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Daniel García

Daniel García

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
8934
World Ranking
3673
National Ranking
112

Daniel García 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 Daniel García sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel García 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 Daniel García sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Daniel García is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain. Their research spans across several interconnected fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work focuses notably on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Ecology, and Plant Science. These areas reflect an emphasis on ecological interactions and environmental dynamics.

Main topics in García's research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

They have contributed to multiple papers in well-regarded journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes", 2021, Nature
  • "Animal functional traits: Towards a trait-based ecology for whole ecosystems", 2023, Functional Ecology
  • "Frugivore species maintain their structural role in the trophic and spatial networks of seed dispersal interactions", 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop", 2021, Ecological Applications
  • "Do farmers care about pollinators? A cross-site comparison of farmers' perceptions, knowledge, and management practices for pollinator-dependent crops", 2020, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Frequent coauthors collaborating with García include:

  • Marcos Miñarro
  • Juan Carlos Illera
  • Alexandra-Maria Klein
  • Peter A. Hambäck
  • Ulrika Samnegård

Their work is often published in key venues such as:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Best Publications

  • Beyond species loss: The extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world

    Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet;Marcelo A. Aizen;Julio M. Alcántara;Juan Arroyo

  • Predicting ecosystem functions from biodiversity and mutualistic networks: an extension of trait-based concepts to plant - animal interactions

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Daniel García

  • Geographical variation in seed production, predation and abortion in Juniperus communis throughout its range in Europe

    Daniel García;Regino Zamora;José M. Gómez;Pedro Jordano

  • Impact of vertebrate acorn- and seedling-predators on a Mediterranean Quercus pyrenaica forest

    José M. Gómez;Daniel Garcı́a;Regino Zamora

  • Yew (Taxus baccata L.) regeneration is facilitated by fleshy-fruited shrubs in Mediterranean environments.

    Daniel Garcı́a;Regino Zamora;José A Hódar;José M Gómez

  • Birds as suppliers of seed dispersal in temperate ecosystems: conservation guidelines from real-world landscapes.

    Daniel Garcia;Regino Zamora;Guillermo C. Amico

  • Age structure of Juniperus communis L. in the Iberian peninsula: Conservation of remnant populations in Mediterranean mountains

    Daniel Garcı́a;Regino Zamora;José A Hódar;José M Gómez

  • Seed predation and dispersal in relict Scots pine forests in southern Spain

    Jorge Castro;José M. Gómez;Daniel García;Regino Zamora

  • Facilitation by herbivore‐mediated nurse plants in a threatened tree, Taxus baccata: local effects and landscape level consistency

    Daniel García;José Ramón Obeso

  • Effect of browsing by ungulates on sapling growth of Scots pine in a Mediterranean environment: consequences for forest regeneration

    Regino Zamora;José M Gómez;José A Hódar;Jorge Castro

  • The role of remnant trees in seed dispersal through the matrix: Being alone is not always so sad

    José Manuel Herrera;Daniel García

  • Species richness matters for the quality of ecosystem services: a test using seed dispersal by frugivorous birds.

    Daniel García;Daniel Martínez

  • Persistence, multiple demographic strategies and conservation in long‐lived Mediterranean plants

    Daniel García;Regino Zamora

  • Experimental study of pollination by ants in Mediterranean high mountain and arid habitats.

    J. M. Gómez;R. Zamora;J. A. Hódar;D. García

  • Scale‐Dependent Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Hawthorn Pollination, Frugivory, and Seed Predation

    Daniel García;Natacha P. Chacoff

  • Where do seeds go when they go far? Distance and directionality of avian seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes

    Tomás A. Carlo;Daniel García;Daniel Martínez;Jason M. Gleditsch

  • Patterns of resource tracking by avian frugivores at multiple spatial scales: two case studies on discordance among scales

    Daniel García;Raúl Ortiz-Pulido

  • Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Seed Dispersal and Seedling Establishment in Ornithochorous Trees

    José Manuel Herrera;Daniel García

  • Effects of seed dispersal on Juniperus communis recruitment on a Mediterranean mountain

    Daniel García

  • Human-Mediated Dispersal and the Rewiring of Spatial Networks.

    James M. Bullock;Dries Bonte;Gesine Pufal;Carolina da Silva Carvalho

  • The spatial scale of plant-animal interactions: effects of resource availability and habitat structure

    Daniel García;Regino Zamora;Guillermo C. Amico

Frequent Co-Authors

Regino Zamora
Regino Zamora University of Granada
José M. Gómez
José M. Gómez Spanish National Research Council
José A. Hódar
José A. Hódar University of Granada
Juan Manuel Morales
Juan Manuel Morales National University of Comahue
Jorge Castro
Jorge Castro University of Granada
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Matthias Schleuning
Matthias Schleuning Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge
Gilles Houle
Gilles Houle Université Laval

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