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Catherine Fernandez

Catherine Fernandez

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5817
World Ranking
6152
National Ranking
274

Overview

Catherine Fernandez is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and works primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work addresses a broad spectrum of topics, notably:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Catherine Fernandez has contributed to multiple publication venues, with a substantive number of papers appearing in:

  • Plants
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • European Journal of Forest Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Fernandez include:

  • Plant Flavonoids in Mediterranean Species: A Focus on Flavonols as Protective Metabolites under Climate Stress, 2022, Plants
  • Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean, 2022, Ecosphere
  • Water availability rather than temperature control soil fauna community structure and prey-predator interactions, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Competition and water stress indices as predictors of Pinus halepensis Mill. radial growth under drought, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent co-authors working alongside Fernandez include:

  • Elena Ormeño
  • Caroline Lecareux
  • Virginie Baldy
  • Anne Bousquet-Mélou
  • Sylvie Dupouyet

Best Publications

  • Plant secondary metabolites: a key driver of litter decomposition and soil nutrient cycling

    Mathilde Chomel;Mathilde Chomel;Mathilde Chomel;Marie Guittonny-Larcheveque;Catherine Fernandez;Christiane Gallet

  • The relationship between terpenes and flammability of leaf litter

    Elena Ormeño;Blanca Céspedes;Iván A. Sánchez;Angel Velasco-García

  • Water deficit stress induces different monoterpene and sesquiterpene emission changes in Mediterranean species. Relationship between terpene emissions and plant water potential.

    Elena Ormeno;J.P. Mevy;B. Vila;Anne Bousquet-Mélou

  • Plant litter diversity increases microbial abundance, fungal diversity, and carbon and nitrogen cycling in a Mediterranean shrubland

    Mathieu Santonja;Mathieu Santonja;Anaïs Rancon;Nathalie Fromin;Virginie Baldy

  • Nutrition of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fed different artificial food

    Catherine Fernandez;Charles-François Boudouresque

  • The Impact of Competition and Allelopathy on the Trade-Off between Plant Defense and Growth in Two Contrasting Tree Species.

    Catherine Fernandez;Yogan Monnier;Mathieu Santonja;Christiane Gallet

  • Temporal dynamics of antagonism and mutualism in a geographically variable plant-insect interaction.

    John N. Thompson;Catherine C. Fernandez

  • Production and Diversity of Volatile Terpenes from Plants on Calcareous and Siliceous Soils: Effect of Soil Nutrients

    Elena Ormeño;Virginie Baldy;Christine Ballini;Catherine Fernandez

  • Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology

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  • Potential allelopathic effect of Pinus halepensis in the secondary succession: an experimental approach

    Catherine Fernandez;Benjamin Lelong;Bruno Vila;Jean-Philippe Mévy

  • Plant litter mixture partly mitigates the negative effects of extended drought on soil biota and litter decomposition in a Mediterranean oak forest

    Mathieu Santonja;Mathieu Santonja;Catherine Fernandez;Magali Proffit;Charles Gers

  • Regeneration failure of Pinus halepensis Mill.: The role of autotoxicity and some abiotic environmental parameters

    Catherine Fernandez;Sébastien Voiriot;Jean-Philippe Mévy;Bruno Vila

  • Effect of Soil Nutrient on Production and Diversity of Volatile Terpenoids from Plants.

    E Ormeño;C Fernandez

  • Plant coexistence alters terpene emission and content of Mediterranean species.

    Elena Ormeño;Catherine Fernandez;Jean-Philippe Mévy

  • Mediterranean forests, land use and climate change: a social-ecological perspective

    Thierry Gauquelin;Geneviève Michon;Richard Joffre;Robin Duponnois

  • Phenotypic plasticity of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a lagoonal environment

    Catherine Fernandez;Charles-Francois Boudouresque

  • Climate change effects on litter decomposition: intensive drought leads to a strong decrease of litter mixture interactions

    Mathieu Santonja;Catherine Fernandez;Thierry Gauquelin;Virginie Baldy

  • Secondary metabolites of Pinus halepensis alter decomposer organisms and litter decomposition during afforestation of abandoned agricultural zones

    Mathilde Chomel;Catherine Fernandez;Anne Bousquet-Mélou;Charles Gers

  • Allelochemicals of Pinus halepensis as Drivers of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Open Mosaic Habitats During the Colonization Stage of Secondary Succession

    Catherine Fernandez;Mathieu Santonja;Raphael Gros;Yogan Monnier

  • Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

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  • Cryptic species within the cosmopolitan desiccation-tolerant moss Grimmia laevigata

    Catherine C. Fernandez;James R. Shevock;Alexander N. Glazer;John N. Thompson

  • Effect of different formulated diets and rearing conditions on growth parameters in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus.

    Catherine Fernandez;Gérard Pergent

  • Long-Term Forest Dynamics and Land-Use Abandonment in the Mediterranean Mountains, Corsica, France

    Almudena San Roman Sanz;Catherine Fernandez;Florent Mouillot;Lila Ferrat

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles-François Boudouresque
Charles-François Boudouresque Aix-Marseille University
Bertrand Guenet
Bertrand Guenet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruno Fady
Bruno Fady INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Valérie Gros
Valérie Gros Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephan Hättenschwiler
Stephan Hättenschwiler Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Florent Mouillot
Florent Mouillot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Alexandru Milcu
Alexandru Milcu Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Benjamin Loubet
Benjamin Loubet University of Paris-Saclay
Leslie A. Weston
Leslie A. Weston Charles Sturt University
Michel Havaux
Michel Havaux Aix-Marseille University

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