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Ecology and Evolution
Argentina
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
10653
World Ranking
4001
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

H. Ricardo Grau is affiliated with the National University of Tucumán in Argentina and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and various aspects of ecology. Additional subfields include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to conservation, biodiversity, and resource management. Other significant themes include land use and ecosystem services, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, environmental philosophy and ethics, forest management and policy, and species distribution in relation to climate change.

Among recent scientific publications, notable papers include:

  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Reversals of Reforestation Across Latin America Limit Climate Mitigation Potential of Tropical Forests," 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "A Global Review of Ligustrum Lucidum (OLEACEAE) Invasion," 2020, The Botanical Review
  • "Presiones sobre la conservación asociadas al uso de la tierra en las ecorregiones terrestres de la Argentina," 2020, Ecología Austral
  • "Understanding the distribution of cattle production systems in the South American Chaco," 2020, Journal of Land Use Science

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ezequiel Aráoz
  • Julieta Carilla
  • Lía Montti
  • Cecilia Blundo
  • Ignácio Gasparri

H. Ricardo Grau's work has been published repeatedly in several venues, reflecting a breadth of engagement with the scientific community. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecología Austral
  • Mountain Research and Development
  • Sustainability Science
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • AMBIO

The scientist's contributions demonstrate an emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental challenges, integrating aspects of landscape use, biodiversity conservation, climate interactions, and ecosystem dynamics. This research supports ongoing efforts to understand and address pressing environmental concerns across South America and globally.

Best Publications

  • Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size.

    N. L. Stephenson;A. J. Das;Richard S. Condit;S. E. Russo

  • Deforestation and Reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001–2010)

    T. Mitchell Aide;Matthew L. Clark;H. Ricardo Grau;David López-Carr

  • Globalization, Migration, and Latin American Ecosystems

    T. Mitchell Aide;H. Ricardo Grau

  • Guest Editorial, part of a Special Feature on The influence of human demography and agriculture on natural systems in the Neotropics Globalization and Land-Use Transitions in Latin America

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  • The ecological consequences of socioeconomic and land-use changes in postagriculture Puerto Rico

    H. Ricardo Grau;T. Mitchell Aide;Jess K. Zimmerman;John R. Thomlinson

  • Deforestation and fragmentation of Chaco dry forest in NW Argentina (1972–2007)

    N. Ignacio Gasparri;H. Ricardo Grau

  • Agriculture expansion and deforestation in seasonally dry forests of north-west Argentina

    H. Ricardo Grau;N. Ignacio Gasparri;T. Mitchell Aide

  • Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan‐tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient

    Jennifer S Powers;Rebecca A Montgomery;E Carol Adair;Francis Q Brearley

  • A scalable approach to mapping annual land cover at 250 m using MODIS time series data: A case study in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of South America

    Matthew L. Clark;T. Mitchell Aide;H. Ricardo Grau;George Riner

  • Cropland/pastureland dynamics and the slowdown of deforestation in Latin America

    Jordan Graesser;T Mitchell Aide;H Ricardo Grau;Navin Ramankutty;Navin Ramankutty

  • Balancing food production and nature conservation in the Neotropical dry forests of northern Argentina

    H. Ricardo Grau;N. Ignacio Gasparri;T. Mitchell Aide

  • Asymmetric forest transition driven by the interaction of socioeconomic development and environmental heterogeneity in Central America

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  • Linkages between soybean and neotropical deforestation: Coupling and transient decoupling dynamics in a multi-decadal analysis

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  • Agriculture adjustment, land-use transition and protected areas in Northwestern Argentina.

    Andrea E. Izquierdo;H. Ricardo Grau;H. Ricardo Grau

  • Carbon Pools and Emissions from Deforestation in Extra-Tropical Forests of Northern Argentina Between 1900 and 2005

    N. Ignacio Gasparri;H. Ricardo Grau;Eduardo Manghi

  • Are rural-urban migration and sustainable development compatible in mountain systems?

    H. Ricardo Grau;T. Mitchell Aide

  • RAINFALL‐CONTROLLED TREE GROWTH IN HIGH‐ELEVATION SUBTROPICAL TREELINES

    Mariano S. Morales;Ricardo Villalba;H. Ricardo Grau;Leonardo Paolini

  • Globalization and Soybean Expansion into Semiarid Ecosystems of Argentina

    H. Ricardo Grau;H. Ricardo Grau;T. Mitchell Aide;N. Ignacio Gasparri

  • Tree-ring evidence for long-term precipitation changes in subtropical South America

    Ricardo Villalba;Hector R. Grau;Jose A. Boninsegna;Gordon C. Jacoby

  • Rainfall variability, fire and vegetation dynamics in neotropical montane ecosystems in north-western Argentina

    Héctor Ricardo Grau;Thomas T. Veblen

  • Recruitment limitation in secondary forests dominated by an exotic tree

    Jeremy W. Lichstein;H. Ricardo Grau;Roxana Aragón

  • Natural grasslands in the Chaco. A neglected ecosystem under threat by agriculture expansion and forest-oriented conservation policies

    H. Ricardo Grau;Ricardo Torres;N. Ignacio Gasparri;Pedro G. Blendinger

  • Deforestation and fragmentation of Chaco dry forest in NW Argentina

    N. Ignacio Gasparri;H. Ricardo Grau

Frequent Co-Authors

T. Mitchell Aide
T. Mitchell Aide University of Puerto Rico
Sean Sloan
Sean Sloan James Cook University
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas Rudel
Thomas Rudel Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
Mateus Batistella
Mateus Batistella Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Navin Ramankutty
Navin Ramankutty University of British Columbia
Patrick Meyfroidt
Patrick Meyfroidt Université Catholique de Louvain
Esteban G. Jobbágy
Esteban G. Jobbágy National University of San Luis

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