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Miguel Á. Rodríguez

Miguel Á. Rodríguez

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
8440
World Ranking
4438
National Ranking
136

Overview

Miguel Á. Rodríguez is affiliated with the University of Alcalá in Spain and focuses on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Plant Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Miguel Á. Rodríguez has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind" (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Correspondence analysis, spectral clustering and graph embedding: applications to ecology and economic complexity" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "A global database of plant services for humankind" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Atlas of the vascular flora of the Iberian Peninsula biodiversity hotspot (AFLIBER)" (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Iberian Protected Areas Capture Regional Functional, Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Diversity of Most Tetrapod Groups" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as:

  • Rafael Molina-Venegas
  • Ignacio Morales-Castilla
  • Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana
  • D. J. Mabberley
  • Herlander Lima

Best Publications

  • Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

    Chunxiang Fu;Jonathan R. Mielenz;Xirong Xiao;Yaxin Ge

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • Energy and interspecific body size patterns of amphibian faunas in Europe and North America: anurans follow Bergmann's rule, urodeles its converse

    Miguel Á. Olalla‐Tárraga;Miguel Á. Rodríguez

  • Ice age climate, evolutionary constraints and diversity patterns of European dung beetles

    Joaquin Hortal;Joaquin Hortal;Joaquin Hortal;F. Diniz-Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini;Thiago Fernando Rangel

  • Broad-scale patterns of body size in squamate reptiles of Europe and North America

    Miguel Á. Olalla‐Tárraga;Miguel Á. Olalla‐Tárraga;Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Energy, water and large-scale patterns of reptile and amphibian species richness in Europe

    Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Juan Alfonso Belmontes;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Rapid micro-evolution and loss of chromosomal diversity in Drosophila in response to climate warming

    Francisco Rodríguez-Trelles;Miguel A. Rodríguez

  • Bergmann's rule and the geography of mammal body size in the Western Hemisphere

    Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • A GLOBAL EVALUATION OF METABOLIC THEORY AS AN EXPLANATION FOR TERRESTRIAL SPECIES RICHNESS GRADIENTS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Fabio S. Albuquerque;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Jan Beck

  • Revisiting phylogenetic signal; strong or negligible impacts of polytomies and branch length information?

    Rafael Molina-Venegas;Miguel Á. Rodríguez

  • PCR identification of beef, sheep, goat, and pork in raw and heat-treated meat mixtures.

    Miguel A. Rodríguez;Teresa García;Isabel González;Luis Asensio

  • Global angiosperm family richness revisited: linking ecology and evolution to climate

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Stephen G. Weller

  • Food web complexity and higher‐level ecosystem services

    José M. Montoya;Miguel A. Rodríguez;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • On the selection of phylogenetic eigenvectors for ecological analyses

    Jose Alexandre F. Diniz‐Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini;Thiago Fernando Rangel;Ignacio Morales‐Castilla

  • Animal versus wind dispersal and the robustness of tree species to deforestation.

    Daniel Montoya;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Rodríguez;Drew W. Purves

  • The geographic distribution of mammal body size in Europe

    Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Irene L. López-Sañudo;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Contemporary richness of holarctic trees and the historical pattern of glacial retreat

    Daniel Montoya;Miguel A. Rodríguez;Miguel A. Zavala;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Identifying global zoogeographical regions: lessons from Wallace

    Marta Rueda;Miguel Á. Rodríguez;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Geographic body size gradients in tropical regions: water deficit and anuran body size in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Miguel Á. Olalla‐Tárraga;José Alexandre F. Diniz‐Filho;Rogério P. Bastos;Miguel Á. Rodríguez

  • Climatic niche conservatism and the evolutionary dynamics in species range boundaries: global congruence across mammals and amphibians

    Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga;Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga;Lynsey McInnes;Luis M. Bini;José A. F. Diniz-Filho

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradford A. Hawkins
Bradford A. Hawkins University of California, Irvine
Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga
Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga King Juan Carlos University
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Universidade Federal de Goiás
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council
Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo Spanish National Research Council
Miguel A. Zavala
Miguel A. Zavala University of Alcalá
Santiago Esplugas
Santiago Esplugas University of Barcelona
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Xavier Correig
Xavier Correig Rovira i Virgili University

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