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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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51
Citations
7102
World Ranking
4833
National Ranking
125

Biology and Biochemistry

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51
Citations
7101
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Leopoldo G. Sancho is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in related subfields.

Their main subfields of study include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology

Sancho's work covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Climate change and permafrost

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Plants
  • Polar Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The Lichenologist

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on Antarctic ecology, climate change, and biological diversity:

  • "Antarctica's vegetation in a changing climate," 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "Assessing the conservation values and tourism threats in Barrientos Island, Antarctic Peninsula," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Functional performance of biocrusts across Europe and its implications for drylands," 2020, Journal of Arid Environments

Leopoldo G. Sancho collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • José Raggio
  • Ana Pintado
  • Peter Convey
  • Asunción de los Ríos
  • Ulrik Søchting

Best Publications

  • Lichens Survive in Space: Results from the 2005 LICHENS Experiment

    Leopoldo G. Sancho;Rosa de la Torre;Gerda Horneck;Carmen Ascaso

  • One hundred new species of lichenized fungi : a signature of undiscovered global diversity

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Teuvo Ahti;Susanne Altermann;Guillermo Amo de Paz

  • Hongos liquenícolas del Sur de Sudamérica, especialmente de Isla Navarino (Chile)

    Javier Etayo;Leopoldo Garcia Sancho

  • Ecophysiology of Desiccation/Rehydration Cycles in Mosses and Lichens

    T. G. Allan Green;T. G. Allan Green;Leopoldo G. Sancho;Ana Pintado

  • Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars : The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

    Jean-Pierre De Vera;Mashal Alawi;Theresa Backhaus;Mickael Baque

  • Slowest to fastest: Extreme range in lichen growth rates supports their use as an indicator of climate change in Antarctica

    Leopoldo G. Sancho;T.G. Allan Green;T.G. Allan Green;Ana Pintado

  • The influence of competition between lichen colonization and erosion on the evolution of soil surfaces in the Tabernas badlands (SE Spain) and its landscape effects

    R. Lázaro;Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;J. Bevan

  • Plant Life in Antarctica

    T.G. Allan Green;Burkhard Schroeter;Leopoldo G. Sancho

  • CO2 exchange and thallus nitrogen across 75 contrasting lichen associations from different climate zones.

    Kristina Palmqvist;Lena Dahlman;Fernando Valladares;Anders Tehler

  • Ultrastructural and genetic characteristics of endolithic cyanobacterial biofilms colonizing Antarctic granite rocks

    Asunción De Los Ríos;Martin Grube;Leopoldo G. Sancho;Carmen Ascaso

  • Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

    Rosa de la Torre;Leopoldo G. Sancho;Gerda Horneck;Asunción de los Ríos

  • Acid microenvironments in microbial biofilms of antarctic endolithic microecosystems.

    Asunción de los Ríos;Jacek Wierzchos;Leopoldo G. Sancho;Carmen Ascaso

  • Lichen fungi have low cyanobiont selectivity in maritime Antarctica

    Nora Wirtz;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;T.G. Allan Green;Roman Türk

  • Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in the LichenRamalina capitata: Morphology, Water Relations and Chlorophyll Content in North- and South-facing Populations

    Ana Pintado;Fernando Valladares;Leopoldo G Sancho

  • Are lichens active under snow in continental Antarctica

    Stefan Pannewitz;Mark Schlensog;T. G. Allan Green;Leopoldo G. Sancho

  • Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of biological soil crusts in Europe: the Soil Crust International Project (SCIN).

    Burkhard Büdel;Claudia Colesie;T. G. Allan Green;T. G. Allan Green;Martin Grube

  • Ecology of endolithic lichens colonizing granite in continental Antarctica

    Asunción De Los Ríos;Jacek Wierzchos;Leopoldo G. Sancho;T. G. Allan Green

  • The weathering action of saxicolous lichens in maritime Antarctica

    C. Ascaso;L. G. Sancho;C. Rodriguez-Pascual

  • Evidence of high annual growth rate for lichens in the maritime Antarctic

    Leopoldo G. Sancho;Ana Pintado

  • Endolithic growth of two Lecidea lichens in granite from continental Antarctica detected by molecular and microscopy techniques

    A. De los Ríos;L. G. Sancho;M. Grube;J. Wierzchos

  • High diversity of lichens at 84°S, Queen Maud Mountains, suggests preglacial survival of species in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

    T. G. A. Green;T. G. A. Green;L. G. Sancho;R. Türk;R. D. Seppelt

Frequent Co-Authors

T.G. Allan Green
T.G. Allan Green University of Waikato
Carmen Ascaso
Carmen Ascaso Spanish National Research Council
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Sergio Pérez-Ortega
Sergio Pérez-Ortega Real Jardín Botánico
Ricardo Rozzi
Ricardo Rozzi University of North Texas
Jacek Wierzchos
Jacek Wierzchos Spanish National Research Council
Ana Crespo
Ana Crespo Complutense University of Madrid
Burkhard Büdel
Burkhard Büdel Technical University of Kaiserslautern
H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
Ludger Kappen
Ludger Kappen Kiel University

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