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Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3391
World Ranking
7952
National Ranking
292

Carmen Díaz-Paniagua publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carmen Díaz-Paniagua sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 105 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Carmen Díaz-Paniagua D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carmen Díaz-Paniagua sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carmen Díaz-Paniagua is affiliated with the Estación Biológica de Doñana in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a detailed emphasis on ecology and related subfields. They have contributed to subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

The main topics of their work encompass amphibian and reptile biology, animal behavior and reproduction, species distribution and climate change, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, wildlife ecology and conservation, and bat biology and ecology studies.

They have published articles in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Amphibia-Reptilia, where they have three publications, Oikos with two, and single contributions to The Science of The Total Environment, Hydrobiologia, and Biological Invasions.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Interannual variation in filling season affects zooplankton diversity in Mediterranean temporary ponds" (2020, Hydrobiologia)
  • "The invasive aquatic fern Azolla filiculoides negatively impacts water quality, aquatic vegetation and amphibian larvae in Mediterranean environments" (2020, Biological Invasions)
  • "Thirty-four years of Landsat monitoring reveal long-term effects of groundwater abstractions on a World Heritage Site wetland" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Opposite and synergistic physiological responses to water acidity and predator cues in spadefoot toad tadpoles" (2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology)
  • "Maintenance of phenotypic plasticity is linked to oxidative stress in spadefoot toad larvae" (2022, Oikos)

Carmen Díaz-Paniagua has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Prominent coauthors include Iván Gómez-Mestre, Rocío Fernández-Zamudio, Miguel de Felipe, Margarita Florencio, and María Jesús Pinero-Rodríguez.

Best Publications

  • Mediterranean temporary ponds as amphibian breeding habitats: the importance of preserving pond networks

    Carola Gómez-Rodríguez;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Laura Serrano;Margarita Florencio

  • Biodiversity patterns in a macroinvertebrate community of a temporary pond network

    Margarita Florencio;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Carola Gómez-Rodríguez;Laura Serrano

  • Inter- and intra-annual variations of macroinvertebrate assemblages are related to the hydroperiod in Mediterranean temporary ponds

    Margarita Florencio;Laura Serrano;Carola Gómez-Rodríguez;Andrés Millán

  • Invasive predatory crayfish do not trigger inducible defences in tadpoles

    Ivan Gomez-Mestre;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

  • Salmonella in free living terrestrial and aquatic turtles.

    J. Hidalgo-Vila;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;C. de frutos-Escobar;C. Jiménez-Martínez

  • Mitochondrial DNA haplotyping of Testudo graeca on both continental sides of the Straits of Gibraltar.

    Y Álvarez;JA Mateo;AC Andreu;C Diaz-Paniagua

  • Larval Diets related to Morphological Characters of five Anuran Species in the Biological Reserve of Doñana (Huelva, Spain)

    Carmen Diaz-Paniagua

  • Temporay ponds from Doñana National Park: a system of natural habitats for the preservation of aquatic flora and fauna

    Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Rocío Fernández-Zamudio;Margarita Florencio;Pablo García-Murillo

  • Different effects of accelerated development and enhanced growth on oxidative stress and telomere shortening in amphibian larvae.

    Pablo Burraco;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Ivan Gomez-Mestre

  • Helminth communities of the exotic introduced turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans in southwestern Spain: Transmission from native turtles

    J. Hidalgo-Vila;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;A. Ribas;Margarita Florencio

  • Does the exotic invader turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, compete for food with coexisting native turtles?

    Natividad Pérez-Santigosa;Margarita Florencio;Judith Hidalgo-Vila;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

  • The reproductive ecology of exotic Trachemys scripta elegans in an invaded area of southern Europe

    Natividad Perez-Santigosa;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Judith Hidalgo-Vila

  • Temporal segregation in larval amphibian communities in temporary ponds at a locality in SW Spain

    Carmen Diaz-Paniagua

  • ANNUAL VARIATION OF ACTIVITY AND DAILY DISTANCES MOVED IN ADULT SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISES, TESTUDO GRAECA, IN SOUTHWESTERN SPAIN

    Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Claudia Keller;Ana C. Andreu

  • Temporary ponds as breeding sites of amphibians at a locality in southwestern Spain

    Carmen Diaz-Paniagua

  • Spatio-temporal nested patterns in macroinvertebrate assemblages across a pond network with a wide hydroperiod range

    Margarita Florencio;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Laura Serrano;David T. Bilton

  • Sperm storage and low incidence of multiple paternity in the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis: A secure but costly strategy?

    Séverine Roques;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Alexandre Portheault;N. Pérez-Santigosa

  • Clutch frequency, egg and clutch characteristics, and nesting activity of spur-thighed tortoises, Testudo graeca, in southwestern Spain

    Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Claudia Keller;Ana C. Andreu

  • Microsatellite markers reveal multiple paternity and sperm storage in the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca

    Séverine Roques;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua;Ana C. Andreu

  • Integrating detection probabilities in species distribution models of amphibians breeding in Mediterranean temporary ponds

    Carola Gómez‐Rodríguez;Javier Bustamante;Carmen Díaz‐Paniagua;Antoine Guisan

  • Evidence of Hydroperiod Shortening in a Preserved System of Temporary Ponds

    Carola Gómez-Rodríguez;Javier Bustamante;Carmen Díaz-Paniagua

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Gomez-Mestre
Ivan Gomez-Mestre Spanish National Research Council
Javier Bustamante
Javier Bustamante Spanish National Research Council
Adolfo Marco
Adolfo Marco Spanish National Research Council
Alexis Ribas
Alexis Ribas University of Barcelona
Elena Angulo
Elena Angulo Spanish National Research Council
Raphaël Boulay
Raphaël Boulay François Rabelais University
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Abraham Hefetz
Abraham Hefetz Tel Aviv University
Xim Cerdá
Xim Cerdá Spanish National Research Council
David T. Bilton
David T. Bilton Plymouth University

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