Present position and responsability
- Associate Professor in Ecology (tenure possition since 1991),
- Director of the Terrestrial Ecology Group of the University of Granada (since 1995).
- Representative of the Ecology Section (Department of Animal Biology and Ecology), University of Granada (since 1997).

CURRENT TEACHING (20 years of teaching experience):
1) Theoretical and practical teaching of the undergraduate course "General Ecology" of the majors "Biological Sciences" and "Environmental Sciences".
2) Theoretical and practical teaching of the undergraduate course "Applied Ecology" of the major "Biological Sciences".

Current teaching of the following doctoral courses:
- Diversity and functional equivalence in ecological interactions
- Ecology of forest regeneration in Mediterranean environments

CURRENT RESEARCH LINES

- Ecology and evolution of plant-animal interactions, focusing on the relationships between diversity and function.
- Conservation and restoration of plants communities in Mediterranean environments, in relation to herbivory, human perturbation and climatic variability.

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION:

Ellison, A. M., N. J. Gotelli, J. S. Brewer, L. Cochran-Stafira, J. Kneitel, T. E. Miller, A. S. Worley, & R. Zamora. 2003. Evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants. Advances in Ecological Research 33: 1-74.

Hódar, J.A.; Castro, J. & Zamora, R. 2003. Pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa as a new threat for relict Mediterranean Scots pine forests under climatic warming. Biological Conservation 110: 123-129.

Hódar, J., R. Zamora & J. Castro 2002. Host utilisation by moth and larval survival of pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa in relation to food quality in three Pinus species. Ecological Entomology 27:292-301.

Castro, J.; Zamora, R.; Hódar, J.A. & Gómez, J.M. 2002. The use of shrubs as nurse plants: a successional-friendly technique for pine afforestation in Mediterranean mountains. Restoration Ecology 10:297-305.

Gómez, J.M. & R. Zamora 2001. Thorns as an induced defense in a long-lived shrub (Hormathophylla spinosa, Cruciferae). Ecology 82:885-890.

García, D., R. Zamora, J.M. Gómez & J.A. Hódar 2001. Frugivory at Juniperus communis depends more on population characteristics than on individual attributes. Journal of Ecology 89:639-647.

Zamora, R.; Gómez, J.M.; Hódar, J.A.; Castro, J. and García, D. 2001. The effect of browsing by ungulates on Scots pine growth in a Mediterranean environment: consequences for forest regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 144:33-42.

Zamora, R. & Pugnaire, F.I. (2001). Ecosistemas Mediterráneos, análisis funcional. CSIC y AEET, ed. Textos Universitarios, nº 32, 463 pp.

Zamora, R.; Gómez, J.M. and Hódar, J.A. 2001. Las interacciones entre plantas y animales en el mediterráneo: importancia del contexto ecológico y el nivel de organización. En: Zamora, R. y Pugnaire, F.I. (eds.) Ecosistemas Mediterráneos: análisis funcional, págs. 237-268. CSIC-AEET. Granada.

Zamora, R. 2000. Functional equivalence in plant-animal interactions: ecological and evolutionary consequences. Oikos 88: 442-447.

Gómez, J. M. & Zamora, R. 2000. Geographic mosaic in the evolving interactions of Hormathophylla spinosa: spatial variation in the effect of pollinators and herbivores American Naturalist 115:657-668.

García, D.; Zamora, R.; Gómez, J.M.; Jordano, P. & Hódar, J.A. 2000. Geographical variation in Juniperus communis seed abortion, predation and production. Journal of Ecology 88:1-12.

Zamora, R. 1999. Conditional outcomes of interactions: the pollinator-prey conflict of an insectivorous plant. Ecology 80:786-795

Gómez, J.M. & Zamora, R. 1999. Generalization vs specialization in the interaction between Hormathophylla spinosa (Cruciferae) and its pollinators. Ecology 80:796-805.

Zamora, R.; Hódar, J.A. & Gómez, J.M. 1999. Plant-herbivore interactions: beyond a binary vision. In: Pugnaire, F.A. & Valladares, F. (eds.). Handbook of functional plant ecology, pp. 677-718. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York.

