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  • 1995 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Carlos M. Herrera is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain, focusing on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly output spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Molecular Biology; Genetics; and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • Gradual replacement of wild bees by honeybees in flowers of the Mediterranean Basin over the last 50 years (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The role of plant-pollinator interactions in structuring nectar microbial communities (2021), published in Journal of Ecology
  • Comparative genetic and epigenetic diversity in pairs of sympatric, closely related plants with contrasting distribution ranges in south-eastern Iberian mountains (2020), published in AoB Plants
  • Body mass decline in a Mediterranean community of solitary bees supports the size shrinking effect of climatic warming (2023), published in Ecology
  • Lifetime genealogical divergence within plants leads to epigenetic mosaicism in the shrub Lavandula latifolia (Lamiaceae) (2021), published in New Phytologist

Carlos M. Herrera frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Ecology, Ecology, and Ecological Monographs.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Conchita Alonso
  • Sergio Álvarez-Pérez
  • Mónica Medrano
  • Hans Jacquemyn
  • Bart Lievens

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, notably with Éditions Kimé, where they published Postcolonialisme et droit: perspectives épistémologiques in 2020.

Carlos M. Herrera was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Plant-animal interactions : an evolutionary approach

    Carlos M. Herrera;Olle Pellmyr

  • Recruitment of a Mast‐Fruiting, Bird‐Dispersed Tree: Bridging Frugivore Activity and Seedling Establishment

    Carlos M. Herrera;Pedro Jordano;Luis Lopez-Soria;Juan A. Amat

  • Components of pollinator "quality": comparative analysis of a diverse insect assemblage

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • A Study of Avian Frugivores, Bird-Dispersed Plants, and Their Interaction in Mediterranean Scrublands

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Variation in mutualisms : the spatio temporal mosaic of a pollinator assemblage

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Seed dispersal by vertebrates

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Annual variability in seed production by woody plants and the masting concept: reassessment of principles and relationship to pollination and seed dispersal.

    Carlos M. Herrera;Pedro Jordano;Javier Guitián;Anna Traveset;Anna Traveset

  • Floral Traits and Plant Adaptation to Insect Pollinators: A Devil’s Advocate Approach

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • VERTEBRATE-DISPERSED PLANTS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: A STUDY OF FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS'

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Determinants of plant-animal coevolution: the case of mutualistic dispersal of seeds by vertebrates

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Frugivory and seed dispersal by carnivorous mammals, and associated fruit characteristics, in undisturbed Mediterranean habitats

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF MEDITERRANEAN FRUGIVOROUSBIRDS AND FLESHY FRUITS: A 12-YEAR STUDY

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Historical Effects and Sorting Processes as Explanations for Contemporary Ecological Patterns: Character Syndromes in Mediterranean Woody Plants

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Plant-vertebrate seed dispersal systems in the Mediterranean : ecological, evolutionary, and historical determinants

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Pollinator abundance, morphology, and flower visitation rate: analysis of the “quantity” component in a plant-pollinator system

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Seasonal Variation in the Quality of Fruits and Diffuse Coevolution Between Plants and Avian Dispersers

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • DEFENSE OF RIPE FRUIT FROM PESTS: ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN RELATION TO PLANT-DISPERSER INTERACTIONS

    Carlos M. Herrera

  • Prunus mahaleb and Birds: The High‐Efficiency Seed Dispersal System of a Temperate Fruiting Tree

    Carlos M. Herrera;Pedro Jordano

  • Yeasts in floral nectar: a quantitative survey.

    Carlos M. Herrera;Clara de Vega;Azucena Canto;María I. Pozo

  • Epigenetic differentiation and relationship to adaptive genetic divergence in discrete populations of the violet Viola cazorlensis

    Carlos M. Herrera;Pilar Bazaga

  • SELECTION ON FLORAL MORPHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF FECUNDITY IN A HAWK MOTH-POLLINATED VIOLET'

    Carlos M. Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro J. Rey
Pedro J. Rey University of Jaén
Marc-André Lachance
Marc-André Lachance University of Western Ontario
Víctor Parra-Tabla
Víctor Parra-Tabla Autonomous University of Yucatán
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Xim Cerdá
Xim Cerdá Spanish National Research Council
Bart Lievens
Bart Lievens KU Leuven
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
María J. Pozo
María J. Pozo Spanish National Research Council
Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council

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