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Ecology and Evolution
Mexico
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
22001
World Ranking
1060
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Miguel Martínez-Ramos is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, contributing extensively to these fields through numerous publications and collaborations.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these areas, Martínez-Ramos has specialized in subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Forestry
  • Ecology

The main research topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery, 2021, published in Science
  • Forest structure drives changes in light heterogeneity during tropical secondary forest succession, 2021, published in Journal of Ecology
  • Successional theories, 2023, published in Biological Reviews
  • Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A comprehensive framework for vegetation succession, 2024, published in Ecosphere

Martínez-Ramos collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Frans Bongers
  • Jorge A. Meave
  • Lourens Poorter
  • Madelon Lohbeck
  • Masha T. van der Sande

Their research is often published in venues such as:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

    Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano

  • ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

    L. Poorter;S. J. Wright;H. Paz;D. D. Ackerly

  • Rates of change in tree communities of secondary Neotropical forests following major disturbances

    Robin L Chazdon;Susan G Letcher;Michiel van Breugel;Michiel van Breugel;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: New insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

    Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Felipe P. L. Melo;Miguel Martínez-Ramos;Frans Bongers

  • Beyond Reserves: A Research Agenda for Conserving Biodiversity in Human‐modified Tropical Landscapes

    Robin L. Chazdon;Celia A. Harvey;Oliver Komar;Daniel M. Griffith

  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Eben N. Broadbent;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers

  • Integrating Agricultural Landscapes with Biodiversity Conservation in the Mesoamerican Hotspot

    Celia A. Harvey;Oliver Komar;Robin Chazdon;Bruce G. Ferguson

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

    L. Poorter;M. T. van der Sande;J. Thompson;E. J. M. M. Arets

  • On the hope for biodiversity-friendly tropical landscapes.

    Felipe P.L. Melo;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Lenore Fahrig;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • Relationships among ecologically important dimensions of plant trait variation in seven neotropical forests

    Ian J. Wright;David D. Ackerly;Frans Bongers;Kyle E. Harms;Kyle E. Harms

  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Danaë Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Esteban Álvarez-Dávila

  • Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Understory Plant Species Richness in Amazonia

    Julieta Benítez-Malvido;Julieta Benítez-Malvido;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Successional changes in functional composition contrast for dry and wet tropical forest

    Madelon Lohbeck;Madelon Lohbeck;Lourens Poorter;Edwin Lebrija-Trejos;Edwin Lebrija-Trejos;Edwin Lebrija-Trejos;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable

    Natalia Norden;Héctor A. Angarita;Frans Bongers;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Knowledge and use value of plant species in a Rarámuri community: a gender perspective for conservation.

    Andrés Camou-Guerrero;Victoria Reyes-García;Miguel Martínez-Ramos;Alejandro Casas

  • Demography and allometry of Cecropia obtusifolia, a neotropical pioneer tree - an evaluation of the climax-pioneer paradigm for tropical rain forests

    Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla;Miguel Martinez-Ramos

  • A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses

    Jeffrey J. Gerwing;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Robyn J. Burnham;Frans Bongers

  • Biomass is the main driver of changes in ecosystem process rates during tropical forest succession

    Madelon Lohbeck;Madelon Lohbeck;Lourens Poorter;Miguel Martínez-Ramos;Frans Bongers

  • Seed bank versus seed rain in the regeneration of a tropical pioneer tree.

    Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • A population model of Astrocaryum mexicanum and a sensitivity analysis of its finite rate of increase.

    D. Pinero;M. Martinez-Ramos;J. Sarukhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Frans Bongers
Frans Bongers Wageningen University & Research
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Jorge A. Meave
Jorge A. Meave National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Patricia Balvanera
Patricia Balvanera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Niels P. R. Anten
Niels P. R. Anten Wageningen University & Research
Bryan Finegan
Bryan Finegan Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
David D. Ackerly
David D. Ackerly University of California, Berkeley
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla National Autonomous University of Mexico

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