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Frédéric Médail

Frédéric Médail

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
10396
World Ranking
4981
National Ranking
226

Frédéric Médail 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 Frédéric Médail sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 148 publications — 51st percentile

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

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

Frédéric Médail 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 Frédéric Médail sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frédéric Médail is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, focusing research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work extensively covers the study of Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, emphasizing ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution, and climate change impacts.

The scientist has contributed to a range of subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling. Specific research topics in their publications include plant and animal studies, plant diversity and evolution, genetic diversity and population structure, and interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and plants.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Médail include Alex Baumel, Daniel Pavón, Agathe Leriche, Manuel Cartereau, and Gabriele Casazza.

Publication venues where their research has appeared multiple times are:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Change Biology
  • Scientific Data
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Plant Ecology and Evolution

Significant recent papers by Frédéric Médail include:

  • Plant Biogeography and Vegetation Patterns of the Mediterranean Islands, 2021, The Botanical Review
  • Endemic and alien vascular plant diversity in the small Mediterranean islands of Sardinia: Drivers and implications for their conservation, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Climate change and the future of endemic flora in the South Western Alps: relationships between niche properties and extinction risk, 2020, Regional Environmental Change
  • Beyond taxonomic diversity: Revealing spatial mismatches in phylogenetic and functional diversity facets in Mediterranean tree communities in southern France, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Spatial patterns of genus-level phylogenetic endemism in the tree flora of Mediterranean Europe, 2021, Diversity and Distributions

Best Publications

  • Hot-Spots Analysis for Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin

    Frederic Medail;Pierre Quezel

  • Glacial refugia influence plant diversity patterns in the Mediterranean Basin

    Frédéric Médail;Katia Diadema

  • Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean Basin: Setting Global Conservation Priorities

    Frédéric Médail;Pierre Quézel

  • Ecologie et biogéographie des forêts du bassin méditerranéen

    P. Quézel;F. Médail

  • Species attributes and invasion success by alien plants on Mediterranean islands

    Francisco Lloret;Frédéric Médail;Giuseppe Antonio Domenico Brundu;Ignazio Camarda

  • Local and regional assessments of the impacts of plant invaders on vegetation structure and soil properties of Mediterranean islands

    Montserrat Vilà;Marc Tessier;Carey M. Suehs;Giuseppe Antonio Domenico Brundu

  • Ecological characteristics and rarity of endemic plants from southeast France and Corsica: Implications for biodiversity conservation

    Frédéric Médail;Régine Verlaque

  • Is the yellow-legged gull a superabundantbird species in the Mediterranean? Impacton fauna and flora, conservation measuresand research priorities

    Eric Vidal;Frederic Medail;Thierry Tatoni

  • The specific vulnerability of plant biodiversity and vegetation on Mediterranean islands in the face of global change

    Frédéric Médail

  • Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots.

    Johannes J. Le Roux;Cang Hui;Cang Hui;Maria L. Castillo;José M. Iriondo

  • The origins of the domestication of the olive tree

    Catherine Breton;Jean-Frédéric Terral;Christian Pinatel;Frédéric Médail

  • Local and regional abundance of exotic plant species on Mediterranean islands: are species traits important?

    Francisco Lloret;Fréderic Médail;Giuseppe Antonio Domenico Brundu;Philip E. Hulme

  • Invasion dynamics of two alien Carpobrotus (Aizoaceae) taxa on a Mediterranean island: I. Genetic diversity and introgression

    C M Suehs;L Affre;F Médail

  • Ecological and historical factors affecting distribution pattern and richness of endemic plant species : the case of the Maritime and Ligurian Alps hotspot

    Gabriele Casazza;Elena Zappa;Mauro G. Mariotti;Frédéric Médail

  • From Mediterranean shores to central Saharan mountains: key phylogeographical insights from the genus Myrtus

    Jérémy Migliore;Alex Baumel;Marianick Juin;Frédéric Médail

  • Indian Summer Monsoon variations could have affected the early-Holocene woodland expansion in the Near East

    Morteza Djamali;Hossein Akhani;Valérie Andrieu-Ponel;Pascale Braconnot

  • Invasional meltdown potential: Facilitation between introduced plants and mammals on French Mediterranean islands

    Karen Bourgeois;Carey M. Suehs;Eric Vidal;Frédéric Médail

  • The phytogeographical significance of S.W. Morocco compared to the Canary Islands

    Frédéric Médail;Pierre Quézel

  • Seabirds drive plant species turnover on small Mediterranean islands at the expense of native taxa.

    Eric Vidal;Frederic Medail;Thierry Tatoni;Veronique Bonnet

  • Impact of gull colonies on the flora of the Riou archipelago (Mediterranean islands of south-east France)

    Eric Vidal;Frédéric Médail;Thierry Tatoni;Philip Roche

  • Using phylogeography to define conservation priorities: The case of narrow endemic plants in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot

    Frédéric Médail;Alex Baumel

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano La Malfa
Stefano La Malfa University of Catania
Giuseppe Brundu
Giuseppe Brundu University of Sassari
Bruno Fady
Bruno Fady INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Gianluigi Bacchetta
Gianluigi Bacchetta University of Cagliari
Philip E. Hulme
Philip E. Hulme Lincoln University
Panayotis Dimopoulos
Panayotis Dimopoulos University of Patras
Juan Arroyo
Juan Arroyo University of Seville
Elise Buisson
Elise Buisson University of Avignon
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Giovanni G. Vendramin
Giovanni G. Vendramin National Research Council (CNR)

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