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2983
National Ranking
83

Overview

Mario Díaz is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Díaz's work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Plant and animal studies

Frequent publication venues for Díaz's research are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ardeola
  • Scientific Reports
  • Conservation Letters
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Díaz include:

  • "How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts" (2022), Conservation Letters
  • "Effects of urbanization on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic avian diversity in Europe" (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity" (2021), Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Flight initiation distance and refuge in urban birds" (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Top ten birds indicators of high environmental quality in European cities" (2021), Ecological Indicators

Díaz collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Piotr Tryjanowski
  • Federico Morelli
  • Yanina Benedetti
  • Jukka Jokimäki
  • Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki

Best Publications

  • Mixed biodiversity benefits of agri-environment schemes in five European countries.

    David Kleijn;R. A. Baquero;Yann Clough;M. Díaz

  • On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe

    D Kleijn;F Kohler;A Báldi;P Batáry

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

  • Regeneration of a Mediterranean oak: A whole-cycle approach

    Fernando J. Pulido;Mario Díaz

  • Effects of landscape complexity on the ecological effectiveness of agri-environment schemes

    Elena D. Concepción;Mario Díaz;Rocío A. Baquero

  • Size structure and regeneration of Spanish holm oak Quercus ilex forests and dehesas: effects of agroforestry use on their long-term sustainability

    Fernando J Pulido;Mario Dı́az;Sebastián J Hidalgo de Trucios

  • Interactive effects of landscape context constrain the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management

    Elena D. Concepción;Mario Díaz;David Kleijn;András Báldi

  • The geography of fear: a latitudinal gradient in anti-predator escape distances of birds across Europe

    Mario Díaz;Anders Pape Møller;Einar Flensted-Jensen;Tomáš Grim

  • High urban population density of birds reflects their timing of urbanization.

    Anders Pape Møller;Mario Diaz;Einar Flensted-Jensen;Tomas Grim

  • How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts

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  • Satiation of predispersal seed predators: the importance of considering both plant and seed levels

    Raul Bonal;Raul Bonal;Alberto Muñoz;Mario Díaz

  • What is wrong with current translocations? A review and a decision-making proposal

    Irene Pérez;Irene Pérez;José D Anadón;José D Anadón;José D Anadón;Mario Díaz;Graciela G Nicola

  • Facilitation of Quercus ilex recruitment by shrubs in Mediterranean open woodlands

    Christian Smit;Christian Smit;Jan den Ouden;Mario Diaz

  • Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux : biogeography, landscape and vegetation effects

    M. Díaz;R. Carbonell;T. Santos;J. L. Tellería

  • Reassessing global change research priorities in mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: how far have we come and where do we go from here?

    E. Doblas-Miranda;J. Martínez-Vilalta;F. Lloret;A. Álvarez

  • Small mammal abundance in Mediterranean post-fire habitats: a role for predators?

    I Torre;M Díaz

  • Ungulates, rodents, shrubs: interactions in a diverse Mediterranean ecosystem

    Alberto Muñoz;Raúl Bonal;Mario Díaz

  • Cattle grazing, raptor abundance and small mammal communities in Mediterranean grasslands

    Ignacio Torre;Mario Díaz;Jesús Martínez-Padilla;Raúl Bonal;Raúl Bonal

  • Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes

    Pablo Campos;Lynn Huntsinger;Jose Luis Oviedo Pro;Paul F Starrs

  • Rodent seed predation in cereal crop areas of central Spain: effects of physiognomy, food availability, and predation risk

    Mario Diaz

  • The role of temporal shrub encroachment for the maintenance of Spanish holm oak Quercus ilex dehesas

    José Alberto Ramírez;Mario Díaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Piotr Tryjanowski
Piotr Tryjanowski University of Life Sciences in Poznań
Jukka Jokimäki
Jukka Jokimäki University of Lapland
Tomáš Grim
Tomáš Grim Palacký University, Olomouc
José Luis Tellería
José Luis Tellería Complutense University of Madrid
Raúl Bonal
Raúl Bonal University of Extremadura
Gregorio Montero
Gregorio Montero Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Gerardo Moreno
Gerardo Moreno University of Extremadura
Juan Carlos Illera
Juan Carlos Illera University of Oviedo

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