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Cristina Máguas

Cristina Máguas

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
6842
World Ranking
4299
National Ranking
30

Cristina Máguas 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 Cristina Máguas sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 181 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cristina Máguas 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 Cristina Máguas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cristina Máguas is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses a substantial body of work, particularly in plant science and ecology, along with areas such as nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their prominent subfields of study include:

  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main research topics addressed by Cristina Máguas include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and Animal Studies

Their recent publications illustrate a wide range of interests and methodologies across related biological and ecological disciplines. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Selective Methods to Investigate Authenticity and Geographical Origin of Mediterranean Food Products", 2020, Food Reviews International
  • "Highly diverse and highly successful: invasive Australian acacias have not experienced genetic bottlenecks globally", 2021, Annals of Botany
  • "Rescuing Botany: using citizen-science and mobile apps in the classroom and beyond", 2023, npj Biodiversity
  • "Differential Impact of the Pinewood Nematode on Pinus Species Under Drought Conditions", 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Water use partitioning of native and non-native tree species in riparian ecosystems under contrasting climatic conditions", 2022, Functional Ecology

Cristina Máguas frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • npj Biodiversity
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Forests
  • NeoBiota
  • Research Square

Collaborative efforts are reflected in recurring co-authorship with fellow researchers including:

  • Helena Trindade
  • Joana Jesus
  • Sara Vicente
  • Sérgio Chozas
  • Johannes J. Le Roux

Best Publications

  • The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

    Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl;Giuseppe Brundu

  • The influence of precipitation pulses on soil respiration – Assessing the “Birch effect” by stable carbon isotopes

    Stephan Unger;Cristina Máguas;João Santos Pereira;Teresa Soares David

  • Effect of high light on the efficiency of photochemical energy conversion in a variety of lichen species with green and blue-green phycobionts.

    Barbara Demmig-Adams;Cristina Máguas;William W. Adams;Angelika Meyer

  • Long-term elevated air [CO2 ] strengthens photosynthetic functioning and mitigates the impact of supra-optimal temperatures in tropical Coffea arabica and C. canephora species.

    Weverton P. Rodrigues;Madlles Q. Martins;Ana S. Fortunato;Ana P. Rodrigues

  • Progress and challenges in using stable isotopes to trace plant carbon and water relations across scales

    Christiane Werner;Hans Schnyder;Matthias Cuntz;C. Keitel

  • Restoration of a Limestone Quarry: Effect of Soil Amendments on the Establishment of Native Mediterranean Sclerophyllous Shrubs

    A. S. Clemente;Christiane Werner;Cristina Máguas;M. S. Cabral

  • Lichens as an integrating tool for monitoring PAH atmospheric deposition: a comparison with soil, air and pine needles.

    Sofia Augusto;Cristina Máguas;João Matos;Maria João Pereira

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration – Testing the Craig and Gordon model with field measurements of oxygen isotope ratios of evaporative fluxes

    Maren Dubbert;Matthias Cuntz;Arndt Piayda;Cristina Maguás

  • Species richness of lichen functional groups in relation to land use intensity

    Silvia Stofer;Ariel Bergamini;Gregorio Aragón;Palmira Carvalho

  • Stable isotope analysis for green coffee bean: a possible method for geographic origin discrimination.

    Carla Isabel Rodrigues;Rodrigo Maia;Marco Miranda;Miguel Ribeirinho

  • Performance of Macrolichens and Lichen Genera as Indicators of Lichen Species Richness and Composition

    Ariel Bergamini;Christoph Scheidegger;Silvia Stofer;Palmira Carvalho

  • Guidelines for biomonitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs), using lichens and aquatic mosses--a review.

    Sofia Augusto;Cristina Máguas;Cristina Branquinho

  • Biomonitoring spatial and temporal impact of atmospheric dust from a cement industry

    Cristina Branquinho;Gisela Gaio-Oliveira;Sofia Augusto;Pedro Pinho

  • Using lichen functional diversity to assess the effects of atmospheric ammonia in Mediterranean woodlands

    Pedro Pinho;Teresa Dias;Cristina Cruz;Y. Sim Tang

  • Impact of an exotic N2-fixing Acacia on composition and N status of a native Mediterranean community.

    Christine Hellmann;Rabea Sutter;Kathie Grieve Rascher;Cristina Maguas

  • Causes of change in nitrophytic and oligotrophic lichen species in a Mediterranean climate: impact of land cover and atmospheric pollutants.

    P. Pinho;S. Augusto;M.A. Martins-Loução;M.J. Pereira

  • Community scale 15N isoscapes: tracing the spatial impact of an exotic N2‐fixing invader

    Kathie Grieve Rascher;Christine Hellmann;Cristina Maguas;Christiane Werner

  • Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research

    Hideaki Shibata;Christina Branquinho;William H. McDowell;Myron J. Mitchell

  • Lichen functional groups as ecological indicators of the effects of land-use in Mediterranean ecosystems

    P. Pinho;P. Pinho;A. Bergamini;P. Carvalho;C. Branquinho

  • Can Elevated Air [CO2] Conditions Mitigate the Predicted Warming Impact on the Quality of Coffee Bean?

    José C Ramalho;José C Ramalho;Isabel P Pais;António E Leitão;António E Leitão;Mauro Guerra

  • Lead (Pb) uptake and its effects on membrane integrity and chlorophyll fluorescence in different lichen species

    Cristina Branquinho;Dennis H. Brown;Cristina Máguas;Fernando Catarino

  • High competitiveness of a resource demanding invasive acacia under low resource supply

    Christiane Werner;Ulrich Zumkier;Wolfram Beyschlag;Cristina Máguas

Frequent Co-Authors

Christiane Werner
Christiane Werner University of Freiburg
Cristina Branquinho
Cristina Branquinho University of Lisbon
Otília Correia
Otília Correia University of Lisbon
Pedro Pinho
Pedro Pinho University of Lisbon
João Santos Pereira
João Santos Pereira University of Lisbon
Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros
Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros University of Lisbon
José C. Ramalho
José C. Ramalho University of Lisbon
Enrico Brugnoli
Enrico Brugnoli National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Matthias Cuntz
Matthias Cuntz University of Lorraine

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