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Concepción L. Alados is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant emphasis on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Forestry.

The main topics addressed in their work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Soil erosion and sediment transport, as well as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

The scientist has contributed to various research articles published in well-regarded venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands" (2022, Science)
  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally" (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Belowground impacts of alpine woody encroachment are determined by plant traits, local climate, and soil conditions" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "Understanding herbivore-plant-soil feedbacks to improve grazing management on Mediterranean mountain grasslands" (2022, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment)
  • "The role of shrubs in spatially structuring the soil seed bank of perennial species in a semi-arid gypsum plant community" (2020, Plant Ecology)

Frequent co-authors in Concepción L. Alados's research include:

  • Yolanda Pueyo (12 publications)
  • Miguel Castillo-García (6 publications)
  • Antonio I. Arroyo (5 publications)
  • David Moret-Fernández (4 publications)
  • O. Barrantes (3 publications)

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (2 publications)
  • Science (1 publication)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Global Change Biology (1 publication)
  • Environmental Management (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems

    Sonia Kéfi;Max Rietkerk;Concepción L. Alados;Yolanda Pueyo

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Social hierarchy in the domestic goat: effect on food habits and production.

    F. G. Barroso;Concepción L. Alados;J. Boza

  • Change in plant spatial patterns and diversity along the successional gradient of Mediterranean grazing ecosystems

    Concepción L. Alados;Ahmed ElAich;Vasilios P. Papanastasis;Huseyin Ozbek

  • Assessment of the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic factors on woody plant encroachment in dense and sparse mountain grasslands based on remote sensing data

    Maite Gartzia;Concepción L. Alados;Fernando Pérez-Cabello

  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

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  • Fractal structure of sequential behaviour patterns: an indicator of stress

    Concepción L. Alados;J. Escós;J. M. Emlen

  • Dispersal strategies and spatial organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems

    Y. Pueyo;Sonia Kéfi;C. Alados;M. Rietkerk

  • Modeling shrub encroachment in subalpine grasslands under different environmental and management scenarios

    Benjamin Komac;Sonia Kéfi;Paloma Nuche;J. Escós

  • Quantitative characterization of the regressive ecological succession by fractal analysis of plant spatial patterns

    Concepción L. Alados;Yolanda Pueyo;M. L. Giner;Teresa Navarro

  • Changes in plant functional types in response to goat and sheep grazing in two semi-arid shrublands of SE Spain

    Teresa Navarro;Concepción L. Alados;B. Cabezudo

  • An Analysis of Vigilance in the Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica)

    Concepcion L. Alados

  • Complexity of behavioural sequences and their relation to stress conditions in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus): a non-invasive technique to evaluate animal welfare

    G.A. Marı́a;J. Escós;Concepción L. Alados

  • Fractal Long‐Range Correlations in Behavioural Sequences of Wild Chimpanzees: a Non‐Invasive Analytical Tool for the Evaluation of Health

    Concepción L. Alados;Michael A. Huffman

  • Fractal analysis of behaviour in a wild primate: behavioural complexity in health and disease

    Andrew J. J. MacIntosh;Concepción L. Alados;Michael A. Huffman

  • Understanding the main factors in the extent and distribution of wild boar rooting on alpine grasslands

    C. G. Bueno;C. L. Alados;D. Gómez-García;I. C. Barrio

  • Changes in semi-arid plant species associations along a livestock grazing gradient.

    Hugo Saiz;Concepción L. Alados

  • Effects of large wild boar disturbances on alpine soil seed banks

    C.G. Bueno;R. Reiné;C.L. Alados;D. Gómez-García

  • Lead effects on the predictability of reproductive behavior in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas): A mathematical model

    Concepción L. Alados;Daniel N. Weber

  • Is the analysis of plant community structure better than common species-diversity indices for assessing the effects of livestock grazing on a Mediterranean arid ecosystem?

    Y. Pueyo;C.L. Alados;C. Ferrer-Benimeli

  • Stress resistance strategy in an arid land shrub: interactions between developmental instability and fractal dimension

    J. Escós;Concepción L. Alados;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Juan Puigdefábregas

  • Effects of fragmentation, abiotic factors and land use on vegetation recovery in a semi-arid Mediterranean area

    Yolanda Pueyo;Concepción L. Alados

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Guillermo Bueno
C. Guillermo Bueno Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
J. Julio Camarero
J. Julio Camarero Spanish National Research Council
Max Rietkerk
Max Rietkerk Utrecht University
Sonia Kéfi
Sonia Kéfi University of Montpellier
Helena Freitas
Helena Freitas University of Coimbra
Juan Puigdefábregas
Juan Puigdefábregas Spanish National Research Council
Juan I. López-Moreno
Juan I. López-Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Blas L. Valero-Garcés
Blas L. Valero-Garcés Spanish National Research Council
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Spanish National Research Council
Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council

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