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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
47502
World Ranking
729
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Generalitat de Catalunya
  • 2007 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Jordi Bascompte is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research intersects multiple subfields, including Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Jordi Bascompte has authored several papers, with recent notable works including:

  • "Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Resilience of Plant-Pollinator Networks" (2022), Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe" (2024), Nature Communications
  • "Measuring Coevolutionary Dynamics in Species-Rich Communities" (2020), Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The American Naturalist. These venues reflect a consistent output in established and preprint scientific communication platforms.

Collaboration is an important dimension in Jordi Bascompte's work. Frequent co-authors include Klementyna A. Gawecka and Fernando Pedraza, each with thirteen joint publications, followed by Matthew A. Barbour with seven, Hanlun Liu with five, and Rodrigo Cámara-Leret with three co-authored papers.

The scientist has received recognition such as the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2021 and the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Early-warning signals for critical transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Jordi Bascompte;William A. Brock;Victor Brovkin

  • Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.

    Jason M. Tylianakis;Raphael K. Didham;Jordi Bascompte;David A. Wardle

  • The nested assembly of plant-animal mutualistic networks

    Jordi Bascompte;Pedro Jordano;Carlos J. Melián;Jens M. Olesen

  • The modularity of pollination networks.

    Jens M. Olesen;Jordi Bascompte;Yoko L. Dupont;Pedro Jordano

  • Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Jordi Bascompte;Eric L. Berlow

  • Anticipating Critical Transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Marten Scheffer;Stephen R. Carpenter;Timothy M. Lenton;Jordi Bascompte

  • Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks: The Architecture of Biodiversity

    Jordi Bascompte;Pedro Jordano

  • Asymmetric coevolutionary networks facilitate biodiversity maintenance

    Jordi Bascompte;Pedro Jordano;Jens M. Olesen

  • The architecture of mutualistic networks minimizes competition and increases biodiversity

    Ugo Bastolla;Miguel A. Fortuna;Alberto Pascual-García;Antonio Ferrera

  • Ecological networks--beyond food webs.

    Thomas C. Ings;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Jordi Bascompte;Nico Blüthgen

  • Invariant properties in coevolutionary networks of plant-animal interactions

    Pedro Jordano;Jordi Bascompte;Jens M. Olesen

  • Conservation of species interaction networks

    Jason M. Tylianakis;Etienne Laliberté;Anders Nielsen;Jordi Bascompte

  • Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web

    Jordi Bascompte;Carlos J. Melián;Enric Sala

  • Compartmentalization increases food-web persistence

    Daniel B. Stouffer;Jordi Bascompte

  • Beyond pairwise mechanisms of species coexistence in complex communities

    Jonathan M. Levine;Jordi Bascompte;Peter B. Adler;Stefano Allesina

  • Disentangling the Web of Life

    Jordi Bascompte

  • Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems.

    Richard V. Solé;Jordi Bascompte

  • Non-random coextinctions in phylogenetically structured mutualistic networks.

    Enrico L. Rezende;Jessica E. Lavabre;Paulo R. Guimarães;Paulo R. Guimarães;Pedro Jordano

  • On the structural stability of mutualistic systems

    Rudolf P. Rohr;Rudolf P. Rohr;Serguei Saavedra;Jordi Bascompte

  • Temporal dynamics in a pollination network.

    Jens Mogens Olesen;Jordi Bascompte;Heidi Elberling;Pedro Jordano

  • Plant-animal mutualistic networks: the architecture of biodiversity

    Jordi Bascompte

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Ricard V. Solé
Ricard V. Solé Pompeu Fabra University
Jens M. Olesen
Jens M. Olesen Aarhus University
Daniel B. Stouffer
Daniel B. Stouffer University of Canterbury
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Vasilis Dakos
Vasilis Dakos University of Montpellier
Egbert H. van Nes
Egbert H. van Nes Wageningen University & Research
Andreas Wagner
Andreas Wagner University of Zurich

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