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Maria C. Caldeira

Maria C. Caldeira

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
9989
World Ranking
5713
National Ranking
43

Maria C. Caldeira 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 Maria C. Caldeira sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 137 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria C. Caldeira 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 Maria C. Caldeira sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria C. Caldeira is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research spans primarily Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, encompassing a significant body of work that explores ecosystems, soil properties, and vegetation dynamics.

Their research has been published extensively in notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Maria Caldeira's recent papers include detailed studies on grassland ecosystems and nutrient impacts spanning several years:

  • "General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory," 2020, Nature Communications

Their main fields of study reflect a focus on environmental and biological sciences, with detailed subfields that highlight their comprehensive approach to ecological research:

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

Within these areas, the research topics covered include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Eric W. Seabloom
  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Miguel N. Bugalho
  • Anita C. Risch
  • Sally A. Power

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands

    A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira

  • Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species

    J. Joshi;B. Schmid;M. C. Caldeira;P. G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding

    Andy Hector;Yann Hautier;Philippe Saner;Lukas Wacker

  • Mediterranean cork oak savannas require human use to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services

    Miguel N. Bugalho;María C. Caldeira;João Santos Pereira;James Aronson

  • ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY MANIPULATIONS IN EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS

    E. M. Spehn;A. Hector;J. Joshi;M. Scherer-Lorenzen

  • The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross‐European study of grassland biomass nitrogen

    E. M. Spehn;M. Scherer-Lorenzen;B. Schmid;A. Hector

  • No Consistent Effect of Plant Diversity on Productivity

    M. A. Huston;L. W. Aarssen;M. P. Austin;B. S. Cade

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • European atlas of forest tree species

    Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz;Daniele de Rigo;Giovanni Caudullo;Tracy Houston Durrant

  • Functional coordination between leaf gas exchange and vulnerability to xylem cavitation in temperate forest trees.

    Hafiz Maherali;Catarina F. Moura;Maria C. Caldeira;Cynthia J. Willson

  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

    A.C. Risch;S. Zimmermann;R. Ochoa-Hueso;M. Schütz

  • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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  • General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

    Yann Hautier;Pengfei Zhang;Michel Loreau;Kevin R. Wilcox

  • Mechanisms of positive biodiversity–production relationships: insights provided by δ13C analysis in experimental Mediterranean grassland plots

    Maria C. Caldeira;Ronald J. Ryel;John H. Lawton;João S. Pereira

  • Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

    Jennifer Firn;James M. McGree;Eric Harvey;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Species richness, temporal variability and resistance of biomass production in a Mediterranean grassland

    M. C. Caldeira;A. Hector;M. Loreau;J. S. Pereira

  • Synergy of extreme drought and shrub invasion reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates.

    Maria C. Caldeira;Maria C. Caldeira;Xavier Lecomte;Teresa S. David;Joaquim G. Pinto;Joaquim G. Pinto

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies

    A. Hector;J. Joshi;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Bernhard Schmid

  • Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks

    Maria C. Caldeira;Inés Ibáñez;Carla Nogueira;Miguel N. Bugalho

  • Establishing grazing and grazing-excluded patches increases plant and invertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean oak woodland

    Miguel N. Bugalho;Xavier Lecomte;Merícia Gonçalves;Maria C. Caldeira

Frequent Co-Authors

João Santos Pereira
João Santos Pereira University of Lisbon
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Christiane Werner
Christiane Werner University of Freiburg
Anita C. Risch
Anita C. Risch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Joslin L. Moore
Joslin L. Moore Monash University
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg

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