Zamora, R.; Gómez, J.M. & Hódar, J.A. 1998. Fitness responses of a carnivorous plant in contrasting ecological scenarios. Ecology 79:1630-1644.

Other publications:

Jordano, P. Zamora, R. Marañón, T. & Arroyo, J. 2002. Claves ecológicas para la restauración del bosque mediterráneo. Aspectos demográficos, ecofisiológicos y genéticos. Ecosistemas XI, nº 1 (enero-abril).

Zamora , R. 2001. Investigación y conservación en los espacios naturales protegidos del siglo XXI. Quercus 181: 63-65.

Zamora, R., J. Castro, J.M. Gómez, D. García, J.A. Hódar, L. Gómez y E. Baraza 2001. El papel de los matorrales en la regeneración forestal. Quercus 187: 41-47.

CONGRESS ORGANIZATION

1) Títle: Aspectos Funcionales de los Ecosistemas Mediterráneos
(AEET Symposium) Date: February, 11-13, Granada (Spain), 2000. Organizers: Regino Zamora and Francisco I. Pusnaire.

2) Title: Functional similarity and functional groups in ecological systems (Ecological Society of America Symposium, ESA annual meeting) Date: 4-9 August 2001, Madison, Wisconsin (EEUU), 2001. Organizers: Peter Morin and Regino Zamora.

3) Title: Generalization versus specialization in pollination systems: ecological and evolutionary consequences (Ecological Society of America Symposium, ESA annual meeting). Date: 6-10 August 2002, Tucson, Arizona (EEUU). Organizers: Nicolas Waser, Jeff Ollerton and Regino Zamora.

4) Title: Emerging ecosystems, SCOPE-UNESCO workshop. Date: 11-13 September 2002. Local organizer: Regino Zamora.

5) Title: SCOPE Open Executive Meeting. Date. 9-14 June 2003. Local organizer: Regino Zamora

PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Evaluation of Doctoral dissertations and Faculty tenure possitions:
- I have participated in 15 commisions to evaluate Doctorate dissertations.
- I also participated in 18 commisions to evaluate teaching and research possitions, both in the Spanish Universities and in the CSIC. I was invited by the Department of Ecology, University of Lund (Sweden), to act as a Faculty opponent of a doctoral position.

Grant reviews and panels
-Reviewer of Grant Proposals of Spanish CICYT and ANEP (since 1994)
-Reviewer of European projects presented in the V Framework, Key action 2.2.1 (Ecosystem vulnerability) in Brussels, National Science Foundation (USA), and CONICET (Argentina), Reviewer of grant proposals.
-European Working Group on Research and Biodiversity (EWGRB)

International Journals reviewer
Oikos, Functional Ecology, Ecology, Australian Journal of Ecology, Acta Oecologica, Ecography, Folia Geobotanica, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Diversity and Distribution, New Phytology.

OTHER MERITS

- Responsible researcher of 8 projects (Spanish CICYT), Scientific coordinator of a CYTED Iberoamerican international project (7 countries, 40 researchers involved), and coordinator of a Scientific thematic Network (REDBOME, PAI).
- Director of 6 PhD dissertations.
-I have presented 34 communications in International Congress, and 32 in National Congress. 5 invited talks.
- Member of the Managing Board of the Spanish Natural Resources Research Program (Plant Nacional de I+D+I 2000-2003), Key action: Global Change and Biodiversity
- Spanish representative for the Scientific Commite on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), International Council For Science (ICSU).
- President of the Spanish Terrestrial Ecological Society (AEET). I belong also to the Ecological Society of America, the Nordic Ecological Society, and the Botanical Society of America.
-My articles published in Oikos (1990), and Oikos (1995) about the ecology of carnivorous plants has been possitively critized in Nature (March 1991, vol. 350, pag. 192, and November 1995, vol. 378, pag. 442).
- Official advisors of the Consejeria de Medio Ambiente (Commision for the Environment of the Andalucian Administration)
- Member of the publication board of Ecosistemas.