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Josep Maria Espelta

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5683
World Ranking
6162
National Ranking
202

Josep Maria Espelta publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Josep Maria Espelta sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Josep Maria Espelta D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Josep Maria Espelta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Josep Maria Espelta is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. They have contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science, particularly focusing on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Insect Science.

Their research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental dynamics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Espelta has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Investigating the relationship between climate, stand age, and temporal trends in masting behavior of European forest trees (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Changes in forest landscape patterns resulting from recent afforestation in Europe (1990-2012): defragmentation of pre-existing forest versus new patch proliferation (2020, Annals of Forest Science)
  • Recent forest area increase in Europe: expanding and regenerating forests differ in their regional patterns, drivers and productivity trends (2021, European Journal of Forest Research)
  • Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Does masting scale with plant size? High reproductive variability and low synchrony in small and unproductive individuals (2020, Annals of Botany)

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, which includes:

  • Joan Pino
  • Arndt Hampe
  • Michał Bogdziewicz
  • J. Julio Camarero
  • Josep Peñuelas

Espelta's work is often published in reputable journals such as:

  • Annals of Forest Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Best Publications

  • Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin

    S. Paula;M. Arianoutsou;D. Kazanis;Ç Tavsanoglu

  • Constraints and trade-offs in Mediterranean plant communities: the case of holm oak-Aleppo pine forests.

    M. A. Zavala;J. M. Espelta;Javier Retana

  • Deforestation dynamics and drivers in different forest types in Latin America: Three decades of studies (1980–2010)

    Dolors Armenteras;Josep María Espelta;Nelly Rodríguez;Javier Retana

  • Patterns of seedling recruitment in West‐Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest influenced by canopy development

    Josep Maria Espelta;Miquel Riba;Retana Javier

  • Regeneration patterns of three Mediterranean pines and forest changes after a large wildfire in northeastern Spain

    Javier Retana;Josep Maria Espelta;Abdessamad Habrouk;Jose Luis OrdoÑEz

  • MASTING MEDIATED BY SUMMER DROUGHT REDUCES ACORN PREDATION IN MEDITERRANEAN OAK FORESTS

    Josep Maria Espelta;Pilar Cortés;Roberto Molowny-Horas;Belén Sánchez-Humanes

  • Role of heat tolerance and cone protection of seeds in the response of three pine species to wildfires

    Abdessamad Habrouk;Javier Retana;Josep Maria Espelta

  • Disparity in elevational shifts of European trees in response to recent climate warming

    Sonia G. Rabasa;Elena Granda;Raquel Benavides;Georges Kunstler

  • Resprouting patterns after fire and response to stool cleaning of two coexisting Mediterranean oaks with contrasting leaf habits on two different sites

    Josep Maria Espelta;Javier Retana;Abdessamad Habrouk

  • An economic and ecological multi-criteria evaluation of reforestation methods to recover burned Pinus nigra forests in NE Spain.

    Josep Maria Espelta;Javier Retana;Abdessamad Habrouk

  • Pre-dispersal acorn predation in mixed oak forests: interspecific differences are driven by the interplay among seed phenology, seed size and predator size

    Josep M. Espelta;Raúl Bonal;Belén Sánchez-Humanes

  • Effects of tree size, crown damage, and tree location on post-fire survival and cone production of Pinus nigra trees

    Jose Luis Ordóñez;Javier Retana;Josep Maria Espelta

  • Regeneration by sprouting of holm-oak ( Quercus ilex ) stands exploited by selection thinning

    J. Retana;M. Riba;C. Castell;J. M. Espelta

  • Post-fire regeneration thinning, cone production, serotiny and regeneration age in Pinus halepensis

    Iraima Verkaik;Josep M. Espelta

  • Increased drought reduces acorn production in Quercus ilex coppices: thinning mitigates this effect but only in the short term

    Belén Sánchez-Humanes;Josep Maria Espelta

  • Masting in oaks: Disentangling the effect of flowering phenology, airborne pollen load and drought

    Marcos Fernández-Martínez;Jordina Belmonte;Josep Maria Espelta

  • The ecology of seed dispersal by small rodents: a role for predator and conspecific scents

    Pau Sunyer;Alberto Muñoz;Raúl Bonal;Raúl Bonal;Josep M. Espelta

  • Investigating the relationship between climate, stand age, and temporal trends in masting behavior of European forest trees.

    Mario B. Pesendorfer;Mario B. Pesendorfer;Mario B. Pesendorfer;Michał Bogdziewicz;Jakub Szymkowiak;Zbigniew Borowski

  • Acorn crop size and pre-dispersal predation determine inter-specific differences in the recruitment of co-occurring oaks

    Josep Maria Espelta;P. Cortés;R. Molowny-Horas;J. Retana

  • Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests

    Jorge de las Heras;Daniel Moya;José Antonio Vega;Evangelia Daskalakou

  • History matters: Previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes

    Carolina Puerta-Piñero;Josep M. Espelta;Belén Sánchez-Humanes;Anselm Rodrigo

Frequent Co-Authors

Raúl Bonal
Raúl Bonal University of Extremadura
Javier Retana
Javier Retana Autonomous University of Barcelona
Joan Pino
Joan Pino Autonomous University of Barcelona
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Alberto Muñoz
Alberto Muñoz Complutense University of Madrid
Michał Bogdziewicz
Michał Bogdziewicz Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Arndt Hampe
Arndt Hampe University of Bordeaux
Anselm Rodrigo
Anselm Rodrigo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Regino Zamora
Regino Zamora University of Granada

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Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC

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Lluís Brotons

Lluís Brotons

Spanish National Research Council

Publications: 25

Paloma Ruiz-Benito

Paloma Ruiz-Benito

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Publications: 25

Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja

Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja

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Publications: 22

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J. Julio Camarero

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Publications: 22

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Raúl Bonal

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Anselm Rodrigo

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Jordi Martínez-Vilalta

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