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Andrés Bravo-Oviedo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. The main subfields they have published in include nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and atmospheric science.

Their work covers a range of topics related to forest ecosystems and ecological studies. Key topics of their research include forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest management and policy, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, lichen and fungal ecology, and conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

Andrés Bravo-Oviedo has authored several papers, among which the most recent and cited include:

  • Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect (2022) - Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Handbook of field sampling for multi-taxon biodiversity studies in European forests (2021) - Ecological Indicators
  • Spontaneous forest regrowth in South-West Europe: Consequences for nature's contributions to people (2020) - People and Nature
  • Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium (2022) - Forest Ecology and Management
  • Inter-specific competition of tree congeners induces changes in crown architecture in Mediterranean pine mixtures (2020) - Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrés Bravo-Oviedo include Miroslav Svoboda, Gediminas Brazaitis, Miren del Río, Felipe Bravo, and Hans Pretzsch.

The scientist has published extensively in specialized journals, with many articles appearing in Forest Ecology and Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecological Indicators, and People and Nature.

In addition to journal publications, Andrés Bravo-Oviedo has contributed to book publications, notably a handbook on multi-taxon biodiversity studies in European forests published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;Ch. Ammer;A. Avdagic

  • Characterization of the structure, dynamics, and productivity of mixed-species stands: review and perspectives

    Miren del Río;Miren del Río;Hans Pretzsch;Iciar Alberdi;Kamil Bielak

  • Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe

    David Ian Forrester;David Ian Forrester;Christian Ammer;Peter J. Annighöfer;Ignacio Barbeito

  • Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris-Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

    Miren del Río;Miren del Río;Hans Pretzsch;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Evy Ampoorter

  • European Mixed Forests: definition and research perspectives

    Andres Bravo-Oviedo;Hans Pretzsch;Christian Ammer;Ernesto Andenmatten

  • Impact of changes in land use, species and elevation on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in Ethiopian Central Highlands

    Mehari A. Tesfaye;Felipe Bravo;R. Ruiz-Peinado;Valentín Pando

  • Mixing of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) enhances structural heterogeneity, and the effect increases with water availability

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;G. Schütze;Ch. Ammer

  • A review of thinning effects on Scots pine stands: From growth and yield to new challenges under global change

    Miren del Río;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Hans Pretzsch;Magnus Löf

  • Knowledge gaps about mixed forests: What do European forest managers want to know and what answers can science provide?

    Lluís Coll;Lluís Coll;Aitor Ameztegui;Catherine Collet;Magnus Löf

  • Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

    Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Eduardo López-Senespleda;Felipe Bravo

  • Competition-induced mortality for Mediterranean Pinus pinaster Ait. and P. sylvestris L.

    Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Hubert Sterba;Miren del Río;Felipe Bravo

  • Terrestrial laser scanning reveals differences in crown structure of Fagus sylvatica in mixed vs. pure European forests

    Ignacio Barbeito;Mathieu Dassot;Dominik Bayer;Catherine Collet

  • Do thinnings influence biomass and soil carbon stocks in Mediterranean maritime pinewoods

    R. Ruiz-Peinado;R. Ruiz-Peinado;A. Bravo-Oviedo;A. Bravo-Oviedo;E. López-Senespleda;E. López-Senespleda;G. Montero;G. Montero

  • Site index curves and growth model for Mediterranean maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) in Spain

    Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Miren Del Río;Gregorio Montero

  • Carbon sequestration in Spanish Mediterranean forests under two management alternatives: a modeling approach

    F. Bravo;A. Bravo-Oviedo;L. Diaz-Balteiro

  • Thinning enhances the species-specific radial increment response to drought in Mediterranean pine-oak stands

    J. Aldea;F. Bravo;A. Bravo-Oviedo;R. Ruiz-Peinado

  • Tree allometry variation in response to intra- and inter-specific competitions

    Miren del Río;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Sonia Condés

  • Climate influences on the maximum size-density relationship in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands

    Sonia Condés;Patrick Vallet;Kamil Bielak;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo

  • Dominant height growth equations including site attributes in the generalized algebraic difference approach

    Andrés Bravo-OviedoA. Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-OviedoA. Bravo-Oviedo;Margarida ToméM. Tomé;Margarida ToméM. Tomé;Felipe BravoF. Bravo;Felipe BravoF. Bravo;Gregorio MonteroG. Montero;Gregorio MonteroG. Montero

  • Forest thinning impact on carbon stock and soil condition in Southern European populations of P. sylvestris L.

    Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Pilar Modrego;Rafael Alonso

  • European Mixed Forests

    Andres Bravo-Oviedo;Magnus Löf;Jens Peter Skovsgaard;Tzvetan Zlatanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Miren del Río
Miren del Río University of Valladolid
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado Spanish National Research Council
Felipe Bravo
Felipe Bravo University of Valladolid
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Gregorio Montero
Gregorio Montero Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Magnus Löf
Magnus Löf Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lluís Coll
Lluís Coll University of Lleida
Hubert Sterba
Hubert Sterba BOKU University
Quentin Ponette
Quentin Ponette Université Catholique de Louvain
Tzvetan Zlatanov
Tzvetan Zlatanov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

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