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Overview

Constantí Stefanescu is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics
  • Ecology

Stefanescu's research covers multiple main topics such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Andreu Ubach
  • Pau Colom
  • Reto Schmucki
  • David B. Roy
  • Yolanda Melero

Stefanescu publishes often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Insect Conservation
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Communications Biology

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by them include:

  • "Environmental drivers of annual population fluctuations in a trans-Saharan insect migrant," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Interspecific differences in microhabitat use expose insects to contrasting thermal mortality," 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • "Timing of mating, reproductive status and resource availability in relation to migration in the painted lady butterfly," 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • "Phenological sensitivity and seasonal variability explain climate-driven trends in Mediterranean butterflies," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A new native plant in the neighborhood: effects on plant-pollinator networks, pollination, and plant reproductive success," 2020, Ecology

Best Publications

  • Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming

    Camille Parmesan;Nils Ryrholm;Constantí Stefanescu;Jane K. Hill

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

    Mikko Kuussaari;Riccardo Bommarco;Risto K. Heikkinen;Aveliina Helm

  • Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

    Jochen Krauss;Riccardo Bommarco;Moisès Guardiola;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

    Vincent Devictor;Chris van Swaay;Tom Brereton;Lluı´s Brotons

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Effects of climatic change on the phenology of butterflies in the northwest Mediterranean Basin

    Constantí Stefanescu;Josep Peñuelas;Iolanda Filella

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Butterfly species richness in the north-west Mediterranean Basin: the role of natural and human-induced factors

    Constantí Stefanescu;Sergi Herrando;Ferran Páramo

  • Fish community structure and depth-related trends on the continental slope of the Balearic Islands (Algerian basin, western Mediterranean)

    Joan Moranta;Constantino Stefanescu;Enric Massutí;Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

    Constantí Stefanescu;Ferran Páramo;Susanne Åkesson;Marta Alarcón

  • Diets and bathymetric distributions of two bathyal sharks of the Catalan deep sea (western Mediterranean)

    M. Carrasson;C. Stefanescu;JE Carles

  • Deep-sea fish assemblages in the Catalan Sea (western Mediterranean) below a depth of 1000 m

    Constantino Stefanescu;Domingo Lloris;Jaume Rucabado

  • Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services

    Josep Peñuelas;Jordi Sardans;Iolanda Filella;Marc Estiarte

  • Determinants of species richness in generalist and specialist Mediterranean butterflies: the negative synergistic forces of climate and habitat change

    Constantino Stefanescu;Jofre Carnicer;Josep Peñuelas

  • Fish assemblages on the slope in the Catalan Sea (western Mediterranean): influence of a submarine canyon

    Constanti Stefanescu;Beatriz Nin-Morales;Enric Massuti

  • Assessment of the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems based on data from field experiments and long-term monitored field gradients in Catalonia

    Josep Peñuelas;Jordi Sardans;Iolanda Filella;Marc Estiarte

  • Depth-size trends in western Mediterranean demersal deep-sea fishes

    Constantino Stefanescu;Jaume Rucabado;Domingo Lloris

  • Deep-living demersal fishes in the catalan sea (Western mediterranean) below a depth of 1000 m

    Constantino Stefanescu;Domingo Lloris;Jaume Rucabado

  • Strong, Long-Term Temporal Dynamics of an Ecological Network

    Jens M. Olesen;Constantí Stefanescu;Anna Traveset

  • Distribution and biology of five grenadier fish (Pisces: Macrouridae) from the upper and middle slope of the northwestern Mediterranean

    Enric Massutí;Beatriz Morales-Nin;Constantí Stefanescu

  • Recent trends in butterfly populations from north-east Spain and Andorra in the light of habitat and climate change

    Constantí Stefanescu;Ignasi Torre;Jordi Jubany;Ferran Páramo

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris van Swaay
Chris van Swaay Butterfly Conservation
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Joan Pino
Joan Pino Autonomous University of Barcelona
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Jofre Carnicer
Jofre Carnicer University of Barcelona
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Iolanda Filella
Iolanda Filella Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mikko Kuussaari
Mikko Kuussaari Finnish Environment Institute

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