Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change
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Scholar Citations
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Functional restructuring of the global soil microbiome under multiple stressors R Chen, S Luo, Y Feng, FT Maestre, T Sáez-Sandino, N Gross, ... Nature Communications , 2026 2026
The rules of leaf-stem coordination across the world's plants A Fajardo, M Olson, P Heuret, S Vetter, A Borsuk, G Camps, M Gundale, ... 2026
Competition and niche partitioning of floral resources between two native stingless bees ( Melipona mimetica and Scaptotrigona sp., Apidae: Meliponini) in a … B Vieira, F Lopes, D Griffith, E Gusman, CI Espinosa bioRxiv, 2026.03. 29.715153 , 2026 2026
Consequences of forest degradation on vertebrate scavenger assemblages and functioning in a seasonally dry neotropical forest A Orihuela-Torres, L Naves-Alegre, E Arrondo, D Nole-Nole, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 35 (3), 77 , 2026 2026
Abiotic and biotic controls of non-native perennial plant success in drylands S Rahmanian, N Eisenhauer, Y Huang, M Hejda, P Pyšek, H Feilhauer, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-13 , 2026 2026
Response of element cycling and budgets to nutrient additions in a tropical montane forest of Ecuador A Velescu, J Homeier, CI Espinosa, W Wilcke Geoderma 466, 117698 , 2026 2026
Understanding bird diversity in seasonally dry tropical forests: The role of landscape anthropization and chronic disturbance A Orihuela-Torres, BA Tinoco, E Sebastián-González, A Jara-Guerrero, ... Forest Ecology and Management 600, 123299 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Hummingbird interaction niche packing is influenced by species richness and resource availability in the southern tropical Andes BG Rojas, CI Espinosa, CH Graham, BA Tinoco Functional Ecology , 2026 2026
Habitat‐Dependent Effects of Canopy Cover on Insect Predation in a Tropical Dry Forest Landscape CF González, D Ontaneda‐Jimenez, N Farwig, M Mazón, JE Schön, ... Ecological Research 41 (1), e70026 , 2026 2026
Generalization of a state-transition model to address degradation of Ecuador's tropical dry forest at a regional scale A Jara-Guerrero, DM Griffith, I Carmona, E de la Montana, E Chirino, ... Trees, Forests and People 22, 101070 , 2025 2025
A new tree species from seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Ecuador, Spirotheca zapotillana sp. nov.(Malvaceae), resolves a putatively disjunct distribution J Armijos-Barros, D González-Sánchez, D Nole-Nole, L Markesteijn, ... PhytoKeys 265, 181 , 2025 2025
Seed size mediates environmental filtering of seedling recruitment in a seasonally dry tropical forest L Kerwer, A Nieto, CI Espinosa, M Schleuning, EL Neuschulz Forest Ecology and Management 594, 122958 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Soil microbial genomic responses to aridity-driven elemental imbalance across global biomes Y Feng, C Li, TS Sandino, C Xiong, D Eldridge, N Gross, ... 2025 Citations: 2
Kinetics of element release by weathering in soils of southern Ecuador: A comparison among different climatic and land-use regimes D Schöndorf, N Basdediós, A Velescu, T Fabian, CI Espinosa, W Wilcke Geoderma 456, 117263 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Changes in functional traits and resources reduce the specialization of hummingbirds in fragmented landscapes A Vélez, CH Graham, IP Alarcón, R Arias, S Cárdenas-Calle, O Landázuri, ... Global Ecology and Conservation 58, e03469 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Chronic disturbance alters seed dispersal traits and frugivores resources in a dry tropical forest CI Espinosa, A Jara-Guerrero, J Castillo-Escobar, J Cueva-Ortiz, ... Scientific Reports 15 (1), 10854 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Empaquetamiento de nicho de una comunidad de colibríes en un gradiente de disturbio en los bosques altoandinos del Sur del Ecuador B Rojas, C Espinosa, CH Graham, BA Tinoco Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología, 30-31 , 2025 2025
Species distribution models and conservation status of threatened bats in the Tumbesian region of Ecuador and Perú CT Avila-Bernal, DM Griffith, CI Espinosa-Iñiguez Revista de Biología Tropical 72 (1) , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Environmental conditions differently shape leaf, seed and seedling trait composition between and within elevations of tropical montane forests MK Barczyk, DC Acosta‐Rojas, C Iván Espinosa, J Homeier, BA Tinoco, ... Oikos 2024 (11), e10421 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
