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Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos

Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5666
World Ranking
5912
National Ranking
190

Overview

Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in related subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

The scientist's recent publications include works across various high-profile journals and have addressed diverse topics within ecology and plant sciences. Among these publications are:

  • "An excess of niche differences maximizes ecosystem functioning," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Root economics spectrum and construction costs in Mediterranean woody plants: The role of symbiotic associations and the environment," 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • "Soil physicochemical properties associated with the yield and phytochemical composition of the edible halophyte Crithmum maritimum," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Can trees buffer the impact of climate change on pasture production and digestibility of Mediterranean dehesas?," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Their research covers a range of topics reflecting a focus on ecological dynamics and plant responses to environmental factors. Key research topics include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems

Ignacio has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Luis Matías, Jesús Cambrollé, Maria Dolores Hidalgo-Galvez, Raquel Martins-Noguerol, and Xoaquín Moreira.

The scientist regularly publishes in several academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Best Publications

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

    Andrew Siefert;Cyrille Violle;Loïc Chalmandrier;Loïc Chalmandrier;Cécile H Albert

  • Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

    Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos;Catherine Roumet;Pablo Cruz;Alain Blanchard

  • Functional traits and phenotypic plasticity modulate species coexistence across contrasting climatic conditions

    Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Luis Matías;Luis Matías;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Óscar Godoy

  • Oak seedling survival and growth along resource gradients in Mediterranean forests: implications for regeneration in current and future environmental scenarios

    Lorena Gomez-Aparicio;Ignacio M Perez-Ramos;Irene Mendoza;Luis Matias

  • Mast seeding under increasing drought: results from a long-term data set and from a rainfall exclusion experiment.

    I. M. Pérez-Ramos;J. M. Ourcival;J. M. Limousin;S. Rambal

  • A plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits?

    Enrique G. de la Riva;Ambra Tosto;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Carmen M. Navarro-Fernández

  • Mast seeding and flowering in Mediterranean oak woodlands under increasing drought: results from a long-term dataset and from a rainfall exclusion experiment

    Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos;J. M. Ourcival;J. M. Limousin;S. Rambal

  • Spatial patterns of soil pathogens in declining Mediterranean forests: implications for tree species regeneration

    Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio;Beatriz Ibáñez;María S. Serrano;Paolo De Vita

  • Measurement of fine root tissue density: a comparison of three methods reveals the potential of root dry matter content

    Marine Birouste;Ezequiel Zamora-Ledezma;Ezequiel Zamora-Ledezma;Carine Bossard;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos

  • Soil water content and emergence time control seedling establishment in three co-occurring Mediterranean oak species

    Itziar R. UrbietaI.R. Urbieta;Ignacio M. Pérez-RamosI.M. Pérez-Ramos;Miguel A. ZavalaM.A. Zavala;Teodoro MarañónT. Marañón

  • Tradeoffs between functional strategies for resource-use and drought-survival in Mediterranean rangeland species

    Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos;Florence Volaire;Mathias Fattet;Alain Blanchard

  • Relationships between leaf morphological traits, nutrient concentrations and isotopic signatures for Mediterranean woody plant species and communities

    María T. Domínguez;Cristina Aponte;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Luis V. García

  • Seedling growth and morphology of three oak species along field resource gradients and seed mass variation: a seedling age-dependent response

    Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Rafael Villar;Luis V. García

  • Factors affecting post-dispersal seed predation in two coexisting oak species: Microhabitat, burial and exclusion of large herbivores

    Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos;Teodoro Marañón

  • Morphological and phenological shoot plasticity in a Mediterranean evergreen oak facing long-term increased drought

    Jean-Marc Limousin;Jean-Marc Limousin;Serge Rambal;Jean-Marc Ourcival;Jesus Rodrıguez-Calcerrada

  • Disentangling the relative importance of species occurrence, abundance and intraspecific variability in community assembly: A trait-based approach at the whole-plant level in Mediterranean forests

    Enrique G. de la Riva;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Ambra Tosto;Carmen M. Navarro-Fernández

  • Is selective thinning an adequate practice for adapting Quercus ilex coppices to climate change

    Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Jean-Marc Ourcival;Jean-Marc Limousin

  • An excess of niche differences maximizes ecosystem functioning.

    Oscar Godoy;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Luis Matías;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos

  • An experimental extreme drought reduces the likelihood of species to coexist despite increasing intransitivity in competitive networks

    Luis Matías;Luis Matías;Oscar Godoy;Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio;Ignacio M. Pérez‐Ramos

  • Regeneration of Tree Species and Restoration Under Constrasted Mediterranean Habitats: Field and Glasshouse Experiments

    T. Marañón;R. Zamora;R. Villar;I. Pérez-Ramos

  • Root traits across environmental gradients in Mediterranean woody communities: are they aligned along the root economics spectrum?

    Enrique G. de la Riva;Enrique G. de la Riva;Teodoro Marañón;Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos;Carmen M. Navarro-Fernández

  • Seed removal in two coexisting oak species: ecological consequences of seed size, plant cover and seed-drop timing

    Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos;Itzíar Rodríguez Urbieta;Teodoro Marañón;Miguel A. Zavala

Frequent Co-Authors

Teodoro Marañón
Teodoro Marañón Spanish National Research Council
Rafael Villar
Rafael Villar University of Córdoba
Lorena Gómez-Aparicio
Lorena Gómez-Aparicio Spanish National Research Council
Miguel A. Zavala
Miguel A. Zavala University of Alcalá
Oscar Godoy
Oscar Godoy University of Cádiz
Francisco Lloret
Francisco Lloret Autonomous University of Barcelona
Catherine Roumet
Catherine Roumet University of Montpellier
Serge Rambal
Serge Rambal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xoaquín Moreira
Xoaquín Moreira Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada
Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada Technical University of Madrid

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