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Maurizio Mencuccini 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 Maurizio Mencuccini sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 305 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maurizio Mencuccini 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 Maurizio Mencuccini sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Maurizio Mencuccini is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with numerous contributions across related subfields.

Their work covers a range of subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and ecology. The main topics addressed in their publications involve plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, hydrology and watershed management studies, and plant responses to water stress.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit" (2022) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate" (2020) in New Phytologist
  • "Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content" (2021) in Global Change Biology
  • "The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests" (2022) in Nature Communications
  • "Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests" (2021) in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mencuccini include:

  • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
  • Rafael Poyatos
  • Patrick Meir
  • Lucy Rowland
  • Rafael S. Oliveira

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • New Phytologist
  • Tree Physiology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

    Jérôme Chave;Maxime Réjou‐Méchain;Alberto Búrquez;Emmanuel Chidumayo

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Henry D. Adams;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;William R.L. Anderegg;Henrik Hartmann

  • Biomass and stem volume equations for tree species in Europe.

    Dimitris Zianis;Petteri Muukkonen;Raisa Mäkipää;Maurizio Mencuccini

  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

    Sean M. Gleason;Sean M. Gleason;Mark Westoby;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

    Lucy Rowland;A.C.L. da Costa;David R. Galbraith;R.S. Oliveira

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

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  • On simplifying allometric analyses of forest biomass

    Dimitris Zianis;Maurizio Mencuccini

  • A new look at water transport regulation in plants

    Jordi Martínez-Vilalta;Rafael Poyatos;David Aguadé;Javier Retana

  • Drivers and Mechanisms of Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Paulo M. Brando

  • Evaluating theories of drought‐induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel–experiment framework

    Nate G. McDowell;Rosie A. Fisher;Chonggang Xu;J. C. Domec;J. C. Domec

  • Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe

    Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard;Maurizia Mencuccini;Frank Sterck

  • Size-mediated ageing reduces vigour in trees

    M. Mencuccini;J. Martínez-Vilalta;Dirk Vanderklein;H. A. Hamid

  • The ecological significance of long-distance water transport: short-term regulation, long-term acclimation and the hydraulic costs of stature across plant life forms

    Maurizio Mencuccini

  • Climate influences the leaf area/sapwood area ratio in Scots pine.

    Maurizio Mencuccini;Maurizio Mencuccini;John Grace

  • Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

    John S. Sperry;Martin D. Venturas;William R. L. Anderegg;Maurizio Mencuccini

  • Age-related decline in stand productivity: the role of structural acclimation under hydraulic constraints

    F. Magnani;M. Mencuccini;J. Grace

  • The relevance of xylem network structure for plant hydraulic efficiency and safety

    Lasse Loepfe;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Josep Piñol;Maurizio Mencuccini

  • Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro)

    Bradley O. Christoffersen;Bradley O. Christoffersen;Manuel Gloor;Sophie Fauset;Nikolaos M. Fyllas

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    B. Choat;S. Jansen;T.J. Brodribb;H. Cochard

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta Autonomous University of Barcelona
Lucy Rowland
Lucy Rowland University of Exeter
Teemu Hölttä
Teemu Hölttä University of Helsinki
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh
Hervé Cochard
Hervé Cochard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Rafael S. Oliveira
Rafael S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Marco Borghetti
Marco Borghetti University of Basilicata
Sanna Sevanto
Sanna Sevanto Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mark Huxham
Mark Huxham Edinburgh Napier University

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