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David Sánchez-Fernández

David Sánchez-Fernández

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
4958
World Ranking
6216
National Ranking
206

Overview

David Sánchez-Fernández is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain and has focused their academic work primarily within Environmental Science.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Their recent papers include the following publications:

  • "The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt," 2023, Nature
  • "Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems," 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem," 2023, Global Change Biology
  • "Don't forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome," 2021, Conservation Letters

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Susana Pallarés
  • Andrés Millán
  • Stefano Mammola
  • Raquel Colado
  • Diana M. P. Galassi

David Sánchez-Fernández has published regularly in several venues, with notable contributions to:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

There is also a book publication recorded with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas as the publisher, for the title "Lista de especies exóticas acuáticas de la Península Ibérica (2020)".

Best Publications

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • Effects of salinity changes on aquatic organisms in a multiple stressor context.

    Josefa Velasco;Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas;María Botella-Cruz;David Sánchez-Fernández;David Sánchez-Fernández

  • Are Water Beetles Good Indicators of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Aquatic Ecosystems? The Case of the Segura River Basin (SE Spain)

    David Sánchez-Fernández;Pedro Abellán;Andrés Mellado;Josefa Velasco

  • Nutrient And Particulate Inputs Into The Mar Menor Lagoon (Se Spain) From An Intensive Agricultural Watershed

    J. Velasco;J. Lloret;A. Millan;A. Marin

  • Mediterranean saline streams in southeast Spain: What do we know?

    Andrés Millán;Josefa Velasco;Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas;Paula Arribas

  • Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

    Paula Arribas;Josefa Velasco;Pedro Abellán;David Sánchez-Fernández

  • Species distribution models that do not incorporate global data misrepresent potential distributions: a case study using Iberian diving beetles

    David Sánchez-Fernández;Jorge M. Lobo;Olga Lucía Hernández-Manrique

  • KnowBR: An application to map the geographical variation of survey effort and identify well-surveyed areas from biodiversity databases

    Jorge M. Lobo;Joaquín Hortal;José Luís Yela;Andrés Millán

  • Are the endemic water beetles of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands effectively protected

    David Sánchez-Fernández;David T. Bilton;Pedro Abellán;Pedro Abellán;Ignacio Ribera

  • Assessing conservation priorities for insects: status of water beetles in southeast Spain

    Pedro Abellán;David Sánchez-Fernández;Josefa Velasco;Andrés Millán

  • Bias in freshwater biodiversity sampling: the case of Iberian water beetles

    David Sánchez-Fernández;Jorge M. Lobo;Pedro Abellán;Pedro Abellán;Ignacio Ribera

  • Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity: a Comparison of Different Area Selection Methods

    Pedro Abellán;David Sánchez-Fernández;Josefa Velasco;Andrés Millán

  • Impacts of environmental filters on functional redundancy in riparian vegetation

    Daniel Bruno;Cayetano Gutiérrez‐Cánovas;Cayetano Gutiérrez‐Cánovas;David Sánchez‐Fernández;Josefa Velasco

  • Effectiveness of protected area networks in representing freshwater biodiversity: the case of a Mediterranean river basin (south‐eastern Spain)

    Pedro Abellán;David Sánchez‐Fernández;Josefa Velasco;Andrés Millán

  • Responses of Mediterranean aquatic and riparian communities to human pressures at different spatial scales

    Daniel Bruno;Oscar Belmar;David Sánchez-Fernández;Simone Guareschi

  • Evaluating drivers of vulnerability to climate change: a guide for insect conservation strategies

    Paula Arribas;Pedro Abellán;Josefa Velasco;David T. Bilton

  • Can taxonomic distinctness assess anthropogenic impacts in inland waters? A case study from a Mediterranean river basin

    P. Abellán;D. T. Bilton;A. Millán;D. Sánchez‐Fernández

  • Selecting areas to protect the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems in a semiarid Mediterranean region using water beetles

    D. Sánchez-Fernández;P. Abellán;J. Velasco;A. Millán

  • Conservation genetics in hypersaline inland waters: mitochondrial diversity and phylogeography of an endangered Iberian beetle (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

    P. Abellán;J. Gómez-Zurita;A. Millán;D. Sánchez-Fernández

  • Don't forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas

    David Sánchez-Fernández;Diana M. P. Galassi;J. Judson Wynne;Pedro Cardoso

  • Irrigation pools as macroinvertebrate habitat in a semi-arid agricultural landscape (SE Spain)

    P. Abellán;D. Sanchéz-Fernández;A. Millán;F. Botella

  • A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome

    J. Judson Wynne;Francis G. Howarth;Stefano Mammola;Stefano Mammola;Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrés Millán
Andrés Millán University of Murcia
Josefa Velasco
Josefa Velasco University of Murcia
Ignacio Ribera
Ignacio Ribera Spanish National Research Council
Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo Spanish National Research Council
Paula Arribas
Paula Arribas Spanish National Research Council
David T. Bilton
David T. Bilton Plymouth University
Núria Bonada
Núria Bonada University of Barcelona
Roger L. H. Dennis
Roger L. H. Dennis Staffordshire University
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles University of Barcelona
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)

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