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Antonio González-Rodríguez

Antonio González-Rodríguez

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
3636
World Ranking
8243
National Ranking
39

Overview

Antonio González-Rodríguez is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has an extensive research portfolio focused on environmental and biological sciences. Their work spans key fields including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research primarily addresses several subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Key topics Antonio investigates include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Forest Ecology and Management, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Antonio González-Rodríguez has contributed to numerous academic publications with frequent appearances in venues such as Botanical Sciences, American Journal of Botany, Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and New Phytologist.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Ecological and human dimensions of avocado expansion in México: Towards supply-chain sustainability (2021, AMBIO)
  • Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas (2023, New Phytologist)
  • Authors' Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD (2021, Conservation Genetics)
  • Modelling avocado-driven deforestation in Michoacán, Mexico (2022, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Estimating Fragmentation and Connectivity Patterns of the Temperate Forest in an Avocado-Dominated Landscape to Propose Conservation Strategies (2023, Land)

Collaboration is a significant component of Antonio's research, with frequent co-authors including Ken Oyama, Felipe García-Oliva, Eugênio Arima, Audrey Denvir, and Kenneth R. Young, reflecting a strong network within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Genomic landscape of the global oak phylogeny

    Andrew L. Hipp;Paul S. Manos;Marlene Hahn;Michael Avishai

  • Sympatric parallel diversification of major oak clades in the Americas and the origins of Mexican species diversity

    Andrew L. Hipp;Paul S. Manos;Antonio González‐Rodríguez;Marlene Hahn

  • Historical introgression among the American live oaks and the comparative nature of tests for introgression.

    Deren A. R. Eaton;Andrew L. Hipp;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Jeannine Cavender-Bares

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach.

    Jeannine Cavender‐Bares;Antonio González‐Rodríguez;Deren A. R. Eaton;Andrew A. L. Hipp

  • Morphological and RAPD analysis of hybridization between Quercus affinis and Q-laurina (Fagaceae), two Mexican red oaks

    Antonio González-Rodríguez;Dulce M. Arias;Susana Valencia;Ken Oyama

  • Phylogeography and climatic niche evolution in live oaks (Quercus series Virentes) from the tropics to the temperate zone

    Jeannine M Cavender-Bares;Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez;Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez;Annette Pahlich;Kari Koehler

  • Genetic Structure of Wild and Domesticated Populations of Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae) from Northwestern Mexico Analyzed by RAPDs

    Ken Oyama;Sergio Hernández-Verdugo;Carla Sánchez;Antonio González-Rodríguez

  • Interspecific gene flow in a multispecies oak hybrid zone in the Sierra Tarahumara of Mexico

    Juan Manuel Peñaloza-Ramírez;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Luis Mendoza-Cuenca;Henri Caron

  • Southward Pleistocene migration of Douglas-fir into Mexico: Phylogeography, ecological niche modeling, and conservation of 'rear edge' populations

    Paul F. Gugger;Antonio González‐Rodríguez;Hernando Rodríguez‐Correa;Shinya Sugita

  • Evolution Under Domestication: Ongoing Artificial Selection and Divergence of Wild and Managed Stenocereus Pruinosus (Cactaceae) Populations in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

    Fabiola Parra;Alejandro Casas;Juan Manuel Peñaloza-Ramírez;Aurea C. Cortés-Palomec

  • LEAF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY INCREASES WITH HYBRIDIZATION AND INTROGRESSION BETWEEN QUERCUS MAGNOLIIFOLIA AND QUERCUS RESINOSA (FAGACEAE) THROUGH AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT IN MEXICO

    Ana Luisa Albarrán‐Lara;Luis Mendoza‐Cuenca;Susana Valencia‐Avalos;Antonio González‐Rodríguez

  • Leaf morphometric variation in Quercus affinis and Q. laurina (Fagaceae), two hybridizing Mexican red oaks

    Antonio González-Rodríguez;Ken Oyama

  • Flowering phenology, growth forms, and pollination syndromes in tropical dry forest species: Influence of phylogeny and abiotic factors.