Adaptive seedling strategies in seasonally dry tropical forests: A comparative study of six tree species CI Espinosa, E Esparza, A Jara-Guerrero Plants 13 (20), 2900 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands FT Maestre, JL Quero, NJ Gotelli, A Escudero, V Ochoa, ... Science 335 (6065), 214-218 , 2012 2012 Citations: 1932
Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands M Delgado-Baquerizo, FT Maestre, A Gallardo, MA Bowker, ... Nature 502 (7473), 672-676 , 2013 2013 Citations: 1177
Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold ME Olson, D Soriano, JA Rosell, T Anfodillo, MJ Donoghue, EJ Edwards, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (29), 7551-7556 , 2018 2018 Citations: 488
Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands FT Maestre, Y Le Bagousse-Pinguet, M Delgado-Baquerizo, DJ Eldridge, ... Science 378 (6622), 915-920 , 2022 2022 Citations: 423
Deforestation and forest fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s–losing a hotspot of biodiversity MF Tapia-Armijos, J Homeier, CI Espinosa, C Leuschner, M De La Cruz PloS one 10 (9), e0133701 , 2015 2015 Citations: 408
Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands R Ochoa‐Hueso, DJ Eldridge, M Delgado‐Baquerizo, S Soliveres, ... Journal of Ecology 106 (1), 242-253 , 2018 2018 Citations: 243
Bosques tropicales secos de la región Pacífico Ecuatorial: diversidad, estructura, funcionamiento e implicaciones para la conservación. CI Espinosa, M De la Cruz, AL Luzuriaga, A Escudero Ecosistemas 21 (1-2) , 2012 2012 Citations: 236
Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover JS Santangelo, RW Ness, B Cohan, CR Fitzpatrick, SG Innes, S Koch, ... Science 375 (6586), 1275-1281 , 2022 2022 Citations: 222
What factors affect diversity and species composition of endangered Tumbesian dry forests in Southern Ecuador? CI Espinosa, O Cabrera, AL Luzuriaga, A Escudero Biotropica 43 (1), 15-22 , 2011 2011 Citations: 126
Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands W Ulrich, S Soliveres, FT Maestre, NJ Gotelli, JL Quero, ... Journal of biogeography 41 (12), 2307-2319 , 2014 2014 Citations: 124
Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands S Soliveres, FT Maestre, MA Bowker, R Torices, JL Quero, ... Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics 16 (4), 164-173 , 2014 2014 Citations: 121
Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forests T Fremout, E Thomas, H Gaisberger, K Van Meerbeek, J Muenchow, ... Global Change Biology 26 (6), 3552-3568 , 2020 2020 Citations: 120
Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world N Gross, FT Maestre, P Liancourt, M Berdugo, R Martin, B Gozalo, ... Nature 632 (8026), 808-814 , 2024 2024 Citations: 108
Climate change versus deforestation: Implications for tree species distribution in the dry forests of southern Ecuador CE Manchego, P Hildebrandt, J Cueva, CI Espinosa, B Stimm, S Günter PloS one 12 (12), e0190092 , 2017 2017 Citations: 94
Trade-offs among aboveground, belowground, and soil organic carbon stocks along altitudinal gradients in Andean tropical montane forests L De la Cruz-Amo, G Bañares-de-Dios, V Cala, Í Granzow-de la Cerda, ... Frontiers in plant science 11, 106 , 2020 2020 Citations: 91
Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands P Díaz-Martínez, FT Maestre, E Moreno-Jiménez, M Delgado-Baquerizo, ... Nature Climate Change 14 (9), 976-982 , 2024 2024 Citations: 81
Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands DJ Eldridge, J Ding, J Dorrough, M Delgado-Baquerizo, O Sala, N Gross, ... Nature Plants 10 (5), 760-770 , 2024 2024 Citations: 74
Biodiversity patterns and ecological processes in Neotropical dry forest: the need to connect research and management for long-term conservation G Escribano-Avila, L Cervera, L Ordóñez-Delgado, A Jara-Guerrero, ... Neotropical Biodiversity 3 (1), 107-116 , 2017 2017 Citations: 73
Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands DJ Eldridge, M Delgado‐Baquerizo, JL Quero, V Ochoa, B Gozalo, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 57 (2), 424-435 , 2020 2020 Citations: 70
Seasonal diversity of butterflies and its relationship with woody-plant resources availability in an Ecuadorian tropical dry forest A Castro, CI Espinosa Tropical Conservation Science 8 (2), 333-351 , 2015 2015 Citations: 63
