Isabel Martínez

Best Publications

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

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

  668
  Citations

• 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

  429
  Citations

• 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

  306
  Citations

• 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

  166
  Citations

• Lichen traits responding to aridity

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

  154
  Citations

• 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

  154
  Citations

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

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

  137
  Citations

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

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

  137
  Citations

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

  Isabel Martínez;Francisco Carreño;Adrián Escudero;Agustín Rubio

  127
  Citations

• 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

  123
  Citations

• 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

  118
  Citations

• 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

  111
  Citations

• 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

  109
  Citations

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

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

  105
  Citations

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

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

  88
  Citations

• 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

  84
  Citations

• 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

  82
  Citations

• Distribution patterns in the genus Peltigera Willd.

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

  79
  Citations

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

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

  74
  Citations

• 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

  69
  Citations