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D-Index
112
Citations
54098
World Ranking
152
National Ranking
2

Fernando T. Maestre 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 Fernando T. Maestre sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 355 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Fernando T. Maestre 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 Fernando T. Maestre sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fernando T. Maestre is affiliated with the University of Alicante in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Fernando T. Maestre has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity, 2020, Science
  • The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • The global-scale distributions of soil protists and their contributions to belowground systems, 2020, Science Advances
  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Biogeography of global drylands, 2021, New Phytologist

Their frequent co-authors include Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Emilio Guirado, Miguel Berdugo, Beatriz Gozalo, and Victoria Ochoa.

Fernando T. Maestre has published regularly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Science
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Climate Change

Best Publications

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Thomas C. Jeffries

  • A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Angela M. Oliverio;Angela M. Oliverio;Tess E. Brewer;Tess E. Brewer;Alberto Benavent-González

  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

    Rob W. Brooker;Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Christopher L. Lortie

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;José L. Quero;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Adrián Escudero

  • Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

    Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares;Christopher J. Lortie

  • Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

    David J. Eldridge;Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre;Erin Roger

  • Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Thomas C. Jeffries;David J. Eldridge

  • Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

    Miguel Berdugo;Miguel Berdugo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Santiago Soliveres;Rocío Hernández-Clemente

  • Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality.

    Peter Manning;Fons van der Plas;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy

    Rebecca R Hernandez;Rebecca R Hernandez;S. B Easter;Michelle L Murphy-Mariscal;Fernando T Maestre

  • Is the change of plant–plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta‐analysis of field results in arid environments

    Fernando T. Maestre;Fernando Valladares;James F. Reynolds

  • Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

    Pablo García-Palacios;Fernando T. Maestre;Jens Kattge;Diana H. Wall

  • A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide

    Eleonora Egidi;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Jonathan M. Plett;Juntao Wang;Juntao Wang

  • Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world.

    Fernando T. Maestre;David J. Eldridge;Santiago Soliveres;Sonia Kéfi

  • The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Carlos A. Guerra;Concha Cano-Díaz;Eleonora Egidi

  • Do positive interactions increase with abiotic stress? A test from a semi-arid steppe

    Fernando T. Maestre;Jordi Cortina

  • POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, AND NET EFFECTS IN GRASS–SHRUB INTERACTIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN SEMIARID GRASSLANDS

    Fernando T. Maestre;Susana Bautista;Jordi Cortina

  • The global-scale distributions of soil protists and their contributions to belowground systems

    Angela M. Oliverio;Angela M. Oliverio;Stefan Geisen;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Fernando T. Maestre

  • POTENTIAL FOR USING FACILITATION BY GRASSES TO ESTABLISH SHRUBS ON A SEMIARID DEGRADED STEPPE

    Fernando T. Maestre;Susana Bautista;Jordi Cortina;Juan Bellot

  • Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;María D. Puche;M. Belén Hinojosa;M. Belén Hinojosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante
Pablo García-Palacios
Pablo García-Palacios Spanish National Research Council
David J. Eldridge
David J. Eldridge University of New South Wales
Brajesh K. Singh
Brajesh K. Singh Western Sydney University
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Antonio Gallardo
Antonio Gallardo Pablo de Olavide University
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University
Jordi Cortina
Jordi Cortina University of Alicante
Nicolas Gross
Nicolas Gross University of Clermont Auvergne

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