the geographical distribution of the available roof surface area for large-scale photovoltaic energy-potential evaluations. Solar Energy.

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