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Carlos P. Carmona

Carlos P. Carmona

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
35
Citations
4052
World Ranking
847
National Ranking
1

Ecology and Evolution

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38
Citations
5190
World Ranking
6678
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Carlos P. Carmona is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and conducts research primarily focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, ecology, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Carmona's research include:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Plant parasitism and resistance

Carmona has coauthored numerous publications with researchers such as Francesco de Bello, Lars Götzenberger, Meelis Pärtel, André T. C. Dias, and Marco Moretti. These collaborations highlight engagement with a network of scholars active in ecological and environmental research.

Their research has been published frequently in several scientific journals, with the most publications found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Ecology Letters
  • Nature
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Key recent papers authored by Carmona include:

  • "Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function" (2021, Nature)
  • "Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life" (2021, Science Advances)

Carmona has contributed to book publications such as the Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology: From Theory to R Tools published by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology and another edition titled Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology by Cambridge University Press, both released in 2021.

This body of work reflects a sustained focus on the study of trait-based ecology and functional diversity in ecological systems. Carmona's research outputs span the investigation of ecological traits at multiple scales and their implications for plant communities and biodiversity.

Best Publications

  • Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

    Carlos P. Carmona;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Norman W.H. Mason;Jan Lepš;Jan Lepš

  • Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function.

    Carlos P. Carmona;C. Guillermo Bueno;Aurele Toussaint;Sabrina Träger;Sabrina Träger

  • Concepts and applications in functional diversity

    Stefano Mammola;Stefano Mammola;Carlos P. Carmona;Thomas Guillerme;Pedro Cardoso

  • 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

  • Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life

    Carlos P. Carmona;Riin Tamme;Meelis Pärtel;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello

  • 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

  • Functional diversity through the mean trait dissimilarity: resolving shortcomings with existing paradigms and algorithms

    Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Carlos P. Carmona;Carlos P. Carmona;Jan Lepš;Jan Lepš;Robert Szava-Kovats

  • Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality

    Enrique Valencia;Enrique Valencia;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;José L. Quero;Carlos P. Carmona

  • The traits of “trait ecologists”: An analysis of the use of trait and functional trait terminology

    Samantha K. Dawson;Carlos Pérez Carmona;Manuela González-Suárez;Mari Jönsson

  • Trait probability density (TPD): measuring functional diversity across scales based on TPD with R.

    Carlos P. Carmona;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Norman W. H. Mason;Jan Lepš;Jan Lepš

  • Decoupling phylogenetic and functional diversity to reveal hidden signals in community assembly

    Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Petr Šmilauer;Jose Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Carlos Perez Carmona

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

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

  • Which trait dissimilarity for functional diversity: trait means or trait overlap?

    Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Carlos P. Carmona;Norman W. H. Mason;Maria-Teresa Sebastià

  • Homogenization and impoverishment of taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Eucalyptus plantations

    Felipe Martello;Felipe Martello;Francesco de Bello;Maria Santina de Castro Morini;Rogério R. Silva

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

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

  • Multidimensional ecological analyses demonstrate how interactions between functional traits shape fitness and life history strategies

    Nuria Pistón;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;André T. C. Dias;Lars Götzenberger;Lars Götzenberger

  • Invaders among locals: Alien species decrease phylogenetic and functional diversity while increasing dissimilarity among native community members

    Priscilla P. Loiola;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Milan Chytrý;Lars Götzenberger

  • Assessing the effects of seasonal grazing on holm oak regeneration: implications for the conservation of Mediterranean dehesas

    Carlos P. Carmona;Francisco M. Azcárate;Elisa Oteros-Rozas;José A. González

  • More for less: sampling strategies of plant functional traits across local environmental gradients

    Carlos P. Carmona;Carlos P. Carmona;Cristina Rota;Francisco M. Azcárate;Begoña Peco

  • Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems

    Carlos P. Carmona;Irene Guerrero;Begoña Peco;Manuel B. Morales

  • Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology: From Theory to R Tools

    Francesco de Bello;Carlos P. Carmona;André T. C. Dias;Lars Götzenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council
Lars Götzenberger
Lars Götzenberger Czech Academy of Sciences
Begoña Peco
Begoña Peco Autonomous University of Madrid
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
Jan Lepš
Jan Lepš University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Marco Moretti
Marco Moretti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Matty P. Berg
Matty P. Berg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Norman W. H. Mason
Norman W. H. Mason Landcare Research
Mari Moora
Mari Moora University of Tartu
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation

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