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Luis Gil is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on plant science and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and atmospheric science. Their research topics are diverse, covering plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, forest ecology and management, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest insect ecology and management, and insect-plant interactions and control.

Frequent publication venues where Luis Gil's work appears include:

  • Forests
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree Physiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of the recent papers authored by Luis Gil include:

  • Complexities underlying the breeding and deployment of Dutch elm disease resistant elms, 2021, New Forests
  • Tree-ring density and carbon isotope composition are early-warning signals of drought-induced mortality in the drought tolerant Canary Island pine, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Differential response of oak and beech to late frost damage: an integrated analysis from organ to forest, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Priming of Plant Defenses against Ophiostoma novo-ulmi by Elm (Ulmus minor Mill.) Fungal Endophytes, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • Carbohydrate dynamics in a resprouting species after severe aboveground perturbations, 2020, European Journal of Forest Research

Frequent collaborators in Luis Gil's research include Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada, Juan A. Martín, Rosana López, Clara Martínez-Arias, and Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado.

Best Publications

  • Life histories of Mediterranean pines

    Raul Tapias;José Climent;Jose A. Pardos;Luis Gil

  • Patterns of pollen dispersal in a small population of Pinus sylvestris L. revealed by total-exclusion paternity analysis.

    J J Robledo-Arnuncio;L Gil

  • Canopy seed banks in Mediterranean pines of south-eastern Spain: a comparison between Pinus halepensis Mill., P. pinaster Ait., P. nigra Arn. and P. pinea L.

    Raúl Tapias;Luis Gil;Pablo Fuentes-Utrilla;José A. Pardos

  • Multiscale analysis of heavy metal contents in Spanish agricultural topsoils.

    José Antonio Rodríguez;Nikos Nanos;José Manuel Grau;Luis Gil

  • Cuticle Structure in Relation to Chemical Composition: Re-assessing the Prevailing Model

    Victoria Fernández;Paula Guzmán-Delgado;Paula Guzmán-Delgado;José Graça;Sara Santos

  • Physico-chemical properties of plant cuticles and their functional and ecological significance.

    Victoria Fernández;Hector A Bahamonde;José Javier Peguero-Pina;Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín

  • Cork Composites: A Review

    Luís Gil

  • Effects of the interaction between drought and shade on water relations, gas exchange and morphological traits in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings

    I. Aranda;L. Castro;M. Pardos;L. Gil

  • Detection of hybrids in nature: application to oaks ( Quercus suber and Q. ilex )

    C Burgarella;Z Lorenzo;R Jabbour-Zahab;R Lumaret

  • Wettability, Polarity, and Water Absorption of Holm Oak Leaves: Effect of Leaf Side and Age

    Victoria Fernández;Domingo Sancho-Knapik;Paula Guzmán;José Javier Peguero-Pina

  • Water relations and gas exchange in Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl. in a mixed stand at their southern limit of distribution in Europe

    Ismael Aranda;Luis Gil;Jose Alberto Pardos

  • Variability of Mediterranean Stone pine cone production: Yield loss as response to climate change

    Sven Mutke;Javier Gordo;Luis Gil

  • Historical and recent changes in the Spanish forests: a socio-economic process.

    María Valbuena-Carabaña;Unai López de Heredia;Pablo Fuentes-Utrilla;Inés González-Doncel

  • Population differences in juvenile survival under increasing drought are mediated by seed size in cork oak (Quercus suber L.).

    J.A. Ramírez-Valiente;F. Valladares;F. Valladares;L. Gil;I. Aranda

  • Gene flow and hybridisation in a mixed oak forest ( Quercus pyrenaica Willd. and Quercus petraea (Matts.) Liebl.) in central Spain

    M Valbuena-Carabaña;S C González-Martínez;V L Sork;C Collada

  • Increased selfing and correlated paternity in a small population of a predominantly outcrossing conifer, Pinus sylvestris

    J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio;R. Alia;L. Gil

  • Fire adaptations in the Canary Islands pine (Pinus canariensis)

    José Climent;Raúl Tapias;José A. Pardos;Luis Gil

  • Genetic structure of montane isolates of Pinus sylvestris L. in a Mediterranean refugial area

    J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio;C. Collada;R. Alía;L. Gil

  • Genetic variation and migration pathways of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait) in the Iberian peninsula

    L. Salvador;R. Alía;D. Agúndez;L. Gil

  • Performance of 43 Pinus pinaster Ait. provenances on 5 locations in Central Spain

    R. Alia;L. Gil;J. A. Pardos

  • Effects of drought on mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic limitations at different tree canopy layers

    F. Javier Cano;David Sánchez-Gómez;Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada;Charles R. Warren

  • Resin yield in Pinus pinaster is related to tree dendrometry, stand density and tapping-induced systemic changes in xylem anatomy

    Aida Rodríguez-García;Rosana López;Juan Antonio Martín;Felix Pinillos

  • Effects of nutritional status and seedling size on field performance of Pinus halepensis planted on former arable land in the Mediterranean basin

    Jaime Puértolas;Luis Gil;José Alberto Pardos

  • Anatomical basis of the change in leaf mass per area and nitrogen investment with relative irradiance within the canopy of eight temperate tree species

    I Aranda;F Pardo;L Gil;J.A Pardos

  • Acorn dispersal by rodents: The importance of re-dispersal and distance to shelter

    Ramón Perea;Alfonso San Miguel;Luis Gil

  • Effective gene dispersal and female reproductive success in Mediterranean maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton).

    Santiago C. González-Martínez;Jaroslaw Burczyk;Ran Nathan;Nikos Nanos

Frequent Co-Authors

José Alberto Pardos
José Alberto Pardos Technical University of Madrid
Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada
Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada Technical University of Madrid
Ricardo Alía
Ricardo Alía Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Ismael Aranda
Ismael Aranda Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Alejandro Solla
Alejandro Solla University of Extremadura
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Santiago C. González-Martínez University of Bordeaux
Mohamed Khayet
Mohamed Khayet Complutense University of Madrid
Daniele Colombaroli
Daniele Colombaroli Royal Holloway University of London
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Gregorio Montero
Gregorio Montero Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria

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