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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
5107
World Ranking
4209
National Ranking
193

Best Publications

  • Wind as a Long-Distance Dispersal Vehicle in the Southern Hemisphere

    Jesús Muñoz;Ángel M. Felicísimo;Francisco Cabezas;Ana R. Burgaz

  • 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

  • Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;Yolanda Cantón;Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy

  • Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;Cristina Escolar;María D. Puche

  • Lichen traits responding to aridity

    Paula Matos;Paula Matos;Pedro Pinho;Pedro Pinho;Gregorio Aragón;Isabel Martínez

  • Warming reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid environment: Implications for ecosystem structure and functioning

    Cristina Escolar;Isabel Martínez;Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Does spatial pattern matter to ecosystem functioning? Insights from biological soil crusts

    F. T. Maestre;A. Escudero;I. Martinez;C. Guerrero

  • Effects of forest management on epiphytic lichen diversity in Mediterranean forests

    Gregorio Aragón;I. Martínez;P. Izquierdo;R. Belinchón

  • Are threatened lichen species well-protected in Spain? Effectiveness of a protected areas network

    Isabel Martínez;Francisco Carreño;Adrián Escudero;Agustín Rubio

  • Relationships between biological soil crusts, bacterial diversity and abundance, and ecosystem functioning: Insights from a semi‐arid Mediterranean environment

    Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy;Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre;Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría

  • Small-scale patterns of abundance of mosses and lichens forming biological soil crusts in two semi-arid gypsum environments

    I. Martínez;A. Escudero;F. T. Maestre;F. T. Maestre;A. de la Cruz

  • Soil lichens have species-specific effects on the seedling emergence of three gypsophile plant species

    A. Escudero;I. Martínez;A. de la Cruz;M.A.G. Otálora

  • Biological soil crusts greatly contribute to small-scale soil heterogeneity along a grazing gradient

    L. Concostrina-Zubiri;L. Concostrina-Zubiri;E. Huber-Sannwald;I. Martínez;J.L. Flores Flores

  • Edge effects on epiphytic communities in a Mediterranean Quercus pyrenaica forest

    Rocío Belinchón;I. Martínez;A. Escudero;G. Aragón

  • Fragment quality and matrix affect epiphytic performance in a Mediterranean forest landscape

    Rocío Belinchón;Isabel Martínez;Mónica A. G. Otálora;Gregorio Aragón

  • Multiple origins of high reciprocal symbiotic specificity at an intercontinental spatial scale among gelatinous lichens (Collemataceae, Lecanoromycetes)

    Mónica A.G. Otálora;Isabel Martínez;Heath O’Brien;Heath O’Brien;M. Carmen Molina

  • Phylogeography and divergence date estimates of a lichen species complex with a disjunct distribution pattern.

    Mónica A. G. Otálora;Isabel Martínez;Gregorio Aragón;M. Carmen Molina

  • Distribution patterns in the genus Peltigera Willd.

    Isabel MartÍnez;Ana Rosa Burgaz;Orvo Vitikainen;Adrián Escudero

  • Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity.

    Christopher J. Ellis;Johan Asplund;Renato Benesperi;Cristina Branquinho

  • Climate and small scale factors determine functional diversity shifts of biological soil crusts in Iberian drylands

    Laura Concostrina-Zubiri;David S. Pescador;Isabel Martínez;Adrián Escudero

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