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Ecology and Evolution
Spain
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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99
Citations
36249
World Ranking
293
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Jordi Sardans is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain with a focus on environmental and agricultural sciences. Their research spans multidisciplinary approaches primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

The primary topics addressed in Jordi Sardans' research portfolio encompass:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

The researcher has a substantial number of publications in various scientific journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Plant and Soil
  • CATENA

Jordi Sardans has collaborated extensively with other scientists, notably those who have frequently coauthored papers with them. These coauthors include:

  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Akash Tariq
  • Ivan A. Janssens
  • Weiqi Wang
  • Albert Gargallo-Garriga

Some of the most recent publications associated with Jordi Sardans are:

  • Potassium Control of Plant Functions: Ecological and Agricultural Implications, 2021, Plants
  • Recent global decline of CO 2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis, 2020, Science
  • A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China, 2023, Nature
  • Anthropogenic global shifts in biospheric N and P concentrations and ratios and their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, food security, and human health, 2020, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe

    Josep Peñuelas;Benjamin Poulter;Jordi Sardans;Philippe Ciais

  • The Application of ecological stoichiometry to plant-microbial-soil organic matter transformations

    Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern;Katharina Maria Keiblinger;Maria Mooshammer;Josep Peñuelas

  • The C:N:P stoichiometry of organisms and ecosystems in a changing world: A review and perspectives

    J. Sardans;A. Rivas-Ubach;J. Peñuelas

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • The human-induced imbalance between C, N and P in Earth's life system

    Josep Peñuelas;Jordi Sardans;Albert Rivas-ubach;Ivan A. Janssens

  • Drought decreases soil enzyme activity in a Mediterranean Quercus ilex L. forest

    J. Sardans;J. Peñuelas

  • Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen;Jing M. Chen

  • Potassium: a neglected nutrient in global change.

    Jordi Sardans;Josep Peñuelas

  • A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

    Lea Berrang-Ford;A. R. Siders;Alexandra Lesnikowski;Alexandra Paige Fischer

  • Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance

    M. Fernandez-Martinez;S. Vicca;I. A. Janssens;J. Sardans

  • Potassium Control of Plant Functions: Ecological and Agricultural Implications.

    Jordi Sardans;Josep Peñuelas

  • Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils.

    O. Margalef;J. Sardans;M. Fernández-Martínez;R. Molowny-Horas

  • The elemental stoichiometry of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and its relationships with organismic lifestyle and ecosystem structure and function: a review and perspectives

    Jordi Sardans;Albert Rivas-Ubach;Josep Peñuelas

  • Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

    Josep Penuelas;Jordi Sardans;Marc Estiarte;Roma Ogaya

  • Drought‐resistant fungi control soil organic matter decomposition and its response to temperature

    J. C. Yuste;Josep Peñuelas;M. Estiarte;Jordi García-Mas

  • Changes in soil enzymes related to C and N cycle and in soil C and N content under prolonged warming and drought in a Mediterranean shrubland

    Jordi Sardans;Josep Peñuelas;Marc Estiarte

  • The Role of Plants in the Effects of Global Change on Nutrient Availability and Stoichiometry in the Plant-Soil System

    Jordi Sardans;Josep Peñuelas

  • QMEC: a tool for high-throughput quantitative assessment of microbial functional potential in C, N, P, and S biogeochemical cycling

    Bangxiao Zheng;Yongguan Zhu;Jordi Sardans;Josep Peñuelas

  • Root exudate metabolomes change under drought and show limited capacity for recovery

    Albert Gargallo-Garriga;Catherine Preece;Jordi Sardans;Michal Oravec

  • Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change.

    J. Sardans;J. Sardans;J. Peñuelas

  • Global trends in carbon sinks and their relationships with CO2 and temperature

    M. Fernandez-Martinez;J. Sardans;F. Chevallier;P. Ciais

  • Strong relationship between elemental stoichiometry and metabolome in plants

    Albert Rivas-Ubach;Jordi Sardans;Miriam Pérez-Trujillo;Marc Estiarte

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Joan Llusià
Joan Llusià Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marc Estiarte
Marc Estiarte Spanish National Research Council
Romà Ogaya
Romà Ogaya Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Otmar Urban
Otmar Urban Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Sara Vicca
Sara Vicca University of Antwerp
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Iolanda Filella
Iolanda Filella Autonomous University of Barcelona

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