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Overview

Begoña Peco is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Soil Science.

Their research spans key topics such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Begoña Peco has published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ardeola
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Begoña Peco, such as:

  • Meelis Pärtel
  • R.H. Marrs
  • Enrique Valencia
  • Francesco de Bello
  • Thomas Galland

Notable recent papers authored by Begoña Peco include:

  • "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Are large frugivorous birds better seed dispersers than medium- and small-sized ones? Effect of body mass on seed dispersal effectiveness," 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems," 2020, Functional Ecology
  • "Livestock grazing abandonment reduces soil microbial activity and carbon storage in a Mediterranean Dehesa," 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • "Synthesis on the effectiveness of soil translocation for plant community restoration," 2023, Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • Abandonment in grazing systems: Consequences for vegetation and soil

    Begoña Peco;Ana M. Sánchez;Francisco M. Azcárate

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Environmental effects of agri-environmental schemes in Western Europe.

    J. Primdahl;B. Peco;J. Schramek;E. Andersen

  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale.

    Enrique Valencia;Francesco de Bello;Thomas Galland;Peter B Adler;Peter B Adler

  • Similarity between seed bank and vegetation in Mediterranean grassland: a predictive model

    B. Peco;M. Ortega;C. Levassor

  • The effect of grazing abandonment on species composition and functional traits: the case of dehesa grasslands

    Begoña Peco;Isabel de Pablos;Juan Traba;Catherine Levassor

  • Taxonomical and functional diversity turnover in Mediterranean grasslands: interactions between grazing, habitat type and rainfall

    Carlos P. Carmona;Francisco M. Azcárate;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Helios S. Ollero

  • Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?

    Angela T. Moles;Begoña Peco;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley

  • Seed bank dynamics of Mediterranean pastures subjected to mechanical disturbance

    C. Levassor;M. Ortega;B. Peco

  • Seed size, shape and persistence in dry Mediterranean grass and scrublands

    Begoña Peco;Juan Traba;Catherine Levassor;Ana M. Sánchez

  • Seasonal dynamics of Mediterranean pasture seed banks along environmental gradients

    M. Ortega;C. Levassor;B. Peco

  • Policy impact on desertification: stakeholders’ perceptions in southeast Spain

    Juan J. Oñate;Begoña Peco

  • Mediterranean annual pasture dynamics: impact of autumn drought.

    Tiscar Espigares;Begona Peco

  • Effects of grazing abandonment on functional and taxonomic diversity of Mediterranean grasslands

    B. Peco;C.P. Carmona;I. de Pablos;F.M. Azcárate

  • Mediterranean pasture dynamics: the role of germination.

    T. Espigares;B. Peco

  • Effects of grazing abandonment on soil multifunctionality: The role of plant functional traits

    B. Peco;E. Navarro;C.P. Carmona;N.G. Medina

  • Sheep gut passage and survival of Mediterranean shrub seeds

    Pablo Manzano;Juan E. Malo;Begoña Peco

  • Succession, diversité et amplitude de niche dans les pâturages du centre de la péninsule ibérique

    F. D. Pineda;J. P. Nicolas;M. Ruiz;B. Peco

  • From what depth do seeds emerge? A soil seed bank experiment with Mediterranean grassland species

    Juan Traba;Francisco M. Azcárate;Begoña Peco

  • Agri-environmental schemes and the European agricultural landscapes: the role of indicators as valuing tools for evaluation

    Juan J. Oñate;Erling Andersen;Begoña Peco;Jørgen Primdahl

  • Seed and fruit selection by harvester ants, Messor barbarus, in Mediterranean grassland and scrubland

    F. M. Azcárate;L. Arqueros;A. M. Sánchez;B. Peco

  • Are large frugivorous birds better seed dispersers than medium- and small-sized ones? Effect of body mass on seed dispersal effectiveness.

    Héctor Godínez-Alvarez;Leticia Ríos-Casanova;Begoña Peco

  • Microclimatic Conditions Regulate Surface Activity in Harvester Ants Messor barbarus

    Francisco M. Azcárate;Eva Kovacs;Begoña Peco

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos P. Carmona
Carlos P. Carmona University of Tartu
Juan Traba
Juan Traba Autonomous University of Madrid
Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jan Lepš
Jan Lepš University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Lars Götzenberger
Lars Götzenberger Czech Academy of Sciences
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Tomáš Herben
Tomáš Herben Charles University
Robin J. Pakeman
Robin J. Pakeman James Hutton Institute
Jan P. Bakker
Jan P. Bakker University of Groningen

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