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Francisco I. Pugnaire is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, where they have contributed extensively across various subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics that include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Francisco I. Pugnaire include:

  • "Higher leaf nitrogen content is linked to tighter stomatal regulation of transpiration and more efficient water use across dryland trees," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Home-field advantage effects in litter decomposition is largely linked to litter quality," 2023, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Are complementarity effects of species richness on productivity the strongest in species-rich communities?" 2021, Journal of Ecology

Frequent co-authors of Francisco I. Pugnaire include:

  • Cristina Armas
  • Christian Schöb
  • Gianalberto Losapio
  • Richard Michalet
  • Zaal Kikvidze

Among the venues where Francisco I. Pugnaire has published multiple times are:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant and Soil
  • Annals of Botany
  • Ecosistemas

Best Publications

  • Positive interactions among alpine plants increase with stress.

    Ragan M. Callaway;R. W. Brooker;Philippe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

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

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

  • EVOLUTION OF SUITES OF TRAITS IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS

    F. Stuart Chapin;Kellar Autumn;Francisco Pugnaire

  • MEASURING PLANT INTERACTIONS: A NEW COMPARATIVE INDEX

    Cristina Armas;Ramón Ordiales;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • The role of nurse plants in the restoration of degraded environments

    Francisco M. Padilla;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Robin W. Brooker;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Rethinking plant community theory

    Christopher J. Lortie;Rob W. Brooker;Phillipe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Facilitation between Higher Plant Species in a Semiarid Environment

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Peter Haase;Juan Puigdefabregas

  • Changes in plant interactions along a gradient of environmental stress

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Maria T. Luque

  • Rooting depth and soil moisture control Mediterranean woody seedling survival during drought

    F. M. Padilla;F. I. Pugnaire

  • Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Fernando Valladares

  • Water release through plant roots: new insights into its consequences at the plant and ecosystem level.

    Iván Prieto;Cristina Armas;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;José A. Morillo;Josep Peñuelas;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Facilitation and succession under the canopy of a leguminous shrub, Retama sphaerocarpa, in a semi-arid environment in south-east Spain

    F. I. Pugnaire;P. Haase;J. Puigdefabregas;M. Cueto

  • Plant interactions govern population dynamics in a semi‐arid plant community

    Cristina Armas;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • The importance of importance

    Rob Brooker;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • LINKING PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES: A GLOBAL STUDY

    Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Robin W. Brooker;Philippe Choler

  • Soil as a mediator in plant-plant interactions in a semi-arid community

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Cristina Armas;Fernando Valladares

  • Functional Plant Ecology

    Francisco I. Pugnaire;Fernando Valladares

  • PERSPECTIVE Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristina Armas
Cristina Armas Spanish National Research Council
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux
Zaal Kikvidze
Zaal Kikvidze Ilia State University
Francisco M. Padilla
Francisco M. Padilla University of Almería
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Christopher J. Lortie
Christopher J. Lortie York University
Iván Prieto
Iván Prieto University of Leon
Lohengrin A. Cavieres
Lohengrin A. Cavieres University of Concepción
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council

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