    Jorge Cortés-Flores;Karen Beatriz Hernández-Esquivel;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez

  • Landscape genomics provides evidence of climate‐associated genetic variation in Mexican populations of Quercus rugosa

    Karina Martins;Karina Martins;Paul F. Gugger;Paul F. Gugger;Jesus Llanderal-Mendoza;Antonio González-Rodríguez

  • Foliar morphological variation in the white oak Quercus rugosa Nee (Fagaceae) along a latitudinal gradient in Mexico: Potential implications for management and conservation

    Dolores Uribe-Salas;Dolores Uribe-Salas;Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Oswaldo Téllez-Valdéz

  • Chloroplast DNA variation in the Quercus affinis-Q. laurina complex in Mexico: geographical structure and associations with nuclear and morphological variation.

    A. González-Rodríguez;J. F. Bain;J. L. Golden;K. Oyama

  • The role of pollination effectiveness on the attributes of interaction networks: from floral visitation to plant fitness.

    Martín Hesajim de Santiago‐Hernández;Silvana Martén‐Rodríguez;Martha Lopezaraiza‐Mikel;Martha Lopezaraiza‐Mikel;Ken Oyama

  • Patterns of herbivory and fluctuating asymmetry in Solanum lycocarpum St. Hill (Solanaceae) along an urban gradient in Brazil

    Pablo Cuevas-Reyes;Livia Gilberti;Antonio González-Rodríguez;G. Wilson Fernandes

  • Hetaerina calverti (Odonata: Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) sp. nov., a new cryptic species of the American Rubyspot complex.

    Yesenia Margarita Vega-Sánchez;Luis Felipe Mendoza-Cuenca;Antonio González-Rodríguez

  • Round and large: morphological and genetic consequences of artificial selection on the gourd tree Crescentia cujete by the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Xitlali Aguirre-Dugua;Luis E. Eguiarte;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Alejandro Casas

  • Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas.

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  • Phylogeny, fruit traits, and ecological correlates of fruiting phenology in a Neotropical dry forest

    Jorge Cortés-Flores;Guadalupe Cornejo-Tenorio;Lina Adonay Urrea-Galeano;Ellen Andresen

  • Differentiation in the water-use strategies among oak species from central Mexico.

    Rafael Aguilar-Romero;Fernando Pineda-Garcia;Horacio Paz;Antonio González-Rodríguez

  • Genetic Diversity and Structure of Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) from Northwestern Mexico Analyzed by Microsatellite Markers

    Antonio Pacheco-Olvera;Sergio Hernández-Verdugo;Víctor Rocha-Ramírez;Antonio González-Rodríguez

  • Fagaceae trees as models to integrate ecology, evolution and genomics.

    Rémy J. Petit;John Carlson;Alexandru L. Curtu;Marie Laure Loustau

  • Morphological variation, management and domestication of ‘maguey alto’ ( Agave inaequidens ) and ‘maguey manso’ ( A. hookeri ) in Michoacán, México

    Carmen Julia Figueredo;Alejandro Casas;Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín;Jafet M Nassar

  • Genetic structure of coexisting wild and managed agave populations: implications for the evolution of plants under domestication.

    Carmen Julia Figueredo;Alejandro Casas;Antonio González-Rodríguez;Jafet M. Nassar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Oyama
Ken Oyama National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Jeannine Cavender-Bares University of Minnesota
Andrew L. Hipp
Andrew L. Hipp Morton Arboretum
Alejandro Casas
Alejandro Casas National Autonomous University of Mexico
Paul S. Manos
Paul S. Manos Duke University
G. Wilson Fernandes
G. Wilson Fernandes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Victoria L. Sork
Victoria L. Sork University of California, Los Angeles
Mauricio Quesada
Mauricio Quesada National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux

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