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José Ignacio Querejeta

José Ignacio Querejeta

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
44
Citations
6219
World Ranking
3093
National Ranking
131

José Ignacio Querejeta publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Ignacio Querejeta sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 87 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

José Ignacio Querejeta D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

José Ignacio Querejeta is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a considerable body of work examining plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and forest ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Their publications are frequently found in a core set of scientific journals, notably:

  • New Phytologist
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • Tree Physiology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Some notable recent research papers include:

  • "Vertical decoupling of soil nutrients and water under climate warming reduces plant cumulative nutrient uptake, water-use efficiency and productivity" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Higher leaf nitrogen content is linked to tighter stomatal regulation of transpiration and more efficient water use across dryland trees" (2022, New Phytologist)
  • "Lower relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi under a warmer and drier climate is linked to enhanced soil organic matter decomposition" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water-use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "The role of nutritional impairment in carbon-water balance of silver fir drought-induced dieback" (2022, Global Change Biology)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Iván Prieto
  • J. Julio Camarero
  • María del Mar Alguacil
  • Éster González de Andrés
  • Wei Ren

Their research integrates environmental science with a focus on global and planetary change, plant science, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric sciences, and ecology. Subfields of particular interest are global and planetary change, plant science, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Best Publications

  • Ecology of mycorrhizae: a conceptual framework for complex interactions among plants and fungi.

    M.F. Allen;W. Swenson;J.I. Querejeta;L.M. Egerton-Warburton

  • Temperature dependence of soil CO2 efflux is strongly modulated by seasonal patterns of moisture availability in a Mediterranean ecosystem.

    M. Almagro;J. López;J.I. Querejeta;M. Martínez-Mena

  • Isotopes reveal contrasting water use strategies among coexisting plant species in a Mediterranean ecosystem

    Cristina Moreno‐Gutiérrez;Todd E. Dawson;Emilio Nicolás;José Ignacio Querejeta

  • Direct nocturnal water transfer from oaks to their mycorrhizal symbionts during severe soil drying

    Jose Ignacio Querejeta;Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;Michael F. Allen

  • Common mycorrhizal networks provide a potential pathway for the transfer of hydraulically lifted water between plants

    Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;José Ignacio Querejeta;José Ignacio Querejeta;Michael F. Allen

  • Water source partitioning among trees growing on shallow karst soils in a seasonally dry tropical climate

    José Ignacio Querejeta;José Ignacio Querejeta;Héctor Estrada-Medina;Héctor Estrada-Medina;Michael F. Allen;Juan José Jiménez-Osornio

  • Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water-use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation.

    Yali Ding;Yunpeng Nie;Hongsong Chen;Kelin Wang

  • Hydraulic lift may buffer rhizosphere hyphae against the negative effects of severe soil drying in a California Oak savanna

    J.I. Querejeta;J.I. Querejeta;L.M. Egerton-Warburton;L.M. Egerton-Warburton;M.F. Allen

  • Topographic position modulates the mycorrhizal response of oak trees to interannual rainfall variability

    José I. Querejeta;José I. Querejeta;Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;Michael F. Allen

  • Vertical decoupling of soil nutrients and water under climate warming reduces plant cumulative nutrient uptake, water-use efficiency and productivity

    José Ignacio Querejeta;Wei Ren;Wei Ren;Iván Prieto

  • Soil water availability improved by site preparation in a Pinus halepensis afforestation under semiarid climate

    José Ignacio Querejeta;Antonio Roldán;Juan Albaladejo;Vı́ctor Castillo

  • Differential modulation of host plant δ13C and δ18O by native and nonnative arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a semiarid environment

    J. I. Querejeta;J. I. Querejeta;M. F. Allen;F. Caravaca;A. Roldán

  • Differential response of δ13C and water use efficiency to arbuscular mycorrhizal infection in two aridland woody plant species

    José Ignacio Querejeta;José Miguel Barea;Michael F. Allen;Fuensanta Caravaca

  • Higher leaf nitrogen content is linked to tighter stomatal regulation of transpiration and more efficient water use across dryland trees

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  • Utilization of bedrock water by Brosimum alicastrum trees growing on shallow soil atop limestone in a dry tropical climate

    José Ignacio Querejeta;José Ignacio Querejeta;Héctor Estrada-Medina;Héctor Estrada-Medina;Michael F. Allen;Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio

  • Three hydro-seeding revegetation techniques for soil erosion control on anthropic steep slopes

    J. Albaladejo Montoro;J. Albaladejo Montoro;J. Alvarez Rogel;J. Alvarez Rogel;J. Querejeta;E. Díaz

  • Water transfer via ectomycorrhizal fungal hyphae to conifer seedlings.

    Agneta H. Plamboeck;Agneta H. Plamboeck;Todd E. Dawson;Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;Malcolm North

  • The role of mycorrhizae, site preparation, and organic amendment in the afforestation of a semi-arid Mediterranean site with Pinus halepensis

    José I. Querejeta;Antonio Roldán;Juan Albaladejo;Victor Castillo

  • Soil Physical Properties and Moisture Content Affected by Site Preparation in the Afforestation of a Semiarid Rangeland

    José Ignacio Querejeta;Antonio Rolda´n;Juan Albaladejo;Vı´ctor Castillo

  • Leaf δ18O of remaining trees is affected by thinning intensity in a semiarid pine forest.

    Cristina Moreno-Gutiérrez;Gonzalo G. Barberá;Emilio Nicolás;Martín De Luis

  • Stand structure modulates the long‐term vulnerability of Pinus halepensis to climatic drought in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem

    Cristina Moreno‐Gutiérrez;Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Paolo Cherubini;Matthias Saurer

  • Erratum: Direct nocturnal water transfer from oaks to their mycorrhizal symbionts during severe soil drying (Oecoligia (2002))

    José Ignacio Querejeta;Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;Michael F. Allen

  • Erratum: Common mycorrhizal networks provide a potential pathway for the transfer of hydraulically lifted water between plants (Journal of Experimental Botany (2007) 58, 6, (1473-1483))

    Louise M. Egerton-Warburton;José Ignacio Querejeta;Michael F. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. Allen
Michael F. Allen University of California, Riverside
Iván Prieto
Iván Prieto University of Leon
Antonio Roldán
Antonio Roldán Spanish National Research Council
Emilio Nicolás
Emilio Nicolás Spanish National Research Council
Maria del Mar Alguacil
Maria del Mar Alguacil Spanish National Research Council
Giovanna Battipaglia
Giovanna Battipaglia University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Juan Albaladejo
Juan Albaladejo Spanish National Research Council
Victor Castillo
Victor Castillo Spanish National Research Council
Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich

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